Sample Questions MISMO 2021 Grade 8

1. The height, 𝑦 meters, of an object 4. At a countdown party, a clock is

projected directly upward from the projected on a giant screen. The
ground can be modelled by lengths of the hour hand and the
𝑦 = 45𝑡 − 5𝑡 2 , where t is the minute hand are 3m and 4m
time in seconds after it leaves the respectively.
ground.
Calculate the height of the object 5
seconds after it leaves the ground.
A. 25m
B. 50m
C. 75m A. 5
D. 100m B. 6
C. 7
2. The area of a rectangle is given by D. 8
3𝑙 2 + 11𝑙 = 20, in which l is the
rectangle’s length. What is the 5. Each section of the spinner shown
length of the rectangle? has the same area. The spinner was
1
A. spun 28 times. The table shows the
3
B.
4 result. For which color is the
3
experimental probability of stopping
C. 4
on the color the same as the
D. 5
theoretical probability.

3. Three streets in the downtown area

Spinner Results
of a city form a right triangle with
Red Green Blue Yellow
the lengths shown. Find the area of
7 11 5 5
the triangle.
A. Red
c = 11 B. Green
a=6
C. Yellow
D. Blue

b
A. √75
B. √85
C. √95
D. √105
6. The histogram below represents the C. 3
ages of the guests who recently D. 6
stayed at a hotel. Which statement
must be true based on the data.
10. Express in set notation, the set is
represented by the shaded region
below.

A. There were 40 guests who A. A∪ B

stayed at the hotel B. A∩ B
B. The men age was 32. C. B∩ A’
C. The median age was in the 20’s. D. B∪ A’
D. The guests were mainly children
11. Eman chose one word, at random,
7. Which expression is equivalent to from the 25 words. Find the
𝑥 3 𝑦 2 + 𝑥𝑦
? probability that this word had 5
𝑥2𝑦
A. 𝑥𝑦 + 1 letters.
1
B. 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑥 A. ½
B. 2/5
𝑥 2 𝑦 +𝑥
C. C. 1/5
𝑥
𝑥 2 𝑦 2 +𝑦 D. 4/25
D. 𝑦

12. The perimeter of a rectangle is 112

8. State the order of rotational
cm and its breadth is x cm.
symmetry of the letter H.
Find in terms of x an expression for
A. 0
the length of the rectangle.
B. 1
A. 56 − 𝑥
C. 2
B. 56 + 𝑥
D. 3 C. 112 − 2𝑥
D. 112 + 2𝑥
9. A 6-sided dice was rolled 39 times.
The results are recorded in the 13. There were m boys and n girls in a
table. parade. Each person carried 2 balloons.
Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 Which of these expressions represents
Frequency 7 9 6 4 5 8 the total number of balloons that were
Find the mode carried in the parade?

A. 1
A. 2(𝑚 + 𝑛)
B. 2 B. 2 + (𝑚 + 𝑛)
C. 2𝑚 + 𝑛
D. 𝑚 + 2𝑛