math contest practice, Grade 8

Free printable math contest practice test for Grade 8

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Math contest practice test, Grade 8

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Grades 7 and 8

Circle the letter of the best answer. About 25 minutes.

  1. 1.

    Jada, Wes and Nia are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Jada says: "Nia has the ball."
    Wes says: "Nia does not have the ball."
    Nia says: "Wes does not have the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AHana
    2. BRaj
    3. CJada
    4. DWes
    5. ENia
  2. 2.

    A rectangle is made from 36 square tiles, with none left over. A square counts as a rectangle, and a rectangle that is only turned on its side is still the same rectangle. How many different rectangles can be made?

    1. A4
    2. B6
    3. C9
    4. D7
    5. E5
  3. 3.

    Each of these three numbers has one digit hidden by a question mark: 5?8, 63?, 5?0. The average of the three numbers is 575. What is the sum of the three hidden digits?

    1. A87
    2. B5
    3. C17
    4. D3
    5. E15
  4. 4.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A7
    2. B10
    3. C5
    4. D4
    5. E9
  5. 5.

    Use each of the digits 5, 6, 8, 0, 2 once to make the smallest even 5-digit number. What digit is in the tens place?

    1. A8
    2. B0
    3. C5
    4. D2
    5. E6
  6. 6.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A20
    2. B19
    3. C5
    4. D10
    5. E4
  7. 7.

    Lena, Omar, Hana, Uma and Raj are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Lena says: "Raj has the ball."
    Omar says: "Uma does not have the ball."
    Hana says: "Raj has the ball."
    Uma says: "Lena does not have the ball."
    Raj says: "Uma has the ball."
    Exactly one of them is telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. AHana
    2. BOmar
    3. CRaj
    4. DUma
    5. ELena
  8. 8.

    Theo, Yara, Omar, Zoe and Kai are playing, and one of them has the ball.
    Theo says: "I do not have the ball."
    Yara says: "I do not have the ball."
    Omar says: "Zoe has the ball."
    Zoe says: "Omar does not have the ball."
    Kai says: "Omar has the ball."
    Exactly one of them is not telling the truth. Who has the ball?

    1. ATheo
    2. BYara
    3. CKai
    4. DZoe
    5. EOmar
  9. 9.

    Use each of the digits 2, 8, 0, 6, 9 once to make the smallest multiple of 5 5-digit number. What digit is in the thousands place?

    1. A6
    2. B9
    3. C8
    4. D2
    5. E0
  10. 10.

    How many triangles of any size are there in this figure?

    1. A11
    2. B20
    3. C6
    4. D7
    5. E21

Written by Scholar Tests in the style of the published math contest question types. Not a real math contest test, and a practice score is not a real score.