Maths Class VIII Question Bank For Sa II 2016 17 PDF
Maths Class VIII Question Bank For Sa II 2016 17 PDF
Maths Class VIII Question Bank For Sa II 2016 17 PDF
QUESTION BANK
for
Summative Assessment -II
CLASS – VIII
2016 – 17
Prepared by
M. S. KUMARSWAMY, TGT(MATHS)
M. Sc. Gold Medallist (Elect.), B. Ed.
M. S. KUMARSWAMY
2. A map is given with a scale of 2 cm = 1000 km. What is the actual distance between the two
places in kms, if the distance in the map is 2.5 cm?
a) 1250 km b) 1500 km c) 2500 km d) none of these
4. The car that I own can go 150 km with 25 litres of petrol. How far can it go with 30 litres of
petrol?
a) 125 km b) 150 km c) 250 km d) none of these
6. A picnic is being planned in a school for CLASS VIII. Girls are 60% of the total number of
students and are 18 in number. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in the class
is
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) none of these
7. Find the ratio of Speed of a cycle 15 km per hour to the speed of scooter 30 km per hour.
a) 2 : 1 b) 1 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) none of these
10. 72% of 25 students are good in hindi, how many are not good in hindi?
a) 16 b) 14 c) 18 d) 7
11. In a computer lab, there are 3 computers for every 6 students. How many computers will be
needed for 24 students?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) none of these
12. Out of 32 students, 8 are absent. What percent of the students are present?
a) 75% b) 64% c) 60% d) none of these
13. There are 25 radios, 16 of them are out of order. What percent of radios are out of order?
a) 75% b) 64% c) 60% d) none of these
14. A shop has 500 parts, out of which 5 are defective. What percent are not defective?
a) 75% b) 99% c) 90% d) none of these
15. There are 120 voters, 90 of them voted yes. What percent voted yes?
a) 75% b) 99% c) 90% d) none of these
2. 8% children of a class of 25 like getting wet in the rain. How many children do not like getting
wet in the rain.
a) 20 b) 22 c) 23 d) none of these
3. Rahul bought a sweater and saved Rs 20 when a discount of 25% was given. What was the price
of the sweater before the discount?
a) Rs 30 b) Rs 40 c) Rs 60 d) Rs 80
4. Out of 15,000 voters in a constituency, 60% voted. Find the number of voters who did not vote.
a) 9000 b) 6000 c) 3000 d) none of these
5. Meeta saves Rs 400 from her salary. If this is 10% of her salary. What is her salary?
a) 4000 b) 6000 c) 3000 d) none of these
6. A local cricket team played 20 matches in one season. It won 25% of them. How many matches
did they lose?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) none of these
7. A school team won 6 games this year against 4 games won last year. What is the per cent
increase?
a) 75% b) 50% c) 60% d) none of these
8. The number of illiterate persons in a country decreased from 150 lakhs to 100 lakhs in 10 years.
What is the percentage of decrease?
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a) 30% b) 50% c) 33 % d) none of these
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9. Cost of an item is Rs 50. It was sold with a profit of 12%. Find the selling price.
a) Rs 56 b) Rs 60 c) Rs 70 d) none of these
10. How much will an item cost if 10% discount is given on the marked price Rs 100
a) 90 b) 110 c) 95 d) 85
11. A football team won 10 matches out of the total number of matches they played. If their win
percentage was 40, then how many matches did they play in all?
a) 10 b) 25 c) 40 d) none of these
12. If Chameli had Rs 600 left after spending 75% of her money, how much did she have in the
beginning?
a) Rs 3000 b) Rs 2400 c) Rs 2600 d) Rs 2800
2. The price of a scooter was Rs 34,000 last year. It has decreased by 5% this year. What is the
price now?
a) Rs 40800 b) Rs 32300 c) Rs 40000 d) none of these
3. Mohit bought a CD for Rs. 750 and sold it Rs. 875. Find his gain or loss percent.
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a) 5% b) 16% c) 6% d) 16 %
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4. Rahul purchased a table for Rs. Rs. 1260 and due to some scratches on its top he had to sell it for
Rs. 1197. Find his loss or gain percent.
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a) 5% b) 4% c) 6% d) 16 %
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5. Raghu bought an almirah for Rs. 6250 and spent Rs. 375 on its repairs. Then he sold it for Rs.
Rs. 6890. Find his gain or loss percent.
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a) 5% b) 4% c) 6% d) 16 %
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6. A vendor bought oranges at Rs. 20 for Rs. 56 and sold them at Rs. 35 per dozen. Find his gain or
loss percent.
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a) 5% b) 4 % c) 6% d) 16 %
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7. The cost of a flower vase is Rs 120. If the shopkeeper sells it at a loss of 10%, find the price at
which it is sold.
a) Rs 108 b) Rs 450 c) Rs 160 d) none of these
8. Selling price of a toy car is Rs 540. If the profit made by shopkeeper is 20%, what is the cost
price of this toy?
a) Rs 108 b) Rs 450 c) Rs 160 d) none of these
9. The marked price of a ceiling fan is Rs. 1250 and the shopkeeper allows a discount of 6% on it.
Find the selling price of the fan.
a) Rs 1180 b) Rs 1175 c) Rs 1160 d) none of these
10. A trader marks his goods at 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25%. What is his
gain?
a) Rs 118 b) Rs 175 c) Rs 105 d) none of these
11. A dealer purchased a washing for Rs. 7660. He allows a discount of 12% on its marked price and
still gains 10%. Find the marked price of the machine.
a) Rs 9800 b) Rs 9675 c) Rs 9575 d) none of these
12. On selling a fan for Rs. 810. Sunil gains 8%. For how much did he purchase it?
a) Rs 780 b) Rs 750 c) Rs 760 d) none of these
1. On selling a table for Rs. 987. Ramesh loses 6%. For how much did he purchase it?
a) Rs 1500 b) Rs 105 c) Rs 1050 d) none of these
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2. Rashmi buys a calculator for Rs. 720 and sells it at a loss of 6 %. For how much does she sell
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it?
a) Rs 700 b) Rs 650 c) Rs 672 d) none of these
3. The boys and girls in a school are in the ratio of 8 : 5. If the number of girls is 160, what is the
total strength of the school?
a) 250 b) 260 c) 356 d) 416
4. The simple interest on Rs. 5000 for 219 days at 4% per annum is
a) Rs 126.50 b) Rs 120 c) Rs 125 d) Rs. 43.80
5. Find the simple interest on Rs. 2500 for 2 years 6 months at 6% per annum.
a) Rs 350 b) Rs 375 c) Rs 750 d) none of these
6. What sum will amount to Rs. 4590 at 12% per annum simple interest in 3 years?
a) Rs 3500 b) Rs 3375 c) Rs 3750 d) none of these
7. In what time will Rs. 1860 amount to Rs. 2278.50, if simple interest is calculated at 9% per
annum?
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a) 2 years b) 2 years c) 3 years d) 4 years
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8. At what rate percent per annum will Rs. 1650 amount to Rs. 2046 in 3 years?
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a) 8% b) 4% c) 6% d) 16 %
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9. Simple interest on a certain sum is of the sum. Find the rate percent and the time if both are
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numerically equal.
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a) 6 years b) 2 years c) 8 years d) 4 years
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10. At what rate percent per annum simple interest will a sum treble itself in 16 years?
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a) 12% b) 12.5% c) 15% d) 16 %
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11. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 696 in 2 years and Rs. 840 in 5 years. The sum
is
a) Rs 500 b) Rs 600 c) Rs 560 d) Rs. 620
13. A sum amounts to Rs. 3720 in 8 months at 5% per annum simple interest. The sum is
a) Rs 3500 b) Rs 3600 c) Rs 3560 d) Rs. 3620
14. At what rate percent per annum simple interest will a sum be double itself in 8 years?
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a) 15% b) 14% c) 16% d) 12 %
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15. At simple interest a sum becomes of itself in 5 years. The rate of interest percent per annum is
a) 8% b) 5% c) 10% d) 12%
1. What amount Heena has to pay at the end of 2 years on a sum of Rs 20,000 at an interest of 8%
compounded annually?
a) Rs 23328 b) Rs 23000 c) Rs 23350 d) Rs 23450
2. What will be the bill amount if the cost of a toy is Rs 450 and the sales tax charge is 5%?
a) Rs 472.5 b) Rs 437.5 c) Rs 460 d) Rs 455
3. The compounded interest on Rs. 50,000 at 8% per annum for 2 years, compounded annually is
a) Rs 8000 b) Rs 8250 c) Rs 8350 d) Rs 8640
4. At what rate percent per annum will a sum of Rs. 7500 amount to Rs. 8427 in 2 years
compounded annually?
a) 5% b) 4% c) 6% d) 8%
5. The compounded interest on Rs. 30000 at 7% per annum for a certain time is Rs. 4347. The time
is
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a) 2 years b) 2 years c) 3 years d) 4 years
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6. The principal that amounts to Rs. 4913 in 3 years at 6 % per annum compound interest,
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compounded annually is
a) Rs 3096 b) Rs 4076 c) Rs 4085 d) Rs 4096
7. If the simple interest on a sum of money at 5% per annum for 3 years is Rs. 1200, then the
compound interest on the same sum for he same period at the same rate will be
a) Rs 1225 b) Rs 1236 c) Rs 1248 d) Rs 1261
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8. If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years at 12 % per annum is Rs. 510, the simple interest
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on the same sum at the same rate for same period of time is
a) Rs 400 b) Rs 450 c) Rs 460 d) Rs 480
9. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum of Rs. 15000 for 2 years
is Rs. 96. What is the rate of interest percent per annum?
a) 10% b) 12% c) 6% d) 8%
10. The compounded interest on Rs. 8,000 at 5% per annum for 3 years, compounded annually is
a) Rs 1225 b) Rs 1236 c) Rs 1248 d) Rs 1261
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11. The compounded interest on Rs. 6400 at 7 % per annum for 2 years, compounded annually is
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a) Rs 7096 b) Rs 7396 c) Rs 7000 d) none of these
12. In what time will be Rs. 1000 amount to Rs. 1331 at 10% per annum compounded annually?
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a) 2 years b) 2 years c) 3 years d) 4 years
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2. A map is given with a scale of 2 cm = 1000 km. What is the actual distance between the two
places in kms, if the distance in the map is 2.5 cm?
4. The car that I own can go 150 km with 25 litres of petrol. How far can it go with 30 litres of
petrol?
5. In a computer lab, there are 3 computers for every 6 students. How many computers will be
needed for 24 students?
6. Mala has a collection of bangles. She has 20 gold bangles and 10 silver bangles. What is the
percentage of bangles of each type? Put it in the tabular form?
8. Convert the given decimals to per cents: (a) 0.75 (b) 0.09 (c) 0.2
9. Out of 32 students, 8 are absent. What percent of the students are absent?
10. There are 25 radios, 16 of them are out of order. What percent of radios are out of order?
11. A shop has 500 parts, out of which 5 are defective. What percent are defective?
12. There are 120 voters, 90 of them voted yes. What percent voted yes?
13. If 65% of students in a class have a bicycle, what percent of the student do not have bicycles?
14. We have a basket full of apples, oranges and mangoes. If 50% are apples, 30% are oranges, then
what percent are mangoes?
15. A survey of 40 children showed that 25% liked playing football. How many children liked
playing football?
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16. Find: (a) 50% of 164 (b) 75% of 12 (c) 12 % of 64
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17. 8% children of a class of 25 like getting wet in the rain. How many children like getting wet in
the rain.
18. Rahul bought a sweater and saved Rs 20 when a discount of 25% was given. What was the price
of the sweater before the discount?
22. If Rs 250 is to be divided amongst Ravi, Raju and Roy, so that Ravi gets two parts, Raju three
parts and Roy five parts. How much money will each get? What will it be in percentages?
23. Divide 15 sweets between Manu and Sonu so that they get 20 % and 80 % of them respectively.
24. If angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Find the value of each angle.
25. A school team won 6 games this year against 4 games won last year. What is the per cent
increase?
26. The number of illiterate persons in a country decreased from 150 lakhs to 100 lakhs in 10 years.
What is the percentage of decrease?
27. Find Percentage of increase or decrease: – Price of shirt decreased from Rs 80 to Rs 60. – Marks
in a test increased from 20 to 30.
28. My mother says, in her childhood petrol was Re 1 a litre. It is Rs 52 per litre today. By what
Percentage has the price gone up?
29. The cost of a flower vase is Rs 120. If the shopkeeper sells it at a loss of 10%, find the price at
which it is sold.
30. Selling price of a toy car is Rs 540. If the profit made by shopkeeper is 20%, what is the cost
price of this toy?
31. A shopkeeper bought a chair for Rs 375 and sold it for Rs 400. Find the gain Percentage.
32. Cost of an item is Rs 50. It was sold with a profit of 12%. Find the selling price.
33. An article was sold for Rs 250 with a profit of 5%. What was its cost price?
34. An item was sold for Rs 540 at a loss of 5%. What was its cost price?
35. Anita takes a loan of Rs 5,000 at 15% per year as rate of interest. Find the interest she has to pay
at end of one year.
36. Rs 10,000 is invested at 5% interest rate p.a. Find the interest at the end of one year.
37. Rs 3,500 is given at 7% p.a. rate of interest. Find the interest which will be received at the end of
two years.
38. Rs 6,050 is borrowed at 6.5% rate of interest p.a.. Find the interest and the amount to be paid at
the end of 3 years.
39. Rs 7,000 is borrowed at 3.5% rate of interest p.a. borrowed for 2 years. Find the amount to be
paid at the end of the second year.
40. If Manohar pays an interest of Rs 750 for 2 years on a sum of Rs 4,500, find the rate of interest.
42. On a certain sum the interest paid after 3 years is Rs 450 at 5% rate of interest per annum. Find
the sum.
43. In what time will Rs. 1860 amount to Rs. 2278.50, if simple interest is calculated at 9% per
annum?
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44. Simple interest on a certain sum is of the sum. Find the rate percent and the time if both are
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numerically equal.
45. In what time will Rs. 1600 amount to Rs. 1768 at 6% per annum simple interest?
46. At what rate percent per annum simple interest will a sum be double itself in 8 years?
47. At what rate percent per annum simple interest will a sum treble itself in 16 years?
48. A sum amounts to Rs. 3720 in 8 months at 5% per annum simple interest. Find the sum.
49. A sum of Rs 10,000 is borrowed at a rate of interest 15% per annum for 2 years. Find the simple
interest on this sum and the amount to be paid at the end of 2 years.
50. A man got a 10% increase in his salary. If his new salary is Rs 1,54,000, find his original salary.
51. A picnic is being planned in a school for Class VII. Girls are 60% of the total number of students
and are 18 in number. The picnic site is 55 km from the school and the transport company is
charging at the rate of Rs 12 per km. The total cost of refreshments will be Rs 4280. Find the
a. ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in the class?
b. cost per head if two teachers are also going with the class?
c. If their first stop is at a place 22 km from the school, what per cent of the total
d. distance of 55 km is this? What per cent of the distance is left to be covered?
52. The price of a scooter was Rs 34,000 last year. It has increased by 20% this year. What is the
price now?
53. An item marked at Rs 840 is sold for Rs 714. What is the discount and discount %? The list price
of a frock is Rs 220.
54. The list price of a frock is Rs 220. A discount of 20% is announced on sales. What is the amount
of discount on it and its sale price.
55. A shop gives 20% discount. What would the sale price of each of these be? (a) A dress marked at
Rs 120 (b) A pair of shoes marked at Rs 750 (c) A bag marked at Rs 250
56. A table marked at Rs 15,000 is available for Rs 14,400. Find the discount given and the discount
per cent.
57. An almirah is sold at Rs 5,225 after allowing a discount of 5%. Find its marked price.
58. Sohan bought a second hand refrigerator for Rs 2,500, then spent Rs 500 on its repairs and sold it
for Rs 3,300. Find his loss or gain per cent.
60. Meenu bought two fans for Rs 1200 each. She sold one at a loss of 5% and the other at a profit of
10%. Find the selling price of each. Also find out the total profit or loss.
61. A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for Rs 10 each. However 5 bulbs were fused and had to be
thrown away. The remaining were sold at Rs 12 each. Find the gain or loss %.
62. A shopkeeper bought two TV sets at Rs 10,000 each. He sold one at a profit 10% and the other at
a loss of 10%. Find whether he made an overall profit or loss.
63. The cost of a pair of roller skates at a shop was Rs 450. The sales tax charged was 5%. Find the
bill amount.
64. Waheeda bought an air cooler for Rs 3300 including a tax of 10%. Find the price of the air cooler
before VAT was added.
65. Find the buying price of each of the following when 5% ST is added on the purchase of (a) A
towel at Rs 50
(b) Two bars of soap at Rs 35 each
(c) 5 kg of flour at Rs 15 per kg
67. Two times a number is a 100% increase in the number. If we take half the number what would be
the decrease in per cent?
68. By what per cent is Rs 2,000 less than Rs 2,400? Is it the same as the per cent by which Rs 2,400
is more than Rs 2,000?
69. A sum of Rs 10,000 is borrowed at a rate of interest 15% per annum for 2 years. Find the simple
interest on this sum and the amount to be paid at the end of 2 years.
70. Find CI on Rs 12600 for 2 years at 10% per annum compounded annually.
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71. What amount is to be repaid on a loan of Rs 12000 for 1 years at 10% per annum compounded
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half yearly.
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72. Find CI paid when a sum of Rs 10,000 is invested for 1 year and 3 months at 8 % per annum
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compounded annually.
73. The population of a city was 20,000 in the year 1997. It increased at the rate of 5% p.a. Find the
population at the end of the year 2000.
74. A machinery worth Rs 10,500 depreciated by 5%. Find its value after one year. Find the
population of a city after 2 years, which is at present 12 lakh, if the rate of increase is 4%
2. A man bought two TV sets for Rs. 42500. He sold one at a loss of 10% and other at a profit of
10%. If the selling price of each TV set is same, find the cost price of each set.
3. A man sold two articles at Rs. 25920 each. These were sold at 8% gain and 4% loss respectively.
Find the gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.
4. A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it
for Rs. 10 more, he would have made profit of 40%. Find the C. P. of the article.
5. Three items are purchased at Rs. 450 each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. At what price
should the other two be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction? What is the gain % on
the transaction?
6. By reducing the SP of an article by Rs. 50, a gain of 5% turns into a loss of 5%. Find the original
SP of the article.
7. A dealer bought two tables for Rs. 3120. He sold one at a loss of 15% and other at a profit of
36%. If the selling price of each TV set is same, find the cost price of each table.
8. Pranshu bought two fans for Rs. 3605. He sold one at a profit of 15% and other at a loss of 9%.
If the selling price of each TV set is same, find the cost price of each fan.
9. Prateeksha bought 16 dozen ball pens and sold them at a loss equal to SP of 8 ball pens. Find her
loss% and SP of 1 dozen ball pens if she purchased these 16 dozen ball pens for Rs. 576.
10. The difference between two selling prices of a shirt at profits of 4% and 5% is Rs. 6. Find CP of
the shirt and the two selling prices of the shirt.
11. Articles are marked at a price which gives a profit of 25%. After allowing a certain discount, the
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profit reduces to 12 %. Find the discount percent.
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12. A cycle merchant allows 25% commission on his advertised price and still makes a profit of
20%. If he gains Rs. 60 over the sale of one cycle, find his advertised price.
13. How much percent more than the CP should a manufacturer mark his goods so that after
allowing a discount of 20% on the marked price, he gains 10%?
14. A trader buys certain items at 32% off the list price and he wants to make a profit of 25% after
allowing a discount of 20%. At what percent above the list price should he mark the items?
15. A dealer of scientific instruments allows 20% discount on the marked price of the instruments
and still makes a profit of 25%. If his gain over the sale of an instrument is Rs. 150, find the
marked price of the instrument.
17. What price should Rajesh mark on a pair of shoes, which costs him Rs. 1200 so as to gain 12%
after allowing a discount of 16%?
18. Aditi allows 4% discount on the marked price of her goods and still earns a profit of 20%. What
is the cost price of a shirt marked at Rs. 850?
19. A shopkeeper offers 10% off-season discount to the customers and still makes a profit of 26%.
What is the cost price for the shopkeeper on a pair of shoes marked at Rs. 1120?
20. Samir bought a shirt for Rs. 336, including 12% VAT and a necktie for Rs. 110 including 10%
VAT. Find the printed price of shirt and necktie together.
21. Amit purchased a motorcycle, having marked price is Rs. 46000 at a discount of 5%. If VAT is
charged at the rate of 10%, find the amount Amit has paid to purchase the motorcycle.
22. Shruti bought a set of cosmetic items for Rs. 345 including 15% VAT and a purse for Rs. 110
including 10% VAT. What percent is the VAT charged on the whole transaction?
23. List price of a washing machine is Rs. 9000. If the dealer allows a discount of 5% on the cash
payment, how much money will a customer pay to the dealer in cash, if the rate of VAT is 10%?
24. Rakesh goes to a departmental store and purchases the following articles:
a. biscuits and bakery products costing Rs. 50, VAT @ 5%.
b. medicine costing Rs. 90, VAT @ 10%.
c. clothes costing Rs. 400, VAT @ 1% and
d. cosmetics costing Rs. 150, VAT @ 10%.
Calculate the total amount to be paid by Rakesh to the store.
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25. Simple interest on a sum of money for 3 years at 6 % per annum is Rs. 2400. What will be the
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compound interest on that sum at the sum at the same rate for the same period?
26. Find the compound interest on Rs. 320000 for one year at the rate of 20% per annum, if the
interest is compounded quarterly.
27. Aditya deposited Rs. 7500 in bank, which pays him 12% interest per annum compounded
quarterly. What is the amount, which he receives after 9 months?
28. Ram singh buys a refrigerator for Rs. 4000 on credit. The rate of interest for the first year is 5%
and of the second year is 15%. How much will it cost him if he pays the amount after two years?
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29. Find the compound interest on Rs. 24000 at 15% per annum for 2 years.
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30. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum of money at
10% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 500. Find the sum when the interest is compounded annually.
32. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum of money at
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6 % per annum for 3 years is Rs. 46. Find the sum when the interest is compounded annually.
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33. Manoj borrowed from Ramesh certain sum for 2 years at S.I. Manoj lent this sum to Mahesh at
the same rate for 2 years C.I. At the end of 2 years he received Rs. 110 as C.I. but paid Rs. 100
as S.I. Find the sum and rate of interest.
34. Manoj borrowed from Ramesh certain sum for 2 years at S.I. Manoj lent this sum to Mahesh at
the same rate for 2 years C.I. At the end of 2 years he received Rs. 210 as C.I. but paid Rs. 200
as S.I. Find the sum and rate of interest.
35. Ashish opened a bookshop with an initial investment of Rs. 32000. In the first year, he incurred a
loss of 5%. However, during the second year, he earned a profit of 10% which in the third year
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rose to 12 %. Calculate his net profit for the entire period of 3 years.
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36. 24000 blood donors were registered with a charitable hospital. The number of donors increased
at the rate of 5% every six month. Find the time period at the end of which the total number of
blood donors becomes 27783.
37. A factory increased its production of 3 wheelers from 80000 in 1999 to 92610 in 2002. Find the
annual rate of growth of production of 3 wheelers.
38. The value of flat worth Rs. 500000 is depreciating at the rate of 10% per annum. In how many
years will its value be reduced to Rs. 364500?
39. The value of a property increases every year at the rate of 5%. If its value at the end of 3 years be
Rs. 411540, what was its original value at the beginning of these years?
40. Ashish started the business with an initial investment of Rs. 500000. In the first yar, he incurred
a loss of 4%. However, during the second year, he earned a profit of 5% which in the third year
rose to 10%. Calculate his net profit for the entire period of 3 years.
4. Write the expression for the statement: the sum of three times x and 11
(a) x +3 +11 ( b) 3x + 11 (c) 3 + 11x (d) 3x – 11
5. Write an expression : Raju s father s age is 5 years more than 3 times Raju s age . If Raju s age is
x years , then father’s age is
(a) 3x+5 (b) 5-3x (c) 3x-5 (d) 15x
8. The expression for sum of numbers a and b subtracted from their product is
(a) a + b – ab (b) ab – a + b (c) ab – (a+b) (d) ab + a – b.
3. The expression x + y – xy is
(a) Monomial (b) Binomial (c) Trinomial (d) Quadrinomial
5. From the following expressions 10pq, 7p, 8q, -p2q2, -7pq, -23, ab,3a,b.The like terms are
(a) 3,7p (b) 10 pq, –7pq (c) ab,3a,b (d)10pq,7p,8q
6. From the following expressing 3ab,a2,b2,a,5ab, –2ab,2a2 the three terms are
(a) 3ab,5ab, –2ab (b) a2,a,2a2 (c)3ab,a2,b2 (d)2a2,a2, a
7. Sum of 3m and 2n is
(a)5mn (b) 3m+2n (c) 5m (d) 5n
15. Factors of the term 15x2 in the expression 15x2 –13x are
(a) 15, x, x (b) 15,-13 (c) 15x2, –13x (d)15
2. If the length of each side of the equilateral triangle is l, then the perimeter of the equilateral
triangle is
(a) 3l (b) 3+l (c) 3-l (d) l/3
18. The expression for the statement: “ y multiplied by 10 and then 7 added to product”.
(a) 10 + y + 7 (b) 7y + 10 (c) 10y + 7 (d) 10y
11. The area of triangle is’ xy’ where’ x’ is length and ‘y’ is breadth. If the length of rectangle is
increased by 5 units and breadth is decreased by 3 units, the new area of rectangle will be
(a) (x – y)(x + 3) (b) xy+15 (c) (x + 5)(y – 3) (d) xy + 5 – 3
13. Like terms in the expression 7x, 5x2, 7y, –5yx, –9x2,are
(a) 7x, –5yx (b) 5x2, –5yx (c)5x2, –9x2, (d)7x, 7y
5. The volume of rectangular box whose length, breadth and height is 2p, 4q, 8r respectively is
(a) 14pqr (b) 2p + 4q + 8r (c) 64pqr (d) 64
x y
7. Coefficient of xy in the expression xy is
2 2
1 1
(a) –1 (b) (c) 1 (d)
2 4
6. Simplification of (t + s2)(t2 – s) is
(a) t3 + s3 – s2t2 – ts (b) t3 – s3 + s2t2 – st (c) t3 – s3 + s2t2 + st (d) t3 + s3 – s2t2 + st
7. (a – b)2 is equal to
(a) a2 + b2 – 2ab (b) a2 – b2 + 2ab (c) a2 – b2 (d) (a – b)(a + b)
1 1
12. If x 3 , then the value of x 3 3 is
x x
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
1 2 1
15. If x 4 , then the value of x 2 is
x x
(a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) none of these
1 1
17. If x 5 , then the value of x 4 4 is
x x
(a) 725 (b) 727 (c) 729 (d) none of these
1 2 1
18. If x 5 , then the value of x 2 is
x x
(a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 29 (d) none of these
1 1
19. If x 5 , then the value of x 4 4 is
x x
(a) 525 (b) 527 (c) 529 (d) none of these
2 3
20. Find the value of the expression (81x2 + 16 y2 – 72xy), when x = and y = .
3 4
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
1. Identify, in the following expressions, terms which are not constants. Give their numerical
coefficients: xy + 4, 13 – y2, 13 – y + 5y2, 4p2q – 3pq2 + 5
2. (a) What are the coefficients of x in the following expressions? 4x – 3y, 8 – x + y, y2x – y, 2z –
5xz
(b) What are the coefficients of y in the following expressions? 4x – 3y, 8 + yz, yz2 + 5, my + m
7. From the sum of 2y2 + 3yz, – y2 – yz – z2 and yz + 2z2, subtract the sum of 3y2 – z2 and –y2 + yz +
z2.
9. Add:
1. t – 8tz, 3tz – z, z – t
2. 7mn + 5, 12mn + 2, 9mn – 8, – 2mn – 3
3. a + b – 3, b – a + 3, a – b + 3
4. 14x + 10y – 12xy – 13, 18 – 7x – 10y + 8xy, 4xy
5. 5m – 7n, 3n – 4m + 2, 2m – 3mn – 5
13. Subtract 3xy + 5yz – 7zx from 5xy – 2yz – 2zx + 10xyz
14. Subtract 4p2q – 3pq + 5pq2 – 8p + 7q – 10 from 18 – 3p – 11q + 5pq – 2pq2 + 5p2q
16. What should be taken away from 3x2 – 4y2 + 5xy + 20 to obtain – x2 – y2 + 6xy + 20?
18. What should be the value of a if the value of 2x2 + x – a equals to 5, when x = 0?
19. Simplify the expression and find its value when a = 5 and b = – 3.
2(a2 + ab) + 3 – ab
21. Construct
(a) 3 binomials with only x as a variable;
(b) 3 binomials with x and y as variables;
(c) 3 monomials with x and y as variables;
(d) 2 polynomials with 4 or more terms.
22. Find the volume of each rectangular box with given length, breadth and height.
length breadth Height
(i) 2ax 3by 5cz
(ii) m2n n2 p p2 m
(iii) 2q 4q2 8q3
23. Find the product (i) 2x (3x + 5xy) (ii) a2 (2ab – 5c)
26. Add
(i) 5m (3 – m) and 6m2 – 13m (ii) 4y (3y2 + 5y – 7) and 2 (y3 – 4y2 + 5)
31. Simplify
(i). (a + b) (2a – 3b + c) – (2a – 3b) c.
(ii). (x + y)(2x + y) + (x + 2y)(x – y)
(iii). (a + b + c)(a + b – c)
3 2 3 2
35. Using the formula of (a + b)(a – b), find (i) m n m n (ii) 9832 – 172
2 3 2 3
(iii) 194 x 206
36. Using the formula of (a – b)2, find (i) (4p – 3q)2 (ii) (4.9)2
19. Simplify: x 2 y ( x y 2 ) xy 2 (4 xy 2 x 2 ) x 3 y (1 2 y ) .
20. Simplify: x 2 y ( x 3 x 1) xy ( x 4 2 x 2 2 x) y ( x 3 x 2 1) .
2
21. Find the product of x x 2 and 7 x x 2 and verify the result for x = 3.
7
22. Simplify: (3 x 2)( x 1)(3x 5) .
1 1 1 1
30. Find the product: x x x 2 2 x 4 4
x x x x
1 2 1 4 1
34. If x 5 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
35. If x 5 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
36. If x 6 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
37. If x 4 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 1 1
38. If x 6 , then the value of (i) x 2 2 and (ii) x 4 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
39. If x 4 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
40. If x 9 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 1 1
41. If x 9 and x 2 2 = 53, then find the value of x
x x x
1 1 1
42. If x 2 2 = 27, then find the value of x and x .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
44. If x 20 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
45. If x 3 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 2 1 4 1
46. If x 9 , then the value of (i) x 2 and (ii) x 4 .
x x x
1 1
47. If x 12 , then find the value of x .
x x
48. What must be added to 9x2 – 24x + 10 to make it a perfect square?
1. Two cubes of dimensions 2 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm are placed side by side, the length of resulting
Cuboid is-
(a) 2 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 6 cm
3. Cuboid is an example of –
(a) 2-D Shape (b) 3-D Shape (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None
1. What will be the number of faces if there are 6 vertices and 12 edges?
(a) 8 b)10 c)12 d) 18
2. What will be the number of edges if there are 12 vertices and 20 faces?
(a) 32 b)28 c)30 d)42
11. Name of the solid whose net diagram is given in above sided right figure.
(a) Pyramid b) Cone c) Cube d) Cuboid
12. Name of the solid whose net diagram is given in below left figure.
(a) Cylinder b) Cone c) Sphere d) Cuboid
13. Name of the solid whose net diagram is given in above sided right figure.
(a) Cylinder b) Cone c) Sphere d) Cuboid
14. Two dice are placed side by side with 5 + 6, what is the total on the face opposite to the given
numbers
(a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 6
15. Two dice are placed side by side with 4 + 3, what is the total on the face opposite to the given
numbers
(a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 6
5. What cross-sections do you get when you give a vertical cut to the round apple?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
6. What cross-sections do you get when you give a vertical cut to a die?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
7. What cross-sections do you get when you give a vertical cut to the circular pipe?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
8. What cross-sections do you get when you give a vertical cut to an ice-cream cone?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
9. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to the brick?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
10. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to the round apple?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
11. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to a die?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
12. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to the circular pipe?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
13. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to an ice-cream cone?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
14. What cross-sections do you get when you give a horizontal cut to cricket ball?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
15. What cross-sections do you get when you give a vertical cut to cylindrical base?
(a) rectangle b) square c) circle d) triangle
3. The dimensions of a cuboid are 5 cm, 3 cm and 2 cm. Draw three different isometric sketches of
this cuboid.
4. Three cubes each with 2 cm edge are placed side by side to form a cuboid. Sketch an oblique or
isometric sketch of this cuboid.
5. If two cubes of dimensions 2 cm by 2cm by 2cm are placed side by side, what would the
dimensions of the resulting cuboid be?
6. Two dice are placed side by side as shown: Can you say what the total would be on the face
opposite to (a) 5 + 6 (b) 4 + 3 (Remember that in a die sum of numbers on opposite faces is 7)
7. What cross-sections do you get when you give a (i) vertical cut (ii) horizontal cut to the
following solids? (a) A brick (b) A round apple (c) A die (d) A circular pipe (e) An ice cream
cone
8. For given solid, draw the top view, front view and side view.
9. For given solid, draw the top view, front view and side view.
11. For given solid, draw the top view, front view and side view.
12. For given solid, draw the top view, front view and side view.
14. Draw the front view, side view and top view of the given objects.
19. Draw the front view, side view and top view of the given objects.
20. Draw the front view, side view and top view of the given objects.
21. Draw the front view, side view and top view of the given objects.
23. Tabulate the number of faces, edges and vertices for the following polyhedrons: (Here ‘V’ stands
for number of vertices, ‘F’ stands for number of faces and ‘E’ stands for number of edges).
Solid F V E F+V E+2
Cuboid
Triangular Pyramid
Triangular Prism
Pyramid with square base
Prism with square base
9. The area of the given rectangle in the above sided right figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
10. The area of the given parallelogram in the below left figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
11. The area of the given triangle in the above sided right figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
13. The area of the garden (shaded portion) in the above sided right figure is
(a) 300m2 (b) 625m2 (c) 325m2 (d) none of these
14. The perimeter of the below left figure is
(a) 11.6 cm (b) 14.6 cm (c) 12.8 cm (d) none of these
5. (pi) is
(a) ratio of circumference to diameter (b) diameter to circumference
(c) 21/17 (d) 3.41
6. If the area of circle is 44 cm2, the perimeter will be
(a) 11 cm2 (b) 11 cm
2
(c) 22 cm (d) none of these
12. 1 m2 = __________ .
(a) 100 cm2 (b) 1000 cm2 (c) 10000 m2 (d) 10000 cm2
3. The difference between the circumference and radius of a circle is 37 cm. The area of the circle
is
(a) 111 cm2 (b) 184 cm2 (c) 154 cm2 (d) 259 cm2
4. The circumference of two circles are in the ratio 2 : 3. The ratio of their areas is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 9 (c) 9 : 4 (d) none of these
6. In making 1000 revolutions, a wheel covers 88 km. The diameter of the wheel is
(a) 14 m (b) 24 m (c) 28 m (d) 40 m
7. The diameter of a wheel is 40 cm. How many revolutions will it make an covering 176 m?
(a) 140 (b) 150 (c) 160 (d) 166
8. The radius of wheel is 0.25 m. How many revolutions will it make in covering 11 km?
(a) 2800 (b) 4000 (c) 5500 (d) 7000
11. A steel wire when bent in the form of a square, encloses an area of 121 sq. cm. The same wire is
bent in the form of a circle. Find the area of the circle.
(a) 111 cm2 (b) 184 cm2 (c) 154 cm2 (d) 259 cm2
13. The area of a square and a rectangle are equal. If the side of the square is 40 cm and the breadth
of the rectangle is 25 cm, find the length of the rectangle.
(a) 60 cm (b) 62 cm (c) 64 cm (d) 68 cm
3. The length, breadth and height of a room is 5m, 4m and 3m. The cost of white washing its four
walls at the rate of Rs. 7.50 per m2 is
(a) Rs. 110 (b) Rs. 109 (c) Rs. 220 (d) Rs. 105
4. The perimeter of floor of rectangular hall is 250m. The cost of the white washing its four walls is
Rs. 15000. The height of the room is
(a) 5m (b) 4m (c) 6m (d) 8m
5. The breadth of a room is twice its height and is half of its length. The volume of room is 512dm3.
Its dimensions are
(a) 16 dm, 8 dm, 4 dm (b) 12 dm, 8 dm, 2 dm
(c) 8 dm, 4 dm, 2 dm (d) 10 dm, 15 dm, 20 dm
7. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of new cuboid is
(a) 140 cm2 (b) 1440 cm2 (c) 144 cm2 (d) 72 cm2
8. The curved surface area of cylinder of height ‘h’ and base radius ‘r’ is
1
(a) 2rh (b) rh (c) rh (d) none of these
2
9. The total surface area of cylinder of base radius ‘r’ and height ‘h’ is
(a) 2(r + h) (b) 2r(r + h) (c) 3r(r + h) (d) 4r(r + h)
2
10. The curved surface area of a cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm . The diameter of its circular base
is
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 2cm
11. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140cm from a
metal sheet. How many square meters a sheet are required for the same?
(a) 6.45m2 (b) 6.48m2 (c) 7.48m2 (d) 5.48m2.
12. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. Inner diameter of cross section is 4 cm and outer diameter is 4.4 cm.
Its inner curved surface area is:
(a) 864 cm2 (b) 968 cm2 (c) 768 cm2 (d) none of these
1. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. The area of the playground in m2 is:
(a) 1584 (b) 1284 (c) 1384 (d) 1184
2. A cylindrical pillar is 50 cm in diameter and 3.5 m in height. The cost of painting its curved
surface at the rate of Rs. 12.50 per m2 is:
(a) Rs. 68.75 (b) Rs. 58.75 (c) Rs. 48.75 (d) Rs. 38.75
3. The inner diameter of circular well is 3.5m. It is 10m deep. Its inner curved surface area in m2 is:
(a) 120 (b) 110 (c) 130 (d) 140
4. In a hot water heating system there is a cylindrical pipe of length 28 m and diameter 5 cm. The
total radiating surface area in the system in m2 is:
(a) 6.6 (b) 5.5 (c) 4.4 (d) 3.4
5. A matchbox measures 4 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm. The volume of packet containing 12 such boxes
is:
(a) 160 cm3 (b) 180 cm3 (c) 160 cm2 (d) 180 cm2
6. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litre of water can it
hold?
(a) 1350 liters (b) 13500 liters (c) 135000 liters (d) 135 liters
7. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?
(a) 4.75 m (b) 7.85 m (c) 4.75 cm (d) none of these
8. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres. The length and depth are respectively 2.5 m and
10 m. Its breadth is
(a) 4 m (b) 3 m (c) 2 m (d) 5 m
9. A godown measures 40 m × 25 m × 10 m. Find the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the godown.
(a) 18000 (b) 16000 (c) 15000 (d) 14000
10. A paper is in the form of a rectangle ABCD in which AB = 18cm and BC = 14cm. A
semicircular portion with BC as diameter is cut off. Find the area of the remaining paper (see in
below figure).
(a) 175 cm2 (b) 165 cm2 (c) 145 cm2 (d) none of these
11. Find the area of the shaded region in the above sided figure. Take = 3.14
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(a) 75 cm2 (b) 72 cm2 (c) 70 cm2 (d) none of these
7 cm
R S
13. The area of the given below left figure is
(a) 45 cm2 (b) 11 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
2. The area of trapezium is 1080 cm2. If the lengths of its parallel sides are 55.6 cm and 34.4 cm,
find the distance between them.
3. The area of trapezium is 352 cm2 and the distance between its parallel sides is 16 cm. If one of
the parallel sides is of length 25 cm, find the length of the other side.
4. Find the lateral surface area of the cuboids whose dimensions are:
5. The circumference of the base of a cylinder is 176 cm and its height is 65 m. Find its curved
surface area and total surface area of the cylinder.
6. Find the curved surface area and total surface area of the cylinders whose dimensions are:
(i). radius = 7 cm and height = 35 cm.
(ii). radius = 14 cm and height = 10 cm.
(iii). radius = 10 cm and height = 25 cm.
7. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 15 cm and 25 cm.
8. The area of a rhombus is 360 cm2 and one of the diagonals is 18 cm. Find the other diagonal.
9. The diagonal of a quadrilateral shaped field is 25 m and the perpendiculars dropped on it from
the remaining opposite vertices are 18 m and 12 m. Find the area of the field.
10. An aquarium is in the form of a cuboid whose external measures are 40 cm × 15 cm × 20 cm.
The base, side faces and back face are to be covered with a coloured paper. Find the area of the
paper needed?
(i) (ii)
13. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 10 cm and 8.2 cm.
15. The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the cost of
white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 per m2.
16. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the
rate of Rs 10 per m2 is Rs 15000, find the height of the hall.
17. A cubical box has each edge 10 cm and another cuboidal box is 12.5 cm long, 10 cm wide and 8
cm high.
(i) Which box has the greater lateral surface area and by how much?
(ii) Which box has the smaller total surface area and by how much?
18. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. Find the diameter
of the base of the cylinder.
19. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140 cm from a
metal sheet. How many square metres of the sheet are required for the same?
20. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. Find the area of the playground in m2.
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21. Curved surface area of a right circular cylinder is 4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder
is 0.7 m, find its height.
22. Find the lateral or curved surface area of a closed cylindrical petrol storage tank that is 4.2 m in
diameter and 4.5 m high.
23. A matchbox measures 4 cm × 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm. What will be the volume of a packet containing
12 such boxes?
24. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litres of water can it
hold?
25. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?
26. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres of water. Find the breadth of the tank, if its length
and depth are respectively 2.5 m and 10 m.
27. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How
many litres of water can it hold?
28. If the lateral surface of a cylinder is 94.2 cm2 and its height is 5 cm, then find (i) radius of its
base (ii) its volume. (Use = 3.14)
2. A wall of length 10 m was to be built across an open ground. The height of the wall is 4 m and
thickness of the wall is 24 cm. If this wall is to be built up with bricks whose dimensions are 24
cm × 12 cm × 8 cm, how many bricks would be required?
3. A matchbox measures 4 cm × 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm. What will be the volume of a packet containing
12 such boxes?
4. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litres of water can it
hold? (1 m3 = 1000 l)
5. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?
6. Find the cost of digging a cuboidal pit 8 m long, 6 m broad and 3 m deep at the rate of Rs 30 per
m3.
7. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres of water. Find the breadth of the tank, if its length
and depth are respectively 2.5 m and 10 m.
8. Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each outer edge 1.5 m long.
He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with square tiles of side 25 cm.
Find how much he would spend for the tiles, if the cost of the tiles is Rs 360 per dozen.
9. The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the cost of
white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 per m2.
10. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the
rate of Rs 10 per m2 is Rs 15000, find the height of the hall.
11. The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint an area equal to 9.375 m2. How many bricks
of dimensions 22.5 cm × 10 cm × 7.5 cm can be painted out of this container?
12. A small indoor greenhouse (herbarium) is made entirely of glass panes (including base) held
together with tape. It is 30 cm long, 25 cm wide and 25 cm high. (i) What is the area of the
glass? (ii) How much of tape is needed for all the 12 edges?
13. Shanti Sweets Stall was placing an order for making cardboard boxes for packing their sweets.
Two sizes of boxes were required. The bigger of dimensions 25 cm × 20 cm × 5 cm and the
smaller of dimensions 15 cm × 12 cm × 5 cm. For all the overlaps, 5% of the total surface area is
required extra. If the cost of the cardboard is Rs 4 for 1000 cm2, find the cost of cardboard
required for supplying 250 boxes of each kind.
14. Parveen wanted to make a temporary shelter for her car, by making a box-like structure with
tarpaulin that covers all the four sides and the top of the car (with the front face as a flap which
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can be rolled up). Assuming that the stitching margins are very small, and therefore negligible,
how much tarpaulin would be required to make the shelter of height 2.5 m, with base dimensions
4 m × 3 m?
15. A plastic box 1.5 m long, 1.25 m wide and 65 cm deep is to be made. It is to be open at the top.
Ignoring the thickness of the plastic sheet, determine: (i) The area of the sheet required for
making the box. (ii) The cost of sheet for it, if a sheet measuring 1m2 costs Rs 20.
16. A village, having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres of water per head per day. It has a tank
measuring 20 m × 15 m × 6 m. For how many days will the water of this tank last?
17. A godown measures 40 m × 25 m × 10 m. Find the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the godown.
18. A solid cube of side 12 cm is cut into eight cubes of equal volume. What will be the side of the
new cube? Also, find the ratio between their surface areas.
19. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water will
fall into the sea in a minute?
20. Savitri had to make a model of a cylindrical kaleidoscope for her science project. She wanted to use chart
paper to make the curved surface of the kaleidoscope. What would be the area of chart paper required by
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her, if she wanted to make a kaleidoscope of length 25 cm with a 3.5 cm radius? (Take π = )
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21. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. Find the diameter
of the base of the cylinder.
22. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140 cm from a
metal sheet. How many square metres of the sheet are required for the same?
23. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. Find the area of the playground in m2.
24. A cylindrical pillar is 50 cm in diameter and 3.5 m in height. Find the cost of painting the curved
surface of the pillar at the rate of Rs 12.50 per m2.
25. Curved surface area of a right circular cylinder is 4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder
is 0.7 m, find its height.
26. The inner diameter of a circular well is 3.5 m. It is 10 m deep. Find (i) its inner curved surface
area, (ii) the cost of plastering this curved surface at the rate of Rs 40 per m2.
27. In a hot water heating system, there is a cylindrical pipe of length 28 m and diameter 5 cm. Find
the total radiating surface in the system.
28. The students of a Vidyalaya were asked to participate in a competition for making and
decorating penholders in the shape of a cylinder with a base, using cardboard. Each penholder
was to be of radius 3 cm and height 10.5 cm. The Vidyalaya was to supply the competitors with
cardboard. If there were 35 competitors, how much cardboard was required to be bought for the
competition?
29. The pillars of a temple are cylindrically shaped. If each pillar has a circular base of radius 20 cm
and height 10 m, how much concrete mixture would be required to build 14 such pillars?
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30. It costs Rs 2200 to paint the inner curved surface of a cylindrical vessel 10 m deep. If the cost of
painting is at the rate of Rs 20 per m2, find (i) inner curved surface area of the vessel, (ii) radius
of the base, (iii) capacity of the vessel.
31. The capacity of a closed cylindrical vessel of height 1 m is 15.4 litres. How many square metres
of metal sheet would be needed to make it?
32. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled in the interior.
The diameter of the pencil is 7 mm and the diameter of the graphite is 1 mm. If the length of the
pencil is 14 cm, find the volume of the wood and that of the graphite.
33. A patient in a hospital is given soup daily in a cylindrical bowl of diameter 7 cm. If the bowl is
filled with soup to a height of 4 cm, how much soup the hospital has to prepare daily to serve
250 patients?
34. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How
many litres of water can it hold? (1000 cm3 = 1l)
35. The inner diameter of a cylindrical wooden pipe is 24 cm and its outer diameter is 28 cm. The
length of the pipe is 35 cm. Find the mass of the pipe, if 1 cm3 of wood has a mass of 0.6 g.
36. A soft drink is available in two packs – (i) a tin can with a rectangular base of length 5 cm and
width 4 cm, having a height of 15 cm and (ii) a plastic cylinder with circular base of diameter 7
cm and height 10 cm. Which container has greater capacity and by how much?
37. If the lateral surface of a cylinder is 94.2 cm2 and its height is 5 cm, then find (i) radius of its
base (ii) its volume. (Use = 3.14).
38. At a Ramzan Mela, a stall keeper in one of the food stalls has a large cylindrical vessel of base
radius 15 cm filled up to a height of 32 cm with orange juice. The juice is filled in small
cylindrical glasses of radius 3 cm up to a height of 8 cm, and sold for Rs 3 each. How much
money does the stall keeper receive by selling the juice completely?
39. A child playing with building blocks, which are of the shape of cubes, has built a structure as
shown in below Fig. If the edge of each cube is 3 cm, find the volume of the structure built by
the child.
40. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. The inner diameter of a cross section is 4 cm, the outer diameter
being 4.4 cm (see the above sided right Fig.). Find its (i) inner curved surface area, (ii) outer
curved surface area, (iii) total surface area.
8. The value of 28 is
(a) 128 (b) 256 (c) 512 (d) none of these
1
15. Multiplicative inverse of is _________ .
7
(a) 49 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) -14
1
3. The value of is equal to __________ .
32
1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) -6 (d)
9 3
2
2
6. Find the value of
3
4 9 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
9 4 9
10. The approximate distance of moon from the earth is 384,467,000 m and in exponential form
this distance can be written as ________________ .
(a) 3.84,467 x108m (b) 384,467 x 10-8 m (c) 384,467 x 10-9 m (d) 3.844,67 x 10-13 m
4. Value of ( 30 + 20 ) x 50 is
(a) 1 (b) 25 (c) 2 (d) 0
8. Find the number from the following expanded form : 9 x 105 + 2 x 102 + 3 x 101
(a) 900203 (b) 912351 (c) 905302 (d) 900230
22
12. The value of 2 in the exponential form is
3
4 2 0
2 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 3 3
1
1. The value of 61 81 is
1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) 24
2 24
1
2. The value of 51 31 is
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 15 (d) 15
15 15
2
3. The value of 21 41 is
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 4 (d) 4
16 16
2 2 2
1 1 1
4. The value of is
2 3 4
61 144
(a) (b) (c) 29 (d) none of these
144 61
1
1 3 1
5. The value of 6 is
2
2 5 6
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 6 5
6
1
6. The value of is
2
1 1
(a) 64 (b) (c) (d) 64
64 64
1
3 1 1 1
7. The value of is
4 4
3 3 8 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 3 3
1
1 2 2
8. The value of is
2
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 16 (d) 16
16 16
5
2
10. The value of is
3
32 243 243 32
(a) (b) (c) (d)
243 32 32 243
5 11 8x
5 5 5
12. If , then the value of x is
3 3 3
1 1
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 2
2 2
3
1
13. The value of is
2
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 6 8
2
2
14. The value of is
3
4 4 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 9 9 9
2
4 3
15. The value of is
3
3 1024 729 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 243 4096 4
1 3 1 3 1 3
2. The value of is
3 2 4
19 27 64
(a) (b) (c) 19 (d) none of these
64 16
4
1 2
3. The value of is
3
6 24 16 8
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
1
3
4. The value of is
2
2 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 3 2
3
2
5. The value of 32 22 is
3
45 135 8 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 135 45
4 7 2 x 1
4 4 4
6. If , then the value of x is
9 9 9
1 1
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 2
1
8. The value of 31 41 51 is
7 7 7 12
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 15 5 35
4 3x 5
7 7 7
10. If , then the value of x is
12 12 12
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
7 5
2 2
11. The value of is
5 5
12
2 25 4 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 4 25 25
2 2 2
1 2 3
12. The value of is
2 3 4
289 313 27 241
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 72 4 36
6. Simplify:
(i) (– 4)3 (ii) (–3) × (–2)3 (iii) (–3)2 × (–5)2 (iv) (–2)3 × (–10)3
3 7
(iv) 5
4 5
3 4
12. Expand: (i ) (ii )
5 7
16. Express each of the following as a product of prime factors only in exponential form:
(i) 108 × 192 (ii) 270 (iii) 729 × 64 (iv) 768
17. Simplify:
2
(i )
2
5
73
(ii )
25 52 t 8
(iii )
35 105 25
83 7 103 t 4 57 6 5
18. Simplify and write the answer in the exponential form:
5
(i ) 25 28 25
3 3 3
(ii ) 4 5 5
1 3
(iii ) 3
8
4
54
(iv ) 3
3
19. Simplify:
1 2 1 3 1 2
(i )
3 2 4
7 5
5 8
(ii )
8 5
26. Express the number appearing in the following statements in standard form.
1
(i) 1 micron is equal to m.
1000000
(ii) Charge of an electron is 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,16 coulomb.
(iii) Size of a bacteria is 0.0000005 m
(iv) Size of a plant cell is 0.00001275 m
(v) Thickness of a thick paper is 0.07 mm
(vi) Mass of Uranus = 86,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
(vii) Mass of the Earth = 5,976,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
(viii) Distance of Sun from the centre of our Galaxy = 300,000,000,000,000,000,000 m
(ix) Sun is located 300,000,000,000,000,000,000 m from the centre of our Milky Way
Galaxy.
(x) The distance between Sun and Saturn is 1,433,500,000,000 m
27. Express the following numbers in standard form.
(i) 0.000035 (ii) 4050000
28. In a stack there are 5 books each of thickness 20mm and 5 paper sheets each of thickness 0.016
mm. What is the total thickness of the stack.
1. If the cost of 1 kg of sugar is Rs 18, then what would be the cost of 3 kg sugar?
(a) Rs. 54 (b) Rs. 6 (c) Rs. 18 (d) none of these
2. If the cost of 9 toys is Rs. 333, find the cost of 16 such toys.
(a) Rs. 594 (b) Rs. 596 (c) Rs. 592 (d) none of these
3. If 25 metres of cloth costs of Rs. 1575, how many metres of it can be bought for Rs. 2016?
(a) 30 m (b) 32 m (c) 36 m (d) none of these
4. A worker is paid Rs. 1110 for 6 days. If his total wages during a month are Rs. 4625, for how
many days did he work?
(a) 15 days (b) 25 days (c) 30 days (d) none of these
5. A car can cover a distance of 522 km on 36 litres of petrol. How far can it travel on 14 litres of
petrol?
(a) 230 km (b) 232 km (c) 203 km (d) none of these
6. If 13 metres of a uniform iron rod weighs 23.4 kg then what will be the weight of 6 metres of the
same rod?
(a) 10 kg (b) 20 kg (c) 10.8 kg (d) none of these
7. The length of the shadow of a 3m high pole at a certain time of the day is 3.6 m. What is the
length of the height of another pole whose shadow at that time is 54 m long?
(a) 30 m (b) 40 m (c) 45 m (d) none of these
8. Traveling 900 km by rail costs Rs. 280. What would be the fare for a journey of 360 km when a
person travels by the same class?
(a) Rs. 118 (b) Rs. 112 (c) Rs. 119 (d) none of these
9. A train covers a distance of 51 km in 45 minutes. How long will it take to cover 221 km?
1 1
(a) 3 hours (b) 3 hrs (c) 3 hrs (d) none of these
4 2
11. If 8 kg sugar costs Rs. 148, how much sugar can be bought for Rs. 832.50?
(a) 45 kg (b) 50 kg (c) 60 kg (d) none of these
12. The cost of 37m of silk is Rs. 3145. What length of this silk can be purchased for Rs. 1445?
(a) 15 m (b) 16 m (c) 17 m (d) none of these
13. If 22.5 m of a uniform iron rod weighs 85.5 kg, what will be the length of 22.8 kg of the same
rod?
(a) 5 m (b) 6 m (c) 7 m (d) none of these
25 x 4
1. Simplify:
53 10 x 8
2 1
5 7
4. By what number should be multiplied so that the product may be ?
3 3
1 1
1 4
5. By what number should be multiplied so that the product may be ?
2 7
3 2
3 4
6. By what number should be divided so that the quotient may be ?
2 27
5 11 8x
5 3 5
7. Find x so that
3 5 3
3 6 1 2 x
2 2 9
8. Find x so that
9 9 2
1
1 2
9. By what number should 12 be divided so that the quotient may be ?
3
3 4 x
1 8 1
10. Find x so that 4
4 4
19 8 1 2 x
1 1 1
11. Find x so that
2 2 2
3 5 1 2 x
2 2 3
12. Find x so that
3 3 2
3 15 2 3 x
2 5 2
13. Find x so that
5 2 5
x 4 5
2 2 3
15. Find x so that
3 3 2
2 x 1 5 2 x
2 2 3
16. Find x so that
3 3 2
2 4
3 2
17. If x , find the value of x–2 .
2 3
2 2
4 1
18. If x , find the value of x–1 .
5 4
x 4 x 6
4 4 3
19. Find x so that
3 3 4
24. The size of a red blood cell is 0.000007 m and the size of a plant cell is 0.00001275m. Compare
these two.
1. If the weight of 6 sheets of a paper is 162 grams, how many sheets of the same quality of paper
would weigh 13.5 kg?
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) none of these
2. 1152 bars of soap can be packed in 8 cartoons of the same size. How many such cartoons will be
required to pack 3888 bars?
(a) 27 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) none of these
3. If the thickness of a pile of 16 cardboards is 44mm, how many cardboards will be there in a pile
which is 71.5 cm thick?
(a) 270 (b) 260 (c) 250 (d) none of these
4. At a particular time of a day, a 7m high flagstaff casts a shadow which is 8.2m long. What is the
height of the building which casts a shadow 20.5 m in length at the same time?
(a) 15.5 m (b) 16.5 m (c) 17.5 m (d) none of these
5. 15 men can build a 16.25m long wall up to a certain height in one day. How many men should be
employed to build a wall of the same height but of length 26m in one day?
(a) 27 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) none of these
6. In a hospital, the monthly consumption of milk of 60 patients is 1350 litres. How many patients
can be accommodated in the hospital if the monthly ration of milk is raised 1710 litres, assuming
that the quota per head remains the same?
(a) 75 (b) 76 (c) 77 (d) none of these
7. The extension in an elastic string varies directly as the weigh hung on it. If a weight of 150 g
produces an extension of 2.8 cm, what weight would produce an extension of 19.6 cm?
(a) 1.5 kg (b) 1.05 kg (c) 15 kg (d) none of these
8. A car travels 432 km on 48 litres. How far would it travel on 20 litres of petrol?
(a) 160 km (b) 180 km (c) 200 km (d) none of these
9. If 40m of a cloth costs Rs. 1940, how many metres can be bought for Rs. 727.50?
(a) 15 m (b) 16 m (c) 17 m (d) none of these
10. A private taxi charges a fare of Rs. 260 for a journey of 200 km, how much would it travel for
Rs. 279.50?
(a) 200 km (b) 215 km (c) 200 km (d) none of these
11. Manoj types 540 words during half an hour, how many words would he type in 6 minutes?
(a) 105 (b) 106 (c) 108 (d) none of these
12. Rohit bought 12 registers for Rs. 156, find the cost of 7 such register.
(a) Rs. 90 (b) Rs. 91 (c) Rs. 92 (d) none of these
1. Pranshu takes 125 minutes in walking a distance of 100m. What distance would he cover in 315
minutes?
(a) 250 m (b) 252 m (c) 254 m (d) none of these
2. If the cost of 93m of a certain kind of plastic sheet is Rs. 1395, then what would it cvost to bury
105m of such plastic sheet?
(a) Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1550 (c) Rs. 1575 (d) none of these
3. Ranjita types 1080 words in one hour. What is her gross words a minute rate?
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) none of these
4. 68 boxes of a certain commodity require a shelf-length of 13.6 m. How many boxes of the same
commodity would occupy a shelf-length of 20.4m?
(a) 104 (b) 106 (c) 102 (d) none of these
5. A worker is paid Rs. 200 for 8 days work. If he works for 20 days, how much will he get?
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 550 (c) Rs. 575 (d) none of these
6. If 52 men can do a piece of work in 35 days, in how many days 28 men will do it?
(a) 65 days (b) 75 days (c) 80 days (d) none of these
7. If 56 men can do a piece of work in 42 days, how many men will do it in 14 days?
(a) 165 (b) 166 (c) 168 (d) none of these
8. 120 men have food provision for 200 days. After 5 days, 30 men died due to an cancer. How
long will the remaining food last?
(a) 260 days (b) 275 days (c) 250 days (d) none of these
9. If x and y varies inversely as each other and x = 10 when y = 6. Find y when x = 15.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) none of these
10. Shreya cycles to her school at an average speed of 12km/hr. It takes her 20 minutes to reach the
school. If she wants to reach her school in 15 minutes, what should be her average speed?
(a) 15 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr (c) 18 km/hr (d) none of these
11. 1000 soldiers in a fort has enough food for 20 days. But some soldiers were transferred to
another fort and the food lasted for 25 days. How many soldiers were transferred?
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 800 (d) none of these
12. If x and y varies inversely as each other and x = 8 when y = 32. Find y when x = 16.
(a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) none of these
13. If x and y varies inversely as each other and x = 8 when y = 10. Find y when x = 2.
(a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) none of these
1. If x and y varies inversely as each other and x = 2 when y = 40. Find x when x = 20.
(a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) none of these
2. If x and y varies inversely as each other and x = 8 when y = 10. Find y when x = 5.
(a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) none of these
3. If a and b varies inversely as each other and a = 16 when b = 4. Find b when a = 32.
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) none of these
5. If x and y varies directly as each other and x = 4 when y = 16. Find y when x = 9.
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 4 (d) none of these
6. If x and y varies directly as each other and x = 4 when y = 16. Find y when x = 12.
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 4 (d) none of these
7. If x and y varies directly as each other and x = 4 when y = 16. Find y when x = 1.
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 4 (d) none of these
8. If x and y varies directly as each other and x = 4 when y = 16. Find y when x = 3.
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 4 (d) none of these
9. If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 days, in how many days will 15 men do it?
(a) 60 days (b) 75 days (c) 50 days (d) none of these
10. A work force of 50 men with a contractor an finish a piece of work in 5 months. In how many
months the same work can be completed by 125 men?
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) none of these
11. 1200 men can finish a stock of food in 35 days. How many more men should join the hostel so
that the same stock may lst for 25 days?
(a) 480 (b) 360 (c) 400 (d) none of these
12. In a hostel of 50 girls, there are food provisions for 40 days. If 30 more girls join the hostel, how
long will these provisions last?
(a) 26 days (b) 20 days (c) 25 days (d) none of these
13. 18 men can reap a field in 35 days. For reaping the same field in 15 days, how many men are
required?
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) none of these
14. 55 cows can graze a field in 16 days. How many cows will graze the same field in 10 days?
(a) 88 (b) 66 (c) 44 (d) none of these
1. The cost of 5 metres of a particular quality of cloth is Rs 210. Tabulate the cost of 2, 4, 10 and 13
metres of cloth of the same type.
2. An electric pole, 14 metres high, casts a shadow of 10 metres. Find the height of a tree that casts
a shadow of 15 metres under similar conditions.
3. If the weight of 12 sheets of thick paper is 40 grams, how many sheets of the same paper would
1
weigh 2 kilograms?
2
5. The scale of a map is given as 1:30000000. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. Find the actual
distance between them.
6. A machine in a soft drink factory fills 960 bottles in six hours. How many bottles will it fill in
ten hours?
7. 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?
8. 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 ship is 28 m, how long is the model ship?
9. A loaded truck travels 14 km in 25 minutes. If the speed remains the same, how far can it travel
in 5 hours?
10. 6 pipes are required to fill a tank in 1 hour 20 minutes. How long will it take if only 5 pipes of
the same type are used?
11. There are 100 students in a hostel. Food provision for them is for 20 days. How long will these
provisions last, if 25 more students join the group?
12. If 15 workers can build a wall in 48 hours, how many workers will be required to do the same
work in 30 hours?
13. A factory requires 42 machines to produce a given number of articles in 63 days. How many
machines would be required to produce the same number of articles in 54 days?
14. 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?
15. 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?
17. A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the food
last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle?
18. A contractor estimates that 3 persons could rewire Jasminder’s house in 4 days. If, he uses 4
persons instead of three, how long should they take to complete the job?
19. Observe the following tables and find which pair of variables (here x and y) are in inverse
proportion.
20. Observe the following tables and find if x and y are directly proportional.
21. A car travels 432 km on 48 litres of petrol. How far would it travel on 20 litres of petrol?
22. A private taxi charges a fare of Rs. 260 for a journey of 200 km. How much would it travel for
Rs. 279.50?
23. Reema types 540 words during half an hour. How many words would she type in 6 minutes?
24. If 40 metres of a cloth costs Rs. 1940, how many metres can be bought for Rs. 727.50?
Complete the following tables given that x varies directly as y.
25.
x 2.5 ……. ……. 15
y 5 8 12 …….
26.
x 5 ……. 10 35 25 …….
y 8 12 ……. ……. ……. 32
30. If x and y vary inversely as each other and x = 10 when y = 6. Find y when x = 15.
2. In a library 136 copies of a certain book require a shelf length of 3.4 m. How many copies of the
same book would occupy a shelf length of 20.4m?
3
3. 11 men can dig 6 m long trench in one day. How many men should be employed for digging
4
27 m long trench of the same type in one day?
4. The second-class railway fare for 240 km of journey is Rs. 15. What would be the fare for a
journey of 139.2 km?
5. A worker is paid Rs. 200 for 8 days work. If his total income of the month is Rs. 875, for how
many days did he work?
6. If 52 men can do piece of work in 35 days, in how many days 28 men will do it?
7. If 56 men can do a piece of work in 42 days. How many men will do it in 14 days?
8. 1200 men can finish a stock of food in 35 days. How many more men should join them so that
the same stock may last for 25 days?
9. In a hostel of 50 girls there are food provisions for 40 days. If 30 more girls join the hostel, how
long will these provisions last?
10. A group of 3 friends staying together consume 54kg of wheat every month. Some more friends
join this group and they find that the same amount of wheat lasts for 18 days. How many new
members are there in this group now?
11. 55 cows can graze a field in 16 days. How many cows will graze the same field in 10 days?
12. Seema weaves 25 baskets in 35 days. In how many days will she weave 110 baskets?
13. Three spraying machines working together can finish painting a house in 60 minutes. How long
will it take for 5 machines of the same capacity to do the same job?
14. 5 men can complete a work in 8 days. How many days will it take if 12 men do the same work?
15. If 9 men can prepare 135 boxes in 3 hours, how many men are needed to prepare 270 boxes in 1
hour?
2. Factors of p2 + 6p + 8 are
(a) (p + 2)(p – 4) (b) (p – 2)(p – 4)
(c) (p + 2)(p + 4) (d) (p – 2)(p + 4)
4. Factors of 2x + 4 is
(a) 2(x – 4) (b) 2(x + 4) (c) 2(x – 2) (d) 2(x + 2)
8. Factors of 12x + 36 is
(a) 2(6x + 18) (b) 4(3x + 9) (c) 12(x + 3) (d) none of these
2. Factors of x2 + xy + 8x + 8y is
(a) (x + y)(y + 8) (b) (x + y)(x + 8) (c) (x + y)(8 + y) (d) none of these
3. Factors of 15xy – 6x + 5y – 2 is
(a) (5y – 2)(3x + 2) (b) (5y – 2)(3x + 1) (c) (5y – 1)(3x + 2) (d) none of these
4. Factors of ax + bx – ay – by is
(a) (a – b)(x + y) (b) (a + b)(x + y) (c) (a + b)(x – y) (d) none of these
7. Factors of x2 + 8x + 16 is
(a) (x + 8)(x + 2) (b) (x + 4)(x + 2) (c) (x + 4)(x + 4) (d) none of these
9. Factors of 49p2 – 36 is
(a) (7p – 9)(7p + 4) (b) (7p + 4)(7p – 9) (c) (7p – 6)(7p + 6) (d) none of these
12. Factors of x2 + 5x + 6 is
(a) (x + 3)(x + 2) (b) (x + 4)(x + 2) (c) (x + 6)(x + 1) (d) none of these
13. Factors of x2 – 25 is
(a) (x – 1)(x – 25) (b) (x – 1)(x + 25) (c) (x – 5)(x – 5) (d) (x – 5)(x + 5)
1
15. Square of x will be
x
1 1 1 1
(a) x 2 2 2 (b) x 2 2 2 (c) x 2 4 (d) x 2 2
x x x2 x
3. Factors of 1 + a + ac + a2c is
(a) (1 + a)(1 + ac) (b) (1 + a)(a + c) (c) (a + c)(1 + ac) (d) none of these
4. Factors of xy – pq + qy – px is
(a) (p – y)(x + q) (b) (y – p)(x + q) (c) (y + p)(x + q) (d) none of these
8. Factors of 4x2 – y2 + 6y – 9 is
(a) (2x + y – 3)( 2x – y – 3) (b) (2x + y – 3)( 2x – y + 3)
(c) (2x + y + 3)( 2x – y – 3) (d) none of these
12. Factors of x2 + 8x + 15 is
(a) (x + 3)(x + 5) (b) (x + 15)(x + 1) (c) (x + 10)(x + 5) (d) none of these
13. Factors of x2 – 7x + 12 is
(a) (x + 3)(x + 4) (b) (x + 3)(x – 4) (c) (x – 3)(x – 4) (d) none of these
14. Factors of x2 + x – 56 is
(a) (x + 8)(x + 7) (b) (x + 8)(x – 7) (c) (x – 8)(x + 7) (d) (x – 8)(x – 7)
10
11. Divide 15 x 4 16 x 3 x 9 x 2 6 by 3 x 2 . Write down the coefficients of the terms in the
3
quotient.
13. What must be added to x 4 2 x 3 2 x 2 x 1 so that the resulting polynomial is exactly divisible
by x 2 2 x 3 ?
7. On joining points (0, 0), (0, 2), (2,2) and (2, 0) we obtain a:
(a) Square (b) Rectangle (c) Rhombus (d) Parallelogram
14. The point whose ordinate is 4 and which lies on y – axis is:
(a) (4, 0) (b) (0, 4) (c) (1, 4) (d) (4, 2)
15. The perpendicular distance of the point P(3,4) from the y – axis is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7
9. What is the name of horizontal and the vertical lines drawn to determine the position of any point
in the Cartesian plane?
11. Write the name of the point where these two lines intersect.
12. Locate the points (5, 0), (0, 5), (2, 5), (5, 2), (–3, 5), (–3, –5), (5, –3) and (6, 1) in the Cartesian
plane.
13. Plot the following ordered pairs of number (x, y) as points in the Cartesian plane. Use the scale
1cm = 1 unit on the axes.
x –3 0 –1 4 2
y 7 –3.5 –3 4 –3
14. In which quadrant or on which axis do each of the points (– 2, 4), (3, – 1), (– 1, 0), (1, 2) and (–
3, – 5) lie? Verify your answer by locating them on the Cartesian plane.
15. Plot the points (x, y) given in the following table on the plane, choosing suitable units of distance
on the axes.
x –1 2 –4 2 –3
y 0 –5 2 1 2
16. Plot the following points and verify if they lie on a line. If they lie on a line, name it.
(i) (0, 2), (0, 5), (0, 6), (0, 3.5) (ii) A (1, 1), B (1, 2), C (1, 3), D (1, 4)
(iii) K (1, 3), L (2, 3), M (3, 3), N (4, 3) (iv) W (2, 6), X (3, 5), Y (5, 3), Z (6, 2)
17. Draw the line passing through (2, 3) and (3, 2). Find the coordinates of the points at which this
line meets the x-axis and y-axis.
18. Plot the following points on a graph sheet. Verify if they lie on a line
(a) A(4, 0), B(4, 2), C(4, 6), D(4, 2.5)
(b) P(1, 1), Q(2, 2), R(3, 3), S(4, 4)
(c) K(2, 3), L(5, 3), M(5, 5), N(2, 5)
19. In which quadrant or on which axis do each of the points (5, 0), (0, 5), (2, 5), (5, 2), (–3, 5), (–3,
–5), (5, –3) and (6, 1) in the Cartesian plane.
20. Plot the points A (4, 4) and (–4, 4) on a graph sheet. Join the lines OA, OB and BA. What figure
do you obtain.
21. The given graph describes the distances of a car from a city P at different times when it is
travelling from City P to City Q, which are 350 km apart. Study the graph and answer the
following:
(a) The number of days a hill side city received snow in different years.
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006
Days 8 10 5 12
(b) Population (in thousands) of men and women in a village in different years.
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of Men 12 12.5 13 13.2 13.5
Number of Women 11.3 11.9 13 13.6 12.8
24. Plot the point (4, 3) on a graph sheet. Is it the same as the point (3, 4)?
25. The following table gives the quantity of petrol and its cost. Plot a graph to show the data.
No. of litres of petrol 10 15 20 25
Cost of petrol in Rs. 500 750 1000 1250
26. A bank gives 10% Simple Interest (S.I.) on deposits by senior citizens. Draw a graph to illustrate
the relation between the sum deposited and simple interest earned. Find from your graph
(a) the annual interest obtainable for an investment of Rs 250.
(b) the investment one has to make to get an annual simple interest of Rs 70.
27. Ajit can ride a scooter constantly at a speed of 30 kms/hour. Draw a time-distance graph for this
situation. Use it to find
1
(i) the time taken by Ajit to ride 75 km. (ii) the distance covered by Ajit in 3 hours.
2
28. Draw the graphs for the following table of values, with suitable scales on the axes.
Time (in hours) 6 am 7 am 8 am 9 am
Distances (in km) 40 80 120 160
Distance travelled by a car
(i) How much distance did the car cover during the period 7.30 a.m. to 8 a.m?
(ii) What was the time when the car had covered a distance of 100 km since it’s start?
1. Draw the graph of y = 3x. From the graph, find the value of y when (i) x = 4 and (ii) x =5.
2. Consider the relation between the perimeter and the side of a square, given by P = 4a. Draw a
graph to show this relation. From the graph, find the value of P when (i) a = 4 and (ii) a =5.
3. Consider the relation between the area and the side of a square, given by A = x2. Draw a graph to
show this relation. From the graph, find the value of P when x = 4.
4. Simple interest on a certain sum is Rs. 40 per year then S = 40x, where x is the number of years.
Draw a graph of this relation. From the graph, find the value of S when (i) x = 5 and (ii) x =6.
5. Consider the relation between the perimeter and the side of a regular pentagon, given by P = 5a.
Draw a graph to show this relation. From the graph, find the value of P when (i) a = 4 and (ii) a
=5.
6. Plot each of the following points A(2, 3), B(5, 3), C(5, 5) and D(2, 5). Join the points in order
then write the figure obtained.
7. Plot any three points such that x-coordinates of each points is equal to its y-coordinates. Join
these points in pairs. Do they lie on a line passing through the origin?
8. Plot the points A (5, 5) and (–5, 5) on a graph sheet. Join the lines OA, OB and BA. Name the
figure obtained and find the area of the figure so obtained
9. Plot the points (0, 2), (3, 0), (–3, 0) and (0, –2) in the graph sheet. Join these points. Name the
figure obtained and find the area of the figure so obtained.
10. From below figure, find the coordinates of the points A, B, C, D, E and F. What of the points are
mirror images in (i) x – axis (ii) y – axis.
24. Write the smallest digit and the greatest digit in the blank space of each of the following numbers
so that the number formed is divisible by 3 :
(a) __ 6724 (b) 4765 __ 2
25. Write a digit in the blank space of each of the following numbers so that the number formed is
divisible by 11 :
(a) 92 __ 389 (b) 8 __ 9484
1. Given that the number 148101a095 is divisible by 11, where a is some digit, what are the
possible values of a?
2. Given that the number 7713a8 is divisible by 4, where a is some digit, what are the possible
values of a?
3. Given that the number 1735538a05 is divisible by 9, where a is some digit, what are the possible
values of a?
4. Given that the number 60ab57377 is divisible by 99, where a and b are some digit, what are the
possible values of a?
5. Without performing actual division, find the remainders left when 192837465 is divided by 9.
6. Without performing actual division, find the remainders left when 192837465 is divided by 11.
7. Without performing actual division, find the remainders left when 28735429 is divided by 11.
8. Without performing actual division, find the remainders left when 928174653 is divided by 11.
9. If the number 98215x2 is divisible by 4, where x is some digit, what are the possible values of x?
10. If the number 67x19 is divisible by 11, where x is some digit, what are the possible values of x?
11. Find the remainder when 981547 is divided by 5. Do this without doing actual division.
12. Find the remainder when 51439786 is divided by 3. Do this without doing actual division.
17. Show that the cryptarithm does not have any solution: AB x 3 = CAB
18. Show that the cryptarithm does not have any solution: AB x 4 = CAB