EKURHULENI SOUTH
MATHEMATICS: BASELINE ASSESSMENT: Year 2025
GRADE 8
Time: 1 Hour
January 2025
Marks: 50
Name:
Grade 8 ____
Name of Primary School attended:
Instructions:
1. This paper has 10 pages and 50 questions.
2. Calculators are NOT permitted.
3. This paper consists only of MULTIPLE CHOICE questions.
4. Cross-out the letter of your answers on the answer sheet provided, AND
hand in all your workings out on the rough paper provided.
5. For each question, four possible answers are given and only one is correct.
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NUMBERS, OPERATIONS AND RELATIONS
16 MARKS
1. The 21 542 rounded off to the nearest thousand is :
a) 24 500
2.
Simplify:
a)
1
b) 22 000
c) 21 500
b)
c)
d) 21 000
0
15
0
1
5
d)
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Calculate 18 – 8 ÷ 2
3.
a) 5
4.
b) 10
c) 14
d) 12
Prime factorise 216
a)
2 x 108
b) 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3
c)
23 × 33
d)
22 × 33
c)
2
d)
-6
c)
18
d)
24
c)
0,3:1
d)
4:6
c)
0,06
d)
6,0
5. The value of - 4 – (+2)
a)
-2
b) 6
6. Determine the HCF of 18 and 72
a)
6
b) 12
7. Express 9 : 2,7 in its simplest form
a)
1:0,3
b) 1:3
8. Simplify: 9, 006 = 9 +
a)
0,6
b)
0,006
9. Determine the LCM of 7 and 12
a) 36
b) 42
c) 63
2
d) 84
10. Calculate: -7 – (-2)
a)
-5
b)
9
c)
5
d)
-9
b)
64
c)
16
d)
225
11. Simplify: (3 + 5)2
a)
34
12. Calculate: 𝟐𝟑 − 𝟒𝟏 =
11
1
5
a) 12
1
c) 4
b) 12
d) 12
13. Round 58, 4786 to one decimal place
a)
58,7
b)
2
58,4
c)
58,5
d)
58,67
2
c)
Impossible
d)
R26
c)
R84
d)
R2,60
12
c)
8
d)
4
3
14. Calculate: 3 − 9
a)
1
6
b)
9
1
3
15. Calculate 30% of R280
a)
R62,50
b)
16. Calculate: √100 − 36
a)
16
b)
PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS & ALGEBRA
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17. The nth term of the sequence 1; 4; 9; 16; 25; ... is
a)
𝑛+1
b)
𝑛+5
c)
𝑛+3
d)
𝑛2
18. A pattern created by adding one more than was added to the previous term:
3
a)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
b)
1; 2; 4; 8; 16… c)
Design 2
Design 3
1; 3; 7; 15…
d)
1; 2; 4; 7…
19. Study the pattern:
Design 1
The number of sticks in design 12 will be
a)
12
b)
48
c)
24
d)
44
𝑥 is the
variable and
2 and 3 are
constants
c)
𝑥 is the
variable and
2 the
constant
d)
𝑥 is the
variable and
3 the
constant
20. In the expression 3𝑥 + 2
a)
𝑥 is the
constant and
2 the
variable
b)
21. If a boy is 𝑥 years old and his mother 𝑥 + 23 years old. How old is his mother, if the boy
is 15 years old?
a)
48
b)
23
c)
38
d)
43
c)
-6
d)
8
22. If 𝑥 = 8, determine the value of 𝑥 − (−2).
a)
10
b)
4
23. Complete the table:
𝑥
𝑦 = 2𝑥
a)
a=6
b = 10
b)
0
0
a=3
b=5
c)
4
3
a
5
b
a=5
b=7
d)
a=5
b = 10
Use the flow diagram below to answer questions 24 and 25
3
9
2
?
?
1
5
0
3
24. Determine the rule / formula used in the flow diagram
a)
𝑥+2
3𝑥
b)
c)
3𝑥+2
d)
2𝑥 + 3
d)
-7
25. Determine the value of the unknown in the flow diagram
a)
-3
b)
7
c)
3
26. Which of the following pairs are first an equation and then an expression
a)
5𝑥 + 1
3𝑥 = 1
b)
5𝑥 + 2 = 7
5𝑥 = 2 − 7
c)
2𝑥 = 4
𝑥+2
d)
2𝑥 + 4
𝑥+2
𝑥 = 27
c)
𝑥 = 11
d)
𝑥 = -11
27. Solve for 𝑥: 𝑥 − 8 = 19
a)
𝑥 = -27
b)
28. Write a number sentence to determine the area of a square with sides of 4 𝑐𝑚
a)
𝐴 = 42
b) 𝐴 = 4 + 4 + 4 + 4
c)
𝐴 = 4×2
d)
𝐴 = 4+2
Distance
29. The graph below represents the motion of a car. The graph shows that the car is:
Time
5
a)
accelerating
b)
standing still
c)
travelling at
a constant speed
d)
travelling
uphill
SPACE & SHAPE (GEOMETRY)
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30. What kind of transformation is defined by the shape below?
a)
rotation
b)
reduction
c)
reflection
d)
translation
31.
A
D
B
C
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
Which block should be shaded to make diagram 2 a mirror image of diagram 1?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
32. If a vertical line meets or crosses a horizontal line at 90°, those lines are said to be:
a)
rays
b)
line
segments
c)
parallel
d)
perpendicular
33. An angle smaller than 90°
a) revolution
b) reflex angle
c) acute angle
34. Which term best describes angle:
6
d) obtuse angle
a) revolution
b) acute angles
c) reflex angle
d) obtuse angle
35. Describe the relationship between angle 1 and angle 2:
2
1
a) angles on a
straight line
b) corresponding
angles
c) vertically
opposite
d) complementary
angles
36. What type of triangle is shown below?
a) equilateral
triangle
b) isosceles triangle c) obtuse angled
triangle
d) right angled
triangle
37. Which one of the following is the diameter?
a) OA
b) OB
c) AC
d) AB
38. A triangle which has no sides that are equal
a)
isosceles
b)
scalene
c)
39. A 2D shape which has 4 sides
7
equilateral
d)
obtuse
a)
Rectangle
b)
Triangle
c)
quadrilateral
d)
Square
40. Which term best describes the relationship between the triangles given:
a)
similar
b)
congruent
c)
scalene
d) none of the
answers
41. If AB // CD, then the value of x is:
1200
A
C
a)
B
D
x
600
b)
1200
c)
300
42. Complete: If 𝐴̂ = 700 and 𝐵̂ = 1100 then 𝐴̂ + 𝐵̂ are called
a) Complementary
b) Supplementary
c)
Acute
43. Choose the option which best describes an isosceles triangle.
a)
b)
c)
d)
A triangle with all sides and angles equal
A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles
A triangle with NO equal sides or angles
A triangle with a right angle and no equal sides.
44. Study the provided line below.
N
Line N is a
line?
8
d)
2400
angles.
d) Obtuse
a) segment
b) point
c) ray
d) dotted
45.
A
O
B
D
C
Which statement below about kite ABCD is TRUE?
a) AB = BC
b) BD = AC
c) BO = OD and BD ⊥ AC
MEASUREMENT
d) AO = OC
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46. What is the perimeter of the figure below?
5 cm
8 cm
a)
26 cm
b)
40 cm2
c)
20 cm
d)
47. The correct formula to find the area of a square is
a) l × b
b) 𝑠 2
c)
48. Determine the area of the figure below:
8m
6m
9
1
b×h
2
d) 4s
23 cm
a)
24𝑚2
b)
48𝑚2
c)
14𝑚2
d)
12𝑚2
1𝑚
c)
0,1𝑚
d)
0.001𝑚
49. Convert 100𝑚𝑚 to metres
a)
0,01𝑚
b)
50. If the volume of a solid is given as 300m3 and the height is given as 3m, what is the area
of the base of the solid?
a)
50m2
b) not possible to
calculate
c)
10
20m2
d)
100m2