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Grade 8 Maths
Grade 8 Maths
Examination 2018
Grade 8
Mathematics
1 hour
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A. C. 153°C
B. D.
2. Initially, there were the same number of blue marbles and red marbles in a bag. John took
out 5 blue marbles and then there were twice as many red marbles as blue marbles in the bag.
How many red marbles are there in the bag?
A. C.
B. D.
3. The Adams family was going to buy a car for $5800. The car dealer offered the Adams
family two options for buying the car. They could pay the full amount in cash, or they could
pay $1000.00 down and $230.00 a month for 24 months on the installment plan. How much
more would they pay for the car on the installment plan?
A. C.
B. D.
4. Jane was walking the long way home from school. She started walking East. She walked 3
km East when she met a dog. She ran back to the school and decided to take the alternative
route. So she walked North 4 km to her home. If she had walked straight home from where she
met the dog, how far would it have been to her home?
A. C.
B. D.
5. The time it takes for an object dropped from a certain height to reach the ground can be
modeled by the equation t = , where h is the height in meter above ground. If you are
standing on the top of a building and it takes 4 seconds for a stone you drop to reach the
ground,
How high above ground are you?
A. C.
B. D.
6. Amber wants to put carpet on the floor of her bedroom. The floor is a square with an area
of 182.25 square feet. How long should the piece of carpet be on each
side?
A. C.
B. D.
7. Find the radius of a cylinder with a volume of 950 cm3 and a height of 10 in.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
A. C.
B. D.
A. C.
B. D.
9. If the sum of three consecutive numbers is 72, what is the largest number ?
A. C.
B. D.
10. Last month, the ratio of Peter’s and Paul’s expenditures was x : 6. This month, Peter’s
expenditure increased by RM392 to RM840, whereas Paul’s expenditure remained the same.
The ratio of Peter’s expenditure to Paul’s expenditure is now 5 : 8. Find the value of x.
A. C.
B. D.
11. The ratio of adult visitors to child visitors to a zoo is 2 : 5. The number of child visitors
exceeds the number of adult visitors by 60. Find the total number of visitors in the zoo.
A. C.
B. D.
12. The length and breadth of a rectangle are (x + 5)cm and 3cm respectively. Find the length
if the area of the rectangle is 42cm3 .
A. C.
B. D.
13. A ladder is standing on horizontal ground and rests against a vertical wall. The ladder is
5.5m long and its foot is 3m from the wall. Calculate how far up the wall the ladder will reach.
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
A. C.
B. D.
14. Given that M (3,5) is the midpoint of a line PQ. P is the point (-2,6). Find the coordinates
of point Q.
A. C.
B. D.
15. The coordinates of A is (7,11) and B is a point on the x-axis. Given that M is the midpoint
of AB and the x-coordinate of M is 2, find the coordinates of B.
A. C.
B. D.
A. C.
B. D.
17.
Three semicircles (with equal radii) are drawn inside the large semicircle so that their
diameters all sit on the diameter of the large semicircle. What is the ratio of the black area to
the grey area?
A. C.
B. D.
18.
A circle is inscribed in a square as shown above. The radius of the smaller circle is 1.5cm..
Find the area of the shaded region to two decimal places.
A. C.
B. D.
A. C.
B. D.
20. A circle of sunflowers is planted in Somerville's central park. Kayla measured the circle
and calculated that is has a circumference of 12.56 metres. What is the circle's radius?
21. Find the coordinates of image of point M (2,2) after clockwise rotation of 90° about the
origin (0,0).
A. C.
B. D.
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22. Find the coordinates of object of image M’ (4,2) before translation ( ).
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A. C.
B. D.
23. What is the properties of reflection if the coordinates of A is (3,3) and its image A’ is (3,-
3).
A. C.
B. D.
24. Calculate the surface area of a cone where the radius of its base is 14cm and the slanting
height is 7cm. (Use = 3.142).
A. C.
B. D.
25. A steel pipe has an outer radius of 6 cm and inner radius of 5.6 cm. It has a length of 12cm.
Find the total surface area of the pipe. (Use = 3.142).
A. C.
B. D.