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.

1. 3 × (3 + 3) ÷ 3 equals
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 12 (E) 9

2. A six-sided die has the numbers one to six on its sides. What is the probability of
rolling a five?
2 1 5 3 4
(A) 6 (B) 6 (C) 6 (D) 6 (E) 6

3. Fifty-six hundredths is
(A) 0.056 (B) 5.6 (C) 0.0056 (D) 0.56 (E) 56.0

4. Points P , Q, R lie in a straight line. The value of x is

(A) 69 (B) 138 (C) 75
(D) 64 (E) 54 x
42 x
P Q R

5. How many more coins does it take to make one dollar (100¢) using only nickels
(5¢ coins) than it takes to make one dollar using only dimes (10¢ coins)?
(A) 15 (B) 10 (C) 25 (D) 5 (E) 20

6. Ronald buys a pizza cut into 12 equal parts. He then cuts each part into 2 equal
pieces. If he eats 3 of these pieces, what fraction of the pizza does he eat?
1 1 3 1 1
(A) 24 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) 6 (E) 8

7. A rectangular sheet of paper measures 25 cm by 9 cm. The dimensions of a square

sheet of paper with the same area are
(A) 15 cm by 15 cm (B) 8 cm by 8 cm (C) 34 cm by 34 cm
(D) 17 cm by 17 cm (E) 16 cm by 16 cm

8. The number 0.2012 is between

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 0 and 10 (B) 10 and 5 (C) 5 and 4 (D) 4 and 3 (E) 3 and 2

9. When x = 2, the value of 3x − x3 is

(A) −2 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) 9

10. The rectangle shown has side lengths of 8 and 4. The

area of the shaded region is 8

(A) 32 (B) 16 (C) 64

4
(D) 12 (E) 4