Are you smarter than an 8th grader?

20 questions straight from a Grade 8 classroom: maths, science, geography, history and English. Can you beat a 13-year-old?

20 questions · about 2 min · members

About this test

Answer 20 multiple-choice questions at a Grade 8 level, covering maths, science, geography, history and English. You'll see the right answer after each question. Score 16 or more to prove you're smarter than a Grade 8 student, then move up a grade!

Possible results

  • The 8th graders win this round (score 0+)
  • Nearly there (score 10+)
  • Smarter than an 8th grader! (score 16+)
  • Top of the class (score 20+)
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  1. If 2x + 5 = 17, what is x?
  2. What is the square root of 144?
  3. What is the slope (gradient) of the line y = 3x − 2?
  4. Roughly how fast does light travel?
  5. Newton's third law: for every action there is an equal and opposite…
  6. What is the atomic number of carbon?
  7. What is the smallest country in the world by area?
  8. Who was the first President of the United States?
  9. In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
  10. Which figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as"?
  11. What is 5³?
  12. What is 4.5 × 10³ written out in full?
  13. A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 6 and 8. How long is the hypotenuse?
  14. What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a fair six-sided die?
  15. What is the chemical formula for table salt?
  16. Which particle orbits the nucleus of an atom?
  17. What is the capital of Brazil?
  18. In which year was the Magna Carta sealed?
  19. Which document announced American independence in 1776?
  20. Repeating the same starting sound, as in "Peter Piper picked", is called…

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