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YEAR 8 MATHEMATICS
SEMESTER 1 – PRACTICE EXAMINATION 1

Number

1. (a) 14   6  (1)

(b)  5  11   3   4  (1)

1 3
(c) 3  4 (1)
2 5

9 6
(d)  (1)
20 20

(e) Write 5  9 as a repeating decimal. (1)

(f) Complete the pattern:

(i) 13, 10, 7, ___, ___ (1)

2 4
(ii) 1, , , ___, ___ (1)
3 9

(g) The average of six numbers is 19. A seventh number is added and the new
average is 20. What is the seventh number? (Show working.) (2)
(9 marks)

2. Simplify the following:

(a) 15: 5 (1)

(b) 25m : 1 km (1)

3 1
(c) : (1)
4 3
(3 marks)

3. Jack and Bill have heights in the ratio of 5: 6 . If Bill's height is 186 cm, how tall is
Jack?
(1 mark)

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4. Divide $48 in the ratio of 5 : 3 .

(2 marks)

5. How long will it take to travel a distance of 300 km at a speed of 80 km/hr?

(1 mark)

6. It takes 3 people 4 hours to paint a room. How long will it take 2 people to paint the
same room?
(2 marks)

7. A garden fertiliser contains three parts nitrate, two parts potash and three parts organic
matter. In a 40 kg bag of fertiliser, how many kilos of organic matter is present?
(2 marks)

8. A tap is leaking water at a rate of 1 litre every 8 hours. How long will it take for the tap
to leak a total of 300 ml ?
(2 marks)

9. The ratio of David's age to Michael's age is 5 :8 and the ratio of Michael's age to
Sarah's age is 7 : 3 . If the sum of their ages is 115, how old is Sarah?
(2 marks)

10. Fruit juice drink of different brands consists of:

Brand Carrot Apple Celery

A 3 1 1
B 7 4 2
C 8 2 4
D 4 4 5

Which juice do you think would have the strongest carrot taste? (Show calculations.)

(2 marks)

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Algebra

11. Simplify:

(a) 7m  6m  2m  3m (1)

(b) 9a  5b  3a  4 (1)

(c) 2 y   2  (1)

1
(d) 14ab  a (1)
2

(e) 20 x  5 (1)

3n 2n
(f)  (2)
2 5

8x
(g) 4 (2)
5
(9 marks)

12. Expand and simplify:

(a) 54  x (1)

(b) 3 p 2  4 p  6 p (1)

(c) 3  2 x  2    x  1 (2)
(4 marks)

13. Factorise:

(a) 3x  6 (1)

(b) mn  2m  8m2 (1)

(c) x2  2 x (1)
(3 marks)

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14. Simplify:

(a) 34  32 (Write in index form.) (1)

(b) 2m3  4m 2 (1)

(c) p  4 3
 p6 (1)

(d) 8mo (1)

(e) 3-2 (1)

(5 marks)

15. Simplify, writing answers without negative indices:

(a) x2  x7 (1)

(b)  2x  3 2
(1)

3  2 x 4 y 
2

(c) (2)
6 x2 y3
(4 marks)

16. Write True or False for:

(a) 41  1 (1)

3  2   36
2
(b) (1)
(2 marks)

17. Calculate to 3 significant figures:

5.23  10
2.8
(1 mark)

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Geometry & Trigonometry

18. Find the value of the pronumeral. (Show all working.)

(a) 8

5
x

(2)

(b) (i)
y

20 km 12 km

(2)

(ii) Find the perimeter of the above rectangle. (1)

(c) Two trees are 20 m apart and are of different heights; one is 12 m tall and the
other is 16 m. What is the distance between the tops of the trees?
(Draw a diagram and solve. Show all working.)
(3)

(d) Find m.
4 cm

m
3 cm

9 cm

(3)
(11 marks)

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19. Find x by identifying and using a pythagorean triad.

14 cm

8 cm
x

(2 marks)

Rates

20. An aeroplane flies at 800 km/h for one third of its flight time and averages 700 km/h for
the entire trip. What is the average speed, in kilometres per hour, over the remaining
part of the journey?
(2 marks)

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