VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS
SA II – MODEL QUESTION PAPER
MATHEMATICS
GRADE: VIII DURATION: 3 hours
MARKS : 80
SECTION : A 20 ×1=20
1. In which of the following, the two expressions are unlike terms?
a. 5 x and 77 xy b. 6 y 2 and 16 y c. 8 t and 25 z 2 d. All of these
2. The product of 2 a2 , 4 a2 , 5 a10 is _______
a. 40 a14 b. 7 a 14 c. 10 a22 d. 10 a 40
3. Value of expression a ( a2 +a+1 ) +5 for a=0 is ______
a. a+ 5 b. 1 c. 6 d. 5
4. What is the product of (x +a) and (x +b)?
a. x 2+ ( a−b ) x+ ab b. x 2+ ( a+b ) x−ab
c. x 2+ ( a−b ) x−ab d. x 2+ ( a+b ) x +ab
5. 7 ×10−5 m is the standard form of which of the following?
a. 0.0007 m b. 0.000007 m c. 0.0000007 m d. 0.00007 m
6. The value of 3−2 is _________
1 1
a. 9 b. 9 c. 2 d. 2
7. 2500+400+50 is equal to
a. 125 b. 25 c. 1/125 d. 3
8. A cuboid has ______ pairs of identical faces.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
9. If a cuboidal box has height, length and width as 20 cm, 15 cm and 10 cm respectively.
Then its total surface area is:
a. 1100 cm2 b. 1200 cm2 c. 1300 cm2 d. 1400 cm2
10. 1 m3=¿ __________L
a. 1 b. 10 c. 1000 d. 100
11. Manvi types 200 words in 30 minutes. How many words she will type in 12 minutes?
a. 100 b. 80 c. 60 d. 50
12. The perimeter of a square and its side is in ___________
a. Direct Proportion b. Indirect Proportion
c. Neither direct nor indirect d. Cannot be determined
13. If 300 Kg of coal cost 6000₹, then find the cost of 120 kg of coal?
a. ₹1200 b. ₹ 2400 c. ₹ 3200 d. ₹ 4200
14. The factors of 4y2 – 12y + 9 is ________
a. (2y+3)2 b. (2y-3)2 c. (2y-3)(2y+3) d. None of these
15. The factors of m2 – 256 are _______
a. (m + 4)2 b. (m – 4)2 c. (m – 4) (m+4) d. None of these
16. The common factor of a3b2 and a4b is ___________
a. a4b2 b. a4b c. a3b2 d. a3b
17. The factors of 49p2 − 36 are ______
a. (7p + 6)2 b. (7p−6)2 c. (7p − 6) (7p + 6) d. None of these
18. A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is
a. Bar graph b. pie chart c. histogram d. line graph
19. The point (0,0) lies at ________
a. x-axis b. y-axis c. origin d. None of these
20. The point (0, 4) lies on which of the following?
a. x-axis b. y-axis c. origin d. None of these
SECTION : B 7 ×2=14
1. Simplify (25 ÷ 28)5 ×2−5
2. If 15 workers can build a wall in 48 hours, how many workers will be required to do the
same work in 30 hours?
3. Find the common factors of 10 pq , 20 qr ,30 rp .
4. Factorise (i) 26 xy ( x+5 )( y −4 ) ÷ 13 x ( y −4 )
(ii) x (x +1)(x +2)(x +3)÷ x (x+ 1)
5. The area of rhombus is 240 cm2 and one of the diagonals is 16 cm . Find the other
diagonal.
6. Multiply: (i) (a+ 7) and (b−4 )
(ii) (a 2) ×( 2 a22) ×( 4 a ¿¿ 26)¿
7. Plot the following points on a graph sheet. Verify if they lie in a line:
P(1,1), Q(2,2), R(3,3), S(4,4).
SECTION : C 7 ×3=21
1. Simplify: ( a+ b ) ( c−d ) + ( a−b )( c+ d )+ 2(ac +bd)
2. A cuboid is of dimensions 60 cm ×54 cm ×30 cm . How many small cubes with side
6 cm can be placed in the given cuboid?
−4
25× t
3. Simplify: −3 −8
5 ×10 ×t
4. A loaded truck travels 14 km in 25 minutes. If the speed remains the same, how far can it
travels in 5 hours?
5. There are 100 students in a hostel. Food provision for them is for 20 days. How long will
these provisions last, if 25 more students join the group?
6. Factorise: (i) q 2−10 q+21 (ii) p2q – pr2 – pq + r2
7. The following line graph shows the yearly sales figures for a manufacturing company.
(a) What were the sales in (i) 2002 (ii) 2006?
(b) Compute the difference between sales in 2002 and 2006.
(c) In which year was there the greatest difference between the sales as compared to its
previous year?
SECTION : D 5 ×5=25
1. Factorise: (i) 12 xy (9 x 2−16 y 2) ÷ 4 xy (3 x +4 y)
(ii) a m2 +b m2 +b n2 +a n 2
2. Draw the graph for the following table of values, with suitable scales on the axes.
Interest on deposits for a year.
Deposit (in Rs.) 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
Simple interest (in Rs.) 80 160 240 320 400
(i) Does the graph pass through the origin?
(ii) Use the graph to find the interest on Rs. 2500 for a year.
3. Two people could fit new windows in a house in 3 days.
(i) One of the persons fell ill before the work started. How long would the job take now?
(ii) How many people would be needed to fit the windows in one day?
−5 −5
3 ×10 ×125
4. Simplify: (i) −7 −5
5 ×6
(ii) Express 0.00000000837 in standard form.
5. A company packages its milk powder in cylindrical container whose base has a diameter
of 14 cm and height 20 cm. Company places a label around the surface of the container (as
shown in the figure). If the label is placed 2 cm from top and bottom, what is the area of the
label?