Mathex Year 8 2021 Printing
Mathex Year 8 2021 Printing
Mathex Year 8 2021 Printing
If a=1 and b=2 and c=3 and so on, what is the value of J?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12 e) 13
8/2 What is the smallest number that leaves a remainder of two when divided by 5 and a
remainder of 3 when divided by 6?
8/3 If the area of one of the small equilateral triangles in this diagram is 4,
what is the area of the whole diagram?
8/9 Nikki has 30 dog biscuits. She eats a third today, a fifth tomorrow and a quarter the
next day, and a third the day after. How many biscuits does she have left?
8/10 A two digit number is twice the sum of its digits. What is the number?
8/11 Find three consecutive odd numbers that multiply to 3315.
8/12 A rectangle A, B, C, D, is drawn on an axis. If A is at (0, 0), and the area of the rectangle
is 17cm2, what are the two possible values of the coordinates of C if values are positive
integers?
8/13 Dani has found a new way to use a 6-sided dice. She adds up all the visible sides to get
her totals. What are these totals?
8/15 Lisa has 5 coins in her pocket. Find the largest possible amount minus the smallest
possible amount.
a= b=
8/17 Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in this ‘V’ so that the two arms have
the same total. Which numbers can occupy the middle circle indicated?
Name them all.
8/18 Sharma has three cards as shown, but the card in the digits column has
rubbed out. She says “I know my number was a hundred and forty 1 4 ?
something, and a multiple of 3”. Find all the different numbers she
could have had. Add them up, that is the answer to this question.
8/19 Mersenne Prime Numbers are one less than a power of two. Find the first four
Mersenne Primes.
8/20 SpongeBob Square Pants has some shells which he wants to share with his
friends. To Patrick he gives half of all the shells, plus half a shell. To Gary he
gives half of what is left plus a half of a shell. To Plankton he gives half of what
is left plus a half. If he gives away all his shells, and no shells are broken up,
how many shells did he have to begin with?
MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 8 – 2021
No units required
Number Answers Comment
1 b) or 10 Either
2 27
3 48 No units
4 3
5 14
6 26
7 10
8 8 Years not required
9 8
10 18
11 13, 15, and 17 All, any order
Both, brackets not
12 (1, 17) and (17, 1)
required
13 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 All, any order
Degrees not
14 240
required
Dollars ($) not
15 9.50
required
16 3, 4 Both, either order
17 1, 3, and 5 All, any order
18 432
19 3, 7, 31, and 127 All, any order
20 7
MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 8 – 2021
No units required
Number Answers Comment
20 7
19 3, 7, 31, and 127 All, any order
18 432
17 1, 3, and 5 All, any order
16 3, 4 Both, either order
Dollars ($) not
15 9.50
required
Degrees not
14 240
required
13 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 All, any order
Both, brackets not
12 (1, 17) and (17, 1)
required
11 13, 15, and 17 All, any order
10 18
9 8
8 8 Years not required
7 10
6 26
5 14
4 3
3 48 No units
2 27
1 b) or 10 Either