INDEX

Sl No Topic Page No

1. Chapter 1 - Rational Numbers 3

2. Chapter 2 – Linear Equations in One Variable 6

3. Chapter 3 – Understanding Quadrilaterals 11

4. Chapter 4 – Data Handling 19

5. Chapter 5 – Squares And Square Roots 26

6. Chapter 6 - Cubes And Cube Roots 31

7. Chapter 7 – Comparing Quantities 39

8. Chapter 8 – Algebraic Expressions And Identities 43

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 MATHEMATICS

CLASS VIII

CHAPTER 1 : RATIONAL NUMBERS

S NO. QUESTIONS (SECTION A)

FOR QUES 1-8 , CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1. Which of the following is the multiplicative identity for rational numbers?

a. 0
b. -1
c. 1
d. Both b and c

2. Which of the following statements is not true?

a. Rational numbers are commutative under addition

b. Rational numbers are closed under all addition , subtraction , multiplication and
division
c. Rational numbers satisfy distributivity of multiplication over addition
d. None of these.

3. Between any two rational numbers , there are ___________ rational numbers

a. 0
b. 1
c. 100
d. infinite.

4. Rational numbers are closed under

a. Only multiplication
b. Both addition and multiplication
c. Both addition and subtraction
d. Addition but not under multiplication.

5. The numerical expression (3/8) + (-5/7) = (-19/56) shows that

a. Rational numbers are commutative under addition

b. Rational numbers are closed under addition
c. Rational numbers satisfy distributivity of multiplication over addition
d. Rational numbers are associative under addition.

6. Which of the following statement is true?

a. Every rational number is an integer.

b. Every integer is a natural number
c. Every rational number has a reciprocal.
d. Every integer is a rational number

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7. Which property can be used to write X 1 = 1 X = ?

a. Multiplicative identity for rational numbers

b. Distributive property of multiplication over addition
c. Associative property of multiplication
d. Additive identity for rational numbers

8. What should be added to multiplicative identity to get additive identity?

a. 1
b. 0
c. -1
d. 2

STATE TRUE/FALSE FOR QUES 9-10

9. All integers are rational numbers.

10. +0=

FILL IN THE BLANKS

11. 37. For rational numbers (a/b), (c/d) and (e/f) we have (a/b) × ((c/d) + (e/f)) =

__________+ ____________ by distributive property.

12. _________ is the additive identity for rational numbers.

13. _________ is a rational number which is equal to its negative.

14. Whole numbers are closed under addition and _____ but not under subtraction and
_______

15. If a and b are to two rational numbers the a-b is also a _________ number.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

16. Verify the property a X b = b X a for a=( ) and b = 7. Also name the property.

17. Verify the property a + b = b + a for a=( ) and b = . Also name the property.

18. Verify the property a X ( b X c) = (a X b) X c for a=( ) , b = , c = . Also name the

property.

19. Verify the property a + ( b + c) = (a + b) + c for a=( ) , b = , c = . Also name the

property.

20. Verify the property a X ( b + c) = (a X b) +(a X c) for a=( ) , b = , c = . Also name the
property.

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 Use appropriate properties to solve ques 21-25 (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)

21.

22.
( )

23.

24.

25. [HOTS]

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

Use appropriate properties to solve ques 26-29

26.

27. [HOTS]

28.

29. [HOTS]

30. Four friends Nancy , Megha , Soni , Seema had a competition to see how far they can
hop on one foot.The table given below shows the distance covered by them. [HOTS]

NAME DISTANCE COVERED (IN KMS)

NANCY

MEGHA 4/15

SONI 7/20

SEEMA 3/5

a. Use properties to find total distance covered by them.

b. Who covered more distance out of Megha and Soni and by how much?

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 CASE STUDY(4 MARKS)

31. A dog buried three bones in the backyard. The first bone is buried -2 feet, the
second bone is buried -5 feet and the third bone is feet .
A. Simplify -2 X -5 X
B. How much deeper is the third bone buried from the first bone ?

ANSWERS

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B

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

9. TRUE 10. FALSE 11. {(a/b) X (c/d)} 12. 0

+ {a/b) X (e/f)
13. 0 14. Multiplication,division 15. Rational no. 16- 20 to be
verified

21. 1/14 22. -23/105 23. ½ 24. -125/462

25. -3 26. -1/2 27. 8/35 28. 3/56

29. 2/9 30. a. 91/60 b. Soni by 1/12 31. a. -100

km
b. 5

CHAPTER 2 : LINEAR EQUATION IN ONE VARIABLE

S.NO VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1 The solution of 2x – 3 = 7 is

(a) 2

(b) –2

(c) 5

(d) –5

2 Which of the following is not a linear equation

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 (a) 2x + 5 = 1

(b) x – 1 = 0

(c) y + 1 = 0

(d) 5x + 3

3 Solve for y : 2y + 9 = 4

(a) 2

(b) –2

(c) 5

(d) none of these

4 Solve: + = x-7

(a) 12

(b) –12

(c) 3

(d) none of these

5 Bansi has 3 times as many two-rupee coins as he has five-rupee coins. If he has
in all a sum of Rs 77, how many coins of each denomination does he have?

(a) 7, 21

(b) 3, 9

(c) 6, 18

(d) 5, 15
6 Sum of two numbers is 95. If one exceeds the other by 15, find the numbers.

(a) 55, 35

(b) 50, 45

(c) 40, 25

(d) none of these

7 Solve: 5x + 9 = 5 + 3x

(a) 2

(b) –2

(c) 3

(d) none of these

8 Which of the following is a linear equation?
(a) x2+ 2x + 1 = 0
(b) 2x - 3 = 5
(c) x3 + 2 = 0
(d) 2x + y2 = 58.
9 What is the value of x in the equation 2x + 10 = 7x?
(a) 2

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 (b) –2

(c) 3

(d) none of these

10. Solve for x : 5x – 7 = 2x + 8

(a) -5

(b) –9

(c) 5

(d)4

11. In the equation 2x+3=11, the coefficient of x is __________.

12. The value of x in 3x+4 = 2x+9 is __________.

13. In a linear equation , maximum power of a variable should be ________

14. In the equation 5x−8 = 2x+7 , after subtracting 2x from both sides, we will get
__________.

15. In the equation 3x + 5 = 11, the value of x is _______.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Solve for x : 8x + 4 = 3 (x – 1) + 7
2. Find the value of y in the equation 3(y + 2) = 15.

3. What is the solution to the equation 4x + 3 = 2x + 11?

4. Solve the equation: 5(x - 1) = 3(x + 2).

5. Determine x if 2(3x + 4) = 20.
6. Find the value of x in the equation: 7x - 2 = 5x + 10.

7. Solve for y: 3(y - 4) = 2(y + 1).

8. What is the value of x if 4(x + 3) = 2x + 14?
9. Solve the equation: 6x - 2 = 4x + 8
10. Determine y if 5(y + 2) = 3(y + 6).

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Find the solution of the following equation.

2. Find the solution of = and verify the solution.

3. Solve +1= + 3 for x .

4. Solve for x : + =6

5. Solve for z : 6(5z–7)– 2(9z–11) = 5(8z–13)–17

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6. Solve for x :

7. Simplify and solve for f :

0.25(6f–3) = 0.05(10f–8)+ 0.20

8. Solve for x : x+7- = -

9. Simplify and solve for k : 0.05(8k–6) = 0.25(k–8) + 0.1k

10. Solve the equation: (3x + 1) - (2x - 3) = 10 + and verify the solution.

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

1. The number of boys and girls in a class are in the ratio 7:5. The number of boys is
8 more than the number of girls. What is the total class strength?

2. Lakshmi is a cashier in a bank. She has notes of denominations of Rs.100, 50 and

10 respectively. The ratio of number of these notes is 2:3:5 respectively. The total
cash with Lakshmi is 4,00,000. How many notes of each denomination does she
have? (HOTS)

3. The denominator of a fraction is greater than numerator by 8. If you increase the

numerator by 17 and decrease the denominator by 1, you get as result. Find the
fraction. (HOTS)

4. The perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 154 m. Its length is 2 m more

than twice its breadth. Make a linear equation representing this situation. Also find
the length and the breadth of the pool?

5. A man’s age is three times his son’s age. Ten years ago his age was five times his
son’s age. Find their current age

It is common that government revises fares from time to time based on various
factors such as taxes, economy and inflation, for various vehicles like auto-

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 rickshaw, taxis and radio cab etc. The auto and Taxi charge in a city comprise of
fixed charge and the charge for the distance covered. (HOTS)

Few situations are given below in the form questions.

1. If the fixed charge in a city is x and charge per km is ₹5 and total fare is ₹60 then
find the linear equation for the journey of 10 km.
(a) x + 50 = 60
(b) x – 50 = 60
(c) x + 50 = 50
(d) None of these

2. In the above question, what is the value of fixed charge?

3. If in a city a person has to pay ₹110 for a journey of 15 km and fixed charge is ₹20
then what is the charge per km is?

4. According to the given equation: 2x + 17 = 85, if ₹17 is the fixed charge and the
total fare is ₹85 for a journey of 2km then what is the charge per kilometre?

ANSWERS:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

VERY SHORT LONG CASE BASED QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWER ANSWER
ANSWER TYPE TYPE
1. A
TYPE QUESTION QUESTION
1. Boys = 28 , girls = 20 ,
QUESTION 2. Rs 10
total = 48

2. Rs100 note = 2000 , 3. Rs 6

1. x=0 1. x=8
1. C Rs 50 note = 3000 ,
4. Rs 34
2. y=3 2. x= 3/5 Rs 10 note = 5000
2. D
3. x =4 3. x= -30 3. Fraction = 13/21
3. D
4. x = 11/2 4. x= 57/20 4. Breadth= 25m,length = 52m
4. A
5. x = 2 5. x= 31/14 5. Son = 20 yr , man = 60 yr
5. A
6. x = 6 6. x= 4
6. D
7. y = 14 7. f= 0.55
7. B
8. x = 1 8. x= -5
8. B
9. x=5 9. x= -3.4
9. A

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10. C 10. y=4 10. x= 7/9

11. 2

12. 5

13. 1

14. 3x-8=7

15. 2

CHAPTER 3 : UNDERSTANDING QUADRILATERALS

S.NO
QUESTIONS (SECTION: A)

SECTION A consists of 15 questions , Q1-Q10 are multiple choice questions , Q11

- Q14 are fill in the blanks and Q15 is match the following.

1.
The angles of a quadrilateral ABCD taken in an order are in the ratio 3 : 7 : 6 : 4. Then
ABCD is a

(a) kite
(b) parallelogram
(c) rhombus
(d) trapezium

2.
If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other at right angles, it will be a

(a) rhombus
(b) trapezium
(c) rectangle
(d) kite

3.
In a square ABCD, the diagonals meet at point O. Then ∆AOB is

(a) isosceles right triangle

(b) equilateral triangle
(c)isosceles triangle but not right triangle
(d) scalene right triangle.

4.
Rukmini has a farm land which is triangular in shape. What is the sum of all the exterior
angles taken in an order of the farm land?

(a) 90°
(b) 180°
(c) 360°
(d) Can not be determined

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5.
(HOTS)
In the figure, BEST is a rhombus, Then the value of y – x is

(a) 40°
(b) 50°
(c) 20°
(d) 10°

6.
The number of sides of a regular polygon whose each interior angle is of 135° is

(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9

7.
Length of one of the diagonals of a rectangle whose sides are 10 cm
and 24 cm is

(a) 25 cm
(b) 20 cm
(c) 26 cm
(d) 3.5 cm

8.
If the adjacent angles of a parallelogram are equal, then the parallelogram is a
(a) rectangle
(b) trapezium
(c) rhombus
(d) any of the three

9.
What is the sum of all angles of a hexagon?

(a) 180°
(b) 360°
(c) 540°
(d) 720°

10.
In the trapezium ABCD, the measure of ∠D is

(a) 55°
(b) 115°
(c) 135°
(d) 125°

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11.
The measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 18 sides
is __________.

12.

is a closed curve entirely made up of line segments. The

another name for this shape is __________.

13.
A quadrilateral that is not a parallelogram but has exactly two
opposite angles of equal measure is __________.

14.
The polygon in which sum of all exterior angles is equal to the sum
of interior angles is called __________.

15.
COLUMN A COLUMN B

a. Eight sided polygon is called 1. 360⁰

b. Sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral is 2. 72⁰
c. Diagonals of a square bisect at 3. 180⁰
d. Adjacent angles of a parallelogram sum up to 4. Octagon
e. Measure of each exterior angle of regular pentagon 5. 90⁰

SECTION B consists of 6 very short answer type questions

1.
Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 1:3. Find its
angles.

2.
RENT is a rectangle. Its diagonals meet at O. Find x, if OR = 2x + 4 and
OT = 3x + 1.

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3.
In the figure below. Find value of x.

4.
Find the angle measure of x in the figures.

5.
How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of an exterior angle is 24°?

6.
Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of

(i) 9 sides
(ii) 15 sides

SECTION C consists of 4 short answer type questions

1.
RICE is a rhombus. Find x, y, z. Justify your findings. Hence, find the
perimeter of the rhombus.

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2.
A rectangular MORE is shown below:

Answer the following questions by giving appropriate reason.

(i) Is RE = OM?
(ii) Is ∠MYO = ∠RXE?
(iii) Is ∠MOY = ∠REX?

3.
Find the angle measure of x in the figure.

4.
In rectangle READ, find ∠EAR, ∠RAD and ∠ROD.

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 SECTION D consists of 6 long answer type questions

1.
(HOTS)

In parallelogram PQRS, O is the mid point of SQ. Find ∠S, ∠R, PQ,
QR and diagonal PR.

2.

ABCD is a rhombus with AO = 4cm and OB = 3 cm. What is the perimeter of the side of
the rhombus?

3.
(HOTS)

In kite WEAR, ∠WEA = 70° and ∠ARW = 80°. Find the remaining
two angles.

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4.
In the following given figure of a ship, ABDH and CEFG are two parallelograms. Find the
value of x.

5.
State True/False for the following and correct the incorrect statements.

a. Every rhombus is a trapezium.

b. Rectangle is a regular quadrilateral.

c. is a polygon.

d. A kite is not a convex quadrilateral.

6.
CASE BASED QUESTION

Danny and Kerry are two friends . One day they were playing simulation on shapes
where each will give details about a polygon and the other will have to identify the same
.
Danny gave the following details
A quadrilateral with adjacent sides equal and only one pair of opposite angles equal.
Kerry gave the following details.
A quadrilateral with all sides equal and whose diagonals bisect each other .
Danny answered Kite and Kerry answered Square .

(a) Who answered correctly ?

(b) State two properties of the correct answer of Danny .
(c) Which of the following figures satisfy the following property?
- Has both pair of opposite sides equal and parallel.

Also State one property of the figure/es which satisfies the above
property.

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ANSWERS:

1. a trapezium 2. a Rhombus 3. a Isosceles 4. c 360⁰ 5. a 40⁰

right triangle
6. c 8 7. c 26 8. a Rectangle 9. d 72⁰ 10. d 125⁰
11. 8 12. polygon 13. kite 14. quadrilateral 15.
a4
b1
c5
d3
e2
1. 45⁰ , 135⁰ , 2. x = 3 3. x = 102⁰ 4. x = 108⁰ 5. 15
45⁰ , 135⁰
6. i) 40⁰ 1. 2. 3. x = 60⁰ , 4. 30⁰ , 60⁰ ,
ii) 24⁰ x=3,y=9, i) Yes , it is a y = 100⁰ , 120⁰
z = 13 rectangle . z = 120⁰ ,
ii) Each 90⁰ w = 80⁰
iii) alternate
interior angles are
equal
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
120⁰ , 60⁰ , 15 20 cm x = 105⁰ X = 20⁰ a. True
cm , 11 cm , 12 b. False
cm Regular
quadrilateral is a
square
c. False as it is
not simple
d.False as it is a
convex
quadrilateral
6.
a. Danny
b.Any two
properties of kite
c. Q and S
any one property
of parallelogram
and rectangle

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 CHAPTER – 4 : DATA HANDLING

S NO. QUESTION

The number of hours for which students of particular class watched

television during holidays is shown through the graph given below.

See and answer the questions from Q1 – Q5.

1. For how many hours did the maximum number of students watch TV ?

(a) 4-5 hrs

(b) 6-7 hrs

(c) 3-4 hrs

(d) 2-3hrs

2. How many students watched TV for less than 4 hrs ?

(a) 12

(b) 34

(c) 4

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 (d) 8

3. How many students spent more than 5 hrs in TV watching ?

(a) 14

(b) 0

(c) 6

(d) 8

4. For how many hours did the minimum number of students watch TV ?

(a) 2-3 hrs

(b) 6-7 hrs

(c) 1-2 hrs

(d) 3-4hrs

5. How many students spent less than 5 hrs in TV watching ?

(a) 34

(b) 32

(c) 8

(d) 66

Cards are marked with numbers 1 to 25 are placed in the box and mixed
thoroughly. One card is drawn at random from the box.

Answer the following questions (Q6-Q10)

6. What is the probability of getting a number 5?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d)

7. What is the probability of getting a number less than 11?

(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)

8. What is the probability of getting a number greater than 25?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d)

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9. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 5?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d)

10. What is the probability of getting an even number?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

11. The ______ is the difference between the highest and lowest values in a
data set.
12. A ______ is a graph that uses a circle divided into sectors to show
proportions.
13. In a deck of 52 cards, the probability of drawing an Red Ace is ______.
14. The sum of the probabilities of all the outcomes in a sample space is always
______.
15. A ______ is a visual representation of data using bars of different heights

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1.
The following pie chart shows the mode of transport used by children to go to
school. Study the pi.e chart and answer the questions.

a. Which is the most preferred mode of transport?

b. Which two modes of transport are preferred by equal no. of students?
c. What is central angle for taxi?

2.
The following pie chart shows the beverages a group of surveyed people prefers.
Study the pie chart and answer the following questions

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 a. Which is the most preferred beverage?
b. If 45 people liked tea, how many people were surveyed?

3.
Make a bar graph for the given data

4.
(HOTS)

30 cards labelled from 1-30 are kept in a bag. What is the probability of drawing a
card with a number

a. divisible by 7?
b. Atleast 20?

5.
The following double bar graph gives the information about the mark scored by a
child in different subjects in two different years.

a. In which subject has the performance of the child improved the most?
b. In which subject there was no change in the performances of the child in two
years?
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 c. In which subject did the child score the highest marks in year 2006-07?

6. Ram put some buttons on the table.He put 4 blue , 5 green and 7 yellow buttons. All
of the sudden a cat jumped on the table and one button fell on the floor.

a. What is the probability that the button is blue?

b. What is the probability that the button is black?

7.
(HOTS)

Two dice are rolled together. Write all the possible outcomes and find the probability
of

a. Getting the sum of numbers on dice as 6.

b. Getting even numbers on both the dice.
c. Getting prime numbers on both the dice.

8.
Rahul ,Varun and Yash are playing a game of spinning coloured wheel.Rahul wins
if the spinner lands on red.Varun wins if the spinner lands on blue and Yash if the
spinner lands on green. Any one of the following spinners can be used to play the
game. [HOTS]

a. Which spinner should be used to make the game fair?

b. Which two outcomes are equally likely in spinner 1?

9.
One card was picked randomly from a deck of 52 playing cards.What is the
probability that the card was

a. red card?
b. black ace?
c. a heart card?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1.
Given below is a frequency distribution table. Read it and answer

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 the questions that follow:

(a) What is the lower limit of the second class interval?

(b) Which interval has a frequency of 10?
(c) Which interval has the lowest frequency?
(d) What is the class size?

2.
Given below is a pie chart showing the time spent by a group of 350
children in different games. Observe it and answer the questions
that follow.

(a) How many children spend at least one hour in playing games?
(b) How many children spend more than 2 hours in playing games?
(c) How many children spend 3 or lesser hours in playing games?
(d) Which is greater — number of children who spend 2 hours or more per day or
number of children who play for less than one hour?

3.
Classify the following statements under appropriate headings.

(a) Getting the sum of angles of a triangle as 180°.

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 (b) India winning a cricket match against Pakistan.
(c) Sun setting in the evening.
(d) Getting sum as 12 on rolling two dice together.
(e) Sun rising from the west.
(f) Winning a racing competition by you.
(g) The clock ticking to 1 am after 12 am.
(h) Getting 8 on rolling a dice .

4.
Shoes of the following brands are sold in Nov. 2007 at a shoe store.
Construct a pie chart for the data.

6.
The following data represents the approximate percentage of water
in various oceans. Prepare a pie chart for the given data.
Pacific 40%
Atlantic 30%
Indian 20%
Others 10%

ANSWERS

1.a 2.b 3.a 4.c 5.d

6.c 7.c 8.b 9.d 10.a
11.range 12.pie chart 13. 1/26 14.1 15. bar graph
1. a. bus 2. a. Cold drink 4. a. 2/15 5. a. Math 6. a. ¼
b. walk and cycle b. 300 b. 11/30 b. Hindi b. 0
c. Math
7. a. 5/36 8. a. iv. 9. a. ½ 10.. a. 2/5
b. ¼ b. green and red b. 1/26 b. ½
c. ¼ c. ¼ c. 1/2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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a. 20 a. 329 Certain to happen Make an a. 1/2
b. 20-30 b.168 – a,c,g appropriate pie b. 3/10
c. 30-40 c. 301 chart c. 1/5
d. 10 d. number of Impossible to Brand d. 0
children who happen – e,h A – 117⁰
spend 2 hours or B – 108⁰
more per day is May or may not C – 81⁰
greater than happen – b,d,f D – 36⁰
number of E – 18 ⁰
children who play
for less than one
hour

CHAPTER 5: SQUARE AND SQUARE ROOTS

S NO. VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

FOR QUES 1-8 , CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1. Which one is not a three-digit perfect square?

(a) 100
(b) 101

(c) 121

(d) 144

2. The perfect square number between 200 and 240 is:

( a) 235

( b ) 239

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 ( c ) 236

( d ) 225

3. 1Which of the following number would have digit 6 at units place?

2 2
a( a ) 19
😄( b ) 242

( c) 252

( d) 132

4. How many natural numbers lie between 92 and 102?

(a) 15

(b) 19

(c) 18

(d) 17

5. In a right angle triangle ABC, right angled at B, AB=6cm, BC=8cm, then AC=
____ .

(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 21

(d) 14

6. What is the length of the side of a square whose area is 441 cm2 ?

(a) 21

(b) 22

(c) 20

(d) 12

7. What will be the number of digits in the square root of 1296?

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1

(d) 4

8. Which is the smallest 4-digit perfect square?

(a) 1024

(b) 1025

(c) 1000

(d) 1016

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 State true/false

9. The smallest number by which 12348 must be divided to obtain a perfect square
is 7.

10. A number ending with 8 can be a perfect square number .

Fill in the blanks

11. The square root of 10.24 is _______.

12. ___________ is the least number, which must be added to 1825 to make it a
perfect square

13. _________ is the smallest square number which is divisible by 6, 9 an d 15.

14. The square of any odd number is always _______

15. If the square of a number is 81, then the number is either _______ or _______.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

16. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 8, 15
and 20.

17. Find the greatest 4-digit number which is a perfect square.

18. There are 3025 students in a school. P.T. teacher wants them to stand in rows
and columns such that the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
Find the number of rows.

19. Find the least number which must be added to 1750 so as to get a perfect
square. Also find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.

20. Find the least number by which 384 must be multiplied and divided to make it a
perfect square

21. Find the square of the following numbers without using actual multiplication.
a) 105
b) 95

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22. There are 5500 children in a school. For a P.T. drill they have to stand in such a
manner that the number of rows is equal to number of columns. How many
children would be left out in this arrangement.

23.
(a) If AB = 18 cm, BC = 24 cm, find AC
(b) If AC = 26 cm, BC = 10 cm, find AB

24. (i) Express 100 as the sum of 10 odd numbers.

(ii) Express 144 as the sum of 12 odd numbers

25. How many numbers lie between squares of the following numbers?
(i) 12 and 13
(ii) 25 and 26
(iii) 99 and 100

LONG ANSWER TYPE

26. By repeated subtraction of odd numbers starting from 1, find whether the
following numbers are perfect squares or not? If the number is a perfect square
then find its square root.
(i) 121 (ii) 55 (iii) 36 (iv) 49

27. Find the square root of 60516. Find the least number, which must be subtracted
from 3250 to make it a perfect square

28. A floor is to be tiled using square tiles. If the area of the floor is 3125 m2, and
each tile has an area of 625 m2, calculate:

a) The side length of each tile.

b) The number of tiles required to cover the entire floor.

29. A gardener is planting flowers in a square plot. He has 1296 flowers and plants
them equally in rows and columns. Determine:

1. The number of flowers in each row.

2. The perimeter of the square plot if each flower takes up a space of 1
square meter.

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 30. Find the square root of 22.09. Find the least number, which must be added to
4200 to make it a perfect square

HOTS

31. A square field has an area of 2025 square meters. Inside this square field, a
square-shaped pond is constructed, and the area of the pond is 784 square
meters.

1. Find the side length of the field and the pond.

2. Calculate the area of the land surrounding the pond.
3. If the cost of fencing the pond is ₹25 per meter, find the total cost of
fencing the pond.

32. Find the square root of the following using long division method
a) 57.76
b) 1.0609
CASE STUDY

33. A square painting with a side length of 36 cm is mounted on a square frame such
that the frame extends 2 cm beyond the edges of the painting on all sides.

1. What is the area of the painting?

2. What is the area of the entire frame (including the painting)?
3. Calculate the area of the frame alone (excluding the painting).
4. If the frame is to be painted at ₹8 per square centimeter, what will be the
total cost of painting the frame alone?

ANSWERS

1. b 2. d 3. b 4. c

5. a 6. a 7. a 8. a

9. true 10. false 11. 3.2 12. 24

13. 900 14. odd 15. 9 or -9 16. 3600

17. 9801 18. 55 19. 14 20. 3

21. 11025 / 9025 22. 24 23. 30 / 24 24.

1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19=100
1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19+21+23=144
25. 24 / 50 / 198 26. 27. 2.46 / 1 28. a) 25m
a) 11 b) 5
b) not a perfect square
c) 6
d) 7
29. a) 36 30. 4.7 / 25 31. a) 45m & 28m 32. a)7.6 b)1.03

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b) 144m b)1241m2
c) rs 2800
32.
a)1296 cm2
b)1600 cm2
c) 304 cm2
d) Rs 2432

CHAPTER 6: CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS

S.NO

SECTION A consists of 15 questions, Q1-Q10 are multiple choice questions ,

Q11 - Q14 are fill in the blanks and Q15 is match the following.

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1.

Which of the following numbers is a perfect cube?

(a) 243

(b) 216

(c) 392

(d) 8640

2.

(HOTS)

Which of the following is true for any natural number n?

(a) n2>n3

(b) n3>n2

(c) n2=n3

(d) none of these

3.

Which of the following is the Hardy-Ramanujan Number?

(a) 1724

(b)1725

(c) 1727

(d) 1729

4.

The smallest natural number by which 704 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube
is

(a) 22

(b) 12

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 (c)11

(d) 13

5.

How many zeros will be there in the cube root of 27000?

(a) 3

(b) 0

(c) 1

(d)2

6.

If the volume of a cube is 125 cm3 then what would be the length of its side?

(a) 25

(b) 5

(c) 4

(d) 15

7.

Each prime factor appears _________ times in its cube?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 1

(d) 4

8.

What is the cube root of 0.027?

(a) 3

(b) 0.3

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 (c) 0.03

(d) none of these

9.

A cuboid has dimensions 5cm, 2cm, 5cm. How many such cuboid will be needed to
form a cube?

(a) 20

(b) 10

(c) 5

(d) 2

10.

How many digits will be there in the cube root of 46656 ?

(a) 2

(b) 1

(c) 3

(d) 4

11.

(1.2)3 = _________.

12.

Ones digit in the cube of 38 is _________.

13.

The cube of an odd number is always an _________ number.

14.

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 The least number by which 72 can be multiplied to make it a perfect

cube is _____________.

15.

Cube of a number ending in 7 will end in the digit _______________.

SECTION B CONSISTS OF 6 VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1.

Write cubes of first three multiples of 3.

2.

Express 83 as the sum of odd numbers.

3.

Consider the following pattern.

23– 13 = 1 + 2 × 1 × 3

33 – 23 = 1 + 3 × 2 × 3

43 – 33 = 1 + 4 × 3 × 3

Using the above pattern, find the value of the following.

(i) 73 – 63

(ii) 123 – 113

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4.

Find the smallest number by which (2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3) is to be multiplied so that the

resultant number is a perfect cube.

5.

Find the one’s digit of the cube of each of the following numbers.

(i) 3331

(ii) 5022

6.

Evaluate :

SECTION C CONSISTS OF 4 VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

7. What is the cube root of 0.001728?

8. Using prime factorization, find the cube roots of

(a) 110592

(b) 46656

9.

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 Find the smallest number by which 1188 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.

10.

A cubical box has a volume of 512000 cubic cm. What is the length of the side of
box?

SECTION D consists of 6 long answer type questions

1.

Is 68600 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which 68600 must be
multiplied to get a perfect cube. Also write the cube root of the obtained number .

2.

(HOTS)

Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and the sum of their cubes is

4500. Find the numbers.

3.

(HOTS)

Find the value of

4.

An architect plans to design a cubic-shaped room with 15625 cubic meters for a new
office space. Find:

a. The length of each side of the room.

b. If the architect decides to increase the volume to 91125 cubic meters, what

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5.

State True / False for the following and correct the statement if it is false .

a. The cube of a one digit number cannot be a two digit number.

b. A number having 7 at its ones place will have 3 at the ones place of
its cube.
c. 999 is a perfect cube.
d. There is no perfect cube which ends with 8.

6.

ANSWERS:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

b. 216 d. none of these d.1729 c. 11 c. 1

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

b. 5 b.3 b. 0.3 a. 20 cuboids c. 3

11. 1.728 12. 2 13. odd 14. 3 15. 3

1. 27 , 216 ,729 2. 3. 4. 2 5.

57 + 59 + 61 + a.1 + 7 × 6 × 3 a. 1
63 + 67 + 69 +

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 71 = 83 b. 1 + 12 ×11 ×3 b. 8

6. 4 7. 0.12 8. 9.44 10. 80 cm

a. 483

b. 363

1. 2. 5 , 10 , 15 3. 2/5 4. 5.

Multiplied by 5 a. 25 cm a. False ,

Cuberoot of b. 45 cm 33 = 27
343000 = 703
b. True

c. False ,

999 3×3×3×3
7

d. False , 23 = 8

6.

a. -6/35

b. 0.12

c. a , c

CHAPTER 7 : COMPARING QUANTITIES

S NO. VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

FOR QUES 1-8 , CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1. The boys and girls in the school are in the ratio of 8:5 .If the number of girls is

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 160, what is the total strength of the school?

a. 50
b. 260
c. 356
d. 416

2. of a number is 42, then the number is

a. 9800
b. 8
c. 1800
d. 180

3. 1Ratio of 50 p to Re 1 is
2
a a. 50:1
� b. 1:50

c. 1:2
d. 2:1

4. An item marked at Rs 840 is sold for Rs. 714. The discount percentage is

a. 20 %
b. 25%
c. 15%
d. 30%

5. Out of 40 students , 25 % of the students scored less than 60 % .How many

students scored 60 % or more?

a. 10
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30

6. In a town, 25% of people like coffee, 20% of people like tea, and the rest of the
people like juice. If there are 300 people in the town, then how many people like
juice?

a. 165
b. 300
c. 105
d. 255

7. Nancy said to her mom that she ate 24% of the apple that was there on the
basket and she gave half of the remaining to her younger one Andy. Then what
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 percentage of apple remains in the basket?

a. 48%
b. 38%
c. 25%
d. 18%

8. Suppose for the principal P, rate R% and time T, the simple interest is S and
compound interest is C. Consider the possibilities. [HOTS]

(i) C > S (ii) C = S (iii) C < S. Then

a. only (i) is correct.
b. either (i) or (ii) is correct.
c. either (ii) or (iii) is correct.
d. only (iii) is correct.

State true/false

9. Discount is always calculated on cost price of an item.

10. The ratio of 2 m to 50 cm is 1:25

Fill in the blanks

11. Compound interest is the interest calculated on previous years’ ______

12. The time period after which the interest is added each time to form a new
principal is called a _____

13. The price of a scooter was Rs. 34000 last year.It reduced by 5 % this year.The
present price is _________

14. In _________ years , will Rs. 1860 amount to Rs. 2278.50 if simple interest is
calculated at 9 % p.a.

15. A man whose income is ₹ 57,600 a year spends ₹ 43,200 a year. The percentage
of the income saved by him is ________

Short answer type

16. Reena’s mother said , to make idlis you must take three

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 parts rice and one part urad dal.What percentage of such a mixture is rice and
what percentage is urad daal?

17. Out of 40 people 18 like to eat fruits in the breakfast , 12 prefer tea with snacks,6
prefer milk and the remaining like to have the brunch.

a. What percentage of people like to have fruits?

b. Find the ratio of the no. of people who prefer to have brunch to the no. of
people who prefer milk.

18. The cost of a pair of roller skates at a shop is Rs. 450. The GST charged was
5%.Find the bill amount.

19. An almirah is sold at Rs 5225 after allowing a discount of 5 %.What was the
marked price of almirah?

20. If Manohar pays an interest of Rs. 750 for 2 years on a sum of Rs. 4500, find the
rate of simple interest at which he borrowed the money.

21. Solve

40% of [100- 20% of 300]

22. The value of a flat worth Rs. 50 lakhs is depreciating at the rate of 8 % per
year.What is the cost of flat after 2 years?

23. Find the ratio of the speeds 12 km per h to 10 m/s [HOTS]

24. Find the original price of a washing machine which was sold for Rs. 13,500
inclusive of a tax of 8 %

25. A table marked at Rs 15000 is available for Rs. 14400.What is the discount
percentage?

Long answer type

26. The difference between compound interest(compounded annually ) and simple

interest on a certain sum of money at 15% p.a. for 3 years is Rs. 283.50. Find
the sum of money.

27. Ayesha announced a festival discount of 25% on all the items in her mobile
phone shop. Ramandeep bought a mobile phone for himself. He got a discount of
Rs 1,960. What was the marked price of the mobile phone?Also find the price at
which he bought it.

28. At what rate of simple interest per annum will a sum double itself in 8 years?
[HOTS]

29. The population of a city increases by 4% every year.If population in 1997 is

6760000 the fnd the population of the city in

a. 1999
b. 1995
30. Find the compound interest on Rs. 12,600 for 2 years at 10% p.a. compounded

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CASE STUDY

31. Amit wants to buy a scooter.He goes to a dealer and finalizes a scooter which
has a marked price of Rs. 60,000.

The shopkeeper agrees to give a cash discount of 5 %.Answer the following

questions.

a. What is the amount of discount that the shopkeeper offers?

b. If 10% of tax is also to be paid on the purchase, what is the final amount
at which Amit buys the scooter? [HOTS]

32. A charitable hospital decides to organize a blood donation camp.24000 donors

registered for the camp in the first year.Owing to the grand success, the hospital
decides to organize such camp every year.They further noticed that the number
of donors increased by 5 % every year.

a. How many donors registered for the blood camp in the second year?
b. Find the time period by the end of which the no. of blood donors become
27783.
ANSWERS

1. d 2. c 3. c 4. c.
5. d 6. a 7. b 8. b

9 false 10 false 11 amount 12. conversion

period

13. 32300 14. 2.5 15. 25% 16. 75%,25%

17. 45 18. 472.5 19. 5500 20. 8.33%

b. 2:3

21. 16 22. 4232000 23. 20:1 24. 12500

25. 4% 26. 4050 approx 27. 7840,5880 28. 12.5%

29. a. 7311616 30. 2646 31. 3000,62700 32. 2520, 3 y

b. 6250000

CHAPTER 8 : ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND IDENTITIES

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

For questions 1-8, choose the correct option.

1. An algebraic expression that contains only one term is called:

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 a. Monomial

b. Binomial

c. Trinomial

d. None of the above

2. If we multiply 5x and (– 4xyz), then we get:

a. 20x2yz

b. -20x2yz

c. x2yz

d. -2xyz

3. Which of the following is a like term as 8xy?

a. 8

b. 8x

c. 8y

d. xy

4. What do you get when you subtract -3xy from 5xy?

a. 3xy
b. 5xy
c. 8xy
d. 2xy

5. The value of (x + y) (x + y) + (y – z) (y + z) + (z – x) (z + x) is equal to

a. 3x²
b. 3y²
c. 3z²
d. 0

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6. The common factor of 3ab and 2cd is

a. 1

b.– 1

c. a

d. c

7. The factorized form of 3x – 24 is

a. 3x × 24

b.3 (x – 8)

c. 24 (x – 3)

d. 3(x – 12)

8. The sum of –7pq and 2pq is

a. –9pq

b. 9pq

c. 5pq

d. – 5pq

State True or False.

9. The coefficient of x in the term – 6xy is – 6.

10. abc + bca + cab is a monomial.

Fill in the blanks :

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11. The coefficient of ab in – 37abc is __________.

12. The factorisation of 2x + 4y is __________.

13. Factorised form of 18mn + 10mnp is ________.

14. Volume of a rectangular box with l = b = h = 2x is _________.

15. (x + a) (x + b) = x2 + (a + b) x + ________.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

16 Subtract 3xy + 5yz – 7zx from 5xy – 2yz – 2zx + 10xyz

17 Simplify the expressions and evaluate them as directed:

(i) x (x – 3) + 2 for x = 1,
(ii) 3y (2y – 7) – 3 (y – 4) – 63 for y = –2

18 Simplify the expression and find its value when a = 5 and b = – 3.

2(a2 + ab) + 3 – ab

19 Find the product.

(i) (5 – 2x) (3 + x)
(ii) (x + 7y) (7x – y)

20 Show that (a – b)(a + b) + (b – c)(b + c) + (c – a)(c + a) = 0

21 Using the formula of (a – b)2 = a2 - 2ab + b2 . find

(i) (4p – 3q)2 (ii) (49)2

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22. Simplify

(i).(a + b) (2a – 3b + c) – (2a – 3b) c.

(ii)(x + y)(2x + y) + (x + 2y)(x – y)

23. If p = – 10, find the value of p2 – 2p – 100

24. Use the Identity (x + a) (x + b) = x2 + (a + b) x + ab to find the following:

(i) 501 × 502

(ii) 104 x 106

25. From the sum of 3x – y + 11 and – y – 11, subtract 3x – y – 11.

LONG ANSWER TYPE

26. Subtract 3xy + 5yz – 7xz + 1 from -4xy + 2yz – 2xz + 5xyz + 1 and then find
the value of the expression at x = 0, y=1, z = -1

27. (a) What should be added to x2 + xy + y2 to obtain 2x2 + 3xy?

(b) What should be subtracted from 2a + 8b + 10 to get − 3a + 7b + 16?

28. If P = 2x2 – 5x + 2, Q = 5x2 + 6x – 3 and R = 3x2 – x – 1. Find the value of 2P
– Q + 3R.

29. Rohan’s mother gave him ₹ 3xy2 and his father gave him ₹ 5(xy2 + 2). Out of
this total money he spent ₹ (10 – 3xy2) on his birthday party. How much
money is left with him?

30. From the sum of 4 + 3x and 5 − 4x + 2x2, subtract the sum of 3x2 − 5x and
− x2 + 2x+ 5.
CASE STUDY

31. Amina told her brother that she has a box with length , breadth and height
given by expressions

a. Write the coefficient of x in the three expressions of length, breadth

and height.
b. Write the expression for volume of the box and simplify it.
c. Find the value of the volume expression at x = 1.

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Answer

1. a. 2. b. 3. d. 4. c.

5. d. 6. a. 7. b. 8. d.

9. False 10. True 11. -37 12. 2 ( x + 2y)

13. 2mn ( 9 + 5p) 14. 8x3 15. ab

16. 2xy−7yz+5zx+10xyz 17. a) 0 18. 38 19.

b) 21 a)−2x2−x+15

b)7x2+48xy−7y2

20. 21. 22. 23. 20

a)16p2−24pq+9q2 a) 2a2−ab−ac−3b2+4bc

b) 2401 b)3x2+4xy−y2

24. a) 251502 25. −y+11. 26. -7xy-3yz+5xz+5xyz 27. a. x2 − y2 + 2xy

b) 11024 And 3 b. = 5a + b − 6

28. 8x2 – 19x + 4 29. ₹ 11xy2 30. 2x + 4 31. a. 0,8,2

b.

c. 12

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