BSM PUBLIC SCHOOL KARALA

CLASS 8 TERM 1 TEST

M.M. -80. SUB : Maths M.T. 3 hr
General instructions :
1.Attempt all questions.
2. Question numbers 1 to 9 in section A are one
mark questions.
3. Question numbers 10 to 17 in section B are of
two mark each.
4. Question numbers 18 to 27 in section C are of 3
mark each.
5. Question numbers 28 to 32 in section D are of 5
mark each.
Section A
1. Find the additive inverse of -11/5.
2. Find the cube of -15
3. Is 2602 a perfect square or not?Give reason.
4. Write 5% in decimal form.
5. Find the amount after 2 years when a sum of
100 Rs is compounded yearly at rate of 10% per
annum.
6. Find the sum of all interior angles of a polygon
of 6 sides.
7. Find the value of X if 2X-18=0
8. Which number have highest frequency in
following data
2,3,4,3,3,2,4,5,6,4,3,2,5,4,6,3,3,2,1,1,3,5
9. if S.P.=200 and C.P.=180 , find profit.
Section B
10. Verify x+y=y+x by taking values of x=2/4 and
y=-5/6.
11. The sum of two rational numbers is -4/5. If one
of them is 3/20. Find the other.
12. Find the square root of 3969 by prime
factorisation.
13. Find the cube root of 1728 by prime
factorisation.
14. Gourav bought a book for 500Rs and sold it at
750Rs. Find the profit and loss percentage.
15. Find the compound interest and amount
incurred if Principal=2000Rs, Rate= 6% , Time = 3
years.
16. Construct a rectangle ABCD with CD=6cm and
diagonal BC= 7.5cm.
17. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio of
1:2:4:5, Find the angles.
Section C
18. The adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (4x-
7) and (6x-3).Find the angles of the
parallelogram.Also write the property used.
19. The Monthly sale of cars of different car maker
are given below.
Draw a pie chart to depict the information.
Maruti Hyund Tata Ford Toyota Nissan
ai
100 75 50 30 30 15

20. Find x if
3x+5 2
-------- = ---
4x+2 3

21. Suni is 20 years older than shyam.If sum of

their ages is 60. Find the age of both.
22.Sunil invested 50,000 Rs for 18 month at the
rate of 16% p.a. compounded half-yearly. Find the
compound interest.
23. In a square ABCD AB=(5a-17) cm and BC=(2a+4)
cm.Find the sides of the square ABCD.
24. Find the square root of 783225 by long division
method.
25. Find the smallest number that should be
multiplied by 1536 to make it a perfect cube ,also
find the cube root of the perfect cube.
26. Construct a quadrilateral. ABCD with
AB=6cm,BC=4cm, angle A=60 degree,angle B=105
degree , and angle D=90 degree.Also write steps of
construction.
27. Verify x+(y+z)=(x+y)+z by taking the values of
x=1/4, y=1/5, z=1/6.
Section D
28. Construct a histogram to represent following
data
Overs 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30
Runs 8 10 14 17 20

29. At what time a sum of Rs 2000 will become Rs

2420, if the interest rate is 10%,compounded
annually.
30. Find the smallest number that must be added
to 207600 to make it a perfect square. Find the
square root of the perfect square.
31.The sum of digits of a two digit number is 9. If
the digits are reversed , the new number will be 9
more than the original number. Find the original
number.
Or
The denominator of a fraction is 3 times the
numerator. If 2 is deducted from the numerator
and 6 is added to the denominator, then the
denominator becomes 6 times of the numerator.
Find the original fraction.
32. Solve for x :
a. 5x-3=15-x
b. 2-3x= (x/2)-4
C. (x/4)-(x/2)=5
Or
Anil had invited 10 friends in his birthday
party.Accordingly he has purchased 40 chocolates
for distribution, so that each one gets 4 chocolate.
But 10 more guest came suddenly, what will be the
share of each person now.