SRIMATHI SUNDARAVALLI MEMORIAL SCHOOL

CHENNAI – 63

MATHEMATICS

ASSIGNMENT NO - 16

CLASS : VIII DATE: 16.12.2022

TOPIC : ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS NAME: __________

AND IDENTITIES

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. How many terms are there in the expression
5xy + 9yz + 3zx + 5x – 4y ?
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

2. The coefficient of x² in -7pqrx² is ________.

(a) 7pqr (b) pqr (c) -7pqr (d) -7

3. The numerical coefficient in the term - 60x²y² is _____.

(a) 60 (b) – 60 (c) 60xy (d) 6xy

4. If we add, 7xy + 5yz – 3zx, 4yz + 9zx – 4y and -3xz + 5x – 2xy, then
the answer is __________.
(a) 5xy + 9yz + 3zx + 5x – 4y (b) 5xy – 9yz + 3zx – 5x – 4y
(c) 5xy + 10yz + 3zx + 15x – 4y (d) 5xy + 10yz + 3zx + 5x – 6y

5. If we subtract 4a – 7ab + 3b + 12 from 12a – 9ab + 5b – 3, then the

answer is ___________.
(a) 8a + 2ab + 2b + 15 (b) 8a + 2ab + 2b – 15
(c) 8a – 2ab + 2b – 15 (d) 8a – 2ab – 2b – 15

6. If we multiply 5x and (-4xyz), then we get:

(a) 20x2yz (b) -20x2yz (c) x2yz (d) -2xyz

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 7. The volume of a rectangle with length, breadth and height as 5x,
3x2 and 7x4 respectively is:
(a) 105x7 (b) 105x2 (c) 105x4 (d) 105x

8. In which of the following, the two expressions are like terms ?

(a) 7x and 7y (b) 7x and 9x (c) 7x and 7x2 (d) 7x and 7xy

9. What is the value of 5x25 - 3x32 + 2x-12 at x=1?

(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) None of these

10. The value of (x + y) (x - y) + (y – z) (y + z) + (z – x) (z + x) is equal to

(a) 3x² (b) 3y² (c) 3z² (d) 0

II. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

11. Identify the like terms.
5x, -14x, 3x2, 1, x2, -9x2, xy, -3xy, 6

12. Identify the terms and their coefficients for each of the following
expressions:
(i) 3x2y – 5x (ii) xyz – 2y (iii) -x – x2

13. Add: 8x2 + 7xy – 6y2, 4x2 – 3xy + 2y2 and -4x2 + xy – y2

14. Subtract: 3x2 – 5x + 7 from 5x2 – 7x + 9

15. Multiply (6x2 – 5x + 3) by (3x2 + 7x – 3)

16. Simplify the following:

(i) a2 (b2 – c2) + b2 (c2 – a2) + c2 (a2 – b2)
(ii) x2(x – 3y2) – xy(y2 – 2xy) – x(y3 – 5x2)

17. Multiply (x2 + 2y) by (x3 – 2xy + y3) and find the value of the product
for x = 1 and y = -1.

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18. Classify the following expressions as monomials, binomials and
trinomials.

19. Write the degrees of the following polynomials.

a) 6x4 + 2x3+ 3 b) 3x8+ 4x3 + 9x

c) x3 + 6x2y4 + 3y2 + 5 d) x3y + x2 + y

e) a2b2 + a3 b3 – a3b4

20. Find the product of the following expressions.

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