Bombap Stottish School, ftlahim

SECOND TERM ASSESSMENNT

MATHEMATICS
Std 8 Max Marks 80
Date 03.04.2018 No. of Questions 09
Duration 2 hrs No. of Printed sides 06
(Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
All working including rough work must be clearly shown and must be done
on the same sheet as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential
working will result in loss of marks. Attempt all questions from Section A
and four questions from Section B. Graph Sheets are provided)

Section A
(Attempt all questions from this section

Question 1 [10)
Choose the correct option: (Write only the correct option: for eg: i-a)

What is the selling price when the cost price is Rs 540 and gain is 20%%?
a) 628 b) 7518.40 c) 648 d) 768

Find the square of: 8x-y

a) 64x-y
4
b) 64x+y
4
9 9
c) 64x-24xy+y d) 64x +24xy +y

ii) Which of the following triplets will form a right angled triangle?
a) 5, 6, 4 b) 5, 12, 13 c) 10, 8, 12 d) None of these

iv) Find the speed of an object covering 108km in 2hours.

a 15m/s b) 194.4m/s c) 54m/s d) None of these
Find the number of sides in a regular polygon if its each interior angle is
equal to its exterior angle.
a) b) 6 c) 8 d) not enough information

Three cubes are joined end to end forming a cuboid. If side of a cube is
2cm then the dimensions of the cuboid are:

a) l 2, b 2, h 2 c) l 8, b = 2, h = 2
c)l= 4, b 2, h =4 d) l 6, b 2, h -2
vii) The volume of a cube is 216 cm°. Find its side.
a) 216 cm b) 6 cm c) 6 cm d) 18cm
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Question 1 continued

vi Given xe{4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2}, 4S1-3x, xe Z. Solve for x.

a) -4-3-2 b)4-3-2-
c) 4-3,-2,-1,0,1,2) df)
ix) Find the value of (x + y) in the following simultaneous equations:
23x+ 10y = 66 and 10x + 2 3 y = 33

a 2 b 3 c)3 d) None of these

is
|))-i) equal to:

a) 9/22 b) 9/13 c) 13/9 d) 4/9

Question 2

a) Choose the correct option: (Write only the correct option: for eg: i)-a)
6
The range of the data: 6, 14, 20, 16, 6, 5, 4, 18, 25, 15 and 5 is:
a)4 b) 21 c25 d 20
If base area of a room 12m2 and height is 3m then its volume is:
a) 4m3 b) 36m3 c) 12m3 d 18m3

i) one pair of parallel sides of a parallelogram are 2cm apart and

Iftheir sum is 10cm, then its area is:
a) 20cm2 b) 5cm2 c) 10cm2 d none of these

iv The ratio of cost price and selling price is 4:5. The gain per cent is:
a) 10 % b) 20 % c 25 % d) 30 %
v In the given figure, M is the midpoint of both AC and BD. Then which
of the following is true:

a) 41=22 b) 1=L4 c) 22=L4 d) 1=3

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Question 2 continued

The graph of y = 6 is a line:

a) parallel to y-axis at a distance of 6 units from the origin

b) making an intercept 6 on the x-axis
c) making an intercept 6 on both the axes
d parallel to x-axis at a distance 6 units from the origin.

b) Using ruler and compasses only, construct an equilateral AABC having

side 4cm. Construct an incircle and measure its radius. 4
Question 3 [10]

=64
a) Find the value of n: 13
b) Which of the following solids can hold more water in it and by how
much?
A cube with an edge of 20cm

A cuboid with length 1.5m, breadth 10cm and height 5cm. 3

C) The cost price of an article is R750. A shopkeeper marked this article
50% above the cost price. Then he announced a discount of 20% on this
article. Find the marked price, selling price and profit percentage for the
article. 14
Question 4
10
a Solve the given inequation and represent it on the number line: 131
3x-5Sx+3<5x-5, xeR

D) The length of a diagonal of a rectangle is 2m. If the length of its shorter

side is 1.2m, find:
The length of its longer side.
13
i The perimeter of the rectangle.

Find the area of the given figure. Give your answers correct to two
significant figures: 4

18 cm

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Section B
(Attempt four questions from this section)

Question 5 10
a) Evaluate (5.3)" using identities. 3]
b) Find the value of x if the perimeter of the given shape (in figure 1) is
71cm.

Figure 1 Figure 2

x+1

24m
2x-9

Lo

c) In figure 2, if 2ADC = 2CEB =90°, then find the length of EA 4

Question 6 [10
a) The base (the non-equal side) of an isosceles triangle is 12cm and its
perimeter is 32cm. Find its area. 3
b) In the given figure, XY XZ and LPYZ =LPZY. Prove that AXYP = AXZP.
13

c) The length of a hall is 20m and the breadth is 16m. The sum of the area
of the floor and the flat roof is equal to the area of its four walls. Find the
height of the hall, correct to 1 decimal place.
4

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Question 7
[10
a) A 280m long train is running at a uniform speed of 63km/h. Find: 13
i) The time taken by it to cross a pole.
The time taken by it to cross a 210 m bridge.

b) Factorise the given expression and express your answer in simplest form:
3
a-7a-30
3a-30

c) 1000 workers of a factory travel from home to factory ever. The following
table shows their modes of travelling: 14
Mode of travelling Walking Cycling Bus Train

No. of workers 150 200 250 400

Represent the above data in a pie chart, taking the radius of the circle
as 5cm.

Question8 10]
a) Three of the exterior angles of an octagon are 40°, 54° and 86°. If each of
the remaining exterior angles is r , find the value of x. Also, find the
measure of each interior angle of a regular octagon. [3
b) The heights (in cm) of 20 children are given below:
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174, 168, 110, 142, 156, 119, 110, 101, 190, 102, 111, 172, 140, 136,
174, 128, 124, 136, 147, 182

Construct a frequency table, taking class intervals 100-120,

120-140, 180-200
ii) What type of frequency distribution is this: inclusive or exclusive?
ii) Which is the class interval corresponding to the highest
frequency?

Solve the inequation 32 2 2 and write the solution set for:

R
4
1) xe N
Also represent the solution on a number line for xeN.

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Question 9
[10
a) Plot the following lines on a graph sheet using scale 2cm = lunit on
both axes: [6
y 3x + 3, y -1 and y 3 x
What is the x-intercept of the line y 3x+ 3?
ii) Shade the triangle formed by the lines: x axis, y 3x 3and
y 3-x Also find its area.

4kg sugar and 3kg tea cost 190. 8kg sugar and 4kg tea cost R280. Find
the total price of 2kg sugar and lkg tea. 141

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