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This document is a mathematics question paper for class 8 students containing 34 questions across 4 sections. It provides instructions for the exam, including the duration, maximum marks, and general directions for answering questions. The questions cover a range of mathematics topics like algebra, geometry, probability, and data representation. Students are asked to choose the correct answer, factorize expressions, solve word problems, calculate areas and volumes, interpret data in tables and histograms, and represent data visually in a pie chart. The goal of the exam is to assess students' understanding of essential mathematics concepts.

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Our Own English High School, Sharjah: Main Campus

This document is a mathematics question paper for class 8 students containing 34 questions across 4 sections. It provides instructions for the exam, including the duration, maximum marks, and general directions for answering questions. The questions cover a range of mathematics topics like algebra, geometry, probability, and data representation. Students are asked to choose the correct answer, factorize expressions, solve word problems, calculate areas and volumes, interpret data in tables and histograms, and represent data visually in a pie chart. The goal of the exam is to assess students' understanding of essential mathematics concepts.

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OUR OWN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL, SHARJAH

A GEMS SCHOOL

MAIN CAMPUS
SECOND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT MARCH 2013
CLASS: VIII
DURATION: 2 Hrs

MATHEMATICS

MAX.MARKS:80
DATE: 12/03/13

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :

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This question paper contains 4 sections.


There are 34 questions in all.
All answers are to be written in the answer sheet provided.
Answers must be neatly presented with necessary steps.

SECTION A
EACH QUESTION CARRIES 1 MARK

(10 X 1 =10)

Choose the correct answer:


1. The HCF of 3x3y and 2xy is
(a)1
(b)x

(c) y

(d) xy

2. Molly bought a saree for Rs. 2500. She spent Rs.1500 for doing embroidery
work. She sold it for Rs.5000. What is her profit?
(a)Rs.5000
(b) Rs.100
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs.1500
3. The quotient when m2 3m - 10 is divided by (m+2) is
(a) m-14
(b) m-16
(c) m-5
(d) m+14
4. If the sum of three consecutive integers is 51, then the middle one is
(a) 18
(b)17
(c)16
(d)15
5. The difference between the compound interest compounded annually and
the simple interest on Rs.625 at 10% p.a for 1 year is
(a) Rs.0
(b) Rs.10
(c) Rs.15
(d)Rs.100
6. If 5 toys cost Rs.25, then the cost of 7 toys is
(a) Rs.28
(b) Rs.30
(c) Rs.35

(d)Rs.40

7. The area of the right triangle with sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm is


(a) 24 sq.cm
(b) 40 sq.cm
(c) 48 sq.cm
(d) 48 cm

8. A cube of side 8 cm is cut into 1 cm cubes. The total surface area of one
such small cube would be
(a)6 cu.cm
(b) 6 sq.cm
(c) 512sq.cm
(d) 1 cu.cm
9. The difference between upper and lower class limits of a group is known as
(a) class mark (b)class limit
(c)class width (d)cumulative frequency
10. The probability of an event cannot be
(a) 0
(b) 1/2
(c) 1

(d) 3/2

SECTION B
EACH QUESTION CARRIES 2 MARKS.

(8 X 2 =16)

11. Factorise 15ab +25 a+9b +15.


12. The length of rectangle is 15 cm greater than its breadth. Its perimeter is
150 cm. Find the dimensions.
13. Rahul purchases a dining table costing Rs.12350. If the rate of sales tax is
10 %, calculate the total amount he has to pay for the dining table.
14. Replace a and b by appropriate numbers if x and y vary in inverse
proportion.
x
3
6
b
12
y
4
a
4
1
15. Find the area of a trapezium in which the parallel sides are 8cm and 10cm
and the distance between them is 5cm.
10 cm

5cm
8cm

16. The total surface area of a cube is 54 sq.cm. Find its edge.
17. Find the mean of 148, 154,152,146,160,162,148,165,141,166.
18. When a die is rolled, find the probability of getting
(a) a prime number
(b) a number greater than 3.
SECTION C
EACH QUESTION CARRIES 3 MARKS.

(10 X 3 =30)

19. The Eco Club of a school decides to make a garden of medicinal plants with
(x2+4x +4) plants in a square design. How many rows should be there and
how many plants should be planted in each row? What value is depicted
here?
2

20. Factorise using identities:


(a) x2 + 6x+ 9
(b) a2 144

(c ) x2 2x +1

21.Sumans mother is 4 times as old as Suman. 20 years later, she will be just
twice as old as Suman will be then. Find the present age of Suman.
22. A shopkeeper allows his customer 10% discount. What is the sale price of a
sofa he has marked at Rs.6000? If he still gains 8 %, what is the actual cost
price of that sofa?
23. The radius of a right circular cylinder is 7 cm and its height is 10 cm. Find
its curved surface area and total surface area.
24. The histogram depicts the marks of students of class VIII in an exam :
From the histogram, answer the following questions :

(a) What is the class size?


(b) Which class interval has the maximum number of students?
(c) How many students scored less than 30 marks?
(d) Under which marks category does the minimum students fall?
(e) How many students of Grade VIII wrote the exam?
(f) What is the lower limit of the class interval 50 60 ?
25. Karen has a piece of land which is in the shape of a rhombus. She decided
to donate her land equally to an orphanage and an old age home. If the side
of the land is 100m and one of the diagonals is 160m, what is the length of
the other diagonal? How much area will each get? What are the values
exhibited by Karen through this donation?
100 m
old age
home
160 m
orphanage

26. A loaded truck travels 14 km in 25 min. If the speed remains constant,


(a) how far can it travel in 5 hours?
(b) how long will it take to cover 56 km?
27. A contractor who had a work force of 560 people, undertook to complete a
portion of a stadium in 9 months. He was asked to complete the job in 7
months. How many extra people he had to employ?
28. Aryan borrowed Rs.20000 for 3 years from his friend. At what rate did he
take this amount if he had to give him a bicycle worth Rs.1800 as simple
interest?
SECTION D
EACH QUESTION CARRIES 4 MARKS.

(6 X 4 = 24)

29. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. If we reverse the digits,
the new number will be 54 more than the original number. What is the
original number?
30. Maria borrows Rs. 12500 at 12 % p.a. for 2 years at simple interest and
Radha borrows the same amount for the same period at 10% p.a.
compounded annually. Who pays more interest and by how much?
31. A man sold two houses for Rs. 2,40,000 each. He gained 20% on one house
and lost 20% on the other. Find his total gain or loss %.
32. A rectangular garden plot 200 m and 150 m wide has a path all around its
inner side having a width of 3 m. In the centre of this plot, there is a
circular pond of radius7 m. What area of the land is left for the lawn?
33. The length, breadth and height of a room are 7m, 6 m and 3m.
(a) Find the cost of white washing its walls at the rate of Rs. 35 per sq.m.
(b) What is the volume of the air in that room?
(c ) What is the area of the floor?
34. The table shows the colour preference by a group of people. Draw a pie
chart showing this information.
Colours
Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
Total

Number of people
18
9
6
3
36

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