Mathematics Question Paper
Total Questions: 25
Time: 1½hours
Marks: 50
Section A – Very Short Answer (1 mark each)
(Answer any 5)
Write the smallest prime number greater than 50.
Simplify:
2
3
×
2
5
2
3
×2
5
.
Find the mean of the numbers: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.
Express
0.045
0.045 as a fraction in its simplest form.
Find the cube of 9.
Section B – Short Answer (2 marks each)
(Answer any 10)
Solve:
5
Ø5Üe
+
3
=
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5x+3=18.
Find the perimeter of a square whose area is
144
Ø5ÜP
Ø5ÜZ
2
144cm
2
.
Write the first five multiples of 12.
Draw a bar graph to represent: (Apples – 20, Oranges – 15, Bananas – 10, Grapes – 5).
The length of a rectangle is 12 cm and breadth is 8 cm. Find its area.
Factorise:
Ø5Üe
2
+
7
Ø5Üe
+
12
x
2
+7x+12.
A bag contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. If one ball is drawn at random, what is the
probability that it is blue?
Evaluate:
3
4
+
5
8
4
3
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+
8
5
Find the simple interest on ¹1200 at 5% per annum for 2 years.
Write the first three terms of the arithmetic progression (AP) whose first term is 7 and common
difference is 3.
Section C – Long Answer (3 marks each)
(Answer any 7)
Construct a triangle whose sides are 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm. (Use ruler and compass).
Divide ¹720 among A, B, and C in the ratio 2:3:4.
A cylinder has a radius of 7 cm and height of 10 cm. Find its volume. (Take
Ø5ß
=
3.14
À=3.14).
Solve:
{
Ø5Üe
+
Ø5Üf
=
12
Ø5Üe
"
Ø5Üf
=
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{
x+y=12
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A coin is tossed 50 times and it shows heads 28 times. Find the probability of getting heads.
A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting:
(a) a red card
(b) a king
Section D – Higher Order / Application (4 marks each)
(Answer any 3)
The following table shows the daily wages of 40 workers. Draw a histogram:
| Wages ( ¹) | 0–100 | 100–200 | 200–300 | 300–400 | 400–500 |
|-----------|--------|----------|----------|----------|
| No. of workers | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
The diagonals of a rhombus are 24 cm and 10 cm. Find its perimeter.
A car travels 120 km at 60 km/h and returns at 40 km/h. Find its average speed.
In an election, a candidate got 1800 votes which were 60% of the total votes. Find the total
number of votes and the number of votes his opponent got.
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