Monday
Mathematics: Number skills
15 questions
- |485| = ?
- |-454| = ?
Grade 8 · this week, 2 to 6 November 2026
Grade 8 weekly learning pack
Five worksheets for Monday to Friday, 15 questions each, with answer keys. Print one day at a time or the whole week with a cover page.
The five days
Tuesday
Reading & writing: Creative writing
15 questions
- Writing and argument: which term fits this description? Rethinking content, structure and meaning to improve a draft.
- Which phrase states a cause?
Wednesday
Biology: Cells & microscopy
15 questions
- Supplied plant-tissue data show initial mass 3.9 g and final mass 3.5 g. Find signed percentage mass change. No experiment is required. Round to 3 decimal places if needed. Answer in %.
- A printed image is 22 mm long at 500× magnification. Find the actual length in micrometers. Round to 3 decimal places if needed. Answer in µm.
Thursday
Mathematics: Statistics & probability
15 questions
- Find the range of: 93, 109, 88, 20, 116, 23.
- A fair six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of an even number as a simplest fraction?
Friday
Review of the week
15 questions · Number skills, Creative writing, Cells & microscopy, Statistics & probability
- Write a story that begins: “The door opened, but nobody was there.”
- |10| = ?
Lesson of the week
Number skills
From the study guide Absolute value
Study guide for Grades 6 to 8: 2 worked examples and 2 practice questions. Distance is never negative.
- |x| = distance from x to 0
- Distance is never negative.
- Example: |101| = ? Answer: 101.