VIC Year 8 Maths - Coursebook

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VIC Year 8 Coursebook Summary

Covering the whole VIC year 8 curriculum, this coursebook has the following features

• Worked Solutions - Every question has a fully worked solution. Just look in the back of the book. 
• Hyperlinks (ebook only) - No more trying to find the worked solution, click on the question number and it will take you to the worked solution in the back of the book. 
• Videos - Click on or scan the QR code in each sub-topic and you will be taken directly to You Tube where the best videos have been selected for learning
• Cut to the chase - understand the concepts that will accelerate you through the course.

VIC Year 8 Book Topics

This book contains 15 chapters in the following topics:

1. Pythagoras
2. Working with Numbers
3. Algebra
4. Equations
5. Geometry
6. Area and Perimeter
7. Volume
8. Fractions and Percentages
9. Money and Financial Matters
10. Investigating Data
11. Congruent Figures
12. Probability
13. Rates and Ratios
14. Graphing Linear Equations
15. Time and Travel

Sub Topics

Pythagoras

• Calculations with Square Roots
• Finding the Hypotenuse
• Finding a Shorter Side
• Testing for Right Angled Triangles
• Testing for Pythagorean Triads
• Mixed Problems
• Pythagoras Word Problems

Working with Numbers

• Adding and Subtracting Integers
• Multiplying Integers
• Dividing Integers
• Order of Operations
• Decimals
• Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
• Terminating and Recurring Decimals
• Power and Roots
• Prime Factors
• Index laws
• Further Index laws

Algebra

• Adding and Subtracting Terms
• Multiplying Terms
• Dividing Terms
• Index Laws for Multiplying and Dividing
• Power of a Power
• Zero Index
• Mixed Index Laws
• Expanding Expressions and Simplifying
• Factorising Expressions
• Factorising with Negatives
• Algebraic Expressions
• Substitution

Equations

• One Step Equations
• 2 step equations
• Equations with Brackets
• Equations with Fractions
• Harder Equations
• Equation Problems

Geometry

• Angle Geometry
• Angles on Parallel Lines
• Classifying Triangles
• Classifying Quadrilaterals
• Properties of Quadrilaterals
• Angle Sum of Triangles and Quadrilaterals
• Angle Sum of Polygon

Area and Perimeter

• Perimeter
• Metric Units for Measurement of Area
• Area of Rectangles, Triangles and Parallelograms
• Area of a Trapezium
• Area of Kites and Rhombuses
• Parts of a Circle
• Circumference of a circle
• Area of Circles

Volume

• Metric Units for Volume
• Volume of a Prism
• Volume of a Cylinder
• Volume and Capacity

Fractions and Percentages

• Adding and Subtracting Fractions
• Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
• Fraction Problems
• Percentages, Fractions and Decimals
• Fractions of a Quantity
• Percentage of a Quantity
• Expressing Amounts as Fractions and Percentages
• Percentage Increase and Decrease
• Non-Calculator Percentages
• The Unitary Method

Money and Financial Matters

• Profit, Loss and GST
• Percentage Problems

Investigating Data

• Organising and Displaying Data
• Types of Data
• Mean and Mode
• Median and Range
• Analysing Frequency Tables
• Dot Plots, Stem and Leaf Plots
• Frequency Histogram and Polygons

Congruent Figures

• Transformations
• Congruent Figures
• Tests for Congruent Triangles
• Congruent Triangle Proof
• Proving Properties of Quadrilaterals

Probability

• Probability
• Complementary Events
• Venn Diagrams
• 2 way tables
• Probability Problems
• Experimental Probability

Rates and Ratios

• Equivalent Ratios
• Simplifying Ratios
• Dividing Quantity into Given Ratio
• Ratio Word Problems
• Rates
• Rate Problems

Graphing Linear Equations

• The Number Plane
• Finding Rules for Number Patterns
• Finding the Rule
• Tables and Values
• Graphing Linear Equations
• Finding the Equation of a Line
• Solving Equations Graphically
• Intersecting Lines

Time and Travel

• International Time Zones
• Scale Maps and Plans
• Sketching Informal Graphs
• Speed
• Time Differences
• Travel Graphs