GRADE-VIII

TIME: 3 HOURS MAX. MARKS: 80

MATHEMATICS
FLT-2

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 Pick the like and unlike terms from 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑦 + 5𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 3

2 Mohan bought a CD for RS 750 and sold it for RS 875. Find his gain percent?
3 What will be the volume of the cylinder in which area of the base is 45 sq.cm and height is 6
cm?
4 a × b = b × a is called
a. commutative law for addition
b. commutative law for multiplication
c. associative law for addition
d. associative law for multiplication
5 When a number is divided by 8, the result is –3. Find the number.
6 This table shows how the cost of Travis's graduation picnic depends on the number of
attendees.
Cost of Travis's graduation picnic
Attendees, x 3 4
Cost, y $12 $16
What is the cost per attendee

Section-B

7 Factorize: 6𝑥 2 − 17𝑥-3
8 State and verify the Euler’s Formula for a cube.

9 Find the value of ( 3−1 + 4−1 + 5−1 )0

10 3 17
Find the value of √3 − (27) .
11 Given that √4096=64, then the value of √4096 + √40.96=?
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12 Evaluate: 100 − (𝑥 − 5)2

Section-C

13 When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be
sold in order to gain 15%?
14 Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
i)2 heads
ii)1 head
iii)1 tail
iv) At least 1 head
v)At most 1 head
vi)No head
vii)2 tail
viii)No tail
15 The volume of wood in a tree (V) varies directly as the height (h) and inversely as the
square of the girth (g). If the volume of a tree is 144 cubic meters when the height is 20
meters and the girth is 1.5 meters, what is the height of a tree with a volume of 1000 and
girth of 2 meters?
16 Find the compound interest on Rs 25000 for 3 year at 6% per annum compounded
annually?
17 Find the area of the quadrilateral shown in figure:

18 The length of a rectangle exceeds its breadth by 9 cm. If the length and breadth are each
increased by 3, cm the area of new rectangle will be 84 cm sq. more than that of the given
rectangle. Find the length and breadth of the given rectangle.
19 Following table the temperature at 12:00 noon on four successive days in the month of
November in Chennai. Plot the graph based upon this information.
Day Temperature
1 20
2 23
3 20
4 25
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5 27
3
20 3
Simplify: √(1.1)3 × √1.331
21 In the adjacent figure, the angle bisectors of ∠A and ∠B meet in a point P. If ∠C=100°and
∠D=60°, find the measure of angle APB?

22 Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum
of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

Section-D

23 1 1 2 2 1
𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦: (1 + 𝑥 + 𝑥 ) + (5 − 𝑥 + √2 𝑥 2 ) − (4 − 𝑥 − 2√2𝑥 2 )
2 √2 3 3
24 Construct a quadrilateral MIST where MI = 3.5 cm, IS = 6.5 cm, ∠M = 75°, ∠I = 105° and
∠S = 120°
25 A man is 10 times older than his grandson. Also he is 54 years older than him. Find their
present ages.
26 A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% to his customer and still gains 20%. Find the
marked price of an article which costs Rs 450 to the shopkeeper?
27 In a square, the perimeter is four times the side of the square. Make a table of ordered pairs
as (length, perimeter). Represent it graphically.
28 If 16 women working 7 hours day can paint a mural in 48 days, how many days will it take
14 women working 12 hours a day to paint the same mural?
29 The shape of the top surface of a table is trapezium, its parallel sides are 1 m and 1.4 m and
the perpendicular distance between them is 0.9 m. Find its area.

1 1
30 If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 3 find the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2

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