Forward Grade 8 Expressions & Equations. Practice it free.

Works with radicals and integer exponents and analyzes and solves linear equations and systems. This Grade 8 reporting domain maps to 10 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 810 mapped skills
What the test measures

Expressions & Equations skills

  1. Apply properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions

  2. Use scientific notation

  3. Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations

  4. Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations

  5. Use square root and cube root equations to solve problems

Standards basis

Wisconsin Standards for Mathematics — Wisconsin

How the Forward reports it

Wisconsin’s Forward Exam is a state assessment designed to measure students against the recently updated Wisconsin Academic Standards, rather than a separate national framework. The official Forward Exam page confirms the math assessment is administered in grades 3-8 and is aligned to the Wisconsin Academic Standards, but it does not publish a math-specific blueprint on the page itself.

Blueprint & weighting

Not published in the official Forward Exam page content available here. The page confirms alignment to Wisconsin Academic Standards and administration in grades 3-8, but no math blueprint percentages or reporting-category weights are provided on the page content retrieved.

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Practice playmedium

3×1056×102=\dfrac{3 \times 10^{5}}{6 \times 10^{2}}=

Divide coefficients and subtract exponents: 3÷6=0.53 \div 6 = 0.5 and 52=35-2=3, giving 0.5×1030.5 \times 10^{3}. Rewrite as 5×101×103=5×102.5 \times 10^{-1} \times 10^{3}=5 \times 10^{2}\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

If x2=169x^2 = 169 and x>0x > 0, what is xx?

Take the positive square root: x=169=13x = \sqrt{169} = 13 because 13×13=16913 \times 13 = 169.

Practice playeasy

Simplify: (y5)2(y^{5})^{2}.

The Power of a Power Property says that a power raised to another power is simplified by multiplying the exponents, written (ym)n=ymn.(y^{m})^{n} = y^{m \cdot n}\textsf{.} Here y5y^{5} is raised to the second power, so (y5)2=y52=y10.(y^{5})^{2} = y^{5 \cdot 2} = y^{10}\textsf{.}

Practice playhard

Let f(t)=5e3t+200f(t) = 5e^{3t} + 200. Which of the following approximations, written as a×10na \times 10^n with one significant digit, is closest to the value of f(4)f(4)?

Substitute t=4t = 4: f(4)=5e12+200f(4) = 5e^{12} + 200. Since e12162,755e^{12} \approx 162{,}755, f(4)5(162,755)+200=813,9758×105f(4) \approx 5(162{,}755) + 200 = 813{,}975 \approx 8 \times 10^{5}.

Practice playeasy

Which of the following systems has no solution?

Both equations have slope 44 but different yy-intercepts (1-1 and 33), so the lines are parallel and the system has no solution.

Practice playeasy

{5x3y=42x+y=7\begin{cases} 5x - 3y = 4 \\ 2x + y = 7 \end{cases}

How many solutions does the given system of equations have?

Rewrite in slope-intercept form: y=53x43y = \dfrac{5}{3}x - \dfrac{4}{3} and y=2x+7y = -2x + 7. The slopes 53\dfrac{5}{3} and 2-2 are different, so the lines intersect at exactly one point.

Practice playmedium

Solve for xx: 7x3=3x+177x - 3 = 3x + 17.

Subtract 3x3x from both sides: 4x3=174x - 3 = 17. Add 33 to both sides: 4x=204x = 20. Divide by 44: x=5.x = 5\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

9×1059 \times 10^5 is how many times as large as 3×1023 \times 10^2?

9×1053×102=3×103=3,000\dfrac{9 \times 10^5}{3 \times 10^2} = 3 \times 10^3 = 3{,}000.

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