Prerequisite Skills by Grade
Listed below are some of the most valuable skills that students should have proficiency with upon entering each grade to help with the understanding of new skills and concepts learned this year:
8th Grade
Operations with rational numbers (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, decimals, positive and negative values)
Solving one and two step equations with rational numbers
Order of operations
Plotting points on a coordinate plane
Writing and solving proportions
7th Grade
Operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Operations with decimals (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Solving one-step equations
Finding unit rates/using ratio tables
Calculations with percents
6th Grade
Whole number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
Finding equivalent fractions
Place value
Fraction operations (addition and subtraction)
Decimal operations (addition and subtraction)