AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SECTOR-1, VASUNDHARA, GHAZIABAD

SAMPLE PAPER TERM 1 (2023-24)
CLASSVIII
SUBJECT - MATHEMATICS

Time: 3 hrs. M.M. 80 marks

General Instructions:
 Section A -Objective – Questions 1 to 40 carry 1 mark each
 Subjective paper
 Section B – Very short Answer type – Q 1 to 5 carry 2 marks each
 Section C: Short answer Type – Q 6 to Q11 carry 3 marks each.
 Section D: Long Answer type – Q12 to Q14 carry 4 marks each
Section- A
I. Multiple choice questions:
1. Find the multiplicative inverse of -17.
−1
(a) (b) 289 (c) -289 (d) -17
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2. Choose rational number greater than -3
(a) -3 (b) -4 (c) -5 (d) -1/2
3. Solve 2x – 3 = x + 2
(a) x = 4 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 7 (d) x = 5
4. Two numbers are in the ratio 3: 5. If their sum is 64 , then the numbers are:
(a) 24 & 40 (b) 15&24 (c) 10& 24 (d) 20& 24
5. The sum of three consecutive multiples of ‗5‘ is 45.Which is the smallest of the three
multiples.
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25
6. If 2x + 1 = 15 then the value of ‗x‘ is:
(a) 5 (b)—8 (c) 7 (d) 3

7. The measure of exterior angle of a regular polygon of 9 sides is?

a) 30 ° b) 40 ° c) 50 ° d) 60 °
 8. The sum of measure of exterior angle of any polygon is?
a) 90 ° b) 180 ° c) 720 ° d) 360 °
9. If the selling price of an item is Rs 300 and the cost price is Rs 250, what is the profit?
a) Rs 50 b) Rs 150 c) Rs 450 d) Rs 350
10. The marked price of a product is Rs 250. If a discount of 30% is given, what is the selling
price?
a) Rs 175 b) Rs 200 c) Rs 225 d) Rs 150
11. The standard form of 0.00064 is:
a) 6.4 x 105 b) 6.4 x 10-5 c) 0.64 x 104 d) 6.4 x 10-4

12. In 5n, n is known as:

a) base b) exponent c) constant d) number
13. y is directly proportional to x, and y = 24 when x = 4. What is the value of y when x = 3?
a) 18 b) 20 c) 23 d) 43
14. Which of the following vary inversely with each other?
a) speed and distance covered. b) distance covered and taxi fare.
c) distance travelled and time taken. d) speed and time taken.
15. The coordinates of a point at a distance of 3 units from the x axis and 6 units from the y axis
is :
a) (0, 3) (b) (6, 0) (c) (3, 6) (d) (6, 3)
II. Fill in the blanks:
16. The value of 50 + 60 = ___________.

17. (- 1)103 = ___________

18. Decimal form of 40% is _____________.
19. A regular polygon of 10 sides_______.
20. The rational number _________ has no reciprocal.
21. The product of a positive number and its reciprocal is _________.
III. True / False
22. The rational number -3 lies between 1 and 2.
23. Rational number 0 has no reciprocal.
24. There is only one solution for a linear equation.
25. Minimum number of sides of a regular polygon is square.
26. 35 + 37 = 312
IV. Case study questions:
27. Ragav took a loan of Rs 8,000 from the bank at a Compound interest rate of 5% per annum
for two years, and he has to pay back the total amount at the end of two years. Answer the
following questions based on the case study:
a) What is the total amount Ragav has to pay back after two years?
b) What is the interest money that Ragav has to pay?
c) What would be the interest amount if Ragav had borrowed the same amount at a rate of 7% per
annum?
d) What would be the total amount due if Ragav borrowed Rs 10,000 at the same 5% per annum
simple interest rate for three years?
28. Many schools have a recommended students-teacher ratio as 35:1. Next year, the school
expects an increase in enrolment by 280 students.
(i) How many new teachers will they have to appoint to maintain the students-teacher
ratio?
(ii) Board members of school XYZ decided to keep the ratio as 30:1. Total how many
teachers will be appointed if the strength of the school is 1800?
(iii) A school has 15 teachers working. How many more teachers will be needed if the
total strength of school is 735 and they want to maintain a ratio of 35:1?

29. A biology teacher teaching Botany to her class VIII students and explaining them about the
growth of plants. To make it more exciting, she took two different plants, plant A and plant B
and were grown under similar laboratory conditions. The students were asked to measure
their heights at the end of each week for 3 weeks. The results are shown by the following
graph.

Answer the following based on your observations:

1. How high was Plant A after 2 weeks?
2. How high was Plant B after 3 weeks?
3. Were the two plants of the same height during any week shown here? Specify.

30. From the given figure:

1. Identify polygons in the given figure.

2. What is the measure of each interior angle of regular pentagon?
3. What is the measure of each exterior angle of regular hexagon?

Section – B
7 −7
1. Multiply by the reciprocal of
13 16
2. Solve: 8x + 4 = 3 (x – 1) + 7
3. Calculate the discount percentage if a product with a marked price of Rs 500 was sold for Rs
400.
4. In a parallelogram one angle is 70 °. Find all the other angles of the parallelogram?
5. Find the multiplicative inverse of (7−2÷ 90−1)
Section – C

6.
7. If 15 workers can finish a task in 42 hours, calculate the number of workers required to
complete the same task in 30 hours.

8. Plot the given points on a graph sheet.

(a) (5, 4) (b) (2, 0) (c) (3, 1) (d) (0, 4)
9. In a parallelogram ABCD. Find the value of x, y and z. name the type of triangle ABC.

10. Solve the equation: 0.25 (4x – 5) = 0.75x + 8

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11. The sum of two rational numbers is -7. If one of the numbers is , find the other number.
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Section – D
12. Solve the equation: 3(5z – 7) – 2(9z – 11) = 4(8z – 13) – 17
13. Calculate the compound interest earned on an investment of Rs 5000 at a 6% annual
interest rate, compounded annually for 3 years.
14. Complete the given tables and draw a graph for each.