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The PSBB Millennium School

OMR – Chennai
Mathematics Worksheet 12
Class : 8 Topic: Mensuration

1. How many bricks each 25 cm by 15 cm by 8 cm, are required for a wall 32 m long, 3 m high
and 40 cm thick?
2. Three metal cubes of sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm are melted and recast into a big cube.
Find its total surface area.
3. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions
to move once over to level a playground. Find the area of the playground.
4. The perimeter of a trapezium is 52 cm. Its non-parallel sides are 10 cm each and the
distance between two parallel sides is 8 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.
5. A rectangular paper of width 7 cm is rolled along its width and a cylinder of radius 20 cm is
formed. Find the volume of the cylinder.
6. The bottom of a tank measures 50m x 40m. Find its depth if it contains 4000 𝑚3 of water.
7. The top surface of a box is in the shape of a regular octagon as shown in the figure. Find
the area of the octagonal surface.

HOTS:
8. A company sells biscuits. For packing purpose they are using cuboidal boxes: Box A of
dimension 3cm x8cm x 20cm and Box B of dimension 4cmX 12cmx 10cm. Which box will be
economical for the company?
9. A birthday cake has two tiers as shown in the figure below. Find the volume of the cake.

10. Recapitulation on factorisation:


(i) Divide 44( 𝑥 4 – 5 𝑥 3 – 24 𝑥 2 ) by 22 𝑥 ( 𝑥 – 8)
(ii) Factorise: 2𝑥 2 – 7 𝑥 –39
Assertion and Reasoning: In each of the following questions, an Assertion (A) and a corresponding
Reason (R) supporting it are given. Study both the statements and state which of the following is
correct:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.

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11. Assertion (A): The area of a triangle with base ‘b’ and altitude ‘h’ is bh
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Reasons (R) : The area of a triangle is defined as the total space occupied by the three sides
of a triangle in a 2-dimensional plane.

12. Assertion (A): If the diagonal of a square is 8 cm, then area of the square is 32 sq.cm.
Reason (R): Formula for the area of a rhombus can be used for the area of a square when
diagonals are given.

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