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Year 8 Autumn Higher A
Year 8 Autumn Higher A
Year 8
Mathematics
Higher: No calculator allowed
Time allowed: 45 minutes
First name
Middle name
Last name
Teacher
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1 The ratio of chickens to sheep on a farm is 3 : 5
There are 40 sheep.
How many chickens are there?
You may use the diagram at the bottom of the page to help you.
2 marks
1 mark
Chicken
Sheep
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2 Some students took a Maths test and a Science test.
The scatter graph shows information about the test marks of
eight students.
50
40
Mark in Maths test
30
20
10
10 20 30 40 50
Mark in Science test
Draw a line of best fit on the graph and use it to estimate the
Science mark of someone who scores 40 in the Maths test.
2 marks
1 mark
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Dora says this graph shows there is no relationship between the
two variables.
1 mark
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3 These two parallelograms are similar.
Diagrams not
drawn accurately
80°
B
3 cm
12 cm
2 cm
cm
1 mark
°
1 mark
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4 A fair 4-sided spinner is spun twice.
1 4
2 3
Spinner 1
1 2 3 4
1 1
Spinner 2
2 2 4 6
3 3 6 12
4 4 16
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
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5 Complete the table of values for y = x2 – 5
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y 4 -1 -5 -1
2 marks
1
x
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
2 marks
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6 Kat and Mark are travelling home from holiday.
They share the driving.
The ratio of miles that Kat drives to the miles that Mark drives is 1 : 3
1 mark
Mark miles
Kat miles
2 marks
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7 Calculate
2 ÷ 4
3 5
2 marks
1
2÷
6
1 mark
ab × 5
3 a
1 mark
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8 Peter is driving his car at a constant speed.
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
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9 Here is a linear graph.
y
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
1 mark
1 mark
1 mark
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10 Find the area of the parallelogram.
Diagram not
drawn accurately
1
1 cm 3
4 1 cm
4
2
3 cm
3
cm2
3 marks
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11 300 students from Year 7 and Year 8 went on a school trip.
3 marks
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13 Here is a Venn diagram.
A B
4 1
6
3
24 9
8
30
1 mark
1 mark
END OF TEST
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