CAMBRIDGE MATRICULATION HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2024
SUB: MATHS MARKS: 100
CLASS: VIII- STD TIME: 2.30 HRS
I .CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER 14×1=14
1) If a natural number m can be expressed as n2 , where n is also a natural number, then m
is a ________ a) Cube number b) Square numbers c) None of the above
2 Square numbers can only have ______number of zeros at the end a) odd b) even c)
negative
3) Square root is the inverse operation of _______a) square b)cube c) none of the above
4) Positive square root of a number is denoted by the symbol . a) - b) + c)
5) Numbers obtained when a number is multiplied by itself three times are known as ______
a) Cube number b) Square numbers c) None of the above
6) ________is a reduction given on marked price. a) Discount b) Simple interest c) none of
the above
7) Discount can be calculated when discount ______is given. a) percentage b) Compound
interest c) ratio
8) __-______interest is the interest calculated on the previous year’s amount a)Simple
interest b) Principal c) Compound
9) ____tax is charged on the sale of an item by the government and is added to the Bill
Amount. a) Income b) value c) sales
10) Additional expenses made after buying an article are included in the cost price and are
known as __________ a) closed expenses b) overhead expenses. c) Opened expenses.
11) Terms are added to form ______.a) expressions b) terms c) variable
12) Terms themselves are formed as product of ______ a)value b)factors c) unit
13) What is the product of 5x×3y? a) 15xy b) 15x2y c) 5xy2
14) A monomial multiplied by a monomial always gives a __________a)Polynomial b)
monomial c)Binomial
II. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING (Any 10) 10×2=20
1) Add the following. (i) ab – bc, bc – ca, ca – ab
2) Find the product of the following pairs of monomials. (i) 4p 3 , – 3p (ii) 4p, 0
3) Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 4, 9 and 10.
4) Is 392 a perfect cube?
5) Multiply (i) (a + 7) and (b – 5)
6) Multiply the binomials. (i) (2x + 5) and (4x – 3)
7) Convert the following ratios to percentages. (a) 3 : 4
8) An item marked at Rs.840 is sold for Rs.714. What is the discount?
9) The cost of a pair of roller skates at a shop was Rs.450. The sales tax charged was 5%.
Find the bill amount.
10) Is 243 a perfect cube?
11) (i) Express 49 as the sum of 7 odd numbers.
12) Find a Pythagorean triplet in which one member is 12.
III. Answer the following (Any10) 10×5= 50
1) Find the square of the following numbers without actual multiplication. i) 86 ii)71
2) Find the square roots of 169 by the method of repeated subtraction.
3) Find the square root of the following decimal numbers by division method. (i) 2.56 (ii)
7.29
4) Find the cube root of 13824 by prime factorization method.
5) Find the cube root of 91125 by prime factorization method.
6) Find the square roots of 4096 by the Prime factorization Method.
7) The price of a TV is Rs.13,000. The sales tax charged on it is at the rate of 12%. Find the
amount that Vinod will have to pay if he buys it.
8) In a Laboratory, the count of bacteria in a certain experiment was increasing at the rate
of 2.5% per hour. Find the bacteria at the end of 2 hours if the count was initially 5,06,000.
9) Subtract 3xy + 5yz – 7zx from 5xy – 2yz – 2zx + 10xyz
10) Add: 2x (z – x – y) and 2y (z – y – x)
11) Simplify (a + b) (2a – 3b + c) – (2a – 3b) c.
12) Find the product. (i) (5 – 2x) (3 + x)
IV. Answer the following 2×8= 16
Use the tables below to draw linear graphs
1. The number of days a hillside city received snow in different years.
2. Answer the following
a) 0*468=
b) 90734*9=
c)1234+5=
d) 70÷ 0=
e)0 ÷ 6 =
f) 8976+2341=
g) 7890*3=
h) 199-45=
