Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the Grade 8 Mathematics Opener Exam with Marking Scheme Term 3 2025. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  The exam paper contains two sections, A and B, with a total of 42 questions. It is marked out of 100 marks (Section A: 30 marks, Section B: 70 marks) and should be completed by learners within a duration of 2 hours.

  Topics covered in the paper include:

  • Numbers: Place value, rounding off, Greatest Common Divisor (GCD), prime numbers, and number sequences.
  • Fractions, Percentages, and Ratios: Conversion between fractions and percentages, operations with fractions, and solving problems involving ratios.
  • Algebra: Solving linear equations, inequalities, and simultaneous equations.
  • Measurement: Calculating perimeter, area, and volume of various shapes (rectangles, circles, cylinders), problems on speed-distance-time, and scale drawing.
  • Geometry: Properties of parallel lines, angles in polygons, constructions using a ruler and compass, coordinate geometry, and properties of 3D shapes like pyramids.
  • Data Handling and Probability: Calculating mean and mode, interpreting pie charts and bar graphs, and determining basic probability.
  • Commercial Arithmetic: Problems involving discounts, hire purchase, percentage decrease, appreciation, and depreciation.
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 8
• Subject:

  MATHEMATICS

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