KOLFE KERANIYO SUB-CITY EDUCATIONAL OFFICE

MATHEMATICS MODEL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 8TH STUDENTS

MIAZIYA 2016/APRIL 2024
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS: 40

GENERAL DIRECTION

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS MATHEMATIC EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 8 CANDIDATES ONLY. IN

THIS EXAMINATION, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 40 MULTIPLE QUESTIONS. CAEFULLY SELECT THE
BEST ANSWWR AND BLANKEN ONLY THE LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE SEPARET ANSWER
SHEET PROVIDED.FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ANSWER SHEET AND THE EXAMINATION
PAPER CAREFULLY.

USE ONLY A PENCIL TO MARK YOUR ANSWER. YOUR ANSWER MARK SHOULD BE HEAVY AND
DARK, COVERING THE ANSWER SPACE COMPLETELY. PLEASE ERASE ALL UNNECESSARY MARKS
COMPLETELY FROM YOUR ANSWER SHEET.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO WORK ON THE EXAM FOR1:00 HOURS. WHEN TIME IS CALLED, YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY STOP WORKING, PUT YOUR PENCIL DOWN, AND WAIT FOR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.

ANY FORM OF CHEATING OR AN ATTEMPT TO CHEAT IN THE EXAMINATION WILL RESULT IN AN

AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL FROM THE EXAMINATION HALL AND CANCELLATION OF YOUR SCORE.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR NAME, GRADE AND SECTION AS WELL AS
YOUR ROLL No. ON THE ANSWER SHEET BEFOR YOU START TO WORK ON THE EXAMINATION.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

INSTURACTION: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERANATIVES AND WRITE
YOUR ANSWER ON THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED.
(ONE POINT EACH)
1. Which one of the following is Not True about numbers (N, W, Z, Q)
A. B. { } W C. { } D. W

2. Consider the following number line -3 m -1 0 1 2 n

Which one is TRUE about the numbers located in the number line given above??
A. B. C. D.
3. From the number line given in question No. 2, which one of the following number can be the value of m?

A. - B. - C. 2.7 D. -

4. If | | - 3 = 15, then which of the following are the values of x?

A. -8 and -12 B. -14 and 22 C. 4 and 8 D. -6 and 6
5. +3 = ______

A. B. C. D. 4

6. The sum of two rational number is . If one of the number is , then what is the other number?

A. B. C. D.

7. Which one of the following is NOT true about subtraction of rational numbers
A. The difference of two rational numbers is always a rational number
B. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations of each other
C. The difference of two whole numbers is always whole number
D. For any numbers a and b, a – b= a + (-b)
8. There are five friends and they went to divide a pizza equally among themselves, then the amount of pizza
each friend will get is-------of the total pizza.
A. 3/5 B. 2/5 C. 4/5 D. 1/5
9. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. 0.09 is perfect square number C. (3.2)2 is between 16 and 17
B. - √ = -10 D. - √ = -10
10. Which one of the following number is considered as both perfect square and perfect cube?
A. 49 B. 36 C. 25 D. 64
11. If (6.23) = 38.8129 then what is 6232
2

A. 3881.29 B. 388129 C. 38812.9 D. 0.388129

12. Which of the following statement is TRUE about the cube root of a number?
A. The cube root of a positive number is negative.
B. The cube root of a negative number is positive.
C. The cube root of a negative number is negative.
D. The cube root of zero is positive.
13. If √ = 2, then the value of ‘x2’ is equal to?
A. 8 B.64 C.16 D.2
14. Which of the following is FALSE?
√
A. √ = -2 B √ C. = D. √ =
√

15. The line y= -x passes through

A. 1st and 3rd quadrants C. 2nd and 4th quadrants
B. 1st and 4th quadrants D. 2nd and 3rd quadrants
16. Which one of the following point Do not lie on the line 2y + x =13?
A. (0, 10) B. (-1, 7) C. (3, 5) D. (1, 6)
17. Six times a natural number is increased by 4 times the number is at most 20. What are the possible values of
the numbers?
A. 1 or 2 B. 3 or 4 C. -5 or 6 D. 6 or 7
18. Find the solution set of 8(x + 1) ( 4x-10)+ 24 , x Q
A. {x; x } B. { } C. { } D. { }
19. The solution set of the inequality 3(8x-6) 4(6x-1) is?
A. {0} B. { } C. {x: x Q} D. {12}
20. Which family of plane figures given below are NOT always similar?
A. Squares B. parallelograms C. Circles D. Equilateral triangles
21. In and if , Then the two triangles are similar by;

A. AA Similarity theorem C. AAA Similarity theorem

B. SAS Similarity theorem D. SSS Similarity theorem
22. What is the value of ‘n’ that makes , in figure given below?
A.16 C. 3 R X

B. 8 D. 10 6 3n+3

S 10 T Y 7n-1 Z

23. Given that , then What is the value of x if .

A. EF B. FD C. AB D. DF
24. The exterior angle of a triangle is 100 . What is the value of x if the remote interior angles are (5x-40 ) and
40 ?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 12

25. A From the right angled triangle ABC , AD=6cm and

BD= 9cm, then the length of DC is ____

9cm B. 3√ cm C. 4cm D. 3cm

B D C
26. Which one of the following can be side lengths of a right angled triangle?
A. 9cm, 12cm, 15cm B, 6cm, 7cm, 9cm C. 6cm, 9cm, 12cm D. 2cm, 3cm, 4cm
27. If the perimeter of a square is 32cm, then what is the length of the diagonal of the square?
A. 8cm B. 4√ cm C. 4cm D. 8√ cm
28. Which one of the following statement is not true?
A. Diameter of a circle can be chord of a circle. C. All radii of a circle are congruent
B. All chords of a circle can be diameter of a circle. D. Diameter is the longest chord
29. A From circle O, if m( ABC ) = 60 0. Then m( AOC) is ___

O A. 60 0 B. 120 0 C. 180 0 D. 30 0

30. An angle formed by two chords intersecting within a circle is 60 0 and one of the intercepted arc measure 400.
What is the measure of the other intercepted arc?
A. 80 0 B. 100 0 C. 120 0 D. 50 0
31. If AB is diameter of circle O and OA = x+2 and OB =2x – 4, then the length of AB is _____
A. 8cm B. 6cm C. 2cm D. 16cm
32. Which one of the following statement is false
A. The lateral faces of a pyramid is a triangle.
B. The intersection of two faces of a pyramid is lateral edge.
C. The lateral faces of a pyramid are rectangles.
D. The intersection of base and lateral faces is base edge.
33. The volume of a rectangular prism is 312cm3 and its height is 24cm. Then the base area of the prism is ____
A. 288cm2 B. 12cm2 C. 26cm2 D. 13cm2
34. If the diameter of a circular cylinder is 8cm and its height is 5cm. what is the volume of the cylinder?
3
A. 320 B. 80 cm3 C. 40 cm3 D. 200 3

35. Selam wants to build a right circular cylinder out of a card board with bases that have a diameter 4cm and a
height of 9cm. then what will be the volume of the cylinder?
3
A. 36 B. 13 cm3 C. 144 cm3 D. 324 cm3
36. A cans goods company manufactures a cylindrical can of height 8cm and radius 3cm. what is the volume of
the can?
A. 48 cm2 B. 72 cm2 C. 24 cm2 D. 66 cm2
37. The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment is________
A. Event B. Experiment C. Sample space D. Trial
38. Which one of the following can be an example of certain event?
A. The sun will not rise next week C. The sun sets in the East
B. When water boils, it changes to milk D. Human being is mortal
39. If you choose a number at random from natural number less than 10. Then what is the probability your choose
to be multiple of 3?
A. B. C. D.
40. In a class, there are 15 boys and 25 girls. The teacher calls the student to invite the question, and then what is
the probability of the first person call boy?
A. B. C. D.

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