MOUNT LITERA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE: VIII QUESTION BANK MATHS

1. Add the following rational numbers.

−5 3 −8 −4
(i) and (ii) and
7 7 11 11
2. Verify commutativity of addition of rational numbers for each of the
following pairs of rational numbers.
−11 4 −3 −2 −3
(i) and (ii) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (iii) 4 and
5 7 5 −15 5
3. Subtract the first rational number from the second in each of the following:
35 −2 −9 1 −3 −6 −13
(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) ,
88 11 11 4 8 7 14
𝑝
4. Simplify each of the following and write as a rational number of the form
𝑞
3 5 −7 −11 7 −5 −9 22 13
(i) + + (ii) + + (iii) + +
4 6 8 2 6 8 10 5 −20
5. Multiply:
7 5 −2 5 9 36 −3 −4
(i) 𝑏𝑦 (ii) 𝑏𝑦 (iii) 𝑏𝑦 (iv) 𝑏𝑦
11 4 9 11 −7 −11 5 7

6. Verify the property : 𝑥 × 𝑦 = 𝑦 × 𝑥 by taking:

−1 2 7
(i) 𝑥 = ,𝑦 = (ii) 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 =
3 7 −8
1 −3 9 7 63 −3 −3
7. Divide: (i) 1 by (ii) 𝑏𝑦 (iii) 𝑏𝑦 (iv) by −6 (v)−4 by
2 4 −16 −4 64 4 5
65 12
8. Divide the sum of 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒
12 7
9. The sum of two rational numbers is −[Link] one of the numbers is
−5
, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 number
4
3 −6 77
[Link] multiplicative identity of [( + ( )) × ] ÷ 9 is
7 11 3
[Link] the terms, their coefficients for each of the following expressions:
𝑎 𝑏
(i) 7𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧 − 5𝑥𝑦 (ii)3𝑥 2 𝑦 2 − 5𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑧 2 + 𝑧 2 (iii) + − 𝑎𝑏
2 2
12. Add the following algebraic expressions:
(i) 3𝑎2 𝑏, −4𝑎2 𝑏, 9𝑎2 𝑏
(ii) 4𝑥𝑦 2 − 7𝑥 2 𝑦,12𝑥 2 𝑦 − 6𝑥𝑦 2 , −3𝑥 2 𝑦+5𝑥𝑦 2
11 12 13 −11 12 13
(iii) 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 + 𝑥, 𝑦 − 𝑥 − 𝑥𝑦
2 5 7 2 5 7
2 3
13. Find the product of 5𝑥 × 4𝑥
14. Find the product of 2𝑎3 (3𝑎 + 5𝑏)
15. Multiply (5𝑥 + 3) 𝑏𝑦 (7𝑥 + 2)
16. Write the following squares of binomials as trinomials:
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𝑥2 1 3𝑎 5𝑏 2
(i)(𝑥 + 2)2 (ii)(2𝑚 + 1)2 (iii)(𝑥 + ) (iv)(3𝑥 − 3𝑥)2 (v)( 2 − )
2 4
2𝑎 2𝑏 2
(vi) ( + )
3𝑏 3𝑎
[Link] the following products:
(i) (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 7) (ii) (𝑥 + 7)(𝑥 − 5) (iii)(𝑦 2 − 4)(𝑦 2 − 3)
(iv) (3𝑥 + 5)(3𝑥 + 11) (v) (𝑧 2 + 2)(𝑧 2 − 3)
3 4
(vi) (3𝑥 2 − 4𝑥𝑦)(3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑦) (vii)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦) ( 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑥 2 )
4 3
2 2 2 2 1
(viii)(𝑦 + 12)(𝑦 + 6) (ix)(𝑝 + 16)(𝑝 − )
4
3 2 2 2
18. Multiply 6𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑥 𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑥 + 𝑦 .
1 1
19. Subtract the product of (2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) and (2𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 ) from the
400 400
1 1
product of (3𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 ) and
(3𝑥 + 400 𝑦 2 )
2
400
20. What should be added to the product of (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 𝑎𝑏) and
(𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 + 𝑎𝑏) to get𝑎2 𝑏 2 + 2𝑎𝑏 3 ?
21. Define the following terms:
(i) Observations (ii) Frequency of an observation
(iii)Discrete frequency distribution (iv) class interval
(v) class limits
22. The marks obtained by 40 students of class VIII in an examination are
given below:
16,17,18,3,7,23,18,13,10,21,7,1,13,21,13,15,19,24,16,3,23,5,12,18,8,12,6,8,
16,5,3,5,0,7,9,12,20,10,2,23
Divide the data into five groups, namely 0-5,5-10,10-15,15-20 and 20-25
and prepare a grouped frequency table.
23. A flooring tile has the shape of a parallelogram whose base is 24cm
and the corresponding height is 10 cm. How many such tiles are required to
cover a floor of area 1080𝑚2 ?
24. The length and breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio
3: 2 . 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 3456𝑚2, find the cost of fencing the field
at 3.50 per metre.