ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION BUREAU

TEST DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE

MODEL EXAM FOR GRADE EIGHT STUDANTS
2019/2011 E.C.
THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS MATHIMATICS

TIME ALLOEWED: 60 MINUTES

GENERAL DIRECTION:

THIS EXAM BOOKLET CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 60 MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE ITEMS.

All ITEMS HAVE EQUAL MARKS. EACH QUESTION HAS 4 ALTERNATIVES, FROM
THESE ALTERNATIVES SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER AND WRITE ON THE
PROVIDED ANSWER SHEET.
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 Choose the correct answer for the following and write your
alternatives on the given answer sheet.

1. Which of the following relationship among the set of numbers connoted

by N,W,Z and Q is true?
A. WC N B. QC Z C. Z+ C Q+ D. Z C W
𝑎 𝑐 𝑎 𝑐
2. If two fractions and are positive rational numbers such that = 𝑑,
𝑏 𝑑 𝑏

then which of the following is true?

A. a+b= c+d B. a-b= c-d C. ac=bd D. ad=bc
3. Which of the following order of rational numbers is true?
−2 −4 5 5 −4 −2
A. < < C. < <
3 9 −12 −12 9 3
−4 5 2 2 5 −4
B. < < D. < <
9 −12 −3 −3 −12 9

4. The simplified form of the expression 2(3-x)-(4-2x)+7 is:

A. 4x-9 B. 9 C. -3x+11 D. 11
5. What is the solution set of the equation 4(2x-1)+6=7x-3(x+2)?
A. {-2} B. {3} C.{-1} D. {1}
6. A man is 30 years older than his daughter. Five years ago he was three
times as old as his daughter. What is the present age of the man?
A. 35 B.60 C. 50 D. 45
7. The solution set of the inequality 8-x< 2x-1 is:
A. {x:x<3} B.{ x:x>3} C. {x:x<7} D. {x:x>7}
8. Assume x is inversely proportional to y and if x=6, then y=10. What is y
when x=4?
A. 20 B. 14 C. 24 D. 15
9. A shop keeper buys a pair of shoes for birr 240 and sells it for birr 300.
What is the percentage profit?
A. 24% B. 60% C. 48% D. 25%
10. If Birr 2,500 is invested at 12% simple interest per annum, then what is
the interest earned after two years?
A. Birr 432 B. Birr 500 C. Birr 600 D. Birr 450
11. The following pie chart shows the percentage distribution of the
expenditure in current in publishing a book
If a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay 40,000 birr as
printing cost, then what will be the amount of transportation cost to be
paid for these books?

10% 25%
promoti Paper
on cost cost
20% 10%
printing Trauporta
cost tio cons

15 % 20%
royality bindiy

A. Birr 30,000

B. Birr 20,000

C. Birr 25,000

D. Birr 15,000

12. Which of the following is Not measure of central tendency in a set of

data?
A. range B. Mean C. Median D. Mode
13. The amount of milk in liters sold by a farmer in ten days is given as
follows:
6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 8, 7, 6, 8
What is the median from the data?
A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10S
14. A quadrilateral with all its angles are right is:
A. Rhombus B. rectangle C. parallelogram D. trapezium
15. What is the degree measure of each interior angle of a regular hexagon?
A. 1500 B. 1800 C. 1350 D. 1200
16. The area of trapezium is 70 cm2 if the bases of the trapezium are 6cm
and 8cm, then what is the altitude of the trapezium?
A. 7cm B. 5 cm C. 10cm D. 9 cm
17. A right circular cylinder has a height of 18 cm and a diameter of 6 cm.
What is its volume?
A. 162 cm3 B. 648  cm3 C. 108 cm3 D. 288  cm3
18. A piece of land has a shape of quarter circle region as shown in the
figure below. If the distance between O and B is 70 meters, what is the
22
perimeter of the land? (use  = 7 )

A A. 210meters
B. 250 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 140 meters
O B
19. A rational number is m called a perfect cube, if and only if, for some
n∈Q, m is equal to:
3
A. 3n B. √𝑛 C. √𝑛 D. n3
20. Which of the following number is Not a perfect square?
A. 361 B.289 C. 445 D. 324
3 𝑥6
21. The simplified form of the expression √ Where x∈Q+ is
64𝑥 3

1 1
A. 8x3 B.8 𝑥 3 C. 4x3 D. 4 𝑥

22. Which of the following algebraic expression is a binomial?

A. 3x2+4x+6 B. -3x2-7x+8-3x2

C. 2x2+8-2x2 D. 2x-x2-2+x2

23. If ab+3a+5b+15=32 and b+3=8, then what is a+5?

A. 24 B. 6 C. 4 D. 40
24. A 21 meters piece of cloth is cut in to two pieces. One piece is 3 meters
longer than the other. How long is the smaller piece?
A. 9 meters B. 10 meters C. 8 meters D. 11 meters
25. What is the possible Value of x in the set of integers that solves the
equation?
2 1 −3 3
𝑥− = 𝑥− ?
5 2 5 2

A.  B. -2 C. -1 D. 10
26. Which of the following linear in equality is equivalent to 8x-5>13-x?
7
A. x > B.x > 2 C. x+1 < 0 D. x-2 < 0
8

27. What is the slope of a line that passes through two points P(2,5) and
Q(-1,2) ?
A. 1 B. 3 C. -3 D. -1
28. Which of the following linear equation represents a horizontal line?
A. x-y= -4 B. x+5=10 C. y= -2x D. -2y+3=7
29. In mapping plane figures, o is the center of enlargement and k is
constant of proportionality. If the image of A is A1 and A1O = KAO, then
the image figure is smaller than the object figure. What is the value of K?
A. K < 1 B. K =1 C. O < K < 1 D. K > 1
30. Two triangles are similar. The length of the sides of one of the triangle is
two times that of the corresponding side of the other triangle. What is the
ratio of the areas of the smaller triangle to the larger triangle?
1 1
A. B. 4 C.4 D. 2
2
̅̅̅̅ // 𝐵𝐶
31. In the figure below 𝑅𝑆 ̅̅̅̅ . if 𝑆𝐴
̅̅̅̅ = 8cm, 𝑆𝐶
̅̅̅̅ = 4cm and 𝑅𝐵
̅̅̅̅ is 3cm,
then what is the length of ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 ?
C A. 6 cm
B. 8 cm
C. 10 cm
S S D. 9 cm

A R B
32. Which of the following statement is correct about secant and tangent line
to a circle?
A. A secant of a circle contains chord of a circle
B. A secant of a circle always contains diameter of a circle
C. A tangent to a circle contains an interior point of the circle
D. A tangent to a circle can pass through the center of the circle
33. The measure of the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are in the
ratio 1:3 what is the measure of the largest of these angles?
A. 1080 B. 1400 C. 1200 D. 1350
34. In the figure below, 0 is the center of the circle and m(<BAC)=350. What
is the measure of arc AB ?
A. 1450 B. 700 C. 1100 D. 1000
A

B
C

35. In an experiment, three fair dice are rolled together. How many possible
outcomes does the experiment contains?
A. 216 B. 128 C. 64 D. 18
36. If three coins are thrown, then what is the probability of obtaining at
least two heads?
3 1 1 7
A. B. 2 C. D.
8 4 8
37. In the figure below, ̅̅̅̅ the altitude
ABC is a right angled triangle with 𝐶𝐷
on the hypotenuse which of the following is true about the triangle?
C

B A
D
A. (BC)2 = (BD) (AD) B. (CD)2 = (BD) (BA)
C. (AC)2 = (AB ) (AD) D. (AD)2 = (AC) (BC)

38. Which one of the following trigonometric value of special angles is

correct?
√3
A. Cos 450 = 1 B. tan 600 = 3
1 √3
C. Cos 600 = D Sin 300 =
2 2

39. In the figure below XYZ is right angled at Z . If ̅̅̅̅

𝑌𝑍 is 12 cm
and ̅̅̅̅
𝑋𝑌 = 13cm, then which of the following is true?
12
X A. sin ፀ = 5
5
β B. Tan β=12
13
C. Cos β = 5
12
13 D. Sin β=13

Y 12 Z
40. Which of the following is true about a right circular cone?
A. The sum of the squares of the altitude and the radius is the same as
the square of slant height
B. The altitude and the slant height are equal
C. The foot of the altitude may not be at the center of the base
D. The altitude of the cone is parallel to the slant height
 KEY

1.C 11.B 21.D 31.A

2.D 12.A 22.D 32.A

3.A 13.A 23.C 33.D

4.B 14.B 24.A 34.C

5.A 15.D 25.C 35.A

6.C 16.C 26.B 36.B

7.B 17.A 27.A 37.C

8.D 18.B 28.D 38.C

9.D 19.D 29.C 39.D

10.C 20.C 30.B 40.A