NAEP Grade 8 Geometry. Practice it free.

This area includes spatial reasoning and applying geometric properties. This Grade 8 reporting domain maps to 9 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grade 89 mapped skills
What the test measures

Geometry skills

  1. spatial reasoning

  2. geometric properties

  3. Pythagorean theorem problems

  4. geometry reasoning

Standards basis

NAEP Mathematics Framework (National Assessment Governing Board framework; not a CCSS-M/state standards test blueprint) — national

How the NAEP reports it

NAEP mathematics is organized by the National Assessment Governing Board’s framework, not by state standards. The current framework assesses Grades 4, 8, and 12 and uses five content areas, with item distributions and complexity levels specified in the official framework; it is a national assessment and not aligned to Common Core as a governing blueprint, though it reflects broadly modern school math expectations.

Blueprint & weighting

Published item distribution by grade and content area: Grade 4 — Number Properties and Operations 40%, Measurement 20%, Geometry 15%, Data Analysis/Statistics/Probability 10%, Algebra 15%; Grade 8 — Number Properties and Operations 20%, Measurement 15%, Geometry 20%, Data Analysis/Statistics/Probability 15%, Algebra 30%; Grade 12 — Number Properties and Operations 10%, Measurement and Geometry 30%, Data Analysis/Statistics/Probability 25%, Algebra 35%.

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Practice playmedium

In △JKL\triangle JKL, ∠J\angle J and ∠L\angle L are congruent. The measure of each of these angles is 61.7∘61.7^{\circ}. What is the measure of ∠K\angle K?

The two congruent angles total 2×61.7∘=123.4∘2 \times 61.7^{\circ} = 123.4^{\circ}, so ∠K=180∘−123.4∘=56.6∘\angle K = 180^{\circ} - 123.4^{\circ} = 56.6^{\circ}.

Practice playeasy

What is (6−2)×180(6-2) \times 180?

(6−2)×180=4×180=720(6-2) \times 180 = 4 \times 180 = 720.

Practice playeasy

If m∠A=50∘m\angle A = 50^{\circ} and m∠B=78∘m\angle B = 78^{\circ} in a triangle, what is m∠C?m\angle C\textsf{?}

The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180∘.180^{\circ}\textsf{.} So m∠C=180∘−50∘−78∘=52∘.m\angle C = 180^{\circ} - 50^{\circ} - 78^{\circ} = 52^{\circ}\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

What is the distance from (0,0)(0, 0) to (5,12)(5, 12)?

52+122=25+144=169=13\sqrt{5^2 + 12^2} = \sqrt{25 + 144} = \sqrt{169} = 13.

Practice playeasy

The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 2626 meters, and one leg measures 2424 meters. What is the length of the second leg?

Let the missing leg be xx. Then x2+242=262x^{2} + 24^{2} = 26^{2}, so x2=262−242=676−576=100x^{2} = 26^{2} - 24^{2} = 676 - 576 = 100 and x=100=10x = \sqrt{100} = 10.

Practice playeasy

A right triangle has legs 33 and 44. What is the hypotenuse?

32+42=9+16=253^{2} + 4^{2} = 9 + 16 = 25, so the hypotenuse is 25=5.\sqrt{25} = 5\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

A wheelchair ramp rises 55 feet over a horizontal distance of 1212 feet. What is the length of the ramp?

The ramp is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 55 and 1212: 52+122=25+144=169=13\sqrt{5^{2} + 12^{2}} = \sqrt{25 + 144} = \sqrt{169} = 13 feet.

Practice playhard

A rectangle has length 88 centimeters and area 120120 square centimeters. What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle, in centimeters?

Area A=ℓwA = \ell w, so 120=8w120 = 8w and w=15w = 15. The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 88 and 1515: 82+152=64+225=289=17 cm.\sqrt{8^2 + 15^2} = \sqrt{64 + 225} = \sqrt{289} = 17\text{ cm}\textsf{.}

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