GL Maths Paper 8

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Maths
Multiple
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Practice Test
Paper 8
Time: 45 minutes
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1 Look at the three statements below:
h + 11 = 26
k x 3 = 36
m - 5 = 12
y x 2 = 32
z + 2 = 15
Which letter has the largest value?
Ah Bk Cm Dy Ez
2 A square tile is shown below.
12 cm
12 cm
What is the area of the shaded part of the square tile?
A 36cm2 B 108cm2 C 98cm2 D 11cm2 E 33cm2
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3 Look at the number written in words below:
Three hundred and thirty and one tenth
What is this number as a decimal number?
A 340 B 331 C 313 D 330.1 E 330.01
4 The figure below shows 4 lines q, r, s and t.
q r
Which of the statements below is true?
A Line q is parallel to line r

B Line s is parallel to line q
C Line t is perpendicular to line s
D Line s is perpendicular to line q
E Line q is parallel to line s
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5 Here are the scores of five pupils in a test.
Clara 45 marks
Mark 40 marks
Robert 45 marks
Ellie 25 marks
Charlotte 30 marks
What is the mean (average) mark for the pupils?
A 37 B 38 C 40 D 36 E 35
Look again at the marks achieved by the five pupils in the previous question.
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What is the range for these marks?
A5 B 15 C 10 D 25 E 20
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1.75 litres of milk costs £2.94.
What is the cost of a quarter litre of milk?
A 73.5 pence B 98 pence C 42 pence D 39 pence E 36 pence
8 What is the cost of milk per litre?
A £2.94 B £1.44 C £1.56 D £1.96 E £1.68
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9 Look at the function machine below.
Starting number x5 - 0.75 Answer
What answer does the function machine give when the starting
number is 4?
A 12.5 B 8.25 C 24.25 D 19.25 E 15.25
10 What answer does the function machine give when the starting
number is 3.5?
A 15.5 B 17.5 C 14.75 D 16.85 E 16.75
11 Rebecca uses her calculator to carry out the calculation:
173 x 1.8 = 311.4
Look at the calculations below.
Which calculation also gives the answer 311.4?
A 17.3 x 0.18
B 17.3 x 18
C 173 x 0.18
D 1.73 x 1800
E 173 x 18
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12 What is the number that completes this calculation?
2832 + 3421 = ___?____
A 591 B 1411 C 589 D 6253 E 1589
13 What is the number that completes this calculation?
2791 + ___?____ = 4029
A 6820 B 2338 C 1238 D 2778 E 1378
14 A bus travels 3 kilometres. A second bus travels 37 metres farther.
How far does the second bus travel?
A 3.37m B 40m C 3037m D 3.37km E 40km
15 Julie has a subscription to a magazine. It costs her £4.25 each month.
How much in total does she pay for the contract in 1 year?
A £51 B £12.75 C £12.65 D £50.90 E £42.50
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16 Look at the right-angled triangle below.
Which of the statements below are true?
A angle x and angle y are both acute angles

B angle x and angle y are both obtuse angles
C angle x and angle y add to make 120o
D angle x and angle y add to make 180o
E x and y are both reflex angles
17 Kelly thinks of 2 numbers. When she adds the numbers she gets 15.
When she multiplies the numbers she gets 56.
What are the two numbers Kelly thinks of?
A 5 and 10
B 6 and 9
C 4 and 11
D 7 and 8
E 3 and 12
18 Normal body temperature is 36.8oC. Eden was not feeling well.

Her mother took her temperature and it was 38.3oC.
How much was her temperature above normal?
A 2.5oC B 1.6oC C 2.6oC D 1.4oC E 1.5oC
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19 The series of patterns below is made using some white and some shaded
square tiles. Pattern 1 contains 4 tiles. It has two white and two shaded
tiles.
Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3
If this series of patterns is continued, what is the total number of

tiles in Pattern 6?
A 16 tiles B 19 tiles C 20 tiles D 17 tiles E 18 tiles
20 Another pattern in the same series has 8 shaded tiles.
What is the total number of tiles in this pattern?
A 23 tiles B 19 tiles C 26 tiles D 25 tiles E 22 tiles
21 Look at Pattern 3.
What percentage of the pattern is shaded?
A 25 % B 40 % C 75 % D 4% E 20 %
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22 The temperature in Dublin is 3oC.

The temperature in London is 7oC lower than in Dublin .
What is the temperature in London?
A 10oC B –4oC C 4oC D –10oC E –3oC
23 The temperature in Aberdeen is - 2oC.

The temperature in Moscow is 4oC lower.
What is the temperature in Moscow ?
A 2oC B 0oC C 6oC D –6oC E –2oC
24 Look at the number below.
37.295
What is the value of the 7 in this number?
A 7 hundreds
B 7 tenths
C 7 tens
D 7 hundredths
E 7 units
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25 The area of the triangle below is 21cm2
7 cm
What is the value of x?
A 7cm B 6cm C 3cm D 4cm E 5cm
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Look at the stopwatch below.
60
55 5
50 10
45 15
40 20
35 25
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The hand on the stopwatch is pointing to 15. The hand now moves
clockwise through 150o.
What number will the hand be pointing to after turning clockwise

through 150o?
A 45 B 40 C 55 D 50 E 35
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27 The normal price of a laptop is £290. In a sale it is reduced by 25%.
How much does Justin pay for it in the sale?
A £217.50 B £22.50 C £67.50 D £216.50 E £72.50
28 In 2012 the 21st November will fall on a Wednesday.
What day will the 21st December 2012 fall on?
A Wednesday
B Thursday
C Friday
D Saturday
E Sunday
29 Look at the grid below. It is made up of small squares. The side of each
small square is 1 cm long. A rectangle is drawn on the grid.
What is the area of the rectangle?
A 11 cm2 B 15 cm2 C 30 cm2 D 36 cm2 E 25 cm2
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30 Look at the five fractions below
7 5 18 38 2
/12 /6 /24 /48 /3
Joshua writes these fractions in order from smallest to largest.
Which fraction will be the middle fraction when Joshua writes them
in order?
A 7/12 B 5/6 C 18/24 D 38/48 E 2/3
31 Look at the rule below:
Multiply the previous number by 4 and subtract 1/2
The first 2 numbers in a sequence are done for you.
2 7 1/2 __?__ __?__
What is the third number in the sequence?
A 30 B 27.5 C 30.5 D 28.5 E 29.5
32 What is the fourth number in the sequence?
A 120.5 B 117.5 C 118.5 D 119.5 E 118
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In an ice-skating competition Isla has to perform 20 times.

33 Each performance is scored out of 10 marks. In the box below are the
marks awarded to Isla by one of the judges.
8 5 6 3 6
7 5 2 5 4
7 3 9 5 8
6 7 5 8 4
The frequency table below is to be used to show the marks awarded by

the judge.
Isla’s score Frequency
1-3
4-6
7-9
With what frequency did Isla achieve a score of 1-3?
A1 B2 C3 D4 E5
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A 10 B8 C 12 D 11 E9

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A4 B5 C6 D7 E8
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A bag contains 20 boiled sweets. There are 10 lemon sweets, 5 lime
36 sweets and 5 strawberry sweets. It is not possible to see into the bag.
Look at the probability line below. The letters A, B, C, D and E show
equally spaced positions on the probability line.
Impossible Certain
a b c d e
John puts his hand in the bag and chooses a sweet.
Which arrow shows the probability that a blackcurrant sweet is chosen?
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
Which arrow shows the probability that a lemon sweet isn’t chosen?
37 Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
Which arrow shows the probability that a lime sweet is chosen?

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Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
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Which arrow shows the probability that a lime sweet isn’t chosen?
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
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Which arrow shows the probability that a boiled sweet is chosen?
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee
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Look at the grid below. It is made up of small squares. The side of each
41 small square is 1 cm long. A horizontal line of length 6 cm is drawn on
the grid. This line is one side of a rectangle of area 15 cm2.
What is the length of each of the vertical sides?
A 3cm B 2cm C 0.5cm D 1.5cm E 2.5cm
42 Look at the square below. Each of its sides is 5 1/2 cm long.
What is the area of the square?
A 25 cm2 B 251/4 cm2 C 291/2 cm2 D 301/4 cm2 E 301/2 cm2
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43 Robert is driving around Europe. His car uses 7.9 litres of petrol each
hour.
If Keith travels for 8 hours, how many litres of petrol does his car
use?
A 56.2 B 63.2 C 56.7 D 58.7 E 61.2
44 Look at the calculation below.
3211 - 899 = ?
What is the missing number that completes the calculation?
A 3688 B 2328 C 2492 D 3712 E 2312
45 Riona sells buns. The cost of 102 buns is £48.80.
What is the cost of 306 buns?
A £97.60 B £146.40 C £144.40 D £126.40 E £96.60
END OF TEST
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MATHS PAPER 8 ANSWER SHEET
1 C 16 A 31 E
2 B 17 D 32 B
3 D 18 E 33 C
4 D 19 B 34 A
5 A 20 E 35 D
6 E 21 B 36 A
7 C 22 B 37 C
8 E 23 D 38 B
9 D 24 E 39 D
10 E 25 B 40 E
11 B 26 B 41 E
12 D 27 A 42 D
13 C 28 C 43 B
14 C 29 C 44 E
15 A 30 C 45 B

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1 Look at the three statements below:

Which letter has the largest value?

2 A square tile is shown below.

What is the area of the shaded part of the square tile?

A 36cm2 B 108cm2 C 98cm2 D 11cm2 E 33cm2

Please go to the next page >>>

3 Look at the number written in words below:

Three hundred and thirty and one tenth

What is this number as a decimal number?

A 340 B 331 C 313 D 330.1 E 330.01

4 The figure below shows 4 lines q, r, s and t.

Which of the statements below is true?

A Line q is parallel to line r

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5 Here are the scores of five pupils in a test.

What is the mean (average) mark for the pupils?

What is the cost of a quarter litre of milk?

A 73.5 pence B 98 pence C 42 pence D 39 pence E 36 pence

8 What is the cost of milk per litre?

A £2.94 B £1.44 C £1.56 D £1.96 E £1.68

Please go to the next page >>>

9 Look at the function machine below.

Starting number x5 - 0.75 Answer

A 12.5 B 8.25 C 24.25 D 19.25 E 15.25

A 15.5 B 17.5 C 14.75 D 16.85 E 16.75

11 Rebecca uses her calculator to carry out the calculation:

173 x 1.8 = 311.4

Look at the calculations below.

Which calculation also gives the answer 311.4?

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12 What is the number that completes this calculation?

2832 + 3421 = ___?____

A 591 B 1411 C 589 D 6253 E 1589

13 What is the number that completes this calculation?

2791 + ___?____ = 4029

A 6820 B 2338 C 1238 D 2778 E 1378

14 A bus travels 3 kilometres. A second bus travels 37 metres farther.

How far does the second bus travel?

A 3.37m B 40m C 3037m D 3.37km E 40km

15 Julie has a subscription to a magazine. It costs her £4.25 each month.

A £51 B £12.75 C £12.65 D £50.90 E £42.50

Please go to the next page >>>

16 Look at the right-angled triangle below.

Which of the statements below are true?

A angle x and angle y are both acute angles

What are the two numbers Kelly thinks of?

18 Normal body temperature is 36.8oC. Eden was not feeling well.

How much was her temperature above normal?

A 2.5oC B 1.6oC C 2.6oC D 1.4oC E 1.5oC

Please go to the next page >>>

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

If this series of patterns is continued, what is the total number of

A 16 tiles B 19 tiles C 20 tiles D 17 tiles E 18 tiles

20 Another pattern in the same series has 8 shaded tiles.

What is the total number of tiles in this pattern?

A 23 tiles B 19 tiles C 26 tiles D 25 tiles E 22 tiles

What percentage of the pattern is shaded?

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2832 + 3421 = _?__

2791 + _?__ = 4029

2 7 1/2 ? ?