SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT–I

MATHEMATICS (FLT-2)
Class–VIII
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 90

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into four
sections A, B, C and D. Section-A comprises of 4 questions of
1mark each; Section-B comprises of 6 questions of 2marks each;
Section-C comprises of 10questions of 3marks each and Section-
D comprises of 11 questions of 4 marks each.
3. There is no overall choice in this question paper.
4. Use of calculator is not permitted.

Section–A
Question numbers from 1 to 4 carry one mark each

1. The height of a rectangle in a histogram shows the

a) width of the class b) upper limit of the class
c) lower limit of the class d) frequency of the class
2. Which one of the numbers is a NOT perfect cube?
a) 216 b) 343 c) 8640 d) 729
3. A number ending in 4 will have the unit’s place of its square as
a) 6 b) 8 c) 4 d) 0
4. The smallest number by which 216 is divided to make it a perfect Square is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 12

Section –B
Question numbers 5 to 10 carry two marks each

5. Find a rational number between -2 and 1

6. Show that 12321 is a perfect square or a perfect cube.
7. 24 of students are good in Mathematics out of 576.How much % of students are not good in
Mathematics?
8.The weight of students ina a class. Draw a Histogram for the given data
Weight of 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75
students(KG)
No. of students 1 5 10 4 8 3
9. Using the formula for squaring a binomial,evaluate the following:
(98)2
10. Shoes of following brand are sold in Nov.2007 at a Shoe store.Construct a Pie Chart for the data.
Brand A B C D E
No. of pair of 130 120 90 40 20

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 shoes sold

Section –C

Question numbers 11 to 20 carry three marks each.

11 A shopkeeper buys 24 articles for Rs 36000 and sells them for a profit of 12%. Find the selling price of
one article?
12

13.

14. A bag has 6 bananas and 4 apples. (Respective fruits are identical in all aspects).
A fruit is drawn from the bag without looking into the bag. What is the probability of getting a
banana? Is it more or less than getting an apple?
15. Evaluate: ∛5832 × ∛9261
3 13824
16. Find the cube roots of √
166375
−2 1 1
17. Simplify: (( 3 )−2/3 )2/3 × (3)3/4
× 3−1 × 6
18. Which form of the Graph would be appropriate to display the given data? Production of food grains
of a state. Draw the graph for the given data.
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Production (in 60 50 70 55 80 85 65 38
lakh tons)
19. Find the square root of 251953.8025
3 2
20. If 𝑥 = (2)−3/2 × (3)−4/3 , find the value of 𝑥 −3/2

Section-D
Question numbers 21 to 31 carry four marks each.
21. If Rahul had Rs 350 left after spending 30% of his money, how much did he have in the
beginning?
22. The volume of a cubical box is 13.824 cubic meters. Find the length of
a side of the box.
23. Find the smallest number which when multiplied with 68600 will make the product
of a perfect cube. Further, find the cube root of the product.
24. Three numbers are to one another 2:3:5.The sum of whose squares is 608.Find the
numbers.
25.

26. Simplify:

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27.Given below frequency distribution table:
Class interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 5 10 4 15 12
I. What is the lower limit of second class interval?
II. What is the upper limit of last class interval?
III. What is the frequency of the third class?
IV. Which interval has the frequency of 10?
V. Which interval has the lowest frequency?
VI. What is the class size?
28. Find the square root of 832.976 correct to three decimal places.
29. Find the cube root of 438976
30. Simplify each of the following
−1
[{( )−2 }2/3 ]−3
7
3 3 3
31. Find √27 + √0.008 + √0.0064

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