Mathematics, Grade 8
Assessable Academic Vocabulary Summary List for Grade 8
adjacent angles
alternate exterior angles
bias
box-and-whisker plot
chance
circle graph
collinear
common solution
complementary angles
congruent
continuous
coordinate plane
corresponding angles
degrees
diagonal
direct variation
discrete
distance
equiangular
equilateral
exterior angle
frequency table
histogram
horizontal
hypotenuse
infer
intercepts
interior angle
inter-quartile range
intersect
intervals
irrational
isosceles
isosceles
isosceles trapezoid
leg
likelihood
linear equation
linear pair
maximum
mean
measures of center
median
minimum
mode
model
no slope (undefined)
origin
outliers
parallel
parallel lines
parallelogram
perfect square
population
predict
Pythagorean Theorem
quadrilateral
quartiles
range
rate of change
rational
rectangle
rhombus
right angle
right triangle
same-side interior angles
scatter plot
similar
slope
solution
square
statistics
stem-and-leaf plot
straight angle
supplementary angles
system of linear equations
table
transversal
trapezoid
vertical
vertical angles
x-intercept
y-intercept
Note:
Greatest Common Factors, Least Common Multiples, Primes, Composites, and Prime Factorization, while not mentioned in the standards, are certainly
appropriate for instruction beginning in grade 5 or 6. However, for assessment purposes, they may not be assessed by name. These concepts must be introduced
through an explanation or a context.
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