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TOPICAL TEST
Year 8
Chapter 7,8 – Fractions, Expressions, equations and formulae

Name: Date: Mark: _________ / 62 Percentage:

1 Solve the following equations: [12]

a) 7(x+4)= 42 b) 3(3 x+6) = 27

c) 4 (7 - x)  5(x+ 2) d) 5 ( x+4)= 2(10 x+1)

e) 4(3 x-5) = 8(5-2) f) 6(2 x+ 7)  50+ 3x

g) x(8-2)  12(3+4) h) 3(x + 1 5) = 4x(7-3)

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2 Without using a calculator, work out: [12]

a) 7 5 b) 3
6 x of $35.45
9 8 5

c) 12 9 d) 6 9
÷ 5 -
7 11 11 13

e) 3 1 f) 11 5
x3 2 +
8 6 12 7

g) 5 6 3 7
÷ +3
6 7 4 8

3 Feti chooses a number, adds 7, multiplies the result by 5 and gets the answer 55. [3]

a)If x is the number Feti first chose, write down an equation that can be used to determine the
number.

b)Solve the equation to determine the value of x.

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4 [2]
3 1
A loaf of bread requires kg of flour. How many loaves can be made from 6 kg of flour?
4 2
Estimate the final answer.

5 The figure below shows a right-angled triangle. [3]

3m


x+4 m

a)Write down an expression for the area of the triangle.

b)What is x if the area is 15 m2 ?

6 A firm that makes floppy discs knows that 4/20 of the discs they produce have faults. How many [3]
faulty floppy discs would you have if you bought:

A) 100 discs

B) 66 discs

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C) 2000 discs

7 Adam, Johnson and Omar have a total of 71 sweets. Adam has twice as many sweets as Jason, [3]
while Jason has 5 more sweets than Omar. How many sweets does Omar have?

8 2 1 [3]
a) The bottle contains1 litres of mango squash. To make a drink, of a litre of squash is
5 200
needed. How many litres of squash can be made from the bottle?

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b)For one drink of mango squash, of a litre of water is needed. How much water is needed for
100
2
1 litres of mango squash?
5

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9 If x=3 and y=5, find the values of the following equations: [6]

a) 3(x² + 8y) b) 9y²- 7x³-16

c) 4 y −3 x d) 38(3x² - 2y)= 74
6(3 −2)

10 2 [3]
A school has 800 pupils. The Headmaster decides to send a questionnaire for about of them.
5

a) Find out how many students received the b) 55 new students registered for the school,
questionnaire. and all of them had been handed over the
questionnaires by the Headmaster. Find out
the new fraction of students that had
received the questionnaire.

11 V=u + at is the formula of speed. From the formula, Find: [4]

a) Find v when u=-5, a=4 and t=3 b) Find a when v=18,u=6 and t=4

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c) Find t when v=40, u=13 and a=4.5 d) Find u when v=36, a= 2 and t=6.5

12 A rectangle has a width of 3/4 m, and an area of 2/3/5 cm2. What is the length of the rectangle, in [2]
cm?

13 [2]

The diagram above shows a cuboid that has the length, width and height of 4/1/5cm, 3/3/8 cm, and
2/3/4 cm respectively. Calculate the volume of the cuboid.

14 2 y ²+5 z −3 x [2]
a) If x= -2, y= -3 and z= -4, find the value of
4x

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v² [2]
b) As a= , find the value of r when a=10 and v= -8
r

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