CANDIDATE

NAME
CLASS 8C

Mathematics
1st Term 2017

2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name on all the work you hand in.

Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The total of the marks for this paper is 100.

Section A
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.

Section B
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question.

For Examiner’s Use

Section A

Section B

Total

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 Section A

1. Evaluate:
a)
1 3
1 −
8 8

Answer.....................................[2]
b)

1 1 6 1
( + )× +
2 3 10 2

Answer.....................................[2]

2. Find the LCM of the following sets of numbers.

a) 4, 6, 24

Answer.....................................[2]

b) 10, 25, 5

Answer.....................................[2]

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 3. Evaluate
a)

1 1 2 5
2( − × ) −
4 2 3 6

Answer.....................................[2]

b) Write in dot notation

Recurring decimal Dot notion

0.4555555…..

0.1596315963159……..

[2]

4. (a) Express the following decimal as fractions.

i. 1.05

ii. 0.345

Answer(i)......................................[1]

Answer(ii).....................................[1]

(b) Express the following fractions as decimals.

2
i.
8

3
ii. 14

Answer(i)......................................[1]

Answer(ii).....................................[1]

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 5. Evaluate
a) 8900 ÷ 100 − 0.95

Answer.....................................[2]

b)
1.25 + 8.75
2.5 × 2
Answer.....................................[2]

6. Find the value of:

a) 23 × 22
Answer.....................................[2]

b) 47 × 43 ÷ 45
Answer.....................................[2]

c) (100)0
Answer.....................................[2]

7. Write the following numbers in standard form:

a) 24500000

Answer.....................................[2]

b) 100

Answer.....................................[2]
c) 0.0009

Answer.....................................[2]

d) 0.000 000 638

Answer.....................................[2]

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 8. The length of a room is given as 12cm. If this figure is correct to the nearest 1cm, find the
range in which the actual length lies.

Answer.....................................[2]

9. Evaluate:
a) 3 + (2 × 5 − 2) − 8
Answer.....................................[2]

b) −6 + 2 × 1 − 3
Answer.....................................[2]

10. Simplify:
a) 7𝑎 − 2𝑎 + 5𝑎

Answer.....................................[2]

b) 7𝑎 + 3𝑎 + 8𝑏 − 5𝑏

Answer.....................................[2]
c) 3(𝑎 + 𝑏) − 3(2𝑎 − 𝑏)

Answer.....................................[2]

11. A box which is 7.5cm is wide measured to the nearest tenth of a cm. Find the range in
which the actual width lies.

Answer.....................................[2]

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 12. Make x the subject of the formula.
a) 2𝑥 + 𝑎 = 𝑏

Answer.....................................[2]

𝑥+𝑎
b) =𝑚+𝑛
𝑏

Answer.....................................[2]

13. A number v is equal to the sum of a number u and the product of numbers a and t.
Construct a formula for v in terms of u, a and t

Answer.....................................[2]

14 Given that v2 = u2 +2as If u=5 , a=10 and s=5 find the value of v2

Answer.....................................[2]

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 15.
a) By writing each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the value of
5.83 × 10.2
96.8

Answer.....................................[2]

b) An athlete ran a race is 7.36 seconds, correct to the nearest hundredth of a second.
What is the shortest possible time that the athlete could have run the race?

Answer.....................................[2]

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 Section B

1.
a) Find the value of :
1 °
i. (4)

Answer.....................................[2]

5 −3
ii. (3)

Answer.....................................[3]

b)
i. Make “x” the subject of the formula 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏.

Answer.....................................[3]

ii. Hence, find “x” when 𝑦 = 10, 𝑏 = 2 and 𝑎 = 4.

Answer.....................................[3]

c) Find the area of the following figures.

i.

Answer.....................................[3]

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 ii.

Answer.....................................[3]

iii.

Answer.....................................[3]

2.
a) A trader bought a dress for $250 and sold it at $300. Find
i. His profit

Answer.....................................[2]

ii. The percentage profit

Answer.....................................[2]

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(b) Find the area of the following figure.

Answer.....................................[6]

(c) Find the perimeter of the following figures. ( measurements are given in cm)

(i)

Answer.....................................[3]

(ii)

Answer.....................................[3]

(iii)

Answer.....................................[4]

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