Question Booklet-VIII

Chapter-1 Rational Numbers

1 Using appropriate properties find : 2/3 × 3/5 + 5/2 – 3/5 × 1/6

2 Multiply 6/13 by the reciprocal of -7/16

3 State the property used : 1/3 × (6 × 4/3) as (1/3 × 6) × 4/3

4 The numbers ______and _______are their own reciprocals

5 The product of two rational numbers is always a ________.

6 Represent these numbers on the number line : (i) 7/4 (ii) -5/6

7 Find five rational numbers between -3/2 and -5/3

8 Zero has _______reciprocal.

9 Rational Numbers are closed under _____ and _______

10 The product of two rational numbers is ¾ if one of the number is ⅞ find the other
rational number.

Chapter - 2 Linear Equation

1 The solution of 2x-3=7 is:

A. 5 B. 7 C. 12 D. 11

2 What should be added to -7/3 to get 3/7?

A. 21/58 B. 58/21 C. 47/21 D. 50/21

3 The perimeter of the rectangle is 20cm. If the length of the rectangle is 6cm, then its
breadth will be:
A. 4 cm B. 6 cm C. 10 cm D. 14 cm
4 The difference between two whole numbers is 66. The ratio of the two numbers is 2:
5. The two numbers are:
A. 60 and 6 B. 100 and 33 C. 110 and 44 D. 99 and 33

5 Three consecutive integers add up to 51. The integers are:

A. 16,17,18 B. 15,16,17 C. 17,18,19 D. 18,19,20

6
Arjun is twice as old as Shriya. Five years ago his age was three times Shriya’s age. Find
their present ages

7 The sum of three consecutive multiples of 11 is 363. Find these multiples.

8
The digits of a two-digit number differ by 3. If the digits are interchanged, and the
resulting number is added to the original number, we get 143. What can be the original
number?

9
solve :15(y – 4) –2(y – 9) + 5(y + 6) = 0

10
Present ages of Anu and Raj are in the ratio 4:5. Eight years from now the ratio of their
ages will be 5:6. Find their present ages.

Chapter - 6 Squares and Squareroot

1 If 5278 is squared, then what will be at unit place?

A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 4

2 The sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 +19 is:

 A. 121 B. 120 C. 100 D. 110

3 The Pythagorean triples whose smallest number is 8:

A. 8, 16 17 B. 8, 17, 18 C. 8, 15, 17 D. 8, 15, 16

4 Find the smallest square number which is divisible by each of the numbers 6, 9 and 15.

5 Find the square roots of the following numbers by the Prime Factorisation Method.
a) 9408 b) 7056

6 Find the smallest number by which 1800 must be multiplied so that it becomes a perfect
square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.

7 10404 students are sitting in a lecture room in such a manner that there are as many
students in a row as there are rows in a lecture room. How many students are there in
each row of a lecture room?

8 Find the square root of each of the following numbers by Division method.
a) 2304 b) 7.29

9 Find the least number that must be subtracted from 5607 so as to get a perfect square.
Also find the square root of the perfect square.

10 Find the least number that must be added to 1300 so as to get a perfect square. Also find
the square root of the perfect square

Chapter - 12 Powers and Exponents

1 Expand the following using exponents.

(i) 0.0523
(ii) 32.005

2 Write in exponential form : 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2

3 Find the value : (- 2)-5 x (-2)6

5 Write in exponential form.

6 Find the value of ‘p’

7 Simplify the following:

8 Simplify and express the result in power notation with a positive exponent.

10 Simplify :

Chapter - 13 Direct and Inverse Proportion

1 If x=ky, what can you say about the relationship between x and y ? When x=64 and
y=128, find k. Hence find x if y=86.

2
Five men can build a fence in 14 days. If 7 men are employed, find the number
 of days in which the fence will be built ?

3
The numbers a and b are directly proportional and a=9 when b=3. Find a when
b=8; and find b when a=42.

4
six pipes are required to fill a tank in 1 hour 20 min. How long will it take if only 5
pipes of the same type are used.

5
There are 100 students in a hostel. Food provisions for them is for 20 days. How
long will these provisions last, if 25 more students join the group ?

6
Five men can build a fence in 14 days. If 7 men are employed, find number of
days in which the fence will be built ?

7
Working 4 hours a day, Sunny can copy a book in 15 days. How many hours a
day should she work so as to finish the work in 12 days.

8
A train is moving at a uniform speed of 75 km/hr.

(i) How far will it travel in 20 minutes ?

(ii) Find the time required to cover a distance of 250 km.

9
If the weight of 12 sheets of thick paper is 40 gms, how many sheets of the
same paper would weigh two and half kilograms.

10
Find the constant of variation in each table and hence find the missing numbers.

X 2 ? 6 8 12
 Y ? 12 ? 6 ?

X 1.5 ? 3.5 ? 5.5

Y ? 7.5 ? 13.5 16.5

Chapter - 8 Comparing Quantities

1 Express the following in decimal form:

(a) 12%
(b) 25%

2 Evaluate the following:

(a) 20% of 400
(b) 1212% of 625

3 An article is marked at ₹ 940. If it is sold for ₹ 799, then find the discount per cent.

4 A watch was bought for ₹ 2,700 including 8% VAT. Find its price before the VAT was
added.

5 Find the amount if ₹ 2,000 is invested for 2 years at 4% p.a. compounded annually.

6
Find the compound interest on ₹ 48,000 for one year at 8% per annum when
compounded half yearly.

7
Cost of an item is Rs. 50. It was sold with a profit of 12%. Find the selling price
8
Meenu purchased a fridge for Rs 10000 and sold it for Rs 8000. Find her loss.

(a) Rs 8000

(b) Rs 10000

(c) Rs 2000

(d) Rs 12000

9
Sapna purchased a cycle for Rs 1000 and sold it for Rs 1200. Find her gain%.

(a) 20%

(b) 10%

(c) 40%

(d) 12%.

10
In selling a plot of land for Rs 61200, a profit of 20% is made. The cost price of the plot
is

(a) Rs 51000

(b) Rs 50000

(c) Rs 49000

(d) Rs 52000.

Chapter - 15 Introduction to graph

1 Write the equation of a line that represents x – axis.

2
Where do all points with x-coordinate as zero lies on ?
3 In which quadrant does point A(-7,-8) lie ?

4
Is the point coordinate (2,3) same as (3,2) ?

5
Are the points A(2,2) , B(3,3) and (4,4) collinear ?

6
Draw a line passing through (2,3) and (3,2). Find the coordinates of the points at which this line meets
the x – axis and y – axis.

7
Draw lines represented by equations x = 3 and y = 4. Write the coordinates of the point of intersection.

8
1. The sales (in Rs) of a shopkeeper on six days of the week are as follows.

D 1 2 3 4 5 6
a
y
s

S 40 4500 3000 3500 4800 5000

a 00
l
e
s
(
R
s
)

Draw a line graph on the basis of above data.

9
1. Draw a line graph for the following data. Also, state whether it is linear or not ?

Appl 1 2 3 4 5
es
(in
Kg)

Cost 50 100 150 200 250

(in
Rs)

10
1. Read the graph below and answer the following questions based on it.

The Graph represents the growth of plants A and B on different weeks

(a) When was the highest growth observed for plant A and Plant B for any week?

(b) What the maximum difference between the growth of different plants and in which week?

(c) Did Plant A grew always, if not then at what time did it go down ?

(d) Did plant B maintained the constant growth ?