8a First Endterm Revision

NEWTON 5 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
FIRST ENDTERM REVISION
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 – 2025
Subject: MATH – Grade 8A
Student’s name: ....................................................................................... Class: 8A_
PART A. CONTENT
UNIT 1. Significant figures, powers and standard form
1.1. STEM: Powers of 10
1.2. Calculating and estimating
1.3 Indices
1.4. Standard form
1.5 STEM: Calculating with standard form
UNIT 2. 2D shapes and 3D solids
2.1 Surface area of prisms
2.2 Volume of prisms
2.3 Circumference of a circle
2.4 Area of a circle
2.5 Cylinders
2.6. Pythagoras’ Theorem
UNIT 3. Quadratics
3.3 Expanding
3.4 Factorising
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UNIT 5. Inequalities, equations and formulae
5.1. Substitution
5.2. Inequalities
5.3. Using index laws
5.4. Expressions, equations, identities and formulae
5.5. Solving equations
PART B. PRACTICE
Exercise 1. Circle the correct answer.
1. What is 105 equivalent to?
A. 1,000 B. 10,000 C. 100,000 D. 100
2. If you round 4.27 to second significant figures, what is the result?
A. 4.2 B. 4.27 C. 4.3 D. 5.0
3. What is a−4 × a2 ?
A. a5 B. 𝑎 C. a4 D. a−2
4. How is 4,500 written in standard form?
A. 4.5 × 106 B. 45 × 103 C. 0.45 × 103 D. 4.5 × 103
2x5
5. What is the result of ?
x12
A. 2𝑥 −7 B. 𝑥 −7 C. 2𝑥 7 D.
2
𝑥 −5
6. Expand (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 2) :
A. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 2 C. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 2
B. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 2 D. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 2
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7. Factorise 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 :
A. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 4)
B. (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 4)
C. (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 4)
D. (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 4)
8. What is the value of (7𝑥)0 × 5𝑦 0 ?
A. 1
B. 5
C. 35
D. 12
Exercise 2. Write each number in standard form.

a) 2500 _______________________
b) 0.000214 _________________________
Exercise 3. For this circle, work out:
(i) the circumference (ii) the area.

Give your answers in terms of 𝜋.
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Exercise 4. For this prism, work out:
(i) the volume (ii) the surface area.
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Exercise 5. Expand and simplify

a. (𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 + 1) = _________________________________________________
b. (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 4) = _________________________________________________
Exercise 6. Expand and simplify

a. (𝑥 + 4)2 = _________________________________________________
b. (𝑥 + 2)2 = _________________________________________________
c. (𝑥 − 3)2 = _________________________________________________
Exercise 7. Factorise
a. 𝑥 2 − 64 = _________________________________________________
b. 25𝑥 2 − 121 = _________________________________________________
c. 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9 = _________________________________________________
Exercise 8. Solve these equations:

a. 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 = 0
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b. 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 = −18
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Exercise 9. The diagram shows a square.
a. Write an equation involving 𝑥.
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b. Solve your equation to work out the value of 𝑥.
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c. Work out the side length of the square.
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Exercise 10. Work out the value of each of these expressions.

a. 2𝑎 + 𝑏2 when 𝑎 = 5 and 𝑏 = 2
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b. 40 − (𝑎 + 𝑏3 ) when 𝑎 = 8 and 𝑏 = 3
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Exercise 11. A wedding venue company charges an amount per person for food
plus an amount per hour for the room hire.
a. Work out the total cost of food for 80 people at $30 per person plus room hire at
$50 per hour for 6 hours.
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b. Write an expression for the cost of food for 𝑝 people at $𝑥 per person plus room
hire for ℎ hours at $𝑦 per hour.
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c. Write a formula for the total cost, 𝑇, in terms of 𝑥, 𝑝, 𝑦 and ℎ.
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d. Use your formula to work out 𝑇 when 𝑥 = 35, 𝑝 = 100, ℎ = 8 and 𝑦 = 30.
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Exercise 11. Solve the equation

7𝑥 − 19
2𝑥 + 1 =
2
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Exercise 12. Represent each of these inequalities on a number line.
a. 𝑥 ⩽ −2
b. −1 < 𝑦 < 5
Exercise 13. Write the inequality that each number line represents.
a.
b.
c.
Exercise 14. Solve these inequalities.

a. 𝑥 + 3 < 4
b. 2𝑦 ⩽ −6
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Exercise 15. Make 𝑥 the subject of each formula.
a. 𝑚 = 𝑥 + 𝑡
b. 𝐹 = 𝑎𝑥
c. 𝑔 = 3𝑥 − 5
Exercise 16. Work out the length of the missing side in each right-angled triangle.
Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
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NEWTON 5 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

FIRST ENDTERM REVISION

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 – 2025

Subject: MATH – Grade 8A

Student’s name: ....................................................................................... Class: 8A_

UNIT 1. Significant figures, powers and standard form

1.1. STEM: Powers of 10

1.2. Calculating and estimating

1.4. Standard form

1.5 STEM: Calculating with standard form

UNIT 2. 2D shapes and 3D solids

2.1 Surface area of prisms

2.2 Volume of prisms

2.3 Circumference of a circle

2.4 Area of a circle

2.6. Pythagoras’ Theorem

5.3. Using index laws

5.4. Expressions, equations, identities and formulae

5.5. Solving equations

Exercise 1. Circle the correct answer.

1. What is 105 equivalent to?

A. 1,000 B. 10,000 C. 100,000 D. 100

2. If you round 4.27 to second significant figures, what is the result?

A. 4.2 B. 4.27 C. 4.3 D. 5.0

4. How is 4,500 written in standard form?

A. 4.5 × 106 B. 45 × 103 C. 0.45 × 103 D. 4.5 × 103

8. What is the value of (7𝑥)0 × 5𝑦 0 ?

Exercise 2. Write each number in standard form.

(i) the circumference (ii) the area.

(i) the volume (ii) the surface area.

Exercise 5. Expand and simplify

Exercise 6. Expand and simplify

Exercise 8. Solve these equations:

Exercise 9. The diagram shows a square.

a. Write an equation involving 𝑥.

b. Solve your equation to work out the value of 𝑥.

Exercise 10. Work out the value of each of these expressions.

Exercise 11. Solve the equation

Exercise 14. Solve these inequalities.

Round your answer to 1 decimal place.

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