EMIRATES ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOOL , DUBAI

SA1- SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

GRADE :VIII DATE: /2015
SUB :MATHEMATICS TIME :3 HOURS
MARKS :90 NO.OF.PAGES:3

SECTION - A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.

1. The sum of angles of a triangle is ------------------------------

a)1800 b)2700 c)3600

2. The cube of an odd number is …………..

a)Odd number b) even number c)prime number

3. (41 – 30) x 50 =…………….

a)1 b) 3 c) 4

−𝑎𝑎
4. The multiplicative inverse of is …………………………………………….
𝑏𝑏
−𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎
a) b) c)
𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏

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5. Standard form of is …………………….
−56
3 −3 6
a) b) c)
−2 2 −8

6. A trinomial is a polynomial with ……………………. Terms.

a)1 b) 3 c) 4

7. The adjacent angles of parallelograms are …………

a)equal b) supplementary c) complementary

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8. √−8 =…………………
a)1 b) 3 c) 4

9. Tha absolute value of 8-11 = …………………………

a)−3 b) 3 c) 19

10. If 2x – 6 = x- 2, then x = …………………….

a)1 b) 3 c) 4\

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 SECTION - B
Question numbers 11 to 17 carry 2 marks each.

11. Find the square root of 11664.

12. Express 752800000 in scientific notation.

13. Solve 2(5x – 3) = 2x – 5

−1 −2 1 −3
14. Arrange the rational numbers , , , in the ascending order.
5 3 3 4

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15. What is the relationship between the number of edges, number of vertices and
number of sides of a cuboid?

16. Simplify: (3𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 5) − ( 4 − 2𝑥𝑥 + 5𝑥𝑥 3 )

17. If∠𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 700 , find the measures of the other angles of parallelogram ABCD.

A B

700
D C E

SECTION - C
Questions 18 to 25 carry 3 marks each.

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18. Find five rational number between and ?
3 5
19. Solve using identity 10.22

20. What is to be subtracted from 18x3 – 6x2 + 14x + 8. To get 16x2 +6x +3.

21. Find the least number to be multiplied by, to make 2352 a perfect square.

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22. Verify whether |𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏| = |𝑎𝑎 | + |𝑏𝑏| for any rational values of ‘a’ and ‘b’

23. If (2)−7 × (8)8 = (2)2𝑥𝑥+1 , find the value of ‘x’

24. The sum of two numbers is 72. If one number is thrice the other, find the
numbers.

25. The perimeter of a rectangle is 270 cm. One of its side is greater than twice the
other by30 cm. Find the lengths of all the sides of the parallelogram.

SECTION - D
Questions 26 to 33 carry 4 marks each.

26. A man bought 8000 plants. He planted them in his plantation in such a way that
the number of rows is equal to the number of columns, the remaining plants
were donated to a forestry club. Find the number of rows and columns and the
number of plants donated. What value is depicted here?

27. Sum of cubes of two numbers is 1944. If the numbers are in the ratio 1:2. Find
the numbers?
28. If the adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (x+5)0 and (2x -35)0. Find all the
angles of the parallelogram.

(X +5)0 (2X-35)0

29. In theater 200 ticket were sold for a show and collected Rs. 8750. If the ticket
were sold in two different denominations Rs.50 and Rs.25, find the number of
tickets sold in each.

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30. The ratio of adjacent sides of a parallelogram is 2: 3. If its perimeter is 120cm find
the measures of each side.
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31. If x - = √2 . Find x2 +
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥 2
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32. If 42 𝑚𝑚. of rope is divided into 5 equal pieces, find the length of each piece.
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33. Find the number to be multiplied to make 10976 a perfect cube. Also find the
cube root of the number thus obtained.

SECTION – F
Skill based questions (10 marks)