ST.

XAVIER'S SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, DELHI - 110 054

Mid-Term Examination in MATHEMATICS
Std. 8 Time : 3 hrs.
6-10-2017 Max. Marks : 80
Total printed pages : 02
Roll No: Total printed questions : 30

General Instructions:
i) Attempt all the questions.
ii) The question paper consists of 30 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
Section A comprises of 6 questions of 1 mark each, section B comprises of 6 questions
of 2 marks each, section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and section D
comprises of 8 questions of 4 marks each.

Section – A (1 x 6 = 6 marks)

1. Write the number 0.000040036 in standard form.

2. Find the value of t in the equation 4(2t + 1) = 2(t – 1) + 16.

3. Check whether 85 is a perfect square or not by the method of successive subtraction.

4. Express 2 : 25 as percentage.

5. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose each interior angle measures 108°.

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6. Write the multiplicative inverse of x .

Section - B (2 x 6 = 12 marks)

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7. Represent the rational numbers and on the same number line.

8. Sonal attended her school for 204 days in a full session. If her attendance is 85%,
find the number of days on which the school was opened.

9. Find the missing angles a and b D C

in the given parallelogram ABCD. a

b 55°
A B
10. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:4. When 10 is added to each number, the ratio
becomes 5:6. Find the numbers.

11. Evaluate : √- x √- .

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12. Find four rational numbers between and .

Section - C (3 x 10 = 30 marks)

13. The difference between the ages of Raman and Raghav is 10 years. 15 years ago, the elder one
Raman was twice as old as the younger one Raghav. Find their present ages.

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14. Find the value of m: () () .

15. Construct a rhombus ABCD whose length of diagonals measure 7.2cm and 6.6cm.
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16. Find the least number that must be added to 40801 to make it a perfect square. Also find the
square root of the perfect square so obtained.

17. Rishi purchased an old car for Rs. 73,500. He spent Rs. 10,300 on repairs and paid Rs. 2,600 for its
insurance. Then he sold it to a mechanic for Rs. 84,240. What was his gain or loss percent?

18. Verify the following expression and name the property used:
- - - -
( ) ( )

19. Construct a quadrilateral ABCD when BC = 4cm, CD = 4.5cm, AB = 5cm, AC = 6.5cm and
BD = 5.5cm.

20. Find the value of x: - .

21. Find the smallest number by which the number 8788 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube.
Also find the cube root of the number obtained.
D C
22. Find x and y in the given parallelogram in which
diagonals AC and BD intersect at O such that O
OA = 2x + 3, OC = 25, OB = 29 and
OD = x + y
A B

Section – D (4 x 8 = 32 marks)

23. Arun borrowed Rs.40,000 from a bank to buy a bike at the rate of 12% per annum compounded
annually. What amount will he pay at the end of 2 years 9 months to clear his loan?

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24. Evaluate : .
√ √

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25. Construct quadrilateral ABCD where AB = 5.5cm, AD = 6cm, A = 120 , D = 75° and B = 90°.

26. Evaluate the following using laws of exponents:

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a) -
[( ) ] b)

27. Hari bought two horses for Rs. 30,000 each. He sold one at a profit of 15% and other at a loss
of Rs. 2400. At what percent loss did he sell the second horse? Find his total gain or loss in the
whole transaction.

28. a) Multiply by the additive inverse of

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b) Solve the given expression using suitable property: x + x .

29. One-third of the herd of cows are grazing in the field, 20 less than half of them are near the river.
The remaining 35 are tied with the trees. Find the total number of cows in the herd.

30. Write the name of all the quadrilaterals that have:

a) Four equal angles.
b) Diagonals bisecting each other at right angles.
c) Diagonals equal in length.
d) Both pairs of opposite sides parallel.

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