SKILL BUILDER-8
Grade - 8 Mathematics
1. Numbers that can be written in the form (m / n) where m and n are integers and n is not equal to 0
are called rational numbers. Which of the numbers in the list below are rational numbers?
A. only – 25/2 and 1 B. only – 25/2 and 0.33 10
C. only – 25/2, 0.3333.... (recurring) and 1 D. All of them are rational numbers.
2. What number should come in the box to make the following statement true?
A. 4 B. 7 C. 10 D. 81
3. Priya, Neha and Vidya were each given a division problem to solve as shown below.
Priya: 12343211 ÷ 119, Neha: 12343210 ÷ 120, Vidya: 12343210 ÷ 121.
If each solved their problem correctly, whose quotient was the SMALLEST?
A. Priya's B. Neha's C. Vidya's D. (Cannot say without calculating.)
4. Daisy played a number game in her housing colony. She got one clue after another as shown below.
After solving all the four clues, what is the number she got? (Note: A perfect square is a number that
can be expressed as the product of two equal integers . Example: 16 (4 × 4) is a perfect square.
A. 96 B. 64 C. 36 D. 32
5. Which of the following expressions is equal to 198 × 77?
A. 198 × 80 - 3 B. 198 × 70 × 7 C. (190 × 70) + (8 × 7) D. (200 × 77) - (2 × 77)
6. Which of these is the same as the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of three numbers 5, 8725 and
9100? (Note: You need not actually calculate the LCM.)
A. LCM of 5 and 8725 B. LCM of 5 and 9100
C. LCM of 8725 and 9100 D. (none of the above)
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7. Sleeper Class coaches of the Indian Railways have a seat numbering arrangement as shown below.
Each 'cubicle' seats 8 people as shown.
Ramesh and his parents have 3 tickets and their seat
numbers are 29, 30 and 31. What are their seats?
A. One aisle, one window, one middle seat.
B. One middle, one aisle and one side seat.
C. One aisle and two side seats.
D. Two side seats and one window seat.
8. The sum of all the whole numbers from 1 to 45 is subtracted from the sum of all the whole numbers
from 1 to 50 as shown: (1 + 2 +....+ 50) − (1 + 2 +.....+ 45)
What will be the result?
A. 5 B. 50 C. 240 D. 285
Answers
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D C C B D C B C
