Maths VIII PDF
Maths VIII PDF
Maths VIII PDF
Time : 3hours MM : 90
Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Section A carries 6 marks, one mark for each part.
3. Section B carries 10 marks, one mark for each part.
4. Section C carries 12 marks, two marks for each question.
5. Section D carries 32 marks, four marks for each question.
6. Section E carries 30 marks, five marks for each question.
Section A
Q.1 Choose the most appropriate option for the following:
(i) The sum of all interior angles of a regular pentagon is
(a) 540° (b) 360° (c) 600° (d) 480°
(ii) If the selling price of an item is `150 and loss is of `10, then the cost price is
(a) ` 140 (b) `130 (c) `150 (d) `160
(iii) A square pyramid has __________ faces.
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7
(iv) Cube of 0.1 is
(a) 0.001 (b) 0.01 (c) 0.010 (d) 1
−8
(v) The multiplicative inverse of is
3
8 −3
(a) (b) (c) 8 (d) –3
3 8
(vi) The digit that cannot be at the unit’s place of a perfect square number is
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
Section B
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
(a) Square root of 0.64 is ___________
(b) The probability of getting a multiple of 3 in a single throw of dice is _____________
(c) The number of digits in the cube root of 175616 is ____________
(d) For any two rational numbers m and n, if m × n = n × m, then the property satisfied
is called ______________property of multiplication of rational numbers.
(e) A triangular pyramid is also called ____________
p 3
(f) If = , then p is equal to __________
2 4
Class – VIII (Maths) Sample Paper Page 1 of 3 Summative Assessment-I (2014-15)
(g) Discount is calculated on ________________
(h) A parallelogram with all sides of equal length and unequal diagonals is called
_______________
(i) A triangular prism has ______________edges
21
(j) The standard form of is ______________
− 28
Section C
Q3. Find the cube root of 216.
Q4. One of the letters from the word CHEMISTRY is chosen at random. What is the
probability that the letter is T?
−1 −1
Q5. Find four rational numbers between and
4 8
Q6. Using long method, division find the square root of 7225
Q7. If the adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 5: 4, find the measure of all
the angles.
Q8. If the polyhedron has 30 edges and 19 vertices, find its number of faces.
Section D
Q9. Find the smallest number by which 2187 must be divided so that the quotient is a
perfect square.
Q10. What is the smallest number by which 1323 must be multiplied so that the product is
a perfect cube?
Q11. Construct a quadrilateral PQRS in which PQ=4 cm, QR=5 cm, PR=7 cm, PS=3 cm
and QS=6 cm
Q12. If 8% VAT is included in the price, find the original price of a T.V. bought for `17820.
Q13. In the given parallelogram, the bisectors of ∠ S and ∠ R meet at O. If ∠ P=80 ̊ and
∠ Q = 100°, find the measure of ∠ SOR.
S R
P Q
−5 − 20
Q14. By what number should be multiplied to get the product
14 21
2 x − 3 3(1 − 5 x ) 3x
Q15. Solve: + =7−
5 2 2