EN VIII Mathematics study guide
EN VIII Mathematics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Evaluarea Națională (EN VIII) is the national written assessment taken by students at the end of lower secondary education (clasa a VIII-a) in Romania. It is organised by the Ministerul Educației și Cercetării, the ministry whose official site publishes communiqués and results summaries for the assessment - for example, the ministry has published a synthesis of initial results for the 2026 session. The exam is intended for gimnazial candidates preparing to move on to liceu or vocational routes, and it draws on the whole lower-secondary curriculum rather than a single textbook. Mathematics is assessed across four broad strands: numbers and operations, algebra and functions, geometry, and data analysis, statistics and probability - each weighted equally at roughly a quarter of the paper, so no strand can be safely skipped. The EN VIII Mathematics study guide has 4 sections and about 1,066 words.
01Numbers and Operations
Candidates should move fluently among integers, fractions, decimals, and percents, and apply the order of operations (parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division left to right, addition/subtraction left to right). Know place value, factors and multiples, prime factorization, GCF and LCM, absolute value, and the rules for signed numbers.
269 words, about 1 min02Algebra and Functions
Candidates must translate words into expressions and equations, simplify expressions by combining like terms and applying the distributive property, and solve linear equations and inequalities. Know how to solve proportions, work with exponents (product, quotient, and power rules), and interpret slope and intercepts in y = mx + b.
270 words, about 1 min03Geometry
Candidates should compute perimeter, area, and volume for common figures: rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, circles, and rectangular solids. Know angle relationships-complementary (90°), supplementary (180°), vertical angles, and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal.
254 words, about 1 min04Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Candidates should read and interpret tables, bar graphs, line graphs, and circle graphs, and compute measures of center (mean, median, mode) and spread (range). Understand how outliers shift the mean more than the median.
273 words, about 1 min