149, B. T.

Road, Kolkata - 700 058 Annual Examination 2013

Class: 8 Subject: Mathematics Instructions to candidates Do not copy the questions. Draw a margin on the left side of your answer script. Duration: 2 1 hours 2 Maximum Marks: 80

Do a proper numbering of your answers. Spend first fifteen minutes in reading the question paper. Answer all the questions.
Section- A (Attempt all questions) 3 2 1 : 2 and b : c = 4 : 3 , find 4 3 4 (i) a : b: c and (ii) a : c

1 a) If a : b = 1

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b) Factorise: x3 - x2 xy + x + y - 1

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c) A car completes a journey of 315 km in 4

3 hrs. The first one-third of the journey was performed at 60 4 km/hr. Calculate the speed for the rest of the journey. [3]

2 a) What percent of 84 is 7? b) In ABC, A= (x+18)0, B= 2(x - 12)0 and C= ( show that it is an equilateral triangle. 3x - 3)0. Find each angle of the triangle and hence 2

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c) Each side of a Rhombus is 10cm long and one of its diagonals measures 16 cm. Find the length of other diagonals. [3] 5 3 2 = x+2 x-2 x

3 i) Solve:

[3+3]

ii)

8 5 3 2 - = 34 , - = 13 x y x y

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b) Ramu has three times as much money as Kamal. If Ramu gives `750 to Kamal, then Kamal will have twice as much as left with Ram. How much they had each originally? [4] 4 a) Simplify: [4-2 (6-2)2] x 3-4 b) In the adjoining figure, area of ABC = 27 cm2 and EFBC. Find: i) Area of the parallelogram ABCF. ii) Area of rectangle BCDE E A D F

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c) Solve: 21x2 = 8x + 4

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Section- B (Attempt any four questions) 5 a) A T.V. set was sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for `375 more, the gain would have been 20%. Find the cost price of the set. [5] b) Construct an isosceles right angled triangle ABC such that its hypotenuse BC = 6 cm. [Write the steps of construction] [5]

6 a) After allowing a discount of 12% on the market price, a shopkeeper still gains 21%. By what percent is the market price above the cost price? [4] b) In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. If ABC = 540, find ACB. Also if BCD = 430, find CBD A

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540

O 430

C c) The base of an isosceles triangle is 12 cm and its perimeter is 32 cm. Find its area.
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7 a) Find the area of the shaded region. 17 cm

5 cm

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9 cm

17 cm

5 cm

b) The Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 5% is `1600. Find the amount due and the compound interest at the same rate after 3 years, interest compounded annually. [5] c) Find the third proportional to 4.5 and 6. [2]

8 a) In the adjoining figure ABCD is a square and CEB is an isosceles triangle in which EC = EB. Show that DCE ABE

9 cm

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D C

b) Find the length of the longest pole that can be placed in a room 12 m long, 8 m broad and 9 m high. c) Apples are bought at 2 for a rupee and sold at 5 for `3. Find the gain percent.

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9 a) The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1 km/hr. The boat is rowed upstream for a certain distance and taken back to the starting point. Find the average speed of the whole journey. [4] b) The exterior angles of a pentagon are in the ratio 1:2:3:4:5. Find all the interior angles of the pentagon. c) Simplify: 3 x18 y-12 z3

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10 a) Solve the equation graphically: 2x 3y = 4 and 3y x = 1 b) Find the area and perimeter of the shaded region.

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21 cm

42 cm

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