TRINITY
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
TRINITY
HILLS, OFADA, OGUN STATE
FIRST
TERM REVIEW TEST 2012/2013 SESSION
CLASS: BASIC
8 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS TIME: 
HOURS
HOURS
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer
ALL questions. Each is followed by four options lettered A – D. Find out the
correct option for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the
answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Do not
waste time on any question. If you find any difficult, go to others and finish
them before you come back to the difficult one(s).
Give
only ONE answer to each question.
1. Simplify 
(A) 40 (B) 28
(C) 0 (D) -2
2. Write 0.002 63 in standard form.
(A) 2.63 ´ 10-4
(B) 2.63 ´ 10-3 (C)
2.63 ´ 10-2 (D)
2.63 ´ 10-1
3. Which of the following statement
is(are) true? a. 1
089 is divisible by 6. b. 1 089 is divisible by 9. c. is a perfect square
(A) a
only (B) b only (C) c
only (D) b and c only
4. The next term in the sequence 2, 3, 5, 8, 12,
17, ………s
(A)
19 (B) 20 (C)
23 (D) 24
5. In an exam 154 out of 175 candidates passed.
What percentage failed?
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(D)
(B) (C) (D)
6 What is
the place value of the 9 in 37.29 ?
(A) 9 ´ 10-4
(B) 9 ´ 10-3 (C)
9 ´ 10-2 (D) 9 ´ 10-1
7. The
shortest distance between two points is …
(A)
a curve joining the two points
(B)a straight line joining the two points
(C)
perpendicular bisector of the line (D)
angular bisector of the angles formed
8. Write 650 millionths in digits only
(A) 0.000 65 (B)
0.006 5 (C) 0.065
(D) 0.65
9 How
many vertices does a square-based
pyramid have?
(A)
16 (B) 9
(C) 7 (D) 5
10. Find
the median of this set of numbers: 8, 6, 3, 10, 6, 9
(A)
9 (B) 8
(C) 7 (D) 6
11.
An
examination that is meant to last 
, would last for how many seconds?
, would last for how many seconds?
(A) !0 000 seconds (B) 9
000 seconds (C) 7 200 seconds
(D) 3 600
seconds
12. Find the perimeter of a square of sides 5cm.
(A)
25cm (B) 20cm (C) 10cm
(D) 5cm
13. Simplify
(A) 
(B) 
(C)
(D)
(B) (C)
(D)
14. One half of a number is equal to 6. What is
the number?
(A)
15 (B) 12
(C) 6 (D)
3
15. Find
the least value by which 112 must be multiplied to give a perfect square.
(A) 14 (B)
7 (C) 5
(D) 2
16. Express in figure Twenty five thousand, five
hundred and seventy three.
(A)
25 573 (B) 25 730
(C) 205 073 (D)
250 703 .
17. Which is the greatest of these negative
integers?
(A) -70 000
(B) -7 000 (C)
-700 (D) -70
19. Express
43,579 correct to the nearest thousand
(A) 44 000 (B) 43 000
(C) 43 600 (D) 43 500
20. Calculate
the value of angle z in the diagram below.
800 z
(A)
1000 (B) 900 (C) 500 (D) 150
21. Simplify -2[15 + (-9) - (-19)]
(A) -70 (B)
-50 (C) -40 (D) -25
22. What
is the square root of 0.0081?
(A)
0.09 (B) 0.9 (C) 9.0 (D) 90
23. What
is the range of the following set of scores in a music test 4, 1, 3, 0, 2?
(A)
0 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 5.
24. Simplify 
(A) +25
(B) +20 (C) -20 (D) -25
25. What is the circumference of a circle of
radius 7cm? (Take 
=
)
= )
(A) 24cm (B) 44cm (C)
37cm
(D) 77cm
26. Express 0.00754 in standard form.
(A) 7.54 x10-5 (B) 7.54 x 10-3 (C) 7.54x10-2 (D) 7.54 x10-1
27. Express 9395 to 2 significant figures.
(A)
9200 (B)9300
(C) 9400 (D) 9500
28. What is the sum of 12.41, 120 and 0.426
(A) 117.876 (B)
121.836 (C) 132.836 (D) 132.866
29. Simplify
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(D)
(B) (C) (D)
30. The
marked price of a shirt is $140. If a discount of 25% is given for cash
payment.
What is the cash price?
(A) $35
(B) $105 (C) $115 (D) $165
31. Simplify 6.5 x 10-5 x 4.2 x 105
and give your answer in standard form.
(A) 2.73 x101 (B) 2.73x102 (C) 27.3 x101 (D) 27.3 x 10 2.
32. Simplify
55 x 5-2 x 5-1 divided by 50
(A) 625 (B) 125
(C) 25 (D) 5
33. Find
the LCM of 10a2b and 30ab
(A) 30a2b (B) 10ab
(C) 5a2b (D) 2a2b2
34.
If 650 is the
supplementary angle of x, find x.
(A) 250 (B) 450 (C) 1150 (D) 1350
35. What
is 
of (-45q)
of (-45q)
(A) +9q (B)
-9q (C) -9 (D) +9
36. Convert 102ten to a number in
base 2
A) 11001102 (B) 10101002 (C) 100111002 (D) 11101102
37. Divide
£960 between Dumebi and Gabriel so that
for every £3 Dumebi gets Gabriel receives £5. What is Dumebi’s share?
(A) £600
(B) £576 (C) £360 (D) £300
38. In a
group of 40 students, 25 are female. What percent of the group is male?
(A) 16.5% (B)
37.5% (C) 62.5% (D)
75.5%
39. 8.04 to the nearest tenth is …..
(A)
8.0
(B) 8.05 (C) 8,1 (D) 10.0
40. Which
one of the following is the inverse operation of divide by -8?
(A)
divide by -8 (B)
multiply by -8 (C) Subtract +8 (D) Add -1/8
41. How much interest does £1,200 make in 
years at 30% per
annum?
years at 30% per
annum?
(A) £520 (B)
£530 (C) £540 (D)
£550.
42.
What numbers does the Roman
Numeral MCLXXII represent?
(A) 105
(B) 157 (C) 1172 (D) 11502
43. The average mass of six people is 58kg.
if one of the people has a body mass of
43kg. What is the average mass of the
other 5 people?
(A) 58kg (B)
61kg (C) 64kg
(D) 68kg
44. Which of these quadrilateral has ONLY ONE line of symmetry
(A)
kite (B) parallelogram (C) rectangle
(D) trapezium.. .
45. The square root of a number is 4k.What is half
of the number?
(A) 2k
(B) 4k2 (C)
6k (D) 8k2
46.
An article was bought for N160 and was sold for N200. What was the percentage
profit?
(A) 75% (B) 40%
(C) 25% (D)
20%
47. The
scores of ten students in Basic 8 silver are 3, 1, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 7, 5, 6. What
is the mode of the scores?
(A) 7 (B)
6 (C) 4
(D) 3
48. Add the square root of 4 to the square of 4, and divide the result by
2.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 9
49. Simplify
the expression: 
(A) 36n (B)
18n (C) 12n (D) 10n
50. A cartoon of biscuit holds 90 packs of
biscuit. How much would the tuck shop manager make if he sells each pack for
N650?
(A) N68 500 (B) N58 500
(C) N56 500 (D) N55 800
51. Which of the following options give the
correct factors of 36?
(A) 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 18, 36 (B) 1,
2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
(C) 1,
2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 36 (D) 1, 5, 8, 9, 12, 18, 36
52.
Find the square root of 20 ¼.
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(D) 
(B) (C) (D)
53. Find the
area of a square board of sides k m.
(A) 2k m2 (B) k2
m2 (C) k m2 (D) k/2 m2
54.
The
L.C.M. of 5ab2 and 3a2b is….
(A) 5a3b (B) 3a5b (C) 15ab (D) 15a2b2
55. Subtract -18 from the product of 4
and 10; then divide the result by -2
(A)
40
(B) 22 (C) -29
D) -8.
56.
Change 10010two to base 10
( A)
25 (B) 18 (C)
10 (D)
6
57.
If 0.0075 is written as 7.5 x 10n,
the value of n is
( A)
5 (B) 3
(C) -3 (D) -5
58. Express 2.1km 201m 48cm in metres
(A) 2 301.48m
(B) 230 148m (C) 2
120.148m (D) 2 120 148m
59. Each
face of a cube is in the shape of a…….
(A) triangle
(B) rectangle (C)
square (D) circle
60. What is
the sum of the first five prime numbers?
(A) 15
(B) 18 (C)
25 (D) 28
61. Find the area of a circle of radius 3m. (p=3.1)
(A)
27.9m2 (B) 27.2m2 (C)
28.2m2 (D) 28.3m2
62. Evaluate 11011 + 101, each number is in
base two. Give your answer as binary number.
(A) 100 000 (B) 110 000
(C)
101 000 (D) 100 100
63. Find the H.C.F. of 144, 90 and 54.
(A)
6 (B) 9 (C)
18 (D)
36
64. Simplify 
(A)
(B) 
(C)
(D)
(B)
(C)
(D)
65. A number is divisible by 6 if…….
(A) the unit digit is 0 or 6 (B)
the sum of the digits is divisible by 6
(C) the
last digit is even and the sum of the digits is divisible by 3
(D) the
last three digits formed a number divisible by 6
66. Simplify: 2a-1 X (3a)2
(A) 3a2 (B)
12a-1 (C) 18a (D)
6a-2
67. A television set costs N 15,400.00 . A discount
of 12
% is given for cash.
% is given for cash.
What is the price for cash payment?
A.
N1 283.00 B. N1 848.00
C. N13 475.00 D. N13,552.00
68. What
is the simple interest on N600.00 for 5 years at 2% per annum?
A. N50.00 B. N60.00 C. N70.00
D. N80.00 E. N100.00
69 If 0.68 is expressed as a fraction in its lowest
term, its denominator is
A. 40 B. 29
C. 25 D.
17 E. 18
70 The sum of
N 237,000.00 was budgeted to be spent on welfare by a special welfare
club. Express this amount in standard
form.
A. 2.37 X 105 B.
2.37 X 103 C. 2.371
X 10-3 D. 2.37 X 10-5
71. Correct
48.6094 to two significant figures.
A. 48.00 B.
48.60 C. 48.61
D. 49.00
72. Find
the multiplicative inverse of -
.
.
A. 
C. -
D. - 
C. -
D. -
73. Find the H.C.F of 10
2y
and 14y2.
2y
and 14y2.
A.
2
B. 
2y
C. 
2
D. 
B. 2y
C. 2
D.
74. A motor dealer bought a second hand car for
N180,000 and sold it at N225,000.
Find the gain percent.
A. 20%
B. 25 % C.
30 % D. 35 %
75. Express 0.25 as a fraction.
A. 2/5
B. 5/11 C.
25/61 D. ¼
E. 4/5
76. The
mean age of five pupils whose ages are 5, 6, 
7
and 12 is 7 years. Find the median age.
7
and 12 is 7 years. Find the median age.
A. 12 years
B. 7 years C.
6 years D. 5
years E. 4 years
77. An
article bought for N190.00 was sold at a profit of x% at N226.00. What is x?
A. 10.9 B.
18.9 C. 27.9
D. 37.9 E.
47.9
78. Express
as
a decimal fraction.
as
a decimal fraction.
A.
0.000 8 B. 0.008
C. 0.08 D.
0.8
79.
A square has a perimeter of 48cm. Find its area in cm2.
A. 244
cm2 B. 204
cm2 C. 160 cm2 D.
144 cm2
80.
Arrange: 2/3, ¾, 7/8 and
6/7 in ascending order of magnitude.
A. 2/3, ¾, 6/7, 7/8 B. ¾, 2/3, 7/8, 6/7 C. 6/7, 2/3, ¾, 7/8
D. 7/8, 2/3, ¾, 7/8 E. 6/7, 7/8, ¾, 2/3
81. Simplify: 490 
10000
10000
A. 0.000049 B.
0.00049 C. 0.0049 D.
0.049 E. 0.49
82. The
sum of 
minutes and
seconds expressed in minutes gives ……………..
minutes and
seconds expressed in minutes gives ……………..
A.
60a + b
B. a + 60b C. ( a + b) 60
D. 
+
b E. a +
+
b E. a +
83. The angle at the vertex of an isosceles
triangle is 800. The size of one of the base
angles is ……………….
A. 1000 B.
800
C. 500 D.
400
E. 200
84. A
bookshelf can hold 84 books each 3 cm wide. How many books of width
4 cm can it hold?
A. 56 B. 63 C. 84
D. 105 E. 112
85. What
must be multiplied by 144 to make it a perfect square?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.
86. Evaluate 110two´
(101two +1001two ─ 111two)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.
87. Simplify (4.8 ´1015) ÷ (0.12 ´
105)
Express your answer in standard form
. A. 4.8 ´1015 B. 4.0 ´1011 C. 48 ´1015 D. 40 ´1011
88. Simplify
4c3 x 7c2
A. 28c5 B. 11c
C. 25c2 D. 7c3
89. Remove
brackets and simplify 8(a + b) − 7(2a − b)
A. 15b−6a
B. −15a + 6a C. 6b −15a
D. 15b + 6a
90. Find the LCM of 3x2y and
2xy2.
A.
6x2y2. B.
6x2y . C. 3xy2. D. 2x2y
The Earth is about 1.5 x 108 Km from the sun. The planet Saturn is
about 1.43 x 109 km from the sun. Suppose the sun, the Earth and
Saturn are in a straight line. What is the distance between Earth and Saturn;
91. When they are on directly opposite sides of
the sun.
A.
1.58 x 109 Km B. 1.58 x 108 Km
C. 2.5 x 107 Km
D. 1.5 x 106 Km
92. When they are on the same side of the sun.
A. 1.28 x 109 Km
B. 1.28 x 108 Km
C. 2.5x 107 Km
D. 15 x 106 Km
93. Find the smallest number by which 540 must be
multiplied so that the product is a perfect square.
A. 15
B. 12 C. 5
D. 3
94. Go is a Japanese game played on a square
board divided into smaller squares.
There
are 5184 smaller squares. How many small squares are there along each side?
A. 72
B. 36 C.
12 D. 7
95. Convert 10.09%
A. 0.190
B. 0.1090 C.
0.1009 D. 0.01009
96. Which of the following are
correct?
I.
-600% + 750 = 15 II.
-600% + 750 = 744
III. -600%
+ 750 = 150% IV .
-600% + 750 = 74 400%
A. all
B. I and II C.
II and IV D.
I and III
97. Which of the following are correct?
I. 50% - 0.39 = 0.11
II. 50%
- 0.39 = 11%
III. 50%
- 0.39 = 49.6% IV. 50%
- 0.39 = 0.4961
A. all
B. I and II C.
I and III D. III and
IV
98. An article bought for N190.00 was sold at
a profit of x% at N226.00. What is x?
A. 18.9 B. 27.9 C. 37.9
D. 47.9.
99. The square root of a number is 2k.What
is half of the number
(a) 2k (b)
2k2 (c) 4k (d)4k2
100. Subtract -18 from the product of
4 and 10; then divide the result by -2
(a) 40 (b) 22 (c) -29 (d) -8.
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