FAST Math Grade 8 study guide
FAST Math Grade 8 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The FAST Mathematics Grade 8 assessment is Florida's statewide progress-monitoring test in mathematics for eighth graders, administered to students enrolled in Florida public schools. It is a state accountability assessment, not a professional certification, so candidates do not register or pay individually; schools schedule and deliver it during designated windows. The FAST Math Grade 8 study guide has 6 sections and about 2,747 words.
01Number Sense and Operations
This domain tests how well you handle the real number system, exponent properties, and scientific notation. Expect questions that ask you to classify numbers, approximate irrational values, simplify expressions with integer exponents, and compute with very large or very small quantities written in scientific notation.
398 words, about 2 min02Expressions, Equations and Inequalities
This domain tests algebraic fluency: simplifying expressions, solving linear equations and inequalities, working with systems, and using square and cube roots. Questions often combine two skills, such as solving an equation and interpreting the solution in context.
467 words, about 2 min03Functions
Functions describe a relationship in which each input has exactly one output. This domain tests whether you can identify functions from tables, graphs, equations, and verbal rules; compare their properties; and model linear and nonlinear relationships.
524 words, about 3 min04Geometry and Measurement
Geometry and Measurement tests transformations and their effect on congruence and similarity, the Pythagorean theorem and its converse, distance in the coordinate plane, and volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres. Translations, reflections, and rotations are rigid motions: they preserve side lengths and angle measures, so the image is congruent to the preimage.
456 words, about 2 min05Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
This domain tests bivariate data and categorical data: reading scatter plots, describing association, using a line of best fit, and analyzing two-way tables with relative frequencies. Probability questions may ask for simple probabilities from a table or sample space.
456 words, about 2 min06Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning
This domain tests multi-step problem solving and modeling: translating a real situation into mathematics, choosing a representation, carrying out a plan, and justifying the result. Questions often combine two domains, such as a linear cost model with an inequality or a volume calculation with a rate.
446 words, about 2 min