education — = 2etston SROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL UMLAZI DISTRICT MATHEMATICS TEST GRADE 8 JUNE 2018 TIME: 2 Hours: TOTAL: 100 MARKS ‘This question paper consists of 6 pages. INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO THE LEARNER Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions: _ Read the questions carefully. _ Answer ALL the questions. “Write neatly and legibly 4, “Number your answers exactly as the questions are numbered 5. Clearly show ALL the calculations, diagrams, graphs, fe. YoU have used in determining the answers. 6. You may use an approved scientific calculator (non-programmable and non-graphical) 7. This question paper consists of 10 questions. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale. Copyright reserved Please tum overMathematics 2 GRADE 8 QUESTION 1 1.1 State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE: LLI 3 June 2018Examination 0 a LL2 Lisa prime namber. a 113 2a4+8=2(a+4) @ 12 Determine the prime factors of 420. Show all working. @) 13 MrZuke has 3 children. Their ages are 2, 3 and 5 years old. He wins some money in the lottery and decides to share R15 000 between them in the rato 2:3: 5, Determine the amount of money the oldest child gets. @) 14 The perimeter of a rectangle is equal © 720 cm. The ratio ofits length to its breadth is 3:5, Calculate the area of the rectangle, 6) 14 QUESTION 2 2.1 Complete the following statements by choosing > ; < or = Write only the question number and your answer. 211 -342_ 9-10 a 212 2-5) 2-5) a 22 Simplify the following, without the use of a calculator: 221 (-36)+5- (10) Q 222 ea @ 223 3,3 =x? 504 (2) 224 pon VOO0BI + ® 225 2 9 @) 23° Acompany employs 34 men and 8 women. 23.1 Determine what fraction ofthe staff's men. Simplify your answer. @) 232 Determine what percentage of the staff is women, 2) 7] Copyrigne Reserved Please tum overMathematics 3 Jone 2018Examination GRADE 8 QUESTION 3 3.1 Write 2 870 000 in scientific notation. QO 3.2 Write 3,075 x 10° in normal notation. a 3.3. Simplify the following: B31 x8 xx? QO 332 36g*h® gh Q 333 2(-2b)? @Q) 334 (2a)? 420° 8 Gy _ QUESTION 4 Study the pattern below and answer the questions that follow. 4.1 Write down the number of squares that will be in the 4°, 5** and 6° shape. eB) = 42 Determine an algebraic expression (the general rule) to describe this pattem, @ (1 QUESTION 5 Given: y = -2x +3 , determine the missing values (a and b) in the table below: = =i 0 1 2 y a 5 3 b “I 2] Copyright Reserved Please tum over‘Mathematics 4 June 2018Examination GRADE 8 QUESTION 6 61 Given: x? + 3x—Sy +6. 6.1.1 Write down the number of terms in this expression. 6.1.2 Write down the constant term of this expression. 6.13 Write down the co-efficient of y in this expression, 62 Simplify the following: 621 Sa+3—2a 622 © 3(x+y)~4y 6.2.3 12x3y — 18x2y? + 24xy oxy 63 Ifk =—Land g = 3, determine the value of the following expression: 2k?g + 4g? 6A — Subtract 2y? + 3y —7 from By +3y?+9, QUESTION 7 TA Solve forx: TLL x4+5=12 712 4@e—3)=3(2x-1)-2 7.2 The length of a rectangle is 3 meters more than twice the width of the rectangle. Let the width be x meters. 7.2.1 Write down the length of the rectangle in terms of x 7.2.2 Ifx= 7m determine the perimeter of the rectangle. Copyright Reserved a) Q) @ Q) @ @) 8) GB) 7) w @ Q) ° 9) Please tur over‘Mathematics 5 June 2018Examination GRADE 8 QUESTION 8 8.1 Construct 2 90° angle, without the nse of protractor. 6) 82 Determine the values ofvand yin the diagram below. Give reasons for your answers. A c B D o 83 Determine, with reasons, the sizes of w and z in the diagram below. Use only the labelled angles. @) (uy QUESTION 9 9.1 VUTWis a quadrilateral with VU = UT = 5 cm. VU // WT and VW // UT. v Ww Se U sem oT 9.1.1 Determine what type of quadrilateral VUTW is. Justify your answer. @ 9.12 Hence, determine the value of x , giving a reason. 2 Copyright Reserved Please turn overMathematics 6 June 2018Examination GRADES 9.2 In ARST itis given that RT = ST. R 2x + 30° 6x +30° s F U 9.2.1 Determine Rin terms of x. @ 9.2.2 — Determine the value of x. Show all working and give reasons. @ 93 Given PQRS is a kite, with QS 1 PR. TS = 8 cm,PT = 6 cm,SR = 17 cmand TR= 15 cm. Determine the length of QT and QR, giving reasons for your answers. 6) (13) TOTAL: 100 MARKS ‘Copyright Reserved Please tum over