CLASS VIII

YEAR 2022 – 23

MATHEMATICS HOMEWORK

Answer all questions and show working wherever necessary.

1) Find the number when 750 is decreased by 10%.

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2) Represent (−2 ) on a number line.
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4 −9
3) If a = (−7), b = , c = ( ), verify (a ÷ b) ÷ c ≠ a ÷ (b ÷ c)
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4) The percentage of pure gold in 14-carat gold is about 58.3. A 14-carat gold ring
weighs 7.6 grams. How many grams of pure gold are in the ring?
5) Among the letters of the word ARITHMETIC, find the percentage of the number
of I’s.
6) Find the number of sides in a polygon if the sum of its interior angles is 3420°.
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7) Jerry was asked to multiply a given number by . Instead, Jerry divided the given
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number by . The answer obtained was 18 more than the correct answer. What
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was the given number?

8) Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular pentagon and each interior
angle of a regular decagon. What is the ratio between theses angles?
9) Adi purchased some fruits and found that 20% were raw and 5% were rotten. Out
of the remaining, 45% were distributed. If the remaining number of fruits is 33,
how many fruits did Adi purchase?
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10) Divide the sum of and by the product of and .
3 7 7 9
11) A regular pentagon ABCDE and a square ABFG are formed on opposite sides of
AB. Find the measure of ∠BCF?

12) A, B and C received a total of ₹2016 as monthly allowance such that C gets half
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of what B gets and A gets 1 times C’s share. How much money A, B and C get
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individually?
13) Study the figure and answer the following question.

(a) Calculate ∠x.

(b) What is the number of diagonals in the polygon ABCDE?
(c) Find the sum of all interior angles of the polygon.
14) Out of 8000 candidates, 60% were boys. If 80% of the boys and 90% of the girls
passed the exam, find the
(a) number candidates who have passed the exam.
(b) percentage of candidates who have failed.
15) Prove (geometrically) that sum of all angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.
General Instructions :
• This homework must be hand-written by the pupil in a School Notebook (which
is to be used for writing homework only and different from the Assignment
copy).
• The notebook must be covered and labelled properly.
• The Notebook containing the completed homework is to be handed over to the
Mathematics teacher between 27th June, 2022 and 1st July, 2022 during
Mathematics periods.
• Follow the instructions regarding submission, written in Posts of MS teams.