NAME: ________________________________ GRADE 8: ______

Grade 8 Mathematics
November Examination
2 November 2018
Examiner: A. van der Merwe Moderator: L. Walter
TOTAL: 100 TIME: 2 hours

Instructions:

 Answer all the questions on the question paper

 Write your name and surname on the question paper
 Calculators may not be used
 Answers all questions, using a blue pen
 No pencil answers will be marked
 Read your questions carefully
 Show all your calculations
 Write neatly
 Relax and enjoy the exam

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11

7 8 7 12 9 6 13 10 21 4 3

QUESTION 1: Consider the following list of natural numbers:

0 ; 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 6 ; 9 ; 18 ; 19 ; 36 ; 47 ; 54 ; 120

FROM THIS LIST, write down ALL the numbers which satisfy each of the following
criteria.

1.1. Odd numbers that are not prime numbers: ____________________ (1)

1.2. A number that is both a factor and a multiple of 36: _____________ (1)

1.3. Multiples of 18: _________________________________________ (2)

1.4. Common factors of 9 and 18: ______________________________ (2)

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QUESTION 2: Answer the following, show ALL calculations

2.1. Write 36 and 108 as a product of their prime factors

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2.2. Determine the LCM and HCF for 36 and 108:

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QUESTION 3:

Simplify each of the following expressions as far as possible.

SHOW ALL YOUR CALCULATIONS.

3.1. 7  5  4 
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3.2. 5 43 2
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3.3. 25  16

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3.4. 93 8
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QUESTION 4:
Simplify the following, leave your answers in exponential form where possible:
4.1. 57  54
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x9
4.2.
x3
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4.3. 2 a 2 b3   5 a 4 b 2
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4.4.
 3 a 4
b3 c 
3

 9 a 5 b 7 c10
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4.6. Write 214 000 000 in scientific notation.

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QUESTION 5:

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3

5.1. Draw FIGURE 4. (2)

5.2. Complete the table:

FIGURE 1 2 3 4
Number of
matches 6 11
(2)

5.3. Write down the general rule for the pattern in the form Tn 

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5.4. Use the general rule to find how many matches will be in the 15th pattern.

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QUESTION 6:

Consider the following algebraic expression and then answer the questions that
follow:

5x3  2 x 2  7 x  8

6.1. How many terms does the expression have?________________________ (1)

6.2. Write down the constant term. ___________________________________ (1)

6.3. What is the coefficient of x 2 ? ___________________________________ (1)

6.4. Calculate the value of the expression: 5 x 3  2 x 2  7 x  8 if x   2

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QUESTION 7:

7.1. x  4x

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7.2. 3ab  3ab

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7.3. 3 xy  9 x  7 xy  11x

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7.4. 4 m ( 2 m  4)

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15 a 2  5a
7.5.
 5a

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7.6. Subtract 3a  2b  c from  7 a  2b  3c

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QUESTION 8: Solve for x : (Show ALL calculations)

8.1. x35

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8.2. 3x  5

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8.3 2 3 x  1  5 x

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x
8.4.  4  2
5

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8.5. Buhle goes to the movies and buys three boxes of popcorn and four
cold drinks for R162. Each drink is R18. Find the cost of a box of popcorn.

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8.6. This formula can be used to calculate a child’s dose of medicine, when the
adult dose is known.

age
child dose  adult dose 
age  12

A nurse calculated that a 4-year-old boy’s dose would be 6ml of medicine.

What was the adult dose?

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QUESTION 9:

9.1. Find the size of x :

B C

QUESTION 3: Simplify the following:

STATEMENT REASON

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9.2. Find the value of x :

W [7

Q
U

STATEMENT REASON

(2)

9.3. Find the value of x :

A C D

STATEMENT REASON

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9.4. Find the value of x and y .

K T M

N
L

STATEMENT REASON

(4)

9.5. AB  BC. DB = DC
Find the size of  .

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B C

STATEMENT REASON

(6)

9.6. Find an expression for the size of the angle A in degrees.

100  2 x 

80  x 
B C

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QUESTION 10:

Sifiso is making a kite. He has two sticks 105 cm and 120 cm long. He fixes them a
right angles so that the 120 cm stick is bisected (cut in half) by the 105 mm stick at
M. The 105 cm stick is not bisected.
Find the length of DC.

STATEMENT REASON

(4)

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QUESTION 11:

11.1. Omphile thinks of a whole number, doubles it, adds 1 and squares the result.
If she ends up with 81, what was the number she thought of?

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11.2. Boris found the smallest whole number that ends with 19, is divisible by 19
and the sum of its digits is 19.
Boris divided this number by 19. What was the result of this division?

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TOTAL: [100]

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