8th+grade+Final+Exam+Topics


 * Basic arithmetic
 * Fractions,decimals,percentages (conversions, combinations)
 * Proportions (similar triangles)


 * Solving linear and quadratic equations -- includes factoring, completing the square, quadratic formula, double distribution
 * Manipulating exponents (understanding and following rules)
 * equation to tchart,tchart to equation
 * algebraic fractions
 * function notation, function composition

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 * Graphing and systems, slope, intercepts, (graph linear and quadratic equations, solve systems graphically and algebraically)
 * discriminant, axis of symmetry, vertex x- and y- intercepts
 * asymptotes Find asymptotes of rational equations
 * Find perimeters on xy axis


 * Permutations, combinations (factorial, handshake problems, basic poker problems, dice rolls)


 * Geometry (prop.'s of triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons [length of diagonal!], regular polygons, inner angles, circles, perimeter, area, polyhedra, volume, surface area)
 * Special triangles
 * Euclid, Book 1