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    This document is a mathematics assessment for Year 8 students. It consists of 18 multiple choice and short answer questions testing a variety of math skills, including percentages, ratios, algebra, geometry, and standard form. The assessment is designed by White Rose Maths and takes 45 minutes to complete.

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    Spring Assessment

    Year 8

    Mathematics
    Higher: No calculator allowed
    Time allowed: 45 minutes

    First name

    Middle name

    Last name

    Date of birth Day Month Year

    Teacher

    This assessment has been designed by White Rose Maths.


    For more information, please visit www.whiterosemaths.com
    1 Rosie is thinking of a number.
    30% of Rosie’s number is 21

    Work out Rosie’s number.

    2 marks

    2 There are 2000 students at a school.


    120 of the students play a musical instrument.

    What percentage of students play a musical instrument?

    %
    2 marks

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    3 Circle the equation of the line that has the steepest gradient.

    y = 3x y = 7x y = 1x y = –2x
    3

    1 mark

    Esther says, “y = 4x and x = 4y will have the same gradient.”

    Is Esther correct?

    Circle your answer.


    Yes No
    Explain how you know.

    1 mark

    4 Brett rolls a six-sided dice and spins a spinner.

    E A

    D B
    C

    One possible outcome is the dice showing 3 and the spinner


    showing C.

    How many possible outcomes are there altogether?

    1 mark
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    5 At the end of a holiday, Amir has 54 000 Icelandic krona to change
    into British pounds.
    The exchange rate is £1 = 180 Icelandic krona.

    Work out how many pounds Amir receives.

    £
    2 marks

    6 The first three terms of a linear sequence are 10, 16 and 22

    Find a rule for the nth term of the sequence.

    2 marks

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    7 Expand and simplify (x + 7)(x + 8)

    2 marks

    Write (x3 + x3)3 as a single simplified term.

    2 marks

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    8 Solve the equation.

    3(2x + 5) = 4x + 2

     x=
    3 marks

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    9 A bread recipe uses 12 g of yeast for every 0.6 kg of flour.

    Write the ratio of yeast to flour in the form 1 : n.

    :
    2 marks

    10 The rule for the nth term of a sequence is 3n – 5

    Find the first term in the sequence that is greater than 400

    3 marks

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    11 A rectangle 18 inch wide has area 4 12 square inches.

    Work out the length of the rectangle.

     inches

    2 marks

    12 Put the numbers in order of size.

    Start with the smallest.

    2 × 102 22 2 × 10–2 2–2

    2 marks

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    13 A shop has a sale.

    Game station Y box


    1
    40% off normal price 3
    off normal price

    A game station has a sale price of £180


    A Y box has a sale price of £240

    Which item has the greater normal price?

    Circle your answer.

    Game station Y box

    Show working to justify your answer.

    3 marks

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    14 Tommy has a bag containing 12 red and 8 blue counters.
    He puts some more blue counters into the bag.
    He then picks a counter at random from the bag.
    The probability he picks a red counter is 25

    How many more blue counters did Tommy put in the bag?

    2 marks

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    15 How many squares of side 10 cm can be cut from a square card
    of side 2 m?

    2 marks

    16 The coordinates of point A are (3, –5).


    The coordinates of point B are (–7, –9).

    Find the coordinates of the midpoint of line segment AB.

     ( , )
    2 marks

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    17 The length, l, of a book is 20 cm correct to the nearest centimetre.

    Write down the error interval for l.

    2 marks

    18 Work out (4 × 109) ÷ (8 × 10–3)

    Give your answer in standard form.

    2 marks

    END OF TEST

    Page 12 of 12 © White Rose Maths 2021

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