ST. MARK'S SR. SEC. PUBLIC SCHOOL MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT (2023 - 24) CLASS: VIII CHAPTER: Squares and Square Roots QL. Using the prime factorisation method, find which of the following numbers are not perfect squares. () 768 (i) 1296 Q2. Which of the following 24”, 492, 772, 131? or 189? end with digit 1? Q3. Find the square root of the following using successive subtraction of odd numbers: (i) 169 (i) 81 (iii) 225 4, Simplify: v900 + v0.09 + vo.000009 QS. A ladder 10 m long rests against a vertical wall. if the foot of the ladder is 6 m away from the wall and the ladder just reaches the top of the wall, how high is the wall? Q6. Find the square root of the following numbers: a) 21904 b)108241 13.3225 Q7. Find the greatest number of 5 digits which is a perfect square. Q8. Find the least which must be added to 520 to make it a perfect square QS. Find the Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 17. 10. Find the smallest number by which 9408 should be divided to get a perfect square. Find the square root of the quotient. Q11. The area of the square lawn is 1296 sq. metres. Find its perimeter. Q12. What is the least number that must be subtracted from 3793 to get a perfect square? Also, find the square root of the number so obtained. Q13. The students of a class collected an amount for donation to an NGO. Each student contributed as much money as the number of students in the class. If the total contribution is € 1521, find the strength of the class. Q14, 10404 students are sitting in a lecture room in such a manner that there are as many students in a rows there are rows in a lecture room. How many students are there in each row of a lecture room? Q415. Find the least square number which is divisible by each of the numbers 4, 8, and 12.Answers: ‘Ans.1. i. 768 is not a perfect square. ii, 1296 is a perfect square. ‘Ans.2. Only 492, 131? or 189? end with digit 1. Ans3.i.13 1.9 ‘Ans.4, 30.303 ‘Ans.5. The wall is 8 m high. ‘Ans.6. a. 148 b.329 6.3.65 Ans.7. 99856 Ans.8. 9 is the least which must be added to 520 and the perfect square becomes equal to 529. ‘Ans. 9. (8, 15 ,17) Ans. 10. 3 is the number by which 9408 must be divided to make the quotient a perfect square. V3136 = 56 Ans. 11.144 sq. metres ‘Ans. 12. Required perfect square number = 3793 ~ 72 = 3721 and v3721 = 61 Ans. 13. 39 Ans. 14, 102 ‘Ans. 15.144