CLASS 8 - MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT – BOOKLET 3

DIRECT AND INVERSE VARIATION

1. Gaurav takes 15 minutes to cover 1000 m by foot. Assuming that he does not slow down
and continues walking with the same speed, find the time taken to cover 1400 m.
2. One liter of juice can fill 5 glasses. How many liters are required to fill 13 glasses ?
3. 120 books of the same size are packed in 5 boxes. How many boxes are needed to pack
216 similar books ?
4. A car travels 47 km with 4 liters of petrol. How much petrol will be needed to travel a
distance of 235 km ?
5. The scale of a map is given as 1 : 2500000 . If the distance between two towns on the
map is 5 cm, what is the actual distance in km ?
6. A contractor employs 56 men to lay a road. He agrees to get the work done in 15 days.
But the authorities want the work to be completed in 10 days. How many more men
should he employ ?
7. A hostel has sufficient stock of food for 500 students to last for 60 days, How long will
the provisions last if 125 students leave the hostel ?
8. A car travels certain distance at a speed of 45 kmph in 5 hours. What must be the speed
of the car to cover the same distance in 4 hours ?
9. Revathy starts her journey to a certain city at 9:00 am and reaches her destination at
1: 00 pm, if she travels at a speed of 30 kmph.
i) Find the time taken by Revathy to reach her destination.
ii) Calculate the distance she travelled .
iii) By how much should she increase her speed so that she can reach at 12 noon ?
10. Nita invited ten of herfriends for her birthday. She ordered red velvet cake , pizza and
juice.
i) The cost of 2 kg cake is ₹ 500. If she ordered a 5 kg cake, how much did she pay for
it ?
ii) If each of them had 2 slices of pizza, how many slices did they have totally ?
iii) The rent for the party hall was ₹ 1200 for 2 hours , how much did she have to pay if
her party began at 5 pm and ended at 8:30 pm ?

EXPONENTS AND POWERS

1) Evaluate:

a) (−5) b) c) (−3)

2) Express in exponential form.

3) Evaluate:

a) ×

b) (11) × (11)
c) (5) × (5) × (5)

d) × ×

4) Find the value :

a) (7 + 5 ) − (3 + 9 )

b) − ÷
 c) (9 − 4 ) × ×

d) − ×

e)

5) Write in standard form:

6) Express 8-4 as a power with the base 2.

7) Find the value of a) k if (-2)k+1 × (-2)3 = (-2)7

b) m if 𝟕𝒎 = 𝟑𝟒𝟑

8) Find the value of the following

𝟕𝟐 ×𝟕 𝟓 𝟑𝟐×𝟓𝟒 ×𝟑
i) 𝟔
ii)
𝟕 𝟐𝟓×𝟐𝟑 ×𝟑 𝟏

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

1) Write the numerical coefficient of : a) pq b) 2a𝑏 𝑐 c)9𝑎 𝑏

2) Write the coefficient of y in - 18𝑥 𝑦

3) Add the following expressions :

a) (4x + 3y +6z ) , ( -2x – 5y +7z ) and ( 5x + 7y – 3z )

b) (7 𝑥 𝑦 - 4𝑥𝑦 ) , ( 8𝑥𝑦 - 6𝑥 𝑦) , (4𝑥 𝑦 + 6𝑥𝑦 )

a) ( 9a + 7b – 8c ) from ( -2a + 4b +10c )

b) (8 x + 9y + 4z ) from (2x – 4y + 7z )

5) Subtract the sum of ( 4x + 7y ) and ( -8x + 3y ) from the sum of (-9x +8y ) and ( 4x – 10y )

6) Find the product :

a) 6𝑥 x 4𝑥𝑦 b) -2ab x - 6𝑎𝑏 c) 7p ( 𝑝 - 𝑝 ) d) ( - 6a ) (𝑎 𝑏 - 6ab + 3a )

7) Multiply:

a) ( x + 2y ) (x - 2y + xy ) b) ( a – 2b + 4c ) ( 2a + 3b – c)

8) Simplify :

a) 9𝑥 + x (7y + 4x – 3) – 3y ( 2x + 4 )

b) 5a (a + 2 ) – a ( a + b ) − b ( 2a + 6 )

c) ( 𝑥 + 3x +3 ) - ( 3𝑥 + 2x -5 ) - ( 2𝑥 - 5x +1 )

9) Simplify and find the value when a = 1 , b = 0 and c = -2:

a) 2a – 7b + b –5a

b) a – b + 3 – 4b + 3a - 5 + c

10) Find the following products using suitable identities :

a) ( 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 )

b) ( 9x + 2y ) (9x + 2y )

c) ( − )

d) ( 0.7x + 0.8y ) ( 0.7x – 0.8y )

e) ( 2a + ) ( 2a − )

f) ( 9a + 3 ) ( 9a – 4 )
11) Simplify using appropriate identities :

a) 103

b) 105 x 95

c) 98

d) 82 − 18

e) 10.7 x 9.3

FACTORISATION

1) Find the common factors of the given terms

a) − 9 𝑥 , 15 𝑥 y , 12 𝑥𝑦

b) 24 𝑎 𝑏 , 30 𝑎 𝑏 , −36𝑎 𝑏

c) -20 𝑎 bc , 30 a𝑏 𝑐 , 40 ab 𝑐

2) Factorise

a) 40 𝑎 − 30𝑎

b) 27 𝑏 + 45 𝑏 + 54 𝑏

c) 2 𝑝 + 3q + pq + 6p

d) 7 𝑎 + 2ab + 63a + 18b

e) 9p (q – 7 ) + 4 (q – 7 )
3) Factorise using identities

a) 9 𝑝 +12pq + 4𝑞

b) 25 – 10p + 𝑝

4 2 1 2
c) x  y
25 49

d) b 2  4b  45

e) m 2  9m  20

f) p 2  14 p  40

4) Divide

a) 36 x 2 y 2 by 9 xy

b) 81xyz 2 by  9 yz

5) Factorise the numerator and simplify:

4 x 2 12 xy  9 y 2
i)
2x  3 y

x 2  10 x 11
ii)
x 11

a 2  10a  24
iii)
a 12

y 2  6 y  40
iv)
y 10
ANSWER KEY

DIRECT AND INVERSE VARIATION

1. 21 minutes

2. 2.6 litres

3. 9 boxes

4. 20 litres

5. 125 km

6. 28 men

7. 80 days

8. 56.25 kmph

9 i) 4 hours

ii) 120 km

iii) by 10 kmph

10. i) ₹ 1250

ii) 22 pieces

iii) ₹ 2100

EXPONENTS

1) a) b) c) −

2) a) b) c) (−7)

3) a) 81 b) 11 c) 1 d) 15
4) a) b) c) 2 d) -64 e)

5) a) 3.75 × 10 b) 8 × 10 c) 2.06001 × 10
6) 2
7) a) k = 3 b) m = 3
8) i) 343 ii) 900

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION

1. a) b) − 2

2. −18𝑥

3. a) 7x + 5y + 10z b) 5 𝑥 𝑦 + 10𝑥𝑦

4. a) −11𝑎 − 3𝑏 + 18𝑐 b) −6𝑥 − 13𝑦 + 3𝑧

5. –x – 12y

6. a) 24𝑥 𝑦 b) 12𝑎 𝑏 c) 7𝑝 − 7𝑝 d) − 6𝑎 𝑏 + 36𝑎 𝑏 − 18𝑎

7. a) 𝑥 + 𝑥 𝑦 − 4𝑦 + 2𝑥𝑦

b) 2𝑎 – 6𝑏 − 4𝑐 − 𝑎𝑏 + 7𝑎𝑐 + 14𝑏𝑐

8. a) 13𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦 − 3𝑥 − 12𝑦

b) 4𝑎 + 10𝑎 − 3𝑎𝑏 − 6𝑏

c) − 4𝑥 + 6𝑥 + 7

9. a) −3 b) 0

10. a) 9𝑥 + 24𝑥𝑦 + 16𝑦

b) 81𝑥 + 36𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑦

c) − +

d) 0.49𝑥 - 0.64𝑦

e) 4 𝑎 -

f) 81 𝑎 – 9a – 12

11. a) 10609 b) 9975 c) 9604 d) 6400 e) 99.51

1. a) 3x b) 6 𝑎 𝑏 c) 10 abc

2. a) 10 𝑎 ( 4 – 3a )

b) 9 𝑏 ( 3 + 5 𝑏 + 6 𝑎 )

c) ( p + 3 ) ( 2p + q )

d) ( 7a + 2b ) ( a + 9 )

e) ( q – 7 ) ( 9p + 4 )

3. a) ( 3𝑝 + 2𝑞 )

b) ( 5 − 𝑝 )

c) ( + )( - )

d) ( b + 9 ) ( b – 5)

e) ( m + 5 ) ( m + 4 )

f) ( p – 10 ) ( p – 4 )

4. a) 4xy b) 9xz

5. a) ( 2x + 3y )

b) ( x + 1 )

c) ( a – 2 )

d) ( y + 4 )