TREE HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL(GSEB)

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION (2021-22)

Std: VIII Sub: Maths
Marks: 40
Name: ________________ Date:27/10/2021

Section -A
Q1. Answer the following: - 6marks
1. Identify the terms, their coefficient of the following expressions:
(i) −𝟗𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝒛𝟐 (𝒊𝒊)𝟔𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒚𝟐
2. How many diagonals does a hexagon have?
3. Express 169 as the sum of 13 odd numbers.
4. Convert 13:20 ratio to percentage.
5. Write the following numbers in generalised form:
(i) 79 (ii) 385
6. Check whether 729 is a perfect cube or not.

Section – B
Q2. Answer the following: 10marks
(i) Using Euler’s formula if Edges is 12, vertices is 6 then find the faces.
(ii) If 31y3 is a multiple of 9, where y is a digit, what is the value of y?
(iii) Find the square root of 56.25.
(iv) I purchased a hair-dryer for ₹4,320 including 8% VAT. Find the
price before VAT was added.
(v) Find the values of 𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚 in the following parallelogram:

Section – C
Q3. Answer the following (Attempt any four) 12marks
1. A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for ₹10 each. However, 5 bulbs
were fused and had to be thrown away. The remaining were sold at
₹12 each. Find the gain or loss%.
2. The measure of two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the
ratio 3:7. Find the measure of each of the angles of the parallelogram.
3. Using appropriate properties find:
𝟐 −𝟑 𝟏 𝟑 𝟏 𝟐
×( )− × + ×
𝟓 𝟕 𝟔 𝟐 𝟏𝟒 𝟓

4. The students of class VIII of a school donated ₹11025 in all, for

Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Each student donated as
many as rupees as the number of students in the class. Find the
number of students in the class.
5. Find the cube root of 110592 by prime factorization.

Section – D
Q4. Answer the following (Attempt any three) 12marks
1. Show that:
(i) (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟕)𝟐 − 𝟒𝟐𝒙 = 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝟗
(ii) (𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟑𝒄)𝟐 − (𝟐𝒂𝒃 − 𝟑𝒄)𝟐 − 𝟐𝟒𝒂𝒃𝒄 = 𝟎
2. Abhishree borrowed ₹4,00,000 at 10% for 3 years for Compound
interest and Aparna borrowed same amount on same conditions for
Simple interest. Who has to pay more interest? How much?
3. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the
number.6, 5 and 20.
4. Find 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝒛 + 𝒘: