Mathematics class VIII RD Sharma

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION The Revised edition of the book "MATHEMATICS FOR CLASS VIII" has been written strictly according to the latest syllabus prescribed by the NCERT Keeping in mind the mental level of a child, every effort has been made to introduce new concepts in a simple language so that the child understands them easily. Basic concepts have been explained through attractive illustrations relating to our day-to-day life experiences. The book has been divided into 27 Chapters. The text has been re-written in a lucid manner. The difficulty level of the problems has been reduced and mathematical concepts have been explained in the simplest possible way. Each chapter contains a large number of illustrative examples to understand the applications of concepts. In each section, illustrative examples are followed by an exercise containing an adequate number of unsolved problems. The difficulty level of problms in exercises has also been reduced. Students are advised to read the theory carefully and solve Illustrative Examples on their own before attempting the Exercises. I hope that this book will be useful to the students and teachers alike. I avail this opportunity to convey my sincere thanks to Sh. Ish Kapur of Dhanpat Rai Publications (P) Ltd. for this encouragement and painstaking efforts in bringing out this book in such an excellent form. Inspite of my best efforts to make this edition error free, some printed errors might have gone un-noticed. I shall be grateful to the teachers and students if the same are brought to my notice. You may send your valuable suggestions, feedback or queries by post or through e-mail to ish.dhanpat@gmail.com which would be verified by me and the corrections would be incorporated in the subsequent editions. Any suggestion/criticism to enhance the quality of the book will be gratefully acknowledged. Dr. R.D. SHARMA