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Grade 8 Mathematics Question And Their

Answer 🙋
I. Choose the best answer from the give
alternative
For unit 1
1. Semira has 5 more birr then Abebe. If Abebe has P birr, Which expression represents
semira’s amount?
A. P-5 B, 5+P C. 5-P D. 5P
2
2 a +b 1
2. Evaluate( )( ), where a=1 and b=-1
4 4 a+2 b
A. -1/8 B, 1/8 C. 8 D. -8
3. ABCD is a rectangular field whose perimeter is 30m. if the length is given as x in the figure
below, express the width in terms of x.

A, w=15-x C. w=15+x
B. w=30-x D. w=30+x
4. Which expression is equivalent to the expression 2(4x+2y)-3(x+y)+2(x-y)?
A. 7x B, 7x-y C. 7x-5y D. 7x+y
3
4 ab −1
5. For a, b, and c≠ 0, simplify( )( )(ab)
2 bc 2 ab
−ab
2
ab
2
ab
3
−ab
A, B. C. D.
c c 2c 2c
−6 x −12 x
6. Which one of the following is the simplest form of 3x+( )+( )?
2 2
6 x−6 x−12 x 12 x
A. B. 12x C, -6x D. -3x-( )
12 2
3
5x 4
1 1 x
4
7. The simplified form of 7 is... A. 2 x B, 4 C. 4 D.
10 x 2x 5x 5
3 2
12 a −20 a a 3 a−5 2a a ( 3 a−5 )
8. What is reduced to lowest term? A. B. C. D,
2
16 a + 8 a 2 2 a−1 4+ 2 a 2¿ ¿
3 x +6 y
9. If x≠ 0, the quotient of (15x2+30xy)÷ 5x is _______. A. 9xy B. 90y C. D, 3x+6y
5x
2 a b c d
a+bc
10. Evaluate values from the table into the expression and simplify
d 4 5 6 2

A. 72 B. 82 C, 92 D. 94
11. If the sum of two consecutive even integers is 90. What are the integer?
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A. 40 and 50 B. 45 and 45 C, 44 and 46 D. 42 and 48
12. Solve the value of Z, if x=3 and y=1 Z=√ (x−2) −¿ ¿ Find the value of Z ?
2

A, 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
13. Add 7 to x. double what you get, then subtract 3 from the result. The simplified form of this
expression is _______. A. 2x+14 B, 2x+11 C.x+11 D. 2x-11
14. The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 44. Find the integers
A. 13 and 31 B.11 and 33 C, 21 and 23 D. 5 and 39
15. The sum of the three integers is 63. What is the smallest of the three integers?
A. 21 B, 20 C. 19 D. 18
16. The cost to rest a car is given by the expression 20x+0.75y. where x is the number of days and y
is the number of kilometers. If Mr. Abedela rents the car 🚙 for 6 days and derived 1200
kilometers, what will be the cost in birr?
A. 920 birr B. 1,000 birr C, 1,020 birr D. 1,040 birr
17. The age of mother is 20 years more then her daughter’s age. What is the age of the mother when
her daughter’s is 11 years old?
A. 9 B. 20 C. 31 D.42
18. The father’s and his son’s ages are in the ratio of 5:2 now. If the age of the father at the time of
son’s birth was 18 years. Then find the age of son.
A. 18 B. 16 C. 15 D,12
19. The sum of the two numbers is 45 and their difference is 25. What are the numbers?
A. 20 and 25 B, 35 and 10 C. 30 and 15 D. 40 and 5
20. Ahmed is 8 years older than belete seada is 2 years younger than belete. If the sum of the three
ages is 36, how old is belete?
A. 8 B.9 C,10 D. 12
21. Ato Tolossa’s Monthly expenses in terms of x are; Birr x for house 🏠 rent, birr 2x for household
1
and Birr x , for recreation. How much does he spend for house 🏠 rent if his salary is Birr 6,500?
2
A. Birr 3,250 B. Birr 2,167 C, Birr 2,000 D. Birr 1,625
22. If a, b, and c are odd integers, which of the following expression must be an even integer?
A. a+b+c B, a(b+c) C. b(a+c)+ac D. a(b+c-a)
23. If the perimeter of a football field is 360m and the length is 40m longer than the width, what are
the length and the width?
A. 90m and 40m B, 110m and 70m C. 120m and 60m D. 150m and 10m
24. A shop keeper buys 25kg of potato 🍠 at birr x per kg. If he is sells 15kg at Birr (x+1/2) per kg
and the rest at Birr (x+2) per kg, how much did he profit?
A. Birr 17.50 B. Birr 25.00 C, Birr 27.50 D. Birr 37.50
25. The product of 2x and 4x+3 is ________. A. 8x+6 B. 8x+6x C. 8x2+6 D, 8x2+6x
2
26. Simplify the following product (2ab )(2a-3b).
A. 4a2b2+6ab2 B. 4a2b2+6ab3 C, 4a2b2-6ab3 D. 4a2b2+2ab
2 2 2 2
27. The product of 3x(2x -1) is _______. A. 6x -3x B. 6x -1 C, 6x -3x D. 6x3-1
2
28. The product of (-4+2a)(-3ab ) is ______.
A. 12ab2+6a2b2 B, 12ab2-6a2b2 C. 6a2b2-12ab2 D. -3ab2+2a
29. The simplified from of 4(3x+y)+3(2x-5y) is: A, 18x+11y B. 18x+11y C. 12x-4y D. 12x+4y
30. The product of x2 and (xy)3. A.(xy)5 B. x3y5 C, x5y3 D.xy
y+ 1
31. The product of 2x and is _______. A. xy2+x B. x2y+x C, xy+x D. xy+y
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32. The result of √ 2 x 2 ¿ is: A. 16x5+4x3 B. 4x6+2x2 C,4x5+2x3 D. 4x5+4x3
33. The length of a football field is a P meters and its width is 30 meters than the length. what is the
area of the field in m2 if P=100 meters?
A. 10000m2 B. 9970m2 C. 9910m2 D, 7000m2
2
34. Multiply (2x-18) by (x+3). A. 3x-15 B, 2x -12x-54 C. 2x2-18x-12 D. 2x-21
35. The equivalent algebraic expression of (3a+2b)(2a-3b) is _________.
A. -5a2b2 B. 6a2-6b2 C. 6a2+13ab+6ab2 D, 6a2-5ab-6b2
x+5 x−5 x
36. Five more than half of number is ______. A. B. C. x+5 D, +5
2 2 2
37. Which of the following is an algebraic expression?
A. 4x-5 B. x+10<10 C. x+4>3x+10 D, 9x+4+5x
38. Which pair is unlike terms?
A. -2yz and -3zy B. 8x2 and 12x3 C, 6x3y2 and 4x2y3 D. 4x2y and 2yx2
4 a+2 b 14 7 7 14
39. If a=2, b=3, then what is the value of ? A. B, C. D.
2a 2 2 4 6
40. For c=4, 9c2_________. A. 324 B, 144 C. 72 D. 36
41. The simplified form of x+(-x)+r is _______. A. 2x+r B, r C. –xr+x D. xr+x
42. Which one of the following is true for any three rational numbers x, y, and z?
A. –x-(y-z)=-x-y-z B, x-(y+z)=x-y-z C. x-(y-z)=x-y-z D. x+(y-z)=x+y+z
43. Simplified form of 3(2m+5n)+4(3m-2n) is _________.
A. 18m+23n B. 18m+7n C. 18m+3n D. 18m+7

[ ]
2
−2 x 2
44. What is the simplified form of the following equation 0+ +2 x + 10
2
−2 x
2
2 −1
A. + 2 x +10 B. 10+x C, x2+10 D. +10
2 2x
6 x+18
45. The simplified form of is ________. A, x+3 B. x+2 C. 6 D. 3
6
2 2 2 2
x x x x −x x −x x
46. Which one of the following is a product of ( + )( − )? A. B. C. D.
2 2 2 4 2 2 4 4
3
47. If A=(x+y) and B=(2x -y) then AB=_______.
A. 2 x3 + x B. 2 x 4− y 2 C. 2 x3 y−xy D, 2 x 4 +2 x3 y− y 2− xy
48. If p2+q2=25 and pq=12 then (p+q)2 is _________. A. 5 B. 24 C. 37 D, 49
49. If a2+b2=80 and (a-b)2=16 then what is the value of ab? A.12 B. 24 C, 32 D. 64
50. If ab=12 and a2+b2=25, then what is the value of (a-b)2? A, 1 B. 13 C. 37 D. 49
2 2
51. If (a+b)=6 and (a-b)=-2 then a -b =________. A, 12 B. 4 C. 8 D. 12
52. The total surface area of a box with side x, x+2, and x+3 is _________.

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x+
3

A, 6x2+20x+12 B. 8x2+10x+12 C. 24x2+20x+12 D. 6x2+10x+12

53. Find the common factor of the following terms: 2233 and 2233 A. 24 B. 18 C, 36 D. 72
54. The highest common factor for the expression of 20x3 and 4x2 is _________.
A. 1 B. 5x C, 4x2 D. 20x3
3 5 2 2 2
x x X x x x
55. The highest common factor of and is ___________. A. B. C. D,
4 6 2 3 2 2
56. Find the highest common factor of 6ab4c3 and 2a4b2c2. A, 2ab2c2 B. 2abc C. 2a2b2c2 D. 2a4b4c3

( ) ( )
2 2
2 1 3 3 ac
57. The highest common factor of a ac and b 2 c a A. a B. b C. D,
19 19 19 19 19 19

()
4
2 2 1
4 .2 .
2
58. The simplified form of is _______. A. 16 B. 32 C. 64 D, 128
()
2
1
2
59. Which pair of binomials are factors of x2-1?
A. (x+1) and (x+1) B. (x-1) and (x-1) C, (x+1) and (x-1) D. (x+1) and (1-x)
60. Gebru’s solution to an equation is shown below.
Given:- x2+5x+6=0, Step 1:- (x+2)(x+3)=0
Step 2:- x+2=0 or x+3=0
Step 3:- x=-2 or x=-3
Which property of rational numbers did Gebru use to move from step 1 to step 2?
A. Multiplication property of equality C. Communicative property of multiplication
B, Zero 0 product property of multiplication D. Distributive property of multiplication

61. Find three consecutive even integers whose sum is -12.

A, -2, -4, -6 B. -4, -6, -8 C. 2, 4, 6 D. 4, 6, 8
62. The sum of the age of boy is 2times a girl’s age and the sum of the ages is 27. What is the age of
the girl? A. 27years B. 18years C. 13years D, 9years
63. How many boys are there in a class of 36 students. If the number of girls is 6more than the boys?
A. 6 B, 15 C. 21 D. 42
64. At present, a man is 3 times as old as his son. In 11 year time he will be twice as old as his son
will be. What is the men’s present age?
A. 11years B. 22years C, 33years D. 36years
65. Henok goes to supermarket to buy two things. Their prices are in the ratio of 7:2. The price of
one good is greater than the second one by 20birr, then what are the prices of the goods?

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A. 20 and 8 B, 28 and 8 C. 28 and 20 D. 40 and 8

For unit 2
2
1. In the expression 6 =36 we call 2 is ________.
A. Base B. Power form C, Exponent D. Standard from
2. Which one of the following is true
A, (20)2=20x20B. –(5)2=5x5 C. (-6)2=-6x6 D. (20)2=2x20
3. The square of 13 is_________. A. 19 B.26 C, 169 D. 196
4. If x=9, then the square of x is ________. A, 3 B. 18 C. 81 D. 512
5. Which one of the following is true? A. 8=42 B. 14=72 C, 169=132 D. 256=142
6. Let x=2.31 then x2 is equal to ______. A, 5.3361 B. 5.4101 C. 5.6101 D. 5.8001
7. If x=2 and y=3, then what is the value of x2+y2? A.5 B. 7 C. 11 D, 13
8. (0.0033)2=_____. A. 0.09 B. 0.009 C, 0.0009 D. 0.00009
9. Which of the following is a perfect square? A. 80 B. 90 C, 100 D. 110
10. From the table below, what is the value of C?
x 1 2 3 4 8 9 10
x 1 4 9 16 C 81 100

A. 23 B.25 C, 64 D. 65
11. Which one is a perfect square? A. 8 B, 9 C. 12 D. 27
−30 −900 −90 90 900
12. If x= then what is the value of x2? A. B. C. D,
7 49 49 49 49
13. On the table given, what is the value of x2?
x 2 3
x2 4 ?

A. 6 B. 8 C, 9 D. 12
14. Which of the following numbers is NOT a perfect square?
1 9 1 25
A. B. C. D,
36 225 144 6
15. What is the next non negative rational number? 0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36,____.
A. 47 B, 49 C. 44 D. 64
2 2
16. If (2.54) =6.452 then find (25.4) . A. 64.52 B. 645.16 C, 645.2 D. 6452
17. If (1.3)2= 1.69 then (0.13)2=________. A. 16.9 B. 1.69 C. 0.169 D. 0.0169
18. If 22+32+62=72
32+42+122=132
42+52+202=212 then 62+72+422=_______. A, 432 B. 442 C. 552 D. 562
19. The product of a number by itself is ______.
A. The square root of a number
B. The square of a number
C. The cube root of a number
D. The cube of a number
20. The square root of 25 is _____. A, 5 B. 50 C. 125 D. 625
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21. What is the square root of x, if x is 81? A. 8 B, 9 C. 18 D. 27
22. √ 225=____. A, 15 B. 25 C. 35 D. 45
23. The square root of 625 is _____. A. √ 15 B.√ 25 C. 15 D, 25
2 3 3 5 3 4
24. Find the prime factorization of 324. A.2 x5 B. 2 x3 C. 2 x3 D, 22x34
x 8 2 4
25. If x=4 and y=9, the square root of is _____. A, B. C. D.
y 18 3 9
3
2
26. Find the square root of
121
144
. A.
12
11 √ B.
11
12 √ C.
12
11
D,
11
12

√ √19
361 19 19 19
27. Find the square root of is: A. B. C. D,
529 23 23 √23 23
28. The simplified form of
√ 400 A. 40 B. 16 C, 4 D. 2
√ 25
29. Which one of the following is true?
A. √ 0.0025=0.0005x0.0005 B. √ 0.0025=0.005x0.005
C, √ 0.0025=0.05x0.05 D. √ 0.0025=0.5x0.5
30. The simplified form of √ 7.2 X 0.2 is: A. 0.12 B, 1.2 C. 2 D. 3

√( )
2
1 1 1 1 1
31. What is the simplified form of ? A. B. C, D.
64 8 32 64 128

√
7
32. Simplify 729 x A. 3x B, 3x2 C. 9x D. 9x2
27 x
2 2
33. ( √ 36 ) − ( √ 16 ) =¿_________. A. 2 B. √ 20 C. √ 10 D, 20
34. If x=4 and y=9, then the value of √ x . y is _______. A. 2 B. 3 C, 6 D. 36

√
2
a 6 5 7 9
35. Let a=3 and b=4. Then 1+ 2 =¿_______. A. B, C. D.
b 4 4 4 4

√
2 2
x y
36. Evaluate + if x= 2 and y= -2 A, √ 3 B. 0 C. √ 2 D. √ 8
y x
2

√ 2 2
37. If the distance d= ( x 1−x 2 ) + ( y 1 + y 2 ) and Let x1=10, x2=6, y1=12, y2=9. Find the value of
d=______. A. 1 B. 3 C, 5 D. 7
2
38. If x=4 and y=3, then the value of ( 3 √ x+ y ) is: A. 9 B. 27 C, 81 D. 243
2
39. If a=13 and b=-12, what is the value of ( 2 √ a2−b2 ) A. 4 B. 25 C. 50 D, 100
40. Which of the following is true? A. √ 81 x 64 =71 B. √ 81+√ 64 =√ 81 x 64
C, √ 81 x 64=√ 81 x √ 64 D. √ 81 x 64=81
41. −√ 53 is between which two numbers? A. -7 and -6 B, -8 and -7 C. -54 and -52 D. 7 and 8
42. If √ 2 x =6 find the value of x. A. 2 B. 12 C, 18 D. 36
43. The given table contains square values. What is the result of √ 4.494 ?
x 0 1 2
2.0 4.00 4.04 4.080

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2.1 4.410 4.452 4.494
2.2 4.840 4.884 4.928

A. 2.04 B, 2.12 C. 2.2 D. 2.31

44. From the square root table √ 17.89 ≈ 4.23, then √ 178.9=¿ ¿
A. 0.123 B, 42.3 C. 423 D. 4230
45. The expression a x a x a = _________. A. 3a B.√ a C, a3 D. √3 a
46. Which of the following is correct about 73?
A. 73=7x3 B, 73=7x7x7 C. 73=7+7+7 D. 73=3+3+3+3+3+3+3
47. Which of the following is cube number? A. 36 B, 27 C. 100 D. 121
48. From the given numbers, which one is a perfect cube? A. 5 B, 8 C. 25 D. 216
49. Which of the following is true about cubic numbers?

() ()
3 3 3 3
a a 3 a a
A. = 3
B. ( ab ) =a b C, = 3 D. ( axa )3=a 3
b b b b
50. The expression of 43=______?
A. 4+4+4 B. 3+3+3+3 C. 3x3x3x3 D, 4x4x4
51. What is the cube of 6? A. 18 B. 36 C, 216 D.256
52. If (4.37)3=83.453, then find (43.7)3. A. 834.53 B. 8345.3 C, 83453 D. 83453.453
53. What is the volume of a cube whose side is 2cm? A. 4cm3 B. 6cm3 C, 8cm3 D. 12cm3
54. Calculate √3
343=_________. A. 5 B, 7 C. 9 D. 11
55. √3 0.008 is equal to __________. A. 0.0002 B. 0.002 C. 0.02 D, 0.2
−1 −1 −1 −1
56. Find the cube root of . A. B. C, D. -1
1000 1000 100 10

57. If the simplified form of

1
27√
3

is A.
1
B.
1
C.
3
D.
4

√
3 1 3 4 4 3
64
58. The volume of cube is 216cm3. What is the length of each edge?

A. 15cm B. 14.7cm C. 12cm D, 6cm

59. If the cube of a number is 64, what is its square root? A. 16 B. 8 C. 4 D, 2
60. Find the value of y, if √ y +3=2 A. 12 B. 9 C. 6 D, 5
3

61. Simplify
√
3 x 15
x
12
A. x4 B. x3 C. x2 D, x

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62. The simplified expression of

√ y5
27 y
2

For unit 3
1 3
is __________. A. y
9
B.
1
9
y C.
1 3
3
y D,
1
3
y

1. In the equation 5x-10-2x=12x-3x-4, the value of x is _________.

2 8
A. x= B. x= C, x=-1 D. 4
3 3
2. Solving the question 4(3x-8)=-8 A. x=-1 B. x=-2 C. 1 D, x=2
3. The solution set of the equation 3(x+2)+14=5(x-4) is __________________.
A. { 13 } B. { 17 } C. { 18 } D. { 20 }
4. The value of x for the equation 2x+2(2x-2)=2-3(x-1) is ________________.
A, 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 9
1 1
5. What is the solution of 2(3x- )- (8-4x)=-2?
2 4
A, {17 } B. {57 } C. { 5 } D. { 7 }
6. Solve the linear equation -2(x-2)-3(1-x)=7x-(4-3x).
1 −1
A. B. 3 C, D. -3
3 3
7. Solve for x in terms of a and b, if a≠ b. a(2x-3)-bx=3b(1-x)
3 a+3 b 3 a−3 b 3 2
A. B. C, D.
2 a+4 b 2 a+ 4 b 2 3
8. Girma solved the equation 2(3x-7)=10 using the following steps.
Given:- 2(3x-7)10
Step 1:- 6x-14=10
Step 2:- 6x=24
Step 3:- x=4
To move from step 2 to step 3 Girma ___________.
A. Added 6 to both sides
B. Subtracted 6 from both sides
C. Multiplied both sides by 6
D. Divided both sides by 6
x+5
9. If =7 , what will be the value of x?
3
A. 15 B, 16 C. 21 D. 26
10. Find the solution set of
3 1
+ x=1 A. { 1 } B.
2 2
1
2 {} C, {−1 } D.
−1
2 { }
x+1 x
11. What is the common denominator of + =6 A. 6 B. 18 C, 36 D. 216
12 18
1 1 −2 7 −5 −6
12. Solve the following equation x− = x− A. B, C. -3 D.
2 6 3 6 6 7
−5
3
1 2x
13. What is the solution to the equation ( x +2 )= +4 ? A, x=-10 B. x=-3 C. x=6 D. x=9
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x−1 x +1
14. Solve − =−2 A. -8 B. -7 C, 5 D. 8
4 2
15. The solution set of the equation
x 7+4 x
3
+
2
=7 is _______. A,
3
2 {} B.
2
3 {} C. { 3 } D. { 4 }

16. Find the solution set of the equation( 3 x+2

5 )(
−
2 x−5
3 )
=2 A. {−1 } B.
1
2 {} C, { 1 } D. {32 }
3n 7 7 7 7 7
17. Solve the equation 3 n− = A. B, C. D.
2 2 2 3 5 6
3
18. In the equation below, what is the value of b when a=9? a=4 b−18
2
63 27
A, B. 6 C. D. 9
8 4
19. The equation 2x+7+x=4x-x+25 has _________.
A. One solution
B. Two solutions
C. No solution
D. Infinitely many solutions
1
20. The machine grinds 5 kilograms of coffee 🍵 in 2 minutes. How many minutes will it take to grinds
2
50kgs of coffee? A. 12min B. 20min C, 25min D. 30min
21. Eight less than half of a number is 16. What is the number? A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 48
22. When you multiple a number eight times and then add 4 you obtain 60. What is the number?
A. 6 B, 7 C. 8 D. 9
23. I think of a number. I multiply it by 4 and subtract 6. My answer is 14. What number am I thinking
of? A. 4 B, 5 C. 6 D. 8
24. The number of doubled and then increased by seven. The result is ninety. What is the original
number? A. 40 B. 42 C, 43 D. 48
25. Half the sum of two consecutive even natural numbers is 13. What is the smallest number?
A. 10 B, 12 C. 14 D. 26
26. The sum of the five even consecutive integers is 270. What are the integers?
A. 49, 53, 55, 56 and 57 B. 50, 51, 54, 55, and 60
C, 50, 52, 54, 56 and 58 D. 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56
27. The sum of two numbers is 36. If the bigger number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 3.
Then the product of the numbers is _______. A, 243 B. 324 C. 423 D. 432

28. Semira divided a number by 8 ans subtracted 11 from the result. Her answer is 4. Which question did
n−11 n n n
semira use? A. =4 B, −11=4 C. + 11=4 D. 11− =4
8 8 8 8
29. The linear equation y=6x represents the total km, y. Abel runs after ‘x’ number of days. How many
kilometers Abel runs after 3 days? A. 3km B. 6km C. 12km D, 18km
30. If x+1≥3 then what is the value of x? A. x≥ 1 B, x≥ 2 C. x≤1 D. x≤2
31. The solution set of the inequality 2x-7<5 is _________.
A. { X : X < 1 } B. { X : X ←1 } C, { X : X < 6 } D. { X : X < 10 }
32. What is the value of x if 3(x+2)-(5x-1)≤(5x-1)-2(x+6)?
A. X<-4 B. x≤−4 C. x>4 D, x≥ 4

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−x
33. What is the solution to −4 >16? A. x>24 B. x>40C. x<24 D, x<-40
2
1 1
34. Find the solution set of ( 2 x−1 ) < (x−1).
3 2
A. {x:x<1} B. {x:x>1} C, {x:x<-1} D. {x:x>-1
1 4
35. Solve the inequality 2− x > x−3 , x ∈ W
5 5
A. {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} B. {...-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4} C. {...-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5} D, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
5−x x 2−x
36. What is the solution set of ≥ − , x∈Z
2 3 4
A. {0, 1, 2, 3} B. {0, 1, 2} C. {1, 2, 3} D, {1, 2}
37. Pass mark mathematics subject is 50 out of 100. If the first test’ score was 15 out of 40, what should
be the final test’s mark out of 60 to pass? Use x out of 60.
A. x≥50 B. x≥ 40 C, x≥ 35 D. x≥ 33
m 4+m
38. Which one is the solution set of the linear inequality 1− > where… . m ∈ Z
2 4
A. {m:m>0} B. {m:m≤ 0 } C. {m:m≥ 0 } D, {m:m<0}
39. In which quadrant does a point (-2, 1) lie?
A. Quadrant IV B. Quadrant III C, Quadrant II D. Quadrant I
40. On which quadrant does point P(3, -2) lie?
A. 1st Quadrant B. 2nd Quadrant C. 3rd Quadrant D, 4th Quadrant
41. In which quadrant does the ordered pair (-2, 4) lie?
A. I B, II C. III D. IV
42. Which of the following ordered pairs is found in quadrant 2?
A, (-3, 4) B. (4, 6) C. (-3, -2) D. (5, -3)
1
43. A(- ,-2) belong to Quadrant ___________.
2
A. I B. II C, III D. IV
44. Which of the following points is in quadrant three?
A. (3,1) B. (3, -1) C, (-2, -1) D. (-2, 1)
45. From the Cartesian coordinate shown below, point B is found in ________.

A. Quadrant 1 B. Quadrant 2 C. Quadrant 3 D, Quadrant 4

46. Name the quadrant in which the point of P(x, y) lies when x0.
A. 1st quadrant B, 2nd quadrant C. 3rd quadrant D. 4th quadrant
47. In which quadrant are the ordered pairs (-, +) found?
A. IV B. III C, II D. I
48. Which one is the coordinate point for (-3, 4)?

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A.

49. Which one is the coordinate of point A plotted on the Cartesian coordinate plane?

A. (1, 1) B,(-1, -2) C. (-3, 2) D. (2, 1)

50. Which one of the following is true?
A. A line parallel to the y-axis is horizontal
B. A line perpendicular to the x-axis is vertical
C. A line parallel to the x-axis is vertical
D. A line perpendicular to the y-axis is vertical
51. Which quadrants does the graph of y=-3 pass through ?
A. first and third B. first and fourth C. second and third D, second and fourth
52. Which of the following is true about the graph of x=2?
A. line parallel to xaxis
B. A line parallel to yaxis
C. A line pass through the origin
D. A line perpendicular to y-axis
53. The equation of the graph is:

A. y=2x B, y= -2x C. y=x D. y= -x

54. Which of the following is true about the graph of y= -3x?
A. When x=-1, y=-3
B. When x=0, y=-3
C. When x=1, y=3

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D. When x=2, y=-6
55. Find the slope of a line which passes through points (1, 2) and (3, 4).
A. -2 B. -1 C, 1 D. 2
56. What is the slope of the line passing through points P(0, 30) and Q(15, 0)?
−1 1
A. B, -2 C. D. 2
2 2
57. Find the slope of the line passing through points (- 2, 5) and (4, -10).
−5 −5 5 5
A. B, C. D.
3 2 3 2
58. What is the slope of a line passing through points P(-6, 3) and Q(10, -5)?
−1 −1 1 1
A. B, C. D.
4 2 4 2
59. What is the slope of a line passing through point (4, -3) and (2, 1)?
1 −1
A. 2 B. C, -2 D.
2 2
60. What is the equation of a line that passes through (-1, 4) and (1, -4)?
A. y=4x B, y=-4x C. y=4x+4 D. y=-4x+4
61. Determine the equation of a line that passes through A(1, 0) and B(0, -1).
A. y=1-x B. y=x+1 C, y=x-1 D. y=- x-1
62. Which of the following is the equation of the line that passes through points (2, 3) and (-1, 3)?
A. x=3 B, y=3 C. y=2x+3 D. y=-x +3
63. What is the equation of a line which passes through points (0, 1) and (-3, -2)?
A. y=-x+1 B. y=x-1 C, y=x+1 D. y=-x-1
64. What is the equation that passes through the ordered pairs of (1, 3) and (2, 1)?
A. y=2x+5 B. y=2x-5 C, y= -2x+5 D. y= -2x-5
65. What is the equation of a line passing through points P(1, -2) and Q(2, 3)?
A. y=5x+13 B. y=x+13 C, y=5x-7 D. y=x-7
66. The table below shows values for x and corresponding values for y. Which of the following
represents true relationships between x and y?
x 30 2 20 1 10 5

y 6 5 4 3 2 1

x
A, y= B. y=5x C. y=x-5 D. y=x+5
5

67. Which point lies on the line given below?

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A. (0, 0) B. (0, 1) C. (2, 0) D, (1, 0)

68. Helen walks 2km every day. Which linear equation represents the total km, Y, she walks after x-
days?

A.

69. Which one of the following have the same slope to the equation 4x+6y=10 ?
A. 𝑦 = B, 𝑦 = C. 𝑦 = D. 𝑦 = 𝑥+
3x −2 x 2 −3
+4 +6 x +5
2 3 3 2
3
70. Which of the following is true about the equation 2y=4x+2?
A. The slope is -4
B. The y-intercept is 2
C. The line passes through the origin
D. Point (1, 3) is on the line
71. What is the equation of a line with slope 3 and yintercept 0?
A. y= -3x B. y=-3x/2 C. y=3/2 x D, y=3x D
72. Find the equation of a line that passes through the given point (0, 1) and m= -2.
A. y=-2x-2 B. y=2x+2 C. y=-2x-1 D, y=-2x+1
73. Which of the following equations represents the line whose slope is -3 and on which lies point (1, 3)?
A. y=3x-6 B. y=3x+6 C, y+3x=6 D. y-3x=6
74. The equation of a line which has slope -3 and pass through the point (2, 0) is __________.
A. y=3x B, y=3x+6 C. y=3x+6 D. y=-3x
75. If point (-2, 1) lies on the line ax+3y=4, what is the value of a?
−7 −5 1
A. B, C. D. 10
2 2 2
For unit 4 & 5
1. The figure given at the right is similar to _______?

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A.

2. Which of the following figures are similar?

A.
3. Which one is similar to the indicated figure below?

A. Rhombus with sides 3 by 3 B. Trapezium with base 3 and 6

C. Rectangle with sides 6 and 3 D, Square with sides 2 by 2

4. Which pair of triangles are similar but not congruent?

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A, I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. I, II and III

5. Which of the following polygons are always similar?
A. Any two rectangles
B. Any two rhombuses
C. Any two squares
D. Any two triangles
6. Identify figures that are similar to each other.
A, Square B. Rhombus C. Rectangle D. Trapezium
7. Which plane figures are similar to each other?
A. Any two rectangles
B. Any two isosceles triangles
C. Any two parallelograms
D, Any two equilateral triangles
8. Which polygons are similar?
A. Any two rectangles
B, Any two squares
C. Any two rhombuses
D. Any two trapeziums
9. Which pair of plane figures is always similar?
A. A square and a rhombus
B. A rectangle and a parallelogram
C. Any two isosceles triangles
D. Any two squares
10. Which one of the following is NOT true?
A. Any two equilateral triangles are similar
B. Any two squares are similar
C. Any two circles are similar
D. Any two isosceles triangles are similar
11. In the figure shown below, which one is correct?

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A. ∆ABD~ ∆ABC B, ∆ABD~ ∆BCD C. ∆ABC ~ ∆BAD D. ∆DCB~∆BAC
12. In the figure below, triangle A'B'C' is the image of triangle ABC under enlargement. Which pair of
sides is parallel to each other?

A. AC is parallel to A'C'
B. AC is parallel to A'B'
C. AC is parallel to C'B'
D. AC is parallel to itself
13. If two triangles ABC and DEF are similar with the ratio of their corresponding sides AB:DE=k, then
what will be the ratio of their corresponding angles m(<A):m(<D)?
1
A. k B. C. k2 D, 1
K
14. Suppose ∆ABC ~∆XYC as shown in the figure below. Which statement is true?
I. AB/XY=BC/YC
II. YC/BC=XC/AC
III. AB/XY=XC/AC

A, I and II B. I and III C.II and III D. I, II and III

15. ∆ABC~ ∆DEF if _________.
A, <A ≡<D, <B≡ <E,<C≡ <F
B. <A ≡<F, <B≡ <E,<C≡ <D
C. AB/DE=BC/EF=AC/DE
D. AB/EF=AC/DF=BC/DE
16. If ∆ABC~∆DEF and ∆DEF~∆HMK with m(<ABC)=60o and m(<HKM)=70o, then which one is true?
A. m(<HMK)=50o B, m(<DEF)=60o C. m(<BAC)=70o D. m(<EDF)=70o
17. If ∆ABC~∆DEF with the ratio of corresponding sides 3:4:5=9:y:15, find the value of y.
A. 9 B. 10 C, 12 D. 13
18. In the figure below, if ∆ABC~∆DEF with AB=8cm, BC=6cm, AC=10cm, DE=4cm and EF=3cm,
then what is the length of DF?

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A, 5cm B. 6cm C. 8cm D.

10cm
19. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle XYZ and <A=72o, <B=38o. What is the measure of <Z?
A. 38o B, 700 C. 72o D. 110o
20. In the figure below ∆ABC~∆ADE. If AD= 5cm, AE=6cm and AB=15cm, then find the length of AC.

A. 14cm B. 15cm C. 16cm D,18cm

21. In the figure below, <M=<X and ∆MNO~∆XNY. Then which theorem makes them similar?

A. SAS B. ASA C. SSS D, AA

22. Which of the following conditions is true for two similar triangles?
A. They have one equal side as well as one equal angle
B. They have only one pair of proportional sides
C. They have three equal angles and proportional sides
D. They have two proportional angles
23. The corresponding sides of two similar triangles measure 12cm and 16cm long. What is the ratio of
their perimeters?
A. 2:3 B, 3:4 C. 4:5 D. 5:6
24. The ratio of the corresponding sides of two similar triangles ABC and DEF is 1:3. Which statement is
true about the perimeter of ∆DEF?
A. Perimeter( ∆ ABC)=Perimeter (∆DEF)
B. P (∆DEF)= 2P(∆ ABC)
C. P (∆DEF)= 3P(∆ ABC)
D. P (∆DEF)= 9P(∆ ABC)

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25. The lengths of the sides of a rectangular swimming pool are 20m and 60m. If the perimeter of the
fence which is similar to the swimming pool is 240m, then the lengths of the sides of the fence are:
___________.

A. 30m and 90m

B. 40m and 80m
C. 50m and 70m
D. 60m and 60m.
26. The ratio of the perimeter of two similar polygons is 3:5. The area of the smaller polygon is 36cm2 .
What is the area of the larger polygon?
A. 9cm2 B. 25cm2 C. 36cm2 D, 100cm2
27. If ∆ABC~ ∆DEF with AB/DE=3, then what is the area of ∆ABC in terms of the area of ∆DEF?
1
A. a(∆ABC)= a(∆ DEF)
9
1
B. a(∆ABC)= a(∆ DEF)
3
C. a(∆ABC)=3a(∆ DEF)
D. a(∆ABC)=9a(∆ DEF)
28. The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is 9:4. What is the ratio of their perimeters?
A. 2:3 B, 3:2 C. 4:9 D. 9:4
29. If two pieces of triangular plots of land have the same shape and the ratio of the length of the
corresponding sides is 1/2, which of the following is true?
A. The ratio of their areas is 2
1
B. The ratio of their areas is
2
C. The area of the bigger land is 4 times as much of the smaller land
D. The area of the bigger land is twice as much of the smaller land
30. The figure indicated below shows a park surrounded by a recreational area. The area of the park is
4000m2 . What is the area of the recreational area if they are similar with length proportion of 1:2?

A. 1000m2 B. 4000m2 C. 8000m2 D, 12000m2

31. For two similar trapeziums, the area of the larger trapezium is 4 times the area of the smaller
trapezium. What is the ratio of the sides of the larger trapezium to the smaller one?
A. 1:2 B, 2:1 C. 8:1 D. 16:1
32. If the ratio of the circumferences of two circles is 4:9, what will be the ratio of their areas?
A. 2:3 B. 4:9 C. 8:18 D, 16:81

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∆ABC has base length 3cm and hypotenuse 5cm. Find the height of the triangle.

A. 2cm B, 4cm C. 6cm D. 8cm

33. In the figure below, find the length of AC, if AB=13cm and BC=12cm. Hint <C=90o

A. 12cm B. 9cm C. 6cm D, 5cm

34. A ladder of length 10m lean on a wall so that the angle between the ladder and the wall is 30 o. How
far is the base of the ladder from the wall?

A, 5m B. 5√3m C. 10√2m D. 10√3m

35. In the figure below, a guide wire is used to support a 30-meter radio antenna so that the angle of the
wire makes with the ground is 60o. How far is the wire anchored from the base of the antenna?

A. 5√3cm B, 10√3cm C. 10√3/3cm D. 5√3/3cm

For unit 6
1. In the figure to the right, O is the center of the circle and AB the diameter. Then which one of the
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A. arc ABC
B. arc ACB
C. arc AXC
D. arc AYB
2. In the following circle, if O is the center, which one shows a minor arc of the circle?

^
EAC ^
EDC ^
FDC ^
DCB

A. B. C. D.
3. The region bounded by two radii of a circle and the intercepted arc of the circle is ________ of the
circle.
A. a chord
B. a tangent
C. a sector
D. a segment
4. In the figure to the right, O is the center of the circle. Then the shaded region represents __________.

A. arc
B. segment
C. sector
D. chord
5. Which one of the following statements is true?
A. A sector contains a chord as one of its sides
B. A sector of a circle is a region bound by an arc and two radii
C. A sector of a circle is a triangular region
D. A segment of a circle is a region bounded by an arc and two radii
6. A line which touches a circle exactly at one point is __________.
A. a secant line
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B. a tangent line
C. diameter
D. radius
7. Which one of the following is true about tangent of a circle?
A. It can pass through the center of the circle
B. Its end point can lie on the circle
C. It can be the diameter of a circle
D. It intersects the circle exactly at one point
8. Which of the following is true about tangent of a circle?
A. A line intersects a circle at two points
B. A line intersects a circle at exactly one point
C. A line passes through at the center of a circle
D. A line does not intersect a circle at any point
9. Which of the following describes the difference between secant and tangent lines of a circle?
A. Secant line touches a circle at one point whereas tangent line touches a circle at two points
B. Secant line forms radius of a circle whereas tangent line forms diameter of a circle
C. Secant line crosses a circle at two points whereas tangent line touches a circle at a point
D. With reference to a circle, tangent line is shorter than secant line
10. Which one is correct about Circle Q?

A. AB is tangent to circle Q
B. FG is tangent to circle Q
C. CD is secant to circle Q
D. E is a point of tangency
11. Let A, B, and C be the three points not on the same straight line. Then which one of the following is
true?

A. We can draw many circles which pass through all the three points A, B, and C
B. The perpendicular bisector of AB and BC can meet at point C
C. We can draw a secant line through point A only
D. ne through point A only
E. We can draw a tangent line either at point A or point B or point C
12. An inscribed angle is an angle whose _______________.
A. vertex lies on the center of the circle
B. vertex lies on any point on the circle and subtended by an arc of the circle
C. sides are tangents to the circle
D. sides are tangents to the circle and its vertex lies outside the circle
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13. An angle inscribed in an arc greater than a semicircle is ___________.
A. obtuse angle B. acute angle C. right angle D. reflex angle
14. Given a circle with center at O as shown below, if <AOB is a central angle, which of the following is
NOT true?

A. m(<ACB)=1/2m(<AOB)
B. m(<AOB)=m(AXB)
C. m(<ACB)=1/2m(AXB)
D. m(<AOB)=1/2m(AXB)
15. In the figure to the right, O is the center of the circle. What is the measure of <AOC?

A. 30o B. 60o C. 90o D, 20o

o
16. O is the center of the circle in the figure below. If m(<XOY)=60 what is m(<XZY)?

A, 30o B. 120o C. 180o D. 300o

17. If O is the center of the circle, what is the value of m?

A, 30o B. 60o C. 75o D. 80o

18. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle. Then what is the measure of <ABC?

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A. 15o B, 30o C. 45o D. 60o

o
19. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle. If m(<AOC)=50 what is m(<ABC)?

A, 25o B. 50o C. 75o D. 100o

o
20. The measure of the central angle SOR is 80 Then find m(<SPR).

A. 30o B, 40o C. 60o D. 80o

21. For a given circle O, determine the value of x.

A. 35o B. 55o C, 70o D. 125o

o
22. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle and m(<AOC)=110 What is m(<ADC)?

A. 45o B, 55o C. 90o D. 110o

23. The measure of the central angle AOB=64o Then what is the measure of angle APB?

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A, 32o B. 36o C. 42o D. 48o

o
24. In the figure, if m(<ACD)=24 , what is m(<ABD)?

A. 12o B, 24o C. 45o 48o

o
25. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle. If m(<B)=120 , then what is the measure of angle
ADC?

A,60o B. 110o C. 120o D. 240o

26. What is the measure of an angle inscribed in a semi-circle?
A. 60° B, 90° C. 120° D. 150°
27. In circle O with diameter AB as shown in the figure to the right, m(<BAC)=55°. What is the degree
measure of arc AXC?

A. 55° B,70° C. 110° D. 125°

28. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle, where m(ADC)=60o. Then which one is the correct
statement?

A. m(<ABC)=30o
B. m(<AOC)=60o
C. m(ABDC) is twice of m(AC)
D. m(AC) is twice of m(ABDC)
29. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle and m(<BOC)=100o. Then what is m(<ADC)?

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A, 40o B. 50o C. 80o D. 120o

30. In the figure to the right, m(<BAC)=45o. What is the measure of arc BXC?

A. 120o B,90o C. 75o D. 45o

31. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle. If m(<QOR)=70 and m(arc QR)=xo+ 55o, then what
o

is the value of x in degrees?

A, 15o B. 20o C. 70o D. 125o

o
32. In the figure to the right, O is the center and m(<ABC)=100 . Then what is m(<AOC)?

A. 20o B. 40o C. 80o D, 160o

33. Given the circle below where m(<AEB)=70o and m(<CDE)=40o. What is m(arc AD)?

A. 40o B. 70o C. 80o D,140o

34. In the circle below, if AC is tangent to the circle at B and m(<DBA)=78 oand m(DE)=62o, then find
m(<BDE).

A, 71o B. 124o C. 142o D. 156o

o
35. In the figure below, O is the center of the circle. m(<BAC)=57 , then what is the value of m(<BOC)?

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A. 57o B. 76o C, 114o D. 95o

36. If O is the center of the circle in the figure to the right and it represents the cross section of a pipe,
what is the measure of arc ABC in degrees?

A. 400 B. 800 C, 2800 C. 3200

o
37. Given circle O where m(arc AB)=120o, m(arc DC)=60 and m and n are parallel secant lines. What
is m(<BOC)?

A. 45o
B. 60o
C. 90o
D. 180o
38. Which one is correct about a cyclic quadrilateral?
A. Opposite sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are congruent
B. All sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are equal
C. A cyclic quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle
D. Adjacent angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary
39. Which of the following is true about a cyclic quadrilateral?
A. Opposite sides are congruent
B. Opposite angles are congruent

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C. Opposite sides are parallel
D. Opposite angles are supplementary
40. In the figure shown below, ABCD is a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. Which one is the correct
statement?

A. m(<ABC)=180o-m(<ADC)/2
B. m(<ABC)+m(<ADC)=180o
C. m(<ABC)+m(<CBA)=180o
D. m(<ABC)/2+m(<ADC)/2=180o

For unit 8
1. Which of the following is a certain event?
A. If a night falls, a day dawns
B. Every day your school ends at 3 pm sharp
C. You go home from office by bus
D. You always get above 90% in Math exam
2. Which one is a certain event?
A. By tossing a coin once, we can get both head and tail
B. Getting hot ice cube in refrigerator
C. The sun sets in the west
D. A month with 7 days
3. Which of the following is a certain event?
A. When water boils, it changes to milk
B. December will follow November next year
C. You will grow to be 30 meters tall
D. It will rain tomorrow
4. If tomorrow is Tuesday, then yesterday was Sunday. This is an event which could
be said ________.
A. a certain event
B. an impossible outcome
C. 1/3 chance to happen
D. 50% chance to happen
5. Which of the following is an example of impossible outcomes?
A. Landing on the moon
B. Raining next week
C. Winning a lottery
D. Walking on the sun
6. A bag contains 2 green, 4 blue and 5 red balls. If a ball is drawn from the box,
which of the following outcomes is impossible?
A. Drawing a white ball
B. Drawing a green ball
C. Drawing a red ball
D. Drawing a blue ball
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7. In rolling a die once, which event is an impossible outcome?
A. {1} B. {4} C. {6} D, {7}
8. Given an experiment with sample space (s) = {2, 4, 6} which event is certain?
A. Odd number
B. Even number
C. Multiple of 3
D. Factor of 6
9. Twelve pieces of paper are labeled by numbers 1 to 12 and put in a box. Which
of the following is an impossible event when a piece of paper is drawn from the
box at random?
A. The number is less than 13
B. The number is labeled 3
C. The number is greater than 12
D. The number is even
10. A student tossed two coins and obtained {HT} where H means "heads" and T
means "tails." What is this outcome, {HT}, called?
A. An event
B. An experiment
C. A probability set
D. A sample space
11. If you roll a die once, what is the probability of getting number four?
A. 1/6
B. 2/6
C. 3/6
D. 4/6
12. If a single die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting an even number?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 5/6
13. In rolling a fair die once, what is the probability of getting an even number?
A. 0
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 1
14. A fair six-sided die is rolled. What is the probability of getting an even number?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 2/3
15. If a fair six-sided die is rolled once, what is the probability of getting a number
less than 4?
A. 1/6
B. ¼
C. 1/3
D. ½
16. A mathematics teacher rolls a 6-sided die once. What is the probability of getting
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A. 1/6
B. ¼
C. 1/3
D. ½
17. In rolling a die once, what is the probability of getting a number less than 5?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 2/3
D. 5/6
18. A die is rolled. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 2?
A. 1/6
B. ¼
C. 1/3
D. 1/2
19. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the events is 6?
A. 1/12
B. 1/9
C. 5/36
D. 5/18
20. Two dice are thrown at the same time. What is the probability of getting 7 as
their sum?
A. 1/6
B. 1/9
C. 1/12
D. 1/18
21. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers
observed is "8"?
A. 5/36
B. 6/36
C. 7/36
D. 8/36
22. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from the two throws of a die?
A. 1/6
B. 1/8
C. 1/9
D. 1/12
23. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of their sum being 9?
A. 1/18
B. 1/9
C. 1/6
D. 1/3
24. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of their sum being 13?
A. 0
B. 1/6
C. 1/3
D. 1/2
25. If two dice are thrown at the same time, what is the probability that the sum of
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A. 11/12
B. 5/6
C. 1
D. 6 1/12
26. Roll a six-sided die once. What is the probability of getting 1 or 6 on the upper
face?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. ½
D. 2/3
27. A fair die numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is rolled. What is the probability of getting
number 1 or 6?
A. 2/3
B. 1/2
C. 1/3
D. 1/6
28. A pair of fair dice tossed once. What is the probability of getting the same
number on both dice?
A. 1/3
B. 1/6
C. 4/6
D. 5/6
29. If you toss two coins, what is the probability of getting two heads?
A. ¼
B. ½
C. ¾
D. 1
30. A coin is tossed once. What is the probability of getting head and tail?
A. 0
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 1
31. Bag contains 3 white balls and 6 black balls. If a ball is drawn at random, what is
the probability that the drawn ball is white?
A. 0
B. 1/3
C. 2/3
D. 1
32. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. In a single draw, what is the probability
that the ball is white?
A. ¾
B. 4/7
C. 3/7
D. 1/8
33. A jar contains 2 orange, 5 blue and 3 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at
random from the jar, what is the probability of getting a blue marble?
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C. 3/10
D. 1/5
34. A bag contains 3 yellow, 5 blue and 2 red balls. A ball is drawn at random. What
is the probability of obtaining a red ball?
A. ½
B. 1/3
C. ¼
D. 1/5
35. A bag contains 3 orange, 4 blue, 5 red and 8 yellow marbles. What is the
probability of getting a red marble when a marble is drawn from the bag?
A. 3/20
B. 1/5
C. ¼
D. 2/5
36. What is the probability of choosing a green ball from a box containing 5 red, 6
green and 4 blue balls?
A. 4/15
B. 1/3
C. 2/5
D. 2/3
37. A basket contains 5 lemons, 3 oranges and 8 bananas. If you take a fruit from
the basket without looking, what is the probability that you get a lemon?
A. 3/16
B. 5/16
C. ½
D. 1
38. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is
the probability that the ball is white?
A. ¾
B. 4/7
C. 1/8
D. 3/7
39. Bag contains 4 red balls and 5 black balls. If a ball is drawn from the bag at
random, what is the probability of getting a black ball?
A. 1/3
B. 4/9
C. 5/9
D. 4/5
40. There are 25 pens in a box. 12 of the pens are blue. 8 of the pens are black. The
rest of the pens are red. If one pen is chosen at random, what is the probability
of getting a red pen?
A. 1/5
B. 8/25
C. 12/25
D. 4/5
41. A bag contains 40 balls. 15 are green balls and 9 are yellow. The rest of the balls
are red. A ball is chosen at random. What is the probability of this ball being red?
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B. 3/8
C. 2/5
D. 6/10
42. The probability of drawing a black ball in an experiment is 2/5. What is the
probability of not drawing a black ball?
A. 0
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 1
43. If you select one ball without looking from 1 red, 2 green and 2 yellow balls,
which outcome has lowest probability?
A. Green
B. Red
C. Yellow
D. All have equal chances
44. What is the probability of drawing a vowel from a total of 26 English alphabets?
A. 1/26
B. 4/26
C. 5/26
D. 21/26
45. Six slips of paper labelled with letter "B","A","N","A","N","A" are reshuffled in a
hat. What is the probability of drawing a slip with letter N?
A. 2/3
B. ½
C. 1/3
D. 1/6
46. You select one letter from the word "LAMS" randomly. What is the probability of
selecting a vowel?
A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1
47. What is the probability of choosing letter 'A' from the word MATHEMATICS at
random?
A. 1/11
B. 2/11
C. 1/10
D. 2/10
48. One letter is chosen randomly from the word "experiment". What is the
probability of choosing a vowel?
A. 1/5
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 4/5
49. What is the probability of getting a letter of vowel or consonant from the word
"probability" ?
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C. 0
D. 1
50. What is the probability that even prime numbers are chosen from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10?
A. 2/3
B. 3/5
C. ½
D. 1/10
51. If you draw a card from 16 cards numbered from 1 to 16, what is the probability
of drawing a card with an even number?
A. ¼
B. 1/3
C. ½
D. 1
52. If a deck of cards are labeled 1 to 25, what is the probability of drawing a card
with an even number?
A. 1/25
B. 2/25
C. 12/25
D. 13/25
53. A number from 1 to 30 is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing
a number less than 10?
A. 3/10
B. 2/9
C. 2/10
D. 1/3
54. There are nine cards in a box. Each card is labelled with a natural number from 1
to 9. If you take a card once at random, what is the probability of getting an
even number?
A. 4/9
B. 5/9
C. 6/9
D. 1
55. A box contains small balls numbered from 1 to 100. If you pick a ball from the
box randomly, what is the probability of the ball being 50 or less?
A. 50/100
B. 49/100
C. 25/100
D. 5/100
56. Almaz has five cards numbered 1 to 5. She draws one card and records the
number. What is the probability that the result will be a multiple of 2?
A. 1/5
B. 2/5
C. 4/5
D. 4/5
57. Hailu has four cards numbered 1 to 4. He draws one card and records the
number. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 2?
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B. 1/3
C. ½
D. 3/4
58. A number is selected at random from 1 to 20. What is the probability to get a
number divisible by 3?
A. ¼
B. 6/10
C. 3/10
D. 3/20
59. Seven cards numbered 2 to 8 are in a bag. Pick one card from the bag once.
What is the probability of the card being an even number?
A. 1/7
B. 3/7
C. 4/7
D. 6/7
60. There are five cups of coffee on a table. Two of them contain sugar. What are
your chances of choosing a cup with sugar in it?
A. 1/5
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 4/5
61. In a class there are 12 boys and 14 girls. The teacher calls on a student at
random to read a passage. What is the probability that the first person called is a
girl?
A. 1/7
B. 6/13
C. 7/13
D. 6/7
62. The spines is rotated and the pointer points either black or white color. What is
the probability that a spinner points black?

A. 1/8
B. ¼
C. 1/3
D. ½

WB:-Abrham Aynekulu

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