Check Point Past Papers (2023-24)
Check Point Past Papers (2023-24)
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
CAMBRIDGE SECONDARY
CHECKPOINT
PAST PAPERS
MATHEMATICS
NAME: __________________________
GRADE: 8G__
2
–5 n + 3 _________________ 17
[1]
1
2 200-3 =
200w
w= [1]
x – 2y = 2
5x + 2y = 58
x=
y=
[2]
° [1]
1 × 7 ‒ 2 ×1 = 5
3 × 8 – 4 × 2 = 16
5 × 9 ‒ 6 × 3 = 27
7 × 10 ‒ 8 × 4 = 38
9 × 11 ‒ 10 × 5 = 49
11 × 12 – × =
[1]
Tick (ü) the correct statement about the order of rotational symmetry of the polygon.
7 (a) Mike and Pierre are each asked to write the equations of two lines that have a
positive y-intercept.
Pierre
y = x + 0.5 y = 7 – 5x
[1]
gradient =
y-intercept =
[2]
60 nm = 6 mm
2000 GB = 2 MB
[1]
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 x
[1]
NOT TO
SCALE
70°
70°
70°
x°
x= [4]
Outdoor plants
Modal height 39 cm
Minimum height 17 cm
Range 26 cm
(a) Use the information in the table to complete the back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram.
[3]
cm [1]
n4 + 29
12 Work out the value of when n = 3
n+7
[2]
[1]
[1]
14 The diagram shows a shape made from 6 congruent equilateral triangles and a regular
hexagon.
cm2 [1]
10
9
8
7
6
Frequency 5
4
3
2
1
0 m
4 8 12 16 20 24
Mass (kg)
[3]
(b) Draw a ring around the interval that contains the median mass.
[1]
1 •
16 = 0.1
9
7
Use this fact to convert to a decimal.
9
[2]
17 Jamila makes this sequence of patterns using white counters and black counters.
[2]
(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of counters in pattern n.
[2]
3.7 × 0.01
3.7 × 10–2
3.7 × 10– 4
37 ÷ 103
[2]
A
NOT TO
M SCALE
P = (60, 11)
0 B x
A=( , )
B=( , )
[2]
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[2]
P=( , ) [2]
22 Work out.
8 1 4
+1 ÷ 4
9 3 5
[4]
2 3 4 200 300
[1]
(b) Find the percentage increase in the area of the square after enlargement.
% [2]
Calculate how many workers are needed to pick these mangoes in 3 days.
[1]
2 Calculate.
54 ÷ 6
[1]
kg [2]
% [1]
1 2 2 3 5 1
3 2 2
4 3 1 4 4
3
A B C D
She spins one of the spinners 1200 times and gets an even number 486 times.
Write down the letter of the spinner she is most likely to have used.
[1]
10 ................
................
100
................
7 Here is a calculation.
a a
1.5 × 1.5 × 28 = ´ × 28 = a × a × b
2 2
a=
b=
[2]
A On a scale of 1 to 10, what number would you choose to represent the condition
of the clothes?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Very poor Excellent
B Which word(s) would you choose to represent the condition of the clothes?
Carlos wants to work out a mean value to represent the condition of the clothes.
Tick (🗸) to show which question Carlos should ask his customers and the reason why.
3
2
A D
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 x
10 The diagram shows a solid metal cylinder with a radius of 4.1 cm and a height of 7 cm.
4.1 cm
NOT TO
7 cm
SCALE
[3]
11 The pie chart shows information about the different types of pizzas sold in a restaurant.
40°
60°
110°
150°
Meat Vegetable
Tomato Cheese
[2]
NOT TO
SCALE
y cm
y cm
cm2 [1]
° [2]
14 Solve.
56
= 8
y +1
y= [2]
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15 The graph shows the exchange rate between US dollars ($) and Japanese yen (¥).
(25, 3300)
Japanese
yen (¥)
0
US dollars ($)
¥ [2]
æ2ö
16 Triangle ABC is translated by the vector ç ÷ to make triangle DEF.
1
è ø
æ -3ö
Then triangle DEF is translated by the vector ç ÷ to make triangle GHI.
è7 ø
Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle GHI.
[2]
x 0 6
y 0
y
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 x
[3]
NOT TO
SCALE
3 cm
Tick (🗸) to show the area of the semicircle correct to the nearest cm2.
[1]
21 Here is a table of values for points that all lie on the same straight line.
x 5 6 7 11 14
y 27 32 37 57
[1]
[2]
[3]
Mike says,
c= [3]
The probability that she takes a red sweet from the first bag is 0.3
The probability that she takes a red sweet from both bags is 0.12
red
0.3
............ green
red
............
............ green
............ green
[3]
16 m
NOT TO
SCALE
20 m
9m
8m
16 m
$ [4]
NOT TO
SCALE
Area = 10 cm2 4 cm
cm3 [1]
2 Draw a ring around the scatter graph that shows positive correlation.
y y
x x
y y
x x
[1]
(-2) (-5)
3 2
43 3
-8
43
[1]
< or >
1
20 ÷ 1 < 20
2
3
20 × 20
4
1
20 × 2 20
5
1
20 ÷ 20
5
[1]
5 Solve.
36
=4
t
t= [1]
6 Calculate.
æ9 1ö
1- -
ç8 2÷
è ø
[2]
[1]
Complete the statement to show how to work out a better estimate of 104.37 × 0.615
Diagram A Diagram B
Diagram C Diagram D
Complete the table to show if each diagram shows a pair of corresponding angles or not.
One has been done for you.
[1]
[1]
(b) Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.
P 4
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
Draw a ring around the unshaded quadrilateral that is not a possible image of
quadrilateral P.
[1]
13 (a) Tick (ü) to show each fraction that is equivalent to a recurring decimal.
1
6
6
8
4
12
[1]
0 1 2 4
[1]
[1]
(b) Use patterns in the table to find the final digit of 722
[1]
15 Calculate.
6 ´ -1.8
-0.2
[2]
[2]
Input Output
5
3
2
[2]
[2]
1
P(total is 3) =
5
[1]
19 Solve.
2x - y = 17
x + 3y = -2
x=
y=
[3]
x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
y
12
11
10
x
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3
[3]
cm2 [2]
The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows some of the marks scored by the children.
The highest mark for Class B is not included.
Class A Class B
0 8 9
7 6 4 1 0 3 6 7 8 9
9 7 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 9
8 6 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 5 7 8
7 7 5 2 4 2 7
6 1 5
(a) The range of marks for Class A is the same as the range of marks for Class B.
[2]
True False
The modal mark for Class A is greater than the modal mark for
Class B.
[1]
NOT TO
SCALE
Rectangle A Rectangle B
Perimeter = 56 cm
width width
Perimeter = 56 cm
length : width = 5 : 2
length length
: [3]
[3]
[2]
° [3]
[1]
1 Draw a ring around the sum of the exterior angles of an equilateral triangle.
[1]
2 Draw a ring around the unit that would be most suitable for measuring the mass of a ship.
[1]
y= [1]
and [2]
NOT TO
SCALE
12 cm 13 cm
5 cm
6 cm
Tick (🗸) to show if each of these facts about the faces of the triangular prism is true
or false.
True False
[1]
y
6
2 A
1
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
æ 3ö
Point A is first translated by vector ç ÷ to give point B.
è1 ø
æ0ö
Point B is then translated by vector to give point C.
ç ÷
è -5 ø
( , ) [2]
3m + 5n = 86 m + n = 86 8 ( m + n) = 86 5m + 3n = 86
[1]
8 The graphs show the costs, in $, of different masses of strawberries and raspberries.
Strawberries Raspberries
16 200
12 150
4 50
0 0
1 2 3 5 10 15
Mass (kg) Mass (kg)
$ [2]
Calculate how many workers are needed to harvest these apples in 4 days.
[1]
8
=
4x x
y11 × = y12
2
( = w10
[3]
11 A train company says the probability that a train arrives at a station on time is 0.85
Ahmed selects a random sample of 80 trains arriving at this station.
Calculate the expected number of these trains that will arrive at this station on time.
[1]
x -1 > 2 x >1
2x > 2 x>2
x
>1 x>3
2
[1]
[2]
Tick (ü) to show if the midpoint of each line segment is above, on or below the x-axis.
AB
CD
[1]
a= [1]
11 Q
10
9 P
8
7
6
5
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle P onto triangle Q.
[3]
NOT TO
SCALE
7 cm
11 cm
O
Show that the circumference of the larger circle is approximately 44 cm more than the
circumference of the smaller circle.
[2]
years [3]
18 A teacher asks three students to state the equations of two lines with a positive gradient.
Answer is correct
Chen
y=x+8 y = 2x – 3
Eva
y=4–x y = 7 – 2x
Lily
1
y = 3x y= x
2
[1]
A
NOT TO
SCALE
6 cm
C B
AC = CB = 6 cm.
cm2 [3]
cm [2]
20 Anastasia asks the audience of a film if they liked it or did not like it.
The compound bar chart shows her results.
Key:
100
did not like
90
80 liked
70
60
Frequency
50
40
30
20
10
0
Adults Children
Show that 30% of people in the audience did not like the film.
[2]
21 (a) The distance between two cities is 17 000 km correct to the nearest 1000 km.
[1]
kg [1]
NOT TO
SCALE
18 cm
cm2 [3]
a=
b=
[3]
24 Rajiv has a bag containing only red counters and blue counters.
Safia has a different bag containing only red counters and blue counters.
They each take one counter at random from their bag.
The probability that Rajiv picks a red counter from his bag is 0.6
The probability that they both pick a red counter is 0.18
Rajiv Safia
red P(red and red) = 0.18
red
0.6
blue
red
blue
blue
[4]
Tick (ü) to show if these facts about the polygon are true, false or if you cannot tell.
[1]
3 Write the letter for each calculation in the correct column of the table.
One has been done for you.
A B C D
7×6 75 × 7 76 ÷ 70 72 × 73
[1]
[2]
5 × 10–1 0.005
5 ÷ 10–3 500
[2]
7 A pyramid has
• a square base with a side length of 10 cm
• four congruent triangular faces each with a height of 12 cm.
NOT TO
SCALE
12 cm
10 cm
cm2 [2]
4 5 6
11 22 30 35
[1]
9 Ahmed draws this graph to show how the number of visitors to his town has increased.
Number of
visitors
[1]
1
10 is equivalent to a recurring decimal.
n
n is a whole number.
Safia says, ‘n must be greater than 5’
[1]
[1]
12 Here is Eva’s method for drawing the perpendicular bisector of line AB.
5 cm 6 cm
A B
[1]
13 Here is a formula.
y = w-2
w = ( y + 2)
2
w= y+2 w= y +2 w = y2 + 2
[1]
7 3
14 (a) Write down the value of ×5×
3 7
[1]
9 2
(b) Calculate ÷2
10 5
[3]
500 000 MB 32 GB 1 TB
smallest largest
[1]
y
6
3
T
2
x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
(b) Draw a ring around the type of transformation that maps triangle T onto triangle U.
[1]
(a) Draw a ring around the interval that contains the median.
24
22
20
18
16
14
Frequency 12
10
0
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Mass, x (kg)
[2]
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[1]
0, 3, 8, 15, 24
[1]
a negative x-coordinate
and
a y-coordinate which is a multiple of 4
( , )
( , )
[2]
34 46 37 55 38
52 68 40 31 47
6 8
4 0 6 7
3 1 4 7 8
5 2 5
[2]
A G B
NOT TO
SCALE
46°
E F
x
20°
D H C
EF is parallel to AB.
EG is parallel to HF.
x= ° [2]
17
16.9
16.8
16.7
16.6
16.5
16.3
16.2
16.1
16
15.9
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Minutes after 9 am
°C [2]
23 Oliver and Angelique each have a jar that contains only green counters and red counters.
[3]
a cm
NOT TO
SCALE
h cm
b cm
a < b.
a=
b=
h=
[2]
25 Solve.
12 = -3
5 - 2x
[4]
x cm
x cm
cm2 [1]
NOT TO
SCALE
8.7 cm
cm2 [2]
31 Naomi
A and
square hasSamira
a side share
lengthsome apples.
of x cm.
Naomi receives less than half of the apples.
Draw a ring around the possible value of the ratio of Naomi’s share to Samira’s share.
[1]
19
19
6
82
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
–1
–2
Draw the image of the square after an enlargement, scale factor 3, centre (2, 3).
[2]
6 The bar chart shows the number of small, medium and large potatoes in a sack.
11
10
9
8
7
6
Frequency
5
4
3
2
1
0
Small Medium Large
Size of potato
Small
[3]
NOT TO
SCALE
d
c
b 70° e
a
Draw a ring around all the angles that must be equal to 70°.
a b c d e
[1]
Diagram A Diagram B
y y
x x
Diagram C
y
Draw a line to match each scatter diagram to the best description of its correlation.
Strong positive
Diagram A
Weak positive
Diagram B No correlation
Weak negative
Diagram C
Strong negative
[1]
Show that P(total score is even) = P(total score is more than 8).
You may use the table to help you.
Bag A
+ 1 3 5 6
2 3
3 8
Bag B
4 10
[3]
A B C D
[1]
° [1]
≤x<
[1]
(b) The time taken to run a race is 9.87 seconds correct to 3 significant figures.
s [1]
12 (a) Yuri wants to investigate how exercise changes his heart rate.
He considers two methods for measuring his heart rate.
Method A Method B
68BPM
Find his heart rate by placing Find his heart rate using a
two fingers on his wrist and digital heart rate monitor.
counting the beats.
Give one reason why this may not be the better method.
[1]
(b) Yuri also wants to compare his results with those for other people his age.
He decides to repeat his experiment on 40 members of a gym.
Explain why his sampling method may not give him reliable data about the heart rates
of other people his age.
[1]
–8 4n 20
[1]
[2]
$ [2]
x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1
–2
y= [2]
(a) Show that the sum of the first four terms of the sequence is 1
[2]
[1]
North
Scale: 1 cm to 50 m
North
Land
Sea
x
–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
2y = 11 – 8x
x 0
y 0
[2]
2y = 11 – 8x
2x − 5y = 10
x=
y=
[2]
[1]
NOT TO
SCALE
31 cm
14 cm
Find how many of these glasses can be completely filled using the water in the jug.
[3]
input output
x → 5x2
a → 180
a is an integer.
Find the two possible values of the output when the input is a + 1
and [3]
NOT TO
SCALE
A E B
1.6 cm
6.5 cm
F
4 cm
D C
10.5 cm
EF = 6.5 cm
BF = 1.6 cm
Calculate DE.
cm [4]
a=
b=
[2]
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