CHAPTER 1

SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS

1. Which of them is a perfect square?

a) 576 b)941 c)65 d)none
2. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
a)62500 b)57600 c)90000 d)63147
3. Which of the following will have 4 at units place?
a)142 b)622 c)272 d)352
4. By observing the digits at ones place ,tell which of the following never
perfect square
a)100 b)927 c)625 d)576
5. If one number of the Pythagorean triplet is 2m then the other two are
a)m, m2+1 b)m2+1,m2 -1 c)m2 ,m2+1 d)m , m2
6. How many natural numbers lie between 52 and 62 ?
a)9 b)10 c)11 d)12
7. Which of the following triplets are Pythagorean?
a)(8,15,17) b)(12,35,38) c) (14,48,51)
8. The difference between the squares of two consecutive numbers is
equal to their .
a) difference b) sum c) product d) quotient
9. The number of non-square numbers between n2 and (n+1)2 is
a) 2n + 1 b) 2n c) 2n – 1 d) n+1
10. Find how many non-square number lie between the following pair of
numbers
i)100 and121 ii)82and 92 iii)302and312
11. Find the square root of the following numbers by repeated subtraction
method
i) 9 ii)64 iii)125 iv) 81
12. Find the square root by prime factorisation
i) 7744 ii)47089 iii) 4096 iv)11025
13. Can a right triangle with sides 6cm, 8cm and 10cm be formed, give
reason.
14. Find the smallest number by which 9048 must be multiplied so that
it becomes a perfect square. Also, find the square root of the number so
obtained.
15. Find the smallest number by which 2205 must be divided so that it
becomes a perfect square. Also find the square root of the resulting
number.
16. Find the square root of the following by the long division method.
i)12544 ii)97344 iii)18225
17. Find the least number which must be subtracted from the following
number to make it perfect Square
i)2361 ii)18265
18. Find the least number which must be added from the following
number to make it a perfect square i) 4931 ii)5607
19. Find the greatest 6 - digit number which is perfect square.
Also find the square root of the number so obtained.
20. Find the least number of six digits which is a perfect square.
Also find the square root of the number so obtained.
21. Find the square root of the following
5625 243 394
a) 441 b) 867 23 729
22. The students of class VIII of a school donated ₹ 2401 in
all, for Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Each student
donated as many rupees as the number of students in the
class. Find the number of students in the class.
23. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each
of the numbers 4, 9 and 10.
24. A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in
such a way that the number of rows and the number of
columns remain the same. Find the minimum number of
plants he needs more for this.
25. There are 500 children in a school. For a P.T. drill, they
have to stand in such a manner that the number of rows is
equal to the number of columns. How many children would
be left out in this arrangement?
26. A genaral wishing to draw up his 64019 men in the form of a
square found that he had 10 men extra. Find the number in the
front row
27. The cost of levelling a square lawn at ₹15 per square meter is
230400. find the cost of fencing the lawn at ₹20 per meter.
28. The product of two numbers is 1296. if one number is 16
times the other, find the number.
29. Find the value of 24336 and hence find the value of
243.36 + 2.4336
30. The area of a square field is 5184m2 . A rectangular field whose
length is twice the breadth, has its perimeter equal to the perimeter of the
square field. Find the area of rectangle.
31. Find the square root of 324/841
32. Find the square root of the following decimal numbers
i) 84.8241 ii) 0.00059049 iii)225.6004
33. Write Pythagorean triplet if one number is a) 14 b) 18 c) 6.
34. Which of the following are pythagorean triplet
a) (8,15,17) b) (30,32,35)
35. Find the value a) 1002 - 992 b) 7892 - 7882.
 Cubes and cube roots
1.The cube of 11 is
a) 1331 b)3113 c)1313 d)3131
2. The number of zeros in the cube of 1000
a) 2 b)4 c)9 d)10
3. The cube of (-21) is
a) 9261 b) -9261 c) -2961 d)-9216
4. The cube roots of 6 x7 is
3 3

a) 216 b)-42 c)42 d)-216

3
5. Given that = −6 then x is
a) 216 b)18 c)-18 d)-216
6. Given that 512=83 , 3.375= 1.53 , find the value of 3 512× ∛3.375
a) 12 b)9.5 c)8 d)1.5
7. Which of the following are perfect cube
i)1728 ii) 106480.
8. Which is the smallest number by which 3087 must be multiplied so
that the product is a perfect cube?
9. What is the smallest number by which 8640 must be divided so that
the quotient is a perfect cube?
10. If one side of a cube is 13 metres, find its volume.
11. Find the cube roots by prime factorisation method.
i) 216 ii) - 1728 iii)4913
12. Multiply 137592 by the smallest number so the product is a perfect
cube and also find the cube root of product.
13. The volume of a cube is 343 cubic metres, find one side of cube.
14. Find the cube root of rational number
i) –64/729
ii) – 343/–125

15. Find the cube root of the following through estimation method.
A) 110592 b) 10648
3 0.512 3 0.027 0.09
16. Find the value a) b) ÷ -1
0.343 0.008 0.04

17. Divide the number 26244 by the smallest number so that quotient is a
perfect cube. Also find the cube root of the quotient
18. The volume of cube 512 cubic metre. Find the length of the side of
the cube.
19. Which of the following are cubes of a negative integer
i)-64 ii)-2197 iii)-1056 iv)-3888.
20. Find the cube roots by prime factorisation
i)125 ii)-5832 iii)-1728.
21. Find the cube roots of each of the following numbers
i) 8 X 64 ii)-216X 1728 iii) 27X(-2744)
iv) -125X -3375 v) -456533 vi) -5832000
 22. Three numbers are in the ratio 1: 2:3. The sum of their cubes is 972.
Find the numbers.
23. Difference in two perfect cubes is 189. If the cube root of smaller
number is 3. Find the cube roots of the larger number.
3 3
24. Evaluate 128 323 8

Chapter-3
Exponents and Radicals

1. Simplify, express the answer should as positive component 2o x 22 X 23

a) 1/2 b)—1/2 c)25 d)22
2. x raised to power of zero is always
a)0 b)1 c)itself d)negative
3. Simplify 3 -3

a) -27 b)-9 c)1/9 d) 1/27

4. (c5 ) (c3 ) (c3 ) is
a)c45 b)3c11 c)c11 d) 3c45
5. Multiply x2 and x4
a)x6 b)x8 c)x2 d)2x6
6. Simplify x3 . X5
a)x15 b)x8 c)15x d)x2
7. According the exponents rule, when we multiply the expressions we
the exponents.
a)add b)subtract c)multiply d)divide
4
8. Rewrite in exponential form ( 10� )5
a)v4/3 b)(6v)1/2 c)(3v)3/4 d)(10v)5/4
9. Simplify (x2/3) 2/5
10. Find the value of (4o +4-1)×22
11. Solve 3-4 and (1/2)-2
12. Simplify the following (—4)5÷(—4)8
13. Express 4-3as a power with base 2.
14. Evaluate (√4)-3
15. Find the value of x for which 2x÷2-4=45
16. Calculate the value of x in the given expression
(11/9)3×(9/11)6 = (11/9)2x-1
17. Express each of the following with positive exponent
i) y-3/4 ii)4/y-5/6 iii)(y-5)3
18. Simplify i) (x2 )3 ii) x-3/2× 3 x-1/2
19. Find the value of
i) 641/3 ×25—1/2 ii) (165/2—161/2 )/165/2
20 Evaluate
i)
(1.44 )3/2 ii)(.0016)3/2
1 1
Evaluate i) (172—82 )1/2 ii) (33 +43 +53 )-2/3 iii) [5(83 + 273 ) 3]1/4
21. If 5x-1 =25 and 6y+2 =216, find the value of y/x – x/y.
22. If 5x +5x-2=650 then find the value of xx .
 23. If 9x+2= 240+ 9x then find the value of x.
7 9
3 3 −1
362 − 362
24.Find the value of a) 5 b) 3 x 164 c) 2 x 92 x 9 2
362
25.Simplify

26. Find the value of x if a)3x+3x+3x + 3x = 324 b) 8255 = 32�

Direct and Inverse Variation

1.If A can finish work in n days then the part of work finished in 1 day is
a)1—n b)1/n c)n—1 d)none of these
2. If an increase in one quantity brings about corresponding decrease in the
other and vice-versa than the two quantity vary
a)directly b)inversely c)sometime directly and sometime inversely d)none
3. ‘If speed is more than time to cover a fixed distance would be less. This is
case of
a)inverse variation b)direct variation c)none of the above
4. If x and y vary inversely. Then using the table the value of x for y=10 is
x 5
y 20

a) 10 b)40 c)15 d)20

5. A train is running at a speed of 75 km/hr. What distance will it cover in
20 minutes
a)15km b)20km c)23km d)25km
6. In direct proportion y=k x, if x=3 when y=9, what is constant of
proportionality k=____
a)12 b)3 c).333 d)none of these
7. In an indirect proportion y=k/x , x=4 when y=2, what is the constant of
proportionality k=____
a)8 b)4 c)2 d)0.5
8. A car travels 14km in 25 minutes. Find out how far the car travels in 5
hours if the speed remains the same.
9.If 15 workers can finish task in 42 hours. Calculate the number of
workers required to complete the same task in 30 hours.
10. If cost of 16 apples is Rs160. Calculate the cost of 14 apples.
11.If x varies inversely as y and x=20 when y=600, find y when x=400.
12.The variable x varies directly as y and x=80 when y=160. Find the value
of y when x = 64.
13.In a camp, there is enough flour for 300 persons for 42 days .How long
the flour will last if 15 more people join the camp.
14. A contractor undertook a contract to complete a part of stadium in 9
months with a team of 560 workers. Later on, he was required to
complete in 5 months. How many extra persons should he employ to
complete the stadium?
15.Geeta types 108 words in 6 minutes. How many words would she type
in half an hour?
16.It is given l varies directly as m
i) write an equation which relates l and m.
ii) Find the constant of proportion (k) when l is 6 then m is 18
iii) find l when m is 33.
17. If deposit of Rs2000 earns interest of Rs500 in 3 years, how much
interest would a deposit of Rs36000 earn in 3 years at the same rate of
simple interest?
18. The mass of aluminium rod varies directly with its length. If a 16cm
long rod has a mass of 192g. Find the length of rod whose mass is 105gms.
19. If Naresh walks 250 steps to cover a distance of 200m. Find the
distance travelled in 350 steps.
20. A car travels a distance of 225km in 25 litres of petrol. How many
litres of petrol will be required
to cover a distance of 540 km by this car?
21. If a and b varies inversely to each other, then find the value of p, q, r; x,
y, z.
a 2 Y 6 10
b X 12.5 15

22.If the 25 metres of cloth costs Rs 337.50 then

i) what will be the cost of 40 metres of the same type of cloth?
ii) what will be length of the cloth bought for Rs 675 ?
23.A swimming pool can be filled in 4 hours by 8 pumps of same type.
How many such pumps are required if the pool is to be filled in 2 hrs?
 24. At a particular time, the length of shadow of Minar whose height is
72 m is 80m. What will be the height of an electric pole, the length of
whose shadow at the same time.
25. A garrison of 120 men has provision for 30 days. At the end of five
days, five more people joined them. How many days can they sustain
on the remaining provision.
26. A train 150m long is running at a speed of 72km/hr. It crosses a
bridge in 13 seconds. Find the length of the bridge.
27. How long will a train 120m long take to clear a platform 130m long
if its speed is 50kmph.
28. A train 210m long took 12 seconds to pass a 90m long tunnel. Find
the speed of the train.
29. A train 350m long crosses an electric pole in 28 seconds. Find the
speed of the train.
30. If x and y vary inversely and y = 27 find x when constant of variation
is 3.

Chapter-5
Profit, Loss and discount
1. The profit which a person earns on selling of an article is
a) C.P+S.P b)S.P –C.P c)S.P+ C.P d)none
2. Geeta bought 12 pens for 240 and sold them for 300, what is the
percentage of profit she made?
a)10% b)25% c)30% d)none
3. Ram bought 8 balls for Rs80 and sold them for Rs 40 , find the
percentage of loss he incurred a)50% b)20% c)15% d)70%
4. The discount by the shopkeeper is given on
a)marked price b)cost price c)selling price d)none
5. Loss or gain percent is always calculated on
a)cost price b)selling price c)marked price d)GST
6. A boy buys 10 apples for Rs9.60 and sells them at 11 for Rs12. Find the
profit percentage.
7. If the cost of 20 chairs be equal to selling price of 16 chairs. Find the
gain or loss percentage.
8. by selling 35 greeting cards a shopkeeper loses an amount equal to the
selling price of five greeting cards. Find his loss percentage.
9. Shyam sold his motor cycle to Ravi at a loss of 28%. Ravi spent Rs1680
on its repairs and sold the motorcycle to Hitesh for Rs35910 thereby
making a profit of 12.5%. Find the cost price of the motor cycle.
10. The marked price of a ceiling fan is Rs 840. During off season it was
sold for Rs 780. Find the percentage discount.
11. A lady shopkeeper allows her customers 10% discount on the marked
price of the goods and still gets a profit of 25%profit. What is the cost price
of the good for her marked at Rs 1250?
12.A tradesman allows a discount of 15% on the written price. How much
above the cost price must he mark the goods to make a profit of 19%?
13.I bought a dress at 30% discount on its marked price but later on I sold
it on the marked price. Find out how much gain I made.
14. Ankit sold two jeans for ₹990 each. On one he gains 10% and on the
other he lost 10%. find his gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.
15. The marked price of a water cooler is ₹5400. The shopkeeper offers a
off season discount of 20% find the selling price.
16. Priti allows 8% discount on the marked price of the suits and still
makes a profit 15%. if her gain over the sale is ₹156, find the marked price
of suit.
 Chapter6
Compound Interest
1. The compound interest on Rs10000 for 2 years at 10% per annum is
a)1400 b)2100 c)2000 d)none
2. Ram borrows x amount of money from Rohit at 10% compound interest
computed annually and he lends the same amount to Rohan at the same
rate of interest but the interest is compounded half-yearly. The interest
Ram gets will be ______than the interest he pays
a)same b)less c)more d)none
3. The formula for the compound interest is
a)P x R x T/100 b)P[ (1 +R/100)n —1] c)none
4. The n in the formula of compound interest stands for
a)time b)principal c)amount d)rate of interest
5. If you want to deposit a sum for two years. What would you opt for
a) simple interest of 8%
b) compound interest of 8% compounded annually
c) compound interest of 8% compounded half yearly.
6. Geeta invests Rs 96000 at 9.6% per annum for 3 years the interest
compounded annually, calculate
i) the amount standing to her credit at the end of second year
ii) the interest for the third year.
7. Find the compound interest on Rs 6000 for 1 years at 8% per annum
interest being payable half- yearly.
8.Calculate the compound interest on Rs 24000 for six months if the
interest is payable quarterly at the rate of 12% per annum.
9. Rohan borrowed Rs30000 from his friend Hitesh at 20% per annum
simple interest. He lent it to Aman at the same rate compounded annually.
Find his gain after 2 years.
10. Find the difference between the compound interest and simple interest
on a sum of Rs 40000 at 12%per annum for 2 years.
11. Find the principal, if the compound interest compounded annually at
the rate 8% per annum for 3 years is Rs 420. 12. What sum will become
Rs. 4913 in 18 months if the rate of interest is 12 % per annum and the
interest is compounded half yearly.
12. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on
certain sum of money at 10% per annum for 2 years is Rs500. Find the
sum when the interest is compounded annually.
13. In what time will Rs1000 amount to Rs 1060 at 6% per annum
compounded annually?
14. In what time Rs.64000 amount to 68921 at 5% per annum interest
being compounded halfyearly?
15. At what rate percent will Rs12000 amount to Rs14520 in two years,
when the interest is compounded annually?
16. The population of town increases at the rate of 6% per annum. What
will be the population on this basis after 3 years if the present population is
125000?
17. The population of a town 3 years ago was 72000. Due to migration to
cities it decreases at the rate of 5% every year. Find its present population.
18. The population of a city was 150000 two years ago. If it had increased
by 2.5% and 4% in the last two years. Find its present population.
19. The population of a village is 15000. If the annual birth rate is 4% and
death rate is 1%. Calculate the population after 2 years.
20. 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.
21. A new car costs Rs480000. Its price depreciates at the rate 8% a year
during first two years and at the rate of 20% a year thereafter. What will
be price after 3 years?
22. The value of refrigerator which was purchased 2 years ago depreciates
at 12% per annum. If its present value is Rs 10648 for how much was it
purchased.
23. Ashish started the business with investment of Rs. 400000. In the first
year incurred a loss of 3%. However during second year earned a profit
of5% and in the third year it rose to 10%. Calculate the net profit for the
entire period 3 years.
24. The value of machine depreciates at the rate of 10% per annum. What
will be its value 2 years hence, if the present value is Rs100000? Also find
the total deprecation during this period.