Mathematics
“The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.”
― David Hilbert
Mathematics: Grade 7
Number Sense and Numeration
• Representing and ordering decimals (to hundredths), fractions, and integers.
• Representing squares and square roots.
• Dividing whole numbers by simple fractions and decimals.
• Adding and subtracting simple fractions and integers.
• Multiplying and dividing decimal numbers to thousandths by one-digit whole numbers.
• Applying order of operations in expressions with brackets.
• Relating fractions, decimals, and percents.
• Solving problems involving whole-number percents and unit rates.
Measurement
• Converting between metric units, including converting between square centimetres and square metres.
• Developing the area relationship for a trapezoid.
• Developing and applying the formula for the volume of a prism.
• Determining and applying surface-area relationships for prisms.
• Relating millilitres and cubic centimetres.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Constructing parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines.
• Sorting and classifying triangles and quadrilaterals by geometric properties.
• Constructing angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors.
• Investigating relationships among congruent shapes.
• Relating enlarging and reducing to similar shapes.
• Comparing similar and congruent shapes.
• Performing and describing dilatations.
• Tiling a plane.
• Plotting points in all four quadrants.
Patterning and Algebra
• Representing linear growing patterns.
• Representing patterns algebraically.
• Modelling real-life relationships involving constant rates graphically and algebraically.
• Translating phrases, using algebraic expressions.
• Finding the term in a pattern algebraically when given any term number.
• Solving linear equations using concrete materials or inspection and guess and check.
Data Management and Probability
• Collecting and organizing categorical, discrete, and continuous data.
• Displaying data in relative frequency tables and circle graphs.
• Identifying bias in data; relating changes in data to changes in central tendency.
• Making inferences based on data; investigating real-world applications of probability.
• Determining the theoretical probability of two independent events.
Mathematics: Grade 8
Number Sense and Numeration
• Representing and ordering rational numbers.
• Representing numbers using exponential notation.
• Solving multi-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals.
• Multiplying and dividing fractions and integers.
• Multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of ten.
• Applying order of operations in expressions with brackets and exponents.
• Solving problems involving percents to one decimal place and percents greater than 100.
• Solving problems involving rates and proportions.
Measurement
• Converting between cubic centimetres and cubic metres and between millilitres and cubic centimetres.
• Developing circumference and area relationships for a circle.
• Developing and applying the formula for the volume of a cylinder.
• Determining and applying surface-area relationships for cylinders.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Sorting quadrilaterals by geometric properties involving diagonals.
• Constructing circles; investigating relationships among similar shapes.
• Determining and applying angle relationships for parallel and intersecting lines.
• Relating the numbers of faces, edges, and vertices of a polyhedron.
• Determining and applying the Pythagorean relationship geometrically.
• Plotting the image of a point on the coordinate plane after applying a transformation.
Patterning and Algebra
• Representing the general term in a linear sequence, using one or more algebraic expressions.
• Translating statements, using algebraic equations.
• Finding the term number in a pattern algebraically when given any term.
• Solving linear equations involving onevariable terms with integer solutions using a “balance” model.
Data Management and Probability
• Collecting categorical, discrete, and continuous data.
• Organizing data into intervals; displaying data using histograms and scatter plots.
• Using measures of central tendency to compare sets of data.
• Comparing two attributes using data management tools.
• Comparing experimental and theoretical probabilities.
• Calculating the probability of complementary events.