Sri Kumaran Childrens Home - CBSE
Class: VIII
Date : 13.03.2013
II Summative Examination 2012-2013
Subject : Mathematics
Marks : 90
Time : 3 Hrs.
General instructions:
1. The question paper consists of 34 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C, and D.
Section A comprises of eight questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of six
questions of 2 marks each. Section C comprises of ten questions of 3 marks each and
section D comprises of ten questions of 4 marks each.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Neat and legible work is expected.
4. Use of calculator is not permitted.
SECTION A
1. The following graph shows the temperature of a patient in a hospital, recorded every hour.
X axis: 1 unit = p hours
Y axis: 1 unit = q C
What values can p and q take?
(a) 1 hour and 1C
(b) 0.5 hour and 0.5C
(c) 2 hours and 2C
(d) 1 hour and 0.5C
2. How many squares of unit area can you cut out of a rectangular sheet of paper of dimensions
10cm 6cm?
a) 6
b) 10
c) 16
d) 60
3. A number is divisible by 45 if it is divisible by _________.
a) 9
b) 5
c) both 9 and 5
d) both 3 and 5
4. What should be added to z2+ 25 to make the sum a perfect square?
a) 2z
b) 5z
c) 10z
d) 25z
5. If the discount on an article is 12% then which of the following is true?
a) MP =SP + 12%SP
b) MP = SP 12%SP
c) SP = MP - 12% MP
d) SP = MP +12%MP
6. Which of the following quantities vary directly?
a. Compound interest on a certain sum at a particular rate of interest and the time for which
the sum is deposited.
b. Number of similar pipes filling a water tank and the time taken to fill it.
c. Number of hours of study and the marks obtained in a given test.
d. Mass of a body on earth and mass of the same body on moon.
7. Which of the following is not true?
a) (-1)2 = (-1)4
b) (-1)5 = (-1)7
c) (-1)0 = (-1)6
d) (-1)0 = (-1)3
8. The length, breadth and depth of a cuboidal tank is (a+1) units, (a-1) units and (a2+1) units
respectively. The volume of the tank is ________ cubic units.
a) a4 -2a2 -1
b) a4 a2 -1
c) a4 -1
d) a4 + 1
SECTION B
9. Give an example for each of the following.
a) a binomial with a constant
b) a monomial of degree2
10. ABCD is a rhombus whose diagonals intersect at O. If OC =6 cm and OD = 4cm find its area.
11. Simplify
1 2 1 3 2
4
3
2
k
q
12. If p = , what can you say about the relation between p and q? Find k when p = 27 and q =3.
13. Find and correct the error in the following mathematical statements.
a) p(2a 1) + q(1-2a) = (p+q)(2a -1)
8x 2 1
8 1 7
x2
b)
14. What value(s) of AB and ACC can satisfy the condition AB AB = ACC (where A, B and C
stands for some digits)?
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SECTION C
15. In a building there are 50 cylindrical pillars. The radius of each pillar is 14cm and the height
is 4 metres. Find the total cost of painting the curved surface area of all the pillars at the rate
of Rs 8 per metre square. (use = 22/7)
16. Prove the divisibility test of 9 by taking a general 3 digit number.
17. Arjun bought an air cooler for Rs. 16,200 including 8% VAT. Find the price before VAT was
added. Also find the new SP if the VAT added was 6%.
18. Find the value of m if 10m - 4 = 102 104 using a suitable identity.
19. Madhu deposited Rs. 5400 in a bank where the interest is compounded annually at the rate of
10% p.a . What interest will she get after 3 years?
20. In a stack there are 25 books each of thickness 40mm and 6 paper sheets each of thickness
0.015mm. Express the total thickness of the stack in scientific notation.
21. Factorise: 5x2 32x + 12
22. Mrs. Rita decided to distribute uniforms to the children of an orphanage. With the length of
cloth she bought she could make 180 uniforms each consuming 1.5m of cloth. How many
uniforms could be made from the same length of cloth if each consumed 2.5m of cloth?
What value of Mrs. Rita would you appreciate?
23. Simplify using the laws of exponents.
3 5 10 5 125
5 7 6 5
24. The pie chart given below shows the expenditure incurred on various
things used in the construction of a house. The total cost of construction
is Rs 7,20,000.
a) Find the material on which the expenditure is the least.
b) What percentage of the total cost is spent on labour?
c) Find the expenditure on bricks and wood together.
steel
Cement
and sand
labour
bricks
others
wood
dd
SECTION D
25. 3 men can earn Rs.480 in a day. The same amount can be earned by 4 women in a day. How
much will 7 men and 11 women earn in a day?
26. A man bought 300 Kg of potatoes for his shop. 10% of it got damaged in transport. With
40% of the remaining he made wafers and the rest were used for preparing chips. Find the
quantity of potatoes used for making wafers and the quantity of potatoes used to make chips.
27. Multiply
8 5 2
x y
3
and
9 3 3
x y . Also verify the result when x = 1 and y = -1.
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28. A teacher asked her students to make a cardboard box having volume 216cm3. Student A
made a cube of edge 6cm, while student B made a cuboid of dimensions 12cm 6cm3cm.
a) Who had followed the teachers instruction correctly?
b) Who is smarter of the two in making the box using less material?
(Show with appropriate working)
29. Simplify the following after factorizing the expressions given in the numerator and
denominator completely.
6 x
y 3 xy 2 4 x 2 y 2 4 xy
4x 2 y 2
30. The performance of Rahul in the first term examination in different subjects is as given below.
Subjects
Marks
English
75
Hindi
68
Mathematics
80
Science
85
Social Studies
78
Draw a bar graph to represent the above data.
31. A shopkeeper allowed 20% discount on the dress material marked Rs.1300 and gained 30% on
selling it. Find its cost price.
32. Factorise the following expressions:
a)
ab 2 a 2 b
2
4
b) x 2 ax bx ab
F
33. Mr. Mahesh had a land in the shape of a regular octagon as shown in
D
the figure. He divided this land among his three children as follows.
ABCD to his son, DFEC and ABGH to his two daughters.
a. Calculate each childs share of the land.
A
b. Was the division fair enough? Comment (not more than 3 sentences).
B
H
34. Using long division show that x-2 is a factor of x 3 6 x 2 9 x 2.
********Good Luck********
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