2023-2024

NAME: SUBJECT: MAHTHEMATICS

CLASS: VIII CHAPTER NAME: COMPARING QUANTITIES

DATE: WORK SHEET NO: 8

Q1. Find the following

a) (i) 50% of 140 (ii) 30% of Rs 750 (iii) 16.5% of 4000 kg
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(iv) 2 % of 80L (v) 0.8 % of 8 km
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b) Express each of the following ratios as percents:

(i) 65 : 80 (ii) 1 : 3 (iii) 2 : 3

Q2. If a % is the discount on the marked price y, Find the discount

Q3. Radha bought a second-hand book for rupees 25 then she spent rupees 20 on its
binding charge and sold it for ₹ 45 find his loss or gain percentage ?
Q4. There are 24% of boys in a school. If the number of girls is 456, find the total number of
students in the
Q5. A watch was bought for ₹ 2,700 including 8% VAT. Find its price before the VAT was
added.
Q6. An Alloy contains 22% Nickel, 30% Copper and rest is zinc. Find the Zinc in 2 kg of Alloy.
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Q7.Find the amount which Ram will get on Rs 4096, if he gave it for 18 months at 12 % per
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annum, interest being compounded annually.
Q8. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by 20%. Find the net increase or
decrease per cent.
Q9. The bacteria in the culture grows by 10% in the first hour, decreases by 10% in the
second hour and again increases by 10% in the third hour. If the count of the bacteria in the
sample is 121 million, what is will be the count after 3 hours.
Q10. The value of TV purchased 2 years ago, depreciated at 12% p.a. if its present wroth is
Rs 9680, for how much was it purchased?