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The document is a sample mathematics examination paper for Class VIII at SAI International School for the half-yearly examination of 2023-24. It includes general instructions, a breakdown of sections with varying marks, and a total of 32 questions covering different mathematical concepts. The paper is structured into five sections, with questions ranging from very short answers to long answers.

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CL8 MathHY Sample Paper 202324 1

The document is a sample mathematics examination paper for Class VIII at SAI International School for the half-yearly examination of 2023-24. It includes general instructions, a breakdown of sections with varying marks, and a total of 32 questions covering different mathematical concepts. The paper is structured into five sections, with questions ranging from very short answers to long answers.

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SAI International School

Half-Yearly Examination (2023-24)


Subject – Mathematics (SAMPLE PAPER)
Class-VIII
General Instructions:
 Reading Time - 15 Minutes.
 During the reading time no student is allowed to write anything on the question
paper or on the answer sheet.
 Maximum marks for the questions are written in the right-hand side of the
questions.
 All sub-parts of a question should be solved at one place only.
 Attempt all the questions.
 Read all the questions carefully and follow the instructions.
 Please check that the question paper contains32 questions.

This paper consists of sections:


Section - A: 1marks (very short answer) (20 marks)
Section - B: 4 marks (case study) (8 marks)
Section - C: 2 marks (short answer) (14 marks)
Section - D: 3 marks (short answer) (18 marks)
Section - E: 4 marks (long answer) (20 marks)

SECTION A (1 Mark x 20)


1 x and y are two rational numbers. If x+y<7 and 5<x<7, which of the following values can y have 1
i)8/3 ii)1 iii)0 iv)both (ii) and (iii)
2 A new operation is defined as follows p q= 2q-p for all rational numbers p and q.
According to this, what will be the value of 5 1? 1
i)-8 ii)-3 iii)8 iv)9

3 As you know 1/3, 0.5, 0 and -10 are examples of rational numbers. Which is the SMALLEST 1
POSITIVE rational number out of these four numbers?
4 Find the solution of the equation: 5x + 0.5 = 0 1
5 a) Find the number of diagonals of a regular polygon with 12 sides. 1+1+1
b) In a quadrilateral ABCD angle B = 1000 and angle C = 800 ,then which of it’s two sides are
parallel?

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c) Which of the given shape is a polygon?

6 a) In the interval 50-60, 60 is called 1+1+1


i) Upper limit ii) Lower limit iii) Range iv) Frequency
b) Tally marks are used to find which of the following
i) Lower limits ii) Upper limits iii) Class marks iv) Frequency
c) Sujit’s monthly salary is Rs 24000 and his monthly expenses on travel are Rs 2500. The
central angle of the sector representing travel expenses in pie chart would be
i)300 ii) 450 iii) 600 iv) 37 ½ 0
7 a) What will be the unit digit of the square of 799? 1+1+1
b) How many numbers lie between squares of 25 and 26?
c) Evaluate square root of 5329 by long division method.
8 Find the cube root of the followings. 1+1+1
a) 1.331
b) 0.001331
c) Find the smallest natural number by which 704 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.
9 Assertion (A): Cube of a negative number is always a positive integer. 1

Reason (R): A given natural number is a perfect cube if it can be expressed as the product of
triplets of equal factors.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) Assertion (A) is true but reason(R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true.
10 Assertion (A): If three angles of a quadrilateral are each 75°, then the fourth angle is 135°. 1

Reason (R): All angles of a regular polygons are equal.


a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) Assertion (A) is true but reason(R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true.
11 Which of the following is not a case of direct variation? 1
(i) Number of sheets of same kind are increased when their total weight is increased .
(ii) More quantity of petrol is required to travel more distance with a fixed speed .
(iii) More fees would be collected if number of students decreased in a class.

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12 1
If amount of work completed by ‘A’ in one day is then the whole work will be finished
by ‘A’ is:
i) n days ii) 1 – n days iii) n – 1 days iv) n +1 days
SECTION B- (2x 4 marks=8 marks)
(Answer any four questions)
13 Given here is a circle graph showing the money earned from different shows in a movie 4
theatre.

a) If total money earned is 18Lakhs ,what is the money earned from the noon show?
i) 3 Lakhs ii) 13Lakhs iii) 60Lakhs iv) 20Lakhs
b) What fraction of money was earned from Morning Show?
i)2/9 ii)3/9 iii)4/20 iv)9/9
c) How much more money earned by Night show than Morning shows.
d) Total money earned is same as _________%.
e) What fraction of the toatal money earned was received by Evening show?
14 Jamina and Jaya two sisters went to see a fort with their friends in a bus. The bus was 4
travelling at a speed of 14km/hour. It took 3hours to reach at the destination. They started
their journey at 4:00pm from the fort and returned on the same day to their home.
a) Speed and distance are in which proportion?
i) Direct ii) Inverse
b) If the speed remains same how far can the bus travel in 5 hours
i) 70km ii) 7km iii)140km iv) 19km
c) If the speed remains same how far can the bus travel in 25 minutes?
ii) 35/6 km ii)35/7km iii)14/25 km iv) 7/25km
d) The distance of the fort from their home is___________.
i) 42km ii) 14km iii) 48km d) 120km
e) Jaya gave a general statement. Two quantities x and y are said to be vary directly if there
exists a relation of the type xy=k between them, where k is a positive constant number. Her
statement was correct or not?
a) Correct b) Incorrect c) Cannot be told d) Data insufficient
Section- C (2marks x 7 = 14 marks)

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15 Solve the given equation and verify your answer. 2

16 If two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 2: 3, then find the measures of each 2
angle of the same parallelogram.
17 Suppose 6 kg of salt contains 6 x 107 crystals. then find the number of crystals in 7 kg of salt. 2
18 What will be the length of a diagonal of a square of side 8 cm? Use Pythagoras theorem to find 2
the diagonal.
19 In trapezium ABCD find the measure of angle D. Give a reason 2
to support your answer.Show your work.

20 Is 1188 a perfect cube? If not, by which smallest natural number should 1188 be divided so 2
that the quotient is a perfect cube.
21 In a scout camp, there is food provision for 300 cadets for 42 days. If 50 more persons join the 2
camp, for how many days will the food last?

Section- D (3marks x 6 = 18 marks)


22

, then find the value of 2x-7.


23 From a well suffled deck of 52 playing cards,one card is drawn
a) Find the probability of getting a face card.
b) Find the probability of getting a red card or a king card.
c) Find the probability of getting a king.
d) Seema told probability of getting a red queen is 1/13. (State trure or false . Rectify the
statement if it is false)
24 Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 8,15 and 20.
25 HOPE is a rectangle. Its diagonals meet at G. If HG = 5x + 1 and EG = 4x + 19, find x.
26 a) (1+3/4) × k = 1. Here k stands for the rational number, then find the value of k.

b) Subtract from the sum of and .

27 a) The ratio of volumes of 2 cubes is 512:1728. Find the ratio of their sides.

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b) Show that 189 is not a perfect cube.

Section - E (4marks x 5)
28 Two adjacent angles of parallelogram are (3x-4) ° and (3x+10) °. Find the angles of the
parallelogram.
29 Taniya arrange 91125 mangoes in a fruit basket in such a way that number of layers of
mangoes, number of mangoes in each row of each layer and number of rows in each layer is
same. Find the number of layers of mangoes.
30 Solve the following equations:
a) (3y + 4)/ (2 – 6y) = -2/5
b) 3 (5z – 7) – 2(9z – 11) = 4(8z – 13) – 17
31 Percentage of the different products of a village in a particular district are given below. Draw a
pie-chart representing this information.
Items Wheat Pulses Jawar Groundnuts Vegetables Total

Percentage 100
(%)
32 a) A contractor undertook a contract to complete a part of a stadium in 9 months with a team
of 560persons. Later, it was required to complete the job in
5 months. How many extra persons should he employ
to complete the work?
b) Observe the given table and find the type of proportion
and the missing number.

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