SYDNEY

BOYS
HIGH
SCHOOL

YEAR 8 HALF YEARLY

2019 MATHEMATICS

General Instructions:
• All questions may be attempted. Time Allowed: 90 minutes
• Write using black or blue pen.
• Marks may be deducted for careless or
badly arranged work.
• All working and answers are to be written in
this test booklet.
• If you wish to rewrite an answer, draw a line
through your faulty answer and rewrite your
answer on the back page of this booklet.
Show the number and part of the answer
being rewritten.
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Examiner: JM

Name:

Class Teacher Question Marks

8MaA Mr R Wang 1 / 15
8Ma1 Ms Ward 2 / 15
8MaP Ms Kilmore & Ms H Chan 3 / 15
8MaL Mr R Wang & Mr Gurjar 4 / 15
8MaU Mr James 5 / 15
8MaS Ms Ward 6 / 15
Total / 90
Question 1 (15 Marks)

(a) What is the sum of 15 and -38 ? 1

(b) Simplify:
2 1
(i) 4 -2 1
5 3

1
(ii) -26 ´ 1
4

(iii) 58.27 ´105 - 3.48 ´106 1

15.8 - 4.7
(iv) 1
2÷3

(c) If S = 6 ´10000 + 5 ´1000 + 4 ´10 + 3 ´1 , what is the value of S ? 1

(d) Express p 172 + 64 ´ 53 correct to 3 decimal places. 2

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(e) Three or more points that lie on the same line are called ________________ points. 1

(f) How many km2 are in 2 750 000 cm2. 2

(g) On a 24-hour digital clock, how many times in one day will it display all four digits 2
2, 0, 1 and 9 must be used in any order?
(Note: the time can also start with zero)

(h) Elsa had a 10:00 a.m. appointment 60 km from her home. She averaged 80 km/h for the 2
trip and arrived 20 minutes late for the appointment. At what time did she leave her home?

End of Question 1

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Question 2 (15 Marks)

(a) Simplify:
(i) 72 1

(ii) 5 54 1

(b) Simplify 6 - -8 + 12 ÷ 3 1

(c) Find the lengths of the unknown sides, correct to 2 decimal places.
(i) 1

x cm
4 cm

7 cm

(ii) 2
x cm

14 cm
170 mm

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(d) Solve the following equations showing all necessary working:
(i) 5 - 2 x = 17 1

(ii) 6 p -1 = 5 p + 7 2

2x x
(iii) + =7 2
3 2

(iv) 3(2 x + 1) = 4(3 - x) 2

x-2
(v) + 8 = 11 2
5

End of Question 2

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Question 3 (15 Marks)

(a) Expand and simplify:

(i) 5 ( 3x + 7 )
1

(ii) ( 2x + 5)( 4 - 3x ) 2

( x - 2)
3
(iii) 3

(b) Calculate the area of:

(i) 1

5.6 cm

(ii) 2

10.8 m
12 m

7m

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 (iii) A B 2

AC = 8 m
E
BE = 6.8 m
D C

(iv) 13.3 mm 2

8.5 mm 6.9 mm

18.1 mm

(c) A larger cube has volume 64 cm3. A smaller cube has edges that are half the length 2
of the edges of the larger cube. What is the volume of the smaller cube?

End of Question 3

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Question 4 (15 Marks)

(a) Completely factorise:

(i) 7 x + 56 1

(ii) 5 x - 25 + xy - 5 y 2

( 2x + 1) - (3x + 4)( 2x + 1)
2
(iii) 3

(b) In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 8 cm longer than the shortest side and 3
1 cm longer than the third side. Find the length of all the sides.

(c) In the diagram below, DPQR is right-angled at P and PR = 12. If point S is on PQ so that 2
SQ = 11 and SR = 13. Find the exact perimeter of DRQS .

12
13

P S 11 Q

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(d) What is the exact area of the kite? 2

1 cm

cm

(e) Some identical rectangles are drawn on the floor. A triangle of base 10 cm and height 2
6 cm is drawn over them, as shown, and the region inside the rectangles and outside the
triangle is shaded. What is the area of the shaded region?

End of Question 4

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Question 5 (15 Marks)

(a) In the diagram, each line segment has length x or y. Also, each pair of adjacent sides is perpendicular.

If the area of the figure is 252 units squared and x = 2y, calculate the perimeter of the figure. 3

(b) In the diagram DABC is right-angled at C. The perpendicular from C meets AB at D. If

BC = a, AC = b, DB = x and AD = y.
B
x
D

y a
h

A b C

(i) Show that h ( x + y ) = ab . 2

ab
(ii) Show that h = . 2
a +b
2 2

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(c) If x - y = a and p - q = b , write down the following in terms of a and b.
(i) 1 + y - x 2

( x - y)
2

(ii) 3
p2 - q2

(d) Driving at a constant speed, Mulan usually takes 180 minutes to drive from her house 3
to her mother's house. One day Mulan begins the drive at her usual speed, but after
1
driving of the way, she hits a bad snowstorm and reduces her speed by 20 kilometres
3
per hour. This time the trip takes her a total of 276 minutes. How many kilometres is the
drive from Mulan’s house to her mother's house?

End of Question 5

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Question 6 (15 Marks)

(a) ACDF is a square. Find the area of the BHEG. 3

cm cm
A B C

H
1 cm
G

F
cm E D
cm

(b) In the quadrilateral PQRS, PQ ⊥ QR and SR ⊥ QR.

P
Prove that ( PR ) - ( QS ) = ( PQ ) - ( RS ) .
2 2 2 2
(i) 2

Q R

(ii) Hence, prove that ( PS ) - ( QR ) = ( PQ - RS ) .

2 2 2
2

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(c) A train is made up of 18 carriages. There are 700 passengers travelling on the train. In 4
any block of five adjacent carriages, there are 199 passengers in total. How many
passengers in total are in the middle two carriages of the train?

(d) Three faces of a rectangular box meet at a corner of the box. The centres of these faces 4
form the vertices of a triangle having side lengths of 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm. Find the exact
volume of the box, in cm .
3

End of Exam

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Extra Working Page 1

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Extra Working Page 2

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