VIII
VIII
Mathematics
Class VIII
Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Marks: 80
d. Which of the following formulas is used to calculate the sum of the interior angles
of any polygon?
c. A shopkeeper wants to mix two types of rice costing ₹50 per kg and ₹70 per kg. How
many kilograms of each type should be mixed to get 40 kg of a mixture costing ₹60 per
kg?
d. A container has 60 liters of milk. If 20 liters of milk are removed and replaced with
water, and this process is repeated once more, what will be the ratio of milk to water
in the final mixture?
e. C is twice as efficient as D. If both of them together can complete a task in 18 days,
how many days will it take for C to complete the task alone?
f. A can complete a job in 24 days, B in 16 days, and C in 12 days. If they work together
for 4 days, how much of the job is left?
g. Pipe A can fill a tank in 9 hours, and Pipe B can fill it in 12 hours. They are opened
alternately, starting with A for 1 hour, then B for 1 hour, and so on. In how many hours
will the tank be filled?
5. Answer the followings:
a. Of the inhabitants s of a village 3/5 of them are males and the rest are females. Had
the number of males been 800 less then number would have been half the number of
females. Find the number of inhabitants of the village.
b. There are three taps fitted to a cistern. The empty cistern is filled by the first and the
second taps in 3 and 4 hours respectively. The full cistern is emptied by the third tap
in 5 hours. How long will it take to fill the empty cistern if all the three taps are opened
simultaneously?
c. Divide 25 into two parts, such that we may get the same number, if 3 be added to the
first part, and 4 be subtracted from the second.
6. Answer any one: 3x1=3
a. Find the HCF of ax 2 a 1 x 1, bx 2 b 1 x 1
b. Find the LCM of 5 x 2 7 x 18 ,15 x 2 10 x 9
7. Answer the question: 3x1=3
1 1 2 4 8
a. + + + -
(1 + x) (1 - x) (1 + x ) (1 + x ) (1 -x 8 )
2 4
a 4 a2 8 2 2
b. 2
3
3 1 2
4a 4a a a
8. Answer any question: : 3x1=3
2 x 11 3 x 6 x 8 4 x 7
a.
x7 x 3 x 11 x 1
3x 2 36 x 4 x 12
b.
6 x 2 15 x 2 2 x 5
9. From the following mathematical statements from equation and then solve:
a. Salem uncle of our village used 1/2 of his Savings to by buy a house after his
retirement from a government job. One day after failing in a trouble, he sold his house
and got 5% more than his cost price. If he would have taken Rs 3450 rupees more then
he would get 8% more than his cost price. Let's find the amount of money Salem uncle
used to buy his house, and his entire savings.
b. 720 was distributed among Ram, Shyam, Jadu and Madhu If Ram would receive Rs. 5
more, Shyam would receive Rs. 5 less, Jadu would receive 5 times of his money and
Madhu would receive 1/5th of his money, then they would receive equal money. How
much money did each of them receive?
10. From the given data draw a linear graph on graph paper.
The number of vanilla ice cream scoops sold at a shop in 5 days and the price is listed
below.
No of 100 200 300 400 500
scoops
Price (Rs.) 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000
Draw the graph of the above data and calculate the price of 350 scoops and 450