Class - 8th Mathematics-Worksheet

1. Two fifth of one third of three seventh of a number is 15. What is 40 percent
of that number? Ans- 105
2. If A is 20% more than B, by what percent is B less than A? Ans-16.66%
3. In order to compute 0.15% of a number, it must be multiplied by: Ans -
0.0015
4. If 25% of a number is subtracted from a second number, the second number
reduces to its five-sixth. What is the ratio of the first number to the second
number? Ans- 2:3
5. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and
failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are: Ans- 500
6. Peter earns 40% more money than Albert. Albert earned 20% less than
Michael. Peter earned more than Michael by: Ans-12%
7. In an examination A gets 10% marks less than B and B gets 10% marks less
than C. If A gets 810 marks, what marks does C get? Ans- 1000
8. If the cost of the book worth Rs. 50 is increased by Rs. 25, the rate of increase
is: Ans- 50%
9. A man spends Rs, 3500 and saves 12 % of his income. His monthly salary is:
Ans- 4000
10. In an examination 52% candidates failed in English, 42% in Maths and 17% in
both. The percentage of those passed in both the subjects is: Ans- 23%
11. The numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and its denominator be
diminished by 10%. The value of new fraction is , then the fraction is: Ans-4/9
12. If A is 25% of B then what % is B of A? Ans-400
13. Let x and y be two numbers such that x = 6y. Then y is less than x by: Ans- 83%
14. The price of sugar rises by 50%. By what factor a family reduces the
consumption of sugar, so that the expenditure does not increase? Ans- 1/3
15. Aysha went to school for 216 days in a full year. If her attendance is 90%, find
the days on which the school was opened.
16. A garden has 2000 trees. 12% are mango trees, 18% are lemon, and the rest
are orange trees. Find the number of orange trees.
17. A balanced diet should contain 12% proteins, 25% fats, and 63%
carbohydrates. If a child needs 2600 calories in this food daily, calculate the
calories and the amount of each of these in his daily food intake.
18. Isha got 86.875% marks in the annual examination. If she got 695 marks, find
the total number of student Isha marks for the examination.
19. In a quadrilateral ABCD, ∠D is equal to 150° and ∠A = ∠B = ∠C. Find ∠A, ∠B
and ∠C.
20. Adjacent sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 5 : 12, if the perimeter of the
rectangle is 34 cm, find the length of the diagonal.
21. ABCD is a parallelogram with ∠A = 80°. The internal bisectors of ∠B and ∠C
meet each other at O. Find the measure of the three angles of ΔBCO.

22. A diagonal and a side of a rhombus are of equal length. Find the measure of
the angles of the rhombus.
23. The present population of a city is 9261000. If it has been increasing at
the
rate of 5% per annum, find its population 3 years ago.
24. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per
annum is
half of the compound interest on Rs.4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum.
What is sum placed on simple interest?
25. Ravi took a loan of Rs.32000 for 1 year at 20% per annum
compounded quarterly. How much he has to pay after 1 year?
26. The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest
on a certain sum of money at 15 % per annum for 3 years is Rs 283.50 .
Find the sum.
27. Raghu invested Rs 40,000 in a business . In the first year he incurred a
loss of 10%. During the second year he earned a profit of 5% which in the
third year rose to 20%.Calculate his profit for the entire period.

28. The compound interest on a sum for two years is Rs 832 and the simple
interest on the same sum at the same rate for the same period is Rs 800.
What is the rate of interest ?
29. A merchant starts with a certain capital and gains annually at the
rate of 25%. At the end of 3 years his capital is worth Rs 10,000. What
was his original capital ?
30. If marked price of a book is Rs 650.25 and discount is Rs 21.35. Find
the selling price.
31. Ram purchased a packet of biscuit at Rs 52.75 including GST. If the
cost price is Rs 50, how much GST has he paid?
32. Find the amount to be paid for a water bottle at Rs 200 if 28% GST
is charged.
33. A shopkeeper buys pencils at 10 for Rs 10 and sells them at 10 for Rs
15.Find the profit%.
34. Find the rate of GST if an article marked at Rs5000 is sold for Rs 5900.
35. A dinner set was sold for Rs2464 after getting a discount of 12% on
its marked price. Find the marked price of the dinner set.
36. Reema offers a discount of 20% on all the items at her shop and still
makes a profit of 12%. What is the cost price of an article marked at Rs 280?
37. Rahul bought an electric iron for Rs 900 and sold it at a gain of 10% . He
sold another electric iron at 5% loss which was bought for Rs 1200. Find his
overall profit or loss.
38. The marked price of an article is Rs 500. The shopkeeper gives a discount
of 5% and still makes a profit of 25%. Find the cost price of the article.
39. A lady bought a pair of shoes for Rs 1,520 and spent Rs 80 on its box. At
what price should she sell it to make a gain of 15%?
40. The sum of two angles of a quadrilateral is 160°. The other two angles
are in the ratio 2 : 3. Find the angles.

41. The measure of the diagonal of a rectangle is 5 cm. If one of its sides
is 3 cm, then find its perimeter.
42. In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the value of x, y, z, p.

43. The diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm respectively. Find the

 length of the sides of the rhombus. Also find its perimeter.
44. Find x + y + z + w in the given figure.

45. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a rectangle and

diagonals intersect at O. If ∠AOB = 118°, find

(i) ∠AOD (ii) ∠OCD (iii) ∠OCB

46. The perimeter of a parallelogram is 80 m. If the longer side is 10 m
greater than the shorter side, then find the length of each side.

47. In the figure AX & CY are respectively the bisectors of

the opposite angles A & C of a parallelogram ABCD.
Show that AX || CY.
48. One of the diagonals of a rhombus is congruent to one of its sides.
Find the angles of the rhombus.

49. The interior angle of a regular polygon is four times its exterior angle.
How many sides does the polygon have ?

50. From the adjoining parallelogram, find the value of x, y & z.