MATHEMATICSCHAPTER WISE WORKSHEETS

GRADE:8 Comparing Quantities

I Assertion Reason Questions.
1. Assertion (A) –A bag is available for Rs 90. The shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the marked
price. 100 is the marked price of the bag.
Reasons (R) –The price on the label of an article/product is called the marked price
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

2. Assertion: A toy marked at Rs 40 is available for Rs 32. 40% discount is given on the marked
price
Reason: The price on the label of an article/product is called the marked price
a) both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation for assertion
b) both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for assertion
c) assertion is correct but reason is false.
d) both assertion is false and reason is false.
II Case Study Questions.
3. The number of listeners to a radio station in 1995 was 350 000. In 1996, there were 392 000 listeners.

Each year, the radio station invites its listeners to vote for their favourite pieces of music. In 1995, 18% of the
listeners voted. In 1997, the number of listeners was 460 000 and 92 000 of these voted.

4. Blood donation isa a voluntary procedure that can help save lives. There are several types of
blood donation. Each type helps meet different medical needs .24000 blood donors were
registered with a charitable hospital. The number of donors increased at a rate of 5% every six
months. After few years the number of donors became 27783
Based on the above passage answer the following answers
a)Find the time period at the end of which the total of donors becomes 27783?
III Very Short Answers ( 2 marks), Short Answers (3 marks), and Long Answers (5/4 marks)
questions.
5. The marked price of a particular water cooler is ₹4650. The shopkeeper proposes an off-season
discount of 18% on it. Find its selling price.

6. The difference between two selling prices of a table at a profit of 5% and 7% is 80. Find the cost price of the
 table.

7. A man sold two articles at Rs. 25920 each. These were sold at 8% gain and 4% loss respectively. Find the gain or
loss percent in the whole transaction.

8 Samir bought a shirt for Rs. 336, including 12% VAT and a neck–tie for Rs. 110 including 10% VAT. Find the printed
price (without VAT) of shirt and neck–tie together.

9. By selling on article for Rs. 720 the man losses 25%. At what rate should he sell the article to gain 10%?

10. A particular cell phone was marked at 40% above the cost price, and a discount of 30% was given on
its marked price. Find out the gain or loss percent made by the shopkeeper.

11. Maria invested ₹ 8,000 in a particular business. She would eventually be paid interest at 5%
per annum compounded annually. Find out
(i) The amount credited against her name, particular at the end of the second year

(ii) The interest for the third year

Introduction of Graph
1. 1. (0, y) are the co-ordinates of a point lying on which of the following?
(i) origin
(ii) x-axis
(iii) y-axis
(iv) none of these.

2 By joining (–3 , 2) , (–3 , –3) and (–3, 4), which of the following is obtained?
(i) a triangle
(ii) A straight line not passing through origin
(iii) A straight line passing through origin
(iv) none of these.

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5 The graph below describes a journey of Rohan that has several parts to it, each represented by a
different straight line. Study the graph and answer the following questions:

1.The speed between 9:00 to 11:00 is

(a) 10 km/ hour (b) 15 km/hour (c) 20 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour

2. Between which period of time Rohan was not travelling any distance?
(a) 11:00 – 12:00(b) 12:00 – 13:00 (c) 13:00 – 14:00 (d) None of these

3. What distance did he travel between 12:00 to 12:30?

(a) 10 km(b) 20 km(c) 30 km(d) 40 km

4. In what period of time did he travel the full 60 km back to where he began?
(a) 11:00 – 12:00(b) 12:00 – 13:00 (c) 12: 30 – 14:00 (d) 13:00 – 14:00

5. In which of the following period of time did he travel the fastest?

 (a) 9:00 – 11:00(b) 11:00 – 12:00(c) 12: 00 – 12:30(d) 12:30 – 14:00

10 Plot the given points on a graph sheet and find the shape and its area.
P(3, 2) Q(6,2) R(6, 4) S(3,4)

Congruence of triangle
A: If ∆ABC and ∆PQR are congruent triangles, then they are also similar triangles.

R: All congruent triangles are similar but the similar triangles need not be congruent.
A)Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
B) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A).
C) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
D) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanation of assertion (A).

Assertion: If two triangles have the same perimeter, then they are congruent.
Reason: If under a given correspondence, the three sides of one triangle are equal
to the three sides of the other triangle, then the two triangles are congruent.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for
Assertion
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation
for Assertion
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct

CHAPTER NAME: Algebraic expression and Factorization

I Assertion Reason Questions.

1. Assertion (A) –The common factor of x²y² and x³y³ isx²y²

Reasons (R) –The factorization is defined as expressing or decomposing a number or an
algebraic expression as a product of its prime factors or irreducible factors.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
2. Assertion (A) –The common factor of 2x, 3×3, 4 is 1
Reasons (R) –A common factor is a number that can be divided into two different
numbers, without leaving a remainder.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
II Case Study Questions.
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Find the error and correct

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III Very Short Answers ( 2 marks), Short Answers (3 marks), and Long Answers (5/4 marks)
questions.
5. A farmer plants a rectangular pumpkin patch in the northeast corner of a square plot of
land . The area of the pumpkin patch is 6oo square meters. What is the area of the square
plot of the land
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8. The sum of (x+5) observation is x4- 625. Find the mean of the observation.

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14 Sohini and Rohini have

. `(x + 2)(x + 5) and
`(x − 5)2 respectively. Before shopping, they
combined their money and together spent `(x2 + 3x).
Write an algebraic expression for the amount of money they saved.

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CHAPTER NAME: Mensuration
I Assertion Reason Questions.

1. Assertion (A) –1 cm³ = 100 mm³

Reasons (R) –Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional region,
shape, or planar lamina, in the plane
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true
2. Assertion (A) –The volume of a cuboid of length l, breadth b and height h is lb+h
Reasons (R) –Volume of cuboid is the product of length, width and height.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

II Case Study Questions.

3. Anup after retirement thought to stay in village‘s house. After going there he found there
was shortage of water in village , so he thought of constructing a well. He hired some
labourers and guided them that well should be 7m in diameter and 20m deep.
Based on the above information answer the following questions
1. What will be the shape of the well ?
2.What will be the radius of the well?
3.What volume of earth will be dug out?

4.
You are the finance Director for yummy chox Ltd. Your packageing department has
produced 3 design for the outer box for the “SilkyMilk” selection.
A. Which box has more capacity?
B. Decide which is the cheapest to produce. Why,justify

III Very Short Answers ( 2 marks), Short Answers (3 marks), and Long Answers (5/4 marks)
questions.
5. A rectangular floor of dimensions 12.5 m by 10 m has to be tiled with rhombus shaped
tiles. Each rhombus shaped tile has a side equal to 25 cm and the length of altitude on it is
10 cm. Find the number of tiles required to cover the surface
6. Five cubes of side 3 cm each are joined together end to end. Find the surface area of the
cuboid so formed.

7. In a bakery shop, 225 cubical boxes are required. The length of the edge of each box is 25
cm. How many cardboard sheet of size 50 cm × 50 cm will be needed to make the boxes?
Will there be any wastage?

8. The area of a trapezium is 384 cm2 . Its parallel sides are in the ratio 3 : 5 and the
perpendicular
distance between them is 12 cm. Find the length of each of its parallel sides.

9. The circumference of the base of a cylinder is 176 cm and its height is 65 cm. Find the
volume
of the cylinder and its lateral surface area.

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12 A public library has the aquarium shown. Th e front piece of glass has an area of 3200 cm 2.
The base ,sides and back face are to be covered with a coloured paper. Find the area of
the paper needed.

Sheela built a rectangular cardboard box 18 cm high with a square base and a volume of
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22178 cm3 and its surface area is 792 cm2. Then he realized he did not need a box that large,
so, he chopped off the height of the box. lateral surface area of the new box is 440 cm2.
Find the volume of box new box.

15 The diagram shows a fish tank in the shape of a cuboid.

The dimensions of the tank are 50 cm by 32 cm by 20 cm.
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The tank is full of water and sand.
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The ratio of the volume of water to the volume of sand is 5 : 1
Work out the number of litres of water in the tank. Find height of the water
CHAPTER NAME: Direct and Inverse Proportion

A worker is paid Rs 1800 for 5 days of work. If he gets Rs.9000, how many days did he
work?

A car covers a distance of 150 km in 3 hours. How much distance will it cover in 5 hours
15 minutes?

A hostel has enough food for 125 students for 16 days. How long will the food last if 75
more students join them?

A cyclist covers a distance of 24 km in 2 hours. If he increases his speed by 4 km/h, how

long will it take to cover the same distance?

A contractor employed 210 men to build a factory in 60 days. If after 12 days, 70 additional
men joined the work, in how many days will the work be completed?

Case Study:
1,The students of Anju‘s class sold posters to raise money. Anju wanted to create a ratio for
finding the amount of money her class would make for different numbers of posters sold. She
knew they could raise Rs 250 for every 60 posters sold.
(a) How much money would Anju‘s class make for selling 102 posters?
(b) Could Anju‘s class raise exactly Rs 2,000? If so, how many posters would they need to sell? If
not, why?
(c ) suppose her classmates sell 40 posters for Rs. 400, how much money would they make for
selling 25 posters?

2. Jagmeet has a road map with a scale of 1 cm = 20 km.

(i) He drives on a road for 72 km.What would be his distance covered in the map?
(ii)Suppose the distance between two places on the map is 3.5cm, find the exact distance
between the two places.
(iii) Jagmeet went from place a to b to meet his parents and then b to c to join his office.If the
distance between a and b is 4cm and the distance between b and c is 2 cm on the map, total
how much distance is covered by Jagmeet.
A train is moving at a uniform speed of 75 km/hour.
(i) How far will it travel in 20 minutes?67
(ii) Find the time required to cover a distance of 250 km.

Assertion (A) –120 copies of a book cost Rs 600. 400 copies costs Rs 2400.
Reasons (R) –A direct proportion shows the direct the relation between two quantities.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true

Assertion (A) –If x = ky and when y = 4, x = 8 then k = 4

Reasons (R) –A direct proportion shows the direct the relation between two quantities. An
inverse proportion shows inverse or indirect relation between two quantities
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false d) A is false but R is true