Year 8
Year 8
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Multiply 12 by 9.
Divide 783 by 3.
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Alan buys a bar of chocolate for 31p and a can of coke for 29p. How much does
he spend altogether?
Barbara buys lunch in the canteen. It costs her 2.53.
If her main course costs 1.74, how much does her sweet cost?
Charles buys 5 packets of stamps. Each packet has 24 stamps in it.
How many stamps does he buy?
David, Elizabeth and Ferdi share a large bag of sweets equally If there are 57
sweets in the bag, how many will each of them get?
There are 30 pupils in class 8R. Half go home for lunch.
How many of the pupils go home for lunch?
George is recording a TV programme. It starts at 20 past 8 and lasts for 55
minutes. What time does the programme finish?
Hayley buys some jeans for 36.75. How much change should she get from 40?
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Multiply 36 by 5.
Divide 9 by 2.
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Alan buys two packets of felt-tipped pens for 1.15 each and a drawing pad for
2.60. How much does he pay altogether?
Barbara buys two packets of sandwiches for 1.25 each and a drink for 34p.
How much does she pay altogether?
Charles buys 9 large bags of crisps. Each bag has 15 small bags inside it.
How many small bags of crisps does he have?
David is making sandwiches. One tin of tuna fish makes 9 sandwiches.
How many tins of tuna will he need to make 100 sandwiches?
George's bus takes 19 minutes to get to school. If it leaves the bus stop at 8:18
a.m., what time will it get to school?
Howard buys a T-shirt for 5.89 and pays with a 10 note.
How much change should he get?
Write in the 24 hour clock: 10 to 9 in the evening.
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John had a collection of 42 model pigs. His baby sister lost one sixth of them.
How many pigs did John have left?
Write in figures the number: three million and five.
Adam bought two comics. One cost 42p and the other cost 55p. How much
change should he get from 5?
Is 2.099 closer to 2 or 3?
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A train leaves Derby at 7:53 a.m. and arrives in London at 10.11 a.m.
How long does the journey take?
Estimate the answer to 21.6 x 94.
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Here is a sequence of numbers: 4, 6, 9, 13, 18. Write down the next number in
the sequence
Write down the value of a2 when a= 11
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Multiply 28 x 9.
What is the largest number you can make out of the digits 3 9 2 8?
Albert buys 4 hot dogs for 4.64. How much do they cost each?
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Work out 33
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Multiply 33 by 9.
Aisha buys a pair of jeans for 32.50 and a jumper for 25.75.
How much change should she get from 60?
There are 25 chocolates in a box.
How many chocolates would you get in 20 boxes?
Party invitations come in packs of eight. I need 25 invitations.
How many packs do I have to buy?
Write in figures the number seven thousand and seventy
Look at these numbers: 3.7645. Write down the digit in the thousandths column.
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A TV news programme starts at 8.45 p.m. and finishes at 9.35 p.m. How long
does it last?
Sally buys three books for 4.38. How much does each one cost?
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Two angles in a triangle are 43 and 56. What is the third angle?
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An ordinary fair dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling an odd number?
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Look at these numbers: 28, 37, 46, 55. What is the next number in the sequence?
Look at these numbers: 13 26 39. What is the next number in the sequence?
If a return train ticket costs 38, how much will return tickets for 5 people cost?
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Think of the word neat written in capital letters: N E A T. Which of the letters
does not have a line of symmetry?
Write in figures the number two hundred thousand and five.
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If an ordinary dice is rolled 300 times, how many times would you expect to get
an even number?
The formula for the length of a car and a caravan is t = 2.8 + c.
Find t when c = 3.4.
A jacket and a pair of trousers cost 145. If the jacket costs 75, how much are
the trousers?
Crunchy Bars cost 35p each. How many could you buy for 5?
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A 40 sheet pad of writing paper costs 64p. A 60 sheet pad costs 90p.
Which is better value?
What is 3 fifths of 60?
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What is 17 % as a decimal?
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Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting two heads?
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Multiply 89 by 9.
If a packet of cornflakes costs 1.60, how much would you pay for 5 packets?
The numbers 1, 4, 9, 16 are square numbers. What is the next square number?
Think about a. triangular pyramid, made from, card. Think about unfolding, the
card back . How many triangles will there be?
Think of any whole number. If you double it will the answer be an even or
odd number?
Look at these angles: 160, 55, 310, 105. Which one is a reflex angle?
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What is the biggest odd number you can make from the digits 4 2 5 6?
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Look at these numbers: 0.17 0.19 0.21 0.23. What is the next number m the
sequence?
One angle of an isosceles triangle is 120 degrees. Write down the size of the other
two.
True or false: 193 is a multiple of 3?
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The lines x = 2 and y = 4 cross at a point. Write down the co-ordinates of the
point.
Convert 6500 g to kg.
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Lynne buys 4 Ibs of apples. About how much do the apples weigh in kg?
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The speed limit in towns is 30 mph. About how fast is this in kmph?
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Multiply 14 by 8.
Jane does 5 divided by 8 on her calculator. She gets 0.625 on her display. Write the
answer in pence correct to the nearest penny.
Imagine an ordinary dice. The spots on the opposite sides add up to 7.
How many spots are there on the dice altogether?
In a code 1 stands for a, 2 for b, 3 for c and so on. Find the value of 3f + 2e.
One angle in an isosceles triangle is 100 degrees. What size are the other two angles?
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A square has an area of 64 square cm. What is the length of the sides
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Look at these numbers: 4, 9, 16. Write down the next number in the sequence
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Look at these numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65. Which one is a multiple of 7?
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Alan buys a bar of chocolate for 41p and a can of coke for 39p.
How much does he spend altogether?
Divide 573 by 3.
Multiply 12 by 7.
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Trinity High has 38 computers. 3 are broken and 2 are away for repair.
How many computers are working?
The price of a box of biscuits rises from 1.96 to 2.42.
How much has it gone up?
The temperature at midday is 19.8 C. During the afternoon it rises to 21.9 C.
How much has the temperature risen?
There are 30 pupils in class 8S. One third go home for lunch.
How many of the pupils go home for lunch?
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Alan buys two packets of felt-tipped pens for 1.35 each and a drawing pad for
2.50. How much does he pay altogether?
Divide 7 by 2.
Multiply 32 by 5.
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Barbara buys two packets of sandwiches for 1.25 each and a drink for 44p.
How much does she pay altogether?
Charles buys 7 large bags of crisps. Each bag has 12 small bags inside it.
How many small bags of crisps does he have?
David is making sandwiches. One tin of tuna fish makes 9 sandwiches.
How many tins of tuna will he need to make 50 sandwiches?
Estimate the answer to 8.3 x 10.9.
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George's bus takes 14 minutes to get to school. If it leaves the bus stop at 8:16
a.m., what time will it get to school?
Howard buys a T-shirt for 5.69 and pays with a 10 note.
How much change should he get?
What is the square root of 36?
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Adam bought two comics. One cost 45p and the other cost 63p. How much
change should he get from 5?
Add 25, 55 and 85.
Is 4.099 closer to 4 or 5?
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John had a collection of 36 model airplanes. One sixth of them still needed
painting. How many airplanes needed painting?
Take 177 from 550
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A train leaves Leeds at 6.40 a.m. and arrives in London at 8.55 a.m.
How long does the journey take?
Estimate the answer to 32.6 x 96.
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Here is a sequence of numbers: 6, 8, 11, 15, 20. Write down the next number in
the sequence
How many days are there in 12 weeks?
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A factory makes 550 Easter eggs each day. How many will it make in 5 days?
Albert buys 4 hot dogs for 4.84. How much do they cost each?
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What is the largest number you can make out of the digits 5 9 4 8?
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Work out 53
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Multiply 63 by 9.
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Two angles in a triangle are 53 and 58. What is the third angle?
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If a return train ticket costs 32, how much will return tickets for 5 people cost?
Look at these numbers: 14, 27, 40... What is the next number in the sequence?
Look at these numbers: 25, 34, 43, 52... What is the next number in the sequence?
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A 40 sheet pad of writing paper costs 64p. A 60 sheet pad costs 99p.
Which is better value?
A jacket and a pair of trousers cost 125. If the jacket costs 65, how much are
the trousers?
Crunchy Bars cost 36p each. How many could you buy for 5?
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If an ordinary dice is rolled 200 times, how many times would you expect to get
an even number?
In survey of 50 people, 6 were left handed. What percentage were left handed?
The formula for the length of a car and a caravan is t = 3.2 + c.
Find t when c = 2.9.
Think of a cube. How many edges has it got?
Two coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting a head and a tail (in any
order)?
What is 15% as a decimal?
What is
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If a packet of cornflakes costs 1.80, how much would you pay for 5 packets?
Look at these angles: 160, 55, 310, 85. Which one is an obtuse angle?
Multiply 71 by 9.
The numbers 1, 3, 6, 10 are triangle numbers. What is the next triangle number?
Think about a cube, made from, card. Think about unfolding, the card back . How
many squares will there be?
Think of any whole number. If you double it and add 1 will the answer be an even
or odd number?
Work out 155 divided by 5.
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Look at these numbers: 0.16, 0.19, 0.22, 0.25... What is the next number m the
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Lynne buys 6 lbs of apples. About how much do the apples weigh in kg?
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One angle of an isosceles triangle is 100 degrees. Write down the sizes of the
other two.
The lines x = 1 and y = 3 cross at a point. Write down the co-ordinates of the
point.
The speed limit on some roads is 50 mph. About how fast is this in kmph?
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What is the biggest even number you can make from the digits 8 2 6 5 ?
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Jane does 3 divided by 8 on her calculator. She gets 0.375 on her display. Write
the answer in pence correct to the nearest penny.
Multiply 16 by 8.
One angle in an isosceles triangle is 80 degrees. What size are the other two
angles?
Take 56 from 400.
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A small car costs 7250. Terry pays a 10% deposit. How much is the deposit?
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A square has an area of 36 square cm. What is the length of the sides
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Look at these numbers: 5, 10, 17. Write down the next number in the sequence
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Look at these numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65. Which one is a multiple of 8?
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Think of a square with sides 7.5 cm. What is the perimeter of the square?
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Stephen buys a bar of chocolate for 41p and a can of coke for 32p. How much
does he spend altogether?
Sarah buys lunch in the canteen. It costs her 2.60.
If her main course costs 1.66, how much does her sweet cost?
Kevin buys 8 packets of stamps. Each packet has 12 stamps in it.
How many stamps does he buy?
Gordon, Kirsty and Hazel share a large bag of sweets equally If there are 39
sweets in the bag, how many will each of them get?
Divide 525 by 3.
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Multiply 15 by 9.
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Waterloo High has 46 computers. 9 are broken and 12 are away for repair. How
many computers are working?
Take 67 from 120
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The price of a box of biscuits rises from 1.84 to 2.25. How much has it gone
up?
The temperature at midday is 18.4 C. During the afternoon it rises to 20.7 C.
How much has the temperature risen?
There are 32 pupils in class 8T. One eighth go home for lunch.
How many of the pupils go home for lunch?
What is half of 23?
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Anthony buys two packets of felt-tipped pens for 1.25 each and a drawing pad
for 2.70. How much does he pay altogether?
Wendy buys two packets of sandwiches for 1.55 each and a drink for 54p.
How much does she pay altogether?
David buys 11 large bags of crisps. Each bag has 15 small bags inside it.
How many small bags of crisps does he have?
Peter is making sandwiches. One tin of tuna fish makes 8 sandwiches.
How many tins of tuna will he need to make 100 sandwiches?
Divide 13 by 2.
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Matthew's bus takes 23 minutes to get to school. If it leaves the bus stop at 8:19
a.m., what time will it get to school?
Jo buys a T-shirt for 6.29 and pays with a 10 note.
How much change should she get?
Multiply 42 by 5.
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A train leaves Halifax at 7:53 a.m. and arrives in Huddersfield at 8:14 a.m.
How long does the journey take?
Matt bought two comics. One cost 62p and the other cost 75p. How much change
should he get from 5?
Add 95, 135 and 75.
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Here is a sequence of numbers: 4, 6, 9, 13, 18. Write down the next number in
the sequence
How many days are there in 50 weeks?
Is 7.499 closer to 7 or 8?
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A factory makes 550 Easter eggs each day. How many will it make in 5 days?
Albert buys 3 hot dogs for 3.66. How much do they cost each?
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Edward leaves home at 8:09 a.m. and arrives at school at 8.47 a.m.
How long does it take himto get to school?
Multiply 38 x 9.
What is the largest number you can make out of the digits 5 8 3 7?
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Work out 43
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A TV news programme starts at 8.50 p.m. and finishes at 9.15 p.m. How long
does it last?
Add together the number of sides in a triangle, a hexagon and a heptagon.
Aisha buys 10 tickets in a raffle. 200 tickets are sold altogether.
What is the probability that Aisha does not win the first prize?
Jane buys a pair of jeans for 32.50 and a jumper for 25.75.
How much change should she get from 60?
An ordinary fair dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a multiple of 2?
Multiply 41 by 9.
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A 40 sheet pad of writing paper costs 84p. A 60 sheet pad costs 125p.
Which is better value?
A jacket and a pair of trousers cost 145. If the jacket costs 75, how much are
the trousers?
Add together 195 and 75.
Crunchy Bars cost 35p each. How many could you buy for 5?
If a return train ticket costs 46, how much will return tickets for 5 people cost?
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If an ordinary dice is rolled 500 times, how many times would you expect to get
an even number?
In survey of 25 people, 23 were right handed. What percentage were right
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Look at these numbers: 13, 36, 59... What is the next number in the sequence?
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Look at these numbers: 29, 38, 47, 56. What is the next number in the sequence?
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Work out 135 take away 65.
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If a packet of cornflakes costs 1.70, how much would you pay for 5 packets?
Look at these angles: 150, 55, 210, 105. Which one is an acute angle?
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Look at these numbers: 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 0.9... What is the next number m the
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Alison buys 7 lbs of apples. About how much do the apples weigh in kg?
Multiply 78 by 9.
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One angle of an isosceles triangle is 140 degrees. Write down the size of the other
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Round 18.47 to the nearest whole number.
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The lines x = 4 and y = 6 cross at a point. Write down the co-ordinates of the
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The numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, are Fibonacci numbers. What is the next Fibonnacci
number? (HINT: 1+1=2)
The speed limit on motorways is 70 mph. About how fast is this in kmph?
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Think about a. triangular prism, made from, card. Think about unfolding, the card
back . How many triangles will there be? How many rectangles?
Think of any whole number. If you double it and subtract one will the answer be
an even or odd number?
True or false: 534 is a multiple of 3?
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What is the biggest multiple of 5 you can make from the digits 3 2 5 6?
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A football pitch is 100 yards long. About how long is the pitch in metres
A small car costs 5250. Paddy pays a 10% deposit. How much is the deposit?
A square has an area of 81 square cm. What is the length of the sides
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Elizabeth does 7 divided by 8 on her calculator. She gets 0.875 on her display.
Write the answer in pence correct to the nearest penny.
Look at these numbers: 1, 8, 27, 64,... Write down the next number in the sequence
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Look at these numbers: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65. Which one is prime?
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Multiply 13 by 8.
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One angle in an isosceles triangle is 70 degrees. What size are the other two angles?
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Think of a square with sides 5.2 cm. What is the perimeter of the square?
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