DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

BULANDSHAHR

SAMPLE PAPER STD 8

Class 08 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

Section A
1. If 8x - 3 = 25 + 17x, then x is [1]

a) a rational number b) an integer

c) a fraction d) A whole number

2. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (2x + 25)o and (3x - 5)o. The value of x is [1]

a) 36 b) 42

c) 32 d) 28
3. Ram put some buttons on the table. There were 4 blue, 7 red, 3 black and 6 white buttons in all. All of a sudden, [1]
a cat jumped on the table and knocked out one button on the floor. What is the probability that the button on the
floor is blue?

a) b)
1 7

5 20

c) 1

4
d) 3

4. Simplify 3x2y2 (5x2 - 4xy + 6y2) [1]

a) 15x2y2 - 12x3y3 + 18y2x2 b) 15xy3 - 12x2y2 + 6y2y2

c) 15x4y2 - 12x3y3 + 18y4x2 d) 15xy3 - 12x2y3 + 18x2y4

5. A brick measures 24 cm by 12 cm by 10 cm. How many such bricks are needed to construct a wall of length 5 [1]
m, height 2.88 m and thickness 20 cm?

a) 1000 b) 500

c) 100 d) 1100

6. Divide (81x3y5 - 729x4y2) by (27x3y2). [1]

a) 3y - 27x b) x2 - 27y

c) 27x + 3y d) 3y3 - 27x

7. A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is [1]

a) Histogram b) Line graph

c) Pie chart d) Bar graph

Section B
8. Fill in the blanks: [5]
(a) 9x - ________ = - 21 has the solution ( - 2). [1]

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 (b) Each exterior angle of a regular hexagon is of measure _______ degrees. [1]
(c) Each outcome or a collection of outcomes in an experiment makes an ________. [1]
(d) The value of x in equation x − 8 = 7 is ______. [1]
(e) The curved surface area of a cylinder is reduced by ________ percent if the height is half of the [1]
original height.
Section C
9. Solve: [1]
x+1 x−2
=
4 3

10. RICE is a rhombus. Find y. Justify your findings. [1]

11. A spinner has 16 equal sections, of which 8 are orange. If you spin the spinner once, what is the probability that [1]
it will land on an orange section?
12. Simplify: (x + y) (x2 - xy + y2) [1]
13. Work out the surface area of shape: (Use π = 3.14) [1]

14. Factorise x
2

- 625, using the identity a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b). [1]

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15. Can there be a time-temperature graph as follow? Justify your answer. [1]

16. Solve the linear equation n

2
−
3n

4
+
5n

6
= 21 . [2]
17. Solve: [2]
3t−2 2t+3 7
+ = t+
3 2 6

18. Shoes of the following brands are sold in November 2007 at a shoe store. Construct a pie chart for the given [2]
data.

Brand Number of pairs of shoes sold

A 130

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 B 120

C 90

D 40

E 20

19. Find the product: (p 2 2

− q ) (2p + q) [2]
20. Subtract b(b2 + b - 7) + 5 from 3b2 - 8 and find the value of expression obtained for b = -3. [2]

21. Find the height of a cylinder whose radius is 7 cm and the total surface area is 968 cm2. [2]
22. How many cubic meters of Earth must be dug to construct a well 7 m deep and of diameter 2.8 m [2]

23. Factorise p4 + q4 + p2q2 [2]

24. As part of his science project, Prithvi was supposed to record the temperature every hour on Saturday from 6 am [2]
to midnight. At noon, he was taking lunch and forgot to record the temperature. At 8:00 pm, his favourite show
came on and so forgot again. He recorded the data so collected on a graph sheet as shown below.

a. Why does it make sense to connect the points in this situation?

b. Describe the overall trend, or pattern, in the way the temperature changes over the time period shown on the
graph.
c. Estimate the temperature at noon and 8 pm.
x−5 x−3
25. Solve the linear equation 3
=
5
. [3]
26. In rhombus BEAM, find ∠ AME and ∠ AEM. [3]

27. A box contains 19 cards having numbers 1, 2, 3, .... 19. A card is drawn from the box. What is the probability [3]
that the number on the card is divisible by 5.

28. What must be added to 2m2 – 3mn + 3n2 to get 5m2 + 2mn + 7n2? [3]

29. Add p3 – 1 , p3 + p + 2 and p2 – 2p + 1. [3]

30. The product of two expressions is x5 + x3 + x. If one of them is x2 + x +1, find the other. [3]

31. How many small cubes with edge of 20cm each can be just accommodated in a cubical box of 2m edge? [3]
32. Factorise: a4 – 2a2b2 + b4 [3]

33. Explain the situations represented by the following distance-time graphs. [3]

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 a.

b.

c.

34. Solve: [4]

m−1 m−2
m − = 1−
2 3

35. In parallelogram ABCD, the angle bisector of ∠ A bisects BC. Will angle bisector of B also bisect AD? Give [4]
reason.

36. The adjacent sides of a rectangle are x2 – 4xy +7y2 and x3 – 5xy2. Find the area. [4]

37. There are two cuboidal boxes as shown in the adjoining figure. Which box requires the least amount of material [4]
to make?

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