Arada subcity Woreda 06 Dagmawi Minilik Cluster Center 2nd semester

mathematics model examination for grade 8thstudents ( 2015 E.C)

DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the given alternative and
blacken on the answer sheet.
1. Which of the following statement is true about the set of numbers
denoted by W,Z and Q?
A. W  Z+ B. Z  Q C. Z  W D. W  Q+
2. What is the solution set of the equation 4 x  2  24 ?
A. {8, 4} B. {-4, 8} C. {-8, 4} D. {-8,-4}
3. The simple interest on birr 600 invested for 6 months was 30 birr.
What is the annual rate of interest?
A. 8% B. 10% C. 6% D. 14%
4. The sum of √ + √ +√ is equal to?
A. √ B. √ C. √ D.5 √
5. The lateral surface area of a right circular cylinder is 288 cm2 and the
diameter of the base is 32cm.What is the altitude of the cylinder?
A. B.32cm C. D.16cm
6. Which one of the following is not a perfect cube number?
A. 8 B.27 C. 125 D.36
7. What is the solution set of the inequality
A. {x;x<7,XɛQ} B. {x;x>-7,XɛQ}
C. * + D. {x;x>7,XɛQ}
8. In the Cartesian coordinate plane, if x>0 and y<0, then in which quadrant
does the point (x,y) lie?
A. Third quadrant B. Fourth quadrant
C. first quadrant D. Second quadrant
9. A parts of a circle which is greater than half of a circle is:
A. sector B. semi-circle C. major arc D. minor arc
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10.An angle inscribed in a semi-circle is called:
A. straight angle B. acute angle C. obtuse angle D. right angle
11. Give ▲ABC ῀ ▲DEF. perimeter of ▲ABC is 16 cm and perimeter of
▲DEF is 32cm.what is the area of ▲DEF if the area of ▲ABC is 32 cm2.
A. 64 cm2 B. 128cm2 C.256 cm2 D.32 cm2
12. In the figure given below ▲ABC is right angle at C. Line CD is
perpendicular to line AB, AD=4cm and BD =5cm, then what is the length of
AC? A
A. 4cm B. 2cm D
C. 9cm D. 6cm
C B
13. Which one of the following rational number is the largest?
A. ⁄ B. ⁄ C. ⁄ D. ⁄

14.If the area of a square region is 18m2,then what is the length sides of a square region?
A. 3√ m B.3m C. 6m D.2√ m
15. Which one of the following is true?
A. the line y=2 is a horizontal line B. the line x=-4 is a vertical line
C. the line 2x-7=3 is a vertical line D. all of the above
16. Three years ago the sum of the ages of a man and his sister was 90 years. Now the
man is 6 years older than his sister. What is the present age of the man?
A. 51 B. 45 C.60 D.28
17.▲MNO and ▲PQR are two triangles such that m(<N) =m(<Q) and = .Which
similarity theorem shows ▲MNO is similar to ▲PQR?
A.The SSS similarity theorem B. The AA similarity theorem
C.The SAS similarity theorem D. The ASA similarity theorem

18. When we compute 20+[ ,we get:

A. ⁄ B. ⁄ C. ⁄ D. ⁄
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19. The sum of
A. ⁄ B. ⁄ C. ⁄ D. ⁄
x5 4y
20.If x=8 and y=2,then what is the value of
x y

A. 10 B. ⁄ C. ⁄ D. ⁄

21.If √
A. 7 B. 13 C.-2 D.18
22. The value of √ is :
A. 0.04 B. 0.4 C.0.004 D.4
23. In the figure below, ̅̅̅̅ // ̅̅̅̅ . If AD = 10cm, BC = 12cm and AE = 8cm,
what is the length of ? A
A. 20cm B. 16cm E D
C. 24cm D. 30 cm
C B
24. For ▲ABC shown below, what is the measure of θ?
A.500 B.400 θ
C. 600 D.300 700 1200
25. If the measure of the three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:3, then
what is the measure of the largest angle of a triangle?
A.600 B.900 C. 300 D.450
26.Which of the following order is correct?

A. < < B. <

C. < D. <
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27. Which of the following is the square of an odd number?
A.256 B.361 C. 144 D.400
28. Which of the following number is neither a perfect square nor a perfect
cube?
A.36 B.32 C. 81 D.-8
29. Which pair of coordinates and quadrants is not correctly paired?
A.( ) B. ( )

C. ( ) D. ( )

30. Which one of the following equations is not equivalent to ( )

A.3x-2=10 B.2x-8=0 C. 3x=12 D.2x-1=9

31. Which of the following lines does not contain a chord of a circle?
A. secant line B. diameter C. tangent line D. lines of chords
32. Which families of plane figures are not always similar?
A. parallelogram B. square C. equilateral triangle D. circle
33. Which of the following set of numbers could not be the length of sides of
aright angled triangle?

A. 3, 4, 5 B. 12,5,13 C. 1, √ 3 D. 20,18,24
34. In the figure given below, m (AB) =1160 , m(ED)=720 and m(BE)=480
.what is the measure of<ABD? A B
A. 480 B. 1240
C. 360 D. 620 D E

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 35. is the largest chord in a circle.
A. secant B. diameter C. radius D. tangent
36. The base of a right prism is a square of side of length x and height 2x.If the
volume of a prism is 54cm3.what is the total surface area of a prism?
A. 108 cm2 B. 144 cm2 C.100 cm2 D.90 cm2
37. The volume of a right circular cylinder is 80π cm3. If the radius is doubled
and a height is halved, then what will be the volume of a cylinder?

A. 80 cm3 B. 120π cm3 C.160π cm3 D.200π cm3

38. A solid figure formed by joining all points of a circle to a point not on a
plane of a circle is called:
A. pyramid B. cylinder C. Prism D. Cone

39. How many smaller cubes of dimension 5cm long on each side can be
packed in to a wooden box of dimensions 2m by 1m by 0.5m?

A. 800 cubes B. 8000 cubes C.1250 cube D.4000 cubes

40. A carpenter is designing wooden box for sale. Each box measures length
6cm, width 4cm and height 5 cm. Before he buys the wood, he needs to find
the total surface area of the box. How many square cm of material is needed to
prepare each box?

A. 126 cm2 B. 148 cm2 C.120 cm2 D.190 cm2