New Hampshire NH SAS Grade 8 Math Free Worksheets: Printable Standards-Aligned Practice with Answers

If you watch a New Hampshire student work through eighth-grade math, you can almost see the moment the ground shifts. The arithmetic that carried them through earlier grades is still there, but it has become the warm-up, not the main event. The main event is algebra — slope as a rate of change, a function as a rule that gives every input exactly one output, an equation that might resolve to a single solution, no solution, or infinitely many. That is a different kind of thinking than getting an answer and circling it, and eighth grade is where it begins in earnest.

Geometry rises to meet it. This is the year the Pythagorean theorem becomes a tool a student leans on, the year shapes are translated, reflected, and rotated across a coordinate grid, and the year volume grows past rectangular boxes into cylinders, cones, and spheres. The aim is never to memorize a formula and leave it at that — it is to understand the relationship the formula stands for. And running underneath all of it is a new fluency with the real number system: irrational numbers, scientific notation, and the exponent laws that keep huge and tiny numbers in hand.

These worksheets were built for that climb. Whether your student is in Manchester, Nashua, Concord, or Dover, the approach does not change: one clear skill at a time, with enough practice that the skill is genuinely learned before the next one lands.

What’s on this page

This page offers 72 single-skill PDFs, each aligned to the New Hampshire Mathematics Standards for Grade 8. Every file is built around one skill and nothing else. A student practicing the Pythagorean theorem is not also being tested on two-way tables, and a student on linear functions is not being pulled into compound interest. That narrow focus is the strategy — it is how a shaky skill becomes a reliable one.

Each PDF opens with a one-page Quick Review that explains the skill in everyday language and walks through one fully worked example. After that come 20 practice problems, ordered to build from approachable to genuinely demanding, plus 4 word problems that set the skill in a real context. The closing page is a student-facing answer key — not just final answers, but short, friendly explanations a student can read independently and actually use.

Real Numbers

• Rational and Irrational Numbers — [8.NS.A, 8.NS.A.1] tell a fraction-able number from one whose decimal never repeats
• Turning Repeating Decimals into Fractions — [8.NS.A, 8.NS.A.1] the algebra trick that turns 0.272727… into a clean fraction
• Estimating Irrational Numbers — [8.NS.A, 8.NS.A.2] pin a root like √20 between two whole numbers, then closer
• Estimating Expressions with Irrational Numbers — [8.NS.A, 8.NS.A.2] approximate whole expressions that mix roots and π
• Personal Financial Literacy — [8.PFL.1] real-money math: budgets, balances, and simple percent work
• Prime Factorization with Exponents — [8.NS.1] break a number all the way down and write it with exponents
• Density of Real Numbers — [8.NS.1] there is always another number between any two — find it

Exponents, Roots & Scientific Notation

• Properties of Integer Exponents — [8.EE.A, 8.EE.A.1] product, quotient, power, zero, and negative-exponent rules
• Square Roots and Cube Roots — [8.EE.A, 8.EE.A.2] undo a square or a cube, including the ± on x² equations
• Understanding Scientific Notation — [8.EE.A, 8.EE.A.3] move the decimal the right way for huge and tiny numbers
• Operations with Scientific Notation — [8.EE.A, 8.EE.A.4] multiply, divide, add, and subtract without losing the exponent
• Order of Operations with Radicals — [8.EE.2] where the radical bar fits in PEMDAS — it groups like parentheses

Linear Equations and Inequalities

• Graphing Proportional Relationships — [8.EE.B, 8.EE.B.5] read the unit rate straight off a proportional graph
• Slope as a Rate of Change — [8.EE.B, 8.EE.B.5] slope is just rise over run — a real-world rate
• Slope and the Equations of a Line — [8.EE.B, 8.EE.B.6] build y = mx + b from a slope and a point
• Solving Linear Equations in One Variable — [8.EE.C.7a, 8.EE.C.7b, 8.EE.C.8b] multi-step solving: distribute, combine, isolate
• Solving Systems of Two Equations — [8.EE.C.8a, 8.EE.C.8b] find the point two lines share by substitution or elimination
• Solving Real Problems with Systems — [8.EE.C, 8.EE.C.8, 8.EE.C.8c] turn a word problem into two equations and solve it
• Solving Linear Inequalities — [8.EE.7] solve like an equation — but flip the sign when you divide by a negative
• Multiplying Linear Expressions and Factoring — [8.EE.C.7b] distribute to expand, pull out a common factor to undo it
• Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables — [8.EE.8] boundary line, solid or dashed, then shade the right side
• Parallel and Perpendicular Lines — [8.EE.6] equal slopes for parallel, negative reciprocals for perpendicular
• Point-Slope and Standard Form — [8.EE.6] two more ways to write a line — and when each one helps
• Literal Equations — [8.EE.7] solve a formula for a different letter
• Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities — [8.EE.7] split into two cases — and read ‘and’ vs ‘or’ correctly
• Equations with Special Solutions — [8.EE.7] spot ‘no solution’ and ‘all real numbers’ before you waste time

Functions and Sequences

• What Is a Function? — [8.F.A, 8.F.A.1] every input gets exactly one output — and how to check
• Reading Function Values — [8.F.A, 8.F.A.1] evaluate f(x) and read values from tables and graphs
• Comparing Two Functions — [8.F.A, 8.F.A.2] compare functions given as equations, tables, and graphs
• Linear vs. Nonlinear Functions — [8.F.A, 8.F.A.3] constant rate of change means linear — everything else does not
• Building Linear Functions — [8.F.B, 8.F.B.4] write the function from a description, a table, or two points
• Sketching and Describing Function Graphs — [8.F.B, 8.F.B.5] match a graph’s shape to a story: increasing, flat, falling
• Domain and Range of a Function — [8.F.1] the inputs you may use and the outputs you get back
• Arithmetic Sequences — [8.F.4] add the same step each time — and find the nth term
• Geometric Sequences — [8.F.4] multiply by the same ratio each time — and find the nth term

Geometry

• Rotations, Reflections, and Translations — [8.G.A.1a, 8.G.A.1b, 8.G.A.1c] the three rigid motions and what each does to a figure
• Congruent Figures — [8.G.A, 8.G.A.2] same size and shape — and the moves that prove it
• Transformations on the Coordinate Plane — [8.G.A, 8.G.A.3] apply transformation rules to coordinates
• Similarity and Dilations — [8.G.A, 8.G.A.4] scale a figure up or down and keep its shape
• Angles in Triangles and Parallel Lines — [8.G.A.5] the angle sum and the parallel-line angle pairs
• Pythagorean Theorem — [8.G.B, 8.G.B.6, 8.G.B.7] a² + b² = c² for any right triangle
• Distance with the Pythagorean Theorem — [8.G.B, 8.G.B.8] find the distance between two points on the plane
• Volume of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres — [8.G.C, 8.G.C.9] the three curved-solid volume formulas, side by side
• Angle Relationships — [8.G.B, 8.G.B.7] complementary, supplementary, vertical, and adjacent angles
• Surface Area of Prisms, Cylinders, and Pyramids — [8.G.9] add up every face — nets make it visible
• Volume of Pyramids — [8.G.9] one-third of the matching prism
• Composite Figures: Area and Perimeter — [8.G.9] break an odd shape into shapes you already know
• Interior Angles of Polygons — [8.G.A.5] the (n − 2) × 180° rule for any polygon
• Triangle Inequality Theorem — [8.G.5] which three lengths can actually close into a triangle
• Surface Area of Spheres — [8.G.9] the 4πr² formula and where it shows up
• Arc Length and Area of Sectors — [8.G.9] a slice of a circle — its curved edge and its area
• Cross Sections of 3D Figures — [8.G.9] the 2D shape you get when you slice a solid
• Parallel Lines and Transversals — [8.G.A.5] name and use every angle pair a transversal creates
• Applying the Pythagorean Theorem — [8.G.7] real-world right-triangle problems: ladders, ramps, diagonals
• Volume of Cones and Spheres — [8.G.C, 8.G.C.9] focused practice on the two trickiest volume formulas

Statistics and Probability

• Scatter Plots — [8.SP.A, 8.SP.A.1] read clustering, outliers, and the direction of a trend
• Fitting a Line to Data — [8.SP.A, 8.SP.A.2] draw a trend line and find its slope and intercept
• Using a Linear Model — [8.SP.A, 8.SP.A.3] use the trend line to predict and to interpret slope
• Two-Way Tables — [8.SP.A, 8.SP.A.4] organize categorical data and read relative frequencies
• Mean Absolute Deviation — [8.SP.4] measure how spread out a data set really is
• Probability: Simple and Compound — [8.SP.4] single-event probability and combining events
• Counting Principle and Permutations — [8.SP.4] count outcomes by multiplying — and when order matters
• Box Plots and IQR — [8.SP.4] the five-number summary, the box, and the spread of the middle
• Random Sampling — [8.SP.4] why a fair sample beats a biased one, and how to scale up
• Effect of Data Changes — [8.SP.4] what adding or scaling values does to mean, median, and range
• Probability of Compound Events — [8.SP.4] and/or events, with and without replacement

Financial Literacy

• Simple Interest — [8.PFL.1] I = Prt — interest that grows on the original amount only
• Compound Interest — [8.PFL.2] interest that earns interest, period after period
• Percents: Tax, Discount, and Markup — [8.PFL.3] the everyday percent problems behind every receipt
• Cost of Credit and Loans — [8.PFL.4] what borrowing really costs once interest is counted
• Payment Methods — [8.PFL.5] cash, debit, credit, and checks — the math and the trade-offs
• Saving for College — [8.PFL.6] set a goal, plan a monthly amount, and let growth help

How to use these worksheets at home

There is no need for a plan that spans the whole school year. Consistency does more than intensity. Pick two afternoons a week — maybe a midweek evening and a quiet weekend morning — and treat each PDF as one self-contained sitting. Most take fifteen to twenty minutes, brief enough that a tired eighth grader will actually sit down and get through it.

The move that helps most is pairing skills that lean on each other. Do What Is a Function? one day and Reading Function Values the next, and the second sheet feels like a continuation rather than a fresh climb. The same logic works for Properties of Integer Exponents before Operations with Scientific Notation, or Pythagorean Theorem before Applying the Pythagorean Theorem. When the worksheets build in a sensible order, the student spends energy thinking instead of feeling lost.

New Hampshire is a compact state with a lot of variety packed into it, and homework happens across all of it — at a kitchen table in Manchester, in a house tucked into the woods up north, in the still hour before a weekend morning in a small town near the lakes. Print what you need the night before so the morning is unhurried, and keep the answer key aside until the work is finished. Then let the student check their own reasoning and read the explanations. That self-check is where most of the real learning takes hold.

A note about NH SAS at Grade 8

New Hampshire eighth graders take the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System — Mathematics, the NH SAS, in the spring. It is built on the New Hampshire Mathematics Standards, so the skills on these worksheets and the skills on the test come from the same source. Nothing here sits off to the side of what the state actually expects.

The Grade 8 NH SAS asks students to do well beyond computing. It expects them to interpret a graph, set up an equation from a word problem, reason carefully about a geometric figure, and decide which of several approaches actually fits the question. It mixes shorter items with longer, multi-step tasks, and it leans hard on the algebra-and-functions strand that defines eighth-grade math.

Because every PDF here is tied to a single Grade 8 standard, you can use the spring window as a checklist. If your student is solid on geometry but shaky on functions or on the real number system, that shows up clearly — and you can work just those PDFs, rather than re-reviewing things they already have down.

A short closing

Eighth-grade math is a climb, but it is a steady one — a student gets there one skill, one afternoon at a time. Bookmark this page, print a single PDF tonight, and let your student start somewhere small. New Hampshire kids do hard things well when the next step is clear, and a worksheet on the table is about as clear as it gets.

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