New Class 8 NCERT Maths Chapter Names (Ganit Prakash)
Chapter 1: A Square and A Cube
Chapter 2: Power Play
Chapter 3: A Story of Numbers
Chapter 4: Quadrilaterals
Chapter 5: Number Play
Chapter 6: We Distribute, Yet Things Multiply
Chapter 7: Proportional Reasoning – 1
Chapter 8:
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 1: A Square and A Cube
- Square numbers and their properties
- Patterns related to square numbers
- Square roots – finding by prime factorisation and long division method
- Cube numbers and their properties
- Patterns related to cube numbers
- Cube roots – finding by prime factorisation method
- Estimation of square roots and cube roots
- Applications of squares, square roots, cubes, and cube roots in solving problems
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 2: Power Play
- Laws of exponents
- Multiplication and division of powers with the same base
- Powers with the same exponent
- Power of a power
- Negative exponents and their meaning
- Use of exponents to express small numbers in standard form
- Comparing very large and very small numbers using exponents
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 3: A Story of Numbers
- Indian and international system of numeration
- Reading and writing large numbers
- Place value and face value
- Estimation and rounding off numbers
- Significant figures
- Historical development of numbers
- Roman numerals and their application
- Patterns in numbers
- Introduction to different types of numbers – natural, whole, integers, rational, and irrational
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 4: Quadrilaterals
- Introduction to quadrilaterals
- Types of quadrilaterals – square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium, kite
- Properties of different quadrilaterals
- Angle sum property of a quadrilateral
- Properties of parallelogram and its special cases
- Diagonals of different quadrilaterals
- Construction of quadrilaterals
- Problems based on properties of quadrilaterals
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 5: Number Play
- Factors and multiples
- Prime and composite numbers
- Tests of divisibility
- HCF and LCM – by prime factorisation and division method
- Relationship between HCF and LCM
- Even and odd numbers and their properties
- Perfect numbers, co-prime numbers
- Solving problems using HCF and LCM in real-life situations
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 6: We Distribute, Yet Things Multiply
- Understanding and applying the distributive property of multiplication over addition and subtraction
- Simplifying expressions using the distributive property
- Multiplication of algebraic expressions
- Special products – squares of binomials, difference of squares, sum and difference of two terms
- Using distributive property in solving problems
- Expanding and simplifying algebraic expressions
Topics Covered – Class 8 Mathematics (Ganit Prakash) Chapter 7: Proportional Reasoning – 1
- Introduction to ratio and proportion
- Properties of ratios
- Equivalent ratios
- Concept of proportion and its properties
- Unitary method
- Direct proportion – meaning and examples
- Solving problems based on direct proportion in real-life situations