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Chapter 1 Study Guide

This study guide covers key concepts related to area, perimeter, factors, and the Pythagorean theorem for Grade 8 mathematics. It explains how to calculate the area of squares, rectangles, and triangles, as well as how to estimate square roots and identify perfect squares. Additionally, it introduces the Pythagorean theorem and its application in finding unknown side lengths in right triangles.

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Chapter 1 Study Guide

This study guide covers key concepts related to area, perimeter, factors, and the Pythagorean theorem for Grade 8 mathematics. It explains how to calculate the area of squares, rectangles, and triangles, as well as how to estimate square roots and identify perfect squares. Additionally, it introduces the Pythagorean theorem and its application in finding unknown side lengths in right triangles.

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Grade 8: Chapter 1 Study Guide

Area

Width
Because it’s a square, we know length and width are the
same. Therefore
Area =
Length x Length Area = Length x Length
width
Area = L2

If we know the Area = 64, we can square root it to find the


side length.

= 8
Square Numbers VS Squared Numbers
7 x 7 = 49 49 is a square number, it is a perfect square
7 is a number squared

Perimeter
We need to find our side length in order to find what our perimeter is.
Perimeter = all side lengths added together.

Factors
Factors are the list of numbers that divide equally into a product.
16: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24
If a number has an odd number of factors than it is a perfect square number!
If a number has an even number of factors than it is not a perfect square number.

Measuring Lines
Area of a Rectangle or Square Area = length x width
Area of a Triangle Area = base x height
2

Because we don’t know the side


length, we can’t find the exact area.

We can use triangles and what we


know to find what we need.

If we subtract our triangles from our


outer square, we are left with the
area of D!

Area of the outer square A = length x width


A = 4 units x 4 units
A = 16 units2
Area of the triangles A = base x height
2
A=3x1
2
A=3 A = 1.5 units2
2

*Because we have 4 triangles we multiply by 4. 1.5 units2 x 4 = 6 units2

Area of D = Area of outer square – Area of triangles combined

= 16 units2 – 6 units2
= 10 unitss

Estimating Square Roots

20 is not a perfect square number, therefore we know its’


square root will be a decimal.
1) Find the two perfect squares that 20 is in between – 16 and 25
2) Draw a number line with those numbers on it and fit 20 on the number line
3) Draw a second number line below with the square roots of those numbers – 4 and 5
4) We know that because 20 is between 16 and 25, its square root will be between 4 and 5
5) Connect the two number lines by
drawing a line down from 20 to its’
estimated square root.

The square root is estimated at 4.4

Pythagorean Theorem
a 2 + b2 = c2
c2 – a2 = b2 c2 – b2 = a2
**C IS ALWAYS THE
HYPOTENEUSE**

Use the side lengths that we know to find the one that is unknown
Using what we know

We can make our own triangle and find the side length
using Pythagorean Theorem.

Lengths that we know – 2 units, 4 units.

We are looking for the Hypotenuse (C) therefore we use a2 + b2 = c2

2 units2 + 4 units2 = c2
4 + 16 = c2
20 = c2

If Area of Square A added to Area of

Square B equals the Area of Square C

then it is a right triangle!


=c
4.47

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