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GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS IGCSE

CHAPTER 1 INTEGERS, POWERS AND ROOTS
SESSION 1 Directed numbers.

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SESSION 2 Directed numbers

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SESSION 3 Directed numbers.

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SESSION 4 Directed numbers.

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SESSION 5 Square roots and cube roots

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SESSION 6 Square roots and cube roots.

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SESSION 7 Indices.

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SESSION 8 Indices.

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SESSION 9 Working with indices.

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SESSION 10 Working with indices.

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SESSION 11 Working with indices.

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CHAPTER 2 SEQUENCES AND FUNCTIONS

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SESSION 1 Generating sequences

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SESSION 2 Generating sequences

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SESSION 3 Finding nth term.

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SESSION 4 Finding the nth term

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SESSION 5 Finding the inverse of a function

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SESSION 6 Finding the inverse of a function

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CHAPTER 3 PLACE VALUE, ORDRING AND ROUNDING

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SESSION 1 Introduction.

Multiplying and dividing decimals mentally

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SESSION 2 Multiplying and dividing decimals mentally.

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SESSION 3 Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10.

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SESSION 4 Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10.

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SESSION 5 Rounding.

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SESSION 6 Rounding.

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SESSION 7 Order of operations.

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SESSION 8 Order of operations

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CHAPTER 4 LENGTH, MASS, CAPACITY AND TIME

SESSION 1 SOLVING PROBLEMS INVOLVING MEASUREMENTS.

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SESSION 2 Solving problems involving measurements.

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SESSION 3 Solving problems involving average speed.

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SESSION 4 Solving problems involving average speed.

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SESSION 5 Using compound measures.

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1. The distance by road from Birmingham to London is 160 miles.

Sally travels by coach from Birmingham to London.

The coach leaves Birmingham at 11.30 am

(a) She assumes the coach will travel at an average speed of 50 mph

Use her assumption to work out the arrival time in London.

In fact, the coach has a lower average speed.

How does this affect the arrival time?

mass
2. Density=
volume

The mass of solid A is 6 times the mass of solid B.

The volume of solid A is 12 times the volume of solid B.

Complete the sentence.

The density of solid A is ____________times the density of solid B.

distance
Average speed=
time

If the distance is doubled and the time is halved,

what happens to the average speed?

Circle your answer.

×2

×4

no change

÷2

÷4
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SESSION 6 Using compound measures.

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2. Sally drives her car.

She drives the first 14 miles in 14 minutes.

She then drives at an average speed of 75 miles per hour

for 1 hour 12 minutes.

She finds this information about her car.

Use the information to show that her car uses more than

2 gallons of petrol for the drive.

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SESSION 7 Using compound measures.

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CHAPTER 5 SHAPES

SESSION 1 Regular polygons

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1. Explain in complete sentences what it means if a polygon is regular. Sketch an

example.

2. What is the measure of EACH interior angle of a regular:

a. octagon

b. pentagon

c. hexagon
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d. decagon

Find the measure of one interior angle in each polygon. Round your answer to the
nearest tenth if necessary.
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Find the measure of one exterior angle in each polygon. Round your answer to the
nearest tenth if necessary.
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SESSION 2 Regular polygons

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PRACTICE... Show all work required to complete each of the following.

1) What is another name for a regular quadrilateral

2) What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?

3) The measure of the interior angle of a regular polygon is 179°. How many sides does it
have?
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SESSION 3 Regular polygons.

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SESSION 4 More polygons

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SESSION 5 More polygons.

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1. Find the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a convex heptagon

2. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 1620°. How many sides does it have?

3. Can the interior angles of a polygon have a sum between 4300° and 4400°?

If so, how many sides can it have?

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SESSION 6 Solving angle problems.

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SESSION 7 Solving angle problems.

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3. ABCDE and HIJKL are regular pentagons and AEFGHL is a regular hexagon.

If angle ABK = angle BKL, find angle ABK

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SESSION 8 Isometric drawings.

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SESSION 9 Isometric drawings.

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SESSION 10 Plans and elevations

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SESSION 11 Symmetry in three dimensional figures.

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CHAPTER 6 PLANNING AND COLLECTING DATA

SESSION 1 Identifying data

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SESSION 2 Identifying data

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SESSION 3 Types of data

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1. The story your grandfather tells you about his experience during the Korean War. P
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Why:

2. A letter written by George Washington to his mother about the latest developments in
the Revolutionary War. P S

Why:

3. The Diary of Anne Frank - the published diary of a teenage girl who experiences the
Holocaust first hand. P S

Why:

4. Your World History textbook or an encyclopaedia. P S

Why:

5. Your high school diploma. P S

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Why:

6. A photograph of you and your friends at your 8th birthday party. P S

Why:

7. The information from the museum tour guide who shows you around the exhibit and
shares facts with you. P S

Why:
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SESSION 4 Designing data collection sheets.

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SESSION 5 Designing data collection sheet

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SESSION 6 Collecting data

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CHAPTER 7 FRACTIONS

SESSION 1 Writing a fraction in its simplest form.

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SESSION 2 Adding and subtracting fractions.

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SESSION 3 Multiplying fractions.

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SESSION 4 Dividing decimals.

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SESSION 5 Working with fractions mentally.

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SESSION 6 Working with fractions mentally

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CHAPTER 8 CONSTRUCTIONS AND PYTHAGORAS THEOREM.

SESSION 1 Constructing perpendicular lines.

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SESSION 2 Constructing perpendicular lines.

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SESSION 3 Inscribing shapes in a circle.

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SESSION 4 Inscribing shapes in a circle.

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SESSION 5 Using Pythagoras theorem

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CHAPTER 9 EXPRESSIONS AND FORMULAE

SESSION 1 Simplifying algebraic expressions.

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SESSION 2 Constructing algebraic expressions.

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Write an algebraic expression for each word phrase.

1. 12 more than m machines

2. six times the daily amount of fiber f in your diet

3. your aunt’s age a minus 25

4. the total number of seashells s divided by 10

5. 9 less than k

6. m divided by 6
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SESSION 3 Substituting into expressions.

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Exercise.
If a=2, b=4, c=7, d=1, e=0 find the value
of:

1. 3+a

2. b+4a

3. a+3c+d

4. 2a+4b – 2c  4e

5. 3(a+2b)

6. 2(a + b)  3(2c  d)
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SESSION 4 Deriving and using formulae

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SESSION 5 Deriving and using formulae.

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SESSION 6 Factorising.

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SESSION 7 Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions.

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SESSION 8 Expanding the product of two linear expression.

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SESSION 9 Expanding the product of two linear expression.

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CHAPTER 10 PROCESSING AND PRESENTING DATA

SESSION 1 Calculating statistics.

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SESSION 2 Calculating statistics.

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SESSION 3 Calculating statistics.

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SESSION 4 Using statistics

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SESSION 5 Using statistics.

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CHAPTER 11 PERCENTAGES

SESSION 1 Using mental methods.

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Solve each problem. Round each answer to the nearest hundredth.

1) 25 is what percent of 29?

2) 28 is what percent of 62?

3) 26 is what percent of 53?

4) 42 is what percent of 55?

Solve each problem.

1) What is 125% of 116?

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2) What is 150% of 136?

3) What is 200% of 185?

4) What is 200% of 17?

5) What is 10% of 40?

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SESSION 2 Comparing different quantities.

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SESSION 3 Percentage changes

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Solve each problem.

1) In February Roger spent 30 hours watching Netflix. In March he only spent 22.8
hours watching. What was the percent decrease in the amount of time he spent
watching?

2) In February Lana got a puppy that weighed 13 kilograms. By October the puppy
weighed 17.16 kilograms. What was the percent the puppy's weight increased?
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3) A small fruit smoothie is 18 ounces while a large fruit smoothie is 21.96 ounces. The large
fruit smoothie is _____% larger.

4) Last month John spent 75.00 dollars on games. This month he only spent $63.00. He spent
_____ Percent less this month.

5) A store sold 14.00 dollars’ worth of gift cards in October. The next month the goal was to
sell $15.96 worth of gift cards. This is an increase of _____ percent.
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SESSION 4 Percentage changes

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6) Tiffany used to live 15 kilometers away from the school, but after she moved she now
lives
9.9 kilometers away. She is _____ percent closer to the school.

7) A library normally collected $42.00 in fees a month. But in March they collected $60.48.
What is the percent increase in the number of fees collected in March?

8) A game normally cost $53.00, but Isabel used a coupon and got the game for $37.10. The
coupon was for ____ percent off.
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9) Normally a chef uses 13 ounces of chocolate to make chocolate chip cookies. But he
started using 16.12 ounces instead. He should advertise the cookies as having _____ percent
more chocolate.

10) Last year’s phone model had a battery that lasted 15 hours. This year the battery only last
for 7.5 hours. What was the percent the battery life decreased?
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SESSION 5 Practical examples.

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Solve each problem. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

1) A small bag of flour weighed 13 ounces. A large bag was 5 percent heavier. How
much does the large bag weigh?

2) A loan company charged 35 percent interest on every dollar borrowed. If a person

borrowed 177 dollars, how much would they end up paying total?

3) A plant was 46 centimeters tall. After a month it had grown 7% taller. How tall was
the plant after a month?
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SESSION 6 Practical examples.

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5) An old cell phone battery would last for 13 hours. The new battery lasts 29 percent longer.
How long will the new battery last?

6) A furniture store had a chair that cost $33. After a few months the owner took 9% off the
price. How much is the chair now?
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7) Olivia ordered a shirt online that cost her $38 total. The package arrived late so the seller
took 16% off the price. How much did she end up paying?

8) A store was selling lawn mowers for $69. The repair agreement is 23 percent of the price
of the mower. How much would it cost for a mower and repair agreement?
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SESSION 7 Practical examples.

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Solve each problem. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

1) A small bag of flour weighed 13 ounces. A large bag was 5 percent heavier. How
much does the large bag weigh?

2) A loan company charged 35 percent interest on every dollar borrowed. If a person

borrowed 177 dollars, how much would they end up paying total?

3) A plant was 46 centimeters tall. After a month it had grown 7% taller. How tall was
the plant after a month?
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