MATHEMATICS

GRADE 8 – PAPER 2

TERM 3 EXAMINATION
MONDAY 18th March 2024

Instructions
 Use black ink or ball –point pen
 Fill in this boxes at the top of this page with your name ,centre number and
candidate number
o Answer all questions. This exam is for 2 hours

 Answer the questions in the spaces provided

-there may be more space than you need
 Calculators may be used
Information
 The total marks for this paper is 100
 The marks for each question is shown beside each question
.use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question
Advice
 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
 Keep an eye on the time.
 Try to answer every question.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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 1. A recipe for chocolate cake that serves 9 people uses 270g of chocolate.
a) Albert wants to make a cake for 3 people. How much chocolate should she buy? [2]

b) The chocolate is only available in 200g bars. If he wants to serve 13 people, how
many bars of chocolate he need to purchase. [2]

Total for Question 1 is 4 Marks

2. The cost of fuel is directly proportional to the volume bought.
a. copy and complete the table [3]
Volume, v Liters 15 45
Cost, c (£) 8.5 17 34

b. Find the formula connecting c and v. [1]

Total for Question 2 is 4 Marks

3. Workout
a. Find the distance between A (1, -2) and B (3, 6) [2]

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b. Find the mid-point between A (10, 7) and B (5, -2) [2]

Total for Question 3 is 4 Marks

4. a. A cheetah can run at a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The cheetah loses 7% of its
maximum speed each year. Find the cheetah’s maximum speed after 5 years. [3]

b. The value of a house is £ 120000. The value is expected to increase by 5% each year.
Workout the expected value after 4 years. Give your answer to 2 S.F [4]

Total for Question 4 is 7 Marks

5. Event A is that the same bird lands on Mr.Nazeer’s bird table before 9am each day. It
does this on 45 days over a period of 1 year (365 days)
a) Estimate the probability that tomorrow Event A happens [2]

b) Estimate the probability that tomorrow event A does not happen [2]

Total for Question 5 is 4 Marks

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 6. Answer the following [6]
a. If one line has a gradient m, then the gradient of any perpendicular line is
_____________
b. Relative frequency= ______________
c. To decrease, a quantity by R% _____________
d. Midpoint between (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is ____________
e. an/m= ___________,
f. a-n= ____________
Total for Question 6 is 6 Marks

7. Fill up the blanks [2]

a. (i) A dotted line for a line indicates…………………

(ii) The general form for the equation of a line is ……………..

b. Show on a graph the inequality -1 < x ≤ 3 [3]

Total for Question 7 is 5 Marks

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 8. m is inversely proportional to the square root of n.
If m= 2.5 x 107 and n= 1.25 x 10-7, find
a. the formula for m in terms of n [1]

b. m when n= 7.5 x 10-4 [2]

c. n when m is one million [2]

Total for Question 8 is 5 Marks

9. Fill up the blanks

(i) The abbreviation of p.a. is ………………………

(ii) Appreciation/inflation in the price of any product means ………………….

(iii) Another synonym for the depreciation in price is ……………………….

Total for Question 9 is 3 Marks

10. Describe the unshaded region and the shaded region in the graph.

In equality of Shaded Region:……………………

In equality of Unshaded Region:…………………..

Total for Question 10 is 4 Marks

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11. a) Find ‘p’, if the line joining (3, p) to (7, -4p) is perpendicular to line joining (-1, -3) to (3, 7)
[3]

b) write down the three inequalities that define the shaded region. [3]

Total for Question 11 is 6 Marks

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 12. Two dice are thrown in the game and the score is the lowest common multiple of the two
numbers rolled. [3]

a) Find the probability that the score is

i) An odd number [2]

ii) a prime number [2]

b) Define Mode? Give an example [1]

…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………

c) Tally marks means Math Marks [True/False] [1]

Total for Question 12 is 9 Marks

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13. Mary grows some Cauliflowers.
The table shows information about the weights of her Cauliflowers.

a) Draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table. [2]

c) Find the median [3]

Total for Question 13 is 5 Marks

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 14. Carol makes birthday cards. Each takes the same amount of time to make. She makes 3
cards in 48 minutes. She has an order for 80 cards. Can she complete this order in 3 days if
she works 8 hours each day? Explain clearly with steps [4]

Total for Question 14 is 4 Marks

15. a) Here are four graphs of y against x. [4]
Match each of these proportionality relationships to the correct graph.

1
a. y 𝛼 x b. y 𝛼 √x c. y 𝛼 d. y 𝛼 x2
𝑥

b) Find the values of x and y in these equations

1 1 −1
5
i) (𝑎 𝑥 𝑏 𝑦 )6 = 𝑎 2 𝑏 3 [2] ii) √𝑎4 𝑏 −3 = 𝑎 𝑥 𝑏 𝑦 [2]

Total for Question 15 is 8 Marks

16. i) Define Range give an example [2]

………………………………………..………………………………………..

………………………………………..………………………………………..

………………………………………..………………………………………..

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ii) What is the meaning of Sigma and write its symbol as used in Handling Data [2]
………………………………………..………………………………………..
………………………………………..………………………………………..
………………………………………..………………………………………..

Total for Question 16 is 4 Marks

17. i) Formula for Q1 = ……………………………….. [2]

ii) Formula for Q3 = …………………………….....

b) Find the median, inter quartile range and the range of the following number [3]
5 5 0 1 1 1 -3 -7 5 6

Median IQR Range

Total for Question 17 is 5 Marks

18. A world record pizza was just over 40m in diameter. If it had been cut into 80𝑐𝑚2 pieces it
would have fed 157 700 people.
If it had been cut into 100𝑐𝑚2 , how many people could have been fed? [2]

Total for Question 18 is 2 Marks

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19. A is (3, -2) and B is (5, 8). AB is the diameter of a circle and C is the centre.
a) Find the coordinates of C. [2]

b) Find the radius of the circle. [2]

Total for Question 19 is 4 Marks

20. A coin with heads on both sides is tossed. If event A is defined as the coin landing head side
up, calculate p(A) and p(A’).

Total for Question 20 is 2 Marks

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21. When 30 litres of water are poured into any cylinder, the depth, D (in cm), of the water is
inversely proportional to the square of the radius, r (in cm), of the cylinder. When r = 30 cm, D =
10.6 cm.

a. Find the depth of the water when the radius of the cylinder is 15 cm. [3]

b. Find the radius of the cylinder (to 1 decimal place) when the depth is 60 cm. [2]

Total for Question 21 is 5 Marks

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