GEMS LEGACY SCHOOL, DUBAI

Subject: Mathematics
Half-Yearly Exam Revision Paper 2025-26

Name: Grade:8 Section:

SECTION A (Multiple Choice Questions)

Each question carries 1 mark
1. The square root of an even square number is always______.
(a) odd (b) even (c) negative (d) zero
2. A dice is thrown two times and sum of the numbers appearing on the dice are noted. The number of
possible outcomes is __________.
(a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 11 (d) 6
3. The cube of every even number is ______.
(a) odd (b) even (c) zero (d) neither odd nor even
4. Which of the following quadrilaterals has all sides equal and diagonals intersecting at right angles?
(a) Square (b) Rhombus (c) Kite (d) Rectangle.
5. Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 9 sides.
(a) 80º (b) 40º (c) 50º (d) 60º
6. Which of the following is a Pythagorean triplet containing 6?
(a) 6, 8, 10 (b) 6, 9, 12 (c) 3, 4, 6 (d) 6, 5, 4
7. The probability of getting a vowel in the word "EDUCATION" is _________.
1 5 1 2
(a) 2 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) 3

8. Which of the following is a square number and also a perfect cube?

(a) 144 (b) 125 (c) 16 (d) 64
9. The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any polygon is _________.
(a) 90° (b) 180° (c) 360° (d) 720°
10. Find 𝑥 in the following figure.

(a) 90° (b) 100° (c) 80° (d) 20°

11. Each of the angles of a square is ______.
a) acute angle b) right angle c) obtuse angle d) reflex angle
12. Which one of the following is a perfect cube?
(a) 216 (b) 100 (c) 128 (d) 8130
13. A coin is tossed three times. The number of possible outcomes is _________.
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
14. The least number to be subtracted from 743 to get a perfect square is __________.
(a) 14 (b) 41 (c) 98 (d) 118
15. A child has a block in the shape of a cube with one letter written on each face as shown below:
probability of getting A is __________.

1 1 1 1
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 4
16. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) All the rhombuses are squares (b) Each square is a parallelogram
(c) Each parallelogram is a square (d) Each trapezium is a parallelogram
17. The smallest number by which 100 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube is _________.
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 30
18. The sum of central angles in a pie chart is ________.
(a) 180º (b) 210º (c) 360º (d) None of these
19. Find 𝑥 in the following figure.

(a) 80º (b) 20º (c) 50º (d) 60º

𝑥
20. The solution of 2 = 10 is _________.
a) 5 b) 20 c) 0.2 d) none of these
21. Multiplication of rational numbers is _____________.
a) Commutative b) Associative c) Closed d) All of these
22. What is the value of 34?
a) 12 b) 27 c) 81 d) 64
23. 4
What is the additive inverse of 3 ?
𝟒 𝟑 𝟑
a) - 𝟑 b) 𝟒 c) - 𝟒 d) 0

24. The degree of the equation 𝑦 − 45 = 8 is_____.

a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) 3
25. What is (2)3 × (2)7 ?
a) (2)21 b) (2)-4 c) (2)10 d) (2)-10
26. Which of the following is not a linear equation in one variable?
a) 3𝑧 + 5 = 0 b) 33(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧) = 0 c) 3𝑥 + 5𝑥 = 0 d) 2𝑝 + 5 = 0
27. What is the value of any non-zero number raised to the power of 0?
a) 0 b) 1 c) a d) undefined
28. Is 0 a rational number?
𝑝
a) No, because it cannot be written in 𝑞 form
𝑝
b) Yes, because it can be written as 𝑞
c) No, it's a whole number only
d) Yes, because it is an integer
29. Express 32 as a power of 2.
a) 25 b) 26 c) 20 d) 27
ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTION
DIRECTIONS: In question numbers 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 a statement of assertion (A) is followed
by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
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.
30. Statement A (Assertion): In a pie chart, the sum of all central angles is 360°.
Statement R (Reason): A circle has 360° and the data is represented in parts of this whole circle.
31. Statement A (Assertion): A number ending with 2, 3, 7, or 8 cannot be a perfect square.
Statement R (Reason): The square of any integer always ends with digits 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, or 9.
32. Statement A (Assertion): (52)3 = 55
Statement R (Reason): When raising power to another power, we multiply the exponents.
33. Statement A (Assertion): The associative property of addition states that the way numbers are
grouped does not affect the sum.
Statement R (Reason): According to the associative property, when adding three or more numbers,
changing the grouping of the numbers does not change the result.
34. Statement A (Assertion): The equation 2𝑥 + 3 = 7 has only one solution.
Statement R (Reason): An equation in one variable of the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 𝑐, always has a unique
solution.
SECTION B (VERY SHORT ANSWER)
Each question carries 2 marks.
35. The diagonals AC and BD of rectangle ABCD intersect each other at point O. If OA = 5 cm, find AC
and BD.

36. RICE is a rhombus, find x, y, z. Justify your findings.

37. Find the number of sides of the regular polygon whose each exterior angle is 12°.
38. Explain why a rectangle is a convex polygon.
39. Find the cube root of 2197 by estimation.
40. Find the cube of 21.
41. A bag contains 5 red balls, 8 white balls, 4 green balls and 7 black balls. If one ball is drawn at
random. Find the probability of the following:
(a) black (b) red (c) not green
42. Find the Square root of 36 by Successive subtraction.
43. Find the square root of 729 by prime factorisation.
44. If 3𝑥 + 4 = 19, find the value of 𝑥.
45. The given pie chart shows the data of 200 people who were asked about the genre of film they last
saw at the cinema. Based on the chart, answer the following questions.
a) How many people saw a Sci-fi film?
b) How many people saw animation and romance?
46. Simplify: 512 ÷ 510
47. −3 8
Multiply: 4 x 9

48. The sum of two numbers is 180, and their ratio is 2:1. Find the numbers.
49. 1
A pen costs $12 5 . How much would it cost to buy 6 of them?
50. 4 4 4
Simplify using a suitable property: [7 × −5] + [7 × 6] + [7 × 10].
Mention the property applied.
51. a+3 2−a
Solve: =
2 3
52. Find the value of “m” for which: 5m ÷ 5– 3 = 55.
53. Simplify and express the result in power notation with a positive exponent: (3– 7 ÷ 3– 10) × 3– 5
SECTION C (SHORT ANSWER)
Each question carries 3 marks each.
54. Find the values of 𝑥, 𝑦, and 𝑧 in the given parallelogram ABCD.

55. If three interior angles of a pentagon are 100°,110°, and 90°, and if the other two angles are equal,
find the equal angles.
56. Express 192 as the sum of two consecutive integers.
57. Tickets numbered from 1 to 20 are mixed up together, and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is
the probability that the ticket has a number that is a multiple of 3 or 7.
58. Find the square root of 1296. (Long Division)
59. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ASSASSINATION. Find the probability that
the letter chosen is a:
(i) Vowel (ii) Consonant (iii) Letter S
60. 3 2
What should be subtracted from (4 − 3) to get
−1
.
6
61. 3
Soha and Nakul are training for a race. Soha runs 4 of a mile each day, plus she ran 2 miles on the
first day. Nakul runs 1 mile each day, but he didn’t run the first day. After how many days will they
have run the same total distance?
62. −𝟐 𝟗 𝟔
a) Simplify: ( 𝟑 ) × (𝟒) ÷(−𝟓)

b) In an equation, the values of the expressions on the LHS and RHS are _______.
63. Simplify:

64. 𝐱
Solve: 𝐱 − 𝟑 = 𝟐 + 𝟐.
𝟏
65. A man is three times as old as his son. In 10 years, he will be twice as old as his son. Find their
present ages.
66. 𝟏 𝟑
A store has 52 𝟐 pounds of coffee beans. If they package the beans into bags containing 1 𝟒 pounds
each, how many bags can they fill?
SECTION D (LONG ANSWER)
Each question carries 5 marks each.
67. Find the square root of
a) 7744 (Prime factorisation)
b) 7921 (Long Division)
68. Rani puts 17 cards numbered 1,2,3 …… 17 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly. Her friend Ram
draws a card from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is (a) odd (b) a prime (c)
divisible by 3 (d) divisible by 3 and 2 both.
69. The following table shows the number of bicycles manufactured in a factory during the years 1998 to
2002. Illustrate this data using a bar graph. Choose a scale of your choice.

70. Find by using Prime factorization whether the following are perfect cubes?
(a) 175616 (b) 91125
71. The diagonals of rectangle QRST intersect at P. Given that 𝑚∠𝑃𝑇𝑆 = 34° and 𝑄𝑆 = 10, find the
indicated measure.

a) 𝒎∠𝑸𝑻𝑹
b) 𝒎∠𝑸𝑹𝑻
c) 𝒎∠𝑺𝑹𝑻
d) 𝑸𝑷
e) 𝑹𝑻
f) 𝑹𝑷
72. Draw an appropriate graph to represent the given information.

73. Using long division method, calculate square root of a) 31.36 b) 7.29
74. A city garden club is planting a rhombus shaped garden WXYZ. They drive pegs into the ground at
each corner and tie strings between each pair. Find XW.
75. The present ages of Ram and Sonu are in the ratio 7:3. After 6 years, their ages will be in the ratio
9:5. Find their present ages.
76. 3 1
A person invested 8 of his money in shares, 4 in mutual funds, and the rest in gold. If he invested
₹60,000 in gold, find the total money he had.
77. Simplify:
2
(i) (a3)2 ÷(a)4 (ii) {(3)-2}2
SECTION E
Case study-based questions carry 4 marks each.
78. Sahil who is working in a multinational company earns Rs. 150000 per month. Out of his earnings he
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
spends 𝟏𝟎 𝐭𝐡 on food items, 𝟒 th on shopping with family, 𝟓 th of remaining on education of his two
kids and rest of money he puts on his savings. Based on the above information, answer the following
questions:
(i) How much money did he spend on the food items?
(ii) How much money did he spend on the shopping?
(iii) Calculate the amount spend by Sahil on education of children.
[OR]
How much money did he save?
79. A school plants trees in such a way that the number of trees doubles every year. In the first year, they
planted 23 trees.
(i) Write an expression for the number of trees planted in the 4th year.
(ii) Write an expression for the number of trees planted in the 6th year.
(iii) Find the total number of trees planted in the first 4 years.