STAAR grade 8 math practice test
A free practice set in the style of grade 8 math on the STAAR: 12 questions in the online formats state tests use, marked as soon as you finish. Nothing is stored.
Grade 8 practice set
12 questions, with no clock. A new set every time, marked when you finish, with the marks by STAAR’s categories.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
What’s on grade 8 math
The STAAR reports grade 8 math in 4 categories. The practice set covers each of them:
Numerical Representations and Relationships
- Rational and irrational numbers
- Estimating square roots between whole numbers
- The rules of exponents
- Square roots and cube roots
- Scientific notation
Computations and Algebraic Relationships
- Slope from two points or a table
- Equations with variables on both sides
- Systems of two linear equations
- What makes a relation a function
- Linear functions as models: rate of change and starting value
- Telling linear and nonlinear functions apart
Geometry and Measurement
- Translations, reflections and rotations on the coordinate plane
- Similar figures and dilations
- Angles in triangles and where parallel lines are crossed
- The Pythagorean theorem
- Volume of cylinders, cones and spheres
Data Analysis and Personal Financial Literacy
- Scatter plots: association and lines of fit
- Two-way tables and relative frequencies
- Money: simple and compound interest
- The STAAR checks the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills).
- Calculators: Not allowed in grades 3-7 unless the student qualifies for a calculator accommodation. Required in grade 8.
How to help at home
Do one set, then talk
After a set, look at the ones they missed together. Ask how they got their answer before saying what the right one is.
Little and often
A short set a few times a week does more than a long session the week before.
Use real life
Prices at the store, recipes, distances and times on a trip: grade-level math is everywhere.
Keep it calm
The test checks how the year went. A good night’s sleep helps more than cramming.
For the real test’s screens and tools, try the state’s official practice.
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See Thena explain the ones they missed
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