KSA Grade 8 Expressions and Equations. Practice it free.

Work with radicals and integer exponents; understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations; and analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations. This Grade 8 reporting domain maps to 7 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 8EE7 mapped skills
What the test measures

Expressions and Equations skills

  1. Apply properties of integer exponents

  2. Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations

  3. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving square and cube roots

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

  5. Understand the relationship between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations

  6. Solve systems of linear equations graphically and algebraically

Standards basis

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Mathematics — Kentucky

How the KSA reports it

Kentucky KSA is a state summative assessment built on Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) rather than a separate national framework. For mathematics, the assessed content closely follows Common Core–style grade-band domains in grades 3-8 and uses Kentucky high-school conceptual categories in grade 10.

Blueprint & weighting

KSA uses the Independent / state-specific framework (by grade domains structure).

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Practice playeasy

What is 144\sqrt{144}?

12×12=14412 \times 12 = 144, so 144=12\sqrt{144} = 12.

Practice playeasy

(37)4=3a7a.(3 \cdot 7)^{4} = 3^{a} \cdot 7^{a}\textsf{.} What is a?a\textsf{?}

The Power of a Product Property says that a product raised to a power equals each factor raised to that power, written (ab)n=anbn.(ab)^{n} = a^{n} \cdot b^{n}\textsf{.} Here (37)4=3474(3 \cdot 7)^{4} = 3^{4} \cdot 7^{4}, so a=4.a = 4\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

Which system of linear equations has no solution?

Both equations have slope 3-3 but different yy-intercepts (22 and 55), so the lines are parallel and the system has no solution.

Practice playeasy

{4x2y=68x4y=12\begin{cases} 4x - 2y = 6 \\ 8x - 4y = 12 \end{cases}

How many solutions does the given system of equations have?

Rewrite in slope-intercept form: y=2x3y = 2x - 3 and y=2x3y = 2x - 3. The slopes and yy-intercepts match, so the equations describe the same line and the system has infinitely many solutions.

Practice playmedium

What value of xx is the solution to the given equation?

5x+4=2x+195x + 4 = 2x + 19

Subtract 2x2x from both sides: 3x+4=193x + 4 = 19. Subtract 44 from both sides: 3x=153x = 15. Divide by 33: x=5.x = 5\textsf{.}

Practice playmedium

If 5y=2x+45y = -2x + 4, which expression is equal to xx?

Subtract 44 from both sides: 5y4=2x5y - 4 = -2x. Divide both sides by 2-2: x=5y42=5y+42x = \dfrac{5y - 4}{-2} = \dfrac{-5y + 4}{2}.

Practice playeasy

What is the yy-intercept of the graph of y=9x14y = -9x - 14 in the coordinate plane?

In y=mx+by = mx + b, the yy-intercept is the point (0,b)(0, b). Here b=14b = -14, so the yy-intercept is (0,14).(0, -14)\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

Evaluate 1253\sqrt[3]{125}.

5×5×5=1255 \times 5 \times 5 = 125, so 1253=5\sqrt[3]{125} = 5.

Keep practicing

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