Grade 08 Mathematics - EC: M08.B-E.1.1.1
Grade 08 Mathematics - EC: M08.B-E.1.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
Mathematics
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Simplify:
- Simplify:
- Simplify:
- Simplify:
- An airline pilot flies from Pittsburgh to Tampa 102 times in one year. The distance from Pittsburgh to Tampa is about 103 miles. Write an expression using exponents to show the total number of miles he flew from Pittsburgh to Tampa.
- Simplify. Express your answer as a single term, without a denominator.
- Simplify. Express your answer using positive exponents.
- Simplify the following expression:
Explain how you determined your answer. - Write a paragraph explaining how to simplify the expression below without using a calculator.
Answer Key/Rubric
Acceptable explanations may include, but are not limited to:
- Divide -24 by 4 to get -6
- Only like bases can be simplified
- To simplify division of exponents with like bases, keep the base and subtract the exponents.
; can’t have negative exponents so 
is written as 
- The c’s cancel
Acceptable explanations may include, but are not limited to:
- When multiplying with like bases; keep the base and add the exponents.
- 7 – 12 + 3 = -2
- Negative exponents need to be written with positive exponents:
