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GANITA PRAKASH · GRADE 8 · PART II · CHAPTER 1

Question Bank

Think first. Use AI purposefully. Verify always.

Seven deeper source-derived AIMS Think+ investigations. Attempt, investigate, make connections and scrutinise.

★ AIMS Think+ · Exchange the percentage

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 29

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★ AIMS Think+ · Two increases

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 29

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★ AIMS Think+ · Preserve the area

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 29

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★ AIMS Think+ · What is really free?

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 29

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★ AIMS Think+ · A changing room

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 30

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★ AIMS Think+ · Half off?

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 27

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★ AIMS Think+ · The doubling question

Textbook connection: Ganita Prakash · Grade 8 · Part II · Fractions in Disguise · printed page 24

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Read the graph, question the base.

Computer-use percentages, 2023, as reproduced on textbook printed page 30 (NSS 79th Round, Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey). Each percentage refers to its own age-and-gender group. This is historical textbook data.

Female: solid border. Male: dashed border. Every bar uses the same 0–100% scale.
Children
Teenage
Twenties
Thirties
Forties
Fifties
Seniors
Read the data as a table
Percentage able to use a computer
Age groupFemale (%)Male (%)
Children45
Teenage2429
Twenties2637
Thirties1425
Forties714
Fifties49
Seniors24

The male percentage is 37% in the twenties and 29% in the teenage group. Does this prove that there are more male computer users in the twenties? Can female and male percentages be added to give an age-group percentage?

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