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GRADE 8 - MATHEMATICS
Date: .........................
Topic: Revision FEBRUARY - 2025 HW No. 13
1. Find the sum of money which amounts to ₹14,520 in 2 years at a

compound interest rate of 10% p.a.
2. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for ₹1920 is equal to the
percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for ₹1280. At what
price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
3. . Half of a herd of deer are grazing in the field and three-fourths of the
remaining are playing nearby. The rest 9 are drinking water from the
pond. Find the number of deer in the herd.
4. ₹3500 is to be shared among three people so that the first person gets
50% of the second, who in turn gets 50% of the third. How much will
each of them get?
5. A coat is marked at ₹4000, a discount of 25% is offered on the coat. After
adding the sales tax the final cost of the coat comes to ₹3240. Find the
rate of sales tax.
6. The sales tax rate is 8%. If Rahul bought a new car and paid a sales tax
of ₹19,200, what was the cost of the car before the tax?
7. P can make a Diamond set in 40 days and Q in 45 days. They work
together for 10 days and then Q goes away. In how many days will P
finish the remaining work?
8. A and B together can paint a room in 18 days. They work together for 8
days and then B goes away. A finishes the rest of work in 15 days. How
long would each take to finish the work if they work separately?
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9 . Seena borrowed ₹30,000 from Arsh at the rate of 5% p.a C.I for 2 years.
Find:
i) The interest she pays for the first year.
ii) The principal for the second year.
iii) Final amount she has to pay at the end of the second year.
iv) The overall interest paid.
10. Evaluate √2.8 correct to 2 decimal places.
11. On decreasing the price of a showpiece by 8%, it becomes ₹317.40. What
was its original price?
12. Nita is twice as old as Ashima. If six years is subtracted from Ashima’s
age and four years added to Nita’s age, then Nita will be four times
Ashima’s age. How old were they two years ago?
13. There are 180 multiple choice questions in a test. If a candidate gets 4
marks for every correct answer and for every unattempted or wrongly
answered question one mark is deducted from the total score of correct
answers. If a candidate scored 450 marks in the test, how many
questions did he answer correctly?
14. My mother is 12 years more than twice my age. After 8 years, my mother’s
age will be 20 years less than three times my age. Find my age and my
mother’s age.
15. Expand using identities
a) (a + 2b)(a – 2b) b) (m4 + n)(m4 – n)
c) (x + 4)(x – 5) d) (pq + 6)(pq + 3)
e) (8p + q3 – r2)2 f) (–b – 6c – d4)2
g) (6g – h2)3 h) (2s – 5t)3
i) (4a + 3b)(16a2 – 12ab + 9b2) j) (7s + 9)(49s2 – 63s + 81)
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16. If the sum of interior angles of a polygon is 3780°, find
the number of sides.
17. In a school meeting 10 people have phones, 16 have laptops and
8 have neither of the two. If the total number of people in the meeting
is 30, calculate;
i) the number of people who have both the phone and the laptop.
ii) The number of people with laptops only.
18. The area of a trapezium is 165 cm² and its height is 10 cm. If one of the
parallel sides is double of the other, find the two parallel sides.
ANSWERS
1. ₹12,000
2. ₹2,000
3. 72
4. ₹500, 1000, 2000
5. 8%
6. ₹2,40,000
7. 21 19 days
8. 27 and 54 days
9. i) ₹1500 ii) ₹ 31500 iii) ₹33075 iv) ₹3075
10. 1.67
11. ₹ 345
12. Ashima 12 years, Nita 26 years
13. 126
14. 16 years, 44 years
16. 23
17. 4,12
18. 11 and 22 cm
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Extra Revision for Final Assessment
19. Simplify: (7𝑥 + 4𝑦)2 + (7𝑥 − 4𝑦)2
20. By what number should we divide 54 to get 1258 ?
21. Solve graphically the system of linear equations:
x + y = 5 and x - y = 3. Find the area of the triangle formed by the
two lines with the x-axis. [Take scale 2cm = 1 unit on both axes]
21. Rahim received ₹1800 as a gift and kept a record of how he spent the
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money. Construct a pie chart to display how Rahim spent his money.
Expen Books and Eating Travelling Entertainment Savings
ses Comics items
450 600 75 450 225
Money
spent
(₹)
23. The floor of the building consists of 2000 tiles which are rhombus shaped
and each of its diagonals are 40 cm and 25 cm 2
in length. Find the total cost
of polishing the floor, if the cost is Rs. 50/𝑚 .
24. If the replacement set is a set of real numbers(R), find the solution set
of: 𝑖) 5 − 3𝑥 < 11 𝑖𝑖) 8 + 3𝑥 ≥ 28 − 2𝑥

25. Solve for x, write down the solution set and graph the solution set on
the real number line
1 𝑥 1 1
− 3
≤ 2
−1 3
< 6
;𝑥∈𝑅
26. Factorise Completely:

a) 9a (6a – 5b) – 12a (6a – 5b)
b) 2
16𝑥 + 8𝑥 + 1 − 9𝑦
2
c) 2
𝑎 − 8𝑎𝑏 + 16𝑏 − 36𝑐
2 2
d) a2 + 4ab + 3b2
e) 7x2 – 19x – 6
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26.
27 Solve the following simultaneous equations
a) 5𝑥 + 7𝑦 = − 2; 4𝑥 + 6𝑦 = − 3 (Substitution method)
b) 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5 ; 7𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 6 (Elimination method)
c) 5𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 23 ; 𝑥 + 9 = 6𝑦 (Cross multiplication method)
27.
28. Find the value of ‘x’
28.The marks obtained by 40 students of a class in an examination are

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given below:
8, 47, 22, 31, 17, 13, 38, 26, 3, 34, 29, 11, 22, 7, 15, 24, 38, 31, 21, 35,
42, 24, 45, 23, 21, 27, 29, 49, 25, 48, 21, 15, 18, 27, 19, 45, 14, 34, 37,
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Prepare a frequency distribution table with equal class intervals, starting
from 0 - 10, 10 - 20…...
i) What is the class mark of the class interval 10 – 20?
ii) Which class interval has the highest frequency?

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GRADE 8 - MATHEMATICS

1. Find the sum of money which amounts to ₹14,520 in 2 years at a

of: 𝑖) 5 − 3𝑥 < 11 𝑖𝑖) 8 + 3𝑥 ≥ 28 − 2𝑥

26. Factorise Completely:

28.The marks obtained by 40 students of a class in an examination are

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