Final Exam Information Unit

GENERAL INFORMATION

• all grade eight students are required to write the final math exam
• the exam will be written on the same day for all students (2009 Exam Date = Monday, June 22)
• the exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions
• students will be given one and a half hours to write the exam
• students who have enrolled in academic math (grade nine) and achieve less than a level two on the exam will be flagged and referred to student services
• students who have enrolled in academic math (grade nine) and achieved less than a level one on the exam will be recommended to take the summer Numeracy course which is held in July

RATIONALE FOR HAVING A FINAL EXAM

• to ensure that students are placed in the correct grade nine math course
• to provide grade eight teachers with feedback on student learning
• to provide students an opportunity to experience writing an exam before entering high school

TOPICS COVERED

Number Sense and Numeration
• Ordering Decimal Numbers
• Prime Factorization
• Square Roots
• Scientific Notation
• Expanded Exponential Form
• Order of Operations involving Brackets and Exponents
• Proportions
• Unit Rate
• Percent and Ratio
• Sales Tax and Discounts
• Ordering Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
• Fractions (Addition and Subtraction)
• Fractions (Multiplication and Division)
• Integer Multiplication and Division
• Order of Operations involving Integers

Data Management and Probability
• Making Inferences from Data
• Analysing Scatter Plots
• Analysing Histograms
• Selecting Appropriate Graphs
• Probability and Determining Outcomes
• Applying Measures of Central Tendency to a Set of Data

Patterning and Algebra
• Substitution (using fractions and integers)
• Writing Algebraic Equations from Word Problems
• Solving Algebraic Equations from Both Sides
• Identifying Linear Patterns
• Determining Missing Terms in a Linear Number Sequence
• Writing a General Equation (nth term) for a Linear Number Sequence
• Analysing Rate Graphs (distance-time)

Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Plotting Points on the Cartesian Plane
• Angle Relationships in Parallel Lines
• Angle Relationships in Triangles
• Using Pythagorean Theorem
• Applying Pythagorean Theorem

Measurement
• Circumference
• Area of a Circle
• Area of Composite Shapes
• Surface Area of Cylinder
• Volume of a Cylinder
• Volume of Regular Prisms

RESOURCES

• Complete Culminating Review from Textbook pages 484-487 (download HERE)
• Complete Extra Practice Section of Textbook pages 488-498 (download HERE)
• Try out the Sample Final Exam (pick up from your math teacher)