<p> Grade 8 MATHEMATICS – September Assessment Item type/s: Multiple-choice (X) Gridded (X)</p><p>1. What is the value of q that makes the equation true? 3(q + 4) – 10q = 2q + 3</p><p>A. 1 B. 2 C. No Solution D. All real numbers</p><p>2. Natalie drew a square and marked the lengths of the sides using exponential notation. She then wrote the expression 54 x 54 to represent the area of the square. Which of the following is equivalent to the area, in square units, of Natalie’s square?</p><p>A. 5 B. 58 C. 516 D. 520</p><p>3. Which of the following is an equivalent expression?</p><p>4 3 ∙ 4 4 ∙ 4 8 45 ∙ 4</p><p>A. 49 B. 420 C. 129 D. 1220</p><p>4. Marina’s school used 4 5/6 buses to take people on a trip to the country. Each bus holds 72 people. How many people rode the bus on the trip?</p><p>1 A. 432 B. 348 C. 300 D. 288</p><p>2 5. Which graph best represents the equation of the line that has a y- intercept of –1 and a slope of 1/3 ?</p><p>A. B. </p><p>C. D. </p><p>6. Which expression below is equivalent to 4y – 2y(y) + 10y ÷ 2y?</p><p>A. 4+5y B. 2y2+5y C. -2y+3y+12 D. -2y2+4y+5</p><p>3 7. The radius of a certain wheel is 7 inches. Which of the following is closest to the circumference of the wheel?</p><p>A. 10.99 inches B. 14.21 inches C. 21.98 inches D. 43.96 inches</p><p>4 Gridded Questions</p><p>1. What is the value of m in the equation below? 2(m + 5) = 16 - 4m</p><p>Mark your answer in the answer grid</p><p>2. Larry has 66 music CDs. He has 2 times as many rock CDs as country CDs. He has 3 times as many rock CDs as hip-hop CDs. How many rock CDs does Larry have? Mark your answer in the answer grid</p><p>3. If p = 3 and q = 2, what is the value of the expression below? (p+q)3</p><p>Mark your answer in the answer grid</p><p>4. Find the area, in square inches, of the figure shown below.</p><p>5 Mark your answer in the answer grid</p><p>Open Ended Questions</p><p>This problem requires you to show your work and/or explain your reasoning. You may use drawings, words, and/or numbers in your answer. Your answer should be written so that another person could read it and understand your reasoning. It is important that you show all your work.</p><p>1. Jenalysa was asked to graph the equation 3x + y = – 4.</p><p>A. Create a table with 4 ordered pairs that are on the line of the equation.</p><p>B. Create a coordinate plane and label the axes. Graph the equation 3x + y = – 4 using the ordered pairs from the table.</p><p>C. What are the slope and y-intercept of the line?</p><p>6</p>