As an adult, individuals turn to their mathematical skills and abilities time and time again. Often in their day-to-day life.
But, the number of students who struggle with Math has increased dramatically over the years.
So we must now draw our attention to drilling into students the techniques that we use to make calculations when necessary.
Fortunately, free math worksheets are easy to come by. And, after much deliberation, we have put together a selection of the most appropriate math worksheets for 8th grade.
They can be used as extra practice for those who need it, or as additional challenges for those who want to gain an edge.
The worksheets being introduced to you here are all completely free to download and use, and they cover everything an 8th grader needs to know about math. Here goes.
In order to truly understand the relationship between fractions and decimals and percentages, it is worksheets like this one that are key.
In this worksheet, 18 different fractions are presented where the denominator is a multiple of 10.
It’s a great starting point for an 8th grader, because all the student has to do to convert the fraction to a decimal is note down the numerator but with the decimal point moved to the correct place.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Math students need to get to grips with basic algebra in 8th grade, so that when they progress in later years to learning about simultaneous equations, they understand the processes involved.
In this worksheet, 8 equations are presented, each with one number represented by a letter, and the student is to deduce what number is represented by the letter.
It’s a logical process and all the student has to do is treat each side of the equation the same until the unknown number can be identified.
There is some room on the worksheet for the kids to do their working out.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Being able to work with line graphs is not only a central tenet of mathematics, but it also comes into play with science subjects as well, which is why math worksheets such as this one are so important.
This worksheet features several graphs that feature an image, and the student is tasked with translating the image elsewhere on the graph as per the instructions provided.
Then they are to note the coordinates of each point of the image on the graph.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Once an 8th grader has learned the various principles behind the angles formed by a straight line crossing two parallel lines, it’s easy to find out any unknown angles, as is required by the 8 questions in this worksheet.
More often than not the unknown angle either matches that of the angle provided or can be worked out by subtracting the known angle from 180 degrees.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
While Pythagorean theorem is most frequently used to identify the length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle, it can also be used, as in this worksheet to identify whether, or not, a triangle is in fact a true right angle triangle.
In the first 4 questions on the sheet the length of all 3 sides of each triangle is provided, and the student needs to work out the square of each.
They could use a calculator, or you could get them to try doing it with mental arithmetic.
The remaining two questions require the students to use Pythagorean theorem to prove that two other triangles (not displayed) are true right angles, given the lengths of each side.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
This is a great worksheet for 8th graders because it builds on math they have learned in previous years, and takes it one step further.
In all 8 questions, the student is required to calculate the volume of a cone, having been provided the radius of the circle face and the height of the cone.
First they have to find the area of the circle, as determined by squaring the radius and multiplying by pi. Then they need to multiply this figure by a third of the cone’s height.
This worksheet also presents a question written as a word problem, and it also asks the student to round their answer to two decimal places.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
When it comes to statistics, the most important concepts for kids to learn are the mean, median, mode, and range. And that’s where worksheets like this one come in.
This knowledge will also help the students in their science subjects, which will require them to interpret data.
There are 5 questions on the worksheet, which demonstrate multiple instances where these stats may be required.
What makes it tricky is that the figures provided in the raw data are not necessarily always presented in numerical order.
There’s no room on the worksheet for working out, so the student will need some scrap paper for working out the answers.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Smaller numbers are always easier to work with than larger ones, and that is why it’s very useful to be able to simplify fractions to their lowest terms.
And that’s where worksheets like this one come in.
The first 21 questions require the student to simplify the fractions presented by finding the lowest number that both the numerator and the denominator can be divided by.
The remaining 4 questions are a twist on the theme.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Mathematical skills and abilities really come in when it comes to applying the principles in real world situations.
And one of the more obvious applications comes to the fore when it comes to working out the total cost of goods or and/or services, including such things as tax, discount, and tipping.
This worksheet tackles exactly that. Students are provided with percentage figures to add or deduct from an original total to find the real total.
This worksheet also features word problems.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Probabilities are another area that come into the remit of 8th grade math, which is where worksheets like this one come in.
The problems are presented in word form, and the student must work out various probabilities and sometimes add these probabilities together to find the answer. This will build on their knowledge of adding fractions.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
Students must be encouraged to manipulate algebraic equations in order to work out what number may be being represented by letters or symbols.
And this includes being able to write polynomials in standard form, which is where worksheets like this one comes in. And there are a whopping 30 problems there altogether.
In order to access this worksheet, simply click on this link. There’s also an answer key provided.
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