LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Monthly Test – October 2016

Subject : Mathematics
Class : 8 ….......
Duration : 2 periods Date : ........................................
Candidate's name : ........................................................... Admission no : .........................

Instructions to candidates :
• Answer all the questions.
• Record your answers in the spaces provided in this paper for Part – I.
• Use lined papers and graph papers to answer the questions in Part – II.
PART ­ I

1. (i) Find the value of 22. – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(ii) Write as a single number in index form 23 × 23. – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(iii) Find the value of 2–1. – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(iv) Write the reciprocal of 3 . – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

2
3 2
(v) Find. 7 + 7 – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

4 3
(vi) Find. 9 × 8 – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(vii) Express 0.23 as a fraction. – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(viii)Find. 1.2 + 1.22 – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

(ix) Express 1 as a decimal. – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

5

(x) Find. 8 – 3 – ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

9 9
[Total = 10 marks]
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2. (i) Give 2.3 × 10–1 as an ordinary number.

(1 mark)

(ii) Write 56700 in standard form.

(1 mark)

(iii) Give 3.7946 correct to

(a) three decimal places.

(b) three significant figures.

(4 marks)

(iv) Correct each number to one significant figure and find a rough value.
2.8 × 9.7
2.7

(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]

3. (i) State whether each of the following quantities is a length, an area or a

volume.

(a) 23 m2
(b) 230 m3
(c) 2300 m

(3 marks)
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(ii) Make "S" the subject.

(a) P = 2S + R

(2 marks)
(b) N = IT – 2S

(3 marks)
XS
(c) Z =
3

(2 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]

4. (i) Solve an illustrate on a number line.

5 ≤ 4+x

(3 marks)

(ii) Write a formula connecting the given letters.

Letter v is equal to the sum of letter u and ten times letter t.

(3 marks)
1
(iii) Given that A = P + I, find A when P = 5 and I = –20.
10

(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
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5. (i) Find the LCM of 16, 8, 24.

(3 marks)

(ii) Find. 5 3 – 2 1
4 2

(3 marks)
1 – 2
(iii) Find. 3
2 3
7
8

(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]

6. (i) Find. (–2) × (+3)

(2 marks)
(ii) Simplify.
(a) (x) (x) (x) (b) x + x + 2x2
(4 marks)
(iii) Find p.
5(p – 2) – 3(p + 1) = 0

(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
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PART ­ II

• Record yur answers on lined papers and graph papers provided.

1. (i) List out the elements of the following set. Multiples of 5 less than 38.
(2 marks)
(ii) Given that

ε = { 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 }
A={6,7,8}

(a) List A.
(3 marks)
(b) Show A in a Venn diagram.
(5 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]

2. A journey of a lorry from a work site to a city is shown in the travel graph below.

150 ●

120 ● ●
Distance (km)

90

60

30

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (h)

(i) How far is the city from the site ?

(1 mark)
(ii) What is the distance travelled in the first 2 hours ?
(2 marks)

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(iii) What is the speed of the lorry in the first 4 hours ?
(3 marks)
(iv) How many hours did the lorry reremain stationary ?
(1 mark)
(v) Convert the above answer into minutes.
(1 mark)
(vi) How many hours did the lorry travel in the second stage ?
(2 marks)
(vii) What is the distance travelled in the second stage ?
(2 marks)
(viii)What is the speed of the lorry in the second stage ?
(3 marks)
[Total = 15 marks]

3. (i) Find the gradient and the y intercept on the y axis of

2y = 4x – 2
(2 marks)
(ii) Give the equation of the lines with gradient 4 which passes through

(a) (0 , 2)
(b) (0 , –2)
(2 marks)
(iii) (a) Find the gradient of the line passing through (3 , 4) and (4 , 8).
(2 marks)
(b) Hence find the equation of the above line.
(3 marks)
(iv) Draw on a graph paper the following graphs and name them.

(a) x = 5
(1 mark)
(b) y = –2
(1 mark)
(c) y = x
(2 marks)
(d) y = –2x
(2 marks)
[Total = 15 marks]

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