Cambridge Lower Secondary · Mathematics 0862 · Stage 8 · Practice test
Stage 8 Maths — Practice Test 3
A full end-of-Stage-8 practice test in Checkpoint style: Paper 1 (no calculator) and Paper 2 (calculator), 1 hour and 50 marks each, with worked solutions and a mark scheme.
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Before you start
- This is a full end-of-Stage-8 practice test written in the style of Cambridge Lower Secondary tests. It covers the whole Stage 8 curriculum: Number, Algebra, Geometry and Measure, and Statistics and Probability. The Checkpoint test itself is taken at the end of Stage 9; this test prepares you for your Stage 8 end-of-year tests and builds the base for Checkpoint.
- Paper 1: 1 hour, 50 marks, no calculator. Paper 2: 1 hour, 50 marks, calculator allowed. Answer all the questions. The marks for each part are shown, and most parts are worth 1 or 2 marks.
- Equipment: pen, pencil, ruler, protractor, compasses (geometrical instruments), a calculator for Paper 2 only, and tracing paper if you like. Keep squared paper ready for the drawing questions.
- The timer starts when you begin a paper. Sit both papers in one session if you can, with a short break between them, exactly as you would on test day.
- You may write on paper first if you like, then type your final answer. In the real test you show all your working on the paper; marks are given for correct working even when the final answer is wrong.
- How marking works here: typed answers (numbers, short answers and multiple-choice) are checked automatically. For written answers, drawings and explanations, you mark yourself at the end using the mark scheme shown with each question. Be strict: give the mark only if your answer matches the mark scheme.
- Your score is a practice score to help you see your strengths and weaknesses. It is not an official Cambridge result.
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الامتحان ده ورقتين: الورقة الأولى ساعة من غير آلة حاسبة، والورقة التانية ساعة والآلة الحاسبة مسموحة. كل ورقة عليها 50 درجة. جهّز مسطرة ومنقلة وبرجل وورق مربعات. اكتب خطوات الحل على ورقة، لأن في الامتحان الحقيقي بتاخد درجات على الخطوات حتى لو الإجابة النهائية غلط. الإجابات المكتوبة بالأرقام بتتصحح أوتوماتيك، وأسئلة الشرح والرسم بتصححها بنفسك من نموذج الإجابة. الدرجة اللي هتطلع لك للتدريب بس، مش نتيجة رسمية من كامبريدج.
The test
After the test
- Read the worked solution for every question, including the ones you got right, and check that your method matches. In the real test the working earns marks too.
- Mark your written answers honestly with the mark scheme. If you are not sure whether an answer earns the mark, do not give it.
- Make a list of the questions you lost marks on, and next to each one write the topic tag and what went wrong (a rule you forgot, a careless slip, misreading the question, running out of time).
- Number mistakes: revisit 'Order of Operations and Calculating with Integers', 'Factors, Multiples, Primes, HCF and LCM', 'Fractions: Recurring Decimals, Mixed Numbers and Order of Operations', 'Percentage Increase, Decrease and Absolute Change' and 'Ratio and Proportion'.
- Algebra mistakes: revisit 'Algebraic Expressions: Simplifying, Expanding and Factorising', 'Equations and Inequalities', 'Writing Expressions and Formulae, and Changing the Subject', 'Sequences and the nth Term' and 'Reading and Interpreting Real-life Graphs'.
- Geometry mistakes: revisit 'Angles in Triangles and on Parallel Lines', 'Area of Parallelograms and Trapezia', 'Volume of Prisms and Surface Area', 'Circumference of a Circle, and Miles and Kilometres', '3D Shapes: Euler's Formula and Plans and Elevations' and 'Translation, Reflection, Rotation and Enlargement'.
- Statistics and probability mistakes: revisit 'Averages, Range and Comparing Distributions', 'Data Collection and Sampling' and 'Probability: Complementary and Combined Events'.
- After two weeks of revision, try Practice Test 1 or 2 and compare your scores paper by paper.
All pages in this course
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Number
- Order of Operations and Calculating with Integers
- Factors, Multiples, Primes, HCF and LCM
- Types of Number and Index Laws
- Squares, Cubes and Roots (Positive and Negative)
- Multiplying and Dividing by 0.1 and 0.01, and Significant Figures
- Fractions: Recurring Decimals, Mixed Numbers and Order of Operations
- Percentage Increase, Decrease and Absolute Change
- Ordering and Calculating with Decimals
- Ratio and Proportion
Algebra
- Algebraic Expressions: Simplifying, Expanding and Factorising
- Writing Expressions and Formulae, and Changing the Subject
- Equations and Inequalities
- Sequences and the nth Term
- Functions and Straight-line Graphs (y = mx + c)
- Reading and Interpreting Real-life Graphs
Geometry and measure
- Quadrilaterals and Regular Polygons
- Circumference of a Circle, and Miles and Kilometres
- Area of Parallelograms and Trapezia
- 3D Shapes: Euler's Formula and Plans and Elevations
- Volume of Prisms and Surface Area
- Angles in Triangles and on Parallel Lines
- Constructions with Ruler and Compasses
- Bearings and Midpoints
- Translation, Reflection, Rotation and Enlargement
Statistics and probability
- Data Collection and Sampling
- Representing Data
- Averages, Range and Comparing Distributions
- Probability: Complementary and Combined Events
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