unit 7 grade 8

66 marks from 66 questions

Question 1
0.206 is:

a. a recurring decimal

b. a terminating decimal

Question 2

Use your calculator to find as a decimal. Is your answer a terminating or a recurring decimal?

a. Terminating

b. Recurring

Question 3
Will the decimal you see when you press the following calculator keys be a terminating or a recurring
decimal?

a. Terminating

b. Recurring

Question 4

How do you write as a decimal?

a. 0.17

b.

c.

d.
Question 5
Select all of these fractions that convert to recurring decimals.

a.

b.

c.

d.

Question 6

9
How many recurring digits are there in the decimal form of ?
22

digits

Question 7

Change , and to decimals to compare them.

Which fraction is the smallest?

Question 8
Complete the recurring decimal for this fraction.

.
=

Question 9

3
How many recurring digits are there in the decimal form of ?
130

digits
Question 10
Complete the working to add these fractions by converting them to decimals.

+ = 0. +

.
= 0.

Question 11
Complete the fraction for this recurring decimal.

.
0.5 =
9

Question 12

7
= 0.5833...
12

8
= 0.5714...
14

Which fraction is bigger?

7
a.
12

8
b.
14
Question 13
Select the true statement.

is:
a. between zero and a half
b. between a quarter and three quarters
c. a little less than one
d. larger than one

Question 14

Which symbol is missing from the above statement?

a. >
b. =
c. <

Question 15
Complete the decimal value for these fractions to work out the smaller fraction.

= 0.7333...

Smaller fraction =

Question 16
Complete the decimal value for these fractions.

17
=
20

373
=
500

Complete the statement using < or >.

17 373

20 500
Question 17
Complete the decimal value for these fractions.

73
=
200

3
=
5

Complete the statement using < or >.

73 3

200 5

Question 18

Enter the largest whole number that can make this statement true.

>
60

Question 19

Enter the smallest whole number that can make this statement true.

5 <

Question 20
By using a common denominator larger than 12, find the fraction that is a quarter of the way between
and .
(Write your answer in its simplest form.)
Question 21
0.235 , 0.236 , 0.2342
Convert these decimals to fractions in their simplest form and place them in order of size, starting
with the largest fraction.

Question 22
Tarek, Omar and Kaycee were all given the same amount of money.

Tarek spent of his money, Omar spent of his money, and Kaycee spent of her money.
Who had the most money left?

a. Tarek

b. Omar

c. Kaycee

Question 23
Which answer will be less than 1?

a. 1 –

b. 1 –

c. 1 –

Question 24

2 –1 =

a. 1

b.

c.
Question 25
Complete this working.

5 −2 =3 −

=3 −

=3−
10

=2
10

Question 26

Write 1 as an improper fraction to complete the

calculation.

1 −
=

Question 27
Complete this working.

− = −

= −

= −
10

=
10

Question 28
Complete this answer.

3 −1 =
6

Question 29
Find the answer to this subtraction without using a calculator.

5 −2 =
Question 30

Albert was asked to babysit for hours.

So far he has completed hours.

How much longer will it be until he finishes?
hour minutes

Question 31

The perimeter of a parallelogram is 40 cm.

Each of the two shorter sides of the parallelogram is 6 cm.

What is the length of the each of two longer sides?

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

Question 32

A cat normally weighs 37 kg.

The weight of the cat fell by 2 kg and then fell by a further 3 kg.

What was the final weight of the cat?

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

Question 33

Kassim took a total time of 5 hours to drive from his home to a hotel. On the way he stopped for 2

hours to do some shopping and 1 hour to have some lunch. How long did Kassim spend driving?

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

hours
Question 34
Enter numbers to complete the working.

2 =3×6 2
3 ×6 ×6
5 + 5

12
= 18 +
5

=
18 + 2 5

=
5

Question 35

3 is 3 + .
And so

3 ×8=3×8+ ×8
Use this to work out the final answer.

3 ×8=

Question 36

Calculate 2 × 15.

Question 37
Enter numbers to complete the working.

1 1
5 ×8 =5×8 + ×8
4 4

= +

=
Question 38
A third of 21 is 7.
Therefore:

× 21 =
and

1 × 21 =

Question 39
A sixth of 12 is 2.

4 is almost 5.

Use these two facts to calculate 4 × 12 using a mental strategy.

Question 40
Fill in the missing number that makes this equation true.

= 63

Question 41
A quarter of 20 is 5. Therefore:

three quarters of 20 = , and × 20 =

Question 42

A regular octagon has sides of length 5 cm.

What is the perimeter of the octagon?

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

cm2
Question 43

A rectangle has a length of 9 cm and a width of 3 cm.

What is the area of the rectangle?

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

cm2

Question 44

It takes 2 minutes for a teacher to mark a piece of homework.

The teacher has 30 pieces of homework to mark.

How many minutes will it take the teacher to mark all the homework?
Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

minutes

Question 45

16 ÷ =
3

Question 46

Find the missing value from the reciprocal of .

Reciprocal =

Question 47

When you divide by , which number should you multiply by?

Question 48

12 ÷ =

Question 49

What is the reciprocal of 3 ?

Question 50

Select all fractions which are the reciprocal of .

1
a.

3
b.

1
c.

d.

Question 51

13 ÷ =

Question 52
Complete this statement using a < or > sign.

26 3 15 5

÷ 4 ÷ 11
Question 53

n÷ = 25

Calculate the value of n .

n=

Question 54

What number is its own reciprocal?

Question 55
Select the division which has an answer different from the other two.

154 ÷ 2
a.

b. 11 ÷

c, 22 ÷

Question 56

Complete the working.

+
=

Question 57

Complete the working.

− 12 5
= −

=
Question 58
Complete this number sentence.

3 1 3
+ = +
10 2 10 10

Question 59

Complete this working.

−
= −

13
=

Question 60
Complete the answer to this addition.
Enter your answer as a mixed numeral in its simplest form.

17 3
+ =
20 5

Question 61

Complete the working.

+ =

Question 62
Find two numbers whose sum is 1 and whose difference is .
Enter the smaller number first.

and

Question 63

23 7
+ =
100 10 100
Question 64
Which answer will be greater than 1?

a. +

b. +

c. +

Question 65
Sonny and Torben bought two identical pizzas. Sonny cut his into six equal pieces and ate four of
them. Torben cut his into eight equal pieces and ate five of them.
If they combined what was left over, what fraction of one pizza would they have?

Question 66

Rewrite as 100ths to find this sum.

1 7
+ =
2 100 100