NB Francophone G8 Math case studies

Grade 8 mathematics in New Brunswick's French-language school system is the bridge year between elementary arithmetic and the algebra, geometry and statistics that begin in high school. Students work entirely in French, so the mathematical vocabulary itself - carré, racine carrée, taux, rapport, aire, volume - is part of what they are learning, alongside the concepts. The year is organised around four strands: number (rational numbers, squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, percentages, ratios, rates and proportional reasoning, operations and order of operations); patterns and relations (linear patterns, tables of values, graphs, expressions and solving one-variable equations); shape and space (measurement, circumference and area of circles, surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders, the Pythagorean relationship, nets and 3-D views, transformations and tessellation); and statistics and probability (data collection and display, circle graphs, measures of central tendency, and theoretical and experimental probability of independent events). This page is independent study support for students, parents and tutors preparing for end-of-year evaluation. The NB Francophone G8 Math case studies are 5 cases and about 3,157 words.