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This smartboard lesson starts off with a warm up involving basic problems dealing with perfect squares and square roots. It then deals with real world applications of perfect squares and square roots in 5 different word problems. These questions are similar to questions that may appear on their end of year standardized tests.

Students are given various scenarios in which they must evaluate formulas/expressions for given replacement values. The worksheet consists of 5 problems.

Spiral Review #1 is comprised of 6 questions as follows: Question 1: Students must fill in a chart of equivalent values of fractions, decimals, percents, and scientific notation. Question 2: Students order a set of numbers from greatest to least. Question 3: Students determine two consecutive numbers between which the square root of 34 falls. Question 4: This question is a real world application of square roots. Students use their knowledge of square roots to determine the dimensions of a roo

This test is designed to be given after a quarter of the math 8 curriculum is completed. The test consists of 25 questions includes the following topics: - Comparing and ordering rational numbers - Order of operations - Evaluating expressions with given replacement values - Real Number System - Practical problems involving percents, ratios, and proportions