KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA PRAGATI VIHAR

HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK
CLASS 8TH

RATIONAL NUMBERS
Type 1 ) MCQs:

Question 1) Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Natural numbers are closed under division.
(b) Whole numbers are not closed under division.
(c) Integers are closed under division.
(d) Rational numbers are closed under division.

Question 2.‗0‘ is not _____

(a) a natural number.
(b) a whole number.
(c) an integer.
(d) a rational number

Question 3.Which of the following is the multiplicative identity for rational numbers?
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

Question 4.The additive identity for rational numbers is

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

Type2) Case based study: 1

Three friends Ram, Rahim and David went to ―RADHEY SWEET MART‖ to purchase some sweets,
namkin and cold drinks for New year party. The following chart shows the price and available stock sweets
and namkin in the shop.

S.NO. SWEETS AND NAMKIN AVAILABLE PRICE

STOCK
1 SWEET LADDU 10 Kg Rs. 400 per Kg
2 JALEBI 8 Kg Rs. 360per Kg
3 BARFI 7 Kg Rs. 300 per Kg
4 MIX-NAMKIN 100 packets Rs. 80 per
packet
5 POTATO CHIPS 80 packets Rs. 30 per
packet
6 COLD DRINKS 50 Bottles Rs. 50per bottle
7 ROASTED DRY FRUITS 12 Kg Rs. 1000 per Kg
 Question 1.1: After purchasing 500gm of sweet laddu, jalebi and barfi each, Ram had Rs. 150 left with
him. How much money does Ram had before the purchase?
Question 1.2:Ram wants to purchase one packet of Mix-Namkin and two packets of potato chips with the
remaining Rs. 150. Explain whether he can purchase it or not.

Question 1.3: Rahim had Rs. 200 and wants to purchase one packet of Mix-Namkin, one packet of potato
chips, 250gm Sweet laddu and one bottle of cold drink. But due to insufficient money he had to reduce the
quantity of one of the item. Find out the name of that item along with reason.

Question 1.4:David had Rs. 250 and wants to purchase those items which were not purchased by his friends.
Choose the correct list of items he will purchase
1) Jalebi (ii) Roasted Dry fruits (iii) Barfi (iv) Potato chips

MCQ Questions for Practice:

1. Write additive inverse of :

(b) 13 (c) -13 (d) 0

2. Find the multiplicative inverse of -17

(b) 289 (c) -289 (d) -17

3. Multiply by the reciprocal of

4.Fill in the blanks:______ has no reciprocal.

(a) One (b) Zero (c) Two (d) Three

5) Find the rational number between .

6.The additive identity for rational numbers is

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

LINEAR EQUATION IN ONE VARIABLES

We learnt the rules for solving an equation in one variable. Let us recall them. They are :

Rule 1 : Same quantity (number) can be added to both sides of an equation without changing the equality.

Rule 2 : Same quantity can be subtracted from both sides of an equation without changing the equality.

Rule 3 : Both sides of an equation may be multiplied by the same non-zero number without changing the
equality.

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 Rule 4 : Both sides of an equation may be divided by the same non-zero number without changing the
equality. It should be noted that some complicated equations can be solved by using two or more of these
rules together.

MCQ QUESTIONS

1) Find the solution of 2x – 5 = 10 (c) (d)

2.) Solve 2x – 3 = x + 2
a) x = 4 (b) x = 3 (c) x = 7 (d) x = 5

3). 4z + 2 = 6 + 2z
(a) z = 4 (b) z = 3 (c) z= 2 (d) z = 5

Case based study question

A home-owner is installing a fence around the square
garden. The garden has a perimeter of 6480 cm. Write
and solve the equation to find the garden‘s dimensions.
(a) Find out the side of garden.
(b) Why garden is important for us?

C) Short answer type question

Fill in the blanks to make each statement true.

1. In a linear equation, the _________ power of the variable appearing in the equation is one.

2. The solution of the equation 3x – 4 = 1 – 2 x is _________.

3. The solution of the equation 2y = 5y – is _________.

4. Any value of the variable which makes both sides of an equation equal is known as a _________ of
the equation.

III. Questions for Practice

Q1.A linear equation in one variable has :

(a) Only one solution (b) Two solutions (c) More than two solutions (d) No solution

Q2. What is the length of the rectangle whose breadth is 10 cm & perimeter 60 cm.
(a) 15cm (b) 16cm (c) 20cm (d) 25cm

Q3.If x % of 50 is 10 , then the value of ‗x‘ is

(a) 30 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 20

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Q4.Two numbers are in the ratio 3: 5. If their sum is 64 , then the numbers are
(a) 24 & 40 (2) 15&24 (c) 10& 24 (d) 20& 24

Q5.The sum of the ages of three persons is 100 years. What will be the sum of their ages after 5 years.
(a) 100yrs. (b) 115yrs. (c) 300 yrs. (iv) 305yrs.

Q6). Sum of two numbers is 95.If one exceeds the other by 15 , then the numbers are
(a) 25 & 40 (b) 50 & 65 (c)30 & 45 (d) 40& 55

Q7). If 2x + 1 = 15 then the value of ‗x‘ is

(a) 5 (b)—8 (c) 7 (d) 3

Long answer type questions: Solve the equations

1. 3(t – 3) = 5(2t + 1) 2. 15(y – 4) –2(y – 9) + 5(y + 6) = 0

3. 3(5z – 7) – 2(9z – 11) = 4(8z – 13) – 17 4. 0.25(4f – 3) = 0.05(10f – 9)

5.The sum of three consecutive even natural numbers is 48. Find the greatest of these numbers.

Case based study 01:

Two sisters Riya and Tanu went to a mela organized in their society on the occasion of New Year. Their
mother gave them Rs. 200. They bought some toys for them.Tanu spent Rs. 20 more than Riya. When they
returned home from the mela, they had Rs. 20 left with them.

1. Find the amount spent by Riya.

2. Find the amount spent by Tanu.
3. Determine the ratio of amount spent by Tanu to that of Riya.
4. What type of motion is exhibited by Giant-wheel?

Case based study 02:

Anima left one-half of her property to her daughter, one-third to her son
and donated the rest to an educational institute. If the donation was worth Rs. 1,00,000.
(a) How much money did Anima have?
(b) How much money educational institute have?
(c) How much money did Anima‘s son and daughter have?

SQUARE AND SQUARE ROOTS

IMPORTANT POINTS
(i) Square Roots
The square root of a number ‗a‘ is that number which when multiplied by itself gives that number ‗a‘
as product. Thus, if b is the square root of 𝑎 Then 𝑏×𝑏 = 𝑎 𝑜𝑟 𝑏2 = 𝑎

Important Points

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 1. The numbers which can be expressed as the product of the number with itself are called square
numbers or perfect squares.
2. If a natural number 𝑚 can be expressed as𝑛2, where 𝑛 is also a natural number, then 𝑚 is called a
square number.
I) No square number ends with 2,3,7or 8 at its unit‘s place.

(II) Square numbers can have only even number of zeros at the end.
(III) No square number ends with odd number of zeros at the end.

METHODS TO FIND SQUARE ROOTS

(I) Square root by repeated subtraction method .
(II) Square root by prime factorisation method.
(II) Square root by long division method .

PRACTICE QUESTIONS:MCQ:

Q1. Which of the following is a perfect square?

A. 1057 B. 625 C. 7928 D. 64000

Q2. Which of the following will have 6 at unit place?

A. 192 B. 112 C. 242 D. 132

Q3. If 5278 is squared, then what will be at unit place?

A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 4
Q4. What will be the number of zeros in square of 400?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
Q5. How many natural numbers lie between 92 and 102?
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20
Q6. What is the sum of the first four odd natural numbers?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 20
Q7. The value of 92 – 1 is equal to:
A. 81 B. 80 C. 79 D. None of the above
Q8. The square of 42 is:
A. 1764 B. 1664 C. 1564 D. 1504
Q9. The Pythagorean triples whose smallest number is 8:
A. 8, 16 17 B. 8, 17, 18 C. 8, 15, 17 D. 8, 15, 16
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Q1. Find the square root of 729 by prime factorisation method.
Q2. Find the length of the side of a square whose area is 441 m2.
Q3. Find the square root of the following number by long division method:
Q4. Find the smallest whole number by which 252 should be multiplied, to get a perfect square.
Q5. Find the square root of by prime factorisation method.

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 Q6. Find the square root of by repeated subtraction method.
Q7. Write the Pythagorean triplet whose one number is .
Q8. Without doing any calculation, find whether is a perfect square or not. Q9.
Write a greatest two-digit number which is a perfect square.
Q10. Find the value of .

LONG ANSWER QUESTION(LAQ)

Q1. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 35.

Q2. Find the square root of 225 by repeated subtraction method.

Q3. Use the identity and find the square of 189.
Q4. Find the smallest whole number by which 1008 should be divided, to get a perfect square number. Also,
find the square root of the square number so obtained.

Q5. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 6, 15 and 20.

Q6. Find the square root of 6241 using long division method.

CASE BASED STUDY QUESTION(CSBQ)

A king wanted to reward his advisor, a wise man of the kingdom. So, he asked the
wiseman to name his own reward. The wiseman thanked the king but said that he
would ask only for some gold coins each day for a month. The coins were to be
counted out in a pattern of one coin for the first day, 3 coins for the second day, 5
coins for the third day and so on for 30 days.
Q.1 Without making calculations, find how many coins will the advisor get in that
month?

COMPARING QUANTITIES
Qno1)There are 1275 trees in Chaudhary Farm. Out of these 36% trees are of fruits. How many trees of fruits are
there in Chaudhary Farm?
(a) 459 (b) 549 (c) 945

Case Study Based Questions (2 questions, 4 marks each):

A)Radha invests Rs 6000 in a compound interest savings account at an annual interest rate of 3% compounded
annually. Calculate the interest she earns after 3 years and compare it to what she would have earned if it were
simple interest.
B)John borrows Rs 15000 from a bank at a simple interest rate of 6% per annum. Calculate the total interest he has
to pay after 4 years. Later, when John gets a loan for his business at a compound interest rate of 6% per annum,
calculate the compound interest he has to pay after the same period of 4 Years.

Points to note :

1) Complete your math classwork an homework assignment given from NCERT till date.
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2) Subject enrichment activities of term 2 to be completed in classwork notebook.

3) Learners diary, index and MDP PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED .

4) THESE QUESTIONS TO BE COMPLETED IN HOMEWORK NOTEBOOK.