Mathematics

Class 8

Section A (each 1M)

1. Degree of polynomial 2x - 6x 3 + 5x5 – 3x2 + 5 is

a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 2

2. A die is thrown once. The probability of getting even number is

a)1/8 b)1/4 c)1/3 d)1/2

3. The common factor of 14a2b and 35a4b2 is

a)7a2b2 b)35a4b2 c)14a2b d) a4b2

4. The irreducible factorisation of 3a3 + 6a is

a) 3a (a2 + 2) b) 3 (a3 + 2)

c) a (3a2 + 6) d) 3 × a × a × a + 2 × 3 × a

5. The sum of all the numbers formed by the digits x, y and z of the
number xyz is divisible by

a) 11 b) 33 c) 37 d) 9

Section B (each 2M)

1. The list of students marks in a class is

22,24,26,28,30,22,28,30,22,25,24,23,28,26,25,28 prepare a frequency
distribution of the data.
2. Find the Product of
-3x 2 y and (4x 2 y+3xy 2 -4x +5y)
 3. Factorise:

1) x2 + xy + 8x + 8y

2) 15xy -6x +5y -2

4. The area of a rectangle is x2+ 12xy + 27y2 and its length is (x+9y). Find
the breadth of the rectangle.

5. Factorise the following:

a) 25ax2 – 25a

b) 3a2b3- 27a4b

Section C (each 3M)

1. Divide: 2√ 2 q 4 + 4 √2 q 3 + q2 by (-2 √2 q 2)

OR

Divide: z 2 -10z + 16 by z-2 using factor method

2. The sum of three consecutive multiples of 8 is 888. Find these multiples.

OR

The sum of digits of a two-digit number is 15, if the number formed by

reversing the digits is less than the original number by 27, find the
original numbers.

3. Draw a bar graph to represent the data

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

No of
Scoot 1000 1500 1200 1800 2000 1600
y 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4. A bag contains 5 white ball, 7 red balls and 9 yellow balls and three ball
are drawn at a time, what is the probability of getting only red balls b)
both white and yellow balls
5. Find the value of the letters in the followings:
4 A

+ 9 8

=C B 3

Section D (each 4M)

1. Using long division method, show that 3y2 + 5 is a factor of

6y5 + 15y4 + 16y3 + 4y2 +10y – 35
OR

Find out whether the first polynomial is a factor of the second

polynomial.

P2 + 9, p4 +13p2 + 36.

2. Construct a pie chart for the given data

Item Food clothes Education Rent Savings

Expeniture 2500 1000 1500 2500 1500