Year 8 maths
Topics are arranged by the term they are taught. Pick the one you are doing in class: each has a lesson video, worked questions and practice at three levels.
Autumn term
- Number: directed numbers, factors and powersNegative numbers, primes and prime factor decomposition, HCF and LCM, powers and roots, standard form, rounding, estimation and calculator skills.100 questionsLesson video
- Fractions, decimals and percentagesThe four operations with fractions and mixed numbers, converting between forms, percentages of amounts, percentage change, reverse percentages and compound interest.100 questionsLesson video
- Algebra: expressions, brackets and equationsSimplifying, substitution, expanding single and double brackets, factorising, multi-step linear equations and changing the subject.100 questionsLesson video
- Ratio, proportion and compound measuresSharing in a ratio, direct proportion and best buys, speed, distance and time, and density, mass and volume.100 questionsLesson video
- Area, volume and circlesArea and perimeter of compound shapes, circumference and area of circles, arcs and sectors, and volume and surface area of prisms.100 questionsLesson video
Spring term
- Sequences and straight-line graphsTypes of sequence, the nth term, coordinates, plotting straight lines from a table, gradient and intercept, and y = mx + c.100 questionsLesson video
- Angles, constructions and transformationsAngle facts, angles in parallel lines, interior and exterior angles of polygons, constructions, similarity, congruence and transformations.100 questionsLesson video
Summer term
Terms are approximate: schools order these units differently.