GRADE-VIII

TIME: 3 HOURS MAX. MARKS: 80

MATHEMATICS
FLT-1

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The questions paper consists of 30 questions divided into four sections. A, B, C,
and D. Section-A comprises of 6 questions of 1 mark each, Section-B comprises of
6 questions of 2 marks each, Section-C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks
each and Section-D comprises of 8 questions of 4 marks each.
(iii) There is no overall choice in this question paper.
(iv) Use of calculator is not permitted.

Section-A

1 Convert the following ratios to percentages.

(a) 3:5
(b) 3:4
2 The number of sides of a regular polygon whose each interior angle is of 135° is..?
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3 Find the value of x: √0.343 × 𝑥 = √49 .
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4 What is the value of √3.375
5 If 31z5 is a multiple of 3, where z is a digit, what might be the values of z?
6 Write five rational numbers greater than –2 and less than 3.

Section-B

7 Evaluate using identities: 1032, 982, 105x95.

8 If two pencils cost $1.50, how many pencils can you buy with $9.00?
9 Find the last digit of the number 22016 ?
10 What must be added to 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 − 8 to get 3𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 6
11 Factorize : 𝑡 2 − 21𝑡 + 90.
12 Evaluate: (502)2 − (498)2 .

Section-C

13 Construct a rectangle of Adjacent sides 4.6cm and 5.1 cm.

14 The population of a village is 50000. It increases by 5% every year. Find the population at
the end of 3 years?
15 The opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x+5)° and (61-x)°, find the measure of all
angles.
16 Divide 4500 in to two parts such that 5% of the first part is equal to 10% of the second part.
17 In a stack there are 5 books each of thickness 20mm and 5 paper sheets each of thickness
0.016 mm. What is the total thickness of the stack.
18 Factorize: 9(𝑎 − 2𝑏)2 + 6(2𝑏 − 𝑎)
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19 The denominator of a rational number is greater than its numerator by 3. If 3 is subtracted

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from the numerator and 2 is added t its denominator, the new number becomes 5. Find the
original number.
20 A rectangular field is 300 m long and 270 m wide. It is planted with cabbages, each of which
requires on average an area of 900 cm2. How many cabbage plants can the field hold?
21 Draw the front, side and top view of a television

22 Mark the following points in Cartesian plane. Also comment on which quadrant they lie. (1,5)
; (3,5) ; (-2,4) ; (-2,-2) ; (1,-5).

Section-D

23 A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per
kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is?
24 Thirty-five workers can build a house in 16-days. How many days will 28 workers working
at the same rate take to build the same house?
25 The length and breadth of a rectangle are (3𝑎 − 4𝑏)𝑐𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (5𝑏 + 2𝑎)𝑐𝑚𝑠. Find it area and
perimeter.
26 Construct a quadrilateral ABCD, where AB = 4 cm, BC = 5 cm, CD = 6.5 cm and ∠B =105°
and ∠C = 80
27 The diameter of a road roller, 1m40cm long is 80cm. If it takes 600 revolutions to level a
playground, find the cost of levelling the ground at Rs.3/m2.
28 The top surface of a box is in the shape of a regular octagon as shown in the figure. Find the
area of the octagonal surface.

29 The marks scored by 40 students of class 8 in mathematics are given below:

81, 55, 68, 79, 85, 43, 29, 68, 54, 73, 47, 35, 72, 64, 95, 44, 50, 77, 64, 35, 79, 52, 45, 54, 70,
83, 62, 64, 72, 92, 84, 76, 63, 43, 54, 38, 73, 68, 52, 54.
Prepare a frequency distribution of class size 10 and Draw the Histogram for the following
Raw data.
30 A streamer goes downstream and covers the distance between two ports in 4 hours, while it
covers the same distance upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2 Km/hr. Find the
speed of streamer in still water.
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