Mathematics Sample Questions
Section A (Multiple Choice Questions)
1. The price of one notebook is ₹15. The price of 8 such notebooks is _______.
a) ₹120 b) ₹150 c) ₹180 d) ₹200
2. Convert 250 cm into meters.
a) 2.5 m b) 0.25 m c) 25 m d) 2500 m
3. A car travels 96 km using 8 liters of fuel. How much distance does it cover in 1 liter?
a) 12 km b) 9 km c) 15 km d) 10 km
4. Which of the following fractions is between 3/5 and 4/7?
a) 17/30 b) 5/9 c) 11/20 d) 7/12
5. Arrange the numbers 5/9, 7/12, and 3/4 in descending order.
a) 3/4, 7/12, 5/9 b) 7/12, 5/9, 3/4 c) 5/9, 3/4, 7/12 d) 3/4, 5/9, 7/12
6. Which of the following is in standard form?
a) -4/12 b) 7/21 c) -3/9 d) -11/17
7. The sum of two rational numbers is always a ________.
a) Natural number b) Whole number c) Rational number d) None of these
8. What is the value of 2^5 ÷ 2^3?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16
9. Which of the following is the multiplicative inverse of -5/6?
a) 5/6 b) -6/5 c) 6/5 d) -5/6
10. If two triangles are congruent by SAS rule, which of the following is true?
a) Two sides and included angle are equal b) Two angles and a side are equal c) All sides
are equal d) Only one angle is equal
11. The value of (3/4) × (8/9) is:
a) 2/3 b) 3/2 c) 8/9 d) 1
12. A square has a perimeter of 20 cm. What is its side length?
a) 4 cm b) 5 cm c) 6 cm d) 10 cm
13. A triangle has angles measuring 50° and 60°. What is the measure of the third angle?
a) 30° b) 70° c) 80° d) 90°
14. If a × b = 0, then one of the numbers must be:
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) Any number
Assertion & Reasoning
15. Assertion: If two triangles have two sides and the included angle equal, they are
congruent.
Reason: The SAS (Side-Angle-Side) rule states that if two sides and the included angle of one
triangle are equal to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, the triangles are
congruent.
a) Both A and R are true, and R explains A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true.
Section B (Descriptive Questions - 2 Marks)
16. A wooden plank is 6 3/4 feet long. How many planks of 2 1/4 feet can be cut from it?
17. A baker made 8.5 kg of muffins. If he sold 3.75 kg of chocolate muffins and 2.25 kg of
vanilla muffins, how much of the muffins are left?
18. If 5^x = 125, find the value of x.
19. The weight of 8 apples is 2.4 kg. Find the weight of one apple.
20. A shopkeeper had ₹5000. He spent 1/5 on fruits and 1/4 of the remainder on
vegetables. How much money is left?
OR: A bag contains 45 marbles, 1/3 of which are blue. How many blue marbles are there?
Section C (Descriptive Questions - 3 Marks)
21. A water tank contains 200 3/5 L of water. If it leaks 2/5 L every 4 hours, how much
water will remain after 3 days?
22. The atomic masses of elements are:
- Iron: 5.585 × 10^-23
- Copper: 2.108 × 10^-22
- Lead: 3.450 × 10^-22
- Aluminium: 1.348 × 10^-23
a) Arrange the elements in order of increasing mass per atom.
b) How much heavier is a lead atom than an aluminium atom?
23. In △PQR, PR = PQ and PS is the altitude. Prove that PS bisects QR.
24. A farmer has ₹1200. He spends 1/3 of it on seeds and 1/4 of the remainder on
fertilizers. How much money is left with him?
OR: A store has a 30% discount on items. If a jacket originally costs ₹2000, what is the final
price after the discount?
Section D (Case Study - 4 Marks)
25. Mrs. Sharma makes 200 cupcakes for a school event. She uses 5.2 kg of flour, 2.8 kg of
sugar, and 1.6 kg of butter. The total cost of ingredients is ₹600. If she buys cupcakes from a
bakery, the cost is ₹12 per cupcake.
a) Find the total weight of ingredients used.
b) Find the cost of making each cupcake at home.
c) If she wants to make 400 cupcakes, how much of each ingredient will she need?