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GRADE 8 HOLIDAY SUMMERTIVE ASSIGNMENT
Learner's Name. ……………………………………………………………… Stream………………………
FOR THE TEACHER
ASSESSMENT RUBRICS (for official use)
% SCORE RANGE Below 40 40-59 60-79 80-100
PERFORMANCE Below Approaching Meeting Exceeding
LEVEL expectation expectations expectations expectations
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MATHEMATICS
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Answer all questions in this paper.
1. Write the following in words 1,203,807. 0945 (1mk)
2. A number n is such that when it is divided by 27, 30 or 45, the remainder is 3. Find the smallest value of n.
(3mks)
3. Use the number line to perform the following operations.
a) (-10)-(-3) (1mk)
b) (+1)-(-8) (1mk)
c) (-3)+(-4) (1mk)
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4. If x=2, y=6 and z=4, find the values of:
a)2y-3x+z (2mk)
4𝑥𝑦
b) (2mks)
𝑧
2 2 1 1
5. Solve 𝑜𝑓 (6 − × )
5 5 2 5
(3mks)
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6. A farmer has 265 mango trees on his farm. 48 trees have 97 mangoes each, 89 trees have 176 mangoes each,
the rest have 59 mangoes each. How many oranges are there altogether? (3mks)
𝑥+1 𝑥−1
7. Express − as a single fraction (3mks)
2 3
𝑎
8. Given that 2.0̇5̇ = 2 . Find the value of a and b (3mks)
𝑏
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9. On a certain day, a student measured the temperature inside a deep freezer and found that it was -3°𝑐
while the room temperature was 24°𝑐. What was the temperature difference between the room and the deep
freezer? (2mks)
10. Using a calculator, find the:
a) Square of 458.973
(2mks)
b) Square root of 0.146 (2mks)
11. A number p is two-thirds of another and their difference is 10. Find the two integers. (3mks)
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12. Check whether 7544 is divisible by 6 (3mks)
13. Write the following in standard form:
a) 0.00121
b) 4521.021
0.17×1.05+0.32
14. Evaluate correct to three decimal places. (4mks)
4.5×0.08−0.089
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15. Find the square root of 1764 using the long division method.
(3mks)
16. Remove the brackets and simplify.
2𝑏 + 𝑎⌈3 − 2(𝑎 − 5)⌉ (3mks)
17. Three bells ring at intervals of 6minutes, 5minutes and 8minutes, if they rang first at 10.45 am, find when
they will ring together for the second time. (3mks)
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