FINAL EXAM PRACTICE WORKSHOP

Mathematics 8
Term 1, 2022-2023

Irrational Numbers
1. Approximate the square roots by writing between which consecutive integers the numbers
lie. Then, approximately locate in the number line.
< √83 <
< √37 <
< √54 <
< √67 <
< √20 <

2. Solve the following operations:

• 2√27 + √48

1
• √45 − 2 √20

• 3√7 ∙ 2√7 + √12 ∙ √3

3. Rationalize the following expressions:
3 4
√18 √24

−6 2
−7 − √11 9 + √5

4. Solve the problems. Consider the following formulae:

• Ted made the model submarine shown below for his science class.

a. What is the expression for the volume of Ted’s

submarine?

b. If the radius were 3 inches, the length 5 inches, and the height 4 inches, what would the
volume of Ted’s submarine?
 • A certain television is advertised as a 21-inch TV (the diagonal
length). If the width of the TV is 4√17 inches, how high is the TV?

• Find the length of the third side. If necessary, write in simplest radical form.

Algebraic Expressions
5. Represent the following sentences as an algebraic expression, where "a number" is the letter 𝑥.
• 6 is multiplied by the difference of 5 and a number.

• 5 is subtracted from the product of 3 and a number.

• 3 less than the square of a number.

6. Find the perimeter (sum of the borders) of each polygonal:

7. Get the products:

• 3𝑎2 𝑥 2 (𝑥 5 − 6𝑥3 − 8𝑥)

• 𝑎𝑥 3 𝑦(𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 𝑦 + 6𝑥𝑦 2 )

• −5𝑎3 𝑏 2 (𝑎8 − 3𝑎6 𝑏 2 + 𝑎4 𝑏 4 − 3𝑎2 𝑏 6 + 𝑏 8 )

8. Write a (simple) algebraic expression to calculate the shaded area in each picture.
9. Get the product of the polynomials using both methods: Distribution and Box.

• (𝑥 + 3)(2𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 8)

• (𝑎2 + 𝑎 + 1)(𝑎2 − 𝑎 − 1)

• (𝑚4 − 3𝑚2 + 4)(3𝑚3 + 3𝑚2 − 2𝑚 + 1)

10. Solve the problems:
• The student Council is organizing a T-shirt sale to the raise money for
a local charity. They make the estimates for expenses and income.

a. Write the equations for the total expenses 𝐸 and income 𝐼 for
selling 𝑛 T-shirts
E=
I=
b. Write the equation for the profit 𝑃 for selling 𝑛 T-shirts. Porfit=I-E

P=
c. Suppose the student council sells 100 T-shirts. What is their profit?

• In Moving Straight Ahead Leanne, Gilberto, and Alana enter a walkathon as a team. This means that they
each will walk the same number of kilometers. The walkathon organizers offer a prize to the three-
person team that raises the most money. The individual pledges for each student are as follows:
Number of
Student Pledge
Sponsors
$10, regardless of
Leanne 16
how far she walks
Gilberto 7 $2 per kilometer
$5 plus $0.50 per
Alana 11
kilometer

a. Write equations to represent the money 𝑀 that each student will raise for walking 𝑥 kilometers.
ML=
MG=
M A=
b. Write an equation for the total amount of money 𝑀𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 the three-person team will raise for
walking 𝑥 kilometers.
Mtotal=
 c. Suppose each person walks 10 kilometers. Calculate the total amount of money raised.

Factorization

11. Get the factored form of each polynomial.

20𝑥 3 𝑦 3 + 6𝑥 2 𝑦 4 − 12𝑥𝑦 5 34𝑎𝑥 2 + 51𝑎2 𝑦 − 68𝑎𝑦 2

3𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 − 27𝑥 + 45 8𝑥 3 + 20𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 − 45

𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 2 − 64𝑥 − 48 𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 3 − 28𝑥 + 12𝑥 2 − 48

𝑚2 − 12𝑚 + 11 𝑥 2 − 15𝑥 + 54

𝑎2 + 𝑎 − 380 𝑛2 + 43𝑛 + 432

12. Write the missing values in the area model to find the factorization

6𝑦 2 𝑧 −18𝑦 3 𝑧 48𝑥 4 𝑦 4 𝑧 4 54𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑧 3

• According to the model above, 6𝑦 2 𝑧 ∙ ( ) = −18𝑦 3 𝑧 + 48𝑥 4 𝑦 4 𝑧 4 +

54𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑧 3

17___ 34𝑎𝑥 2 51𝑎2 𝑦 −68𝑎𝑦 2

• According to the model above, 17___ ∙ ( ) = 34𝑎𝑥 2 + 51𝑎2 𝑦 − 68𝑎𝑦 2

100𝑎2 𝑏 3 𝑐 −150𝑎𝑏 2 𝑐 2 50𝑎𝑏𝑐 3 −200𝑎𝑏𝑐 2

• ______( ) = 100𝑎2 𝑏 3 𝑐 − 150𝑎𝑏 2 𝑐 2 + 50𝑎𝑏𝑐 3 − 200𝑎𝑏𝑐 2

13. Solve the following problems:

• In the following items determine an expression, in factored form, to calculate the
difference between the area or the volume of the geometrical shapes.
• A cannonball is fired upward with a velocity of 80 feet per second, its height ℎ, in feet, above
the ground at 𝑡 seconds can be determined by the expression ℎ = −16𝑡 2 + 80𝑡.

a. Write the factored form of the expression for height.

b. What is the height of the cannonball 3 seconds after it has been shot?
• When a basketball player shoots while jumping, the height, ℎ, in feet, of the ball above
the floor at any instant, under certain circumstances, can be determined by the
expression ℎ = −16𝑡 2 + 20𝑡 + 8.

a. Determine the height of the ball at one second (𝑡 = 1).

b. Write the expression in factored form.

c. Determine the height of the ball at one second using the factored expression.