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Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint Mock Examination

Math – Grade 8 April 2023

Paper 2 1 hour 0 minutes
50 marks

Name : …………………………………

Class : Grade 8 ……………………..

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• Write your name and class in the spaces provided on this cover page.
• You must answer on the question paper.
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or
graphs.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• This paper is based on and uses material from Cambridge International past
exam papers.

This document consists of 14 printed pages

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1 A plant is 6.2 cm tall.

The height of the plant increases by 11% each week.

Find how tall the plant will be after two weeks.

......................................... cm [2]

2 Pierre says,

Write down an algebraic expression for Pierre’s rule.

......................................... [1]

3 Draw a ring around each of the rational numbers.

[1]
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4 (a) Complete the table of values for ! = # $ – 4

[1]

(b) Draw the graph of ! = # $ − 4 for values of x between –3 and 3

[2]
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5 Here is a semicircle.

Calculate the area of the semicircle.

Give your answer correct to three significant figures.

......................................... cm2 [3]

6 Calculate.

......................................... [1]

7 Safia drives for 4 hours from A to B.

Angelique drives at half the speed of Safia.

Find how many hours Angelique takes to drive from A to B.

......................................... hours [1]

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8 The table gives information about the masses of 20 watermelons.

(a) Complete the table. [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of these watermelons.

......................................... kg [1]

(c) Explain why your answer to part (b) is an estimate.

.......................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................... [1]

9 Make t the subject of the formula

t = ......................................... [2]
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10 Lily counts the number of people on the 12 buses that arrive at Pugu bus station in one
day.

She draws a stem-and-leaf diagram of her results.

Lily makes some mistakes on her stem-and-leaf diagram.

Redraw the stem-and-leaf diagram correctly below.

[3]
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11 The diagram shows part of a regular polygon with 10 sides.

(a) Calculate the exterior angle of the polygon.

......................................... º [1]

(b) Calculate the interior angle of the polygon.

......................................... º [1]

12 Jamila has two sets of number cards.

She takes one card from each set.

She multiplies the numbers on her two cards.

Show the possible outcomes in the sample space diagram.

[2]
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13 The table shows the prices of two laptops.

The price of Laptop A increases by 12%.

The price of Laptop B decreases by 5%.

Tick (ü) to show which laptop is more expensive after these changes.

Show how you worked out your answer.

[3]
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14 A cylinder has a radius of 6 cm and a height of 20 cm.

Find the total surface area of this cylinder.

......................................... cm2 [3]

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15 The diagram shows two shapes on a grid.

Shape Q is an enlargement of shape P.

(a) Write down the scale factor of this enlargement.

......................................... [1]

(b) Find the centre of the enlargement.

( ...................... , ...................... ) [1]

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16 Show that 4!(5– 9!) + 6!(6!– 1) simplifies to 14!.

[2]

17 It takes 5 workers 300 minutes to decorate some cakes.

Find how many minutes it would take 12 workers to decorate the same number of cakes.

......................................... minutes [2]

18 Two friends share some money in the ratio 3 : 5

One friend gets $1.50

Find the two possible amounts that the other friend gets.

$ .........................................

or $ ......................................... [2]
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19 The map shows the positions of two lighthouses, A and B.

The map is drawn to a scale of 1:50000

The bearing of ship S from lighthouse A is 080°.

The distance of ship S from lighthouse B is 1.8 km.

Show the two possible positions for ship S on the map.

[3]

20 Eva thinks of a number.

When she rounds the number correct to two significant figures the answer is 43 000
When she rounds the number correct to three significant figures the answer is 43 500

Complete the inequality to show the limits for Eva’s number.

......................................... ≤ Eva’s number < ......................................... [2]

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21 A shape is made from part of a circle, centre C, with a radius of 4.2 cm and a square with
sides of 4.2 cm.

Find the area of the shape.

Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

......................................... cm2 [4]

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22 In this pyramid each expression is equal to the sum of the two expressions immediately
below it.

Complete the pyramid, writing each expression in its simplest form.

[3]