Mathex 2015 Year 8

8/1 Put a circle around the correct answer

What is the sum of 3 consecutive whole numbers where the middle number is n?

a) 3n b) 6n c) 9n d) 12n

8/2 This is the Chinese Year of the Sheep. These years are on a 12 year cycle.
When is the next Year of the Sheep.

8/3 I think of a number, double it and add one. If my finishing number is 17, what
number did I start with?

8/4 Find a set of positive integer numbers which add to 10 and multiply to 30

8/5 Jonathan is brushing his hair in the mirror when he sees the clock behind him tell
him the time is ten past three. What is the real time?

8/6 How many rectangles are there in this figure?

The answer is not 5!!

8/7 A rectangle has an area of 12 square metres. If the sides are always integer
values, what is the maximum perimeter?

8/8 How many of the smallest rectangles

need to be shaded to represent half of a
quarter?

8/9 How many different ways can 70 cents be made using current coinage?

8/10 Find the value of x 30

x x

8/11 a  b means take the square of a and add it to a,

all multiplied by the square of b.

Find the value of 3  4
8/12 After the number one, what is the next number that is both a square number and
a triangle number.

8/13 This year Galileo would have been four hundred and fifty-one years old. How old
would he have been in 1600?

8/14 On Waitangi Day 2012, Ricky was three times as old as Sam. On Waitangi Day
2015, Ricky will only be twice as old as Sam. How old were they on Waitangi
Day 2012?

8/15 There are sets of 5 positive whole numbers that have a mean, median and mode
all equal to 3.

Find the set which contains the number 4.

8/16 Rachel has 20 metres of fencing. She makes all the different rectangles with
integer sides, one after the other. What is the total area she has enclosed?

8/17 This Mystic Rose 7 points.

How many lines would be needed to draw a mystic rose
which has 10 points?

8/18 The digits 1,2,3,4 are used to make 4-digit numbers, such as 2143, and 1342.
Tom finds 24 different numbers. He puts them in numerical order from smallest,
to largest. What is the difference between the smallest and the largest?

8/19 X squared plus y squared equals three hundred and sixty five. Find all the sets of
values, of x and y

8/20 Three students, Alex, Beatrice and Chris are to share in a maths fund for working
hard on their Mathex problems.

Alex gets $1 plus one third of what is left

Beatrice gets $6 plus one third of what is left now

Chris gets everything that is left, which is $40.

How much money was in the fund to begin with?

MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 8 – 2015
No units required

Number Answers Comment

1 a) or 3n either
2 2027
3 8
4 2, 3, 5 In any order
5 ten to nine or 8:50 either
6 10
7 26
8 2
9 6
10 52.5 Degrees not
required
11 192
12 36
13 36
14 3, 9 Any order
15 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 Any order
16 95
17 45
18 3087
19 2, 19 AND 13, 14 Both as shown
20 $100
MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 8 – 2015
No units required

Number Answers Comment

20 $100
19 2, 19 AND 13, 14 Both as shown
18 3087
17 45
16 95
15 2, 3, 3, 3, 4 Any order
14 3, 9 Any order
13 36
12 36
11 192
10 52.5 Degrees not
required
9 6
8 2
7 26
6 10
5 ten to nine or 8:50 either
4 2, 3, 5 In any order
3 8
2 2027
1 a) or 3n either