GRADE 8 GEOMETRY ASSIGNMENT

September 2018

Time: 55 min Total: 50

Examiner: Mrs Ridgway
Moderators: Mrs Jacobsz, Ms McQueen, Mr Raghunandan
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QUESTION 1
Use the given words to help you complete the sentences in questions 1.1 – 1.7. Each question
requires only one word and each word may only be used once.

 supplementary
 complementary
 vertically opposite
 alternate
 co-interior
 corresponding
 acute
 right
 obtuse
 reflex

1.1 Ê 2 is a …………………………..angle.

1.2 D̂1 is an ………………………. angle.

1.3 D̂1 and D̂ 2 are ……………………………………………………..angles.

1.4 D̂ 2 and B̂6 are ……………………………………………………. angles.

1.5 B̂6 and B̂3 are ……………………………………………….…….angles.

1.6 B̂ 4 and Ê3 are …………………………………………..…………angles.

1.7 D̂ 2 and B̂3 are ……………………………………….……….………….angles. (7)

QUESTION 2
Mrs Ridgway is on holiday. Below is a map she has drawn of the area around her hotel.
The map is not necessarily drawn to scale.

2.1 Mrs Ridgway discovers that Badenhorst Ave is parallel to Naidu Rd.

Use the map drawn and the angles given to calculate the values of the missing
angles marked ‘a’ – ‘d’. Show all working and reasons.

STATEMENT REASON

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2.2 Are Carini Ave and Marcellin Street parallel? Prove your answer with appropriate
reasons.

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QUESTION 3

3.1 Solve for x and y. STATEMENT REASON

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3.2 Solve for x.

STATEMENT REASON

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3.3 Solve for x.

STATEMENT REASON

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QUESTION 4
Determine the value of c, d and e, with reasons, in the following diagram:
E G

e 100
B
A c

d D
51
C

F H

STATEMENT REASON

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QUESTION 5
State only the value of the unknown angles. No reasons required.

a=
b=
c=
d=
e=
f=

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QUESTION 6

Solve for the unknown angles x, y and z in each of the diagrams below.

6.1 6.2
z

STATEMENT REASON

6.1

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6.2

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QUESTION 7

Mr Raghunandan and Ms McQueen are confused. Mr Ragz says that EF is parallel to ST

but Ms McQueen says they are not. Who is correct? Explain how you made your decision.
You may show your working on the diagram.

Who is correct?__________________________________________________________

I know this because _______________________________________________________

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