MOUNT LITERA ZEE SCHOOL, ARA

Half Yearly Examination

2023-24
Grade: VIII
Maximum Marks: 80
Subject: Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 Hours

General Instructions:
 This question paper has 5 Sections A-E.
 Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
 Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
 Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
 Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
 Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each)
with sub – parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
 All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks,
2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Qs of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice
has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.

Draw neat figures wherever required. Take wherever required if not

stated.


 Time allowed for writing the paper is inclusive of the reading time.

Section A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

[1
1. If , find the value if .
]
(a)3 (b)5 (c)4 (d)6

[1
2.
What is the sum of and its multiplicative inverse? ]
(a)0.2 (b)5.2 (c)1 (d)0.4

3. In the first quarter of the year, the company had [1

total sales of ₹5,00,000. The pie chart below ]
represents the sales distribution for different
items. How much revenue, in rupee, was
generated from the sale of food?

(a) ₹2,40,000 (b)₹1,20,000 (c) ₹24,000 (d)₹12,000

4. In which regular polygon is the measure of interior angle equal to the [1

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 measure of the exterior angle? ]
(a)Regular hexagon (b)Regular quadrilateral
(c)Regular octagon (d)Regular decagon

5. What is the sum of the first 5 positive perfect cubes? [1

]
(a)64 (b)125 (c)225 (d)320

6. Which of the following is equal to ? [1

]
(a)234 + 235 (b)264 + 265 (c)254 + 255 (d)274 + 275

7. One of the angles of a parallelogram is 87°. What the measure of the [1

angle opposite to the given angle? ]
(a) 93 ° (b)83 ° (c) 87 ° (d)78 °

8. The selling price of a smartphone is five-sixths of its marked price. Find [1

the discount percent. ]
(a)5.67% (b)15.67% (c)6% (d)16.67%

9. How many perfect squares are less than 500 and end with 4? [1
]
(a)4 (b)5 (c)6 (d)7

10. Which of the following is the cube root of 357911? [1

]
(a)71 (b)89 (c)91 (d)81

11. What is the key difference between simple interest and compound [1
interest? ]
(a)Simple interest charges interest on the original principal, while
compound interest charges interest on the total amount at the end
of each period.
(b)Simple interest charges interest on the total amount at the end of
each period, while compound interest charges interest on the
original principal.
(c)Simple interest changes every year, while compound interest
remains the same each year.
(d)Simple interest and compound interest are identical concepts with
no differences.

12. A coin is tossed twice. What is the probability that it shows a different [1
outcome each time? ]
(d)0
(a) (b) (c)

13. Which of the following equations has no solution? [1

]
(a) (b)

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 (c) (d)

14. A laptop is marked 40% above its cost price. If a discount of 20% is [1
given on the laptop, find the profit percentage or loss percentage made ]
on selling the laptop.
(a)Profit of 12% (b)Loss of 12%
(c)Profit of 8% (d)Loss of 8%

15. If √3 50653=37 , then find the value of ( 3.7 )3 . [1

]
(a)5065.3 (b)506.53 (c)50.653 (d)5.0653

16. Find a single discount equivalent to two successive discounts of 25% [1

and 15%. ]
(a)35% (b)36.25% (c)37.5% (d)40%

17. Which of the following is an example of commutative property of [1

rational number under addition? ]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

18. What is the square root of smallest 4-digit perfect square? [1

]
(a)29 (b)31 (c)100 (d)32

DIRECTION: In the question 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option.
19. Statement A (Assertion): Measure of each exterior angle of regular [1
octagon is 45 ° . ]
Statement R (Reason): Exterior angles of a regular polygon are always
obtuse.
(a)Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of assertion (A)
(b)Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c)Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false
(d)Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true

20. Statement A (Assertion): When rolling a fair six-sided die, the [1

]
probability of rolling an even number is .
1

Statement R (Reason): There are three even numbers (2, 4 and 6) out
2

of six possible outcomes, making the probability .

1
2

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 (a)Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of assertion (A)
(b)Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c)Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false
(d)Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true

Section B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. In the parallelogram KING the diagonals KN and IG intersect at Q. If [2

QG = 6.5 cm and QN = 9 cm, find KN and IG. ]

22. A luxury wristwatch is marked at ₹725 and is sold at a discount of 15%. [2

Find the selling price after the discount. ]

23. 15 out 60 mangoes in a basket are rotten. If a mango is selected at [2

random from this basket, find the probability that the mango is: ]
(i) rotten
(ii) not rotten

24. Find a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is 12. [2

]
OR
Find the square root of 4.41 using long division method.

25. Find the units digit in the cube of the following numbers. [2
]
(i) 5367 (ii) 9124
OR
Express 4 as the sum of 4 consecutive odd numbers
3

Section C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. The adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 2 : 7, find the [3
measure of each of the angles of the parallelogram. ]

27. [3
Simplify and solve:
]

28. The price of a shampoo bottle is ₹80, and the price of a comb is ₹60. [3
Find the total amount to be paid to purchase these two items if a 15% ]
sales tax is to be added to the price of these items.
OR
Lisa borrowed ₹50000 at 12% per annum compounded annually for 3
years. Find the amount due and compound interest at the end of the
period.

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29. [3
Calculate the value of . ]

30. The pie chart shows the data on the favorite sports [3
of a group of 144 students. Study the pie chart and ]
answer the following questions.
(i) What fraction of the students like Football the
most?
(ii) How many students like Hockey the most?
(iii) What is the difference between the number of
students whose favorite sport is Cricket and
the number of students whose favorite sport is
Basketball?
OR
In a jar, there are 10 different flavors of candy, each labeled with a
number from 1 to 10. With your eyes closed, you pick one candy from
the jar. What is the probability of:
(i) selecting a candy labeled as number 7?
(ii) selecting a candy labeled with a number less than 6?
(iii) selecting a candy labeled with a 1-digit number?

31. Find the cube root of 262144 using prime factorization method [3
]

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 Section D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
32. The adjacent figure PQRS is a parallelogram. [5
Find the angle measures x , y and z . State the ]
properties you use to find them.

OR
The diagonals of a square are 2 x+ 4 ) cm and ( 5 x−3 ) cm. Find the
measure of its side.
(

33. A company is designing a square logo with an area of 625 . If they [5

want to add a border around the logo such that the total area of the ]
logo and the border is 900 , what will be the area of the border, and
what will be the width of the border?

34. The population of a city increased at the rate of 2% p.a. between the [5
years 2000 and 2002. If the population in the year 2002 was 41616. ]
Find the population of the town in the year 2000.
OR
Krishna borrowed ₹25,000 at 10% per annum compounded annually for 2
years. Ram borrowed ₹25,000 at 10% per annum compounded quarterly
for 2 years. Who pays more interest, and by how much?

35. Find the smallest natural number that 27436 should be multiplied by [5
such that the product obtained is a perfect cube. Also, find the cube ]
root of the product obtained

Section E
Case study based questions are compulsory

36. A stationery shop is having a back-to-school sale on school supplies.

(i) What is the formula to calculate discount percentage? [1

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 ]
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(ii) During the sale, the shop is offering a 15% discount on all school [1
bags. If the original price of a school bag is ₹800, find the ]
discount amount?

(iii) During the clearance sale, the shop is offering a flat 30% [2
discount on all pens. If Akshay purchases 5 pens at ₹20 each, ]
how much will he pay after availing discounts?
OR
The shop also sells stationery sets for ₹300 each. The
government imposes a 12.5% tax on stationery items. What will
be the total cost (including tax) of two stationery sets that Ravi
purchases?

37. In a classroom, there are 80 students, and they prefer three different
subjects: Math, Science, and History. The ratio of students who prefer
Science to those who prefer Math is 2 : 3. If you randomly select a
student from the classroom, the probability of picking a student who
prefers History is .
3

(i) How many students prefer History? [1

8

(ii) How many students prefer Math and Science? [1

]

(iii) What is the probability of picking a student who prefers Science? [2

]
OR
What is the probability of picking a student who prefers Math?

38. Rohan is participating in a mathematics fair and wants to showcase the

concept of cubes and cube roots. He plans to build a cubical box for his
project, but he currently has a cuboidal box with length 9 cm, 3 cm,
and 9 cm. Now he wants to convert this cuboidal box into a cube so
that he can use it for his project. To achieve this, he needs additional
cuboids to make his project in the form of a cube.

(i) What is the volume of the original cuboidal box? [1

]

(ii) How many cuboids does Rohan need to make a perfect cube? [2
]
OR
How can we change cuboid into cube?

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(iii) If Rohan arranges the cuboids in the form of a cube, what will be [1
the volume of cube? ]

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