MCA Grade 8 Expressions and Equations. Practice it free.

Analyzes and solves linear equations and systems, and uses exponents to evaluate expressions. 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 and Equations skills

  1. Work with radicals and integer exponents

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

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

  4. Use numbers expressed in scientific notation to estimate very large or very small quantities

  5. Analyze and solve systems of linear equations

Standards basis

Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics (2007; assessed by MCA-III in grades 3-8 and 11 through 2026-27. 2022 standards phase in with MCA-IV beginning 2027-28) — Minnesota

How the MCA reports it

Minnesota’s MCA math is a state assessment tied to Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics rather than a separate national framework. The official public resources available here point to Minnesota-specific standards implementation, and absent a test blueprint, the coverage map should be organized by the state’s grade-level math domains that closely parallel CCSS-M. Note: the current MCA-III assesses the 2007 Minnesota standards in grades 3-8 and 11; Minnesota administers a single comprehensive high-school (grade 11) math test, NOT Algebra I / Geometry / Algebra II end-of-course exams — the 'High School / MCA EOC' band below is the grade-11 HS administration. (MCA-IV on the 2022 standards begins 2027-28.)

Blueprint & weighting

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

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Practice playeasy

272426=2n.\dfrac{2^{7} \cdot 2^{4}}{2^{6}} = 2^{n}\textsf{.} What is n?n\textsf{?}

The Product of Powers Property says that powers with the same base are multiplied by adding the exponents, written xmxn=xm+n.x^{m} \cdot x^{n} = x^{m+n}\textsf{.} The numerator is 2724=27+4=211.2^{7} \cdot 2^{4} = 2^{7+4} = 2^{11}\textsf{.} The Quotient of Powers Property then subtracts the exponents of powers with the same base, written xmxn=xmn.\dfrac{x^{m}}{x^{n}} = x^{m-n}\textsf{.} So 21126=2116=25\dfrac{2^{11}}{2^{6}} = 2^{11-6} = 2^{5} and n=5.n = 5\textsf{.}

Practice playmedium

Which of these linear systems has no solution?

The first equation gives y=2x+5.y = -2x + 5\textsf{.} The second simplifies to y=2x+6,y = -2x + 6\textsf{,} so the slopes match but the intercepts differ and the system has no solution.

Practice playeasy

{3x+4y=10x2y=1\begin{cases} 3x + 4y = 10 \\ x - 2y = 1 \end{cases}

How many solutions does the given system of equations have?

Rewrite in slope-intercept form: y=34x+52y = -\dfrac{3}{4}x + \dfrac{5}{2} and y=12x12y = \dfrac{1}{2}x - \dfrac{1}{2}. The slopes 34-\dfrac{3}{4} and 12\dfrac{1}{2} are different, so the lines intersect at exactly one point.

Practice playeasy

What is 643\sqrt[3]{64}?

4×4×4=644 \times 4 \times 4 = 64, so 643=4\sqrt[3]{64} = 4.

Practice playmedium

Let f(t)=8e3t+50f(t) = 8e^{3t} + 50. Which of the following approximations, written as a×10na \times 10^n with one significant digit, is closest to the value of f(2)f(2)?

Substitute t=2t = 2: f(2)=8e6+50f(2) = 8e^{6} + 50. Since e6403.4e^{6} \approx 403.4, f(2)8(403.4)+50=3,2773×103f(2) \approx 8(403.4) + 50 = 3{,}277 \approx 3 \times 10^{3}.

Practice playmedium

What value of xx solves 12(4x+6)+x=15\dfrac{1}{2}(4x + 6) + x = 15?

Distribute 12\dfrac{1}{2}: 2x+3+x=152x + 3 + x = 15. Combine like terms: 3x+3=153x + 3 = 15. Subtract 33 from both sides: 3x=123x = 12. Divide by 33: x=4.x = 4\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

0.0075=c×1030.0075 = c \times 10^{-3}. What is cc?

Moving the decimal in 0.00750.0075 three places right gives 7.57.5, so c=7.5c = 7.5.

Practice playmedium

(4×103)(5×104)(4 \times 10^{3})(5 \times 10^{4}) equals

Multiply coefficients and add exponents: 45=204 \cdot 5 = 20 and 3+4=73+4=7, giving 20×10720 \times 10^{7}. Rewrite as 2×101×107=2×108.2 \times 10^{1} \times 10^{7}=2 \times 10^{8}\textsf{.}

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