South African Grade 8 Mathematics

The first year of high school (Senior Phase, age 13–14). Grade 8 consolidates number work, introduces integers and exponents, and takes the first real steps into algebra — letters for numbers, expressions, and simple equations — alongside the geometry of lines, shapes and space. Greyed items are topics still to be written.

Numbers & exponents

  1. Introduction to ratio
  2. Rate and proportion

Patterns & algebra

Geometry & measurement

  1. Angles and parallel lines
  2. Perimeter and area
  3. Surface area and volume
  4. Transformations

Data handling & probability

  1. Bar charts, histograms & pie charts
  2. Basic probability

Begin → Negative numbers