Grade Eight Math PRACTICE TESTChapter 4 : Measuring Prisms & Cylinders

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Part A Multiple Choice (10 Marks)Place the letter representing the correct answer in the space provided.

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1. Which is the correct net for the object shown?

A) B) C) D)

2. Which diagram CANNOT be folded to make a cube?

A) B) C) D)

3. What shapes do you need to make a triangular prism?

A) 1 triangle and 3 rectangles B) 2 triangles and 3 rectanglesC) 3 triangles and 3 rectanglesD) 5 triangles

4. Which net will create a right triangular prism?

A) B) C) D)

5. The length of one edge of a cube is 4 cm. What is the surface area of the cube?

A) 16 B) 24 C) 64 D) 96

6. The AREA OF THE BASE of a right triangular prism is 7 and the height of the prism is 12 cm. What is the volume of the prism?

A) 19 B) 42 C) 84 D) 168

7. If the volume of a cube is 125 cm3, what is the length of one side of the cube, in cm?

A) 3B) 5 C) 6D) 25

8. What is the volume of the object shown below?

A) 138 cm3

B) 160 cm3

C) 320 cm3

D) 336 cm3

9. A carton of milk has a capacity of two litres. If a standard drinking glass holds ¼ litre of liquid, how many glasses of milk are there in a carton?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 16

10. Find the surface area of the net below.

A) 48 m² B) 54 m² C) 90 m² D) 111 m²

Part B. Constructed Response Place correct solutions in the space provided. Show all workings for full marks.

1. A wooden toy building block is in the shape of a cylinder with a radius of 4 cm and a height of 5 cm. It is to be given 3 coats of red paint. What is the total area to be painted? (4 marks)

2. Calculate the surface area of the figure below. (5 marks)

3. What is the volume of this object? (2 marks)

4. A farmer builds a box to store hay in so that his cows will always have something to eat. This diagram shows the box. If the farmer wants to paint the outside of the box (there is no top), how much paint will he need? (4 marks)

5. A cylindrical milk truck container is 12 metres long with a diameter of 3 metres.

A) Calculate how many cubic metres of milk it will take to completely fill the tanker. (2 marks)

B) How many litres of milk are in the truck if 1cubic metre is 1000 litres (1m³ = 1000L). (1 mark)

C) One cow can produce 30 litres of milk per day. How many cows will it take to fill the tanker completely full in one day? (1 mark)

6. Speaking of milk, there is nothing that goes better with milk than a yummy piece of fudge! Mr. Reid makes a full tray of fudge for his students. The tray is shown below.

A) Calculate the volume of fudge in the tray. (2 marks)

B) If he has 24 students in his class, how much fudge does each student get if they all get an equal amount? (1 mark)

7. Draw a net for the object below. (2 marks)