Unit 1 : Number Sense and

Numeration
Monday September 11, 2023
Minds On…

Use mental math:

a) 28 + 13 + 12 b) 2 x 29 x 5

c) 4 x 981 x 25 d) 62 x 8
Divisibility

Which numbers are divisible by 3?

i) 490 ii) 870 iii) 12 345

Which of the above numbers are divisible by 4 and/or 6?

Minds On #2 …
The population of Canada was 36 100 000 in April 2016. Statistics Canada (Stats Can) data
show that there are 8100 cell phones per 10 000 people.

About how many cell phones are in Canada?

Key Ideas

(1) Numbers are used to understand and describe our world.

(2) There are many strategies that can be used to solve problems: mental math,
paper and pencil, estimation, and a calculator.
Practice

Grade 7: MMS Text pages 12 – 13 # 1behk, 2abc, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

Grade 8: MMS Text pages 11 - 13 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
Lesson 2: Factors & Multiples
Tuesday September 12, 2023

Gr 8. FACTOR SQUARE: Gr 7. HUNDRED CHART

Identify factors of 120.

Think: How can I convert these factor statements of 120 into prime factorization?
Minds On…

GRADE 8: GRADE 7:

Convert the standard form 620 to write it as Identify all the FACTORS for the numbers below.
a product of its prime factors.
a) 30 b) 64

What are the common factors?

Important Terminology
Key Ideas + Practice
(1) All composite numbers can be expressed as a product of prime factors.

(2) Two or more numbers have a greatest common factor and a lowest common multiple.

PRACTICE QUESTIONS:

Grade 7: MMS Text pgs 16 – 17 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

Grade 8: MMS Text pages 17 # 1abc, 2fgh, 3 - 6

Lesson 3: Prime Factorization, LCMs and GCFs
Thursday September 14, 2023

Minds On …

Find the GCF & LCM for the numbers below

12 36
Minds On #2 …
Find the GCF & LCM for the numbers below

a) 20 48 b) 96 164

GCF GCF

LCM LCM
Key Ideas
(1) A factor is a number that divides exactly into another number.

(2) The multiples of a number are found by multiplying the number by 1, by 2, by 3, by 4, and so on, or by skip
counting.

(3) Factors that are the same for 2 or more numbers are called common factors. Multiples that are the same for 2
or more numbers are called common multiples.
Practice
Grade 7: Prime Numbers (MathPower) worksheet
Grade 8: MMS Text pages 17 – 18 # 7 – 12 & 14
Lesson 4: Exponents & Powers / Applications
Friday September 15, 2023 Minds On …

Grade 8 Grade 7

Write the numbers below as a product of Use the prime factorization for the pair of numbers to
their prime factors. Simplify with exponents. identify the GCF and the LCM.

a) 256 b) 576 48 72
Minds On #2…
Grade 8 Grade 7

Solve. Show your answer in standard form and Tucker and Meatball were playing at the dog park
exponent form. running laps around the park. Tucker ran 512 m and
Meatball ran 192 m. They both ran full laps. What is the
longest distance of a full lap? How many laps did Tucker
a) 24 x 23 b) 32 x 3-1 c) 55 ÷ 53
and Meatball run?
Practice
Grade 7: Factors & Multiples (MathPower) worksheet
Grade 8: Nelson Text pg 18 # 3 - 7, 9, 11
Lesson 5: Expanded Form & Scientific Notation
Squares and Square Roots
Friday September 15, 2023

Find the factors for each of the numbers below. List

ALL the factors for each number.

a) 9 b) 24

c) 36
Minds On…
Grade 8 Grade 7

Convert to Scientific Notation: Find the square of each number.

a) 61 200 000 b) 889 102 000 000 000 000 000 a) 4 b) 14

Draw a diagram to find the square root of each number.

c) 0.000 075 d) 0.000 000 000 060 433 a) 9 b) 25

Key Ideas + Practice
Grade 8 Grade 7
(1) Numbers can be expressed in expanded (1) A square number can be written as a product of
form using powers of 10. two equal factors.
(2) Numbers can be expressed in scientific
notation. (2) A square root is a number which, when multiplied
(3) Scientific Notation: is when a number is by itself, results in a given number.
written as a product of two factors. One
factor is a number greater than or equal
to 1, and less than 10. The other factor is a (3) Squaring and taking a square root are inverse
power of 10. operations.

Grade 7: MMS Text page 21 # 1, 2, 3a, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

Grade 8: MMS Text page 21-22 #1-3, 5,9,10

Lesson 6: Scientific Notation / Applications Square Roots
Monday September 18, 2023
Grade 8 Grade 7

Express in Scientific Notation: a) You are going to decorate one wall of your bedroom
by putting a border along the top. The wall is a
a) 580 070 000 000 000 000 000 000 square wall with an area of 256 square feet. How
long will the piece of border need to be for the
b) 0.000 000 000 000 002 109 edges?
a) Old Mother Hubbard made a square quilt with
Express in Standard Form: square patches of an equal size. If the area of quilt is
2401 cm2. What are the dimensions of each square
a) 5 x 1012 + 6 x 1011 + 3 x 109 + 3 x patch? How many patches are there?
106 + 1 x 105 + 8 x 104 + 2 x 102 +
6 x 101
b) 4 x 10-4 + 4 x 10-6 + 7 x 10-7 + 5 x
10-9 + 8 x 10-10
Practice
Grade 7: Squares and Square Roots (MathPower) worksheets
Grade 8: Nelson Text pg 22-23 # 4 - 8, 10, 12, 15, 17
Lesson 7: Rational, Irrational and Square Roots /
Exponents and Word Problems
Thursday September 21, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

(1) Write in exponent form.

a) 5x5x5x5x5 b) 64

(2) Write in expanded form and standard form.

a) 35 b) 73
Minds On …
Grade 8 Grade 7

Find the Square Root of: Jayden, Amina and Nathan work at Sport Chek. They all
go in for training on the same day. After that, Jayden
works every 3rd day, Amina works every 8th day and
a) √12 b) √52 c) √ Nathan works every 4th day. How many days will it take
for them all to work together again?
Key Ideas
Grade 8 Grade 7

(1) Exponents represent repeated

multiplication.

(2) A number written as a power has a base

and an exponent.

(3) A power with exponent 2 is a square

number. A power with exponent 3 is a cube
number.

(4) A number can be written in standard form,

expanded form, and exponent form.
Practice

Grade 7: MMS Text pages 25 – 26 # 1 - 5

Grade 8: Nelson Text pg 30 # 3 - 9, 12

Lesson 8: Order of Operations / Factors, Multiples, Squares
Friday September 22, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

Two students evaluated this expression: (1) Identify the GCF. Identify the LCM.

a) 18 42 b) 60 33
(8.4 x 103 + √1600 x 7) + 87 ÷ 1.5

Alexis got an answer of: Anthony got an answer of:

59138 8738

(2) Find the square of each number.

a) 17 b) 27

(3) Find the square root of each number.

Who solved the expression correctly? What went
wrong for the incorrect student? a) 225 b) 625
 Key Ideas (Grade 8)

(1) Order of Operations is a rule to ensure that operations in

expressions are calculated in the same way.

(2) The acronyms - PEMDAS or BEDMAS : Do the operations in

brackets/ parenthesis, do the exponents, multiply and divide in
order from left to right, add and subtract in order from left to
right.
Practice
Grade 7: MMS Text page 22 # 1 -13

Grade 8: MMS Text pages 27-28 #2,3,4,5,6ac,7ac,10,12

Lesson 9: Square Roots and Order of Operations / Exponents
Monday September 25, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

Find the Square Root for : Solve.

a) √2.25 b) √150
(1) 2 7 + 43 (2) 3 4 ÷ 92

(3) 6 x 6 x 6 ÷ 2 x 2 x 2

Round answers to nearest hundredth (2

decimal places) if necessary
Minds On #2…
Grade 8 Grade 7

Calculate: 6 + 4.5 x √6.52 + 3 x 2.25 (1) Write as a power of 10.

a) 1000 b) 10 000 000 c) 100 000 000 000

(2) Evaluate.
Write an expression that matches the words below.
Solve.
Divide twelve and twenty-five hundredths by twenty-five a) 3.12 b) 1.23 c)1.54
hundredths, take the square root of this number, and
multiply by seven.
Practice
Grade 7: MMS Text page 26 # 6 - 13

Grade 8: Nelson Text pg 31 # 14 - 19

Lesson 10: Common Factors and Multiples / Number Patterns
Wednesday September 27, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

Minds On … For each pair of numbers below: Copy this chart into your notebook. Extend the pattern
below using the chart. Write the pattern rule.
(i) Find all the common factors (make a list) Pattern: 23, 27, 35, 51, 83, …

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(ii) Find the first three common multiples

a) 18 126 b) 40 70
Pascal’s Triangle : What patterns do you see?
 Key Ideas (Grade 7)
(1) When writing a pattern rule, you must begin by stating what number the pattern starts with.

(2) Identify if the pattern is increasing, decreasing or alternating to extend.

(3) Determine the increments the pattern is increasing, decreasing or alternating by.
Practice
Grade 7: MMS Text pages 30 – 31 # 1ace, 2bdf, 3abc, 6, 8, 9

Grade 8: MMS Text page 24 # 1 - 10

Lesson 11: Prime Factors, Scientific Notation / Number Patterns
Thursday September 28, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

(1) Find the missing prime factor in these equations: How would you describe each of these patterns in words?

a) 1 800 = 23 x 32 x _____ b) 20 160 = 32 x 7 x 5 x _____ What are the next 3 terms in each pattern?

a) 5, 15, 35, 65, …

(2) Write in Standard Form AND Scientific Notation.

a) 6 x 1013 + 8 x 108 + 5 x 107 + 7 x 102 + 2 x 101 + 4 x 100

b) 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, …
b) 6 x 10-3 + 4 x 10-5 + 8 x 10-6 + 5 x 10-8 + 9 x 10-12
Practice

Grade 7: Patterns Worksheet (MathPower)

Grade 8: Nelson Text page 41 # 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13

Lesson 12: Unit Review
Friday September 29, 2023

Grade 8 Grade 7

Topics to Practice Topics To Practice

(1) Prime Factorization : writing a number as a (1) Mental Math Strategies (divisibility rules, identifying
product of its prime factors, GCFs and LCMs operations, simplifying and estimation)

(2) Scientific Notation : writing a number as a product (2) Factors & Multiples (writing a number as a product of
of two factors (first factor is 1<10, and the its prime factors, GCFs and LCMs, application
other is a power of 10), representing very large problems)
and small values
(3) Squares & Square Roots (finding the square and
(3) Square Roots : finding the square root for perfect square roots for perfect squares)
squares and irrational numbers through
approximation strategies (4) Exponents (standard form, exponent form, expanded
form)
(4) Order of Operations : following BEDMAS/PEMDAS
working from left to right – be able to write (5) Number Patterns (writing a pattern in words,
expressions in words identifying next terms)
Practice

Grade 7: MMS Homework Book Practice Questions (solutions posted)

Grade 8: Nelson Text page 43 # 2ab, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11