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Name:................................................................................................. 1 Year 8...............................................

1 Children go to camp on holiday.

(a) Fatima buys bananas and apples for the camp.

(i) Bananas cost $0.85 per kilogram.

Fatima buys 20kg of bananas and receives a discount of 14%.

How much does she spend on bananas?

$ [3]

(ii) Fatima spends $16.40 on apples after a discount of 18%.

Calculate the original price of the apples.

$ [3]

(iii) The ratio number of bananas : number of apples = 4 : 5.

There are 108 bananas.

Calculate the number of apples.

[2]
5

2
2 1 4
Show that ÷ 1 = .
3 6 7
Write down all the steps in your working.

[2]

3 (a) A drinking glass contains 55 cubic centimeters of water.


Write 55 cubic centimeters in litres.

litres [1]

(b) The mass of grain in a sack is 35 kg.


The grain is divided equally into 140 bags.

Calculate the mass of grain in each bag.


Give your answer in grams.

g [2]

4 (a) Write 67.499 correct to the nearest integer.

[1]

(b) Write 0.003040506 correct to 3 significant figures.

[1]

(c) d = 56.4, correct to 1 decimal place.

Write down the lower bound of d.

[1]
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(d) Write down equations to show the following.

(i) p is equal to r plus two times q.

[1]

(ii) k is equal to the square of the sum of l and m.

[2]

(e) Pierre walks for 2 hours at w km/h and then for another 3 hours at (w –1) km/h.

The total distance of Pierre’s journey is 11.5 km.

Find the value of w.

w= [4]
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5 (a) x = 3m – k

Find the value of

(i) x when m = 2 and k = −4,

[2]

(ii) m when x = 19 and k = 5.

[3]

(b) Expand the brackets.


g(7f – g2)

[2]

(c) Factorise completely.


18h2 – 12hj

[2]

(d) Make m the subject of the formula.


t = 8m + 15

m= [2]

(e) Solve the equation.


p + 3 = 3(p – 5)

p= [3]
2

6 Write six hundred and seven thousand and twenty-one in figures.

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On the grid, draw a shape that is congruent(exactly the same as) to shape A. [1]

68 + 18
8 Edelgard tries to calculate .
9-5
(a) She types into her calculator 68 + 18 ' 9 - 5.

Explain why this does not give Edelgard the correct answer.

..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
68 + 18
(b) Work out the correct answer to .
9-5

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9 A train from Woodton to Northley takes 6 hours 25 minutes.


The train leaves Woodton at 19 46.

Work out the time the train arrives at Northley.

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10 Write down the number that is 7 more than -38.

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11 Simplify.
5w + 3h - 7w + 8h

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12 (a) Write down the mathematical name of a quadrilateral that has

• rotational symmetry of order 1


and
• only one line of symmetry.

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B

NOT TO
135° SCALE
A 72°
D y°
88°
C

In the diagram, AB is parallel to CD.

(a) Find the value of x.


Give a geometrical reason for your answer.

x = ......................... because ....................................................................................................... [2]

(b) Work out the value of y.


Give a geometrical reason for your answer.

y = ......................... because ....................................................................................................... [2]

14 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

From this list of numbers, write down

(a) a multiple of 8,

................................................. [1]

(b) a square number,

................................................. [1]

(c) a prime number.

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8

1 2
15 Without using a calculator, work out 3 - 2 .
4 3
You must show all your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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16 A chef buys some cheese from France.


200 g of cheese costs 3.45 euros.
The exchange rate is $1 = 0.84 euros.

Work out the maximum mass of cheese the chef can buy with $150.
Give your answer in kilograms, correct to 1 decimal place.

............................................ kg [4]
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17 Des thinks of two numbers.


The sum of his two numbers is -6.
The difference between his two numbers is 62.

Find the two numbers.

..................... and ..................... [4]

18 A solid cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 4.5 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the cylinder.

.......................................... cm2 [4]


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19 (a) Using the integers from 60 to 75 only, find

(i) a multiple of 17,

................................................. [1]

(ii) the prime numbers.

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(b) Find

(i) the square root of 4489,

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(ii) 43,

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(iii) 274 625 ,

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(iv) 2 -3 # 24 2 .

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