DPS-MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL DOHA, QATAR

ASSIGNMENT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER (REVISION)

(2024 – 25)
CLASS: VIII
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS Submission Date: 06.02.2025
Name: ____________________________ Section: ____________
CHAPTER : 7- COMPARING QUANTITIES
LEVEL: 1
1. 72% of 25 students are good in Mathematics. How many are good in
Mathematics?
2. Convert the ratio 3:4 to percentage.
3. If 25% of x is 175, then the value of x is ________ .
4. A table marked at ₹ 15,000 is available for ₹ 14,400. Find the discount.
5. The marked price of a dress is 220. A discount of 20% is given by
shopkeeper. The amount of discount on it is___________.
a) 20 b) 240 c) 40 d) 44
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6. Assertion (A) : The fraction converted to percentage is 12.5%.
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Reasons (R) : × 100% = 12.5%
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

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7. Assertion (A): If marked price of an article is ₹ 1300 and discount is 10%.
The selling price of the article is 1180.
Reason (R) : The selling price of an article can be calculated by the
formula S.P. = Marked price - Discount.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
LEVEL : 2
1. Find the selling price of a towel when 4% sales tax is added on the
purchase of a towel at ₹ 50.
2. Suman buys an old sofa for ₹ 4700 and spends ₹ 800 on its repairs. If
she sells the sofa for ₹ 5800, find her profit percent.
3. A sofa was sold at ₹ 3,800 at a loss of 5%. What was its cost price?
4. The selling price of a double door refrigerator inclusive of VAT is ₹
39,240. If the rate of VAT is 9%, find the MP of the refrigerator?
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5. Find the amount and compound interest of ₹ 256 in two year at 12 %
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when the interest is compounded annually.

6. The price of a mobile phone depreciates at a rate of 6% every year. If
its current cost is ₹ 20000, what will be its price after 1 year?
LEVEL : 3
1. A smartphone is marked at ₹ 25000. The shopkeeper offers a
discount of 20% on cash payment. If the GST is 12%, find the amount
that customers have to pay to purchase the smartphone.

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2. The population of a place increased to 12100 in 2021 at a rate of 10%
per annum.
(i) find the population in 2019.
(ii) what would be its population in 2023?
3. Ashish took a loan of ₹ 80,000 from a bank. If the rate of interest is
8% p.a. find the amount he would be paying after 2 years, if interest
is Compounded Annually?
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

1. A shopkeeper runs a store where he sells two popular items: school

bags and water bottles.

 The marked price (M.P.) of a school bag is ₹ 800, but he offers a

discount of 10%.
 The water bottle is sold at ₹ 120 after a 20% discount.
 He collects 18% GST on the discounted price of both items from
customers.

Answer the following using the information given above.

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i) What is the selling price of the school bag after the discount?
ii) What is the discount offered on the water bottle?
iii) What is the total GST collected on both items?

2. Aman deposited ₹ 10,000 in a bank that offers compound interest at a

rate of 5% per annum, compounded annually. He plans to keep the
money in the bank for 3 years. Meanwhile, his sister, Priya, deposits
₹ 12,000 in another bank offering compound interest at 4% per
annum, compounded annually, for the same duration. Both of them
want to compare their total returns after 3 years.

i) What is the total amount Aman will receive after 3 years?

ii) How much compound interest does Priya earn after 3 years?
iii) Whose total return is higher, and by how much?
iv) If Aman decides to withdraw his money after 2 years instead of 3,
how much will he get?

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 CHAPTER : 8 – ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS AND IDENTITIES

LEVEL: 1
1. The sum of -7pq and 2pq is__________.
(a) -9pq (b) 9pq (c) 5pq (d) -5pq
2. If we subtract −3 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 from 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 , then we get __________.
(a) −4𝑥 2 𝑦 2 (b) −2𝑥 2 𝑦 2 (c) −2𝑦 2 (d) 4𝑥 2 𝑦 2
2. Product of the monomials 4p, −7𝑞 3 , -7pq is __________ .

(a) 196𝑝2 𝑞 4` (b) 196𝑝𝑞 4` (c) −196𝑝2 𝑞 4` (d) 196𝑝2 𝑞 3`

3. The product of a monomial and a binomial is a ___________.

(a) Monomial (b) binomial

(c) Trinomial (d) none of these

4. Volume of cube of side 2a is _________.

a) 2𝑎3 b) 12𝑎2 c) 8𝑎3 d) None of theses
5. Assertion (A) : The value of 2x + 3y when x=1 and y=2 is 8.
Reasons (R) : To evaluate an expression, substitute the values of
variables and simplify the result.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false.

d) A is false but R is true.

LEVEL: 2
1. Add (i) 3a – 4b + 4c, 2a + 3b – 8c and a – 6b + c
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 (ii) m2 + 3n2 – 6mn, 2m2 – n2 + 8mn and n2 + 8

2. Subtract :

(i) 5y4 – 3y3 + 2y2 + y - 1 from 4y4 – 2y3 – 6y2 – y + 5

(ii) 3pq (p - q) from 2pq (p + q)

3. Find the volume of a cuboid whose length, breadth and height is 7ab2
and 4a2b and 5abc respectively.
4. Subtract :
4c (-a + b + c) from the sum of 3a(a + b + c) and 2b (a – b + c)
5. Simplify: (i) 7x(x-y2) - 5y(xy+2x) – xy(x+y)
(ii) (x – 4 ) (x – 4 ) + 16
(iii) (a –b)( a2 +b2 + ab) – (a +b)( a2 +b2 - ab)
6. Simplify and find the value.
3y (2y – 7) – 3 (y – 4) – 63 for y = (-2)
7. Find the product of the following algebraic expressions.
(a) 6p2(pq + q2)
(b) 7ab(4a2-3ab +2b2)
(c) (5m2+ 8) (5m2 – 7)
(d)(2x – 2y – 3) ( x + y + 5)
8. Assertion (A) : The sum of 2x+5 and 3x−3 is 5x−2.
Reason (R) : When adding two algebraic expressions, we combine
like terms and then we simplify.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
LEVEL: 3
1. Simplify (3m-2n) (2m-3n) and find its value when m = 1 and
n = (- 1).
2. Simplify
i) (x + y) (x – y + z) + (y – z) ( –x + y + z) − 4zx
ii) ( x + y) ( 2x + y) + ( x + 2y ) ( x – y)
iii) ( 2.5x – 4y ) ( 2.5x + 4y + 3 ) – 6.5x + 12 y
2 1 2 1
iv) ( 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 ) 4 ( 𝑎2 - 𝑏2)
5 2 5 2

3. The perimeter of a triangle is 6p2 - 4p + 9 and the length of its two

sides are p2 - 2p+1 and 3p2 - 5p+3. Find the length of third side of
the triangle.
CASE STUDY QUESTION

1. A gardener designs a rectangular garden where the length is

represented by (x−5) meters, and the width is represented by
(3x+2) meters.

(i) Find the area of the garden.

(ii) Find the perimeter of the garden.
(iii) Calculate the area of the garden, if x = 4.
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 CHAPTER: 9 - MENSURATION
LEVEL: 1
1. The volume of a cube is 64 cm3. Its surface area is_____________.
(a) 16 cm2 (b) 64 cm2 (c) 96 cm2 (d) 128 cm2
2. Total surface area of a cuboid is ______________.
(a) 2 h (l + b) (b) 2 (l b + b h + l h) (c) l b h (d) None of these

3. If the area of a rhombus is 240 cm2 and one of its diagonal is 16 cm then
the length of the other diagonal will be _____________ .
(a) 30 cm (b) 40 cm (c) 15 cm (d) none of these
4. Assertion (A): The volume of a cylinder is V= 𝜋r2h where ‘r’ is the radius
and ‘h’ is the height.
Reasoning (R): The volume of a cylinder is calculated by multiplying the
area of the base (a circle) by the height.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true
LEVEL : 2
1. A cuboid is of dimensions 50 cm × 55 cm × 30 cm. How many small
cubes with side 5 cm can be placed in the given cuboid?
2. The area of a trapezium shaped field is 720 m², the distance between two
parallel sides is 20m and one of the parallel side is 35 m. Find the other
parallel side.

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 3. The diagonal of a quadrilateral shaped field is 24 m and the
perpendiculars dropped on it from the remaining opposite vertices are 8 m
and 13 m. Find the area of the field.

4.Find height of cylinder whose radius is 14 cm and the curved surface area
is 1320cm2.
5. Radius of a cylinder is ‘r’ and the height is ‘h’. Find the volume if,
(a) height is doubled.
(b) height remains same and the radius is halved.
6. The volume of a cuboidal container is 1440 m³. The length and breadth of
the container are 15 m and 8 m respectively. Find its height.
LEVEL: 3
1. The lateral surface area of a hollow cylinder is 4224 cm2. It is cut along its
height and formed a rectangular sheet of width 33 cm. Find the perimeter
of rectangular sheet?
2. A road roller takes 750 complete revolutions to move once over to level a
road. Find the area of the road if the diameter of a road roller is 84 cm and
length is 1 m.
3. In a building there are 24 cylindrical pillars. The radius of each pillar is
28cm and height is 4m.Find the total cost of painting the curved surface
area of all pillars at the rate of 8 per m2.
4. The dimensions of a match box are 6 cm × 3.5 cm × 2.5 cm. Find the
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 volume of a packet containing 12 such match boxes.
5. 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.
6. Daniel is painting the walls and ceiling of a cuboidal hall with length,
breadth and height of 15 m, 10 m and 7 m respectively. From each can of
paint 100 m2 of area is painted. How many cans of paint will she need to
paint the room?
CASE STUDY QUESTION
1. On the occasion of his mother’s birthday, Rahul went to the market and
purchased a beautiful cuboidal jewellery box to gift his mother. The length,
breadth and height of the box are 10 cm, 12 cm and 20 cm respectively.

Based on the given information, answer the questions given below:

i) Find the capacity of the box.
ii) Find the lateral surface area of the box.
iii) What is the total area of paper required to cover the box completely in
square centimeters?

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 CHAPTER 11 – DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTION
LEVEL: 1
1. If x and y are directly proportional and when x = 13, y = 39, which of
the following is a possible pair of corresponding values of x and y?
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 10 and 50 (c) 30 and 10 (d) 6 and 8
2. A car covers a distance in 40 minutes with an average speed of 60 km
per hour. The average speed to cover the same distance in 30 minutes
is _________.
(a) 80 km/hr (b) 45km/hr (c) 70 km/hr (d) 45 km/hr
3. If the cost of 10 pencils is 90, then the cost of 15 pencils is _______.
a. 60 b. 135 c. 100 d. None of these
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4. If x∝ and x1=15, y1=20 and x2 = 2, then find y2?
𝑦

a) 50 b) 75 c) 100 d) 150
5. If x and y are inversely proportional, then which one is true?
𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑥1 𝑦1 𝑥1 𝑦2
a) = b) = c) = d) x1.x2 = y1.y2
𝑦1 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦1

6. Assertion (A): If the number of workers increases, the time taken to

complete a job decreases.
Reason (R): Time taken to complete a job is directly proportional to
the number of workers.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not
the correct explanation of Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
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 d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
LEVEL: 2
1. From the following table, determine if x and y are in direct proportion
or not.
(i) x 0.5 2 8 32
y 2 8 32 128

(ii) x 2 4 12 9
y 18 90 3 4

2. In a scout camp, there is food provision for 300 cadets for 42 days. If 50
more persons join the camp, for how many days will the provision last?
3. If two cardboard boxes occupy 500 𝑐𝑚3 space, then how much space is
required to keep 200 such boxes?
4. A swimming pool can be filled in 4 hours by 8 pumps of the same type.
How many such pumps are required if the pool is to be filled in 2
hours?
5. A truck needs 54 litres of diesel for covering a distance of 297 km. Find
the diesel required by the truck to cover a distance of 594 km.
6. i). If x varies inversely as y, then find ‘a’.

x a 60

y 2 10

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 ii). If x varies directly as y, then find ‘b’.

x 12 6
y 48 b

LEVEL: 3

1. Sobi types 108 words in 6 minutes. How many words would she type in
half an hour?
2. The mass of an aluminum rod varies directly with its length. If a 16 cm
long rod has a mass of 192 g, find the length of the rod whose mass is
384 g.
3. 30 men can harvest a field in 17 days. If the field is to be harvested in 10
days then how many men will be required? How many extra men are
to be employed?
4. At a particular time, the length of the shadow of an electric pole whose
height 72 m is 80 m. What will be the height of an electric pole, if the
length of whose shadow at the same time is 1000 cm?

CASE STUDY QUESTION

1. The students of Anju’s class sold posters to raise money. Anju

wanted to create a ratio for finding the amount of money his class
would make for different numbers of posters sold. He knew they
could raise ₹ 250 for every 60 posters sold.

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 i) What type of proportion exists in the above situation?
ii) How much money would Anju’s class make for selling 102
posters?
iii) Could Anju’s class raise exactly ₹ 2,000? If so, how many posters
would they need to sell?

CHAPTER : 12- FACTORISATION

LEVEL: 1
1. The common factor of 5xy, 3pqr and 40 xyz is
a) 5
b) 0
c) xy
d) 1
2.The quotient obtained on dividing (x 2 – b) (x – a) by –(x – a) is
a) (x2 – b)
b) - (x2 – b)
c) – ( x + a)
−(𝑥 2 −𝑏)
d)
(𝑥−𝑎)
3.The factors of the algebraic expression x ² – 225 is
a) (1 – 15x) (1 + 15x)
b) (x – 15) (x + 15)
c) (1 – 15x) (1 – 15x)
d) (1 + 15x) (1 – 15x)
4. Factorise the following
(a) 20a12b² - 15 a8b4 (b) (y – x)a + (x – y)b

5. Factorise by grouping the terms

(a) ax² + by² + bx² + ay² (b) a(a + b – c) – bc

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6. Assertion (A) : The factors of 4x² + 25y² is (2x + 5y)².
Reasons (R) : The factorization is defined as expressing or
decomposing a number or an algebraic expression as a
product of its prime factors or irreducible factors.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
7. Assertion (A): The common factor of x3y2 and x4y is x3y.
Reasons (R): The factorisation is defined as expressing or decomposing
a number or an algebraic expression as a product of its prime factors or
irreducible factors.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

LEVEL: 2
1. Factorise using algebraic identity.
(a) 4x² + 12xy + 9y² (b) x4 – 2x2 + 1 (c) 63a² – 112b²

2. Factorise using the identity x² + (a +b) x + ab = (x + a) (x + b)

(a) z² - 4z – 12 (b) x² + 9x + 20 (c) p² - p – 56
(d) 3m² + 9m + 6 (e) 2p² + 12p + 16

3. Factorise the expression:

a) 1 – 2ab –(a² + b²) b) (x² – 2xy + y²) – z²

4. Divide:
i) 18x² - 2x – (9x – 1) by 2x - 1
ii) 6x4yz – 3xy3z + 8x2yz4 by 2xyz
iii) (x² + 7x + 10 ) by ( x + 5)
iv) 4yz ( z² + 6z -16 ) by 2y ( z + 8)

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 LEVEL: 3

1. Factorise each of the following algebraic expression

i) 16 (2x -3 )² – 25 z²
ii) 4a² - 9b² - 2a – 3b
iii) 25a² – 4b² + 28bc – 49c²
iv) 𝑥 4 – ( 𝑦 + 𝑧)4
2. The height of a triangle is x⁴ - y⁴ and its base is 14xy. Find the area
of the triangle and factorise it.

CASE STUDY QUESTION

1. Shyama’s mother wants to donate some money among the poor. The
amount to be donated is ₹ (p² - p - 42) and the number of poor people are
(p + 6). Answer the following questions based on the above situation.

i). The factors of the given amount are

a) (p – 6) (p + 7)
b) (p – 6) (p - 7)
c) (p + 6) (p + 7)
d) (p + 6) (p - 7)
ii).The amount received by each person is
a) (p + 6)
b) ( p - 6)
c) (p + 7)
d) (p – 7)

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 iii).If the value of p is 10, then the value of the total amount to be
donated is
a) ₹ 100
b) ₹ 50
c) ₹ 42
d) ₹ 48
iv). If the value of p is 10, then the amount received by each person is
a) ₹ 3
b) ₹ 5
c) ₹ 10
d) ₹ 42

CHAPTER: 13- INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHS

LEVEL: 1
1. The horizontal and vertical line in a line graph are usually called
__________ and __________.
2. The coordinates of the origin are ___________.
3. A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of
time is
(a) bar graph (b) pie chart (c) histogram (d) line graph
4. State : (True / False)
Points (3, 4) and (4, 3) represent the same point on the graph.
5. Assertion (A): The coordinates of a point on the x-axis are of the form
(x, 0).
Reason (R): The y-coordinate of any point on the x-axis is always
zero.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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 c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, and R is true.

LEVEL : 2
1. Study the distance-time graph given below for a car to travel to
certain places and answer the questions that follow.
(a) How far does the car travel in 2 hours?
(b) How much time does the car take to reach R?
(c) How long does the car take to cover 80 km?

2. The table given below shows the temperatures recorded on a day at

different times.

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 Observe the table and answer the following questions.
(a) What is the temperature at 8 am?
(b) At what time is the temperature 3°C?
(c) What is the difference in temperature between 7 am and 10 am?
(d) During which hour was there a constant temperature?
3. The graph shows the maximum temperatures recorded for two
consecutive weeks of a town. Study the graph and answer the
questions that follow.

(a) What information is given by the two axes?

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 (b) On which day was the temperature same in both the weeks?
(c) On which day was the difference in temperatures the maximum
for both the weeks?
(d) What were the temperatures for both the weeks on Thursday?
4. Make a line graph for the area of a square as per the given table.
Side(cm ) 1 2 3 4 5
Area(sq. cm) 1 4 9 16 25
Is it a linear graph?
5. The following table gives the quantity of petrol and its cost.

Plot a graph to show the data. Use the graph to find

(a) how much petrol can be purchased for 800.
(b) the cost of 12 liters of petrol.
LEVEL : 3
1. Ajit can ride a scooter constantly at a speed of 30 km/hr. Draw a
time-distance graph for this situation. Use it to find
(i) the time taken by Ajit to ride 75 km.
1
(ii) the distance covered by Ajit in 3 hours.
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2. 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 250.
(b) The investment one has to make to get an annual simple interest
of 70.

CASE STUDY QUESTION

1. A bank gives 10% simple interest on deposits by senior citizens. Draw a

line graph to illustrate the relation between the sum deposited and the
simple interest earned.

Principal 500 1000 1500 2000

Simple Interest 50 100 150 200

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 Find from the graph:
(i) Is this a Linear graph or not?
(ii) The annual interest obtainable for an investment of 250.
(iii) The investment one has to make in order to get an annual simple
interest of 70.
TIMSS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Factorise the expression:

i) (ℓm + ℓ) + m + 1 ii) 𝑎4 - 𝑏 4 iii) 𝑥 4 – (𝑥 − 𝑧 )4

2. A car travels 60 km in 1.5 hours. How far will it travel in 5 hours at

the same speed?

3. Ramesh deposits ₹ 5,000 in a bank offering 5% annual compound

interest. What will be the total amount in his account after 2 years?

4. A shirt is marked at ₹ 1,200, but a store is offering a 25% discount.

What is the discounted price of the shirt?

5. A cylinder has a height of 10 cm and a base radius of 7 cm. Calculate

i) The curved surface area.

ii) The total surface area.

6. The coordinates of a point at a distance of 6 units from the X-axis and

3 units from the y-axis are

a) (0, 3) b) (6, 0) c) (3, 6) d) (6, 3)

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