DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL - BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

CLASS – VIII
CHAPTER- 13
INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHS
1. The given graph describes the distances of a car from city P at
different times when it travels from City P to City Q, which are
350 km apart. Study the graph and answer the following:

(i) What information is given on the two axes?

(ii) From where and when did the car begin its journey?
(iii) How far did the car go in the first hour?
(iv) How far did the car go during (i) the 2nd hour? (ii) the 3rd hour?
(v) Was the speed the same during the first three hours? How do you know
it?
(vi) Did the car stop for some duration at any place? Justify your answer.
When did the car reach City Q?

2. Plot the following points on a graph sheet. Verify if they lie on a line
(a) A(4, 0) B(4, 2), C(4, 6), D(4, 2.5)
(b) P(1, 1), Q(2, 2), R(3, 3), S(4, 4)
(c) K(2, 3), L(5, 3), M(5, 5), N(2, 5)

3. In which quadrant or on which axis do each of the points (5, 0), (0, 5), (2,
5), (5, 2), (–3, 5), (–3,–5), (5, –3) and (6, 1) in the Cartesian plane.

4. Plot the points A (4, 4) and B (–4, 4) on a graph sheet. Join the lines
OA, OB and BA. What figure do you obtain? (O is the origin)
5. Draw the graphs for the following table of values, with suitable scales on
the axes.
Time (in hours) 6 am 7 am 8 am 9 am
Distances (in 40 80 120 160
km)
 a. How much distance did the car cover from 7.30 a.m. to 8 a.m?
b. What was the time when the car had covered a distance of 100 km
since its start?

6. The following table gives the quantity of petrol and its cost. Plot a graph to
show the data.
No. of litres of petrol 10 15 20 25
Cost of petrol in Rs. 500 750 1000 1250

7. A bank gives 10% Simple Interest (S.I.) on deposits by senior citizens.

Draw a graph to illustrate the relation between the sum deposited and
simple interest earned. Find from your graph the annual interest
obtainable for an investment of Rs 250.
8. Use the tables below to draw linear graphs.

(a) The number of days a hill side city received snow in different years.
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006
Days 8 10 5 12

(b) Population (in thousands) of men and women in a village in different

years.
Year 200 2004 200 200 2007
3 5 6
Number of Men 12 12.5 13 13.2 13.5
Number of 11.3 11.9 13 13.6 12.8
Women

9. Plot the point (4, 3) on a graph sheet. Is it the same as the point (3, 4)?

10. Plot the points (0, 2), (3, 0), (–3, 0) and (0, –2) in the graph sheet. Join
these points. Name the figure obtained

11. Simple interest on a certain sum is Rs. 40 per year then S = 40x,
where x is the number of years. Draw a graph of this relation. From
the graph, find the value of S when (i) x = 5 and (ii) x =6.

12. Ajit can ride a scooter constantly at a speed of 30 kms/hour. Draw a

time-distance graph for this situation. Use it to find (i) the time taken
by Ajit to ride 75 km. (ii) the distance covered by Ajit in 3 hours.

13. Draw the graphs for the following table of values, with suitable scales on
the axes.
Time (in hours) 6 am 7 am 8 am 9 am
Distances (in 40 80 120 160
km)
Distance travelled by a car
 a. How much distance did the car cover during the period 7.30 a.m. to
8 a.m?
b. What was the time when the car had covered a distance of 100 km
since it’s start?
14. The following line graph shows the yearly sales figures for a manufacturing
company.
(a) What were the sales in (i) 2003 (ii) 2002?
(b) Compute the difference between the sales in 2003 and 2005.
(c) In which year was there the greatest difference between the
sales as compared to the previous year?

15. Plot the following ordered pairs of number (x, y) as points in the
Cartesian plane. Use the scale 1cm = 1 unit on the axes.
x –3 0 –1 4 2
y 7 3.5 –3 4 –3

RS AGGARWAL QUESTIONS
Exercise 22 A-Q1,2,3,4
Exercise 22 B