MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 8 EXAMINATION 2016

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 need more paper, ask the supervisor for extra sheets. Tie these sheets in
the appropriate places in the Answer Booklet.

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

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

B There are fourteen short-answer questions. 60 54 minutes

All are compulsory.

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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 ()
your first answer.

For example: 12 A B C D

(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 best answer from the choices given.

1. A regular ________________ has ten equal angles.

A. decagon
B. nonagon
C. octagon
D. pentagon

2. The _______________ of the tree is five metres.

A. height
B. volume
C. weight
D. age

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3. Three hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred and four written in
numerals is

A. 354,404
B. 354,440
C. 350,404
D. 350,044

4. Find 6n + n =

A. 7n
B. 7n²
C. 6n
D. 6n²

Use the table below to answer Questions 5 and 6.

A student scored the following marks in a test.

English 98

Maths 70

Basic Science 90

Healthy Living 78

Social Science 56

5. The range of the students’ marks is

A. 42
B. 65
C. 78
D. 98

6. The subject with the median score is

A. English.
B. Maths.
C. Basic Science.
D. Healthy Living.

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7. What are the coordinates of point B?

A. ( 2,1 )
B. ( 1,2 )
C. ( 2,2 )
D. ( 1,1 )

8. When 1.2 metres is converted into centimetres, it would be

A. 12 centimetres.
B. 1.2 centimetres.
C. 120 centimetres.
D. 1200 centimetres.

9. Subtracting 232,411 from 456,721 would give

A. 224,310
B. -224,310
C. 224,301
D. -689,132

10. ³
When 3 is expanded it is equal to

A. 3 + 3
B. 3 + 3+3
C. 3 × 3
D. 3 × 3×3

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Use the Set below to answer Question 11.

Set Q = { -5, -2, -1, 0, 1 }

11. Which is the smallest integer in Set Q?

A. 1
B. 0
C. -1
D. -5

Use the diagram below to answer Question 12.

12. The cube above has ____________ edges.

A. 12
B. 8
C. 6
D. 3

13. The volume of a container with length 5 cm, width 4 cm and height
4 cm would be

A. 20 cm².
B. 80 cm³.
C. 80 cm².
D. 16 cm³.

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Use the diagram below to answer Question 14. The diagram shows
two sets, Set S and Set T.

S T

9 7 6

10 8
5

14. From the diagram, S  T would be

A. { 7,8 }
B. { 5,6,7,8 }
C. { 5,6,9,10 }
D. { 5,6,7,8,9,10 }

15. The size of an interior angle of a rectangle is

A. 270˚
B. 180˚
C. 90˚
D. 45˚

16. Mr. Lee bought a bottle of juice with a volume of 1,500 ml. This is
equal to ______________ litres.

A. 1,500
B. 150
C. 15
D. 1.5

17. John shared $135,624 equally between his two sons. How much would each
son get?

A. $67,812
B. $271,248
C. $135,622
D. $135,624

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18. John’s weight is 30 kg. If Maciu’s weight is double that of John’s, what would
be Maciu’s weight?

A. 15 kg
B. 30 kg
C. 60 kg
D. 90 kg

19. The place value of the underlined digit in the number 145.946 is

A. thousandth.
B. hundredth.
C. tenth.
D. ones.

20. In Fiji the time is 9 am. Australia is two hours behind Fiji. What is the time in
Australia?

A. 11 pm.
B. 11 am.
C. 7 pm.
D. 7 am.

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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.

QUESTION 1

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

1. (a) The place value of the underlined digit in 987,345 is _______________.

(b) Find the value of a when 4a = 12

(c) Timothy scored the following marks in an exam. In which subject

would he probably score the least mark in the next exam?

Maths English Social Basic Healthy

Science Science Living

69 63 78 74 80

(d) Name the shape below.

(e) Find the area of a square if the length of a side is 8 cm.

(f) Find the missing value in the equation below:

-5 + =1

(g) ²
Simplify 2 – 1 =

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(h) How many grams is 12 kg?

2
(i) Change to a decimal.
5

(j) A student leaves his home in Nausori at 7 am. He arrives in school after
one hour and ten minutes. What time does he reach the school?

QUESTIONS 2 – 6

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

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

i r
1 3
2 x
3 11
4 18
y 27
8 66

Find the value of:

(a) x (1 mark)
(b) y (2 marks)

3. The table below represents the number of students living in

different areas.

LAMI NASINU NASESE KINOYA CAUBATI

10 15 12 8 10

(a) Find the total number of students living in the different

areas. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the average number of students. (2 marks)

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SECTION B (continued)

Find the missing value in the following equations:

4. (a) $13.50 – $6.25 = (1 mark)

1 3
(b) + = (1 mark)
5 5

(c) 6- =8 (1 mark)

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

125°

s°

(a) Name angle s. (1 mark)

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

6. Mr. Satish took a loan of $12,000 from a bank. The bank

gives an interest of 5% per annum for 3 years.

(a) Calculate the Simple Interest paid for 3 years. (2 marks)

(b) What is the total amount that Mr. Satish would have
to pay back to the bank? (1 mark)

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Questions 7 – 11

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

7. The diagram below shows Set F and Set G.

U F G

1 5 9

3 7 12
15

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

(b) Find F  G (1 mark)

(c) Write down two prime numbers from the universal set. (2 marks)

8. A triangular prism has a base of 20 cm, height of 10 cm and length of 10 cm.

1
Volume = ( ×b×h)×l
2

(a) How many faces does the prism above have? (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the volume of the prism using the

formula given above. (2 marks)

(c) How many litres of water can the prism hold? (1 mark)

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SECTION B (continued)

9. The diagram below shows a rectangular playing field.

30 m

20 m

(a) What is the area of the playing field? (1 mark)

(b) How many metres of fencing wire are needed to fence the
playing field? (1 mark)

(c) If the posts of the fence are 5 m apart, how many posts
will be needed to completely fence the playing field? (2 marks)

10. Work out the following:

(a) Mary needs a total of 3.5 metres to sew a dress. She has
a piece of cloth with a length of 1.04 metres. How many
more metres does she need? (2 marks)

(b) If Ram buys 3 tins of fish at $3.85 each, what will be his
change if he gives a $50 note to the shopkeeper? (2 marks)

11. The weight of a truck is 3 tonnes.

1 tonne = 1000 kg

(a) The truck is loaded with another 1 tonne of cargo. What

is the total weight of the truck and the cargo in kg? (2 marks)

1
(b) If of the cargo is off-loaded, how many tonnes
5
of cargo is left? (2 marks)

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Questions 12 -14

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

12. In a survey, there are 5,000 people that listen to a favorite radio station. One
quarter of the listeners are males.

(a) What percentage of the listeners are females? (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the number of male listeners. (1 mark)

(c) What is the number of female listeners? (1 mark)

(d) How many more female listeners than males? (1 mark)

13. Mrs. Jays bought a double bed on hire purchase. The cash
price is $750 but she deposited $200 and pays $48 as monthly
installments for 2 years.

(a) What is the total installments paid for the first year? (1 mark)

(b) If she bought the bed on cash how much money could
she save at the end of the first year? (2 marks)

(c) What is the total amount she paid for the hire purchase? (1 mark)

(d) Which of the two methods of buying, hire purchase or

cash is cheaper? (1 mark)

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SECTION B (continued)

14. (a) Use the diagram below to calculate the missing angles.

44°
c°
b°
65°

Find the size of angle:

(i) b (2 marks)

(ii) c (1 mark)

(b) A fisherman’s catch is represented in the pie-chart as shown below.

FISHERMAN’S CATCH FOR A DAY

Kabatia
Saqa

Ogo

(i) If the fisherman caught 80 fish for a particular

day, find the number of Saqa caught on that day. (2 marks)

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