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Math 8 Final Exam Online Practice

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Choose the best answer. 1. Show the ratio 117:78 in lowest terms. a. 3:2 b. 9:6 c. 39:26

d. 117:78

2. If there are 136 flights a day in and out of Kelowna airport, and 25% of the flights are late, how many flights will likely not arrive on time? a. 27 b. 34 c. 48 d. 56 3. Traffic counters find that of the 7025 private vehicles using a particular intersection, 5620 are carrying only one person. What percent of the vechicles using that intersection are carrying only one person? a. 52% b. 64% c. 71% d. 80% 4. A stable has 39 horses available for trail rides. Of these horses, 26 are all brown, 8 are mainly white, and the rest are black. Express in lowest terms the ratio of brown horses to mainly white horses to black horses. a. 13:4:2 b. 13:4:5 c. 26:8:5 d. 39:26:8 5. Lewis read 35 pages of a novel in 25 min. At this rate, determine how many pages he can read in one hour. a. 70 b. 72 c. 78 d. 84 6. Sam borrowed $240 from his friend Brian. Sam agreed to pay Brian 8% interest per year. How much would Sam need to repay Brian after 18 months? a. $28.80 b. $211.20 c. $259.20 d. $268.80 7. Jack typed 8640 words in three hours. What is his unit rate per minute? a. 24 words/min b. 48 words/min c. 96 words/min d. 108 words/min 8. Taylor checked her cell phone bill and found that 127 minutes of air time cost her $31.75. What was her unit price if she was charged by the minute? a. $0.04 per minute c. $0.25 per minute

b. $0.13 per minute 9. What is the square root of 225? a. 12 b. 13

d. $0.40 per minute

c. 15 d. 16

10. What is the prime factorization of 78? a. c. b. d. 11. Which number is not a prime factor of 210? a. 2 c. 7 b. 3 d. 13 12. Which set of side lengths belongs to a right triangle? a. 3 cm, 12 cm, 16 cm c. 10 cm, 6 cm, 8 cm b. 4 cm, 6 cm, 11 cm d. 12 cm, 10 cm, 8 cm 13. The square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle has an area of 25 cm2. The square on one leg has an area of 20 cm2. What is the area of the square on the remaining leg? a. 5 cm2 c. 25 cm2 b. 15 cm2 d. 225 cm2 14. The value of a. 8 and 9 b. 7 and 8 is between which two numbers? c. 6 and 7 d. 5 and 6

15. A square tablecloth has an area of 4 m2. If the tablecloth is cut in half from corner to corner, how long is the cut? Express your answer to the nearest centimetre. a. 59 cm c. 200 cm b. 141 cm d. 283 cm 16. Express a. 1.3 b. 1.4 as a decimal. c. 1.5 d. 1.6

17. What is 1.75 as a fraction in lowest terms? a. c. b. d.

18. A piece of fabric 78.25 cm long was cut from a 200 cm long piece to make a shirt. What percent of the fabric is left behind? a. c. b. d.

19. Anita earns a commission on a sale of $230. To the nearest cent, how much commission should she receive for this sale? a. $103.50 c. $1.03 b. $10.35 d. $0.10 20. Yuri ate 20% of a bag of pretzels. How much of the bag is left if its original mass was 400 g? a. 180 g c. 380 g b. 320 g d. 800 g 21. Raymonds class sold 325 chocolate bars for charity. This is 65% of all the chocolate bars that they were given. How many chocolate bars did they start with? a. 400 c. 600 b. 500 d. 700 22. The temperature was originally 5 C and went up to 150% of that temperature. What is the temperature now? a. 5.0 C c. 10 C b. 7.5 C d. 12.5 C 23. What is the total tax owing on a $25 000 car when GST is 5% and PST is 6%? a. $27.50 c. $2750.00 b. $275.00 d. $27 500.00 24. On Friday, attendance at a movie theatre was 248 customers. On Saturday, it was 302% of Fridays number. What was attendance on Saturday? a. 82 c. 550 b. 302 d. 749 25. The minimum number of views needed to describe a 3-D object is a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 6 26. A prism with sides that are perpendicular to the bases is called a a. cube c. regular prism b. perpendicular prism d. right prism

27. A right prism is defined as any prism that has a. bases that are congruent rectangles b. bases that are congruent triangles c. sides that are parallel to the bases d. sides that are perpendicular to the bases 28. A 3-D object that is turned so that the top moves to the right and downward is said to be turning in a(n) a. anti-clockwise rotation c. corner rotation b. clockwise rotation d. counter clockwise rotation 29. A tube for potato chips is a cylinder with a diameter of 6 cm and a height of 28 cm. What is the total surface area of the tube? a. 584.04 cm2 b. 527.52 cm2 c. 56.52 cm2 d. 18.84 cm2 30. How many common denominators do the fractions 1 and 50? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 31. In lowest terms, determine a. b. . c. d. , , and d. 6 have, between

32. Determine a. b. . Express your answer in lowest terms. c. d.

33. Calculate a. . Express your answer in lowest terms. b. c. d. 3

34. Express a. as an improper fraction in lowest terms. b. c. d.

35. As an improper fraction in lowest terms, what is a. b. c. ? d.

36. Divide a. . b. c. d.

37. Determine a. . b. 4 c. 5 d.

38. Calculate a. . b. c. d. 17

39. Divide a. . Write you final answer as a mixed number. b. c. d.

40. A snapshot is taken at a busy intersection and analysed. It shows that 16 people are in personal vehicles, 56 people are in buses, and 24 are walking. What fraction (in lowest terms) of the people are walking? a. b. c. d.

41. What is the volume of a pool with dimensions of 8 m a. 90 m3 b. 120 m3 c. 340 m3

10 m 5 m? d. 400 m3

42. A rectangular garage has a volume of 480 m3, a length of 12 m and a width of 8 m. What is the height of the garage? a. 4 m b. 5 m c. 6 m d. 7 m

43. All right prisms have side views that are a. different shapes c. square b. rectangular d. triangular 44. The formula for the volume of a right triangular prism is a. b. Volume = (base of triangle height of triangle c. Volume = (length width) height d. Volume = base length height of prism 2) height of prism

45. Cylinder A has a diameter of 6 cm and a height of 10 cm. Cylinder B has a diameter of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm. Which statement is true? a. Both cylinders have the same volume. b. Cylinder A has a greater volume than cylinder B. c. Cylinder B has a greater volume than cylinder A. d. The volume of the two cylinders cannot be determined. 46. A wedge of cheese is shaped like a right triangular prism. The triangular ends have a base of 46 mm and a height of 58 mm. If the total volume of cheese is 32 016 mm3, what is the height of the prism? a. 6 mm b. 12 mm c. 24 mm d. 48 mm 47. A recycling box holds 151 875 cm3 of material and has a square base with sides measuring 45 cm. What is the height of the recycling box? a. 33.8 cm b. 75 cm c. 1687.5 cm d. 3375 cm 48. When you multiply an odd number of negative integers by an odd number of positive integers, what type of integer do you always get? a. infinite integer c. positive integer b. negative integer d. zero 49. Determine 5 (10) (2). a. -100 b.

c. 25 d. 125

50. A dolphin can dive at a rate of 20 m in ten seconds. Determine the dolphins rate of descent. a. 2 m/s c. 20 m/s b. 10 m/s d. 24 m/s 51. A stock decreased in price by $60 over five days. Determine the mean daily decrease in price. a. $5/day c. $20/day b. $12/day d. $30/day

52. Martina improved her math mark by 2% on each of six tests. How much higher was her mark on the last test than on the first? a. 4% c. 12% b. 8% d. 16% 53. Evaluate 7 (5) 3. a. 105 b. 36 54. Determine 25 (10) (5). a. -3 b. -7 55. Determine 8 ( 6) 3 5 (3). a. 9 b. -9

c. 22 d. 9

c. 10 d. 23

c. 25 d. -25

Sanjay buys caps for the basketball team. He pays the designer a $15 set-up fee. The cost for up to five bags of caps is shown. Number of Bags, n 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total Cost, c ($) 15 30 45 60 75 90

56. There are five caps in each bag. What is the price per cap if you purchase 2 bags? a. $1.50 c. $10.00 b. $4.50 d. $15.00 57. Esteban deposited $1 into his bank account on the first day. The next day he deposited $2; on the third day he deposited $4. What ordered pair will be in the next cell of the table? Day Amount ($) a. (4, 5) b.(4, 6) 1 2 3 1 2 4 c. (4, 7) d.(4, 8)

58. Ted was given this set of ordered pairs: (7, 12), (8, 15), (9, 18), (10, 21). As the x-coordinate increases by one, what happens to the y-coordinate? a. It does not change. c. It increases by two. b. It decreases by three. d. It increases by three. 59. Ted was given this set of ordered pairs: (7, 21), (8, 18), (9, 15), (10, 12). As the y-coordinate decreases by three, what happens to the x-coordinate? a. It does not change. c. It increases by one. b. It decreases by one. d. It increases by two. 60. Esteban deposited $1 into his bank account on the first day. The next day he deposited $2; on the third day he deposited $4. The table shows the amounts of the first 10 deposits. How much will he have in his account after 12 days? Day Amount ($) a. $1023 b. $2047 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 8 5 16 6 32 7 64 8 9 10 128 256 512

c. $4095 d. $8191

61. The following chart shows distance over time. What linear relation represents these data? 1 2 3 Time (hours) 90 180 270 Distance (km) a. d = 90(t) b.d = 180(t) 90 4 360 c. d. 5 450 6 7 8

540 630 720

d = t + 90 d = 90(t) + 90

62. A swimmer travels 40 m/min. The distance he can swim can be modelled with the formula d = 40t. How long will it take the swimmer to travel 520 m? a. 12 min c. 13 min b. 15 min d. 16 min 63. Which equation represents the statement five less than twice a number is eleven? a. 5 2n = 11 c. 11(n 2) = 5 b. 2n 5 = 11 d. 5n 2 = 11 64. For the equation 3x 7 = 14, which operation should you undo first? a. subtraction c. division b. multiplication d. addition 65. The total delivery cost on a shipment of furniture is ,

where m represents the number of pieces of furniture being delivered, and c is the total cost. How much would it cost to deliver nine pieces of furniture? a. $21.00 c. $31.00 b. $39.00 d. $37.00 66. Thomas has scored 45 points in 12 hockey games this season. His goal for the season is to score 58 points. Which equation can be used to find the number of points, p, that Thomas must average in his last three games to reach his goal? a. 45p + 3 = 58 c. 45 3p = 58 b. 45 + 3p = 58 d. 58 + 3p = 45 67. Jennie is selling her CD player and 14 CDs. She is selling the CD player and the CDs for $332.00 altogether. If the CD player costs $150, what is the value of each CD? a. $13 c. $15 b. $14 d. $17 68. The phrase 3 times a number, increased by 4, equals 15 can be modelled with the equation a. c. b. d.

69. A golf team took half their supply of golf balls to a tournament. The team lost four balls during the tournament. At the end of the tournament the team took ten golf balls home. What equation could be used to model this situation? a. c. b. d.

70. The number of pets that Leanne has is two more than one third the number Baljit has. How many pets does Baljit have if Leanne has three? a. 1 c. 3 b. 2 d. 4 71. The number of pets that Leanne has is two more than one third the number Baljit has. If Leanne has three pets, what equation could be used to model this situation? a. c.

b.

d.

72. The number of hours that Blaine worked is five more than one quarter the hours worked by Steve. Blaine worked 25 hours. How many hours did Blaine work? a. 5 c. 11.25 b. 6.25 d. 25 73. What is the solution to the equation a. 18 b. 10 74. What is the solution to the equation a. 12 b. 6 75. What is the solution to the equation a. b. 76. Solve a. 0 b. 5 77. Solve a. 0 b. 1 . c. 6 d. 10 . c. 5 d. 25 ? c. d. ? c. d. ? c. d.

78. A list of all possible outcomes in a probability experiment is called a. a favourable outcome c. the sample space b. an independent event d. a simulation 79. When the result of one event has no effect on the outcome of another event, the event is called a(n) a. favourable outcome c. possible outcome b. independent event d. sample space 80. When rolling two six-sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than three on both dice? a. b. c. d.

81. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of tossing three heads in succession? a. b. c. d.

82. There are expected to be 120 flights a day in and out of the planned Kelowna airport. If 85% of the flights are expected to be on time, how many flights will likely not arrive on time? a. 18 b. 30 c. 85 d. 102 83. A spinner is divided into equal parts numbered 1 to 7. What is the probability of spinning a five twice in a row? a. b. c. d.

84. An ice cream store offers 5 different flavours and 15 different toppings. How many combinations of one flavour and one topping are possible? a. 15 b. 25 c. 75 d. 85 85. Sheri has two identical bags of marbles. Each bag contains five red, two white, and three blue marbles. What is the probability of Sheri drawing a red marble from the first bag and a blue marble from the second bag? a. b. c. d.

86. A spinner is divided into five equal parts numbered 1 to 5. What is the probability of spinning a five twice in a row? a. b. c. d.

87. You have two small bags, each containing a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny. If a coin is drawn from each bag, what is the probability that their value will be greater than 25 cents? a. 12.5% b. 25% c. 43.75% d. 50% 88. You roll a four-sided die numbered 2, 4, 6, and 8, and you spin a spinner with five equal sections numbered 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. What is the probability of spinning the spinner and rolling the die to get a sum of 14? a. 3% b. 5% c. 10% d. 15% 89. A box of chocolates contains five with nuts, six with soft centres, and three with nougat centres. A bag of gumdrops contains three red, five white, and two purple candies. What is the probability of randomly picking one item from each source and getting both a chocolate with nougat and a purple gumdrop?

a.

b.

c.

d.

90. Brent has a pop quiz in science class. There are five true or false questions and five multiple choice questions (with four possible answers for each question). If Brent has to guess each of the answers, what is the probability he will get them all right? a. b. c. d.

91. On your route home, there are four traffic lights that are red, yellow, and green for equal lengths of time. What is the probability that you will get all four green lights? a. b. c. d.

92. Point A(4, 5) is translated two units left and three units up. What are the new coordinates of point A? a. (2, 2) c. (6, 2) b. (2, 8) d. (6, 8) 93. Which of the following shapes cannot be used to tile the plane? a. hexagon c. square b. octagon d. triangle 94. A change in a figure that produces an image in a different position or orientation is known as a a. translation c. reflection b. transformation d. rotation 95. Which of the following is not a required property when creating an Escher-style tessellation? a. There must be no overlap in the pattern. b. There must be no gaps in the pattern. c. The interior angles at vertices must total 360. d. Rotations must be used to tessellate the plane.

Matching

Match the correct term to each of the definitions or descriptions given below. Terms may be used more than once or not at all. a. bar graph d. double line graph b. circle graph e. frequency table

c. double bar graph

f. pictograph

96. best for comparing categories to the whole using percents 97. best for comparing two sets of data over time 98. best for comparing data that can be easily counted and represented using symbols 99. best for comparing two sets of data across categories 100. best for comparing data across categories `

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