All the Math Your 8th Grader Needs to SucceedThis book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly, full-color pages are filled to the brim with engaging activities for maximum educational value. The book includes easy-to-follow instructions, helpful examples, and tons of practice problems to help students master each concept, sharpen their problem-solving skills, and build confidence.Features include: A guide that outlines national standards for Grade 8 Concise lessons combined with lot of practice that promote better scoresin class and on achievement tests A pretest to help identify areas where students need more work End-of-chapter tests to measure students progress A helpful glossary of key terms used in the book More than 1,000 math problems with answersTopics covered: Solving problems with rational numbers Approximating irrational numbers Ratios, proportions, and percents Roots and exponents Performing operations with scientific notation Analyzing and solving linear equations and pairs of linear equationsGraphing proportional relationships and functionsCustomary and metric units of measure, including conversionsGeometric transformationsUsing the Pythagorean TheoremSolving problems involving volume of cones, sphereAnalyzing patterns in bivariate data, including probability