PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI,GPRA CAMPUS,HYD–32

PRACTICE PAPER 08 (2024-25)

CHAPTER 07 COMPARING QUANTITIES
(ANSWERS)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 40
CLASS : VIII DURATION : 1½ hr

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 6 carry 1 mark each.

1. The compound interest on ₹ 50,000 at 4% per annum for 2 years compounded annually is
(a) ₹ 4,000 (b) ₹ 4,080 (c) ₹ 4,280 (d) ₹ 4,050
Ans: (b) ₹ 4,080

2. The marked price of an article is ₹ 60 and it is sold at ₹ 45, then the discount rate will be.
(a) 25% (b) 35% (c) 15% (d) none of these
Ans. (a) 25%

3. The cost of a ticket for the show is ₹ 250. Ayush got a 20% discount on buying a ticket through online
booking. How many rupees did Ayush pay for the ticket?
(a) ₹ 25 (b) ₹ 50 (c) ₹ 200 (d) ₹ 300
Ans. (c) ₹ 200
Discount on ticket = 20% of ₹ 250 = ₹ 50
Amount paid by Ayush = 250 – 50 = ₹ 200

4. Cost of TV is ₹ 3350 Sales tax of 10% is charged on it. Find the bill amount.
(a) ₹ 3500 (b) ₹ 3725 (c) ₹ 3850 (d) ₹ 3685
Ans. (d) ₹ 3685
Cost of TV = ₹ 3350
Sales Tax = 10% of ₹ 3350
= 10/100 × 3350 = ₹ 335
Total cost = ₹ 3350 + 335 = ₹ 3685

5. In a certain exam of 300 marks, 150 is the qualifying marks. Rohit scored 120 out of 300. In order to
qualify the exam how many percentage that of obtained marks he must need to secure more?
(a) 10% (b) 25% (c) 30% (d) 50%
Ans. (b) 25%
Qualifying marks are 150 out of 300.
Rohit scored 120 out of 300
He needs 150 – 120 = 30 marks more to qualify.
So, percentage of required marks to that of obtained marks = 30/120 × 100 = 25%

6. In the below question, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the
correct choice as
Assertion (A): The ratio of 5 cm to 1 m is 1 : 20.

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 Reason(R): A ratio can be defined as the comparison between two numbers having same unit to find
out how much bigger is first number with second number.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Ans. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

SECTION – B
Questions 7 to 9 carry 2 marks each.
7. The list price of a music system is ₹ 16,925. If GST is charged at the rate of 12%, calculate the
amount to be paid by the customer for purchasing it.
Ans. List price of the music system = ₹ 16,925
GST = 12% of ₹ 16925
= 12/100 × ₹ 16925 = ₹ 2031
Hence, total amount to be paid by customer
= List Price + GST = ₹ 16925 + ₹ 2031 = ₹ 18,956.

8. Anuj play 55 matches of badminton. Out of which he won 35 matches. Find the ratio of
winning matches to lost matches?
Ans. Total number of matches = 55
Number of won matches = 35
Number of matches lost = 55 – 35 = 20
Ratio of winning to lost = 35 : 20
Hence ratio = 7 : 4

9. Ayesha announced a festival discount of 25% on all the items in her mobile phone shop.
Ramandeep bought a mobile phone for himself. He got a discount of ₹ 1,960. What was the
marked price of the mobile phone ?
Ans. Discount amount = ₹ 1960 and discount rate = 25%
When discount ₹ 25, then the marked price = ₹ 100
On discount ₹ 1, then the marked price = ₹ 100/25
On discount ₹ 1960, then the marked price
= 100/25 × 1960
= ₹ 7840

SECTION – C
Questions 10 to 13 carry 3 marks each.
10. A shirt was sold for ₹ 598.40 after allowing a discount of 12% on its marked price. Determine
the marked price of the shirt.
Ans. Let MP of the shirt be ₹ x.
12 3x
Discount = 12% of x = x 
100 25
3x 25 x  3 x 22 x
∴ SP = x   
25 25 25
22 x
According to the question,  598.40
25
598.40  25
x  680
22
Therefore, MP of the shirt is ₹ 680.

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11. A shopkeeper was selling all his items at 25% discount. During the off season, he offered 30%
discount over and above the existing discount. If Pragya bought a skirt which was marked for ₹
1,200, how much did she pay for it?
Ans. M.P of skirt = ₹ 1200
Discount % = 25%
Discount = 25/100 × 1200 = ₹ 300
C.P of skirt = ₹ (1200 – 300) = ₹ 900
Another 30% discount on C.P = 30/100 × 900 = ₹ 270
Final amount paid = ₹ (900 – 270) = ₹ 630

12. A car costing ₹ 3,00,000 depreciates each year by 10% of its value at the beginning of the year.
Find its value at the end of 3 years.
Ans. Here, P = ₹ 3,00,000, R = 10%, n = 3 years,
So, the value of the car at the end of 3 years

13. The population of a village is 25,000. It increases at the rate of 2% every year. Then, find the
population at the end of two years
Ans.

∴ Increase in population = 26,010 – 25,000 = 1010.

SECTION – D
Questions 14 to 16 carry 4 marks each.

14. Hamid goes to a shop to buy a grinder costing ₹ 2700. The rate of the VAT is 8%. He tells the
shopkeeper to allow a discount on the price of the grinder to such an extent that he pays ₹ 2700
inclusive of VAT. Find the discount on the price of the grinder.
Ans. Let the reduced price of the grinder after discount be ₹ x.
8x 2 x
VAT = 8% of ₹ x = ₹ 
100 25

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  2 x  25 x  2 x 27 x
∴ SP = ₹  x   
 25  25 25
27 x
It is given that,  2700
25
2700  25
x  2500
27
Thus, the reduced price of the grinder = ₹ 2500
Therefore, discount allowed in the price of the grinder = ₹ 2700 – ₹ 2500 = ₹ 200.

15. The population of a village increased to 44100 in 2003 at a rate of 5 % per annum. What was
the population in 2001?
Ans. Here, population in 2003 = 44100
Rate of growth of population (R) = 5% per annum.
Number of years (n) = 2
Let P be the population in 2001.
n
 R 
Then, population after n years = P 1  
 100 
2
 5 
i.e., population after 2 years = P 1  
 100 
2
 21  441
 44100  P    44100  P 
 20  400
⇒ P = 40000
Thus, the population of the village in 2001 was 40,000.

16. Given the principal = Rs 40,000, rate of interest = 8% p.a. compounded annually. Find
(a) Interest if period is one year.
(b) Principal for 2nd year.
(c) Interest for 2nd year.
(d) Amount if period is 2 years.
Ans. (a) Interest = P × R × T / 100
= Rs. 40000 × 8 × 1 / 100
= Rs. 3200
(b) Principal for 2nd year = P + S.I
= 40000 + 3200
= Rs. 43200
(c) Interest for 2nd year =
= Rs. 43200 × 8 × 1 / 100
= Rs. 3456
(d) Amount after 2yrs = Rs. (43200 + 3456) = Rs. 46656

SECTION – E (Case Study Based Question)

Question 17 carry 4 mark

17. In a primary school, the parents were asked about the number of hours they spend per day in
helping their children to do homework. There were 90 parents who help for 1/2 hr to 3/2 hr .
The distribution of parents according to the time for which, they said they helped is given in the
adjoining figure, 20% helped for more than 3/2 hr per day. 30% helped for 1 hr to 1 1/2 hr ;
50% did not help at all.

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 Using this, answer the following:
(a) How many parents were surveyed? (2)
(b) How many said that did not help? (1)
(c) How many said that they helped for more than 3/2 hours? (1)
Ans: Let us suppose that there are x parents. 90 parents who help for 1/2 hr to 3/2 hr.
They show the percentage is 30%, then according to formula.
Percentage value = The percentage of whole value
⇒ 90 = 30% of x
⇒ 90 = 30x/100
⇒ x = 900/3 = 300
There are 300 parents :
20% helped for more than 3/2 hr. per day.
Again, according to condition, Percentage value = Percentage of whole value
= 20% of x
= 20x/100 × 300
Percentage value = 60 parents who helped their children more than 3/2 hr per day
50% did not help at all.
Again, using formula, Percentage value = Percentage of whole value
= 50% of x
= 50x/100 × 300
Percentage value = 150 parents did not help at all
(a) 20% helped for more than 3/2 hr per day + 30% helped for 1/2 hr to 3/2 hr per day
= The value of 20% + The value of 30% + The value of 50% + 50% did not help
= 60 parents who help their children more than 3/2 hr. + 90 parents who help their children 1/2
hr to 3/2 hr. + 150 parents who did not help
= 300 parents who help their children
(b) The value of 50% parents they said did not help = 150
(c) The value of 20% who said that they help their children more than 3/2 hr = 60 parents

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