YEAR 8 MATHS – TERM 3 – 2002
KNOWLEDGE & PROCEDURES - PAPER A
QUESTION 1
Look at the attached map of the School. Assume that it is drawn to a scale of 1cm
represents 17·5m. ( 1:1750 )
(a) How long is the Administration building in the drawing?
(b) What is the real length of the Administration building?
(c) What is the perimeter of the Learning Centre in the drawing?
(d) What is the real perimeter of the Learning Centre? (4)
QUESTION 2
From the units Km, m, cm and mm, choose the most appropriate to measure the following.
You don’t have to give a number.
(a) The length of your classroom
(b) The distance from the Gold Coast to Melbourne
(c) The width of your Thumb nail
(d) The length of your biro (4)
QUESTION 3
Convert the following to the units shown in brackets:
(a) 3·7m (cm)
(b) 19mm (cm)
(c) 5 400mm (m)
(d) 3·5km (m) (4)
QUESTION 4
Find the perimeters of the following figures:
RECTANGLE ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
(a) (b)
20m
15cm
8m
10cm
(1,1)
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QUESTION 4 ( Cont’d)
(c) 700m
400m
600m
500m
1200m
(1)
(d) 26m
4m Find the missing sides first!
16m
(2)
QUESTION 5
Find the circumference of the following circles.
(a) (b)
12m 200m
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(2)
QUESTION 6
Find the perimeter of the following figure:
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9m
18m
(3)
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QUESTION 7
Expand each of the following:
(a) 4 (x + 3 )
(b) ¯3 ( y + 6 )
(c) 2z ( 3x + 4 ) (3)
QUESTION 8
Solve these equations :
(a) x = 34
8 16 (1)
(b) 2x + 3 = 15 (1)
(c) 7x – 9 = 6x – 1 (2)
(d) 6 ( 2 + a ) = 36 (2)
QUESTION 9
Write equations for each of the following. Use ‘n’ to represent the number. You do not
have to solve the equation.
(a) You add 5 to a number. The result is 20
(b) 12 is added to a number this total is multiplied by 4. The result is 60. (2)
QUESTION 10
Solve the following:
If you multiply a number by 7 and add 6 the result is 48. What is the number? (2)
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