Mid Term Practice Test - Paper 1- 2024-2025
Mid Term Practice Test - Paper 1- 2024-2025
SESSION 2024-25
MID TERM PRACTICE TEST
GRADE 8
Marks Obtained: /60 Internal Assessment Marks: /40 Total Marks: /100
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1. a) Find each of the following products. [2]
i) ( - 31x) × ( - 7x)
𝟏
ii) - 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝒛𝟐 × 𝟗𝒙𝒚𝒛
𝟑
i) 4 + ( x +4) ( 2x + 3)
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c) Factorise each of the following expressions completely. [3× 𝟐 = 𝟔]
𝟐 𝟐
i) 𝒙 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏𝟐 ii) 𝒂 − 𝟏𝟔𝒂 + 𝟐𝟖
c) 𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟑𝟔 = 𝟎
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5. a) Work out the values of a, b, c and d. [2+1+1+2+1=7]
i) 70°, 80°, 90°, 100° ii) 60°, 80°, 90°, 130° iii) 50°, 80°, 105°, 125º
c) Work out the sum of the interior angles of a polygon with 8 sides.
d) Four of the interior angles of a pentagon are 120°. Work out the 5th angle.
e) AB, BC and CD are three sides of a regular polygon. How many sides does the polygon
have ?
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6. The scatter graph shows information about the heights and arm spans of ten students in
A school.
a) What type and strength of correlation does this scatter graph show? [1]
b) Another student has a height of 150cm. Estimate the arm span of this student. [2]
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b) Explain why you can only give class intervals for the mode and median, and not exact
values.
7. The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the mass of potatoes grown per plant for 12 plants in
two different locations. [1+2+1=4]
a) What fraction of the plants from each location had a mass of potatoes less than 700 g per
plant?
b) What percentage of the plants from each location had a mass of potatoes greater than
825 g per plant?
c) Which location, A or B, had the most variation in the mass of potatoes grown per plant?
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8. Find the value of a. [2]
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