CLASS 8 MATHEMATICS CBSE NCERT TEXT BOOK SOLUTIONS CHAPTER (NUMBER PLAY) NEW SYLLABUS 2025-2026

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CLASS 8 MATHEMATICS CBSE NCERT TEXT BOOK SOLUTIONS CHAPTER (NUMBER PLAY) NEW SYLLABUS 2025

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Question: The sum of four consecutive numbers is 34. What are these numbers?

Question: Suppose p is the greatest of five consecutive numbers. Describe the other four numbers in terms of p

Question: For each statement below, determine whether it is always true, sometimes true, or never true. Explain your answer. Mention examples and non-examples as appropriate. Justify your claim using algebra.

(i) The sum of two even numbers is a multiple of 3.

(ii) If a number is not divisible by 18, then it is also not divisible by 9.

(iii) If two numbers are not divisible by 6, then their sum is not divisible by 6.

(iv) The sum of a multiple of 6 and a multiple of 9 is a multiple of 3.

(v) The sum of a multiple of 6 and a multiple of 3 is a multiple of 9.

Question: Find a few numbers that leave a remainder of 2 when divided by 3 and a remainder of 2 when divided by 4. Write an algebraic expression to describe all such numbers.

Question: "I hold some pebbles, not too many, When I group them in 3’s, one stays with me. [... The pebble amount] More than one hundred would be far too bold, But grouping by seven, perfection is found. Can you tell me the number of pebbles I hold?"

Question: Tathagat has written several numbers that leave a remainder of 2 when divided by 6. He claims, "If you add any three such numbers, the sum will always be a multiple of 6." Is Tathagat's claim true?

Question: When divided by 7, the number 661 leaves a remainder of 3, and 4779 leaves a remainder of 5. Without calculating, can you say what remainders the following expressions will leave when divided by 7? Show the solution both algebraically and visually.

Question: Find a number that leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, a remainder of 3 when divided by 4, and a remainder of 4 when divided by 5. What is the smallest such number? Can you give a simple explanation of why it is the smallest?