Loreto Day School,Elliot Road

Half Yearly Exam 2021(Online)

Class – VIII
Subject: Mathematics
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes FM-50

Instructions.

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+Time to make and send pdf.
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SECTION –A(40)

(All questions carries 1 marks each)

1. The value of (−5)−2 is

1 −1
a. b. 25 c. d. -25
25 25

2. The sum of 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17 is

a. 64 b. 81 c. 25 d. 100

3. Cube of even natural number is

a. Odd b. Prime c. even d. Negative

4. A number is divisible by 10 if the digit at unit’s place is

a. 1 b. 0 c. 5 d. 2

5. The literal coefficient of −9𝑥𝑦𝑧 2 is

a. 𝑥𝑦 b. −𝑥𝑦𝑧 2 c. 𝑥𝑦𝑧 2 d. 𝑥𝑦𝑧

2𝑥 4𝑥
6. The solution of the equation 5
+ 2 = 15 + 6 is
a. 30 b.-30 c. 15 d. 25

7. 18% of _____ is 45
a. 310 b. 200 c. 250 d. 350

8. If the simple interest on Rs 15000 is Rs 6750 in 3 years, then the rate of interest is
a. 10% b. 20% c. 5% d. 15%
9. (9)−4 as a power with base 3 is
a. 30 b. 38 c. 3−8 d. 36

10. The price of an article is increased from Rs 5000 to Rs 6500. Then the percentage increase in the
price is
a. 10% b. 30% c. 50% d. 25%

11. If 49a52b5 is divisible by 3, then a+b is

a. 3 b. 4 c. 2 d. 0

12. The number which is divisible by 5 is

a. 684 b.300 c. 111 d. 731

13. The greatest three digit number which is a perfect square is

a. 966 b. 999 c. 981 d. 961

14. On dividing −125𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 2 by 25𝑥𝑦𝑧 we get

a. 5xy b. -5xz c. -5xy d. xy

15. Volume of a cube is 5832 cm3.Then its side is

a. 18cm b. 8cm c. 7cm d. 9cm

16. The value of 2-√2 correct up to two places of decimals is

a. 1.41 b. 0.59 c. 1.59 d. 2.41

17. 6 × 𝑎 × 𝑏 × 𝑐 2 is a
a. Monomial b. binomial c. trinomial d. None of these

6𝑥+5
18. The solution of the equation 3𝑥
= 3 is
1 5 2 6
a. b. c. d.
2 3 3 5

19. 750 decreased by 6% is

a. 700 b. 350 c. 140 d. 705

20. In what time will Rs 720 amount to Rs 936 at the rate of 10% p. a?
a. 10years b. 3years c. 5years d. 2 years

127
21. Cube root of 1 216 is
6 7 1 6
a. b. − c. 1 d. −
7 6 6 7
 2 0
22. 30 + 50 + (5) is equal to
42
a. b. 0 c. 3 d. 5
5

23. The number of natural numbers that lie between 82 and 92 is

a. 18 b. 16 c. 9 d. 14

24. If 4𝑥 = 1024, then 𝑥 is

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 3

25. The area of a rectangle is 50(𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑏2 𝑐 + 𝑎𝑏𝑐 2 ) and its width is 10𝑎𝑏𝑐 , then its length is
a. 5(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) b. 5(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐) c. 5(𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐) d. 5(𝑎 − 𝑏 + 𝑐)

26. 21:60 is equivalent to

a. 10% b. 15% c. 35% d. 45%

3
27. The cube of −1 7 is
1000 27 1000 13
a. 343
b. 49 c. − 343
d.− 7

28. 𝑎(𝑏 − 𝑐) + 𝑏(𝑐 − 𝑎) + 𝑐(𝑎 − 𝑏) is equal to

a. 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 b. 2(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎) c. 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 d. 0

29. If Reshma bought a camera for Rs 2580 and sold it at 15% profit, then her selling price is
a. Rs 2000 b. Rs 2967 c. Rs 3000 d. Rs 1000

30. The smallest number by which 5184 should be divided to make it a perfect cube
a. 3 b. 2 c. 5 d. 0

31. The Pythagorean Triplet whose smallest number is 8 is

a. (6,8,10) b. (8,15,17) c. (8,12,16) d. (6,8,15)

32. Degree of the polynomial 3𝑎 2 𝑏2 𝑐 2 + 5𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐 − 𝑎𝑏2 𝑐 − 4𝑎𝑏𝑐 is

a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3

33. 60% of 45 students are good in Mathematics. Then the number of students who are not good in
Mathematics is
a. 20 b. 16 c. 27 d. 18

34. 918082 is divisible by

a. 11 b. 8 c. 4 d. 9
 4 15
35. (5 𝑝2 𝑞2 𝑟 2 ) × ( 8 𝑝𝑞𝑟) × (−6𝑝𝑟) is equal to
a. 9𝑝4 𝑞4 𝑟 4 b. 9𝑝2 𝑞3 𝑟 4 c. 9𝑝4 𝑞3 𝑟 4 d. −9𝑝4 𝑞3 𝑟 4

36. The simple interest on Rs 8000 at 7.5% p.a. for 5 years is

a. Rs 1000 b. Rs 3000 c. Rs 4000 d. Rs 1500

37. The multiplicative inverse of (−3)4 is

1 1
a. 81 b. (− 81) c. -81 d. (81)

38. The smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 3,6,10,15 is
a. 600 b. 30 c. 900 d. 90

39. By selling a table for Rs 493 Ravi suffers a loss of 15%. His cost price was
a. Rs 580 b. Rs 500 c. Rs 600 d. Rs480

𝑥+3 4
40. The solution of 𝑥+7 = 5 is
a. 10 b. 12 c. 9 d. 13

SECTION –B(10)
1. Find the solution- (4)
(3𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 18) ÷ (𝑥 + 2)
2. Solve (3)
5 − 2(𝑥 − 1) = 4(3 − 𝑥) − 2𝑥
3. Find square root by division method- (3)
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