St.
Mary’s ICSE School , Koparkhairane
Grade VIII
Mathematics
Worksheet – First Term Date: 16/7/25
I. Choose the correct options:
1. The square of 2.1 is
a) 44.1 b) 4.41 c) 0.441 d) 441
2. Which of these is not a perfect square?
a) 4356 b) 1764 c) 900 d) 863
3. The smallest number by which 288 should be divided so as to get a perfect square is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
4. The least number to be subtracted from 186 to make it a perfect square is
a) 5 b) 17 c) 6 d) 10
5. The square root of 0.09 is
a) 0.3 b) 0.03 c) 0.033 d) 0.0333
6. The value of 152 - 142 is
a) 1 b) 30 c) 29 c) 58
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7. The value of √2 is
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a) 4 b) 5 c) 1 d) 3
2 2 3 1
9 7 5 5
8. What should be subtracted −3𝑥2 + 2𝑥 + 8 to get −𝑥2 + 6𝑥 + 7 ?
a) −2𝑥2 + 4𝑥 − 1 b) −2𝑥2 − 4𝑥 + 1 c) 2𝑥2 + 4𝑥 − 1 d) −2𝑥2 − 4𝑥 − 1
9. If x = y = -3 , then the value of ( x – y) (2𝑥2 + 3𝑥𝑦 + 9𝑦2 is
a) 72 b) 126 c) 0 d) 99
10. Which of these is not a monomial ?
a) 27abc ÷ 9c b) 16𝑥2 ÷ 4𝑥 c) 5 d) 99
11. The coefficient of a in -9ab2 is
a) -9 b) -9b2 c) 9 d) 9b2
12. A simple closed curve made up of only line segments is called a ............ .
(a) Circle (b) Polygon (c) Line segment (d) None of them
13. The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any polygon is –
(a) 180° (b) 360° (c) 270° (d) 540°
14. Find x in the given figure, if it is a regular pentagon.
(a) 110° (b) 108° (c) 105° (d) 100°
15. One angle of a quadrilateral is 150°and other three angles are equal. What is the measure of each of
these equal angles ?
(a) 75° (b) 85° (c) 95° (d) 70
16. A quadrilateral having one and only one pair of parallel sides is called a
a) trapezium b) kite c) rhombus d) rectangle
17. If three angles of a quadrilateral are acute, its fourth angle is
a) obtuse b) right c) acute d) straight
18. When the angles A , B , C and D of a quadrilateral ABCD taken in order are in the ratio [Link],then ABCD
is a
a) rhombus b) parallelogram c) trapezium d) kite
19. The solid that is not a polyhedron is a
a) pyramid b) prism c) cylinder d) cuboid
20. A three – dimensional figure that does not have any edge or vertex is a
a) cylinder b) sphere c) cone d) triangular prism
21. Another name for triangular pyramid is
a) heptagonal pyramid b) octagonal pyramid c) tetrahedron d) hexagonal pyramid
22. The number of triangular faces in a rectangular pyramid is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1
23. The number of square faces in a square pyramid is
a) 1 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
24. A polyhedron having 6 faces, 10 edges and 6 vertices is a
a) triangular prism b) pentagonal prism c) hexagonal prism d) rectangular prism
II. Solve:
1. The square root of
a) 137
12. 25 b) 2.56 c) 1296 d) 2
196
2. Find the least number that must be subtracted from 893304 to get a perfect square. Also find the square root
of the perfect square so obtained.
3. Find the least number that must be added to 9225 to make it a perfect square. Find this perfect square and
its square root.
4. Square root up to two decimal places
a) 2 b) 0.9
5. Simplify
a) 4a – 2a2 – (2a – 3a2) b) 3x – 4y – (3y + x) – (5x – 8y)
6. Subtract 3x – 7x3 + 5x2 from the sum of 2 + 8x2 – x3 and 2x3 – 3x2 + x - 2
7. What must be added to 10a2b + 8ab2 – 8a3b3 – b4 to get 5a2b – 6ab2 - 7a3b3 ?
8. What must be subtracted from 8x3 + 7x2y – 3xy2 – y to get 7xy2 – y3 – 3x2y + 5x3 ?
9. Simplify -3b(ab + b2) + 600 and find its value for a = 4 and b = 5
10. Simplify:
a) 2(x+2) + 3x2 – 3x(2x + 1) b) -2(a4 – 3a2) – 3a(a4 + 2a) + 2a2(a3 – 2)
−3𝑎2 3
c) −5 𝑎2𝑏2 × ( + 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏2)
3 2 5
11. Simplify:
a) (3a – 2) (a – 1) (3a + 5) b) (2x – 3)(5x2 – 6x + 9) – 3x (5x2 +9)
12. Divide:
a) (6a2 – 7a – 3) by (2a – 3 b) 16x3 – 46x2 + 39x – 9 by 8x – 3
13. Simplify:
a) 8ab of 𝑏 + 9𝑎2𝑏2 ÷ [−𝑏 − {8𝑎 − 4(3𝑎 − 2𝑏+ 𝑎)}]
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b) −4 {𝑚 − 𝑜𝑓(30𝑚2 ÷ 2𝑚 − 20𝑛̅̅̅+1̅̅5𝑛̅̅̅)}
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14. If two angles of a quadrilateral are 77° and 51°, and out of the remaining two angles, one angle is 10°
smaller than the other, find these angles.
15. In the given figure, AB || DC, ∠A = 74° and ∠B : ∠C = 4 : [Link]
(i) ∠D
(ii) ∠B
(iii) ∠C
16. In quadrilateral ABCD, ∠A : ∠B : ∠C : ∠D = 3 : 4 : 6 : 7. Find all the angles of the quadrilateral.
17. In the given figure, ABCD is a kite. If ∠BCD = 52° and ∠ADB = 42°, find the values of x, y, and z.
18. Five angles of a hexagon are 150°, 95°, 80°, 135° & 125°. Find the sixth angle.
19. How many diagonals are there in a hexagon ?
20. Find the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon.
21. An exterior angle and the interior angle of a regular polygon are in the ratio 2 : 7. Find the number of sides
of the polygon
22. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose each exterior angles measures 60°.
23. Four angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 3: 4 : 5: 6. Find each angle.
24. Find the measure of all the exterior angles of a regular polygon with
i) 9 sides and ii) 15 sides.
25. Find sum of angles of a regular pentagon.
26. The sum of all the interior angles of a polygon is 1440°. How many sides does the polygon have?
27. Find the exterior angle of a polygon with sides 8.
28. Find the number of sides of a regular pentagon whose interior angle is equal to exterior angle.
29. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is equal to twice its sum of its exterior angles. Find the
number of sides of the polygon.
30. One interior angle of an octagon is 100˚. All other seven angles are equal. Find the measure of each of the
equal interior angles.
31. If the difference between the interior angles and exterior angles of a regular polygon is 144. What is the
number sides of the polygon?
32. The angles of a pentagon are x°, (x – 10)°, (x + 20)°, (2x – 44)° and (2x – 70°) Calculate x.
33. ABCD is a rhombus. If ∠ACB = 40°, find ∠ADB.
34. If the diagonals of a rhombus are 12 cm and 16 cm, find the length of each side.
35. In the following figures two parallelograms. Find x and y.
36. ABCD is a parallelogram in which ∠A = 70°. Compute ∠B, ∠C and ∠D.
37. The sum of two opposite angles of a parallelogram is 130°. Find all the angles of the parallelogram.
38. The ratio of the breadth of a parallelogram to its length is 2 : 3. If its perimeter is 120cm, find the dimensions
of the parallelogram.
39. ABCD is a rhombus whose diagonals intersect at O. If AB = 10 cm , diagonal BD = 16 cm, find the length of
diagonal AC.
40. ABCD is an isosceles trapezium in which AB || CD. D = 7x – 3 , A = 2x + 3. Find the measures of all the
angles of the trapezium ABCD.
41. A polyhedron has 10 edges and 6 vertices. How many faces does it have?
42. A polyhedron has 6 faces and 8 vertices. How many edges does it have ?
43. A polyhedron has 40 faces and 60 edges. How many vertices does it have?
44. Identify the following polyhedron and verify the Euler’s formula.
45. Find the value of x, y and z if 2x . 3y . 5z = 6000
3 1 1
−
164 × 16 2 × 83
46. Evaluate : 1
2−1 × 325
47. If 52𝑥−1 = 25𝑥−1 + 1̅̅00 , find the value of x.
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48. Find p, if 73𝑝−6 =
(49)𝑝+2
𝑎 8𝑚−2 𝑏 −3𝑚+7
49. Find m, if ( ) =( )
𝑏 𝑎
5(81)𝑛+1 −34𝑛+5
50.
3×34𝑛 +(81)𝑛
