Revision and Practice Worksheet for Year 8

Q.No. Question
1. Solve the following equations

2. Solve the following equations

3. Gregory is x years old. Daisy is 2 years older than Gregory The sum of their ages is 40.
(a) Form an equation in terms of x

(b) Solve the equation and work out Gregory’s and Daisy’s ages.

4. Fiona is x years old. Thomas is 3 years older than Fiona. Cara is twice as old as Fiona. The sum of their ages is 51.
(a) Form an equation in terms of x

(b) Solve the equation and work out Fiona’s, Thomas’s and Cara’s ages.

5. Billy has x pounds. Liam has twice as much money as Billy. Nicola has three times as much money as Liam. The total
amount of money they have is £180
(a) Form an equation in terms of x

(b) Solve the equation and work out how much money each has.

6. I think of a number. I multiply the number by 3 and then add 5. The answer is 29.
(a) Form an equation in terms of x.
 (b) Solve the equation to Jind the original number.

7. Solve following equations

a) 3(y + 4) = 24 b) 5(2y + 7) = 20

c) 7w + 3 = 5w + 9 d) 7y + 6 = 5(y - 2)

e) 4(2x - 5) = 5x + 4 f) 2(2x + 1) = 3(x - 4)

g) 5(3c - 2) - 7c = 40 - 2c
8. Andy has x pence. Kelly has 7 pence more than Andy. Georgia has 9 pence less than Andy. The total amount of
money they have is £1.48
(a) Form an equation in terms of x

(b) Solve the equation and work out how much money each has.

9. Factorize following expressions

a) 27x – 45 b) 14x + 20

c) 4x + 12y d) 100x – 40

e) 21x + 35y − 14z f) a2 + 3a

g) w2 − 5w h) 2x2 + 10x

i) 9y2 + 6y j) 24x2 + 20x

10. A bag of sugar contains 420g. A special offer packet contains an extra 15%. Work out how much extra sugar is in the
special offer packet.

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11. A new car is priced at £7500. In a sale it is reduced by 20%. Calculate the reduction in price.

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12. Mary wins £400. She gives 50% to her mother. Mary gives 20% to her sister. She keeps the rest. Work out how much
each person receives.

Mother £........................

Sister £........................

Mary £........................
13. Barryʼs salary is £14 000 and he is due to get an increase of 5%. Calculate how much this increase will be.

£........................
14. There are 20,000 fans at a football match. 12% of the fans are women. Work out how many women attended the
match.

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15. Harry wants to buy a motorbike that costs £600. He saves 30% of his wages each month. Each month Harry earns
£400. Calculate how many months it will take Harry to save enough money.

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16. At Frome International train station, 35% of trains were late in a week. In that week there were 440 trains. Calculate
how many trains were on time.

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17. A company is hosting a charity meal. 800 people work for the company.
It is estimated 70% of the employees will attend.
It is expected that if an employee attends, they will bring a partner.
The cost of attending the meal is £5.

How much money will be raised for charity?

£........................
18. Darren claims if he increases a number by 10% and increases his answer by 10%, that that would be an increase of
20% overall. Show Darren is incorrect.
19. Two glasses contain orange juice.
A 400ml glass is 40% full.
A 300ml glass is half full.
Which glass contains less orange juice?

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20. Complete the table.

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22. The table shows the percentage of votes each party obtains in an election

(a) Work out what percentage voted for Labour.

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(b) Write 35% as a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form.

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(c) Write 11% as a decimal.

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8000 people voted in the election.
(d) Work out 25% of 8000

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23. A train is late arriving into a station. It should arrive at 5 pm It arrives at 5.15 pm.
(a) How many minutes late is the train?

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(b) Write your answer as a fraction of an hour

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24. Write the following as ratios in their simplest forms.
(a) £4 to £20 (b) 240cm to 400cm (c) 50 minutes to 20 minutes

(d) 60kg to 72kg (e) 12 miles to 30 miles (f) 15cm to 75cm

(g) 8.5g to 3.5g (h) £0.50 to £20 (i) 1.02 litres to 0.74 litres

25. Daisy mixes 50 ml of orange juice with 200 ml of water. Write down the ratio of orange juice to water. Give your
answer in its simplest form.
26. Write the following as ratios in their simplest forms.
(a) 8 days to 2 weeks (b) 1 hour to 15 minutes

(c) 2 hours to 1 day (d) 95p to £3.00

(e) 400m to 1.5km (f) 15kg to 900g

(g) 4500ml to 2 litres (h) 8km to 50mm

(i) 90 minutes to 2 days

27. The ratio of adults to children at a cricket match is 7:3. There 150 people at the match. How many children attended
the cricket match?

28. In a school, all students study one language, French or Spanish. The ratio of girls to boys in Year 11 is 4:3 ¾ of the
boys study French There are 168 students in Year 11.
How many of the boys study Spanish?

29. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3 Ben says there are 28 students in the class.
(a) Explain why Ben must be wrong
 (b) Write down a possible number of students in the class

30.