Grade 8 math in the four reporting categories of ILEARN, the test Indiana gives eighth graders today.
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The real test: ILEARN math, grade 8
Items
32 to 37 operational items on the end-of-year summative test, and 20 to 25 on each of three Checkpoints.
When
Checkpoints in September to November, November to February and February to April. The summative test is given in April to May.
Reporting categories
Number Sense 19 to 25% of the summative test; Algebra and Functions 24 to 34%; Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 30 to 38%; Mathe
Calculator
Standards 8.NS.1, 8.NS.2 and 8.NS.3 are tested without a calculator. The other grade 8 standards are calculator standards, with an online scientific calculator.
Reference sheet
Gives the volume of a cone, a sphere and a pyramid, the surface area of a sphere and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Scores
Grade 8 scores run from 453 to 897 in four proficiency levels. Approaching Proficiency starts at 585, At Proficiency at 661 and Above Proficiency at 738.
A hiker starts at an elevation of −45.5 feet, climbs 120 feet and then goes down 38.25 feet. What is the hiker's elevation now?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.4
A tank holds 18 3/4 gallons of water. A pump removes 2 1/2 gallons each minute. How long does the pump take to empty the tank?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.4
One of these numbers cannot be written as a fraction of two integers. Which one?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.1
The side of a square garden is √70 meters long. Between which two whole numbers of meters is that length?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.2
Three friends use a $12 coupon on a bill of $46.80 and split what is left equally. How much does each friend pay?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.4
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Number Sense, continued
Which expression is equal to 6⁹ ÷ 6³?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.3
Which fraction is equal to the repeating decimal 0.181818..., in which the digits 18 repeat?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.1
Which list puts 4, √19 and 4.5 in order from least to greatest?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.2
Which number is equal to 5⁻²?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.3
Which power of 3 is equal to (3⁵)²?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Number Sense, Indiana Academic Standard 8.NS.3
Algebra and Functions 14
A graph shows a skateboarder's height over time on a curved ramp. The height falls along a curve, reaches a lowest point and then rises. Which describes the graph?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.4
A hot-air balloon is 900 feet high and comes down 40 feet each minute. Which equation gives its height, h, in feet after t minutes?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.6
A line passes through the points (0, 7) and (3, 13). What is its equation?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.6
A table has x-values 1, 2, 3 and 4 and y-values 2, 6, 18 and 54. Is the function linear?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.5
An electrician charges $80 for a visit plus $55 for each hour of work. A bill is $355. How many hours did the job take?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.1
Each list is a relation of (x, y) pairs. Which relation is NOT a function?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.3
Function A has the equation y = 3x + 8. The graph of linear Function B passes through (0, 1) and (4, 25). Which function has the greater rate of change?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.7
How many values of x make 10x + 15 = 5(2x + 3) true?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.2
The lines y = 2x − 1 and y = −x + 5 are graphed on one grid. At which point do they cross?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.8
The lines y = x + 1 and y = −2x + 6 cross between x = 1 and x = 2. Which is the best approximation of the point where they cross?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.8
Three of these equations define linear functions. Which one does not?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.5
What is the solution of 3(x − 4) + 2x = 23?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.1
What is the solution of −4x + 7 ≤ 31?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.1
Which describes the solutions of 5x − 3 = 5x + 8?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Algebra & Functions, Indiana Academic Standard 8.AF.2
Geometry, Measurement, Data and Probability 16
A 26-foot wire runs straight from the top of a pole to a stake in the ground 10 feet from the base of the pole. How tall is the pole?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.3
A bag holds 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles. One marble is drawn and not put back, and then a second is drawn. What is the probability that both are red?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.4
A cafe offers 4 kinds of bread, 3 kinds of meat and 5 kinds of cheese. How many different sandwiches with one of each can be made?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.5
A coin is flipped and a card is drawn from 7 cards numbered 1 to 7. How many outcomes are in the sample space?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.3
A cone has a radius of 6 cm and a height of 7 cm. What is its volume in terms of π?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.2
A line of fit for a puppy's weight is w = 1.5t + 6, where w is the weight in pounds and t is the age in weeks. What does the 1.5 mean?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.2
A line of fit for taxi fares is c = 1.8m + 3, where c is the cost in dollars and m is the miles driven. What cost does it predict for a 15-mile ride?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.2
A pyramid has a square base with sides of 6 feet and a height of 10 feet. What is its volume?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.2
A rectangle is dilated by a scale factor of 2 with the origin as the center. One vertex is at (3, 1). Where is the image of that vertex?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.1
A rectangular garden is 12 meters wide and 35 meters long. How long is a straight path from one corner to the opposite corner?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.3
A right triangle has legs of 20 cm and 21 cm. How long is the hypotenuse?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.3
A sphere has a radius of 5 meters. What is its surface area in terms of π?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.2
A sphere has a radius of 9 inches. What is its volume in terms of π?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.2
On a scatter plot of used cars, the points fall from upper left to lower right: as the age of a car goes up, its price goes down. Which describes the pattern?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.DSP.1
The point (3, −4) is reflected across the y-axis. What are the coordinates of its image?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.1
Triangle ABC has vertex A at (2, 5). The triangle is translated 4 units left and 3 units down. Where is the image of A?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Indiana Academic Standard 8.GM.1
Mathematical Processes 8
A pool holds 9,000 gallons and drains at 150 gallons each minute. Which model gives the gallons, g, left after t minutes, and the time when the pool is empty?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.4
A school orders 8 boxes of markers at $12.50 a box. It gets 10% off the price of the markers and then pays $7.25 for shipping. What is the total?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.1
A sphere has a radius of 2 centimeters. Using 3.14 for π, its volume works out to 33.49333... Which answer is rounded to the nearest tenth and has the correct unit?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.6
The cost, C, in dollars of an order of n team shirts is C = 15n + 40. What does the 40 stand for?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.2
The first four figures in a pattern use 5, 8, 11 and 14 tiles. If the pattern continues, how many tiles does figure 20 use?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.8
Maya solves 2(x + 3) = 14. She writes 2x + 3 = 14 and gets x = 5.5. What is her error?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.3
Which tool is most helpful for estimating where the lines y = 0.4x + 1.3 and y = −1.7x + 6 cross?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.5
Without solving it, which equation must have the same solution as 3x + 9 = 24?Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, Grade 8 ILEARN test blueprint, reporting category Mathematical Processes, Indiana Academic Standard PS.7
How this list was compiled: Outline: Indiana Assessment Framework: Mathematics, the Grade 8 ILEARN sheet (test blueprint beginning school year 2025-2026), Indiana Department of Education, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KfjJpB4Ka3vjh79CsFddrkv0BwTd1BAW/edit, linked from the department's ILEARN page, https://www.in.gov/doe/students/assessment/ilearn/, read 2026-10-12: the reporting categories and their share of the summative test, the number of items and the 2023 Indiana Academic Standards listed under each category. Each question names the standard it practices. Every calculation is worked out a second time from the numbers in the question. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from an ISTEP+ or ILEARN test, a released item, an item specification or sample task of the state or another practice test.
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Searching for an 8th grade ISTEP practice test? Indiana's grade 8 math test is now ILEARN, so these 48 questions follow the ILEARN blueprint. They are our own questions. Unofficial, and not affiliated with the Indiana Department of Education.
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What the grade 8 math test covers
The ILEARN blueprint reports four categories, and the questions here keep its shares. Number Sense: rational and irrational numbers and the properties of exponents. Algebra and Functions: linear equations and inequalities, functions, slope and intercept, and systems solved by graphing. Geometry, measurement, data and probability: transformations, the Pythagorean Theorem, cones, spheres and pyramids, scatter plots and compound events. Mathematical Processes: multi-step problems and finding the error in someone's work.
ISTEP+ or ILEARN?
The grade 8 mathematics blueprint Indiana publishes is an ILEARN blueprint. ILEARN follows the 2023 Indiana Academic Standards, and each answer here names its standard, such as 8.AF.1.
Three grade 8 standards are tested without a calculator: 8.NS.1, 8.NS.2 and 8.NS.3. Work the roots and exponents questions by hand.
The grade 8 reference sheet prints the cone, sphere and pyramid formulas and the Pythagorean Theorem. Practice choosing the right one.
Questions and answers
Is ISTEP still given in 8th grade?
ISTEP+ is not on the Indiana Department of Education's list of assessment programs. The list names ILEARN for grades 3 to 8: three Checkpoints during the school year and a summative test in April to May.
How many questions are on the 8th grade ILEARN math test?
The blueprint gives 32 to 37 operational items for the end-of-year summative test and 20 to 25 for each of the three Checkpoints given during the year. The test is computer adaptive.
Can you use a calculator on the 8th grade ILEARN math test?
On most of it. The state designates standards 8.NS.1, 8.NS.2 and 8.NS.3 as non-calculator and the other grade 8 standards as calculator standards, with an online scientific calculator provided.
What is a passing score on 8th grade ILEARN math?
Grade 8 mathematics scores run from 453 to 897. The cut score for At Proficiency is 661, and for Above Proficiency it is 738. A percent right here is not a scale score.