FE GR 8 MATHEMATICS - 10572
FE GR 8 MATHEMATICS - 10572
FE GR 8 MATHEMATICS - 10572
General instructions:
Questions in Section A carry 1 mark each
Questions in Section B carry 2 marks each
Questions in Section C carry 3 marks each
Questions in Section D carry 4 marks each
Question in Section E carry 3 marks
The question paper consists of 5 printed pages
SECTION A
1. Seven-fifth of a number is 10 more than the number. Find the number.
2. Justin wants to wrap a hollow tube of length 70 cm with paper. He needs an extra 200 cm2 of
paper to fold over the edges. If the radius of the ends of the tube is 5cm, how much paper does
Justin need altogether?
3. If x5y7 is a four digit number exactly divisible by 3 then what is the least value of x+y?
4. Two sticks each of length 5cm are crossing each other such that they bisect each other. Name the
parallelogram obtained by joining their endpoints.
SECTION B
Y
5. Figure (1) shows a Cartesian coordinate plane.
Read the figure and answer the following:
7. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each of its interior angle measures 108°?
() ()
−2 −3
8. 0 9 2
If p = (81) × × then find the multiplicative inverse of p
4 3
9. What is the sum of three consecutive whole numbers with x as a middle number?
2
10. 3(x −9 x +14)
Simplify
3 x−21
SECTION C
Figure (2)
13. In the school auditorium, there are (x – y + z) number of rows. If each row has
(x + y - z) seats then how many people can sit in that auditorium?
14. A farmer increases the output of wheat in his farm every year by 8%. This year he produced 2187
quintals of wheat. What was his yearly produce two years ago?
2 2
15. 6.4 −5.4
Use identities to find the value of 2 2
8.9 + ( 8.9 ) ( 2.2 ) +1.1
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Road
16. Mr. Singh wants to buy a trapeziium shaped
plot of land as shown in figure (3). Its side
along the canal is parallel to and 60m more
than the side along the road. If the area of this
plot is 37500 m2 and the perpendicular
distance between the two parallel sides is
125m , find the length of the side along the Canal Figure (3)
canal.
17. A swimming pool can be filled in 8 hours by 4 equal sized pumps. How many such pumps are
1
required if the pool is to be filled in 5 hours?
3
SECTION D
18. Find the amount of concrete required to construct a pillar, whose circular base will have a
perimeter 8.8 m and its curved surface area will be 17.6 m2.
19. Table (1) shows the distance travelled by an eco-friendly car, in the given volumes of gas:
a)
20. In Table (2) given below, match the algebraic expressions in column I with their expansions in
column II
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21. A local bus is carrying 40 passengers. Some have bought ₹2.50 ticket and remaining have bought
₹ 5 ticket. If the total money received from the passengers is ₹150, find how many people have
bought ₹2.50 ticket and how many have bought ₹ 5 ticket?
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performance?
b) In which test student B showed his best
performance?
c) What is the difference between the least
marks
scored by student A and student B?
26. Andy sold his used ipod for ₹ 12880 at a loss of 8%. At what price should he had sold to gain 8%?
SECTION E
28. (i) Aditya was asked by his teacher to subtract 5 from a number and to divide the result by 15.
However, he subtracted 15 from that number and divided the result by 5 and obtained 65.
If he had done it correctly, what answer would he have got?
a) 10 b) 6 c) 5 d) 8
(ii) The digit at ten’s place of a two digit number is three times the digit at ones place. If the digit at
one’s place is x then what is the number in terms of x
a) 4x b) 31x c) 13x d) 11x
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