Class 8 – Mathematics Practice Paper
Topic: Rational Numbers
Time: 1 Hour Marks: 40
Section A – Very Short Answer (1 mark each)
1. Define a rational number with an example.
2. Is √4 a rational number? Why?
3. Write the additive inverse of 7/9.
4. Express -0.25 as a rational number in simplest form.
Section B – Operations on Rational Numbers (2 marks each)
5. Add: 3/5 + (-7/10)
6. Subtract: 8/9 - 5/6
7. Multiply: (-3/4) × (8/9)
8. Divide: 7/8 ÷ (-14/16)
9. Add: (-2/3) + (5/12)
10. Subtract: (-7/8) - (-3/16)
Section C – Mixed Operations (3 marks each)
11. Simplify: 3/5 + (-7/10) + 4/15
12. Multiply: (-5/6) × (9/10) × (-2/3)
13. Divide: (7/9) ÷ (14/27)
14. Add and Subtract: (-3/7) + (5/14) - (2/21)
15. Simplify: (4/5) ÷ (-8/15) + (2/3)
Section D – Word Problems (4 marks each)
16. A car travels 7/2 km in one hour. How much distance will it cover in 5/4 hours?
17. The sum of two rational numbers is 5/6. If one of them is 2/3, find the other.
18. Represent the following rational numbers on a number line: -3/4, 1/2, 5/4.
19. A rope is 15/4 meters long. It is cut into pieces of length 3/8 meters each. How
many pieces are obtained?
20. The product of two rational numbers is -3/10. If one of them is 1/5, find the
other.