MODEL PAPER

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS – DECEMBER 2010

CLASS: VIII PAPER-I MATHEMATICS

TIME: 2 1/2hr Marks : 50

[ REVIEW OF REAL NUMBERS, COMMERCIAL MATHEMATICS, MENSURATION, SETS AND RELATIONS,

ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY, EXPONENTS]

Answer the following questions.

I. Conceptual understanding

Each question carries ‘4’ marks 6x4 = 24

1. The length and the breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio of 5:3. The area of the field is 1
hectare 3500Sq.mts. Find its perimeter.
2. Fill in the Blanks in the following table.
Number of 20 10 5
Number of days 5 2
they do the work

3. A square tank whose side is 28m. is in a grass field. A bull is tied with a rope of length 35m. in a
corner of the tank . What is the area of the grass field that the bull can grate.
4. If A= {1,2,3,} B= {a,b,c} show that the Cartesian product of A,B by graphical diagram.
5. Find the largest Number which divides the numbers 400 and 852 and leanes the remainders ‘4’
and ‘5 respectively.
6. Simplify

II. Procedures and problem solving

7. If √2 = 1.414 find the value of √8
8. ‘36’ men can do a piece of work in ‘12’ days. In how many days ‘9’ men can do it?
9. The area of an equilateral triangle is 49√3 Sq.m. Find the lengths of its side and height.
10. List all the sub sets of the set A= {1,2,3}

III. Logical thinking and mathematical reasoning 5 x 2 = 10

 11. Name the “set of numbers” which is closed under addition and also subtraction.
12. State wheather the following statements are true?
1. 5∉ { Prime numbers } 2. Ganga ∉{ rivers of India}
13. Find the L.C.M and G.C.D of ‘16’ and ‘36’ and find the product of the numbers. What do you
notice?
14. When the two hands coincide the angle between them is 0o.
15. Which is grater in 28 , 34

IV. Mathematical language and communication 4x1=4

16. Write 1/3 in to decimal form

17. Write the symbol of natural number set
18. The product of extremes in a proportion = The product of – in the proportion.
19. Write the formula of profit percentage.