YEAR 8

MATHEMATICS
17th November

70 MINUTES
(plus 5 minutes reading time)
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INSTRUCTIONS:
 WRITE IN BLUE OR BLACK PEN ONLY
 ALL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED ON THIS SHEET IN THE SPACE PROVIDED.
 SHOW ALL NECESSARY WORKING
 CALCULATORS MAY BE USED

SECTION Part A Common Part B

Ratios and Rates /6 /7
Perimeter and Area /2 /6
Pythagoras’ Theorem /3 /2
Surface Area and Volume /4 /4
Properties of Geometrical Figures /11 /9
Equations and Inequalities /6 /5
Data Analysis /5 /9
Working Mathematically /7 /9
Non Calculator /20
Total /64 /51

TOTAL /115

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RATIOS AND RATES
COMMON

1. Simplify the ratio 5 : 40 1 mark

2. Circle the most appropriate answer below which shows the ratio of cordial to
water in a glass 1 mark

1: 4 1 : 100 4 :1 100 : 1

3. Complete the equivalent ratio below. 1 mark

2 :5  : 15

4. Simplify the rate $10/5kg 1 mark

5. A scale drawing of a cat is below. If the scale is 1 : 10 what is the real length
of the cat? 1 mark

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 6. David rides at a speed of 20km/h. How many kilometres will he travel in 4
hours? 1 mark

RATIO AND RATES

PART B

1. Express as a ratio in simplest form: 1 mark

30 cents : $6

2. Divide 320 minutes in the ratio 3 : 5 2 marks

3. Simplify the following: 2 marks

(A) 12 : 20 : 16

(B) 0.05:0.2

4. 1 mark
A 737 jet travels a journey of 2250km in 2h 30 min. Calculate the speed in km/h.

5. 1 mark
It takes 7 men 12 hours to build a wall. How long will it take 2 men working at
the same rate?

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PERIMETER AND AREA
COMMON

1. Find the perimeter of the figure below. 1 mark

12m

20m

7m

7m

2. Find the area of the figure below. 1 mark

5.5m

14.7m
PERIMETER AND AREA
PART B

1. 3 marks
Find the perimeter of the following shape, correct to the nearest centimetre.

10m

7m

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 2.
Find the area of the figure below correct to 1 decimal place 3 marks

30cm

PYTHAGORAS’ THEOREM
COMMON

1. Which formula correctly states Pythagoras’ theorem for the triangle below.
1 mark
(A) n  m  p
2 2 2

(B) m 2  n 2  p 2
m
n
(C) p 2  m 2  n 2

(D) m 2  n 2  p 2
p

2. Find the length of the hypotenuse in the triangle below. 2 marks

5cm

12cm

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PYTHAGORAS’ THEOREM
PART B

1. A ladder reaches 4.8 metres up a wall. If the bottom of the ladder is 1.9 metres
from the building, what is the length of the ladder? Answer correct to 2 decimal
places. 2 marks

SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

COMMON

1. Calculate the surface of the triangular prism below. 2 marks

10m

6m
15m
8m

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 2. Find the volume of the rectangular prism below. 2 marks

2m
5m
8m

SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

PART B

1. Sunshine frozen iceblocks are sold in the package below

(A) Find the height, (x) of the package. 1 mark

5cm

21cm
6cm

(B) Find the volume of the package. 2 marks

(C) What is the capacity of the sunshine frozen iceblock? (answer in mls).
1 mark

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PROPERTIES OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES
COMMON

1. Circle the correct name for the angle below. 1 mark

R
(A) ABC

(B) RTS

(C) TSR

S T (D) TRS

2. Complete the following sentences. 2 marks

(A) A triangle with each angle 60 is called

(B) A quadrilateral with all sides equal is

3. Use your protractor to measure the angle below. 1 mark

4. Complete the reason for the following diagram. 1 mark

x  126

Reason:

x
126

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 5. Find the value of x. Give reasons.

(A) 2 marks
x = ___________

Reason: ____________________

____________________

125 x ____________________

(B) 2 marks

x = ____________

Reason: ____________________

_____________________
54
x ______________________

(C) 2 marks
x = _____________

x 42 Reason: ___________________

____________________

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PROPERTIES OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES
PART B

1. Find the value of the pronumeral, giving correct geometric reasons: 2 marks

x

127

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2. Find the value of the pronumeral, giving reasons. 2 marks

55

c 105

3. Find the value of x. Give reasons 3 marks

3x
2x

70

4.
Construct a triangle with two sides of length 3cm and 4cm and an included
angle of 100º. 2 mark

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3
2
0– 3
1
2
3 1
2

EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES

COMMON

1. Which inequality is represented on the number line below? 1 mark

– 3 – 2 – 1 0 1 2 3
x

(A) x  1 (B) x  1 (C) x  5 (D) x  1

2. Solve the following equation 2 marks

2h
 4
5

3. Solve and graph the following inequality.

3x  5  2 3 marks

EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES

PART B

1. Using the formula v  u  at , find u, when v= 32, a = 2 and t = 6

2 marks

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 2. Solve the following equation: 3 marks

8a  2  32a  1  14

DATA ANALYSIS
COMMON

1. Find the mean of the scores 43, 56, 83 and 124. 1 mark

2. Find the median of the scores below. 1 mark

5, 2, 8, 9, 3, 3, 9, 6, 9

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1
6
5
4
3
2
0– 1
1
2
3
4
5
6

3. Find the mode for the data displayed in the dot plot below. 1 mark

– 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

4. Use the frequency distribution table below to complete a frequency

histogram and polygon on the grid provided. 2 marks

Score Frequency
1 1
2 3
3 3
4 2
5 4
6 4
7 6
8 3
9 3
10 1

5
Frequency

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Score

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DATA ANALYSIS
PART B

1. 5 marks
The frequency table shows the ages of 40 athletes in a club.
a) Complete the table.

b) Find the mode

AGE Frequency fx

17 6

18 4
c) Find the range

19 15

20 7

22 8
d) Find the mean
Total = Total =

e) Find the median

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 2. The dot plot below represents the marks out of 7 on a Maths Quiz.
2 marks

2 3 4 5 6 7

a) Find the range of the marks.

b) Find the mean mark.

3. The stem and leaf plot represents the ages of people playing golf at Sunnyside
Golf Course one Wednesday morning

Stem Leaf

4 0 0 1 2
5 1 3 4

6 6 6 6 7 8
7 4 5

a) What is the median age of the people playing golf that day. 1 mark

b) What percentage of golfers were under 50 years of age? 1 mark

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WORKING MATHEMATICALLY
COMMON

1. List one shape that has the following properties. 1 mark

- Opposite sides are parallel

- Opposite sides are equal
- Diagonals bisect each other
- The length of the diagonals is not equal

3. Find the perimeter of the triangle below correct to 1 decimal place.

2 marks

20m

13m

2. Write a number in the box so that the range of the set of scores is 6.
1 mark

2 2 3 4 5 7 7

3. Make an equation that has x  4 as its solution. 1 mark

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 4. A cake recipe asks for sugar to flour in the ratio 1:3. If the recipe requires
600 grams of flour, how much sugar is needed? 2 marks

WORKING MATHEMATICALLY
PART B

1. Test whether this triangle is right-angled. If so mark the right angle. 2 marks

4.9cm
16.8cm

17.5cm

2. Nicole solved the equation 6a + 5 = 9. 1 mark

6a = 4 line 1

6
a = line 2
4

3
a = line 3
2

The first line in which there is a mistake is:

(A) line 1 (B) line 2 (C) line 3 (D) there is no mistake

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 3. Write a number in the box so that the median of this data is 10. 1 mark

12 17 8 5 3 7 13 10

4. Three people share a lotto prize of $6600 in the ratio 4:5:6. What is the
difference between the smallest and largest shares? 3 marks

5. Emma has completed five tests in History. Her mean mark is 60. What mark
would she need to get in her final test if she wants to increase her mean mark to
65? 2 marks

End of Examination

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