DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

Class: VIII – HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT SESSION (2022 – 2023)

1. Express the following numbers as a product of the powers of their prime factors.
a. 128 b. 525 c. 729 d. 3125
2. Convert each of these into percentage. (a) 0.75 (b) 0.2
3. Convert each of these into decimal number: (a) 150% (b) 25 %
4. Find the value: (a). Decrease 400 by 75%. (b). Increase Rs.120 by 5%.
5. The excise duty on a certain item is reduced to Rs. 870 from Rs.1160. Find the
percentage reduction in the excise duty for that item.
6. The cost of an iPod is increased from Rs 5000 to Rs 5500. By what per cent
has the cost been increased?
7. The cost of an item is Rs. 20000. The transport charges are Rs. 500. Now it is
sold for Rs. 30000. Find the profit or loss per cent.
8. Salman bought a fan for Rs.1200. At what price must he sell it to gain 10%?
9. Solve for q : 5q + 5 = 19 − 2q
10. Solve for p : 2(p − 1) = p + 12
11. If 7 is added to three times of a number, then the result is 28. Find the number
12. The cost of 10 tables is ₹ 7500. Find the number of tables that can be purchased with
₹ 9000.
13. Two numbers are in the ratio 7:9. If the sum of the numbers is 112, then what is
the larger number ?
14.The first, second and fourth terms in a proportion are 32, 112, and 217 respectively.
Find the third term.
15. Are 20, 25, 12, 15 in proportion? Justify