COORG PUBLIC SCHOOL, GONIKOPPAL

I TERM EXAMINATION, SEPTEMBER-2021

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Class:VIII Duration:2 2 Hours

Subject :MATHEMATICS Max Marks:80

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Answers to this paper must be written on long ruled sheets.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in
reading the question paper.

The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answer.
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Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
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.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets.[ ]

Section A(40 Marks)

Attempt all questions from this Section

Question 1
−5 9 −3 7
a) Arrange the rational numbers , , , in descending order. [3]
12 −24 4 16

b) Find the square root of 9604 by factorisation method. [3]

c) Prove that the sum of all the angles of a quadrilateral is 3600. [4]

Question 2

a) What must be added to 1 + 2x - 3𝑥 2 to get 𝑥 2 -x – 1 [3]

 −5 7
b) The sum of two rational numbers is . if one of them is find other.[3]
8 16

c) Let U = { b, c, d, e, f, g} be the universal set and let its subsets be

A = { b, c, d, e } & B= {d, e, f, g }. verify De- Morgan’s laws. [4]

Question 3
1 1
a) The area of a room is 65 sq. metres. If its breadth is 5 metres.
4 16

what is its length? [3]

b) Find all the angles of a parallelogram if one angle is 600 . [3]
c) Find the quotient & remainder when 6𝑎2-31a+47 is divided [4]
by (2a-5).

Question 4

a) Divide 8𝑎3b - 16𝑎2 𝑏2 - 6𝑎4 𝑏3 by -2𝑎2 𝑏 [3]

b) Let B be the set of letters in the word, ‘CLASS’. Find

(i) B (ii) n (B) (iii) Number of subsets of B [3]

c) The area of a square field is 7569 sq.meters. Find its perimeter. [4]

SECTION B
(Attempt any 4 questions)

Question 5

a) Write a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest number is 20 [3]

 b) Let A={𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 } and B= {𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑒} .Find (𝑖 ) AUB (𝑖𝑖 )B-A (𝑖𝑖𝑖 )A ∩ B [3]

c) Find the least number which must be added to 7348 to obtain

a perfect square. Find this perfect square and its square root. [ 4]

Question 6.
a) Express 13:20 and 69: 25 as a percentage. [3]
−11 8
b) Subtract from [3]
6 3
63 8
c) Divide the sum of and by their difference. [4]
12 3

Question 7
216
a) Find the cube root of [3]
343

b) If x = 1, y= -3 and z =3, find the value of x 3 + y3+ 𝑧 3 – 3xyz [3]

𝟒 𝟐 𝟓 −𝟖
c) Find the sum of + + + [4]
𝟕 −𝟑 𝟐𝟏 𝟗

Question 8

a) Find the cube root of 2744 by prime factorization method. [3]

𝟐 3
b) Find the area of a rectangular part which is 35 m long & 15 m broad. [3]
𝟓 5

c) Find the least square number divisible by each one of 8,9,10 & 15 [4]
Question 9

a) Identify monomials, binomials, and trinomials. [3]

 4𝑎 +𝑏
i) iv) 5y2 −8
3

𝑎2 −5𝑏2 +𝑐 2
ii) v) −7𝑏2 𝑐
2

iii) 7x2 +2𝑦 + 1 vi) 6𝑥 2 ÷ 2𝑥 − 4𝑥 2 × 3x

−2 −1
b) What number should be added to to get [3]
3 7

c) Subtract 7x 3 – 5x2 +3x− 3 from the sum of 3x 3 + 2x2− 3x +1

and 2x 3 −x2+x− 2 [4]

Question 10

a) Multiply:- (8𝑥 4-2𝑥 2+8x -8) by (3𝑥 2 -5x+3) [3]

b) Using the identity (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 , evaluate (389)2 [3]
c) The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 4:3:2:6. Find the measure [4]

of each angle.