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Grade 8 Maths Exam Paper November

The document is a Grade 8 Mathematics exam paper consisting of five sections: Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Probability, and Displaying Data Visually, totaling 50 marks. Each section contains various mathematical problems, including simplifications, operations with fractions and decimals, percentage calculations, probability questions, and data representation tasks. Students are given 60 minutes to complete the exam.

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Grade 8 Maths Exam Paper November

The document is a Grade 8 Mathematics exam paper consisting of five sections: Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Probability, and Displaying Data Visually, totaling 50 marks. Each section contains various mathematical problems, including simplifications, operations with fractions and decimals, percentage calculations, probability questions, and data representation tasks. Students are given 60 minutes to complete the exam.

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Grade 8 Mathematics Paper

Name: ____________________

Date: ____________________

Total Marks: 50

Time: 60 Minutes

Section A: Fractions (10 marks)

1. Simplify the following fractions:

a) 24/36

b) 45/60 (2 marks)

2. Add or subtract the following:

a) 3/4 + 2/3

b) 5/6 - 1/4 (4 marks)

3. Multiply and divide the following:

a) 2/5 × 3/8

b) 7/9 ÷ 2/3 (4 marks)

Section B: Decimals (10 marks)

4. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide the following decimals:

a) 5.7 + 3.24

b) 9.1 - 2.56

c) 1.3 × 2.5

d) 6.72 ÷ 0.4 (4 marks)

5. Convert the following decimals to fractions:

a) 0.25

b) 1.6 (2 marks)

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6. Order the following decimals from smallest to largest:

0.75, 0.09, 0.8, 0.45 (2 marks)

7. Round the following to 2 decimal places:

a) 3.456

b) 7.899 (2 marks)

Section C: Percentages (10 marks)

8. Convert the following percentages to decimals and fractions:

a) 25%

b) 80% (4 marks)

9. Find the percentage of the following numbers:

a) 20% of 150

b) 35% of 80 (4 marks)

10. Increase 120 by 15%. (2 marks)

Section D: Probability (10 marks)

11. A bag contains 4 red balls, 5 green balls, and 1 blue ball. Find the probability of:

a) Picking a red ball

b) Picking a green ball

c) Not picking a blue ball (3 marks)

12. A number is chosen at random from 1 to 10. What is the probability that it is:

a) Even

b) A multiple of 3

c) Greater than 7 (3 marks)

13. Write the probability of getting a tail when flipping a fair coin. (1 mark)

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14. Explain what 'probability of 0' and 'probability of 1' mean. (3 marks)

Section E: Displaying Data Visually (10 marks)

15. Use the data below to draw a bar graph:

| Favorite Fruit | Number of Students |

|----------------|--------------------|

| Apple | 10 |

| Banana |6 |

| Orange |8 |

| Mango | 12 | (4 marks)

16. Look at the bar graph you made. Answer:

a) Which fruit is the most popular?

b) Which fruit is the least popular? (2 marks)

17. Draw a pie chart to represent the same data. (Label each slice) (4 marks)

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Probability is the ratio of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes. The probability of not picking a blue ball involves picking either a red or green ball. Total balls are 10, with 9 not being blue (4 red + 5 green). Probability = favorable/total = 9/10.

To order decimals, compare the numbers digit by digit starting from the left. For 0.75, 0.09, 0.8, and 0.45, the sorted order is 0.09, 0.45, 0.75, 0.8.

Multiplying fractions involves multiplying the numerators together and the denominators together. For 2/5 × 3/8, multiply the numerators: 2 × 3 = 6, and the denominators: 5 × 8 = 40. The product is 6/40, which simplifies to 3/20.

A probability of 0 indicates an event cannot occur, while a probability of 1 signifies certainty of the event occurring.

To add fractions, you find a common denominator and adjust the fractions accordingly. For 3/4 and 2/3, the least common denominator is 12. Rewrite 3/4 as 9/12 and 2/3 as 8/12. Adding these gives 9/12 + 8/12 = 17/12 or 1 5/12.

To convert 25% to a decimal, divide by 100, giving 0.25. To convert to a fraction, express 25% as 25/100, which simplifies to 1/4 by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 25.

Even numbers between 1 and 10 are 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, totaling 5. The set contains 10 numbers. Probability = number of favorable outcomes/total outcomes = 5/10 = 1/2.

To convert 0.25 to a fraction, consider 0.25 as 25/100, since the decimal 0.25 is the same as 25 hundredths. Simplify 25/100 by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their GCD, which is 25, resulting in 1/4.

To find the percentage increase, calculate 15% of 120: (15/100) × 120 = 18. Add this to the original number: 120 + 18 = 138.

To simplify a fraction, you divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). For the fraction 24/36, the GCD is 12. Thus, the simplified form is (24÷12)/(36÷12) = 2/3.

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