Impact Independent High School

Cycle Test Term 1

Subject Mathematics Educator Date

Class Grade 8 Moderator Time 1 hour – 50 Marks
No. of Absentees
learners

Test rules:
1. Learners may not ask or receive assistance in any way from other learners.
2. Learners may not have any electronic device on their person for the duration of the test.
3. Each learner must ensure that they have all the required writing utensils they will need. There will be no
borrowing or lending of pens, rules, erasers etc. during the test.

Subject specific instructions

1. This cycle test paper consists of 3 pages. Please check that your paper is complete.

2. Read the questions carefully.

3. Answer all the questions.

4. Number your answers exactly as the questions are numbered.

5. You may use an approved non-programmable and non-graphical calculator, unless otherwise

stated.

6. Leave, where applicable, answers in mixed number or improper fraction format.

7. All the necessary working details must be clearly shown.

8. It is in your own interest to write legibly and to present your work neatly.

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QUESTION 1
Please tick the applicable box that will best describe the number given on the left hand side, the first
question has been done as an example:
QUESTION UNDEFINED REAL IMAGINARY RATIONAL IRRATIONAL
(a) 0.14  
(b) π
(c) 1 ,1 2̇
(d)
√7
0
(e) √ −8
3

(f) √ 4
[5]
QUESTION 2
(a) Determine which brand of Milk is the best value of Money:
Brand 1: R24 for 2 litres of milk
Brand 2: R14 for 1 litre of milk
Brand 3: R34 for 3 litres of milk (3)
(b) A recipe for a rich Chocolate cake has the following main ingredients:
1 cup of flour
2 tablespoons of coco
100 ml of cooking oil
4 Eggs

Metric measures:
1 cup = 250 ml
1 teaspoon = 5 ml
1 tablespoon = 25 ml

(1) Rewrite the above information as a simplified ratio. (2)

(2) If you wanted to make a bigger cake but only have 5 eggs, how much of the
other ingredients would you need? (4)
[9]

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QUESTION 3
(a) You want a TV in your room, you found the following hire purchase information from adverts in the
newspaper:
 32 inch LED TV @ R3 800, 10% deposit, 2 years to pay @ 8,2 % p.a. interest
 36 inch LCD TV @ R4 200, 5% deposit, 3 years to pay @ 8% p.a. interest
(1) The price given for these TVs excludes 14% VAT, calculate the VAT for each of the
TVs. (3)
(2) Calculate the payment per month and the total amount spent on each of the TVs.
(Keep in mind the previous question) (16)
(b) Calculate the interest rate when R4 000 is invested at 7,4% p.a. simple interest for 8 years
yielding R2 489 interest. (7)
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QUESTION 4
(a) Simplify the following:
1 2 3 3
(1) x ( x−3 )+ x (2)
2 4
(2) √ 4 a2−3 a+ 7 (2)
(b) Solve for x in the following:
(1) 2 x−3=5 x +8 (2)
2
x +3 √ x =9
3 3
(2) (3)
5
4 7
(3) x= (1)
5 2
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TOTAL: 50