Ibt-L8-Maths-Resource Pack v2 20231227020117

IBT
International Benchmark Tests
LEVEL 8
MATHEMATICS
Student Resource Pack
This pack contains examples of IBT questions to help students become familiar with the IBT testing program. For each
question, the correct answer is given along with a brief explanation as to why that response is correct. The scale score for
each question is also provided to identify the types of questions students found most challenging.
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Mathematics
1 Four racing cars recorded these times for one lap of a track.
Car 1 Car 2 Car 3 Car 4
1:22.0003 1:21.5821 1:21.5859 1:21.5285
Which car had the fastest time?

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Car 1 Car 2 Car 3 Car 4

A B C D
2 Which of these units is best for measuring the length of this frog?
A kilograms
B centimetres
C metres
D kilometres
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Mathematics
3 The table shows the number of tourists, of four different nationalities, who visited
South Africa’s National Parks in 2010 and 2011.
Top 4 nationalities Number of tourists

2010 2011
German 134 000 132 000
British 64 000 56 000
Dutch 50 000 39 000
French 43 000 35 000
Which nationality showed the greatest decrease in the number of tourists from
2010 to 2011?
German British Dutch French
A B C D
4 Sian is downloading a 2 MB file on his computer.

1.4 MB has been downloaded.
What percentage of the file has been downloaded?
A 1.4%
B 7%
C 14%
D 70%
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Mathematics
C D
5
not to scale
A B
The size of angle BAC is 78°.

What is the size of angle ABD ?
A 78°
B 102°
C 112°
D 141°
6 Which calculation gives the biggest answer?
A 1+1
2 3
1 1
B –
2 3
C 1×1
2 3
D 1÷1
2 3
4
Mathematics
7 Uma started making pizza at 2:35 pm.

She spent 15 minutes making the dough.
She then waited 45 minutes.
She then spent 10 minutes rolling out the dough and adding toppings.
Finally it took 15 minutes to bake the pizza.
At what time was Uma’s pizza ready?
A 3:15 pm
B 3:35 pm
C 4:00 pm
D 4:35 pm
8 The graph shows the distribution of crops

grown in a certain country.
Wheat
Corn
Other
Oats
According to the information in the graph,

which of these statements is true?
A More oats are grown than wheat.
B Corn is more than one-half of the
country’s crop.
C Oats are more than one-third of the country’s crop.
D The total crop of oats and wheat is
greater than the corn crop.
5
Mathematics
9 Which of the numbers below is ten million twenty thousand and thirty?
A 102 030
B 10 020 030
C 10 200 030
D 102 000 030
10 Three points are evenly-spaced around the circumference of a circle.

The three points are joined to make a triangle.
What is the name of this triangle?
A Equilateral
B Isosceles
C Scalene
D Right-angled
11 Which calculation gives the largest number?

A 30 + (–15)
B 30 – (–15)
C –30 + (–15)
D –30 – (–15)
6
Mathematics
12 A and B are squares.
B
2 cm 6 cm
How many times bigger is the area of B than the area of A?

A 3 times
B 4 times
C 6 times
D 9 times
13 Which of these spinners has the greatest chance of showing an even number?
2 3 2 1 1
1 3 2 2
4 1 5 5
4 3
5 3
5 4 4
A B C D
7
Mathematics
14 A submarine is 40 metres below the surface of the sea. It then dives another 111
metres deeper.
Which of these represents how many metres below the surface the submarine is
after the dive?
A 111 – 40
B 40 – 111
C –40 + 111
D –40 + –111
15 The actual distance from London to Paris is 350 km.

The scale on a map is 1 cm : 25 km.
What is the distance between London and Paris on the map?
A 9 cm
B 12 cm
C 14 cm
D 35 cm
1 1
16 Which shows a correct procedure for finding – ?
5 3
1 1 1–1
A – =
5 3 5–3
1 1 1
B – =
5 3 5–3
1 1 5–3
C – =
5 3 5×3
1 1 3–5
D – =
5 3 5×3
8
Mathematics
17 n 2 = 70
Which of these is closest to the value of n ?
A 8
B 9
C 35
D 4900
18 The triangle is rotated one half-turn about point O.
Which diagram shows the new position of the triangle?
O O
O O
A B C D
9
Mathematics
A class of students recorded their hand spans (in centimetres) on this chart.
OUR HAND SPANS
BOYS GIRLS
20, 19, 17, 19.5, 20, 17.5, 15, 19.5,

22, 15, 21, 18.5, 15, 16, 20.5, 18.5,
19, 19.5, 16.5, 19 19, 18, 16, 17, 16
19 What is the most common hand span in the class?

A 16
B 19
C 20
D 22
20 How much bigger is the boys’ median hand span than the girls’ median hand
span?
A 1.50 cm
B 1.75 cm
C 2.00 cm
D 2.50 cm
21 Box 1 has twice the volume of Box 2.
Y Box 2
50 cm Box 1
X
120 cm 50 cm
What is the value of X?

A 25 cm
B 48 cm
C 60 cm
D 70 cm
10
Mathematics
22 ABC is an isosceles triangle.
42°
D C B
not to scale
What is the size of angle ACD ?

A 84°
B 111°
C 138°
D 159°
23 In the figure below, each of the smaller triangles has the same area.
What is the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area?

A 5:3
B 8:5
C 5:8
D 3:5
11
Mathematics
24 This is a plan view of a garden. x

The grass (shaded) has an area of
64 square metres.
What is the length of the side labelled x?
paving x
A 5.5 m
10 m
B 6.0 m
C 6.8 m
D 9.0 m
grass
10 m
25 0.5 3 is equal to
A 0.015
B 0.125
C 1.25
D 1.5
26 This seating plan shows where students from different year levels sit in the
school hall. All students face the stage.
Year 7 students face North.
Stage
Ye
r8
a
a
r7
Ye
Year 9
Year 10
What direction do Year 8 students face?

East West North-east North-west
A B C D
12
Mathematics
27 The diameter of a circular pond is 20 metres.

The water in the pond is 50 centimetres deep.
How many cubic metres of water are in the pond?
50π 100π 200π 500π
A B C D
28 The weights (in kg) of 7 packages are:
12, 9, 13, 8, 10, 4, 11
The packages are then arranged in order from lightest to heaviest.
What is the weight of the middle package?
A 8 kg
B 9 kg
C 10 kg
D 11 kg
29 This diagram is not drawn to scale.
x°
80°
120°
What is the value of x?

70° 110° 120° 130°
A B C D
13
Mathematics
30 The numbers 1440 and 2700 can be written as a product of their prime factors as
shown:
1440 = 2 5 × 3 2 × 5
2700 = 2 2 × 3 3 × 5 2
Which of these shows the highest common factor of 1440 and 2700?
A 2×3×5
B 22 × 3 × 5
C 22 × 32 × 5
D 25 × 33 × 52
31 Niko has a 2-litre bottle of juice.

He is filling cups with the juice.
Each cup holds 150 millilitres.
How many cups can Niko fill from the 2-litre bottle?
A 7
B 12
C 13
D 14
32 Four bags contain only black balls and white balls.
Number of Number of
black balls white balls
Bag 1 3 2
Bag 2 4 3
Bag 3 5 4
Bag 4 6 5
From which bag is there the greatest chance of a black ball being chosen at
random?
A Bag 1
B Bag 2
C Bag 3
D Bag 4
14
Mathematics
33 5 + 2x = 2
What is the value of x in this equation?
1
A –1 2
1
B 12
1
C –3 2
1
D 32
34 The grey shapes and the white shapes in this diagram are squares.
What fraction of the overall shape is shaded grey?
3 11 11 21
4 21 32 32
A B C D
35 The fire crew is practising a rescue with its fire truck and ladder.
How high above the ground is the top of the ladder?
A 14 m
B 16 m
C 18 m
D 22 m
ladder 20 m
?m
2m
12 m
15
Mathematics
36 Dan wants to draw a pie chart using the information in the table.
Favourite activity Number of people

Watch movies 12
Listen to music 7
Play sport 16
Other 5
The graph will have a sector for each activity.

What is the size of the sector angle for the activity ‘Watch movies’?
A 30°
B 54°
C 63°
D 108°
13
37 Which one of these expressions has the same value as 19 ?
13 13
A 19 × 19
13 19
B 19 ÷ 19
13 × 19
C 19 × 13
3 10
D 10 + 9
38 A pyramid has 6 vertices.

How many edges does it have?
A 6
B 8
C 10
D 12
16
Mathematics
39
package
0 kg 2
What is the mass of the package?

A 300 g
B 350 g
C 700 g
D 850 g
40 There are 400 boxes on a truck.

The total mass of the boxes is 3540 kg.
The mass of one large box is 12 kg and the mass of one small box is 5 kg.
How many large boxes are on the truck?
A 90
B 180
C 220
D 280
17
Mathematics
41 A shop sells cola in bottles of four different sizes.

The graph shows how much cola is sold in one week.
Cola sold in one week

900
800
700
600
500
Number of bottles
400
300
200
100
0
0.3 L 0.6 L 1L 1.5 L
Bottle size
How much cola was sold in one week?

A 1140 L
B 1800 L
C 3400 L
D 6000 L
42 Lisa wants to draw a map of her school with

a scale where 2 cm represents 3 m.
The library is 36 m away from the gym.
How far apart should they be drawn on the map?
A 6 cm
B 12 cm
C 18 cm
D 24 cm
43 A chairlift travels at 5 metres per second.

How long does it take for the chairlift to travel 3 kilometres?
A 1 minute
B 6 minutes
C 10 minutes
D 15 minutes
18
Mathematics
44 The graph shows the amounts of four foods that India exported to Europe from
2006 to 2010.
Exports from India to Europe from 2006 to 2010
45
40
Table grapes
35
Cashew nuts
30 Onions
Amount exported 25 Walnuts
(thousand tonnes) 20
15
10
5
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Which export changed by the greatest amount from 2006 to 2010?

Table grapes Cashew nuts Onions Walnuts
A B C D
45 n m
3 3
6 12
9 27
12 48
Which rule fits the values in the table?
A m = 3n – 6
B m = 5n – 12
2
C m= n
3
n
D m = ( 3 )2
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Answers
The following table indicates the correct answer for each question along with a brief
explanation as to why that response is correct.
The scale score is a measure of how challenging students found each question.
A low scale score indicates that the question is relatively easy.
A high scale score indicates that the question is relatively difficult.
Scale scores at Level 8 typically range from 400 to 730 points.
Question Question Correct Scale

Explanation
Number Strand Response Score
Car 1 is slowest at more than 1:22 (min:sec); the
seconds part of the times are all decimal numbers, so
1 Number D 497
car 4 has the lowest time at 1:51.5285, and lowest time
means it is the fastest car
A frog is usually smaller than the size of your hand, so
2 Measurement B 580
centimetres is the best unit to use
Calculate the 'decrease' by subtracting the 2011
Chance and values from the 2010 values; for Dutch the calculation
3 C 449
data is 50 000 – 39 000 = 11 000, and this is the greatest
decrease
By estimation 1.4 MB is more than half of 2 MB, so the
4 Number D 469 answer has to be more than 50%; or calculate 1.4 ÷ 2
= 0.7 then 0.7 × 100 = 70% is the answer
ABCD is a parallelogram; a pair of co-interior angles
5 Space B 555
are supplementary; so angle ABD is 180 – 78 = 102o
For A B and C the answer is less than 1, but for D the
6 Number D 605
answer is bigger than 1 (there is more than 1/3 in 1/2)
Starts at 2:35, plus 15 + 45 +10 +15 is 85 minutes
7 Measurement C 411
which is 1:25, so finishes at 4:00
Chance and The combined size of the sectors for wheat and oats is
8 D 449
data bigger than the sector for corn, so D is correct
In place values, B has 1 'ten million', and 2 'ten
9 Number B 492 thousands' which is twenty thousand, and 3 'tens'
which is thirty
Because the points are 'evenly-spaced' the sides of
10 Space A 490
the triangle will be of equal length, so A is correct
In B, 30 – (–15) is the same as 30 + 15, so that is the
11 Number B 466
largest number
Area of A is 2 × 2 = 4 cm2, and B is 6 × 6 = 36 cm2, so
12 Measurement D 614 B is 36 ÷ 4 = 9 times bigger; or, by geometry A will fit
as 3 rows of 3 inside B
Spinner D has the largest sector for '2' and the equal
Chance and
13 D 490 largest sector for '4', so it has he greatest chance of
data
showing an even number
20
Answers

Explanation
The surface of the sea is the 0 position; the submarine
14 Number D 507 starts at –40 metres then it dives another –110 metres
to increase its distance below 0, so D is correct
Calculate how many lots of 25 km are in 350 km, and
15 Space C 469 this will be the number of centimetres on the map; so
350 ÷ 25 = 14 is the answer
To make the fractions equivalent, the lowest common
16 Number D 585 denominator will be 5 × 3, then the 1st numerator
becomes 3 and the 2nd becomes 5; so D is correct
82 = 64 and 92 = 81; use 8.52 = 72.25 to show that
17 Number A 529 because 70 is less than 72.25 then n2 = 70 means n is
less than 8.5 and closer to 8 than 9
The start position is in the 1st quadrant, so one half-
18 Space D 593 turn rotation (either clockwise or anticlockwise) means
the final position will be in the 3rd quadrant
Chance and The number that occurs most often is 19 cm (the
19 B 401
data mode)
For boys and girls place values in increasing order; for
Chance and 12 boys take the average of the 6th and 7th values (=
20 A 614
data 19 cm); for 13 girls take the 7th score (= 17.5 cm); so
boys' value is 1.50 cm bigger
Box 1 and Box 2 have two side lengths the same (50
cm and Y cm). To have TWICE the volume, the 120
21 Measurement C 572
cm in Box 1 must be twice the X in Box 2, so X must
be 60 cm.
The top angle is 42o so the two base angles are (180 –
22 Space B 579 42) ÷ 2 = 69o, which means angle ACD is 180 – 69 =
111o
There are 10 triangles shaded grey and 6 that are not
23 Number A 514 shaded; each of the triangles has the same area, so
the area ratio is 10:6 which cancels to 5:3
The area of the paving is 10 × 10 – 75 = 25 m2; the
24 Measurement B paving is a square shape with both sides of length x;
so x must be 5.0 metres
‘Cubed’ means write the number 3 times then
25 Number B 538 multiply them all: 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 which comes to 125
thousandths, so B
To be facing the same direction as a Year 8 student, a
Year 7 student would have to make a quarter-turn to
26 Space B 501
the left; a quarter-turn to the left from North faces West,
so Year 8 face West
The shape of the pond is a cylinder with radius 10 m
27 Measurement A 701 and depth 0.5 m, and the volume calculation is V = area
of the circle × depth = π × 102 × 0.5 = 50π cubic metres
Chance and In order, the weights are 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 kg; so the
28 C 438
data middle (median) weight is 10 kg
21
Answers

Explanation
The size of unmarked angle in the quadrilateral is 360
29 Space B 583 – (80 + 90 + 120) = 70o; so the adjacent angle is x= 180
– 70 = 110o
The highest powers that the two sets of factors have in
30 Number C 616
common are 22 and 32 and 5, so C is correct
2 litres is 2000 millilitres; 13 cups is 150 × 13 = 1950

millilitres; this leaves only 2000 – 1950 = 50 millilitres in
31 Measurement C 583
the bottle, which is not enough to 'fill' another cup; so
13 is the answer
For Bag 1 the chance of black is 3/5 which as a
Chance and decimal is 0.6; for the other bags the decimal values of
32 A 588
data 4/7 and 5/9 and 6/11 all start with 0.5, so Bag 1 has the
greatest chance for black
Use inverse operations to unpack the equation: first
33 Number A 573 subtract 5 from both sides, then divide by 2; the
answer is A; check by substitution
Overall, the two largest grey squares = 1/2; the two
middle size squares = 1/2 of 1/4 = 1/8; the two smallest
34 Space D 634
squares = 1/2 of 1/16 = 1/32; so the total grey area is
1/2 + 1/8 + 1/32 = 21/32
‘Using Pythagoras’ theorem, the top of the ladder is
Measurement C 659 sqrt(202 – 122) = 16 m above the top of the truck, then
35
add 2 m to show it is 18 m from the top of the ladder to
the ground
There is a total of 40 people, so showing the 12 people
Chance and
36 D 649 who watch movies needs a sector angle of 12 ÷ 40 =
data
3/10 of 360o, which is 108o
To have the 'same value' the fraction must be
37 Number B 600 multiplied or divided by 1; in B the fraction is divided by
19/19 which is equal to 1
It must be a pentagonal pyramid with 1 vertex at the
top and the other 5 vertices around the base; so, 5
38 Space C 689
edges around the base and another 5 sloping edges up
to the top, and 5 + 5 = 10
From 0 to 1 kg on the scale there are 5 equal parts, and
39 Measurement C 560 the pointer is half way between the 3rd (600 g) and 4th
(800 g) marks, so the answer is 700 g
C is correct: 220 × 12 + (400 – 220) × 5 = 2640 + 900 =
3540 kg; or use simultaneous equations (x = number of
40 Number C 619
small and y = number of large boxes), then x + y = 400
and 5x + 12y = 3540
Multiply each size by the number sold, then add to find
Chance and the total: 800 × 0.3 = 240, plus 500 × 0.6 = 300, plus
41 A 647
data 300, plus 200 × 1.5 = 300, then 240 + 300 + 300 + 300 =
1140 L
The 36 m is 12 times the 3 m in the scale, so on the
42 Space D 644 map the locations are 12 times 2 cm apart, so 24 cm is
correct
22
Answers

Explanation
3 kilometres is 3000 metres, so it takes 3000 ÷ 5 = 600
43 Measurement C 595 seconds to travel that distance; the answers are in
minutes so divide 600 by 60 to get the answer C
The word 'changed' means the export amount might
Chance and have increased or decreased; the decrease for cashew
44 B 617
data nuts is more than 3 gridlines (about 41 – 24 = 17
thousand tonnes); so this is the greatest change
C is the only rule that correctly fits every pair of values
45 Number C 604
in the table
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Car 1 Car 2 Car 3 Car 4

1:22.0003 1:21.5821 1:21.5859 1:21.5285

Which car had the fastest time?

Car 1 Car 2 Car 3 Car 4

Top 4 nationalities Number of tourists

4 Sian is downloading a 2 MB file on his computer.

The size of angle BAC is 78°.

6 Which calculation gives the biggest answer?

7 Uma started making pizza at 2:35 pm.

8 The graph shows the distribution of crops

According to the information in the graph,

10 Three points are evenly-spaced around the circumference of a circle.

11 Which calculation gives the largest number?

12 A and B are squares.

How many times bigger is the area of B than the area of A?

15 The actual distance from London to Paris is 350 km.

Which diagram shows the new position of the triangle?

OUR HAND SPANS

20, 19, 17, 19.5, 20, 17.5, 15, 19.5,

19, 19.5, 16.5, 19 19, 18, 16, 17, 16

19 What is the most common hand span in the class?

21 Box 1 has twice the volume of Box 2.

What is the value of X?

22 ABC is an isosceles triangle.

What is the size of angle ACD ?

What is the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area?

24 This is a plan view of a garden. x

What direction do Year 8 students face?

27 The diameter of a circular pond is 20 metres.

29 This diagram is not drawn to scale.

What is the value of x?

31 Niko has a 2-litre bottle of juice.

32 Four bags contain only black balls and white balls.

Favourite activity Number of people

The graph will have a sector for each activity.

38 A pyramid has 6 vertices.

What is the mass of the package?

40 There are 400 boxes on a truck.

41 A shop sells cola in bottles of four different sizes.

Cola sold in one week

How much cola was sold in one week?

42 Lisa wants to draw a map of her school with

43 A chairlift travels at 5 metres per second.

Exports from India to Europe from 2006 to 2010

Which export changed by the greatest amount from 2006 to 2010?

Scale scores at Level 8 typically range from 400 to 730 points.

Question Question Correct Scale

Question Question Correct Scale

Question Question Correct Scale

2 litres is 2000 millilitres; 13 cups is 150 × 13 = 1950

Question Question Correct Scale

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