Uganda · Grade 8 · Practice Sheet 11

1. 1.

   A car travels 392 km in 8 hours. Find its average speed.

   Formula:Speed

   $v = \dfrac{d}{t}$

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2. 2.

   Find the mean (average) of these numbers: 63, 43, 47, 57.

   Formula:Arithmetic Mean

   $\bar{x} = \dfrac{\sum x}{n}$

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3. 3.

   A car travels 111 km in 3 hours. Find its average speed.

   Formula:Speed

   $v = \dfrac{d}{t}$

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4. 4.

   A train moves at 43 km/h for 1.8 hours. How far does it travel?

   Formula:Distance from Speed & Time

   $d = v \times t$

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5. 5.

   A value changes from 26 to 245. Find the percentage change (to 2 d.p.).

   Formula:Percentage Change

   $\%\,\text{change} = \dfrac{\text{new} - \text{old}}{\text{old}} \times 100$

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6. 6.

   Solve for x: 4x + 14 = 42.

   Formula:Solving a Linear Equation

   $x = \dfrac{c - b}{a}$

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7. 7.

   A car travels 832 km in 8 hours. Find its average speed.

   Formula:Speed

   $v = \dfrac{d}{t}$

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8. 8.

   USh 279 is shared in the ratio 5 : 4. Find each share.

   Formula:Dividing in a Ratio

   $\text{share} = \dfrac{\text{part}}{\text{total parts}} \times T$

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9. 9.

   A train moves at 28 km/h for 2.5 hours. How far does it travel?

   Formula:Distance from Speed & Time

   $d = v \times t$

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10. 10.

    Solve for x: 6x + 18 = 66.

    Formula:Solving a Linear Equation

    $x = \dfrac{c - b}{a}$

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11. 11.

    An object has mass 132 g and volume 44 cm³. Find its density.

    Formula:Density

    $\rho = \dfrac{m}{V}$

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12. 12.

    A circle has a radius of 5 cm. Find its area. (Use π ≈ 3.14159)

    Formula:Area of a Circle

    $A = \pi r^2$

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13. 13.

    What is 12% of 140?

    Formula:Percentage of a Quantity

    $\text{result} = \dfrac{p}{100} \times N$

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14. 14.

    A car travels 204 km in 2 hours. Find its average speed.

    Formula:Speed

    $v = \dfrac{d}{t}$

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15. 15.

    USh 304 is shared in the ratio 3 : 5. Find each share.

    Formula:Dividing in a Ratio

    $\text{share} = \dfrac{\text{part}}{\text{total parts}} \times T$

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16. 16.

    A bag has 11 equally likely marbles, of which 9 are red. Find the probability of drawing a red marble (to 3 d.p.).

    Formula:Simple Probability

    $P(E) = \dfrac{\text{favourable}}{\text{total}}$

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17. 17.

    USh 114 is shared in the ratio 3 : 3. Find each share.

    Formula:Dividing in a Ratio

    $\text{share} = \dfrac{\text{part}}{\text{total parts}} \times T$

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18. 18.

    USh 4,100 is invested at 3% simple interest per year for 6 years. Find the interest earned.

    Formula:Simple Interest

    $I = \dfrac{P \times r \times t}{100}$

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19. 19.

    A right-angled triangle has legs of 3 cm and 8 cm. Find the length of the hypotenuse.

    Formula:Pythagorean Theorem

    $c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}$

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20. 20.

    USh 2,000 is invested at 10% simple interest per year for 6 years. Find the interest earned.

    Formula:Simple Interest

    $I = \dfrac{P \times r \times t}{100}$

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