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Grade 8 2017 Cat B

____________ 1 What is the sum of the reciprocals of all the positive divisors of 8?
____________ 2 Factor completely: 27x 5 y 5 + 12x 3 y 7
____________ 3 Expand and simplify: (x + y)2 − (x − y)2 + (x + y)(x − y)
____________ 4 If 6x 2 + kx − 8 = 2(3x + 1)(x − 4), what is the value of k?
____________ 5 Factor by grouping term: 16a2 − 24ab + 9b 2 − 4a + 3b
____________ 6 What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 8x − 36?
____________ 7 Factor completely: 2x 2 + 10x − 48
____________ 8 Factor completely: k 4 + 4k 2 + 16
____________ 9 Factor completely: 12x 3 y 3 + 8x 2 y 4 + 32x y 5
3x −2 y−4
____________ 10 Write the fraction in lowest terms and without negative exponents:
(2x)−3 y
(0.006)(500 000)
____________ 11 Simplify using scientific notation:
1600(0.000 003)
____________ 12 Expand: (2 − 0.5y)3
1
1+
1 + x1
____________ 13 Simplify:
1
1+
x +1
____________ 14 The length, width, and height of a box are in the ratio 5 ∶ 4 ∶ 7. If the perimeter of the base is
54 cm, find the volume of the box.

____________ 15 Solve for x: 3 (73−2x ) = 63
____________ 16 The difference between the squares of two consecutive positive multiples of 5 is 1225. What
is the sum of the two multiples of 5?
____________ 17 The ratio of an angle to its complement is 5 ∶ 13. Find the measure of its complement.
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2 − x+3
____________ 18 Simplify: 1 1
x−1 + x+3

____________ 19 If f (x) = x(4 − x), for which values of x is f (x) equal to x?


____________ 20 The midpoint of the segment joining the points A(−5, 8) and B(x, y) is P(3, −1). What are
the coordinates of B?
____________ 21 Simplify using scientific notation: (8 × 10−8 ) (5 × 10)2
____________ 22 How many digits does (1000)2017 have when expanded?
____________ 23 Give an equation in slope-intercept form of the line passing through the origin and perpen-
dicular to x + 2y = 5.
2x 2 − 1 2x 2
____________ 24 Perform the indicated operation and simplify: −
2x − 1 1 − 2x

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Grade 8 2017 Cat B

____________ 25 If you want to determine the favorite subject of your class, which measure of central tendency
should you use?
2x − 3 4 8
____________ 26 Perform the indicated operations and simplify: ⋅ ÷
6x 6x − 9 x
____________ 27 What is the difference between the mean and the median of 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15?
____________ 28 The surface area of a cube is 50% more than its volume. Find the total length of the edges of
the cube.
____________ 29 Let f (x) be a linear function such that f (1) = 2 and f (3) = 8. What is f (2016)?
____________ 30 If the standard deviation of a set of 20 numbers is 0, what is its range?
____________ 31 A date is randomly chosen from the month of February 2017. What is the probability that
the date chosen is a prime number greater than 10?
____________ 32 Solve for x: (x − 3) + 2(x − 3) + 3(x − 3) + ⋯ + 200(x − 3) = 180 900
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____________ 33 Donna’s age is her grandfather’s age. In 35 years, the grandfather will be 100 years old. In
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how many years’ time will Donna as old as her grandfather?
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____________ 34 Find the least possible perimeter of an isosceles triangle with sides 9 cm and 4 cm.
____________ 35 If line l passes through the origin and the point P(−3, 8), what is the equation of l in slope-
intercept form?
____________ 36 In quadrilateral QUAD, QU = 8 cm, UA = 12 cm, AD = 14 cm and QD = 9 cm. Find the
range of possible lengths of QA.
____________ 37 If Liza is half as old as Paul and Paul will be x years old in five years, what is Liza’s age 10 years
ago?
____________ 38 If two dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers showing is 7 or 11?

⎪3x − 2y = a

____________ 39 For what values of a and b will the system be inconsistent? ⎨
⎩bx + y = 4


____________ 40 Mark and Mary left home together and drove to their mother’s house which was 84 cm away.
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Mary drove at 60 kph and Mark drove 20 kph faster than Mary. After traveling of the
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journey, Mark stopped and waited for Mary. How long did Mark wait?
____________ 41 Solve for x and y: (12)3x+2 = (18)2y−1
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____________ 42 James and John can finish a job together in 5 hours. If James can finish the job in 3 hours
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less time than John, how long will each one finish the job alone?
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____________ 43 The number of girls in a school is 160 more than of the total enrollment in the school. The
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number of boys is 280 more than of the total enrollment in the school. How many pupils
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in the school are girls?

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Grade 8 2017 Cat B

____________ 44 The graph of two linear functions f (x) = ax + b and g(x) = bx − a are perpendicular. If
f (0) 1
= , what are the possible values of a + b?
g(−1) 3
____________ 45 If the sum of two numbers is 7 and their product is 8, what is the sum of their cubes?
____________ 46 The mean of 6 numbers is 28 while the mean of another set of numbers is 36. What is the
mean of all the numbers combined?
9x 2 − 36
____________ 47 Find all integers x such that 3 is an integer.
3x − 6x 2 − 12x + 24
____________ 48 In parallelogram ABCD, ∠A = (8x − 5)○ and ∠C = (61 − 3x)○ . Find the measures of ∠B
and ∠D.
____________ 49 In quadrilateral ABCD, AB = 8, BC = 12, CD = 16, and DA = 21. Find the range of possible
lengths of diagonal AC.
1 1 1 4
____________ 50 If a, b, and c are positive numbers such that a + b + c = 10 and + + = ,
a+b b+c c+a 5
c a b
what is the value of + + ?
a+b b+c c+a

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