HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2019-20)

CLASS – 8

TIME:3HRS SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS M.M.80

SECTION A (1×10=10)

1.a) The product of a rational number and its reciprocal is ______.

b) _______ is called the additive identity.

2.a) (2-5 ÷ 2 -2) = _______

b) 0.000367 × 10 4 in usual form =_______

3.a) The square of a proper fraction is ______ than the given fraction

b) A given number is a perfect square having n digits, where n is odd.

Then its square root will have ______ digits.

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4. a) √𝑎/𝑏 =

b) (0.02)3 =

5. a) If x7y5 is exactly divisible by 3 , then the least value of (x + y)

b) 4 A ×6 = 2 B 4

Find A and B.

6. a) The discount is calculated on the _______ price.

b) What per cent of 1 kg is 5g?

7. a) A man sells a bat for Rs 100 gaining Rs 20. His gain per cent is _____.

b) 12 ÷ 5 = _____%

8. a) A polygon in which each angle is less than 180 degree is _____.

b) What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon having 10 sides______.

9.a) The bisector of any 2 Different angles of a parallelogram intersect at_______

b) In a square ABCD , AB= (2x+3) cm and BC=(3x-5) cm. Then x = _______.

10.a) It is a solid whose base is a triangle and whose side faces are having a common vertex ______.

b) Number of vertices in a triangular prism _____.

SECTION – B (2 × 10 = 20)
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11.a) Express 60
as a rational number denominator 5.
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b) represent 3
on the number line.
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12. Find two rational numbers between 3
and 2
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13. By What number should ( 2
) be divided so that the quotient is (4) -2 ?

14. What least number must be added to 5607 to make the sum a perfect square? Find this perfect
square and its square root.

15.a) Find the value of Z for which the number 471Z8 is divisible by 9. Also find the number.

b) test the divisibility of 59312 by 8.

16. The sale price of a television set including VAT is rupees 27000. If the VAT is charged at 8% of the
list price, what is the list price of the television set?

17. The value of machine depreciates every year by 10%. If the present value of the machine be
rupees 99000, what was its value last year?

18.a) what is the number of diagonals in heptagon?

b) each interior angle of a polygon is 108 degrees. How many sides does it have?

19. The four angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 2:3:5:8. Find the measure of smallest and
largest angle.

20. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (3x -4) degree and (3x+16) degree. Find the value of x
and hence find the measure of each of its angles.

SECTION – C (3×10=30)

21. Draw triangular prism and write its vertices, faces and edges and verify Euler's relation for it.

22. A die is thrown at random. Find the probability of getting

A) number 2 B) a number less than 3

C) a composite number
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23. a) what number should be subtracted from ( ) to get ( ) ?
3 6

b) find the value of x for which

4 9 4
(9) 4 x (4) 7 = ( 9) 2x -1

24. Evaluate √0.8 correct to two places of decimals.

25. The difference between a 2-digit number and the numbers obtained by inter changing its digit

is 63. What is the difference between the digits of the number?

26. a) - √343 / 729 =

b) by what least number should 648 be multiplied to get a perfect cube?

c) √1.69 =

27. a) what percent of 45 is 54?

b) A number decreased by 30% gives 84. Find the number?

c) 0.05 is what percent of 20?

28. In a regular polygon, each interior angle is thrice the exterior angle. Find the number of sides in a
polygon.

29. Prove that the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degree.

30. Name the parallelogram:

a) all the sides are equal and one angle is 60 degree.

b) the diagonals are equal and the adjacent sides are equal.

c) The diagonals are unequal and the adjacent sides are equal.

SECTION- D (4×5=20)

DO ANY FIVE.

31. The date on religion wise division Of 1080 workers of a factory are given below:-

Religion Hindu Sikh Christian Muslim

No. Of workers 450 255 105 270

Draw a pie chart to represent the above data.

32. One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is a) a king b) a spade

c) a black 8 d) a red queen

33. Laxmi sold two sarees for rupees 1980 each . On one, she lost 10% , while on the Other she
gained 10% . Find her again or loss percent on whole transaction.
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34.a) in a school, of the students are boys. If there are 240 girls, find the number of boys in the
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school.

b) find the largest number of 3 digits which is a perfect square.

35. a) write a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is 14.

b) find the square of 86 by column method.

36. A jeweller allows a discount of 16% to his customers and still gains 20% . Find the marked price
of a ring which cost the jeweller rupees 1190.