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Handout
Charleston School District

Comparing and Ordering Irrational Numbers on a Number Line

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Estimating the value of numbers is much harder than it sounds! Scholars compare and order the value of numbers presented in different forms including fractions, decimals, roots, integers, and pi. This builds on the previous lessons in...
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Activity
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Illustrative Mathematics

Calculating the square root of 2

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Does a calculator give you the exact value of the square root of 2? Here, learners must decide if 1.414236 is equal to the square root of 2. They must also explain why the square root of 2 could never be equal to a terminating decimal....
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Lesson Plan
Ohio Department of Education

Number Subsets: Winning the Number Game - Grade Eight

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young leearners identify subsets of the real number system and play a number game to identify natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers.
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Assessment
Charleston School District

Review Unit 7: Real Numbers

For Students 8th Standards
Provide pupils with problems to check their understanding of the concepts within the unit. The seven-part series of lessons covers concepts related to irrational numbers. Learners convert between fractions and decimals, estimate the...
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Assessment
Charleston School District

Pre-Test Unit 7: Real Numbers

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Don't be irrational! Use this pre-test to assess your classes' ability to work with all types of real numbers. The lesson asks learners to estimate value, evaluate roots, and order numbers. This begins a series of lessons on the real...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Applications of the Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th Standards
Use patterns to your advantage! The Pythagorean Theorem allows learners to find missing sides of right triangles. Problems include those with both rational and irrational lengths. 
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Rugs

For Teachers 8th Standards
The class braids irrational numbers, Pythagoras, and perimeter together. The mini-assessment requires scholars to use irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem to find perimeters of rugs. The rugs are rectangular, triangular,...
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Assessment
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target A

For Teachers 8th Standards
Take an irrational approach to numbers with a Smarter Balanced assessment that covers the introduction of irrational numbers. The nine items cover identifying irrational numbers, approximating them with rational numbers, and converting...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Estimating Values of Expressions

For Students 8th Standards
You can't evaluate an irrational root expression without a calculator—or can you? Scholars estimate the value of roots within an expression to approximate the value of the expression. Expressions include a mix of square roots and whole...
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Handout
Charleston School District

Evaluation of Roots

For Students 8th Standards
You mean the square root of five and five don't have the same value? Learners estimate the value of irrational roots. As they practice estimating the value, they increase their understanding of roots. The lesson is the fourth in a series...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Numbers, Numbers Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore properties of integers! For this algebra lesson, pupils add, subtract, divide and multiply using integers correctly. They differentiate between rational and irrational numbers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number Sense and Numeration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars add and subtract integers. In this algebra instructional activity, students discuss number sense as they sort numbers in the correct order. They analyze and label numbers differentiating between rational and irrational...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Squares and Square Roots II

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars evaluate squares and square roots. Through practice, they discover the inverse relationship between squares and square roots. Students take notes, solve square root and square root problems, and classify numbers as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Subtraction With Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This thorough introduction to the concept of subtracting negative integers walk learners through the necessary steps using teacher modeling and guided practice. Number lines and various word problems are used to support understanding of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Long Division Algorithm

For Students 8th Standards
Two methods are always better than one! The eighth installment in this series asks pupils to convert decimals to fractions using two approaches. Individuals first use the more traditional approach of long division and then use reverse...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Properties of Real Numbers

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify and use the properties of real numbers to solve problems. They identify and differentiate between rational and irrational functions. There are 13 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Real Numbers in the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Delve into the concept of operating on the set of real numbers! In this operating with the set of real numbers instructional activity, pupils perform order of operations on the set of real numbers using a calculator.
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Simplifying Square Roots

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
The square root of five and five do not have the same value! How many times have you addressed this with math classes? A instructional activity gives an explanation of a square root and gives examples for simplifying square root...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Pi.

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students study the relationship between circumference and diameter to come up with Pi. "In this pi lesson, students measure, record and find the ratio "circumference/diameter" and their average which is an approximation of pi.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Real Number System Graduated Bowl Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine which numbers are rational numbers. In this number lesson students answer a series of questions related to natural and whole numbers as well as integers and rational numbers. Students work cooperatively in groups.
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

8th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters

For Teachers 8th Standards
Clarify the Common Core standards for your eighth grade mathematicians with this series of classroom displays. By rewriting each standard as an achievable "I can" statement, these posters give students clear goals to work toward...
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

8th Grade Math Common Core Checklist

For Teachers 8th Standards
Ensure your eighth graders get the most out of their math education with this series of Common Core checklists. Rewriting each standard as an "I can" statement, this resource helps teachers keep a record of when each standard was taught,...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Decimal Expansions of Fractions, Part 2

For Students 8th Standards
Develop your pupils' understanding of fractions and their decimal equivalence using the 12th lesson in this series. Scholars learn an alternative to long division that results in converting fractions to decimals that emphasize fractional...
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Activity
5280 Math

Decimal Patterns

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Find patterns in the process instead of the result. Learners convert series of decimals and fractions identifying patterns along the way. The lesson includes nine problem tasks with progressively more involved patterns.

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