Grade 8

Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.

Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

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1. If = , then the value represented by  is
12 3
(A) 24 (B) 1 (C) 12 (D) 2 (E) 4

2. Ground beef sells for $5.00 per kg. How much does 12 kg of ground beef cost?
(A) $5.00 (B) $12.00 (C) $60.00 (D) $17.00 (E) $2.40

3. In the diagram, the value of y is

(A) 60 (B) 100 (C) 120
(D) 180 (E) 270

yo

3 9 12 27 49

4. The largest number in the list 10 , 20 , 25 , 50 , 100 is
3 9
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 12 25 (D) 27
50 (E) 49
100

5. A bag contains 15 balls. Exactly 3 of these balls are red. Alex reaches into the bag
and randomly selects one of the balls. What is the probability that the ball that Alex
selects is red?
(A) 15 (B) 54 (C) 151
(D) 14 (E) 1415

6. If Clara doubles a number and then adds 3, the result is 23. The original number is
(A) 13 (B) 10 (C) 49 (D) 17 (E) 20

7. A recipe calls for 4 21 cups of flour. If you only make half of the recipe, then how many
cups of flour do you need?
(A) 2 12 (B) 2 14 (C) 9 (D) 2 (E) 2 43

8. In the diagram, ∠P QR = ∠P RQ. If QR = 5 and P

P R = 7, then the perimeter of 4P QR is
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 17
(D) 18 (E) 19 7

Q 5 R

9. There are 15 girls in a class of 27 students. The ratio of boys to girls in this class is
(A) 4 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 9 (E) 9 : 5

10. Five children had dinner. Chris ate more than Max. Brandon ate less than Kayla.
Kayla ate less than Max but more than Tanya. Which child ate the second most?
(A) Brandon (B) Chris (C) Kayla (D) Max (E) Tanya