MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 8 EXAMINATION 2019

MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 1½ hours

(An extra 10 minutes is allowed for reading this paper)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your Index Number in the space provided in the Answer Booklet.

2. All answers are to be written in the Answer Booklet with either blue
or black ink. Do not use red ink.

3. Do not spend too much time on any one question. Do not start writing
until you are told to do so.

4. Write neatly and clearly.

5. If you use extra sheets of paper, be sure to show clearly the question
number(s) being answered and to tie each sheet in your Answer Booklet
at the appropriate places. Ensure that your Index Number is written on
the extra sheets.

6. There are two sections in this paper. Both Sections A and B are
compulsory.

SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS

SUGGESTED
SECTION QUESTION TYPE MARK
TIME
There are twenty multiple choice questions.
A All are compulsory. 40 36 minutes

There are fourteen short-answer questions.

B All are compulsory. 60 54 minutes

TOTAL 100 90 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS

The following shows how to answer multiple-choice questions in the Answer

Booklet.

(a) In your Answer Booklet, circle the letter of the best answer.
If you change your mind, put a line through your first
circle and draw a circle round the letter of your next choice.

For example: 12 A B C D

(b) If you change your mind again and like your first answer
better, put a line through your second circle and tick (P)
your first answer.

For example: 12 A B C D
P
(c) No mark will be given if you circle more than one letter as
the answer for a question.

SECTION A [40 marks]

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

There are twenty questions in this section. Each question is worth 2 marks.
Answer all questions.

Circle the letter of the best answer in the Answer Booklet.

1. The numbers in the set {384,762 385,532 344,125 384,352} when

arranged in ascending order is

A. {385,532 384,762 384,352 344,125}

B. {384,762 385,532 384,352 344,125}
C. {344,125 384,352 384,762 385,532}
  D.                {344,125 384,762 384,352 385,532}

2. Which of the following is a multiple of 6?

A. 86 C. 16
B. 36 D. 3

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3. -5 − -3 =

A. 8 C. -2
B. 2 D. -8

4. The value of 44 is

A. 256 C. 8
B. 16 D. 4

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5. Calculate 14 ÷ =
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A. 49 C. 4
B. 21 D. 1

6. 456.278 + 21.455 =

A. 774.733 C. 434.823
B. 477.733 D. 434.328

7. Which of the following set of numbers are the triangular numbers from 1 to
21?

A. {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18, 20} C. {1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21}

B. {1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21} D. {4, 9, 16}

8. Solve 8n + n =

A. 10n C. 8n
B. 9n D. 7n

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9. Use the diagram of the circle given below to answer the question.

r !!
Use: 𝜋 =
  !

If r = 14 cm, the circumference of the circle would be

A. 308 cm C. 88 cm
B. 154 cm D. 49 cm

10. The area of the given triangle is 72 cm2 and the base length is 6 cm. What is
the height of the triangle?

height

6 cm

A. 66 cm C. 12 cm
B. 24 cm D. 6 cm

11. Mr. Karan bought a bottle of juice with a volume of 1,250 ml. This is equal to
__________ litres.

A.      1,2500 C. 125
B. 1,250 D. 1.25

12. Josaia’s weight is 35 kg. If Maciu’s weight is twice as much as Josaia’s, what
would be Maciu’s weight?

A. 105 kg C. 35 kg
B. 70 kg D. 30 kg

13. Mele left for school at 7.00 a.m and arrived school at 7.45 a.m. How many
minutes did it take Mele to reach school?

A. 60 minutes C. 30 minutes
B. 45 minutes D. 15 minutes

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14. Jatin borrowed $200 from a bank. The bank charged a 10% interest on the
money he borrowed. How much interest would Jatin pay to the bank?

A. $220.00 C. $180.00
B. $210.00 D. $20.00

15. Use the diagram given below to answer the question.

y

2
1
  x
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
-1
-2 C
-3

What are the coordinates of point C?

A. (1, -2) C. (-1, -2)

B. (-2, 1) D. (-2, -1)

16. A __________________ has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices.

A. Cuboid C. Cylinder
B. Square Pyramid D. Triangular Prism

17. The diagram below shows the net of a ____________

A.      pyramid C. cylinder
B. cube D. cone

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18. Use the diagram given below to answer Question 18.

55°

The size of the angle marked b is

A. 225° C. 125°
B. 180° D. 55°

19. The table below shows the number of children who wore each of the
following colours of clothes for Year 8 class picnic.

Colours Blue Red Yellow Green Orange

Number of
42 26 15 37 10
children

How many more children wore blue than orange clothes?

A. 52 C. 32
B. 42 D. 10

20. A Year 8 student scored the following subject marks in a test.

Subject Marks
Mathematics 28
English 40
Basic Science 45
Health Science 42
Social Science 38

What is the median score?

A. 193 C. 38
B. 40 D. 28

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SECTION B [60 marks]

There are fourteen questions in this section. Answer all the questions.
Write the answer to each question in the space provided in the Answer
Booklet. Show all necessary working as partial mark may be awarded
if your answer is incorrect.

QUESTION 1
Each question is worth 1 mark. Answer all the questions.

1. (a) The place value of the underlined digit in 645,321 is _______________.

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(b) Change the fraction to a decimal.
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(c) 478.23 ÷ 100 =

(d) Write the next square number of the given number sequence.

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ___

(e) 1,800 metres = ________ kilometres.

(f) Complete the given formula

Distance
Speed =

(g) 5% of $100 =

(h) Name the shape given below.

(i) Study the shape given below to answer the given question.

                                     

The part labeled x is a _____________.

(j) Given below are marks of Rani’s Mid Term Test.

Find the range of the marks.
Mathematics English Basic Health Social Hindi
Science Science Science
86 75 82 89 79 95

The range of the marks is _______.

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QUESTIONS 2 – 6

Each question is worth 3 marks. Answer all the questions.

2. The diagram below shows Year 7 students likeness of pets as a dog

or a cat.

Set A = Students who have dogs as pets.

Set B = Students who have cats as pets.

U A B Tomu

Kalvin
Pita Ann
Tina Paula Matai
Selai Akisi
Ash
Deo Priya
Koroi Sonam
Taina
Simon
Kara

Roma Sunia

(a)              List the members of set B. (1 mark)

(b)              How many students are in Year 7? (1 mark)
(c) List (A ∩ B) (1 mark)

3. The table shows the input (i) and output (r) of a number machine
using the formula, r = 2i + 2.

i r
1 4
3 w
5 12
x 20
11 24
15 y

Find the value of:

(a) w (1 mark)
(b) x (1 mark)
(c) y (1 mark)

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4. Mrs. Prasad bought a 25 kg bag of flour for $35.00 from a

supermarket.

(a)        Mrs. Prasad wanted to pack flour into small plastic bags of
500 g. How many small bags of flour will she pack from the
25 kg bag? (2 marks)

(b) How much money will she earn if she sold all the small bags
of flour for $2.00? (1 mark)

5. Use the diagram of an angle below to answer Question 5.

130°

(a) Name angle b. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the size of angle b. (2 marks)

6. Satish collected the following data on the favourite sports of students

in his class.

18

16

14
Number
12
of
10
Students
8

Rugby Soccer Netball Hockey Table Tennis

Type of Sport
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(a) Which two sports are equally liked by the students? (1 mark)

(b) Which sport is least liked by the students? (1 mark)

(c) Which is the favourite sport of the students in Satish’s class?(1 mark)

QUESTIONS 7 – 11

Each question is worth 4 marks. Answer all the questions.

7. Sheena bought 20.5 m of rope for her clothes line.

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(a) If Sheena uses of the rope, how many meters of rope will  
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she use? (2 marks)  

(b) How many meters of rope will then be left? (1 mark)

(c) If 1 metre of rope costs $2.50, how much would Sheena pay
for 20.5 metres of rope? (1 mark)

8.
(a) For the flow chart given below, find the missing values for
(i) and (ii).

x Subtract x−4 (i) 5(x− 4)

4

Add 4 Divide
(ii) 4 20
by 5

(2 marks)

(b)              Find the value of x.

(2 marks)
!𝒙
=4
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9. Study the cuboid given below and answer the questions that follow.

h= 5 m

w=3m
l = 10 m

(a) Calculate the volume of the above cuboid. (2 marks)

(b) If the cuboid is to be filled with water to a height of 3 metres,

how many litres of water will be needed? (2 marks)

10. Use the diagram given below and answer the questions.

60° x

(a)              Name the type of triangle shown above. (1 mark)

(b)              Calculate the size of angle marked x. (1 mark)

(c) What type of angle is y? (1 mark)

(d) What is the sum of the interior angles of the above triangle? (1 mark)

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11. A group of Year 8 boys participated in a long range goal kicking

competition in school. The following results in metres were obtained.

Distance
65 48 65 56 35 52 71 58 65 65
(m)

(a) What is the longest distance to which the ball was kicked? (1 mark)

(b) What is the mode of the kicks? (1 mark)

(c) What is the average distance of the kicking competition? (2 marks)

Questions 12 -14

Each question is worth 5 marks. Answer all the questions.

12. In a survey, there are 2,500 people that watch a favourite TV program.
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of the viewers are males.
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(a) Calculate the number of male viewers. (1 mark)

(b) What is the number of female viewers? (1 mark)

(c) How many more male viewers are there than females? (1 mark)

(d) What percentage of the viewers are females? (2 marks)

13. Mr. Kumar wants to buy sports equipment for a sports club on
hire purchase.

Cash Price: $15,000

Deposit: 30% of cash price

Instalments: $300 monthly

for 4 years.

(a) Calculate the deposit to be paid on hire purchase. (1 mark)

(b) How much will he pay altogether as instalments in 4 years?(2 marks)

(c) Calculate the total amount paid by him on hire purchase

by the end of 4 years. (1 mark)

(d) How much could he save by buying the sports equipment

on cash? (1 mark)

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14. (a) Use the diagram given below to answer the questions that follow.
y

A
5
B
4
3

2
C
1
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
-1

-2
-3

-4
-5

(i) In your Answer Booklet, plot point D and E and

complete the pentagon. (2 marks)

(ii) Write the coordinates for point D and E. (1 mark)

(b) If the shape is translated 6 units down and 5 units to the

right, what would be the coordinates of E ? (2
marks)

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