TALAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

REVISION WORKSHEET– TERM.III EXAMINATION

CLASS: VIII MATHEMATICS

Answer the following

1. List all the elements of the given sets in set notation.

a) A = {x : x is an integer between 5 and 10 inclusive}

b) X = {y: y is a letter in the word DICTIONARY}
c) A = {x : x is a natural number less than 7}
d) P = {x : x is a positive integer such that 1 ≤ x ≤ 6}
2. P is the set of colors in the rainbow. Using the notation ∈ or ∉, describe whether

each of the following is an element of, or is not an element of P.

a) black b) violet c) red d) pink
3. It’s given that ξ = {x : x is an integer between 1 and 13 inclusive} and B = {x : x is a

prime number}.
i) List all the elements of Ɛ and B in the set notation.
ii) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the sets ξ and B.
iii) From the Venn diagram, list all the elements of B' in set notation.
iv) Describe the set B' in words.
4. List all the i) subsets and ii) proper subsets of

a) A = {a, b, c} b) P = {5, 6}
5. If ξ = {1, 2, 3, …………….. 25}, A = {multiples of 2}, B = {odd numbers} and C =

{multiples of 3}. List the elements of the following sets:

i) B ii) C iii) A iv) B' v) C' vi) A'
6. The Venn diagram shows the elements in ξ, A and B.

i. List all the elements in A, B and ξ

ii. List all the elements in A'
7. It is given that = {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3} and B = {0, 1, 2, 3}.

i) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the sets A and B

ii) Is B a proper subset of A? Explain
8. For each of the following experiments, write down the sample space and state the

total number of possible outcomes

a) Drawing a marble at random from a bag containing 5 identical blue marbles
and 4 identical red marbles.
b) Picking a letter at random from a box containing identical cards with
letters that spell the word NATIONAL.
c) Selecting a receipt at random from a receipt book with running serial
numbers from 357 to 389.
9. A bag contains 4 red, 5 black and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at

random. Find the probability that the ball drawn is:

(i) white (ii) red (iii) not black (iv) red or white
10. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word 'ASSOCIATION'. Find the

probability that the chosen letter is a (i) vowel (ii) consonant (iii) an
S.
11. A spinner is divided into eight equal sectors, numbered from 1 to 8. What is the

probability of spinning a number that is a multiple of 3?

12. One card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. find the probability of

each of the following events: i) a heart ii) a seven iii) a club iv) a red king
v) a picture card
13. There are 12 green balls and (x+2) yellow balls in a box.

i. find an expression in terms of x for the total number of balls in the box
 ii. a ball is drawn at random from the box. write down an expression in terms of
x for the probability that the ball is yellow.
iii. If the probability of selecting a green ball at random is 2/5, find the value of
x.
14. There are 28 boys and 25 girls in a school hall. After y girls leave the hall, the

probability of selecting a girl at random becomes 3/7. Find the value of y.

15. 17 cards numbered 1, 2, 3,……,16,17 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly. One

person draws a card from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is
(i) Odd
(ii) Prime
(iii) Divisible by 3
(iv) Divisible by 3 and 2 both
16. In a class of 40 students, there are 24 boys and 16 of them are not shortsighted.

Four of the girls are shortsighted. If a student is chosen at random, find the
probability that the student is i) a girl ii) not shortsighted
17. The values show the marks obtained by 16 students in a class for a Mathematics

test.
3 18 20 19 14 9 8 13 16 19 14 10 14 10 12 10
(i) represent the data on a dot diagram
(ii) If 50% of the students passed the test, find the passing mark for the test.
18. After several months of growth, Kim measures the height in centimetres of each of

her plants. Their heights are given below:

38, 14, 22, 36, 35, 29, 19, 24, 32, 35, 41, 47
Draw a stem and leaf diagram for Kim’s data.
19. The stem and leaf diagram below shows the ages of a group of people at a party.
 i. How many people are there in the group?
ii. What age is the youngest member of the group?
iii. What age is the oldest member of the group?
iv. How many people are under 45?
v. How many people are 45 and over?

20. The coach of a high school basketball team, team A, wants to compare the

heights, in centimeters, of the players on his team with those of the players on the
opponent team, team B. For this, he wants to write the heights in a back-to-back
stem-and-leaf plot. The heights of the players of the two teams are listed below.
Help the coach for this construction.

Team A Team B

186, 184, 182, 180, 195, 193, 182, 185, 186, 187, 193, 195, 196,
191, 195 190, 194, 203

21. State the type of correlation for each of the scatter diagrams below.
22. Twenty-five sixth-grade students were asked to estimate how many hours a week

they spend talking on the phone. This dot plot represents their reported number of
hours of phone usage per week.

a. How many of the students reported not talking on the phone during the week?
b. What percentage of the students reported not talking on the phone?
a. What is the largest number of hours a student spent talking on the phone per
week?
b. What percentage of the group reported talking on the phone for this amount of
time?
23. The following is two datasets that show the number of points scored by members

of two basketball teams:

Mavericks: 2, 4, 8, 12, 12, 12, 15, 19, 23, 25, 31, 35, 38
Lakers: 6, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 31
Create a ‘back to back’ stem-and-leaf diagram for these datasets.
24. In a hospital, there are 20 newborn babies whose ages in increasing order are as

follows: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
Construct a frequency distribution table and histogram for the data above.
25. The following data represent the number of employees at various restaurants in

New York City. Using this data, create a histogram.

22; 35; 15; 26; 40; 28; 18; 20; 25; 34; 39; 42; 24; 22; 19; 27; 22; 34; 40; 20; 38;
and 28
Use the class intervals 10 ≤ x < 15, 15 ≤ x < 20 and so on.
26. Draw the frequency polygon of the following data:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Number of students 5 10 12 13 15

27. Find the mean, median, and mode of the following data.

8, 12, 10, 11, 13, 12, 15, 9, 11, 16, 12

28. Find the mean, median and mode of the following data:

Number
Marks
of
Obtained
students

100 2

95 7

88 10

76 6

69 5

29. The mean of 6 variants is 8. Five of them are 8, 15, 0, 6, and 11. Find the sixth

variant.
30. find the median of the following

10, 17, 16, 21, 13, 18, 12, 10.

31. Find the median of the following data: 41,43,127,99,61,92,71,58,57.If 58 is replaced

by 85, what will be the new median?

32. If the mean of the data 3,21, 25, 17, (x+ 3), 19, (x- 4) is 18, find the value of x. Using

this value of x, find the mode of the data.

33. find the mean of the following

Age Group Number of members

10-20 17

20-30 22

30-40 20

40-50 21

50-60 20

34. The mean length of ropes in 40 coils is 14 m. A new coil is added in which the

length of the rope is 18 m. What is the mean length of the ropes now?
35. Fill in the blanks.

i. P(Not E) or P(E') = 1 - ……..

ii. ϕ(phi) is used to describe ………………………
iii. When throwing a die, the probability of getting a prime number is ………….
iv. If E is an impossible event, P(E) = ……………
v. P(E) = 1 when E is ………………………….. event.
vi. …………………… is represented by dots above a horizontal number line.
vii. The …………….. is the value which occurs most frequently in a set of data.