BULILEKA SANATAN DHARM PRIMARY SCHOOL

TERM TWO EXAMINATION 2015

MATHEMATICS - YEAR 8

TIME ALLOWED: 1 ½ HOURS

(An extra ten minutes is allowed for reading this paper)

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Write your name in the Answer booklet.

2. Answer all questions in this paper.
3. Do not spend too much time on any one question.
4. Do not start writing unless you are told to do so.
5. There are 2 sections in this paper. Answer all questions in the Answer Book. Read the
instruction for each section carefully.

SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS

SECTION CONTENT MARKS

A MULTIPLE CHOICE 40
QUESTIONS

B SHORT ANSWERS. 60
Show all necessary working
The following instructions show how you are to answer the Multiple – Choice Questions.

1. The shape shown on the 5 × 5 geoboard is a

A. Kite B. Rhombus C. Trapezium D. Parallelogram

2. Which of the following expressions is correct?

4 4 3 12 3 6 7 1
A. = B. = C. > D. <
8 16 5 20 4 8 8 2

3. Points E, F and G are shown on the coordinate plane below

What would be the co-ordinates of point H so that E, F, G and H form a parallelogram?

A. (5, 3) B. (5, 4) C. (4, 2) D. (3, 5)

4. The number 6 050.28 rounded off to the nearest ten is
A. 6100 B. 6050.3 C. 6050.29 D. 6050

5. What is the width of the rectangle with a length of 12cm and an area of 36cm2?
A. 3 cm B. 4 cm C. 6 cm D. 24 cm

2
6. expressed as a percentage is
10
A. 0.02% B. 0.2% C. 2% D. 20%

7. Maika cycles at an average speed of 4km/hr. How long does he take to complete a distance of 22km?

A. 4 hours 30 minutes B. 5 hours 10 minutes

C. 5 hours 15 minutes D. 5 hours 30 minutes

8. In the figure below, AB is parallel to CD.

What is the value of x?

A. 75° B. 85° C. 95° D. 105°

9. Alvin jogged 2 miles each day for 6 days. Which equation could be used to find the total number of
miles that Alvin jogged?
A. 2 + 6 B. 2 x 6 C. 6 ÷ 2 D. 6 – 2

10. Each side of a cube is 2y cm long. What is the volume of the cube?

A. 2y3 cm3 B. 6y cm3 C. 8y cm3 D. 8y3 cm3

11. What is the H.F.C of 12 and 16?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 12 D. 16

12. The area of a square is 12.25cm2. What is its length?

A. 4.5 cm B. 4 cm C. 3.5 cm D. 3.25 cm

13. Cathlyn borrowed $2 000 from a bank for 12 months at 2 ½ % per annum. What interest did she pay
back?
A. $50 B. $500 C. $2050 D. $2500

14. The trapezium drawn below can be divided into 3 identical triangles.

If the area of the shaded part is 16cm2, what is the area of the trapezium?
A. 8 cm2 B. 24 cm2 C. 32 cm2 D. 48 cm2

15. 4.678 written to one decimal point would be

A. 4.6 B. 4.7 C. 4.8 D. 5.1

1 1
16. How many are there in 2 ?
6 3
A. 3 B. 7 C. 14 D. 18

17. In the equation 8y = 72, what is the value of y?

A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

18. X 0.92 = 92

The missing numeral in the box is

A. 1 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1000

19. Sneh went to sleep at 9.10pm and woke up at 6.00am the next morning. How long did she sleep for?
A. 8 hours 10 minutes B. 8 hours 50 minutes

C. 9 hours 10 minutes D. 9 hours 50 minutes

 20. If 1/5 of Waqa’s money is $15, how much does he have altogether?
A. $75 B. $60 C. $25 D. $3

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

Write the answer to each question in the space provided in the Answer Book. Show all necessary
working.

21. Calculate: (5 marks)

(a) 8x-4=
(b) What are the prime factors of 18?
(c) 156 + = 56
1
(d) of 2 kg
4
(e) 0.23 ÷ 100

22. Students in Year 7 at Vinaka Primary School sat for a English test. The marks they scored in the test
were as follows:

20 18 29 30

25 21 8 27

23 20 16 14

a) How many students sat for the test? (1 mark)

b) What was the highest mark? (1 mark)
c) How many students scored more than 20? (1 mark)
d) Calculate the average mark for the English test. (2 marks)

23. a) A point, at which two or more faces or edges meet is known as ________________ . (1 mark)
b) A solid which consist of three rectangular and two triangular faces is known as ____________
(1 mark)
c) Draw the net of a cube. (1 mark)

24. The diagram below shows a 3 dimensional object.

Calculate the total surface area of the object. (3 marks)

25. Margaret’s bill for her shopping from the supermarket is shown below.

5 kg potatoes - $5.75
4 pkts of noodles - $2.58
2 tins of fish - $3.52
4 pkts of milk - $7.68
3 pkts of biscuit - $3.47

a. How much did she pay altogether? (1 ½ marks)

b. If she was given a discount of 10% for paying cash, how much did she pay for the goods?
(1 ½ marks)

26. Josefa constructed a fish pond in their backyard.

a. Calculate the area of the fish pond. (2 marks)

b. What would be the area of land left? (2 marks)

27. (a) Write the expression below in base index form. (1 mark)
rxrxrxr

(b) What is the L.C.M of 4 and 6? (1 mark)

(c) Write the missing number in the following pattern. (1 mark)

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ______

(d) What set of numbers do we have in (c) above? (1 mark)

28. Calculate the following : (3 marks)

(a) 10 – 0.99
(b) 4.5 ÷ 0.5
 (c) 1.4 x 0.2

29. William wants to buy a truck on Hire Purchase. Refer to the information given in the diagram below
to answer the questions that follow.

(a) How much deposit will William pay? (1 mark)

(b) How much altogether will he pay when buying the truck on hire purchase? (2 marks)
(c) Calculate the amount he would save if he buys the truck on cash. (1 mark)

30. Prakash wants to build a new house that has the plan of the roof shown below

Calculate the volume or the amount of space occupied by the roof. (3 marks)

31. a) Write 265 687 in words. (2 mark)

b) Write the place value of the number underlined 741.809 (1mark)
c) Write the prime factors of 48. (2 marks)

32. The pie chart given below show the different types of fish sold at the market last Saturday. (3 marks)

(a) What percentage of fish were Fish A?

(b) There were 132 fish altogether. Calculate the total number of Fish B that they were selling.
(c) What can you say about the number of Fish D and Fish E?
 33. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow. (2 marks)

What is the value of

(i) a° ? ________________
(ii) b° ? ________________

34. Jagdish wants to tile the floor of his living room.

(a) Find the area of one tile. (1 mark)

(b) What is the area of Jagdish’s living room? (1 mark)
(c) Calculate the number of tiles needed to cover the floor of his living room.(1 marks)
(d) If one tile costs $1.00, how much will he spend on buying the tiles for his living room?(2 marks)

35. a) Michael wants to pack small boxes into the big cartons as shown below.

How many small boxes will fit into the big carton? (3 marks)

36. a) Calculate 3/5 of 39.55m (2 marks)

b) Express 4/5 in decimal. (1 mark)

c) Calculate 89.276 × 7.5 (2 marks)

THE END.