Student Name: ___________________

YEAR 8
Assessment 2
May 2023
Mathematics
Time Allowed: 45 minutes
Total Marks: 45 marks
General Instructions
 Answer ALL questions on this paper.
 Write using black pen
 Board approved Calculators may be used
 Write your name above and circle your teacher’s name below
 All necessary working should be shown in every question
 A handwritten A4 one-sided Summary sheet may be used
 Erasable pens, liquid paper or whiteout are not to be used. Instead, draw a neat single line
through mistakes and rewrite.

Topic Part A: Part B: Total

Core Skills Harder Applications

Measurement /20 /10 /30

Equations /10 /5 /15

TOTAL /30 /15 /45

Mr Baker Ms Sandyford/Mrs Busch Mr Callaghan

Ms Ynson/Nocera Mr Srbinovski Mr Vass Mr Smith

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Section A

MEASUREMENT (20 marks)

1. Convert the measurements below to the units indicated. (5)

a) 3.2 m = _________ cm b) 34 000 cm = _________ km

c) 5 cm2 = _________ mm2 d) 840 cm³ = _________ L

e) 3 days = _________ minutes

2. Find the perimeter of the shape below. Assume all adjacent sides are
perpendicular to each other (2)

3. Find the area of the solid triangle. (2)

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4. Find the time difference between 6:30 a.m. and 4:10 pm, on the same day. (1)

5. Find the area of the circle. Give your answer correct to two decimal places. (2)

6. A sector of a circle is shown below. Calculate the perimeter of the sector,

correct to one decimal place. (3)

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7. The area of the trapezium shown is, correct to one decimal place: (2)

8. Use Pythagoras’ theorem to find the length of the unknown side in the
right-angled triangle given below. (2)

9. We know we have a right-angled triangle if 𝑐𝑐 2 = 𝑎𝑎2 + 𝑏𝑏 2 .

Which one of the following triangles is right-angled. (1)

A. B. C.

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EQUATIONS (10 marks)

10. Consider the equation 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 + 2 (3)

a) Find 𝑦𝑦 if 𝑥𝑥 = 3

b) Given 𝑦𝑦 = 17, find the value of 𝑥𝑥 by solving the equation

11. Solve the following equations (5)

𝑥𝑥
a. − 4 = 5

𝑥𝑥
b. 4 + 2 = 3

5−𝑥𝑥
c. 4
=6

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12. Solve the following inequality and draw the solution on the number line. (2)

a. 5 + 4𝑚𝑚 < −3

End of Section A

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Section B

MEASUREMENT (10 marks)

13. Find the volume of the composite 3D shape below: (3)

14. Find the total surface area of the shape below (4)

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15. A rectangular swimming pool of uniform depth with dimensions of
50𝑚𝑚 long 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 15𝑚𝑚 wide holds 1650𝑚𝑚3 of water. How deep is the pool,
correct to one decimal place? (2)

16. What percentage of the area of the circle is shaded, correct to one decimal place? (1)

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EQUATIONS (5 marks)

17. In AFL the score (S) is given by the expression 6𝑔𝑔 + 𝑏𝑏, where g is the
number of goals and b is the number of behinds. Redlands Firsts score
8 behinds, and their score was greater than or equal to 74. (3)

a) Write an inequality to describe this scenario.

b) Solve the inequality for the least number of goals scored.

4𝑥𝑥
18. Solve the following equation: −
3
+ 8 = −4(𝑥𝑥 − 5) (2)

End of Paper

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