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Year 8 Selective Exam Practise: Mathematics Test 2

1. Evan wanted to find the answer of 8.44÷0.05 but he made a mistake putting the
question into his calculator. But luckily, he still got the correct answer. Which of
the following did he put into the calculator?
A. 844 ÷ 0.5
B. 84.4 ÷ 0.05
C. 84.4 ÷5
D. 844 ÷ 5
E. 8.44 ÷ 0.5

2. 1 1/9 - 7/12
A. 2/3
B. 7/12
C. 19/36
D. 21/36
E. 25/36

3. Given a = 4 and b = 9, what is the value of the expression a^3 - (a-b)^2 + 2(b-a)?
A. -23.0
B. -3.0
C. 39.0
D. 49.0
E. 99.0

4. The dimension of a kitchen is 15 metres by 10 metres and is covered by tiles that

are 1 metre by 1 metre. If each tile costs half a dollar, what is the total cost of the
tiles used?
A. $150
B. $75
C. $225
D. $25
E. $50

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5. The area of a circle is 72π cm ^2. What is the diameter of the circle?
A. 2√6 cm
B. 6 cm
C. 6√2 cm
D. 12 cm
E. 12√2 cm

6. Which of the following decimal has the closest value to the fraction 7/13?
A. 0.448
B. 0.492
C. 0.517
D. 0.538
E. 0.639

7. A cylindrical water dispenser has a radius of 45 cm and height of 90 cm. An ice

cube rack can make 12 ice cubes of the side length of 2 cm each. What is the
maximum number of ice cube rack can be filled if the water dispenser is full? (π =
3.14)
A. 264.0
B. 1490.0
C. 2119.0
D. 3445.0
E. 5961.0

8. The width of a rectangle is 4x and its perimeter is 26x. What is its area in terms of
x?
A. 9 x^2
B. 13 x^2
C. 26 x^2
D. 36 x^2
E. 88 x^2

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9. What is the area of the shaded region of this figure in terms of π?

A. 133π/6
B. 224π/9
C. 203π/9
D. 392π/9
E. 385π/18

10. Which of the following nets can be folded to make an open box?

A. Net 1 only
B. Nets 1 and 2 only
C. Nets 2 and 4 only
D. Nets 1 and 4 only
E. Nets 1, 3 and 4 only

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11. Solve x^2 - 21 = 75 - 7x^2 and leave your answer in the simplest form.
A. 2√3
B. 4√3
C. 6.0
D. 12.0
E. 144.0

12. Thesurface area of this triangular prism is 3020 cm^2. What is the value of x?

A. 23 cm
B. 26.6 cm
C. 30.2 cm
D. 34.5 cm
E. 38.9 cm

13. Rationalize and simplify 4/√3 + 1/2√3

A. 3√3/2
B. 3√3/5
C. 5√3/6
D. 9√3/2
E. 2√3

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14. Which of the following is not divisible by both 9 and 15

A. 45
B. 135
C. 165
D. 270
E. 405

15. What is the supplementary angle to an angle with a measure of 2π/3?

A. 2π
B. π/2
C. π/3
D. π/4
E. 5π/6

16. Find sin x in the figure.

A. 8/17
B. 15/17
C. 15/8
D. 17/8
E. 8/15

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17. There are 4 green marbles and 6 red marbles in a bag. Wayne draws one marble
from the bag and keep it. He then draws one more marble from the bag. What is
the probability of drawing two red marbles?
A. 1/3
B. 1/5
C. 2/3
D. 2/5
E. 2/9

18. A dozen of donuts costs $8.Which of the following calculations gives the cost of 4
donuts?
A. 8x4
B. 8÷4
C. 8÷12÷4
D. 8÷12x4
E. 8x12÷4

19. A hundredth of a metre is centimetre. A “centimonth” will be a hundredth of a

month. The length of a “centimonth” would be closest to
A. 70 seconds
B. 7 minutes
C. 70 minutes
D. 7 hours
E. 7 days

20. Matthew participated in a long jump event. He had four trials and if the average
length is 5.6 meters or above, he will be qualified for the final round. His first
three jumps were 5.4 meters, 5.8 meters and 5.5 meters. To qualify for the final
round, what is the minimum length he needs to jump at his fourth trial?
A. 5.45 m
B. 5.57 m
C. 5.59 m
D. 5.66 m
E. 5.7 m

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21. There are 120 staff working in a company. One-tenth of the staff are managers.
Three quarters of all the staff do not wear glasses. Half of the managers wear
glasses. Out of all the staff, what is the fraction of staff that do not need glasses
and are not manager?
A. 1/10
B. 5/12
C. 7/10
D. 1/20
E. 1/4

22. A pot with a diameter of 32 cm is filled with some water. Lily drops 6 marbles in
the pot and the water level is raised by 3.5 cm. What is the diameter of each
marble? (π = 3.14)
A. 4.82 cm
B. 7.65 cm
C. 9.64 cm
D. 15.3 cm
E. 16.1 cm

23. The graph shows the favourite ice cream flavours of some students.

A. Most of the girls like cookies and cream ice cream.

B. Most of the boys like strawberry ice cream.
C. Most of the students like strawberry ice cream.
D. There are more boys than girls that like cookies and cream ice cream.
E. There are more girls than boys that like vanilla ice cream.

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24. Rationalise 3 / √11

A. 3√11 / 3
B. 11√3 / √3
C. 11√3 / 3
D. 3√11 / 11
E. 3√11 / √11

25. ACDE is a square with the side length of 12 cm.

AB : BC = 4 : 1
What is the perimeter of triangle BDE?

A. 12.24 cm
B. 15.37 cm
C. 27.61 cm
D. 39.61 cm
E. 51.61 cm

26. If 14 is subtracted from a number, it will be the same as a third of the number.
What is the number?
A. -28
B. -21
C. -7
D. 7
E. 21

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27. 5 1/5 x 1 2/13 =

A. 5
B. 6
C. 18/65
D. 6 3/65
E. 5 2/65

28. Find the length of XY in the figure

A. 12 / √ 3
B. 12√ 3
C. 4
D. 2
E. 2√ 3

29. Which of the following is equivalent to (4 x 4 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5)^3?

A. 2^4 x 4^5
B. 2^12 x 4^15
C. 4^2 x 5^4
D. 4^5 x 5^7
E. 4^6 x 5^12

30. A paperback book contains 200 pages and is 5 cm thick. Many copies of this
book made a stack of 75 cm tall and the stack weighs 1.2 kg. What is the weight
of each page of book?
A. 0.4 g
B. 0.32 g
C. 0.08 g
D. 0.16 g
E. 0.04 g

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Year 8 Selective Exam Practise: Mathematics Test 3

1. A length of a rectangle is three times the length of its width. If its area is 75 cm^2,
what is the length of its diagonal?
A. 5 cm
B. 9.13 cm
C. 15.81 cm
D. 17.46 cm
E. 20 cm

2. Joe is stacking cubic blocks to make pyramids. The blocks have edges 4 cm
long.

To make a similar pyramid with a base of 60 cm wide, how tall will the pyramid
be?

A. 16 cm
B. 32 cm
C. 64 cm
D. 96 cm
E. 128 cm

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3. Which of the following is equivalent to (-4)^2?

A. -4^2
B. 4^2
C. -2^4
D. 8
E. -16

4. A water bottle is in the shape of cylinder and a half sphere on top. Which one is
the closet estimation of the volume of the water bottle?

A. 4772 cm^3
B. 13431 cm^3
C. 19007 cm^3
D. 28417 cm^3
E. 45363 cm^3

5. There are 120 staff working in a company. One-tenth of the staff are managers.
Three quarters of all the staff do not wear glasses. Half of the managers wear
glasses.How many staff are managers but do not wear glasses?

A. 12
B. 10
C. 6
D. 5
E. 3

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6. Find the length of CD.

A. 8.31
B. 11.29
C. 13.74
D. 17.75
E. 19.59

7. In which quadrant is the terminal of an angle in standard position whose measure

is -1380°?
A. Quadrant I
B. Quadrant II
C. Qudrant III
D. Quadrant IV
E. None of the above

8. Which of the following is not a function?

A. (2, 4), (6, 6), (9, 5), (1, 1)
B. (1, -5), (-5, 3) (3, 4), (4, 4)
C. (6, -2), (1, 0), (0, 4), (6, 5)
D. (-2, 3), (3, 3), (5, 3), (4, 3)
E. (0, 3), (1, 3) (-4, 3), (-2, 3)

9. The number 1 to 7 is placed in the circle so that the sum of the three numbers of
the straight lines are the same.

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How many different possible values are there for the sum of the three numbers
across each line?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

10. How many times does the line representing cos 4x = 0 intersect with the x-axis in
the interval of - 2π < x < 0?

A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8

11. In a right triangle, one leg has a length of 14 cm and the angle between this leg
and the hypotenuse is 23°. Which of the following length is likely to be nearest to
the length of the hypotenuse?
A. 5.47 cm
B. 12.88 cm
C. 15.21 cm
D. 28.00 cm
E. 35.83 cm

12. The original price of a shirt was $30. There was a discount of 15% and tax of 8%.
How much is the price of the shirt after tax?
A. $27.54
B. $37.26
C. $23.46
D. $31.74
E. $29.64

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13. Two standard dice are rolled. What is the probability of rolling two different odd
numbers?
A. 1/2
B. 1/4
C. 1/6
D. 1/12
E. 5/36

14. Joe spent 3/8 of the time on a flight to watch a movie. If the movie is 90 minutes
long, how long is the flight?
A. 1.5 hours
B. 2.4 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5.2 hours
E. 240 hours

15. There are 120 staff working in a company. One-tenth of the staff are managers.
Three quarters of all the staff do not wear glasses. Half of the managers wear
glasses.How many staff that are not managers wear glasses?
A. 30
B. 12
C. 6
D. 27
E. 24

16. Reduce 39/65 to its lowest term.

A. 3/5
B. 3/7
C. 7/13
D. 5/13
E. The fraction is already in its lowest term.

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17. Tim is buying a phone which costs $450 originally. He also found a used phone
online that costs 80% of the original price. If he ordered the used phone online,
he needs to pay $15 for shipping. How much can he save by buying the used
phone online?
A. $90
B. $115
C. $125
D. $75
E. $12

18. A cylindrical container with an open top is used to hold chemicals that might be
corrosive. Around the side and the bottom of the cylinder, the cylinder is 5 cm
thick. What is the volume of material that is used to make this container in terms
of π?

A. 3225 π cm^3
B. 5030 π cm^3
C. 5700 π cm^3
D. 6680 π cm^3
E. 6835 π cm^3

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19. Arrange the following 3D shapes in the order of the volume, from the smallest to
the largest.
(1) A cube with side length of 4 cm.
(2) A sphere with the radius of 4 cm.
(3) A cone with the radius of 4 cm and height of 4 cm.
(4) A pyramid with a square base of side length of 4 cm and height of 4 cm.

A. (2) (1) (3) (4)

B. (1) (2) (3) (4)
C. (2) (1) (4) (3)
D. (4) (3) (2) (1)
E. (4) (1) (3) (2)

20. Simplify x^4 y^2 × x y^3.

A. x^4y^5
B. x^4y^6
C. x^5 y^5
D. x^5 y^6
E. x^6 y^3

21. Make "a" the subject of the formula.

A.

B.

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D.

E.

22. In the number sentence 21 + (5 ? 4) – (10 ? 2) = 17, the two operations are
A. + and –
B. – and x
C. – and ÷
D. – and –
E. + and ÷

23. The graph shows the favourite ice cream flavours of some students.

A. 10
B. 8
C. 11
D. 7
E. 9

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24. Mia stacks five shapes together. Which shape(s) is/are under the triangle?

A. star only
B. hexagon only
C. star and circle only
D. star and square only
E. circle and hexagon only

25. On a bookshelf, there are 8 picture books, 12 fictions and 4 encyclopedias.

Edward picks a book at random. What is the probability that he picks one that is
not an encyclopedia?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 5/6
D. 2/3
E. ¼

26. The size of the marked angle is

A. Between a three-quarter turn and a full turn
B. Less than a quarter turn
C. More than a full turn
D. Between a half turn and a three-quarter turn
E. Between a quarter turn and a half turn

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27. In which quadrant is the terminal of an angle in standard position whose measure
is -7π/4?
A. Quadrant 1
B. Quadrant 2
C. Quadrant 3
D. Quadrant 4
E. None of the above

28. A water tank shown below is filled completely with water. The water is then
transferred to another bigger cuboid tank. After the water is transferred, the depth
of the water is 2.5 m. Which of the following cannot be the dimension of the
bigger water tank?

A. 2, 9.6
B. 3, 6.4
C. 6, 3.2
D. 8, 2.2
E. 12, 1.6

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29. This regular octagon is made with 8 similar triangles.What is the size of the
shaded angle?

A. 225˚
B. 195˚
C. 180˚
D. 240˚
E. 260˚

30. Simplify 14pq + 5p^2q + 6p^2q^2 - p^2q + 7pq^2 - 6pq - 8pq^2 - 6p^2q^2.

A. 11pq
B. 11p^2q
C. 8pq + 4p^2q – pq^2
D. 8pq – 4p^2q – 15pq^2
E. 19pq + 6 pq^2 - 14 pq^2

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