MATHS TERM 1 REINFORCEMENT WORKSHEET
GRADE 8
Q1. Write these numbers in standard form.
a. 76 270 00 = 7.627 x 106
b. 0.000000000004 = 4 x 10-12
c. 452 301 =4.523 x 105
d. 0.54002=5.4002 x 10-1
e. 30010 =3.0010 x 104
Q2. Write each number as a power of 4.
a. 64 = 43
b. 16 = 42
1
c. = 4-4
256
d. 1 = 40
e. 1024= 45
Q3. Show that 5 20 is an integer.
Q4. Here is a statement: 17 300 18
Is the statement true or false? Give a reason for your answer.
Q5. Circle the irrational numbers in this list.
27 3
−27 22 3.1566666… 13.24658791..
Q6. Circle the correct answer A, B, C or D.
a. 0.654 ÷ 10−1 A 654 B 6.54 C 0.654 D 0.0654
b. 0.04 ÷ 10−2 A 0.0004 B 4 C 0.4 D 40
c. 9 ÷ 10−4 A 90 000 B 9000 C 0.009 D 0.0009
Q7. Circle the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
a Simplify 4x3 × 3x2 A 12x6 B 12x5 C 7x6 D 7x5
b Simplify 5y × 2y5 A 7 y6 B 7 y5 C 10 y 6 D 10 y 5
2 k 10 1 8 1 5
c Simplify A k B k C 2k 8 D 2k 5
4k 2 2 2
Q8. Make x the subject of each of these formulae. Circle the correct answer, A, B or C.
y+c y−c y
a y = 3x + c A x= B x= C x= −c
3 3 3
x y + 2k
b y= − 2k A x= B x = 4( y − 2 k ) C x = 4( y + 2 k )
4 4
x+b
c y= A x = 4 ay − b B x = 4 a( y − b ) C x = 4 ay + b
4a
Q9. Expand and simplify these expressions.
a (y + 3)(y + 5)
b (m + 1)(m − 2)
c (p − 5)(p − 3)
d (n − 8)2
Q10. a Use the formula T = px to work out the value of T when p = 15 and x = 2.
b i Rearrange the formula T = px to make p the subject.
ii Work out the value of p when T = 42 and x = 7.
Q11. When an integer is rounded to the nearest ten, the answer is 60. Write down:
a a list of the integer values that the number could be
b the lower bound
C the upper bound.
Q12. Work these out.
a 15 × 102 = ________________ b 3.25 × 104 = ________________
c 19 × 100 = ________________ d 6 × 10−1 = ________________
Q13. Solve these equations.
a 2x + 20 = −34 b 21 − 3y = 8 c 4x + 3 = 30 − 5x
Q14. Here is a formula for the distance moved by a falling object: s = 5t 2 .
Rearrange the formula to make t the subject.
Q15. Arun has a mark of 24 out of 40. Marcus has a mark of 32 out of 50.
Who has a better mark? Give a reason for your answer.
Q16. This is a hexagon:
a. Show that the sum of the angles is 720 °.
b. Work out the interior angle of a regular hexagon.
Q17. A heptagon has 7 sides.
a Work out the exterior angle of a regular heptagon.
b Work out the interior angle of a regular heptagon.
Q18. Find all possible values or write ‘not possible’.
a The square root of 36
b The square root of −100
c The cube root of −27
Q19. . This table shows some outcomes from the function y → 4y - 2
Complete the output column of the table.
INPUT OUTPUT
2 6
5
7
12
Q20. ABCD is a trapezium. CDE is a straight line.
Work out the size of
a angle x
b angle y
Q21. The floor of a room is a rectangle.
The sides of the rectangle are 4.5 m and 7.5 m.
Calculate the length of the diagonal of the rectangle.
Q22.
Q22.
The sides of this right-angled triangle are 12 cm, 13 cm and a cm.
Show that a is an integer.
Q23. Sameul is investigating the ability of people of his age to estimate masses of
everyday objects such as clothes , glasses or bags of flour. Here are two
hypotheses:
• Girls can estimate more accurately than boys.
• Estimates of light objects will be more accurate than estimates of heavy objects.
Describe:
a data you need to collect to test these hypotheses
Gender and estimates of masses of a range of items for each person.
b why the data is appropriate
It will enable you to look at ability to estimate heavy and light objects and relate this
to gender.
c how you will collect the data.
Give each person several objects to estimate the mass. Record gender and results in a
table or in a spreadsheet so that they can be processed.
Q24. Draw the number line for the given inequalities:
Q25. Write the inequality for the given number line:
