ST MARTIN’S COLLEGE

Annual Examinations – 2023

Student’s Name and Surname: ___________________________________________________

Class: ___________________________
____________________________
Subject: Mathematics
Level: Level 8

Teacher/s: Ms. Joanna Bugeja

Ms. Alexia Meilak Gouder

Paper: Core Paper

Maximum Mark:
80 marks

Date: This cell will be filled in by Administration.

Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

Any “Special Sheets”

n/a
or “Equipment” to be
given out with this
Paper:
Special Instructions Calculators are allowed.
to the Invigilators: No rough paper is to be given to the students.

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1. Find the value of:

1 3 3
22 + 4 × 12 – 9 ÷ 2

(2 marks)

2. The total cost of placing an advertisement in a newspaper comprises a fixed cost

of €3.50 and a variable cost that depends on the number of words, each word
costs 25c.

a) Find the total cost of placing an advertisement containing 22 words.

b) If Paul does not want to spend more than €15 on an advertisement, what is
the greatest number of words he can use?

(1, 1 marks)

3. a) Complete the following table:

Fraction Decimal Percentage

0.64

55%

0.824

3
14

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 b) Sam always spends 15% of his pocket money on sweets. One week he spent
€3.30 on sweets. How much pocket money did he receive during that week?

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c) Out of a salary of €4500, I kept 3 as savings. Out of the remaining money, I
spent 50% on food and 20% on rent. How much money do I have left?

(4, 2, 2 marks)

4. a) Simplify the following ratios:

1 1
i) 12 : 14 ii) 0.75 : 2

b) Given that 42:32 = 8:3b, find the value of b.

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 c) Some teachers went camping with two camps. The ratio of teachers to
campers for Camp A was 2:15. The ratio of teachers to campers for
Camp B was 1:8. Which camp had more campers?

d) At a stationery shop, the ratio of pencils to erasers to rulers is 4:3:5. There

are 490 pencils and erasers. If the shop sells each ruler for €2, how much
money can be collected from the sale of all the rulers?

(2, 2, 1, 3 marks)

5. a) Change these mixed numbers to decimals. Give your answer correct to 2

decimal places if necessary:
6 2
i) 57 ii) 165

b) It’s spaghetti night at Emma’s house. She has ½ a cup of grated cheese to
sprinkle equally over 3 bowls of spaghetti. What fraction of a cup of cheese
does she put in each bowl?

c) Kim collected 1½ bins of glass bottles to recycle. Matthew collected 1¾

times as many bins as Kim. How many bins of bottles did Matthew collect?

(2, 1, 1 marks)
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6. a) i) Simplify the following expression:

29𝑥 + (−13) − 7𝑥 − (−18𝑦) + (−20) − 15𝑦

ii) Find the value of the expression simplified above when 𝑥 =½ and 𝑦 =2.

(2, 2 marks)

7. a) Solve the following equations:

i) 20𝑥 + 5 = 5𝑥 + 65

ii) −4(7𝑞 + 9) = −92

iii) 5(2𝑦 + 3) − 3(3𝑦 − 2) = 2

(2, 2, 2 marks)

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 b)

(3𝑥 + 1)cm
(3𝑥 − 1) cm

6cm

i) Write and simplify an expression for the area of the triangle shown above.

ii) The area of the triangle is 24cm2 . Form an equation to find the value of 𝑥.

iii) Calculate the perimeter of this triangle.

(2, 2, 2 marks)

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8. a) Find the missing angles, giving reasons for your answers:

𝑥° = _____________________________________

94° 𝑑° 𝑦° = _____________________________________
𝑤°
𝑥° 𝑏° 𝑏° = _____________________________________
31°
𝑦° 𝑞° 𝑞° = _____________________________________
𝑐°
𝑤° = ____________________________________

𝑐° = ____________________________________

𝑑° = ____________________________________

b) Find the value of 𝒙 in the diagram below.

(7, 2 marks)

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9. Construct triangle ABC where AB=7cm, BC=5cm and B̂ = 60°. Use compasses
and ruler only.

(3 marks)

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 10. The outer ring of this spinner is divided into 8 sections, with numbers 1, 3, 5
and 7. The inner ring is divided into twelve equally sized sections.

a) If you spin the pointer, on which number is it the least likely to stop on?

b) What is the probability of getting a 7 on this spinner?

c) What is the probability of getting a 1 on this spinner?

d) What is the probability of getting a 2 on this spinner?

(4 marks)

11. a) Find the shaded area of this shape:

(4 marks)

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b) The diagram below is made up of 3 semi-circles and a square. Find:

i) The area of the shape.

ii) The perimeter of the shape.

(3, 2 marks)

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12. a) Three cubes, each of side 4cm, are joined together to form a cuboid, as shown in
the diagram below. Find the total surface area of this cuboid.

4 cm

4 cm

4 cm 4 cm 4 cm

b) The two cuboids shown below have the same volume. Find the height of cuboid B.

(2, 1 marks)

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13. a) Complete the following table for the straight line 𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟖.

𝒙 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
−𝟐𝒙
+8
𝒚

b) On the graph paper provided, draw the straight line 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 8.

Use 2cm = 1 unit on the 𝑥-axis and 1cm = 1 unit on the 𝑦-axis.

c) Write down the co-ordinates of the 𝑦-intercept.

d) By taking any two points on the graph, work out the gradient of the line.

e) Does the point (7,−6) lie on this line? Verify using the equation of the line.

(2, 3, 1, 2, 2 marks)

14. a) Write the equation of the line passing through the point (0,−4) and parallel to the
line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3.

b) Sketch the line found in question (a) above.

(1, 1 marks)
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