YEKA SUB CITY ADMINSTRATION OF EDUCATION BUREAU

ADDIS ABEBA
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GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS 1 SEMESTER MODEL EXAMINATIONS
2016E.C / 2024G.C

NUMBER OF QUESTIONS: 40 TIME ALLOWED: -1 HOUR

GENERAL DIRECTIONS

THIS BOOKLET HAS EXAMINATION OF MATHEMATICS.IN THIS

EXAMINATION, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS.
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 1. Which one of the following is Not True about numbers (N,W,Z,Q)
A. ∈
-5
2
W B. {3} ∁ W C. {1,2,3} ∁ N D. B and C
2. Consider the following number line -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
B
Which one is not the value of B?
-3 -15 -5
A. B.-1.5 C. D.
2 10 2
3. If |4-x| - 3 = 15, then which of the following are the values of x?
A. -8 and -12 B. -14 and 22 C.4 and 8 D.-6 and 6
4. From the following inequalities which one is correct?
A. (-5)3 > -3 B. (1/2)3 > 1/2 C. (-3)3 < -3 D. (1/3)3 < 0
5. Which one is ascending order?
A. 45, 35, 64, -25 B. -1, -50, -4, 25, 64 C. 3, 16, 25, 36 D. -14, -20, -25, -30
1 3 1
6. 2 + +3 = ----
5 8 5
A.430/40 B.231/40 C.341/40 D.314/40
3 2
7. Simplify +
5 7
A.31/35 B.6/35 C.35/6 D.41/30
1 3
8. 4 - =------------
5 5
A.18/5 B.36/45 C.41/36 D. All
9. Which one of the following is Not True about subtraction of rational numbers
A. The difference of two rational numbers is always a rational number
B. Addition and subtraction are inverse operations of each other
C. The difference of two whole numbers is always Whole number
D. For any numbers a and b, a – b= a +(-b)
10. What is the reciprocal of 25/9
A. 36/9 B.63/25 C.9/25 D. none
2
11. The quotient of (8x +20xy) ÷ 4x is
A.2x +4xy B.2x +5y C. 6x +4y D.5xy
12. There are six friends and they went to divide a pizza equally among themselves,
then the amount of pizza each friend will get is-------------of the total pizza
A. 1/6 B.2/5 C.4/6 D.3/6
13. Which one of the following descending order of the numbers 21/12, 13/16, 11/5,
22/9?
A. 11/5, 13/16, 21/12, 22/9 B.13/16, 21/12, 11/5,
22/9
C.22/9, 11/5, 21/12, 13/16 D. none
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14. What principal will bring Birr 400 interest at a rate of 10% is 5 years?
A. Birr400 B. Birr 200 C. Birr 600 D. Birr 800
15. In which quadrant lie the point P(-3,-5) on a coordinate plane
rd th nd st
A.3 B.4 C.2 D.1

16. The line Y= -3X passes through

A. 1st and 3rd quadrants B.2ndand 4th quadrants
C.1st and 4th quadrants D.2nd and 3rd quadrants
17. If X=-3, then evaluate 5X - 8
A.-15 B. -6 C.42 D.-23
18. Which one of the following point Do not lie on the line Y + X =10?
A. (-1,11) B.(0,10) C.(4,-6) D.(2,8)
19. If (6,a) lie on the line 4x+y = 6 ,then the value of a is
A.-10 B.-18 C.-14 D.9
20. If 5R + 15 = 20R – 45 , then the value of R is
A.60 B. -4 C.-7 D. 4
21. If three fourth of a number is one-tenths ,what is the number?
A. 2/15 B.30/18 C.6 D. none
22. The sum of the age of a man and his wife is 96 years the man is 6years older than
his wife .How old is his wife ?
A. 40 years B.51 years C.61 years D.45 years
23. Eight times a natural number is increased by 4 times the number is at most 24 .
What are the possible values of the numbers?
A.1 or 2 B. 3 or 4 C. -5 or 6 D. none
∈
24.Find the solution set of 2(x + 1) ≤ 8x-( 4x-10), x Q
A.{ } B. {-4} C. {x;x≤ -4} D.{x;x≥ -4}
1
25.4-3x ≤ (2 +8x) the value of x is
2
A. x ≤ -5 B. x ≥ 3/7 C. x ≤ -20 D. x >15
3
26. If x=0.5 then x is equal to A.0.0125 B.12.5 C. 0.125
D.0.25
27. If 3 x = 4 then x is equal to? A.8 B.64 C.16 D.2

28. Which of the following is not true?

A. 0.01 is perfect square number B. (3.2)2 is between 16 and

17
3
C. - 100 = -10 D. - -1000 = 10

29. Which of the following numbers are not paired with its square?

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A.18 and 324 B.16 and 256 C.14 and 169 D.21 and 441
2 2
30. If (6.23) = 38.8129 then what is 623

A. 3881.29 B. 388129 C. 38812.9 D. 0.388129

31. If the area of a square is 1cm2 , then what is the length of its side?

1
A.1cm B.4cm C.0.2cm D. cm
2

32. Which of the following numbers is not a perfect cube?

A.0 B.1 C.-64 D.81

33. Which of the following statement is true?

A. The cube root of a positive number is negative

B. The cube root of a negative number is positive

C. The cube root of a negative number is negative

D. The cube root of zero is positive

34. If 21.07 = 4.59 then 0.2107 is

A.45.9 B.0.459 C.0.0459 D.459

35. Which of the following is False?

1 1 1 1
A. = B. x 2 = x C. 0.01 = 0.1 D.- =
16 4 81 9

x 2 x x
36.If =- then what is ( ) 3 _ ( ) 2 ?
y 3 y y

1 20 12 1
A. B.- C. - D.
4 27 23 2

37. A father is 60 years and his daughter is 12 years in how many years will the father
be four times as old as his daughter? A.6 B.8 C.4
D.2

2x-3 x-2 5x-1 1

38. The solution set of + = is? A.-4 B. C.17
2 4 3 3
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D.-2

39. The solution set of the inequality 3(4x-6) ≤ 2(6x-1) is?

A. {0} B. { } C. {x: x ∈ Q} D. {12}

40. Which of the following inequalities has infinite solution?

A. - 3x+2≥2(x-4), x ∈W B.
3x-2
2
≤
2x-3
4
, x ∈Z +

C. 0.2x - 0.5 < 2.5-0.8x , x ∈ N

1
D. x ≥ - 3 , x
2
∈ Z

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