Year 8 Common - Term 2 2013

TIME : 70 minutes

Name:
Teacher:
Topics Tested: (Term1,2) Statistics, number plane, graphing, Algebra and Indices, Geometry, Equations, Percentages

Directions
• Full working should be shown in every question.
Marks may be deducted for careless or badly arranged work.
• Use black or blue pen only (not pencils) to write your solutions.
• No liquid paper/correction tape is to be used.
If a correction is to be made, one line is to be ruled through the incorrect answer.
• The diagrams are not to scale.
• Calculators are allowed

(For Teacher use only)

Marking Grid

Section Basic Skills Problem Solving Total

Q1 to Q6
1
/ 10
Q7 to Q10
2
/ 12
Q12, Q13 Q11
3
/9 /3
Q14 to Q17
4
/ 12
Q19, Q20 Q18
5
/6 /5
Q21 Q22, Q23
6
/2 /7
Class MC Q1,2,3,4,6 MC Q5
teacher /5 /1

Total
Sub-Total
/ 56 / 16 /72
 ~ Part A - Written Response ~ 7 Name a quadrilateral with
1 Solve for 𝑥𝑥 1 a) 2 axes of symmetry 1
5𝑥𝑥 + 2 = 17

b) Equal perpendicular diagonals 1

c) Unequal diagonals which bisect each other. 1

2 Simplify 2
−1
1
4𝑥𝑥 0 + � �
3 8 Solve for 𝑥𝑥
a) √𝑥𝑥 − 3 = 5 1

3 Expand and simplify (𝑥𝑥 + 4)(𝑥𝑥 − 4)

b) |3𝑥𝑥 − 1| = 5
1
2

4 Calculate the value of 𝑥𝑥. No reasons required 1

9 For the following solve for 𝑥𝑥, then show the 2
solution on a number line.
a) 2𝑥𝑥 + 3 ≤ 1

5 Factorise the following fully

a) −3𝑥𝑥 − 3 1
2
b) 4 − 𝑥𝑥 > 2

b) 5𝑥𝑥 + 20
1

c) 6𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 + 3𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 18𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 2

10 Simplify 37𝑥𝑥 × 32𝑥𝑥 ÷ 34𝑥𝑥 2

6 The weight in kg of players in a hockey squad 2
are displayed in the stem and leaf plot below

5 79
6 237
7 0379
8 1159
9 2

What is the median height for the players in

this hockey squad.
11 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is a rhombus with 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 10 cm and 3 13 Find the value of 𝑥𝑥 (No reasons required) 4
a)
∠𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 64°. Find 𝑤𝑤 and 𝑡𝑡, giving reasons

b)

c)
12 Sketch on the diagram the following lines. Label
all intercepts.
a) 𝑦𝑦 = |𝑥𝑥 − 2|y
y 2

d)
b) 2𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 4y
y
2

c) 𝑦𝑦 = −3 y
1
y

x
14 For this line shown in the diagram 18 Jill received a threatening letter. It is being 2
analysed by the police in an attempt to identify
its writer. The number of words per sentence
has been counted. The data is summarised in
the following table.
Number of words Frequency
per sentence
2 2
3 3
1 4 6
a) Calculate the gradient 5 6
6 7
7 5
∑ 𝑓𝑓=
2 1
b) Write its equation a) How many sentences are in this letter

c) Calculate the exact distance from 𝐴𝐴 to 𝐵𝐵 1

1
b) How many sentences contain more than 4
words

15 Solve for 𝑥𝑥 2
a) 4(2𝑥𝑥 + 3) = 8 2
c) Calculate the mean number of words per
sentence to 2 decimal places

3𝑥𝑥−4
b) =2
3 2

16 7% of a number is 35. What is the number?
1
d) Jill received a second letter. The police
suspect that a different person wrote this
second letter, because the sentences were
longer on average.
2
Write a statement comparing the mean
number of words per sentence.

17 Mr and Mrs Bean decided to sell their home for 2

$875 000. They paid the real estate agent
$35 000 to sell the house.
What percentage is this of the selling price?
19 Find the value of 𝑥𝑥 2 23 In the following diagram, 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is the bisector of 4
∠𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 and ∠𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = ∠𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴.
Prove that Δ𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 is isosceles

20 Simplify (answer without negative indices)

4𝑥𝑥 5 ×8𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦 −2 2
a)
12𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦8

b) 𝑎𝑎−3 × 𝑏𝑏 5 ÷ (𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎)−1 2

21 a) In the parallelogram shown below, find the 2

value of 𝑦𝑦

22 The value of 𝑎𝑎, 𝑏𝑏 and 𝑐𝑐 are such that 𝑎𝑎 − 𝑏𝑏 = 3

𝑏𝑏 − 𝑐𝑐 = 3.
Determine the value of 𝑎𝑎2 − 2𝑏𝑏 2 + 𝑐𝑐 2
 ~ Part B - Multiple Choice ~
Circle the correct answer below
Working Space
1 Simplify −2(7 − 2𝑥𝑥) − 3(𝑥𝑥 + 2)
(A) 𝑥𝑥 − 20 (B) −7𝑥𝑥 − 8
(C) 𝑥𝑥 − 8 (D) −5𝑥𝑥 − 12
2 Simplify (2𝑥𝑥)3 ÷ 𝑥𝑥
2 𝑥𝑥
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 8𝑥𝑥 2
3 Which graph best represents 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 3 + 2

(A) (B)
y
y

1 x
2
x

(C) (D)

1 x

4 The mean of a set of 5 scores is 62.

What is the new mean of the set of scores after a
score of 14 is added?
(A) 38 (B) 54 (C) 62 (D) 76
5 If 𝑎𝑎+𝑏𝑏 7 𝑎𝑎 2
𝑎𝑎−𝑏𝑏
= 4 then 𝑏𝑏2
equals
11 49 121 49
(A) 3
(B) 16 (C) 9
(D) 9

6 Which equation represents the relationship

between 𝑥𝑥 and 𝑦𝑦 in this table.
𝑥𝑥 0 2 4 6 8
𝑦𝑦 1 2 3 4 5

(A) 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑥 + 1 (B) 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑥𝑥 − 2

𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥
(C) 𝑦𝑦 = 2 − 2 (D) 𝑦𝑦 = 2 + 1

~ End of Exam ~