CBSE Class 8 Math Syllabus
Rational Numbers
- Properties of rational numbers
- Representation of rational numbers on line number
- Rational number between two rational numbers
Linear Equation in One Variable
- Solving linear equations having variable on one side
- Application of linear equations
- Solving linear equations having variable on both sides
- Some more application of linear equations
- Reducing equations to simpler form
Understanding Quadrilaterals
- Polygons
- Sum of the measures of exterior angles of polygons
- Kinds of quadrilaterals
- Properties of parallelogram
- Some special parallelograms
Practical Geometry
- Constructing a quadrilateral: when the length of four side and diagonal are given
- When two diagonals and three sides are given
- When two adjacent sides and three angles are known
- When three side and two included angles are given
- Some special cases : Square
- Some special cases : Rhombus
Data Handling
- Looking for information
- Organizing data, Grouping data
- Circle graph or pie charts
- Chance and probability
Squares and Square Roots
- Square of a number
- Finding Square root of a number by repeated subtraction
- Finding Square root of a number by prime factorization method
- Finding Square root of a number by long division method
- Square root of decimals
- Estimation of square root
Cubes and Cube Roots
- Cubes
- Cube roots
- Cube root of a cube number
Comparing Quantities
- Recalling ratio and percentage, finding the increase or decrease percentage, finding discount, Prices related to buying and selling, Sales tax/ value added tax
- Compound Interest, Deducing formula for compound interest, Rate compounded half yearly
- Application of compound interest
Algebraic Expressions and Identities
- What are expressions?
- Addition and subtraction of algebraic expressions
- Multiplication of algebraic expressions: multiplication of monomial with monomial and monomial with a polynomials
- Multiplication of polynomial with a polynomial
- What is Identity? standard identities
Visualizing Solid Shapes
- Views of 3D shapes
- Mapping shapes around us
- Faces, Edges and vertices
Mensuration
- Area of trapezium
- Area of general quadrilateral
- Area of polygon
- Surface area of cube, cuboid and cylinder
- Volume of cube, cuboid and cylinder
- Volume and capacity
Exponents and Powers
- Numbers with negative and positive exponents
- Law of exponents, use of exponents to express very small and very big numbers
Direct and Inverse Proportions
- Direct proportion
- Inverse Proportion
Factorization
- What is Factorization? method of common factors Factorization by regrouping terms
- Factorisation using identities
- Division of algebraic expression
Introduction to Graphs
- Bar graphs, pie graph and line graph
- Linear graphs
- Applications of linear graphs
Playing with Numbers
- Numbers in general form, reversing the digits of number
- Letters for digits
- Test for divisibility by 2,3
- Test for divisibility by 5, 9, 10
Reference Books For Class 8 Math
Mathematics for Class 8 by R S Aggarwal (2019-20 Session)
NCERT Exemplar Problems-Solutions MATHEMATICS class 8th
Pearson IIT Foundation Series – Maths – Class 8