Class 8 Mathematics (NCERT + RD Sharma based) for the chapters:
🔹 Understanding Quadrilaterals
🔹 Squares and Square Roots
🔹 Cubes and Cube Roots
🟦 3-MARK QUESTIONS (20 Questions)
🔹 Understanding Quadrilaterals
Q1. How many diagonals does a dodecagon have?
Answer:
Number of diagonals = n(n – 3)/2 = 12(12 – 3)/2 = 54
Q2. How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of its interior angles is 2340°?
Answer:
Sum of interior angles = (n – 2) × 180
2340 = (n – 2) × 180 ⇒ n = 15 sides
Q3. Which quadrilateral has both pairs of opposite sides and angles equal?
Answer:
Parallelogram
Q4. What is the sum of all exterior angles of any polygon?
Answer:
360°
Q5. A polygon has 7 diagonals. Find the number of sides.
Answer:
n(n – 3)/2 = 7 ⇒ n = 5
Q6. If each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 40°, find the number of sides.
Answer:
Number of sides = 360/40 = 9
Q7. A regular polygon has each interior angle of 150°. Find the number of sides.
Answer:
Each exterior angle = 180 – 150 = 30°
n = 360/30 = 12 sides
🔹 Squares and Square Roots
Q8. Find the least number to be added to 2430 to make it a perfect square.
Answer:
2430 → Next perfect square = 2457 ⇒ Least number = 27
Q9. Find the least number to be subtracted from 100 to get a perfect square.
Answer:
Next perfect square below 100 = 81 ⇒ 100 – 81 = 19
Q10. If a man saves ₹30 on Day 1, ₹32 on Day 2... up to Day 30, find total savings.
Answer:
This is an AP: a = 30, d = 2, n = 30
Sum = n/2 [2a + (n – 1)d] = 30/2[60 + 58] = ₹1770
Q11. Find the square of 529.
Answer:
Square of 529 = 279841
Q12. Show that square of an even number is even and square of odd is odd.
Answer:
Even² → Even (e.g., 4² = 16), Odd² → Odd (e.g., 5² = 25)
Q13. Find the square root of 136656.
Answer:
Square root = 369
Q14. The area of a square is 576 cm². Find its perimeter.
Answer:
Side = √576 = 24 cm ⇒ Perimeter = 4 × 24 = 96 cm
🔹 Cubes and Cube Roots
Q15. By what least number should 343 be multiplied to get a perfect cube?
Answer:
Prime factorization = 7³ ⇒ Already perfect cube ⇒ Multiply by 1
Q16. Cube has surface area 294 cm². Find edge of cube.
Answer:
6a² = 294 ⇒ a² = 49 ⇒ a = 7 cm
Q17. Find cube root of 4096.
Answer:
Cube root of 4096 = 16
Q18. Cube of 5 cm is cut into 125 equal cubes. Find edge of each cube.
Answer:
Side of small cube = ⁵√(5³/125) = 1 cm
Q19. Prove cube of an odd number is odd.
Answer:
Odd³ = Odd ⇒ e.g., 3³ = 27, 5³ = 125
Q20. Find least number to multiply 16 to make a perfect cube.
Answer:
Prime factors: 16 = 2⁴ ⇒ Multiply by 2 ⇒ 2⁵ = 32 is a perfect cube
🟩 5-MARK QUESTIONS (20 Questions)
🔹 Understanding Quadrilaterals
Q1. A polygon has 20 sides. Find sum of its interior and exterior angles.
Answer:
Interior = (20 – 2) × 180 = 3240°
Exterior = 360°
Q2. Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 30°. Find number of sides and total interior
sum.
Answer:
Sides = 360/30 = 12
Interior sum = (12 – 2) × 180 = 1800°
Q3. Find number of diagonals in a polygon of 20 sides.
Answer:
n(n – 3)/2 = 20(17)/2 = 170 diagonals
Q4. List types of quadrilaterals and write 2 properties of each.
Answer:
Parallelogram: Opp sides & angles equal
Rectangle: All angles 90°, opp sides equal
Rhombus: All sides equal, diagonals bisect at 90°
Square: All sides =, all angles = 90°
Trapezium: Only one pair of parallel sides
Q5. A polygon has each interior angle of 165°. Find number of sides.
Answer:
Exterior = 180 – 165 = 15° ⇒ Sides = 360/15 = 24
Q6. Prove sum of exterior angles of any polygon is 360°.
Answer:
True by definition; always 360° for any polygon
🔹 Squares and Square Roots
Q7. Find square root of 2025 using prime factorization method.
Answer:
2025 = 3² × 3² × 5² = (3×3×5) = 45
Q8. A square playground has area 9801 m². Find side and perimeter.
Answer:
Side = √9801 = 99 m ⇒ Perimeter = 4 × 99 = 396 m
Q9. Find the least number that must be added to 6412 to get a perfect square.
Answer:
Next perfect square = 6400 ⇒ Subtract = 12
Q10. Using identity, find square of 995.
Answer:
995² = (1000 – 5)² = 1000² – 2×1000×5 + 25 = 990025
Q11. Find square root of 3249 by division method.
Answer:
√3249 = 57
Q12. Find two consecutive numbers whose squares differ by 65.
Answer:
Let numbers = x, x+1
(x+1)² – x² = 2x + 1 = 65 ⇒ x = 32
Q13. Area of square is 7744 m². Find side and perimeter.
Answer:
Side = √7744 = 88 m
Perimeter = 4 × 88 = 352 m
🔹 Cubes and Cube Roots
Q14. Find cube root of 13824 by prime factorization.
Answer:
13824 = 2⁷ × 3³ ⇒ Cube root = 2² × 3 = 12
Q15. Find smallest number to be multiplied to 5400 to make perfect cube.
Answer:
5400 = 2³ × 3³ × 5² ⇒ Multiply by 5 to make cube ⇒ Answer = 5
Q16. Check whether 19683 is a perfect cube. If yes, find cube root.
Answer:
19683 = 3⁹ ⇒ Cube root = 27
Q17. Volume of cube is 2197 cm³. Find its edge.
Answer:
Edge = ∛2197 = 13 cm
Q18. Cube a = 3 cm is melted and recast into small cubes of 1 cm³ each. How many small
cubes?
Answer:
Volume = 3³ = 27 ⇒ 27 cubes
Q19. Find cube root of 110592 by prime factorization.
Answer:
110592 = 2⁹ × 3³ ⇒ Cube root = 2³ × 3 = 24
Q20. Prove cube of any even number is even and cube of odd is odd.
Answer:
Even³ = Even (e.g., 2³ = 8), Odd³ = Odd (e.g., 3³ = 27) ✅
