2009 Grade 8 Math Exa Paper PNG
2009 Grade 8 Math Exa Paper PNG
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PART A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1- 25)
The average age of5 students is 10 years. The
Choose the best alternative for each
age of one sfudent is 6. What is the average
question and write the letter A or B or C or
age of the remaining 4 students?
D in the space provided in the ANSWER
SHEET. 4.4 B. 11
c.12 D. 16
QUESTION I.
Which of the following angles are Questions 6 and 7 refer to the following
complementary? information
A. 20' and 48o 20o and 70o Marks scored by a group of students.
A.660 444
A.3 8.4
c.25 D.31
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John, Maria and Kiri shared some mangoes in A farmer uses 6kg of manure to fertilise an
the ratio. 4:2: I respectively. area of 48m2.
What fraction of mangoes does Kiri receive? How many kilograms of manure will he use
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Which of the following is the area of the
rectangle?
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A. 2(.r + 8) B. 4{x + 4)
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C. x2 +8x+ 12 D. ; + lZx+8
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The angles a,b zlrrd c, in the triangle are in the
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The formula, s = 180(n-2) is used to work out ratio of l:3: 6 respectively.
I the interior angle of shapes; s is the number of
Hoe many degrees is angle c?
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interior angles and, n is the number of sides.
A. 108 B. 60
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Use the formula to calculate the size of an
I interior angle of an octagon. c. s8 D. 18
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A. 1160' B. 1080"
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A.y=2x-3 B.Y=2-3x
c'y=2+3x D.Y=2x+3
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Factorise; 6p - Zpq
What is the value of the angle S?
A.2(p - 3q) B.2p (3q)
A. 120" 8.90'
C.2p(3- q) D.6(p -2q)
c, 60' D.40"
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Questions 24 and 25 refer to the
The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 40cm. information below.
The third side is 4cm longer than each of the
Nasain got a loan of K1 000 from Fincorp.
equal side.
She will repay a total of K1 500.
What is the length of each of the equal sides in
centimetres?
A. 18 B.l4 QUESTION 24
A.500 B. 150
parallelogram below.
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c. K100 D. K150
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Questions 32 and 33 refer to the scale
drawing.
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Questions 28 to 30 refer to the information The scale drawing of the table to the real table
below. is 1: i0
The graph shows the journey Luke took from
town to visit Mark at a nearby village and then
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went to his own home.
What is the real height, in meters, of the
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QUESTION34
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kmeka needs to build a 3.6m tall brick wall.
How far was Mark's home from town? He uses bricks with the height of 15cms.
Layer 3
QUESTION 29 Layer 2
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How many minutes did Luke stay at Mark's Layer 1 15 cm
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home?
How many layers of brick will the wall have.
QUESTION 30
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If Eiwom spent 4 hours playing sports, what What is the value of y, when x is 1?
would be the angle of the sports sector in the
pie graph?
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What is the coordinate of the point Q?
Eiwom spends 6 hours sleeping. What
percentage of her 24hr day, is spent sleeping?
QUESTION 4I
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K1.00 is equal toA.24 English pounds. How
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many English pounds will you get if you
What is the difference, in average cm, between exchanged K1, 000?
the wettest and the driest month?
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What is the total average, in cm, of rainfall in
the first 5 months?
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1 egg QUESTION 46
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Q2. Q17.
Q3. QI8.
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Qs. Q20.
Q6. Q2t.
Q7. Q22
Q8. Q23.
Qe. Q24.
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PART A SCORE
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Answer sheei Insert
PART B: (Questions 26 to 45)
lYrite your answer for each question i* the trox provided next to each question number.
Q26. Q36. Vo
QUESTTON 46
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