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DPS, SECUNDERABAD
Term 2 Revision Worksheet

CLASS : VIII SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS

Chapter 6 : Factorisation of Algebraic expressions

1. The value of x3 – 27 is:

a. X3 - 33 b. (x + 3) ( x2 + 3x + 9)

c. (x – 3) (x2 – 3x + 9) d. (x – 3) (x2 + 3x – 9)

2. The value of (x – 1) (x2 + 2x + 1) ÷ (x + 1)2 is:

a. (x + 1) b. (x – 1) c. (x2 – 1) d. (x2 + 1)

3. The factor of 6 – y – 2y2 is:

a. (y – 2) b. (y – 3) c. (-2y + 3) d. ( y + 3)

4. The greatest common factor of 3x2y2 + 4y2z2 is

a. y2 b. x2 c. z2 d. xyz

5. (ab + a) + b + 1 is equivalent to :

a. (a + 1)(b + 1) b. a(b + 1)2 c. b(a + 1) d. a(b + 1)

6. Factorise:

a. x2 + 4xy + 4y2

b. x2 – 6xy + 9y2

c. 1532 - 1472

d. x2 + 7x + 10

7. Find the quotient and remainder in each of the following:

a. (6x2 + 3x + 10) ÷ (2x + 3)

b. (2x4 – x2 – 36) ÷ (2x2 – 9)

c. 18 ( 2x2yz – xy2z + xyz2) ÷ 6xyz

d. {ab (xy – 1) + ac(1 – xy)} ÷ (xy – 1)

e. 5y (x2 – 5x – 6) ÷ 5(x + 1)

Chapter 9 : Compound Interest

1. Find the Compound Interest on ₹ 1000 for two years at 2% per annum.
a) 20.2 b) 20.4 c) 40.4 d) 40.2
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2. Vidhya lent ₹ 5000 to Kavya for 3 years at the rate of 5% per annum compound interest.
Calculate the amount that Vidhya will get after 3 years.
a) 5789 b) 5788.12 c) 5788.13 d) 5788

3. Compute the compound interest on ₹ 16000 for 2 years 10% per annum when
compounded half yearly.
a) 3338.10 b) 3448.10 c) 3883.30 d) 3884.30

4. If the amount is ₹ 400 and Principal is ₹ 100 which is compounded half yearly for 1 year,
calculate the rate of interest.
a) 10 b) 200 c) 2 d) 20

5. Find the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on ₹ 8000 at
5% per annum for 2 years.

6. Find the compound interest on ₹ 5000 for 2 years at 4% per annum.

7. A sum of money deposited at 6% per annum compounded annually becomes ₹ 28090 at

the end of 2 years. Find the sum deposited.

8. Find the amount and the compound interest on ₹ 8000 for 1 ½ years at 10% per annum
compounded half- yearly.

9. The population of a town ‘x’ years ago was 62500. Due to migration to cities, it decreases
every year at the rate of 4% per annum. Find ‘x’ if the present population is 57600.

10. Patalpur is a small town. The population of Patalpur in the year 2015 was 35,000. It is
increasing at the rate of 2% per annum.

a. Find the population at the end of the year 2017.

b. Find the increase in population from 2015 to 2017.

Chapter 10 : Variation and direct and inverse proportions

1. x and y vary in inverse proportion. When x is 12, y is 3. Which of the following is not a
possible pair of corresponding values x and y?
a. 4 and 9 b. 10 and 3.6 c. 72 and 0.5 d. 5 and 6
2. 14 pipes are required to fill a tank in 40 minutes, How long will it take if 7 pipes are
used?
a. 1hr b. 1hr 20min c. 1hr 25min d. 1hr 30min
3. X and y are in direct proportion. When x is 8 and y is 12, which of the following is not
possible pair of corresponding values of x and y?
a. 10 and 15 b. 2 and 3 c. 6 and 9 d. 15 and 20
4. Jugnu drives at 56 km/hr and completes a journey in 4 hours. If she drives at 64 km/hr
then, the same journey will be completed in ____________.
1 3 2 4
a. 3 2 hrs b. 3 4 hrs c. 2 5 hrs d. 3 7 hrs

5. A car travelling at a speed of 54km/hr can cover a distance in 2.5hr What is the time
taken to cover the same distance if the speed is 45km/hr?
a. 3.5 hrs b. 2 hrs c. 3 hrs d. 1 hr
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6. There are 1200 students in a hostel. Food provision for them is for 25 days. How long will
these provisions last, if 300 more students join the group?
7. 12 members complete a piece if work in 72 days. How many men will be required to do
the same work in 54 days?
8. If y is directly proportional to x2, and y = 8, when x = 4, then find y when x = 5.
9. The amount of extension in an elastic spring varies directly as the weight hung on it. If
the weight of 150 gm produces an extension of 2.9 cm, then what weight would produce
an extension of 17.4 cm?
10. Two buses cover a distance between two stations A and B. First bus moves at an average
speed of 54km/hr and the second bus at an average speed of 60km/hr. If the first bus
takes 10 hours to complete the journey, how long will the second bus take?
Chapter 13 : Parallelograms
1. Two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are in the ratio 1 : 3. What is the measure of the
largest angles?
a) 45° b) 60° c) 90° d) 135°
2. The adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (2p − 4)° and (3p − 1)°. find the measures of all
angles of the parallelogram.
a) 70°, 110°, 70°, 100° b) 80°, 100°, 80°, 100°
c) 70°, 110°, 70°, 110° d) None of these
3. In a parallelogram ABCD ∠A = 70°, find ∠B, ∠C and ∠D.
a) ∠B = 110°, ∠C = 70° and ∠D = 100° b) ∠B = 70°, ∠C = 100° and ∠D = 100°
c) ∠B = 110°, ∠C = 70° and ∠D = 110° d) None of these
4. In a parallelogram ABCD, ∠A is 4 times ∠B. Find the value of ∠A and ∠B.
a) ∠A = 136° and ∠B = 45° b) ∠A = 125° and ∠B = 55°
c) ∠A = 140° and ∠B = 40° d) ∠A = 144° and ∠A = 36°
5. Find the value of p and q in the below given parallelogram.

6. ABCD is a parallelogram. Point P and Q are taken on the sides AB and AD respectively and
PRQA parallelogram is formed. If ∠C = 60°, then find ∠R.

7. Find the value of p in the figures given below..

8. The shorter side of a parallelogram is 5.2 cm and the longer side is twice the length of shorter
side. Find the perimeter of the parallelogram.
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9. ABCD is a parallelogram, find the value of p, q and r.

10. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are (3x – 4)˚ and (3x + 16)˚. Find the value of x and
hence the measure of each of its angles.
Chapter 16 : Area of trapezium and a polygon
1. Find the area and perimeter of the given trapezium, respectively.

a) 30m2, 15m b) 15m2, 30m c) 15m2, 15m d) 30m2, 30m

2. The Area of trapezium is 800m2. The lengths of the parallel sides is 28mand 12m. Find the
height of the trapezium.
a) 22m b) 42m c) 40m d) 20m
3. What is the area of the given figure?

a) 10cm2 b) 13cm2 c) 12cm2 d) 11cm2

4. Compare the area of given trapezium.

a) B > A b) B < A c) B = A = 7cm2 d) B = A = 9cm2

5. Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 38.7 cm and 22.3 cm, and the
distance between them is 16 cm.
7. The area of a trapezium is 1080 cm². If the lengths of its parallel sides are 55.6 cm and
34.4 cm, find the distance between them.
8. The area of a trapezium is 1586 cm² and the distance between its parallel sides is 26 cm. If
one of the parallel sides is 84 cm, find the other.
9. The area of a trapezium is 384cm². Its parallel sides are in the ratio 3 : 5 and the
perpendicular distance between them is 12 cm. Find the length of each of the parallel
sides.
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10. The area of a trapezium is 180 cm² and its height is 9 cm. If one of the parallel sides is
longer than the other by 6 cm, find the two parallel sides.
12. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 25 cm and 11 cm, while its nonparallel sides are 15
cm and 13 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.
13. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB = 16 cm, BC = 12 cm and DC = 22 cm. Find the area of
the trapezium.

14. Find the area of the given fields. The following details are noted in meters.

Chapter 17 : Volume and surface area of solids

1. Find the surface area of the given cylinder.

a) 113.14 cm2 b) 113.16 cm2 c) 112.16 cm2 d) 112.14 cm2

2. A gift in the form of cube has to be wrapped with gift paper whose external measures are
15 cm. Find the area of gift paper needed.
a) 1250 cm2 b) 1354 cm2 c) 1350 cm2 d) 1150 cm2
3. If the surface area of a cuboid is 108 cm2, find the height of the cuboid. The length and
breadth the cuboid is 6 and 3 cm respectively.
a) 8 cm b) 4 cm c) 2cm d) 6 cm
4. If we change the shape of an object from a sphere to a cylinder, then the volume of the
cylinder will ______
a) Increase b) Decrease c) Remains same d) doubles
5. Find the lateral surface area and total surface area of a cuboid of length 80cm, breadth
40cm and height 20cm.
6. Find the lateral surface area and total surface area of a cube of edge 10cm.
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7. Find the ratio of the total surface area and lateral surface area of a cube.
8. Mary wants to decorate her Christmas tree. She wants to place the tree on a wooden block
covered with coloured paper with picture of Santa claus on it. She must know the exact
quantity of paper to buy for this purpose. If the box has length, breadth and height as
80cm, 40cm and 20cm respectively. How many sheets of paper of side 40cm would she
require?
9. The length, breadth and height of a room are 5m, 4m and 3m respectively. Find the cost of
white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of ₹ 7.50 m2.
10. The length of a hall is 18m and the width 12m. The sum if the areas of the floor and the
flat roof is equal to the sum of the areas of the four walls. Find the height of the hall.
11. Edge of a cube is increased by 50%. Find the percentage increase in the surface area of the
cube.
12. A rectangular sheet of paper is 22cm long and 12cm wide. A cylinder is formed by rolling
the paper along its length. Find the volume of the cylinder.
13. Ishan’s parents are planning to renovate his room, and Ishan has demanded to decorate
his play area with beautifully painted cylindrical tins. Calculate the cost of painting one
cylindrical tin if the radius and height of the cylinder are 7 m and 15 m, respectively. The
cost of painting the cylindrical containers is ₹2/m2.
14. Find the curved surface area of a cylinder whose diameter is 14 cm and height is 15 cm.
Chapter 19 : Graphical representation of data
Frequency Distribution of Daily Income of 550 workers of a factory is given below.
Study the following frequency distribution table and answer the questions from Q1 –
Q10.

1. What is the size of class intervals ?

(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 15
2. Which class has the highest frequency ?
(a) 200-225 (b) 300-325 (c) 175-200 (d) 150-175
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3. Which class has the lowest frequency ?

(a) 100-125 (b) 300-325 (c) 175-200 (d) 150-175
4. What is the upper limit of the class interval 250-275?
(a) 250 (b) 275 (c) 25 (d) 525
5. Which two classes have the same frequency?
(a) III & IV (b) I & II (c) II & V (d) V & VI
6. What is the range of the all class interval?
(a) 250 (b) 275 (c) 225 (d) 525
7. What is the lower limit of the class interval 250-275?
(a) 250 (b) 275 (c) 25 (d) 525
8. What is the total number of workers having daily income less than 250?
(a) 300 (b) 445 (c) 305 (d) 550
9. What is the total number of workers having daily income more than 200?
(a) 300 (b) 445 (c) 305 (d) 550
10. What is the total number of workers having daily income between 150–250?
(a) 300 (b) 445 (c) 375 (d) 550
The number of hours for which students of particular class watched television during
holidays is shown through the graph given below. See and answer the questions from Q1 –
Q5.

1. For how many hours did the maximum number of students watch TV ?
(a) 4-5 hrs (b) 6-7 hrs (c) 3-4 hrs (d) 2-3hrs
2. How many students watched TV for less than 4 hrs ?
(a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) 8
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3. How many students spent more than 5 hrs in TV watching ?

(a) 14 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 8
4. For how many hours did the minimum number of students watch TV ?
(a) 2-3 hrs (b) 6-7 hrs (c) 1-2 hrs (d) 3-4hrs
5. How many students spent less than 5 hrs in TV watching ?
(a) 34 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) 66
III. The number of bed-sheets manufactured by a factory during five consecutive weeks is given
below.

Week First Second Third Fourth Fifth

Number of Bed-sheets 600 850 700 300 900

Draw the bar graph representing the above data.

IV. Draw a double bar graph for the data given below:

5. The number of students admitted in different faculties of a college are given below.

Represent the above information by a pie-chart.

6. Draw a pie-chart for the following data of expenditure on various items in a family.

7. The following pie-chart represents the marks scored by a students. If he obtained 540 as
total marks, answer the following questions:
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(i) In which subject did the student score 120 marks?

(ii) What is the difference in the marks obtained in Maths and English?

8. Read the following bar-graph and answer the following questions.

(i) What is the information given by the bar graph?

(ii) In which year is the increase in the number of students is maximum?
(iii) In which year is the number of students maximum?
(iv) Is the number of students during 2005-06 twice that of 2003-04?
9. Read the following bar graph and answer the following questions.

(i) What is the information given by the double bar graph?

(ii) In which subject has the performance improved the most?
(ii) In which subject thc pcrfbrrnancc deteriorated?
(iv) In which subjcct is the pcrf� r anee at par?
10. A group of students was asked for their favorite subject. The results were listed as under:
Art, Mathematics, Science, English, Mathematics, Art. English, Mathematics, English; Art,
Science, Art, Science, Science, Mathematics, Art. English. Art., Science, Mathematics.
Science, Art.
Answer the following questions:
(i) Which is the most liked subject?
(ii) Which is the least liked subject?
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11. Look at the following circle graph and answer the questions given below:

(i) Find the fraction of the circle representing each of these given information.
(ii) What is the central angle corresponding to the activities “Play and Home work”.

Chapter 20 : Probability
1. How many outcomes can be obtained by tossing a coin?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
2. How many outcomes can be obtained by rolling 2 dice?
a) 36 b) 12 c) 18 d) 6
3. Which of the below represents possible outcomes when 2 coins are tossed? Here, head is
represented by H and tail is represented by T.
a) HH, HT, TH, TT b) HH, HH, HT, HH
c) HT, TH, TT, TH d) HH, HH, TT, TT
4. If a dice is thrown. What is the probability of getting:
(i) an odd number (ii) a multiple of 3
(iii) a perfect square numbers (iv) a number less than 4?
5. Find the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays.
6. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be
drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is : (i) an ace (ii) either red or king (iii) a face
card (iv) a red face card
8. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting: (i) a doublet i.e. same
number on both dice. (ii) The sum as a prime number.
9. If a die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting a prime number?
10. A coin is tossed 200times and tail is obtained 128 times. Now, if a coin is tossed at
random, what is the probability of getting a tail?

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