The City School

Darakshan Campus
Comprehensive Mid-Year Examination
2019-2020
MATHEMATICS
Class 8

Index No:_________________________ Section:____________

School / Campus:___________________ Date: _____________

Maximum Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS

 Write your index number, section, school/campus and date clearly in the space provided.
 Read and follow the instructions of the questions given.
 Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
 Check your answer paper before you hand it in.
 Calculators are not allowed.
 Marks for each secti on are shown below.
 This paper consists of 16 printed pages including the cover page.

For Examiner's use only__________________________

Computation (50) Problem Solving (50) Total

Question # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Max. Marks 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 100
Marks Obtained

INVIGILATED BY MARKED BY MARKS TALLIED BY

 SECTION A

Q.1 Encircle the correct option.

1) 72 km/hr is same as: [ /10]
a. 5 m/sec
b. 10 m/sec
c. 15 m/sec
d. 20 m/sec
2) An army tank goes 273 km using 35 gallons of fuel. The distance it will go on
with 5 gallons of fuel:
a. 54.6 km
b. 39 km
c. 7.8 km
d. 191.1 km
3) Ifx>2 then the smallest possible value of x that is a prime number is ________
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 1
4) The mean of 4 numbers 3, 4, 7 and h is 4. What is the value of h?
a. 16
b.4
c.0
d.14
5) The sum of the adjacent angles of a parallelogram is equal to _______
a. 900
b.1800
c.2700
d. 3600
6) The perimeter of a square having each side 4cm is_________.
a. 43 cm
b. 34cm
c. 16 cm
d. 65 cm

7) The result of factorizing 4x2 - 4x is:

a. x(4x - 4)
b. 4 (x2 - x)

c. 4x(x - 1)

d. 4x2(4x - 4)

8) If x< y then x/10______y/10

a. <
b. >
c. >
d.<
9) How many minutes in 2.25 hours:
a. 135 minutes
b. 145 minutes
c. 125 minutes
d. 155 minutes

10) If x2 - 2x=0 then x=________and_______

a. 1 and 2
b. 0 and 2
c. 2 and 4
d. 1 and 4
Q.2) [ /10]
Fill in the blanks.

a. The ratio of circumference and diameter is _______________

b. A _________has only one pair of parallel sides.

c. A toy flute 35 cm long is made up of two portions in the proportion of 2:3.

The length of longer portion is _________cm.

d. A clock is slow by 350 seconds in one week. It will lose ________ seconds in

10 days.

e. Write the next three terms of the sequence. 4, 9, 16, ___, ___, ___

f. Ahmed can walk at a speed of 6km/h. How far can he walk in 30min?

__________ .

g. The median of 3,4,5,6 is _____________

h. The formula to calculate area of a quadrant is ________________.

i. If x is a positive integer and x ˂ 5 then all positive values of x are

_________________.

j. The value of x for 3x+ 6 = 0 is __________.

Q.3 [ /10]
(a) Study the pattern given below:

Complete the following table by considering the pattern. [. /02]

Diagram 1 2 3 4 5 6
No of dots 1 4 9 16
white dots (d)

No of black dots 0 2 4 10

(b)write down the nth term for the number of white dots. [ /2]

(i) Find the number of black dots in 35th diagram. [ /02]

(ii) Find the diagram number if the number of white dots are 64. [ /02]

The average speed of a car is 132 km/h. How many meters can the car travel in 5 min. [ /02]
Q4. [ /10]
a) Find algebraic expressions for the perimeter and area of the rectangle. [4]
(2x-3)

(x + 3)

Q. Find two consecutive positive even numbers such that the sum of their squares is 164. [ /03]

c) The mean of 8 numbers is 5. If 5 of the numbers are 8,4,2,5 and 6 and the remaining each number is equal to k.
Find the sum of numbers and the value of k. [. /03]
Q5 [ /10]
i). Expand and simplify the following.
2
a) a) ( )( )+ 4 [ /6]

b) ( - )2-2b

ii) Solve the following inequalities and illustrate the results on a number line. [ /4]

a) 4(x +1) < 2x + 3

b) 3x + 2 > - 4x+ 16
 Section B
Q6 [ /10]

a) A driver takes 46 minutes to travel from Town X to Town Y which are 48km apart. He travels to Town Z after that, which is
80 km away from Y. His average speed for the whole journey from Town X to Town Z is 80 km/hr. Find the speed of the car
when he is driving from Town Y to Town Z. [
/04]

b) If y is inversely proportional to x and y=5 and x=2, find [ /06]

i) an equation connecting x and y.

ii) the value of y when x = 8

c) the value of x when y= 10

Q7. [ /10]

Factorise the following.

2
i) –9 [ /2]
2
ii) -11 - 12 [ /2]

Solve simultaneous equations using elimination method. [ /4]

4 - 5 = 17
-5 =8

a. Use algebraic identities and without using a calculator, evaluate [ /2]

i. 9832 - 172
Q8. [ /10]
Use substitution method to solve the following.
In the given figure the lengths are in cm.

Find the length of each side. [ /4]

b) The histogram shows the number of concert tickets sold by the members of the guitar club. Find the mean, median mode
of the distribution.

Mean. [3]

Median. [2]

Mode. [1]
Q9. [ /10]

a) Thirty bulbs were life-tested and their lifespan to the nearest hour are as follows:

167 171 179 167 171 165 175 179 169 171

177 169 171 177 173 165 175 167 174 177

172 164 175 179 179 174 174 168 171 168

a) Find the mean of lifespan by dividing their sum by 30 [ /03]

b) Draw a frequency table by grouping the lifespan using class intervals 164 – 166, 167, 169, and so on: [4]

c) Draw a histogram to illustrate the result [3]

Q10 [ /10]

a) Construct a trapezium ABCD such that AB is parallel to CD, AB= 10.8 cm, B= 75 0 A= 85 and AD= 7.4 cm. Measure and write
down the length of BD and CD. [ /05]

b) Find the area and perimeter of the shaded region of the following shape. [ /05]