PETIT SEMINAIRE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL - PONDICHERRY

8th
Std QUARTERLY EXAMINATION – SEPTEMBER - 2021 20.09.2021
TIME : 2.30 Hrs MATHEMATICS MARKS : 100

I Choose the correct answer : 20x1=20

𝑎
1. The multiplicative inverse of 𝑏 is _______.
𝑎 𝑏 𝑏
a) – 𝑏 b) – 𝑎 c) 𝑎 d) 1
2. _______ is the multiplicative identify for rational numbers.
a) 1 b) 0 c) −1 d) 10
3. 𝑎 × (𝑏 + 𝑐) = _______.
a) (𝑎 + 𝑏) × (𝑎 + 𝑐) b) (𝑎 × 𝑏) + (𝑎 + 𝑐) c) (𝑎 − 𝑏) × (𝑎 − 𝑐) d) (𝑎 × 𝑏) − (𝑎 × 𝑐)
−2 −4
4. The value of (3) is _______.
−16 16 81 −81
a) 81
b) 81 c) 16 d) 16
5. The decimal form of 0.04 × 10−3 is _______.
a) 0.00004 b) 0.004 c) 0.000004 d) 0.0004
𝑥 1
6. If 4 = the value of 𝑥 is _______.
32
2 −5 −2 5
a) b) c) d)
5 2 5 2
7. 𝑎𝑚 × 𝑎𝑛 =_______.
a) 𝑎𝑚𝑛 b) 𝑎𝑚−𝑛 c) 𝑎𝑚/𝑛 d) 𝑎𝑚+𝑛
8. The standard form of the number 526.007 is _______.
a) 5.26007 × 106 b) 52.6007 × 103 c) 0.526007 × 106 d) 5.26007 × 102
9. If a number ends with 2 or 8 its square ends with the digit _______.
a) 1 b) 9 c) 6 d) 4
10. The square of an even number is always _______ number.
a) prime b) odd c) even d) none
11. A square number cannot have _______ number of zero at the end.
a) even b) prime c) odd d) rational
12. The cube of an even number is _______.
a) odd b) even c) zero d) prime
2 2
13. The no.of non-square numbers between 27 and 28 is _______.
a) 26 b) 29 c) 54 d) 56
14. The one’s digit of the cube of 147 is _______.
a) 3 b) 7 c) 9 d) 1
15. An algebraic expression having two terms is a _______.
a) monomial b) binomial c) trinomial d) polynomial
16. The degree of the expression 2𝑥 + 6 is _______.
a) 𝑥 b) 2 c) 6 d) 1
2 2
17. The product of 3𝑎 𝑏, −9𝑎𝑏 is _______.
a) 27𝑎2 𝑏 2 b) −27𝑎2 𝑏3 c) 27𝑎3 𝑏 3 d) −27𝑎3 𝑏3
18. 4𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 × _______ = 0
a) 4𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 b) 1 c) 0 d) −4𝑎2 𝑏𝑐
19. The highest common factor of 15𝑝2 𝑞2 and 60𝑝5 𝑞4 is _______.
a) 15𝑝2 𝑞2 b) 60𝑝5 𝑞4 c) −15𝑝2 𝑞2 d) −60𝑝5 𝑞4
20. The factors of 7𝑥 2 + 28𝑥 are
a) 7𝑥(𝑥 + 4) b) −7𝑥(𝑥 + 4) c) 7𝑥(𝑥 − 4) d) 7𝑥

II Answer any TEN of the following : 10x2=20

21. Find the H.C.F : 56𝑝2 𝑞𝑟 ; 28𝑝 𝑞 2 𝑟 ; 84𝑝 𝑞𝑟 2

22. Factorize : 10𝑎2 𝑏 + 20𝑎𝑏 2
23. Find the product : 6𝑎𝑏, 3𝑎𝑏 − 4𝑏𝑐 + 6𝑐 2
24. Evaluate : 4𝑦 2 − 3𝑦 + 8 for 𝑦 = −3
25. Subtract : 3𝑥 + 7𝑦 from −2𝑥 + 9𝑦
26. Find the value of 83 − 73
27. Find the cube of 0.007
28. Find the square root of 144 by repeated subtraction method.
29. Find the square root of 2601 by prime factorization method.
30. How many non-square numbers are there between 1022 and 1032
31. Write 0.000102 in standard form.
−6 −3
32. Evaluate : ( )
7
13
33. Represent the rational number 6
on the number line.
11 22
34. Multiply with the multiplicative inverse of
13 39
−4 −5
35. Which is greater : 9
, 11

III Answer any TEN of the following : 10x5=50

1 −3 −8
36. For 𝑎 = 3 , 𝑏 = 4
,𝑐 = 9
verify that (𝑎 × 𝑏) × 𝑐 = 𝑎 × (𝑏 × 𝑐)
1 3
37. Write four rational number between 8 and 4
3−5 ×2−5 ×53
38. Simplify : 5−1 ×6−5
−1
2 −1 3 −1
39. Evaluate : {( ) − ( ) }
5 7
40. Find a Pythagorean triplet whose greatest member is 17.
41. Find the least number by which 1452 must be multiplied so as to get a perfect square. Also find the square
root of the resulting number.
42. Find the smallest square number which is divisible by each of the number 9, 15 𝑎𝑛𝑑 20.
43. Express 133 in the form 3𝑛 + 1 and 173 in the form 3𝑛 + 2
44. Find the smallest number by which 4232 must be multiplied to make it a perfect cube.
45. Subtract 12𝑎𝑏𝑐 − 3𝑎𝑏 2 𝑐 + 4𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 − 2𝑎𝑏𝑐 2 from 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 2 − 12𝑎𝑏 2 𝑐 + 4𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑏𝑐
46. Evaluate : 3𝑦𝑧(𝑦 2 𝑧 − 𝑦𝑧 2 + 𝑦𝑧) for 𝑦 = −2 , z=3
47. Subtract 4𝑎(𝑎 − 𝑏 + 𝑐) − 3𝑏(𝑎 + 𝑏) from 6𝑎(2𝑎 − 3𝑏 + 4𝑐)
48. Factorise : (i) 6𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 (ii) 𝑎2 𝑏 + 𝑎𝑏 2 + 𝑎𝑏
49. Factorise : 9𝑥𝑦 + 6𝑦𝑧 + 15𝑝𝑥 + 10𝑧𝑝
50. Add : 2𝑎𝑏 − 6𝑏𝑐 + 3𝑐𝑎 ; 6𝑏𝑐 − 9, 4𝑎𝑏𝑐 − 2𝑎𝑏 + 3𝑏𝑐, 2𝑐𝑎 − 6

IV Answer any ONE of the following : 1x10=10

51. Construct a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 given that 𝐴𝐵 = 3.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 3.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐷 = 4 𝑐𝑚, 𝐷𝐴 = 5.5 𝑐𝑚 and diagonal
𝐴𝐶 = 6 𝑐𝑚.
52. Construct a quadrilateral 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 given that 𝑃𝑄 = 3 𝑐𝑚, 𝑅𝑆 = 3.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝑃𝑆 = 8 𝑐𝑚, 𝑃𝑅 = 10 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑄𝑆 = 7𝑐𝑚
measure the fourth side.

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