Grade 08 Mathematics - EC: M08.B-E.3.1.5
Grade 08 Mathematics - EC: M08.B-E.3.1.5
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
Mathematics
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Determine whether the line through points (1, 6) and (-5, 1) will intersect the line running through points (3, 4) and (-3, -1).
- The length of a rectangle is 3 meters more than its width. The perimeter is 26 meters. Write a system of equations that could be used to find the dimensions of the rectangle.
- Miguel cooked 39 hamburgers and hot dogs at a cookout. He cooked twice as many hot dogs as hamburgers. Write a system of equations that could be used to find how many hamburgers he cooked.
- From the school carnival Joe had some 2-point tickets and some 5-point tickets he won from playing the games. He chose a prize worth 96 ticket points. If he had 39 tickets in all, how many 2-point tickets did he have? Write two linear equations in two variables and solve.
- The cost of 12 donuts and 4 bagels is $13.20. The cost of 24 donuts and 6 bagels is $24.30. How much do one donut and one bagel cost? Write a system of equations and solve.
Answer Key/Rubric
- No, the two lines are parallel.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Let l = length
Let w = width
Equations:
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Let h = hamburgers
Let d = hotdogs
Equations:
- Joe had 33 two-point tickets.
Acceptable work may include, but is not limited to:
(All work should be shown)
Let x = two point tickets
Let y = five point tickets
Equations:
Solution:
- Donuts cost $1.05 each and bagels cost $0.75 each.
Acceptable answers may include, but are not limited to:
(All work should be shown)
Let d = donuts
Let b = bagels
Equations:
Solution: