ARM 10.54.4072. BENCHMARK FOR MATHEMATICS CONTENT STANDARD 7 FOR END OF GRADE 8

(1) The benchmark for mathematics content standard 7 for a student at the end of grade 8 is the ability to: (a) describe, extend, analyze, and create a variety of patterns and functions; (b) describe and represent relationships with tables, graphs, and rules; (c) analyze functional relationships to explain how a change in one quantity results in a change in another; (d) use patterns and functions to represent and solve problems; and (e) describe functions using graphical, numerical, physical, algebraic, and verbal models or representations.