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Mathematics Perk Up Skills Worksheets

 AECS MAGNOLIA MAARUTI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Arekere, B.G. Road, Bengaluru– 76

Worksheet # 1
Subject: Mathematics
Grade – VIII going to IX

I . Find:
1. If a, b, c and d are consecutive natural numbers and a3 = b3 + c3 + d3. What is
the least value of ‘a’?

2. Factorise: 6ab – b2 + 12ac – 2bc

3. A school has a strength of 2000 students. The following pie chart shows the

Interests of students in different subjects.

Find the number of students interested in math ?

4. In what time will a sum of Rs 800 at 5% p.a. compound interest amount to

Rs 882 ?

5. ABCD is a rhombus

Find the respective values of x, y and z.

II. Do as directed:

1. Pick up the rational numbers from the following numbers.

6 1 1 100
, , 0, ,
7 2 0 0

2. Solve: (4-3 + 4-4)/(4-3 – 4-4)

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3. The area of a square field is 1 cm2. Find the legth of each side.
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2
4. Simplify: (14x2 – 21y2)(-5x2 – 3y2)
7

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5. For what value of c are the factors of (x2 –cx + ) the same?
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III. Solve the following:

1. The difference between two positive numbers is 40 and the ratio of these
integers is 1 : 3. Find the integers.

2. If a+b = 5, and a-b=1, find the value of 8ab(a2 + b2)

3. One number is 3 times another number. If 15 is added to both the numbers,

then one of the new numbes becomes twice that of the other new number. Find
the numbers.

4. Two candidates A and B contest an election. A gets 46%of the valid votes
and is defeated by 1600 votes. Find the total number of valid votes cast.

5. Evauale: 3
0.000729 + 3
0.008

IV. Solve the following:

1. Write cubes of 5 natural numbers which are of the form 3n+1(e.g 4, 7,10,…)
and verify the following: The cube of a natural number of the form 3n+1 is a
natural number of the same form.
1 1 1
2. Solve the given equation 3 × 5 = 17
x 4 2
3. A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of ₹ 5 per orange. He also buys
an equal number of bananas at the rate of ₹ 2 per banana. He makes a profit of
20% on oranges and a profit of 15% on bananas. In the end, he sold all the
fruits. If he earned a profit of ₹ 390, find the number of oranges.

4. The perimeter of a rectangle is 240 cm. If its length is decreased by 10% and
its breadth is increased by 20%, we get the same perimeter. Find the length and
breadth of the rectangle.

5. Divide x4 – 3x3 – 13x2 + 12x + 4 by x2 – x + 2, and verify that.

V. Activity:

1. Solve Exponential Expressions Maze:

Find the right path for Minni to have its food [Hint: Find
the correct usual form of the given exponential form of the number at each
step}
 AECS MAGNOLIA MAARUTI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Arekere, B.G. Road, Bengaluru– 76

Worksheet # 2
Subject: Mathematics
Grade – VIII going to IX

I. Find:
1.A bag contains 4 white and 5 blue balls. They are mixed thoroughly and one
ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting
(i) a white ball (ii) a blue ball?
2. Write in which quadrant does each of the following point lie?
P(-3,2) Q(5,6) R(-4,-3) S(8,-2)
3. Find the maximum length of a pencil that can be kept in a rectangular box of
dimensions 12 cm × 9 cm × 8 cm.
4. Two opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x-2)0 and (50-x)0. Find the
measures of all its angles.
5. Find the compound interest on Rs. 5000 at 8% per annum for 2 years,
compounded annualy.

II. Do as directed:
1. Using the formula for squaring a binomial, evaluate the following:
(i) (197)2 (ii) (103)2
2. In the given figure, find the angle measure x.

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3. After reading of a book, 40 pages are left. How many pages are there in
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the book?
4. If 52x +1 ÷ 25 = 125, find the valie of x.
5. Evaluate 3 up to two places of decimal.
III. Solve the following:
1. Constuct a quadrilateral ABCD in which BC= 4.2 cm, CA= 5.8 cm,
AD = 4.7 cm, CD = 5.2 cm and BD = 6.7 cm.
2. If the rainfall on certain day was 5 cm, how many litres of water fell on
8 hectare field on that day?

3. A man sold two articles for Rs 2970 each, gaining 10% on one and losing
10% on the other. Find his gain (or) loss per cent on the whole transaction.
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4. If x - = 5 , Find the value of
x

5. Half of a herd of deer are grazing in the field and three-fourths of the
remaining are playing nearby. The rest 9 are drinking water from the
pond. Find the number of deer in the herd.

IV. Solve the following:

1. A closed metallic cylindrical box is 1.25 m high and it has a base whose
radius is 35 cm. If the sheet of metal costs Rs 80 per m2, then find the cost
of the material used in the box. Also, find the capacity of the box in litres.

2. The weight(in kg) of 35 persons are given below:

43, 51, 47, 62, 48, 40, 50, 62, 53, 56, 40, 48, 56, 53, 50, 42, 55, 52, 48, 46, 45, 54,
52, 50, 47, 44, 54, 55, 60, 63, 58, 55, 60, 58, 53.
Prepare a frequency distribution table taking equal class size. One such class
40-45 (where 45 is not included). Draw the histogram for this data.

5x  4 3x  10
3. Solve: = 4x + 1 -
6 2

4. Factorise:
(i) 3m2 + 24m +36
(ii) 25a2 – 4b2 + 28bc – 49 c2
(iii) 49a2 + 84ab + 36b2
(iv) 18a3b3 – 27a2b3 + 36a3b2

5.(i) The sum of all interior angles of a regular polygon is 10800. What is the
measure of each of its interior angles?
(ii) Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 24 cm and 20 cm
and the distance between them is 15 cm.
V. Activity:
1. Look at the below information and solve the cross word puzzle of the
Geometric Shapes:
2. To make the following shapes by paper folding and cutting.
(a) A kite (b) A rhombus

OBSERVATIONS:
(i) Are all sides of the kite obtained I Fig(g) equal?................. (Yes/No)
(ii) Are pairs of opposite sides equal? ……………. (Yes/No)
(iii) Which pairs of adjacent sides are equal? …………….
(iv) Are all sides of rhombus equal?.............. (Yes/ No)
(v) How a kite is different from the rhombus? ………
 AECS MAGNOLIA MAARUTI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Arekere, B.G. Road, Bengaluru– 76

Worksheet # 3
Subject: Mathematics
Grade – VIII going to IX

I. Find:
1
1. Find the five rational number between -1 and -
2
2
2. Evaluate: (4-1 + 8-1 ) ÷ ( )-1
3
3. Find the greatest number of 4 digits, which is a perfect square.
4. What is the number of diagonals in a
(i) heptagon (ii) Octagon?
5. The area of a trapezium is 352 cm2 and the distance between the parallel
sides is 16 cm. If one of the parallel sides is of length 25 cm, find the legth
of the other.

II. Do as directed:
1. Locate the points A(1,2), B(4,2) and C(1,4) on a graph sheet taking suitable
axes. Write the coordinates of the fourth point D in order to complete the
rectangle ABCD.
2. Find the volume of wood used to make a closed rectangular box of outer
dimensions 60 cm × 45 cm × 32 cm, the thickness of wood being 2.5 cm all
around. Also find the capacity of the box.
3. Find the amount of Rs 8000 for 2 years compounded annually and the rates
being 9% per annum during the first year and 10% per annum during the
second year.
4. The distance between two stations is 425 km. Two trains start simultaneously
from these stations on parallel tracks to cross each other. The speed of one of
them is greater than that of the other by 5 km/h. If the distance between the
two trains after 3 hours of their start is 20 km., find the speed of each train.
5. The perimeter of a triangle is 6p2 – 4p + 9 and two of its sides are p2 – 2p + 1
and 3p2 – 5p + 3. Find the third side of the triangle.
III. Solve the following:
1 3
1. Amit earns Rs 32000 per month. He spends of his income on food; of
4 10
5
the remainder on house rent and of the remainder on the education of
21
children. How much money is still left with him?
2. (i) In a stack there are 4 books each of thickness 24 mm and 6 paper sheets
each of thickness 0.015 mm. What is the total thickness of the stack in
standard form?
 2 -3
(ii) By what number should ( ) be divided so that the quotient may be
3
4 -2
( ) ?
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3. Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The sum of their cubes is 27000. Find
The numbers.
4. (i) Find the value of the expresiion 49x2 – 84xy + 36y2, when x = 2 and y= 3.
5. Find the area of pentagon ABCDE in which BL  AC, DM  AC and
EN  AC such that ac = 18 cm, AM = 14 cm, AN = 6 cm, BL = 4 cm,
DM = 12 cm and EN = 9 cm.

IV. Solve the following:

1. A cycle merchant allows 255 discount on the marked price of the cycles and
still makes a profit of 20%. If he gains Rs 360 over the sale of one cycle, find
marked price of the cycle.
2. Solve for x:
7 x  14 17  3x 4x  2
- = 6x - -5
3 5 3
3. Simplify the expression:

4. Plot a line graph for the variables x and y, where y = 2x + 1. Using the graph,
Find the value of
(i) y, when x = 5 and (ii) x, when y= 13.
5. An open rectangular cistern when measured from outside is 1.35 m long,
1.08 m board and90 cm deep, and is made of iron which is 2.5 cm thick. Find
The capacity of the cistern and the volume of the iron used.
V. Activity:
1. To find the expression for the area of a trapezium by paper cutting and
Folding:

2. To solve the question and colour the elephant.

3t  2 2t  3 2
Q1. Solve for t : - = -t
4 3 3
Q2. Solve for x: 9x + 5 = 4(x-2) +8
Q3. CSA of cylinder
Q4. Diagonal of a cube
Q5. Volume of the cylinder

Q6. TSA of the cylinder

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