COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION BANK

Mathematics — Class VIII (CBSE & ICSE Standards)

General Instructions: This question bank covers fundamental concepts, core procedures, and advanced
applications across all standard topics. Questions range from basic evaluations to higher-order thinking skills
(HOTS) tailored for rigorous academic preparation.

1. SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS

1. Find the square of the following numbers using the column method or identity method:
a. 47
b. 85
c. 93

2. Show that 5478 cannot be a perfect square by examining its unit digit.

3. Find the smallest natural number by which 180 must be multiplied so that the product becomes a perfect
square. Also, find the square root of the number so obtained.

4. Find the smallest number by which 9408 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect square. Find the
square root of the quotient.

5. Find the square root of 7056 using the Prime Factorization Method.

6. Evaluate the square root of 11025 by prime factorization.

7. Find the square root of 7396 using the Long Division Method.

8. Using the long division method, find the square root of 20449.

9. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 4000 so as to get a perfect square. Also find the
square root of the perfect square.

10. Find the least number which must be added to 1750 so as to get a perfect square. Also find the square
root of the perfect square so obtained.

11. Find the square root of the following decimal numbers:

a. 42.25
b. 7.29
c. 0.0025

12. Evaluate the square root of 156.25 by the division method.

13. Find the square root of 3 correct to two decimal places.

14. Evaluate √2 up to three places of decimals.

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15. A PT teacher wants to arrange 2000 students in the form of a solid square. Found that 31 students were
left out. Find the number of rows.

16. An orchardist plants 1764 apple trees in rows such that the number of plants in each row is equal to the
number of rows. Find the number of rows.

17. Find the length of the side of a square playground whose area is equal to the area of a rectangle of length
72 m and breadth 33.8 m.

18. Find the greatest 4-digit number which is a perfect square.

19. Find the smallest 6-digit number which is a perfect square.

20. Examine if (6, 8, 10) and (5, 12, 13) form Pythagorean triplets. State the rule explicitly.

2. CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS

1. Show that 216 is a perfect cube. Also find the number whose cube is 216.

2. Check whether 53240 is a perfect cube. If not, find the smallest natural number by which it must be divided
so that the quotient is a perfect cube.

3. Find the smallest number by which 675 must be multiplied so that the product is a perfect cube.

4. Evaluate the cube root of 13824 using the prime factorization method.

5. Find the cube root of 32768 by prime factorization.

6. Find the cube root of 74088.

7. Evaluate the cube root of the following negative integers:

a. −1331
b. −2744

8. Find the cube root of −9261.

9. Evaluate the cube root of the following rational numbers:

a. 125 / 512
b. 729 / 1000

10. Find the cube root of 0.008.

11. Find the cube root of 91.125.

12. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3. The sum of their cubes is 98784. Find the numbers.

13. The volume of a cubical box is 32.768 m³. Find the length of the side of the box.

14. What is the smallest number by which 392 must be multiplied so that the product is a perfect cube?

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15. Evaluate the unit digit of the cube of the following numbers without actual multiplication:
a. 888
b. 147
c. 53

16. Find the cube root of 17576 by using the estimation method.

17. Find the cube root of 4913 using the estimation method.

18. The surface area of a cube is 486 cm². Find the volume of the cube.

3. EXPONENTS

1. Evaluate the following expressions:

a. 3⁻²
b. (−4)⁻²
c. (1/2)⁻⁵

2. Simplify and express the result in power notation with positive exponent: (−4)⁵ ÷ (−4)⁸

3. Simplify: (2⁻¹ × 4⁻¹) ÷ 2⁻²

4. Evaluate: (1/3)⁻¹ − (1/4)⁻¹

5. Find the value of m for which 5^m ÷ 5⁻³ = 5⁵.

6. Evaluate: [(2/3)⁻²]³ × (1/3)⁻⁴ × 3⁻¹ × 6⁻²

7. Simplify the following expression: (25 × t⁻⁴) / (5⁻³ × 10 × t⁻⁸) where t ≠ 0.

8. Simplify: (3⁻⁵ × 10⁻⁵ × 125) / (5⁻⁷ × 6⁻⁵)

9. Express the following numbers in standard scientific notation:

a. 0.000000000085
b. 0.00000000000942
c. 6020000000000000

10. Express the following numbers in usual expanded form:

a. 3.02 × 10⁻⁶
b. 4.5 × 10⁴
c. 5.8 × 10¹²

11. Simplify: {(1/3)⁻³ − (1/2)⁻³} ÷ (1/4)⁻³

12. Find the value of x if (2/9)³ × (2/9)⁻⁶ = (2/9)^(2x − 1).

13. If (c / d) = (2/3)⁻² ÷ (6/7)⁰, find the value of (c / d)⁻³.

14. Find the value of x for which (7/12)⁻⁴ × (7/12)³x = (7/12)⁵.

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15. Simplify: [6⁻¹ + (3/2)⁻¹]⁻¹

16. Simplify: (a^x / a^y)^(x + y) × (a^y / a^z)^(y + z) × (a^z / a^x)^(z + x)

17. Evaluate: (0.6)⁰ − (0.1)⁻¹ / (3/8)⁻¹ × (3/2)³ + (−1/3)⁻¹

18. If 5^(2x + 1) ÷ 25 = 125, find the value of x.

19. Express the mass of the Earth (5.97 × 10²⁴ kg) plus the mass of the Moon (7.35 × 10²² kg) in standard form.

20. Find n when 2^n × 2⁶ / 2⁻³ = 2¹⁸.

4. THE STORY OF NUMBERS

1. Write the following generalized forms in normal decimal numbers:

a. 100 × 5 + 10 × 4 + 7
b. 1000 × 2 + 100 × 0 + 10 × 8 + 3

2. Write the two-digit number ab and its reversed form ba. Prove that their sum is always divisible by 11.

3. Prove that the difference between a two-digit number ab and the number obtained by reversing its digits
(ba, where a > b) is always a multiple of 9.

4. Consider a three-digit number abc. Write the numbers formed by shifting digits cyclically (bca and cab).
Show that the sum abc + bca + cab is perfectly divisible by 37.

5. The difference between a 3-digit number and the number obtained by reversing its digits is always
divisible by 99. Prove this property algebraically.

6. Find the values of the letters in the following addition cryptarithm:

3A
+25
-----
B2

7. In the following addition, determine the values of A and B:

AB
+37
-----
6A

8. Solve the cryptarithm for multiplication to find the digits A and B:

AB
×6
-----
BBB

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 9. Find the values of A, B, and C in the following multiplication:
AB
×3
-----
CAB

10. In the cryptarithm:

2AB
+AB1
-----
B18
Find the values of A and B.

11. If a 3-digit number 24x is divisible by 9, find the possible value of the single digit x.

12. If 31z5 is a multiple of 9, where z is a digit, what are the possible values of z?

13. Check the divisibility of 21436587 by 9 using the sum of digits rule.

14. If 24x is a multiple of 3, where x is a digit, find all possible values of x.

15. Check whether the number 108936 is divisible by 11 by calculating the difference between the sum of
digits at odd places and even places.

16. Determine if 901352 is divisible by 11.

17. If the number 756x32 is completely divisible by 4, what are the possible single-digit values for x?

18. Find the digit y for which the number 85y2 is divisible by 6.

5. QUADRILATERALS

1. Find the sum of all interior angles of a convex polygon having:

a. 7 sides
b. 10 sides
c. n sides

2. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular octagon?

3. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose each exterior angle has a measure of 45°.

4. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each of its interior angles is 165°?

5. Find the number of diagonals in a convex hexagon and a convex decagon. State the formula clearly.

6. Three angles of a quadrilateral are 75°, 90°, and 75°. Find the fourth angle.

7. The four angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 2:4:5:7. Find the measure of all four angles.

8. In a parallelogram ABCD, if ∠A = 70°, find the measures of the remaining angles ∠B, ∠C, and ∠D.

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 9. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 3:2. Find the measure of each of the angles of the
parallelogram.

10. The perimeter of a parallelogram is 180 cm. If one side exceeds the other by 10 cm, find the lengths of all
the sides of the parallelogram.

11. In a parallelogram PQRS, the diagonals intersect at O. If OP = 2x + 3 and OR = 11, and OQ = y − 1 and OS =
13, find the values of x and y.

12. ABCD is a rhombus whose diagonals intersect at O. If AC = 16 cm and BD = 12 cm, find the length of the
side of the rhombus.

13. The diagonals of a rectangle ABCD intersect at O. If ∠BOC = 70°, find ∠ODA.

14. In a kite ABCD, AB = AD and CB = CD. If ∠A = 100° and ∠C = 40°, find the measures of ∠B and ∠D.

15. The interior angles of a pentagon are x°, (x+20)°, (x+40)°, (x+60)°, and (x+80)°. Find the value of x.

16. In a trapezium ABCD, AB || DC. If ∠A = 55° and ∠B = 70°, find the measures of ∠C and ∠D.

17. An exterior angle of a parallelogram is 110°. Find the measures of all its interior angles.

18. If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other at right angles, prove or state what type of
quadrilateral it forms. If the diagonals are also equal, what specific shape is it?

19. The ratio of two adjacent sides of a parallelogram is 4:5. If its perimeter is 72 cm, find the side lengths.

20. In an isosceles trapezium, prove that the base angles are equal. If one base angle is 65°, find all other
interior angles.

6. NUMBER PLAY

1. Find the missing terms in the following number sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __, __. State the underlying rule.

2. Identify the pattern and fill in the blanks: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, __, __.

3. Analyze the sequence and find the next term: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, __.

4. Discover the logic in the sequence: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, __.

5. Complete the number pattern: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, __, __ (Triangular numbers).

6. Find the odd one out from the following collection of numbers and justify your choice: 144, 169, 196, 221,
256, 289.

7. In a magic square of size 3 × 3, the sum of numbers in each row, column, and diagonal is 15. If the center
number is 5, construct the square using digits 1 to 9 without repetition.

8. Complete the following number pyramid pattern:

1×8+1=9
12 × 8 + 2 = 98
123 × 8 + 3 = 987
Find the value of 12345 × 8 + 5 using the pattern.

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 9. Observe the following pattern:
11² = 121
101² = 10201
1001² = 1002001
Write down the missing line for 100001².

10. Find the sum of the first 15 consecutive odd natural numbers without actually adding them.

11. Express 81 as the sum of 9 consecutive odd numbers.

12. If a number sequence follows the rule T_n = 2n² − 1, find the 5th and 10th terms of the sequence.

13. Form a 3-digit number using three consecutive digits such that it is always a multiple of 3. Prove this rule
mathematically.

14. A number consists of two digits whose sum is 9. If 27 is subtracted from the number, its digits are
reversed. Find the number.

15. The units digit of a two-digit number is three times the tens digit. If the sum of the digits is 8, find the
number.

16. Think of a number, multiply it by 4, add 12 to the result, divide the whole expression by 4, and subtract the
original number. Show that the answer is always 3 regardless of the starting number.

17. Determine the next two terms in the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, __, __.

18. Write down the next row of Pascal's Triangle up to row 5, starting from row 0 (1), row 1 (1, 1), row 2 (1, 2,
1).

7. OPERATIONS ON ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

1. Add the following algebraic expressions: 3x² − 5x + 7, 2x² + 8x − 11, and −5x² − x + 4.

2. Add: 7xy + 5yz − 3zx, 4yz + 9zx − 4y, and −3xz + 5x − 2xy.

3. Subtract 3a²b − 4ab² + 5ab − 7 from 8a²b + 2ab² − 3ab + 10.

4. Subtract 4p²q − 3pq + 5pq² − 8p + 7q − 10 from 18 − 3p − 11q + 5pq − 2pq² + 5p²q.

5. Multiply the monomials: (−4p), (7pq), and (−2p²q²).

6. Find the product of the binomials: (2x + 5) and (4x − 3).

7. Multiply: (x − 4) and (2x² + 3x − 5).

8. Simplify: (a + b)(c − d) + (a − b)(c + d) + 2(ac + bd).

9. Using the identity (a + b)² = a² + 2ab + b², evaluate:

a. 103²
b. 205²

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10. Using the identity (a − b)² = a² − 2ab + b², evaluate:
a. 99²
b. 198²

11. Evaluate using the identity (a + b)(a − b) = a² − b²:

a. 51 × 49
b. 103 × 97

12. Use the identity (x + a)(x + b) = x² + (a + b)x + ab to evaluate 103 × 104.

13. If x + (1/x) = 5, find the value of:

a. x² + (1/x²)
b. x⁴ + (1/x⁴)

14. If x − (1/x) = 7, find the value of x² + (1/x²).

15. Simplify the following expression: (2x + 5y)² − (2x − 5y)².

16. Show that (3x + 7)² − 84x = (3x − 7)².

17. Divide (24x²yz + 16xy²z + 8xyz²) by 8xyz.

18. Divide the polynomial x² + 7x + 10 by the binomial (x + 5).

19. Divide 6x³ − 19x² + 16x − 4 by (2x − 3) using polynomial long division. Find the quotient and remainder.

20. Factorize the following expressions completely:

a. a² + 8a + 16
b. 4y² − 12y + 9
c. 49p² − 36

8. PROPORTIONAL REASONING (RATIO AND PROPORTION)

1. Find the ratio of 5 m to 10 km. Express it in the simplest fraction form.

2. A computer lab has 3 computers for every 6 students. How many computers will be needed for 24
students?

3. If x and y vary directly, and x = 15 when y = 60, find the value of x when y = 160.

4. A machine in a soft drink factory fills 840 bottles in 6 hours. How many bottles will it fill in 5 hours?

5. A photograph of a bacteria enlarged 50,000 times attains a length of 5 cm. What is the actual length of the
bacteria? If the photograph is enlarged 20,000 times only, what would be its enlarged length?

6. In a model of a ship, the mast is 9 cm high, while the mast of the actual ship is 12 m high. If the length of
the actual ship is 28 m, how long is the model ship?

7. If x and y vary inversely, and x = 20 when y = 600, find the value of y when x = 400.

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 8. A factory requires 42 machines to produce a given number of articles in 56 days. How many machines
would be required to produce the same number of articles in 48 days?

9. A car takes 2 hours to reach a destination by travelling at the speed of 60 km/h. How long will it take when
the car travels at the speed of 80 km/h?

10. A school has 8 periods a day each of 45 minutes duration. How long would each period be, if the school
has 9 periods a day, assuming the number of school hours to be the same?

11. If 15 men can build a wall in 48 hours, how many men will be required to do the same work in 30 hours?

12. A camp has provisions for 120 people for 20 days. If 30 more people join the camp, how long will the
provisions last?

13. The scale of a map is given as 1:30,000,000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. Find the actual
distance between them in kilometers.

14. A train travels 75 km in 1 hour. How far will it travel in 20 minutes at the same speed? Also find the time
required to cover 250 km.

15. If the weight of 12 sheets of thick paper is 40 grams, how many sheets of the same paper would weigh 2.5
kilograms?

16. An agent gets a commission of ₹560 for selling goods worth ₹14,000. Find the commission he will get for
selling goods worth ₹35,000.

17. If x and y are in direct proportion, complete the missing cells in the following table:

x 3 5 8 11

y 9 __ __ __

18. If x and y are in inverse proportion, complete the missing cells in the following table:

x 4 8 16 32

y 80 __ __ __

19. A vendor sells 5 apples for ₹60. What will be the cost of 3 dozen apples?

20. If abc work satisfies joint variation principles where work done W varies directly with number of men M and
hours worked H, formulate the ratio equation when W_1 = 50, M_1 = 10, H_1 = 5 to find W_2 if M_2 = 20
and H_2 = 6.

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