Year 8 Maths Exam Booklet Algebra Questions
Year 8 Maths Exam Booklet Algebra Questions
Algebra
Year 8 Mathematics
Easy
(A) 3(n − 2)
(B) 2 − 3n
(C) 3+n−2
(D) 3n − 2
12ab
2. Which of the following is the correct simplification of 24a2
?
(A) 2ab
2a
(B) b
b
(C) 2a
ab
(D) 2
5x − 3y 2 − 8x − 4y 2
4. Simplify:
5s + 2m − 7s + 8m =
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5. Simplify:
6d × dw
(A) 6dw
(B) 6d2 w
(C) 6d2 w 2
(D) 6d
ab 18
× =
15 a
a2 b
(A) 15
18a2
(B) 15
18ab
(C) 15
6b
(D) 5
(i) 2(x − 8)
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8. Fully simplify:
3s 5s
(i) +
6 6
w 2w
(ii) −
3 7
(i) 3(x − 6)
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3g + 12
(A) −2x − 3
(B) −2x 2 − 6x
(C) −2x 2 + 6x
(D) −2x + 6x
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12. Which answer is a fully simplified form of 7p + 5p2 − 39 ? (Circle the correct
answer)
(A) 9p2
(B) 4p + 5p2
(C) 10p + 5p2
(D) 10p − 5p2
(ii) 4ab × 3a =
10bc
(iii) =
15c
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2m m
(iv) − =
3 4
(i) (m6 )3 =
(ii) (2p7 )4 =
4x + 8 =
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16. Simplify:
(i) 4a × 3a2
(ii) (m4 )5
17. Simplify
(i) a3 × a4
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18. Factorise:
3m + 18
2m m
+ =
5 3
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(i) −3(2x − y)
(ii) 5 − 2(x − 3)
21. Write down the expression for the number of weeks in m days.
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Medium
22. Simplify:
4k + 6k ÷ 2
(i) 3y × 4y 2
(ii) a2 b × ab2
(iii) (3x 2 )3
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40a 36a2
÷
77b 35b 2
12x 2 y − 18xy
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27. What is the fully factorised form of 14bm2 − 7b2 m ? (Circle the correct answer)
28. Which expression represents the total area of the following rectangle?
(A) 2(x + 3) + 2 × 7
(B) 2(x + 10)
(C) 2x + 20
(D) All of the above
ab 6a
(i) × =
12c b
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vw tv
(ii) ÷ 49 =
21
9xy 2 − 12x 2 y =
31. Simplify:
x 2x
(i) − 3a
y
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3x+7 x−1
(ii) −
4 3
32. Factorise:
2a2 b − 4ab
33. Simplify:
2t t
(i) −6
7
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x 5x2
(ii) ÷
3 6
34. Simplify:
x+1 2−x
+
6 5
re2 r 2 e3
−
11 11
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(i) 5(a + 4) =
(ii) 2m(3m − 4) + 3m =
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(x + 7)(x + 3).
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Hard
38. The following is a magic square.
Fill in the empty squares in the box so that all rows and columns add or subtract
to the magic sum of 3 − 3.
b3 108 27a
× ÷ =
22 ab 4 55b
a a−b
1− −
a−b a+b
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41. Simplify:
1
x
3
2+x
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(i) 6x 2 y 2 − 8xy 3
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(ii) p4 − 16y 4
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