Denisa Tănăsescu, a teacher at the IL Caragiale College in Bucharest, solved the Mathematics test in the National Assessment 2026, for Adevărul.
Update: The Ministry of Education has published the scales of the Mathematics test, as part of the 2026 National Assessment.
The correction paper published by the Ministry of Education includes the complete solutions for all subjects as well as the intermediate marks awarded for the correct calculation steps.
The original news
The subjects that the 8th grade graduates had to study were “heavier” than usual, says the teacher.
According to her, the difference was made in the 3rd subject, where the students no longer had grids.
“Plane geometry was devastating, these were pure Olympiad subjects!”explained teacher Denisa Tănăsescu.
The exercise that the teacher claims will make a difference “between very good and exceptional students” was:
“4. In the adjacent figure is represented the circle with center O and radius 6 cm. The points A, B, C and D belong to the circle, so that the lines AB and CD are perpendicular. The point M is the middle of the chord AB and OM=3cm.
(3p) b) Prove that AC2 + BD2 = 144 cm2.”
National Assessment 2026: Solving subjects in Mathematics
Subject I:
1. The result of the 12-2×5 calculation is equal to:
a) 50
b) 22
c) 2
d) 0
Correct answer: c)
2. Among the 250 students participating in a competition, 40% are boys. The number of boys participating in this contest is equal to:
a) 150
b) 125
c) 100
d) 90
Correct answer: c)
3. The sum of the number 10 and the opposite of the number 10 is equal to:
a) 101/10
b) 11/10
c) 1
d) 0
Correct answer: d)
4. Transforming the decimal fraction 1,(2) into an ordinary fraction, we obtain:
a) 11/10
b) 6/5
c) 11/9
d) 4/3
Correct answer: c)
The answers for the other exercises are:
5.b)
6.a)
The correct answers to topic II:
1.c)
2.b)
3. d)
3.b)
4.b)
5.a)
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When will the results be displayed?
Testing started at 09:00 and ended at 11:00 for most participants, except for those with special educational requirements who benefit from an additional three hours to solve the topics.
Students taking the exam will be able to find out their initial results on July 1, by 12:00 p.m., which will be displayed both online and in schools or exam centers.
On the same day, after the publication of the first results, between 14:00 and 18:00, students can view the papers and submit appeals, the procedure continuing on July 2 and 3. The final results, after resolving the appeals, will be made public on Wednesday, July 8.
National Assessment Calendar 2026 for 8th grade students
- June 22, 2026 – Romanian language and literature, written test
- June 24, 2026 – Mathematics, written test
- June 26, 2026 – Mother tongue and literature, written test
- July 1, 2026 – Display of initial results by 12:00 p.m.; viewing the written works and submitting appeals, between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
- July 2-3, 2026 – Viewing of written works and submission of appeals
- July 4-7, 2026 – Resolution of appeals
- 8 July 2026 – Display of final results.
