Description
Grade 8 Term 4 Mathematics Study Guide
According to CAPS and the Latest ATP’s
1. THEOREM OF PYTHAGORAS
– RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLES
– THE THEOREM OF PYTHAGORAS
– CALCULATING THE HYPOTENUSE
– CALCULATING AN UNKNOWN PERPENDICULAR SIDE
– DETERMINING WHETHER A TRIANGLE IS RIGHT-ANGLED
– SOLVING PROBLEMS USING PYTHAGORAS
2. TRANSFORMATIONS
– TYPES OF TRANSFORMATIONS
– TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE CARTESIAN PLANE
– TRANSLATIONS
– REFLECTIONS
– ROTATIONS
– ENLARGEMENTS AND REDUCTIONS
– IDENTIFYING TRANSFORMATIONS FROM COORDINATES
3. AREA AND PERIMETER OF 2-D SHAPES
– PERIMETER AND AREA
– PERIMETER AND AREA OF SQUARES AND RECTANGLES
– PERIMETER AND AREA OF TRIANGLES
– CIRCUMFERENCE OF CIRCLES
– AREA OF CIRCLES
– AREA OF COMPOSITE SHAPES AND POLYGONS
– CONVERTING UNITS OF AREA
– SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING PERIMETER AND AREA
4. SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME OF 3-D OBJECTS
– SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND CAPACITY
– SURFACE AREA OF CUBES AND RECTANGULAR PRISMS
– VOLUME OF CUBES AND RECTANGULAR PRISMS
– SURFACE AREA OF TRIANGULAR PRISMS
– VOLUME OF TRIANGULAR PRISMS
– RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME
– CONVERTING UNITS OF SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND CAPACITY
– SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING SURFACE AREA, VOLUME AND CAPACITY
