MCQ WORKSHEET-II

CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 1

RATIONAL NUMBERS
1. The reciprocal of a positive rational number is ________.
(a) negative (b) positive (c) zero (d) none of these

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2. What number should be subtracted from  to get –2?
5
7 13 13 7
(a) – (b) – (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
11 5 9 29
3. Which of the rational numbers , , , is the greatest?
28 7 14 42
11 5 9 29
(a) (b) (c) (d)
28 7 14 42

5 13 3 7
4. Which of the rational numbers , , , is the smallest?
16 24 4 12
5 13 3 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 24 4 12
2 4 7 11
5. Simplify:   
3 5 15 20
1 13 4 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 60 15 30
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6. Rational number is equal to:
40
(a) 0.75 (b) 0.12 (c) 0.012 (d) 0.075

7. A rational number between 3 and 4 is:

3 4 7 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 2 4
3 4
8. A rational number between and is:
5 5
7 7 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 10 10 10
1 3
9. A rational number between and is:
2 4
2 5 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 8 3 4
3
10. The multiplicative inverse of is:
40
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) any number (d) none of these

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 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 1
RATIONAL NUMBERS
3  6   8  5
1. Find   
7  11   21  22
4 3 15  14 
2. Find    
5 7 16  9 
 7  3    7 5   9 4   9 3 
3. Find using distributive property: (i )          (ii )       
 5  12    5 12  16 12  16 9 
2 3 1 3 3
4. Find    
5 7 14 7 5
4 3 15  14 
5. Simplify:    
5 7 16  9 
6 7
6. Multiply by the reciprocal of .
13 16
7 4
7. What number should be added to to get ?
12 15
3
8. What number should be subtracted from  to get –2?
5
8 1
9. Is the multiplicative reciprocal of  1 ? Why or why not?
9 8
1
10. Is 0.3 the multiplicative reciprocal of 3 ? Why or why not?
3
11. Write any 3 rational numbers between –2 and 0.
5 5
12. Find any ten rational numbers between and
6 8
1 1
13. Find three rational numbers between and
4 2
1 1
14. Find ten rational numbers between and
4 2
7 5 4 9
15. Represent these numbers on the number line. (i ) (ii) (iii) (iv)
4 6 7 4
2 5 9
16. Represent , , on the number line
11 11 11
2 4 3 5 1 1
17. Find five rational numbers between. (i ) and (ii ) and (iii ) and
3 5 2 3 4 2
18. Write five rational numbers greater than –2
3 3
19. Find ten rational numbers between and .
5 4
20. Write.
(i) The rational number that does not have a reciprocal.
(ii) The rational numbers that are equal to their reciprocals.
(iii) The rational number that is equal to its negative.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 1
RATIONAL NUMBERS
2  3   4  5 7  2  3  5 7 
1. Simplify: (i)       (ii)     (iii)   
5  10   15  3 6  3  2 4 4
1 2 3
2. Verify that  x  y   x 1  y 1 when x  and y 
3 5
1 1 1
3. If you subtract from a number and multiply the result by , you get . What is the number?
2 2 8
4. Three consecutive integers are such that when they are taken in increasing order and multiplied
by 2, 3, and 4 respectively, they add up to 74. Find these numbers.

5. Represent the following rational numbers on the number line

1 1 8
(a)  (b) 1 (c) 3
4 5 5

6. Represent the following rational numbers on the number line

7 3
(a)  (b) 5 .
10 5

7. Find two rational numbers between (i) –2 and 2. (ii) –1 and 0.

1 2 1 1
8. Insert six rational numbers between (i)  and  (ii) and .
3 3 4 2
4 5 7 2
9. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order: , , ,
9 12 18 3
5 7 13 23
10. Arrange the following numbers in descending order:  ,  , ,
6 12 28 24
2
11. Represent 4 on the number line.
3
7 4
12. What number should be added to to get ?
8 9
1 5
13. The sum of two rational numbers is . If one of the numbers is , find the other.
2 6
2 1
14. What number should be subtracted from to get ?
3 2
13 12 31 1
15. Divide the sum of and by the product of and .
5 7 7 2
16 4
16. The product of two rational numbers is . If one of the numbers is , find the other.
9 3

17. Find three rational numbers between 4 and 5.

2 3
18. Find three rational numbers between and .
3 4
9 12 18 21
19. Find the HCF of , , , .
10 25 35 40

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20. After reading of a book, 40 pages are left. How many pages are there in the book?
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21. A drum full of rice weights 4016 kg. If the empty drum weights 1334 kg, find the weight of rice
in the drum.
1 3
22. Raju earns Rs16000/month. He spends of his income on food; of the remainder on house
4 10
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rent and of the remainder on education of children. How much money is still left with him?
21
1 1 1 2
23. Divide the sum of 2 and 5 by the product of 2 and
4 5 4 3
12 13 4 25
24. Divide the difference of and by the product of and .
7 4 5 2
1 1
25. A tin holds 16 litres of oil. How many such tins will be required to hold 313 litres of oil?
2 2
1 3 8
26. Salma bought 2 kg onions at Rs. 12 per Kg. and 1 Kg. tomatoes at Rs. 16 per Kg. How
2 8 11
much money did she give to the shopkeeper?
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27. A designer needs th of a metre of cloth to make a fancy dress for children taking part in a dance
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performance. If 200 children are taking part, how much cloth will the designer need?
1 1
28. Find a rational number between and such that its denominator is 8.
2 4
11 3
29. Which number should be subtracted from so that we obtain ?
12 4
15 77
30. What number should be added to so that we get the rational number .
16 48

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 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 6
SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS
1. Find the perfect square numbers between (i) 30 and 40 (ii) 50 and 60

2. Which of 1232, 772, 822, 1612, 1092 would end with digit 1?

3. Which of the following numbers would have digit 6 at unit place.

(i) 192 (ii) 242 (iii) 262 (iv) 362 (v) 342

4. What will be the “one’s digit” in the square of the following numbers?
(i) 1234 (ii) 26387 (iii) 52698 (iv) 99880 (v) 21222 (vi) 9106

5. The square of which of the following numbers would be an odd number/an even number? Why?
(i) 727 (ii) 158 (iii) 269 (iv) 1980

6. What will be the number of zeros in the square of the following numbers?
(i) 60 (ii) 400

7. How many natural numbers lie between 92 and 102 ? Between 112 and 122?

8. How many non square numbers lie between the following pairs of numbers
(i) 1002 and 1012 (ii) 902 and 912 (iii) 10002 and 10012

9. Find whether each of the following numbers is a perfect square or not?

(i) 121 (ii) 55 (iii) 81 (iv) 49 (v) 69

10. Express the following as the sum of two consecutive integers.

(i) 212 (ii) 132 (iii) 112 (iv) 192

11. (i) Express 49 as the sum of 7 odd numbers.

(ii) Express 121 as the sum of 11 odd numbers.

12. How many numbers lie between squares of the following numbers?
(i) 12 and 13 (ii) 25 and 26 (iii) 99 and 100

13. Find the square of the following numbers without actual multiplication.
(i) 39 (ii) 42
14. Find the squares of the following numbers containing 5 in unit’s place.
(i) 15 (ii) 95 (iii) 105 (iv) 205
15. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is 8.
16. Find a Pythagorean triplet in which one member is 12.

17. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one member is.

(i) 6 (ii) 14 (iii) 16 (iv) 18
18. By repeated subtraction of odd numbers starting from 1, find whether the following numbers are
perfect squares or not? If the number is a perfect square then find its square root.
(i) 121 (ii) 55 (iii) 36 (iv) 49 (v) 90

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19. Find the square root of 6400.
20. Is 2352 a perfect square? If not, find the smallest multiple of 2352 which is a perfect square. Find
the square root of the new number.
21. Find the smallest number by which 9408 must be divided so that the quotient is a perfect square.
Find the square root of the quotient.
22. Find the smallest square number which is divisible by each of the numbers 6, 9 and 15.
23. Find the square roots of 100 and 169 by the method of repeated subtraction.

24. Find the square roots of the following numbers by the Prime Factorisation Method.
(i) 729 (ii) 400 (iii) 1764 (iv) 4096 (v) 7744
25. 2025 plants are to be planted in a garden in such a way that each row contains as many plants as
the number of rows. Find the number of rows and the number of plants in each row.
26. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 4, 9 and 10.
27. Find the smallest square number that is divisible by each of the numbers 8, 15 and 20.
28. Find the square root of : (i) 729 (ii) 1296
29. Find the least number that must be subtracted from 5607 so as to get a perfect square. Also find
the square root of the perfect square.
30. Find the greatest 4-digit number which is a perfect square.
31. Find the least number that must be added to 1300 so as to get a perfect square. Also find the
square root of the perfect square.
32. Find the square root of 12.25.
33. Area of a square plot is 2304 m2. Find the side of the square plot.
34. There are 2401 students in a school. P.T. teacher wants them to stand in rows and columns such
that the number of rows is equal to the number of columns. Find the number of rows.
35. Find the least number which must be subtracted from 1989 so as to get a perfect square. Also
find the square root of the perfect square so obtained.
36. Find the least number which must be added to 1750 so as to get a perfect square. Also find the
square root of the perfect square so obtained.
37. Find the length of the side of a square whose area is 441 m2.

38. In a right triangle ABC, B = 90°.

(a) If AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm, find AC (b) If AC = 13 cm, BC = 5 cm, find AB
39. 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 same. Find the minimum number of plants he needs more for this.
40. 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 number of columns. How many children would be left out in this
arrangement.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 6
SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS

1. Which are the digits the square number can have at units place?

2. How many 2’s are there in the prime factors of 300?

3. How many 5’s are there in the prime factors of 13000?

4. How many digits will be there in the square root of 12321?

5. How much is 452 – 442?

6. Find the value of (39 + 21)2.

7. What is the missing digit in (37)2 = 136 – ?

8. Find the value of 1212 – 1202.

9. Simplify and give the answer : 62  28 .

10. How many natural nos lie between 562 and 572.

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11. What is the square of
20

12. Find the square of (3.1).

13. How much is (0.1)2?

14. Find the value of 0.0081 .

15. Give the square number between 36 and 64.

16. How many square numbers lie between 81 and 225?

17. Find the least number which when added to 599 to make it a perfect square.

18. In a cinema hall 729 people are seated in such a way that the number of people in a row is equal
to number of rows. Then how many rows of people are there in the hall?

19. The length of a rectangular park is 80m and breadth is 60m. Find the length of its diagonal.

20. Give one Pythagorean triplet in which one of the number is 12.

21. Find the smallest number which when multiplied by 180 makes it a perfect square.

22. If the area of a square is 38.44 sq. cm. then find the side of the square.

23. A rectangular paper of length 45cm and breadth 5 cm is cut to form a square with the same
area. What is the side of the square?

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24. Find the least number by which 200 must be multiplied to make it a perfect square.

25. Find the least number by which 384 must be divided to make it a perfect square

26. Find the square root of 529 using long division method.

27. Find the square root of 6.0516 Find the least number, which must be subtracted from 3250 to
make it a perfect square

28. Find the least number, which must be added to 1825 to make it a perfect square

29. Find the square root of 3 correct to two places of decimal.

30. Find the length of the side of a square where area is 441 m2.

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 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 7
CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS
1. Find the one’s digit of the cube of each of the following numbers.
(i) 3331 (ii) 8888 (iii) 149 (iv) 1005 (v) 1024 (vi) 77 (vii) 5022 (viii) 53
2. Express the following numbers as the sum of odd numbers using the pattern?
(a) 63 (b) 83 (c) 73
3. Which of the following are perfect cubes?
1. 400 2. 3375 3. 8000 4. 15625 5. 9000 6. 6859
4. Is 392 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest natural number by which 392 must be multiplied
so that the product is a perfect cube.
5. Is 53240 a perfect cube? If not, then by which smallest natural number should 53240 be divided
so that the quotient is a perfect cube?
6. Is 1188 a perfect cube? If not, by which smallest natural number should 1188 be divided so that
the quotient is a perfect cube?
7. Is 68600 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which 68600 must be multiplied to
get a perfect cube.
8. Check which of the following are perfect cubes.
(i) 2700 (ii) 16000 (iii) 64000 (iv) 900 (v) 125000 (vi) 36000 (vii) 21600 (viii) 10,000
9. Find the smallest number by which 256 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube.

10. Find the smallest number by which 192 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube.
11. Parikshit makes a cuboid of plasticine of sides 5 cm, 2 cm, 5 cm. How many such cuboids will
he need to form a cube?
12. Find the cube root of 8000.
13. Find the cube root of 13824 by prime factorisation method.
14. Find the cube root of 17576 through estimation.
15. You are told that 1,331 is a perfect cube. Can you guess without factorisation what is its cube
root? Similarly, guess the cube roots of 4913, 12167, 32768.
16. Find the cube root of each of the following numbers by prime factorisation method.
(i) 64 (ii) 512 (iii) 10648 (iv) 27000 (v) 15625 (vi) 13824
(vii) 110592 (viii) 46656 (ix) 175616 (x) 91125
216
17. Evaluate: 3 .
2197
125
18. Evaluate: 3 .
512
1728
19. Evaluate: 3 .
2744
20. Evaluate: 3 64  729

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 7
CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS
1. Find the cube root of (a)512.(b) 27 x 64

2. Is 243 a perfect cube? If not find the smallest number by which 243 must be multiplied to get a
perfect cube

3. Is 250 a perfect cube? If not, then by which smallest natural number should 250 be divided so
that the quotient is a perfect cube?
125 512
4. Find the cube root of and .
216 1000

5. Find the cube root of 0.027.

6. What is the cube root of 0.001728?

3
729  3 27
7. Find the value of 3 .
512  3 343

8. The volume of a cubical box is 19.683 cu. cm. Find the length of each side of the box.

9. Find the smallest number by which the number 108 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube

10. Find the smallest number by which the number 88 must be divided to obtain a perfect cube

11. The volume of a cube is 64 cm3. Find the side of the cube

12. If volume of a cube is 216 cm3. What is the length of side of cube.

13. Three cubes of sides 3cm, 4cm and 5 cm respectively are melted to form a new cube. What is the
side of new cube?

14. Simplify: 153  143

15. Simplify: 3
(1.1)3  3 1.331

16. Find the smallest number by which (2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3) is to be multiplied so that resultant

number is a perfect cube.

17. Three solid wooden cubes of different colours with sides, 30 cm are placed side by side. How
much cubic cm of wood is required to make it?

18. A cubical box has a volume of 512000 cubic cm. What is the length of the side of box?

19. Which least number should be multiplied by 2 × 2 × 7 × 7 × 5 × 7 × 5 × 5 to get a perfect cube?

20. By which least number 250 × 512 should be divided to make it a perfect cube.

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-I
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 8
COMPARING QUANTITIES
1. Find the ratio of 3 km to 300 m.
a) 10 : 1 b) 1 : 10 c) 1 : 5 d) none of these

2. A map is given with a scale of 2 cm = 1000 km. What is the actual distance between the two
places in kms, if the distance in the map is 2.5 cm?
a) 1250 km b) 1500 km c) 2500 km d) none of these

3. 6 bowls cost Rs 90. What would be the cost of 10 such bowls?

a) Rs 300 b) Rs 150 c) Rs 200 d) Rs 250

4. The car that I own can go 150 km with 25 litres of petrol. How far can it go with 30 litres of
petrol?
a) 125 km b) 150 km c) 250 km d) none of these

5. The ratio of 90 cm to 1.5 m is

a) 2 : 5 b) 3 : 5 c) 4 : 5 d) none of these

6. A picnic is being planned in a school for CLASS VIII. Girls are 60% of the total number of
students and are 18 in number. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in the class
is
a) 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) none of these

7. Find the ratio of Speed of a cycle 15 km per hour to the speed of scooter 30 km per hour.
a) 2 : 1 b) 1 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) none of these

8. Find the ratio of 5 m to 10 km

a) 2000 : 1 b) 1 : 2000 c) 1 : 2 d) none of these

9. Find the ratio of 50 paise to Rs 5

a) 10 : 1 b) 1 : 10 c) 1 : 5 d) none of these

10. 72% of 25 students are good in hindi, how many are not good in hindi?
a) 16 b) 14 c) 18 d) 7
11. In a computer lab, there are 3 computers for every 6 students. How many computers will be
needed for 24 students?
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) none of these
12. Out of 32 students, 8 are absent. What percent of the students are present?
a) 75% b) 64% c) 60% d) none of these
13. There are 25 radios, 16 of them are out of order. What percent of radios are out of order?
a) 75% b) 64% c) 60% d) none of these
14. A shop has 500 parts, out of which 5 are defective. What percent are not defective?
a) 75% b) 99% c) 90% d) none of these
15. There are 120 voters, 90 of them voted yes. What percent voted yes?
a) 75% b) 99% c) 90% d) none of these

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