CBSE Board

Class VIII Mathematics

Term II
Sample Paper 1
Time: 2 ½ hours Total Marks: 80

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. Section A comprises of 12 questions carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B comprises of 12 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C comprises of 8 questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D comprises of 5 questions carrying 4 marks each.

Section A
(Questions 1 to 12 carry 1 mark each)

1. Find the cube root of 1000.

A. 10.1
B. 10
C. 1
D. 101

2. What is the number of faces in a hexagonal prism?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10

3. Square root of 484 is given by which of the options listed below?

A. 21
B. 42
C. 22
D. 32

4. Area of a square is 49 cm2. Find its perimeter.

A. 35 cm
B. 14 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 28 cm
5. Multiplicative inverse of is ______ .

A.

B.

C.
D. 1

6. Janhavi types 480 words in 15 minutes. How many words would she type in 5
minutes?
A. 140
B. 150
C. 160
D. 170

6k  17 29
7. If  , then
k 2
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

8. What is the greatest common factor of expressions 3x2y3, 10x3y2 and 6x2y2z?

A. 30x3y2z
B. 3x2y2z
C. x3y2z
D. x2y2

9. A sector is drawn as 1/4th part of a circle. The central angle made by it is

A. 90o
B. 55o
C. 45o
D. 40o

10. a2 - 2ab + b2
A. (a - 2b)2
B. (a - b)3
C. (a - b)2
D. (a + b)2
11. Which of the following points lie on the graph of "y = x"?
A. (1, 2)
B. (2, 1)
C. (2, 2)
D. (0, 1)

12. Which of the following number is divisible by 5 and 10 both?

A. 45
B. 405
C. 450
D. 412

Section B
(Questions 13 to 24 carry 2 marks each)

13. Using law of exponents, express each of the following as a rational number with
positive exponents:

(i)

(ii)

14. Which of the following numbers are divisible by 4?

(i) 45748
(ii) 21404

15. The following quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoidal. Find its perimeter.

16. The given bar graph shows the favourite colours of 20 students in a class. How many
more students favour orange colour than green colour?

17. Divide 64 into two parts such that three times the greater part will be equal to five
times the smaller one.

18. In a collection of 35 lotteries, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn
at random. What is the probability of getting a prize?

19. Verify the identity ; for a = 3 and b = -4.

20. Write the following numbers in generalized form.

(i) 45
(ii) 123

21. Find the height of cuboid whose volume is 800 cm3, length is 20 cm and breadth is
10 cm.

22. In the following table, does x and y vary directly with each other?

x 5 7 9 11
y 15 21 36 33
23. If 6x pens cost Rs , find the cost of one pen.

24. A polyhedron is having 8 vertices and 12 edges. Find the number of faces in this
polyhedron.

Section C
(Questions 25 to 32 carry 3 marks each)

25. A's income is 60% more than that of B. By what percent is B's income less than A's?

26. Find the cube root of 5.832.

27. How many silver coins, 1.75 cm in diameter and of thickness 2 mm, must be melted
to form a cuboids of dimensions5.5 cm × 10 cm × 3.5 cm?

28. Two angles of a quadrilateral are of measures 75° each and the other two angles are
equal. What is the measure of either of these two equal angles?

29. Simplify: (5 – x) (6 – 5x) (2 – x)

30. What is Euler's formula? Verify the Euler's formula for a pentagonal prism.

31. A pair of jeans is marked down 30% and then is reduced at the cash register by
another 10%. Is this a total reduction of 40%? Give reasons.

32. Simplify.
(i) x0 × y0 × z0
( x 0  y0 )  25
(ii)
24
(iii) (46)7
a2  a3  b3  b4
a5  b2
 Section D
(Questions 33 to 37 carry 4 marks each)

33. The monthly income of a family is Rs. 15000. The monthly expenditure of the family
on various items is given below.

Items Education Rent Food Clothing Savings

Expenditure 2000 3500 6000 2500 1000

(in Rs.)

Represent the above data using a pie diagram.

34. Mrs. Valdez and Mrs. Kim took polls of their second-grade classes to find their
students’ favourite colors. In Mrs. Valdez’s class, 14 students said their favorite
colour was blue and 6 said their favorite color was red. In Mrs. Kim’s class, 8 voted
for blue and 5 for red. Whose class had a higher ratio of students who preferred blue
to students who preferred red?

35. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm,
which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the
mass of the pole, given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8g mass. (Use = 3.14)

36. The cost of 6 balls is Rs. 42. What would be the cost of 10 balls, 15 balls and 20 balls?
Write them in the form of a table.

37. Find the area of following polygon, all dimensions are in meters.
 CBSE Board
Class VIII Mathematics
Term II
Sample Paper 1 – Solution
Time: 2 ½ hours Total Marks: 80

Section A

1. Correct option: B
3
1000  3 5  2  5  2  5  2  3 53  23  5  2  10

2. Correct option: B
For a hexagonal prism, V = 12, E = 18
Applying Euler's formula: F + V - E = 2
F = 2 + E – V = 2 + 18 – 12 = 8

3. Correct option: C
484  2  2  11  11  22  112  2  11  22

4. Correct option: D
Area of square = 49 cm2 = 72 cm2
Therefore, side of square is = 7 cm
So the perimeter of square = 7  4 = 28 cm

5. Correct answer: C

6. Correct option: C
480 15

x 5
480  5
x  160
15

7. Correct option: A
6k  17 29

k 2
 12k  34  29k
 17k  34  k  2
8. Correct option: D
Each of the three expressions are with minimum power of x is 2; power of y is 2 and
no power of z, so the greatest common factor of the three expressions is x2y2.

9. Correct answer: A
Value of component 1
Central angle =  360o   360o  90o
Total value 4

10. Correct answer: C

a2 - 2ab + b2 = a2 - ab - ab + b2 = a(a - b) - b(a - b) = (a - b)2

11. Correct answer: C

(2, 2) lies on the graph of y = x as x = 2 and y = 2 i.e., x = y

12. Correct answer: C

If the unit place of a number is zero then it is divisible by both 5 and 10.

Section B

13.

(i)

(ii)
14. A number is divisible by 4 if the number formed by its last two digits is divisible by
4.
(i) Consider 45748
Number formed by last two digits is 48.
48 is divisible by 4.
Hence, 45748 is also divisible by 4.

(ii) Consider 21404

Number formed by last two digits is 04.
Now, 04 is divisible by 4.
Hence, 21404 is also divisible by 4.

15. Since ABCD is an isosceles trapezoidal, we have AD = BC.

Therefore, AD = BC = 4 cm.
Now the perimeter of given trapezium = AB + BC + CD + DA
= 12 + 4 + 8 + 4= 28
Hence, the perimeter of the given trapezium is 28 cm.

16. From the graph, it is clear that 5 students favoured orange and 1 student favoured
green.
Now, 5 – 1 = 4
Therefore, 4 more students favoured orange colour than green.

17. Let x be the greater part.

Then, 64  x is the smaller part.
Now, according to condition given,
3x  5(64  x )
3x  320  5x
3x + 5x = 320
8x = 320
x = 40
Hence, the two parts are 40 and 24.

18. Here,
Total number of outcomes = 10 + 25 = 35
Let E be the event of getting a prize.
Number of outcomes favourable to event E = 10
Number of favourable outcomes 10 2
P (E) =  
Total number of outcomes 35 7
Probability of getting a prize =
19. (a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab + b2
Here, a = 3 and b = -4

20. The generalized form is as below:

(i) 45 = 40 + 5
= 4 × 10 + 5 × 1
(ii) 123 = 100 + 20 + 3
= 1 × 100 + 2 × 10 + 3 × 1

21. Since, volume of cuboid = l  b  h

Here, V = 800 cm3, l = 20 cm and b = 10 cm

x
22. We know that two quantities x and y vary directly if the ratio remains constant, so
y
we find the ratio in each case.
x 5 7 9 11
y 15 21 36 33
x
Ratio
y
x
Clearly, the ratio is not same for all the cases.
y
Thus, x and y are not varying directly.

23.
1.

Hence, the cost of one pen is Rs. (2x - 6).

24. Number of vertices (V) = 8
Number of edges (E) = 12
Let, number of faces = F
Since every polyhedron satisfy Euler's formula, therefore
F+V=E+2
Or, F + 8 = 12 + 2
Or, F = 14 - 8 = 6
Hence, the number of faces is 6.

Section C
25. Let B’s income be Rs. 100.
Then, A’s income = Rs. 160
If A’s income is Rs. 160, then B’s income = Rs. 100.
 100 
If A’s income is Rs 100, then B’s income = Rs.   100   Rs. 62.50
 160 
Therefore, B’s income is less than A’s income by (100 – 62.50)%, i.e. by 37.5%.

5832
26. Converting 5.832 into fraction, we get
1000

Now,

3
5832
1000
3
5832
 3
1000
3
2 2 233333

2 2 2 5 5 5
3

233

2 5
18

10
 1.8
27. Coins are cylindrical in shape.
Height (h1) of cylindrical coins = 2 mm = 0.2 cm
1.75
Radius (r) of circular end of coins =  0.875 cm
2
Let n coins were melted to form the required cuboids.
Volume of n coins = Volume of cuboids
 n   r2  h1  l  b  h
 n    0.875  0.2  5.5  10  3.5
2

5.5  10  3.5  7
n
(0.875)2  0.2  22
 n  400
Hence, number of coins melted to form such cuboids is 400.

28. Let each of the two equal angles be x .

x + x + 75 + 75 = 360 (sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral)
2x + 150 = 360
2x = 360 - 150
210
x= = 105
2

29. (5 – x) (6 – 5x)(2– x )
=(5 – x ) [6(2 – x) – 5x(2 – x )]
=(5 – x ) (12 – 6x – 10x + 5x2 )
=(5 – x ) (12 – 16x + 5x2 )
=5 (12 – 16x + 5x2) – x(12 – 16x + 5x2 )
=60– 80x + 25x2 – 12x – 16x2 – 5x3
=60– 92x + 41x2 – 5x3

30. Euler’s Formula:

For a polyhedron having F number of faces, E number of
edges and V number of vertices, we have F + V = E + 2.
The pentagonal prism looks like as shown below:
Here, the number of faces (F) = 7
Number of edges (E) = 15
The number of vertices (V) = 10
Now, F + V = 7 + 10 = 17
And, E + 2 = 15 + 2 = 17
Thus, F + V = E + 2
Hence, Euler's formula is verified
31. Suppose the price of the jeans is Rs. 100.
The 30% reduction on Rs. 100.
d = 0.30 100 = 30
To get the first reduction price, subtract 30 from 100.
100 - 30 = 70
Now, take the 10% discount on Rs. 70.
0.10 × 70 = 7
Subtract 7 from 70.
70 - 7 = 63
So, the final price after both the reductions is Rs. 63.
To get the amount of change, subtract the old amount from the new amount.
63 - 100 = -37
Divide by the original amount.
37
 37%
100
So, the percent of decrease is 37%.
The reductions are different. If the jeans are first marked down 30%, and then
reduced another 10%: this is only a 37% reduction, not a 40% reduction.

32.
(i) x0 × y0 × z0 = 1 × 1 ×1 = 1

( x 0  y0 )  25
(ii) 4
= (1  1) 254  2  21  4
2

(iii) (46)7 = 467  442  (22 )42  284

(iv)
a2  a3  b3  b4
a5  b2
a23b3 4
 5 2
a b
a5b7
 5 2
a b
 a55  b7 2
 a 0  b5
 1  b5
 b5
33.
Items Expenditure Measure of the central
angle
(in Rs.)

Education 2000 2000

 360  48
15000

Rent 3500 3500

 360  84
15000

Food 6000 6000

 360  144
15000

Clothing 2500 2500

 360  60
15000

Savings 1000 1000

 360  24
15000

Total 15000 360 

On the basis of table, the pie diagram is drawn:

34. The ratio of students who preferred blue to students who preferred red:
In Mrs. Valdez’s class - 14:6
In Mrs. Kim’s class, 8:5
We want to figure out which ratio is higher:
14 8
or
6 5
We can compare the ratios more easily by expressing them in percentage.
First, write the ratio as a decimal and then convert it to a percentage.
Thus,
14
 2.33333  233.33%
6
8
And,  1.6  160%
5
Comparing, we get 233.33% > 160%
Hence, Mrs. Valdez’s class had a higher ratio of students who preferred blue to
students who preferred red.

35. From the figure we have

Height (h1) of larger cylinder = 220 cm
24
Radius (r1) of larger cylinder = = 12 cm
2
Height (h2) of smaller cylinder = 60 cm
Radius (r2) of smaller cylinder = 8 cm
Total volume of pole = Volume of larger cylinder + Volume of
cylinder
Total volume of pole   r12h 1  r22h 2
  (12)2  220   (8)2  60
  [144  220  6460]
 35520  3.14
 1,11,532.8cm3
Mass of 1 cm3 iron = 8 g
Mass of 111532.8 cm3 iron = 111532.8  8 = 892262.4 g = 892.262 kg
36. The cost of 6 balls is Rs. 42.
We know that as the number of balls increases, the cost increases. Thus, they are
directly proportional.
Let the cost of 10 balls, 15 balls and 20 balls be x, y, and z, respectively.

Quantity 6 10 15 20
Cost (in Rs) 42 x y z

In case of direct proportion, the ratio of the two quantities remains constant.
6 10 15 20
Therefore,   
42 x y Z
On solving, we get
x = 70
y = 105
z = 140
Thus, we have

Quantity 10 15 20
Cost (in Rs.) 70 105 140

37. Area of polygon = Area of trapezium ABCG + Area of triangle GCD + Area of triangle
DEF + Area of triangle EAF

Now,
Hence area of polygon = 900 + 1800 + 750 + 2250 = 5700 m2.a