THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, KUWAIT

CODE : J 041
SERIES : I TERM /FN/ 2018 - 2019

TIME ALLOWED : 3 HOURS NAME OF STUDENT : …………………………………………………

MAX. MARKS : 80 ROLL NO. : ……………….. CLASS/SEC : ……………..

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MATHEMATICS

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TO BE ANSWERED ON SEPARATE SHEETS.

Section A (Each Question carries 1 mark)

1 Write a rational number between and .

2 Express algebraically, 10 less than the product of 6 and a number is 32.

3 List the common properties of a rhombus and square.

4 What is the difference between the upper class limit and lower class limit called ?

5 A number is chosen from a list of numbers from 1 to 15. Find the probability that the
number chosen is a prime number.

6 How many numbers lie between the square of 99 and square of 100 ?

Section B (Each Question carries 2 marks)

7 Name the following quadrilaterals.

(a) The quadrilateral that has only one pair of parallel sides.

(b) The quadrilateral whose diagonals bisect at right angles, but they do not
bisect each other.

(c) The quadrilateral whose diagonals are equal.

(d) The quadrilateral whose adjacent sides are equal.

8 An unbiased die is thrown. What is the probability of getting

(a) An odd number

 (b) An even multiple of 3

(c) A number less than 5

(d) A number between 3 and 6

9 Construct a rhombus whose diagonals are 5.2 cm and 6.4 cm.

10 Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one member is 16.

11 Find the square root of 1764 by prime factorisation method.

12 Find the smallest number by which 128 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.

Section C (Each Question carries 3 marks)

13 Using appropriate properties find x( ) x + x

14 Find each interior angle and each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 9 sides.

15 The difference between two whole numbers is 66. The ratio of these two numbers is
2:5. What are the numbers?

16 The marks obtained by 40 students of Class VIII in an examination is given below

16, 17, 18, 3, 7, 23, 18, 13, 10,21, 18, 8, 12, 6, 8, 16, 5, 3, 5, 0

13, 21, 13, 15, 19, 24, 16,3, 23,5, 12, 20, 10, 2, 23, 7, 12, 1,7, 9

Divide the data into 5 classes as 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20 and 20-25 and prepare a
grouped frequency distribution table.

17 Using Euler's formula find the unknown values

Faces x 5 20

vertices 6 y 12

Edges 12 9 z

18 Construct a quadrilateral XYZW in which XY=5cm, YZ=6cm, ZW=7cm, WX=3cm and

XZ=9cm.

19 Construct a quadrilateral PQRS in which PQ=3.5cm, QR=2.5cm, RS=4.1cm,

Q=750 and R=1200.

20 Find the square root by division method a) 5776 b) 7.29

21 Is 68600 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which 68600 must be
multiplied to get a perfect cube.

22 Find the cube root of 110592.

Section D (Each Question carries 4 marks)

23 (a) Multiply by the reciprocal of .

(b) Find

(c) How many rational numbers lies between 2 and -2 ?

(d) Is 0.3 the multiplicativeI inverse of 3 ? Explain.

24 Represent , , and on a number line

25 (i) Solve =

(ii) Solve – = –1

26 Kanwar is 3 years older than Anitha. Six years ago, Kanwar's age was 4 times Anitha’s
(a) age. Find the ages of Kanwar and Anitha.

(b) The denominator of a rational number is greater than its numerator by 8. If

numerator is increased by 17 and the denominator is decreased by 1, the number
obtained is . Find the rational number.

27 Find x

(i) (ii)
28 Find w,x,y,z in the parallelogram HOPE, State the property used.

29 Draw a histogram for the frequency distribution table

Class 30-60 60-90 90- 120-150 150-180 180-210 210-240

Interval 120

Frequency 5 12 14 18 10 9 6

30 Find the least number that must be added to 1750 to make it a perfect square. Also
find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
 THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, KUWAIT
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION (2018-2019)
CLASS VIII MATHS ANSWER KEY

MAXIMUM MARKS : 80 TIME ALLOTTED: 3HOURS

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Answer Key

1
1 Infinite answers are possible
1
2 6x 10=32
(i) All sides are equal ½+1/2
3
(ii) Diagonals bisect at 900
1
4 Class size or width
1
5

1
6 2 x 99 = 198
1/2
7 a) Trapezium
1/2
b) Kite
1/2
c) Rectangle or Square
1/2
d) Square or Rhombus
1/2
8 a)

1/2
b)

1/2
c)

1/2
d)

2
9 To be constructed

10 2m=16

m=8

m2 1 = 82 1 = 63

m2 1 = 82 1 = 65
Pythagorean triplet is 8, 63 , 65

2
11 √ √ = 2 3 7 = 42
 1+1
12 128 = (2 2 2) (2 2 2) 2
The number to be divided is 2

13 = ( )

1/2
= ( )

1/2
= ( )

1
= ( )

1/2
=

1/2
=

14 n=9
Total exterior angle = 360

Each Exterior Angle = 400

Each Interior Angle = 140

Let the numbers be 2x and 5x 3

15
5x - 2x = 66
3x = 66
x = 22
Numbers are 22 2 = 44 and 22 5 = 110

Class Intervals Tally Marks Frequency 3

16
0-15 IIII I 6
5-10 IIIIIIII 10
10-15 IIII III 8
15-20 IIII IIII 9
20-25 IIII II 7
Total 40

F+V=E+2
17 (a) 1
F + 6 = 12 + 2
F + 6 = 14
F = 14 6
F =8

F+V=E+2
(b) 1
5+V=9+2
5 + V = 11
V = 11 5
V =6
 F+V=E+2
(c) 1
20 + 12 = E + 2
32 = E + 2
E = 32 2
E = 30

3
18 To be constructed
3
19 To be constructed
1
20 (a) 76
7 5776
49
146 876
876
0
1/2
√ = 76
1
(b) 2.7
2 7.29
4
4 329
329
0
1/2
√ = 2.7
1
21 68600 = (2 2 2) (7 7 7) 5 5
1
Number to be multiplied is 5

= √( ) ( ) ( )
1
= 2 7 5 = 70
2
22 √ = √( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1
= 2 2 2 2 3 = 48
1
23 (a)

(b)

1
=

1
(c) Infinite
 1/2+1/2
(d) 3 = = 1, Yes

4
24 Number Line

25 (i) 10(2x 1) = 9(3x 2)

20x 10 = 27x 18

10 18 = 27x 20x

28 = 7x
2
x= =4

(ii)

20(x 2) 12(x 1) = 15(x 3) - 20

20x 40 12x-12 = 15x 45 20

8x 28=15x 65

65 28 = 15x 8x

93=7x

=x 2

26 Kanwar's present age = x

(a)

Anitha's present age = x 3

6 years ago, Kanwar's age = x 6

6 years ago, Anitha's age = x 3 6 = x 3

1
x 3 = 4(x 6)

x 3 = 4x 24

24 3 = 4x x

21 = 3x

7=x
1/2
Kanwar's age = 10 years
1/2
Anitha's age = 7 years

26 Numerator = x
(b)

Denominator = x + 8
 =

1
=

2(x+17) = 3(x+7)

2x + 34 = 3x + 21

34 - 21 = x

13 = x

Denominator = 13 + 8 = 21
1
Fraction =

1
27 (i) 90+70+x+90+60=360 (ASP)

310+x=360
1
X = 360-310 = 50
1
(i) 50+130+120+x=360 (ASP)

300+x=360

X=600 1

y = 40 (Alternate angle) 1
28

y+z =70 (Ext angle property)

40+z =70

z = 300 1

z = w = 300 (All int) 1

E = 180-70 = 1100 (linear pair)

x = E = 1100 (Opp angles of a parallelogram are equal) 1

4
29 Histogram
2
30 41
4 1750
16
8 150
81
69

(42)2 =1764
1
Numer to be added is 1764 1750 = 14
1
√ = 42
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