Grade 8 – Test 1

FINAL TERM PREPARATION TEST – GRADE VIII

Name: Time: 3 Hours

Grade: 8 Score: /100

Instructions:
§ If there are any questions that are not relevant to your school, you can skip them
§ The test is for 100 marks, but the max. score can change if some questions are not relevant
§ Use extra white papers to do your rough work. Record your answers on this test sheet

Question Segregation:

Algebraic Linear
Mensuration
Powers and expression and
Applied math Geometry and data Total
roots and linear quadratic
handling
equations equations

5, 13a, b, 14, 23a, b, c,

1, 3, 4, 30b 11a, b 6a, b 36b 30
Recall 18, 19 26

2, 25b 16 a, b 20, 22a, b 25a, 27, 8b, 33a, b,

28
Procedural 29, 37

24, 31, 10, 34, 35,

8a, 9 12, 7 15 17, 21 42
Application 32, 36a

1. a. Using laws of exponents, simplify the expression 32 x 37 x 3 -10? 2 marks

b. Write in scientific notation/standard form.
i. 120 billion
ii. 0.195 million

2. The cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 9 articles. 2 marks
Find the profit percentage.

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3. Find the √15625. 1 mark

4. Find the cube of : 1 mark

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a. (

b. - 7

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5. Draw the factor tree to find the factors of 81p3q2r2. 1 mark

6. Find the HCF of 2 marks

a. 20pq3 and 10 p2q
b. 21x3y2z and 35xy3z2

7. Simplify [(3×2n+2) - (5×2n+1) + (7×2n)] ÷ [(4×2n+1) - (6×2n) + (3×2n+1)] 3 marks

8. a. Simplify 3+2 marks

i. [a2n-3 × a(2n+1)(n+2)] ÷ [a3(2n+1) × an(2n+1)]

ii. Find n when [a2n-3 × a2(n+1)] ÷ [a4(-3)] = [a3(3) ÷ a6(-3)]

b. Rahul is getting ready for school. He has 5 pairs of black socks and 7 pairs of white socks. He picks up
a white sock without looking. What is the probability that the next sock that he pulls out will be black?

9. Simplify using the long division method. Round off the quotient to two decimal places. 3 marks
[√51.1 + √26.5] ÷ [√51.1 - √26.5]

10. The volume of a cubical box is 32.768 cubic metres. Find the length of a side of the box. 3 marks

11. a. If a:b = 3:4, b:c = 4:5, then find a:b:c. 2 marks

b. If x:z = 9:1, z:y = 1:8, then find z:x:y

12. 1000 soldiers in a fort had enough food for 20 days. But some soldiers were 3 marks
transferred to another fort and the food lasted for 25 days. How many soldiers were transferred?

13. Factorize. 2 marks

a. x (x - 2y - z) + 2yz

b. a3b + a2 (4 - 5b) + a(3b - 20) + 12

14. Five times a number divided by 203 is equal to108. What is that number? 1 mark

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15. Solve for x: (x+2)/6 - [(11-x)/3 - ¼] = (3x - 4)/12. 3 marks

16. Divide : 4 marks
a. (x3 - 4x2 + x + 6) ÷ x - 3

b. (x4 - x2 + x - 4) ÷ (x2 - 2x + 5)

17. My age is four times the difference of my age after four years and 3 marks
my age three years back. How old am I?

18. Express p in terms of q: 9p + 8q - 3 =0. 1 mark

19. Divide mentally (12x5y + 3x3y2 + 9x7y4) ÷ 3xy 1 mark

20. Solve by substitution method 2 marks
a. 2x - y - 3 = 0

b. -3x + 5y = 13

21. Ram started putting one rupee and two rupee coins in his piggy bank. 3 marks
If Ram collected exactly 50 coins and an amount of ₹75, find the number of
one rupee and two rupee coins in his piggy bank.

22. a. Factorise: 6x2 + 5x – 6 4 marks

b. Solve x (x - 7) (3x + 4) = 0

23. a. Find x: 3 marks

i.

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ii.

b. Find the sum of the interior angles of a polygon with 15 sides.

24. In quadrilateral ABCD, ∠A = ∠C, ∠B = ∠D. Prove that ABCD is a parallelogram. 3 marks

25. a. Prove that the interior angles of a regular Pentagon are three times 2+3 marks
the exterior angle of a regular decagon.
b. A certain sum becomes 25/16 times itself after a period of 2 years.
Find the rate of interest if the interest is compounded annually.

26. Complete the following, so as to make a true statement. 4 marks

a. A quadrilateral has ___________ sides.

b. The number of pairs of adjacent angles of a quadrilateral is ______

c. The sum of all the interior angles of an n sided polygon is ______ right angles.

d. The diagonals of a rhombus _______ each other at _______ angles.

27. If two interior angles of a triangle are equal, prove that it is an isosceles triangle. 2 marks

28. A number consists of two digits whose sum is 8. If 18 is added to the number, 3 marks
its digits are reversed. Find the number.

29. Find x and y 2 marks

30. a. Express 212 as the sum of two consecutive natural numbers. 2+1 marks

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b. Write true (T) or false (F) for the statements.

i. Between 252 and 262, there will be 2×25=50 numbers.

ii. The cubes of all odd natural numbers are even.

31. Construct a quadrilateral whose two diagonals and three sides are given. 3 marks

Quad ABCD, with AB = 4.7 cm, BD = 4.5 cm, AD = 4.3 cm, AC = 6.5 cm, and CD = 4.1 cm

32. Construct a square of side √41 cm. 3 marks

33. a. Find the area of the shaded region. 4 marks

b. Find the area of

34. By what factor will the area of a parallelogram increase if 3 marks

a. its base is doubled

b. both its base and height are tripled

c. its base is halved, and height is doubled

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35. A trapezium of area 132 square cm, has a height of 12 cm. 3 marks

If one of its parallel sides measures 5 cm, find the length of its other parallel side.

36. a. A cuboidal room of dimensions 5 m × 4 m × 5 m has two square windows of 3+1 marks

dimensions 95 cm × 95 cm each and a rectangular door of dimensions 2 m × 1 m.

If the cost of tiling is ₹50 per square metre, find the cost of tiling the floor of the room.

b. In a polynomial in one variable, the highest power of the variable is called its _______.

37. The height of a cylinder is equal to its diameter. If the surface area of 2 marks

the cylinder is 528/7 cm2, find its height.

38. The marks scored in a Science test by eleven students of class 8 are given below 2 marks

50, 100, 80, 10, 10, 120, 15, 15, 15, 6, 8

a. Find the mean, median and the mode of the data

b. Are they equal?

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