JUNIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT

GRADE 8
MATHEMATICS
TERM 2
OPENER
Learner’s Name: ______________________________________________________________
Assessment No: _____________________________ Grade: __________________________
Date: _______________________________________________________________________
OUT OF 50 MARKS
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY. Learners
Score Range Performance Level Tick Score.
80-100 Exceeding Expectation Learners
60-79
40-59
Meeting Expectations
Approaching Expectations
%
Below 40 Below Expectations
QUESTIONS
1. Identify the integers in the following numbers by underlining them (2mk)
-9
2
9 9.5 1 /5
2. Use a number line to perform the following operations.
a.) -3 +5 (2mks)

b.) -4 – 4 (2mks)

c.) -2 -7 +4 (2mks)

d.) 3 + 2 (2mks)

3. Identify which number is greater

a.) -6 and 0 (1mk)

b.) -4 and -3 (1mk)

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4. If you spend /8 of your salary on paying rent, /3 on food, /6 on school fees and save the rest.
a.) Determine the fraction you save. (2mks)

b.) If your salary is sh.24,000. Determine the amount you spent on. (2mks)
i. Food.

ii. School fees. (2mks)

iii. Rent. (2mks)

iv. Savings. (2mks)

5. Convert 5/6 and write the answer in 2 coorect decimal places. (2mks)

6. A water tank holds 100 littres. Akinyi used ¼ of the tank to cean clothes. She also used
0.25 of the tank to clean their house. What is the amount of remaining water in
decimals. (2mks)

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7. Juma was teaching his fellow leaners how to count when using a number line. He wants to
teach Auma how to count when determining -4 +7.
a.How many steps is Juma required count to get the asnwer when starting at -4 mark. (1mk)
_____________________________________________________________________________
b.) what is Jumas final answer (2mks)
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c.) Draw an illustration of how juma will finally get the answer. (2mks)

8. Determine the height of the tank below if its volume is 6160 cm3. (3mks)

9. Use the diagram below to answer the following questions.

a.) The shape below is called__________________________________ (1mks)

b.) If a =5, b =10 and h = 8 determine the area of the shape. (2mks)

10. Work out: (3mks)

2(3a+b) - 3(a+2b)

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11. Determine the value of angle a, b, c and d. (4mks)

a-
b-
c-
d-

12. The graph below shows Onyangos journey from town M to town N. use it to anser the
questions that follow.

a.) What distance had Onyango covered at:

i. 9am __________________________________ (1mk)
ii. 7am __________________________________ (1mk)
b.) Onyango arrive in tow N at exactly______________________________ (1mk)

c.) What was Onyango’s speed for the first hour. (2mk)

d.) What is the distance between the two towns (2mks)

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