MATHEMATICS

2010 Year 7 Mathematics Assessment Task 1

General instructions Class (please )

Working time 50 minutes. 7N Mr Lam

Write your answers in the space provided. 7R Mr Berry

Write using blue or black pen. Where 7T Mr Lowe/Mr Trenwith

diagrams are to be sketched, these may be
done in pencil. 7H Mr Ireland/Ms OBrien

Calculators are NOT to be used under any 7S Mr Trenwith

circumstances.

All necessary working should be shown in

every question.

Attempt all questions.

NAME: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Markers use only.

SECTION 1 2 3 4 Total %

MARKS
29 23 16 6 74
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Section I: Whole numbers

1. Evaluate 8
(a) 823 + 627. (b) 9 765 1 688.

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(c) 97 68. (d) 1 900 75.

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2. What year was this foreign TV program produced? 1

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3. (a) Write 97661 in expanded notation. 2

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(b) Write as numerals: six hundred and sixty five million two hundred and 1
thirteen.

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4. Find the sum of three hundred and forty five with the product of nine thousand 2
and sixty and twenty two.

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5. Round 27 649 to the nearest: 2

(a) ten. (b) thousand.

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6. Calculate: 8
(a) 3 + 72 12. (b) (96 3) + (258 2).

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(c) (23 + 4)2 . (d) 20 (9 4) + 6.

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7. Insert <, > or = to make a true statement: 2

(a) 43 + 7 25 + 25. (b) 298 + 546 1 000 154.

8. An About Maths 7 textbook costs thirty five dollars to purchase including 3

shipping. Mr Rezcallah needs to replace all one hundred and fifty textbooks.
In addition, each textbook case costs six dollars. How much does Mr Rezcallah
have to pay to replace all the textbooks and cases?

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Section II: Sets & Venn Diagrams

9. Given n(A) is the number of elements in the set A, find n(A) if 4

(a) A = {0,1,2,. . . ,10}. (b) A = .

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(c) A = {primes less than 20}. (d) A = {0, 1, 1}.

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10. Choose or 6 to make a true statement: 4

(a) {animals} {mammals} (b) {primes} {odd numbers}

(c) {adults} {people}. (d) ({odd numbers} {even numbers}).

11. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, , 10}, B = {1, 2, 3, 8, 9} and C = {2, 3, 5, 7, 9}, 6

(a) Find A B. (b) Find B C.

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(c) Draw the Venn diagram that represents the above information.

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12. From the Venn diagram below, use set notation to list the following sets: 6

P Q
8 5 3 6 2
7
1 9 11

4 10 12

(a) P Q. (b) P Q.

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(c) P. (d) Q.

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(e) (P Q). (f) P Q.

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13. A coin collector buys a bag containing 100 coins. Sixty-five are silver, 90 are 3
round, and 61 are silver and round. Draw a Venn diagram to find out how
many are neither silver nor round.

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Examination continued overleaf. . .

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Section III: Number Theory

14. List all the factors of: 4

(a) 80 (b) 144

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15. Write 384 as a product of its prime factors, leaving it in index form. 2

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16. (a) Draw a factor tree for 48 and another for 64. 2

(b) For the numbers 48 and 64, find the 2

i. Highest common factor ii. Lowest common multiple

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Examination continued overleaf. . .

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17. By considering prime factors, calculate 4

3
(a) 2304. (b) 3375.

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18. Is the number 123 456 789 divisible by 9? Explain your answer. 2

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Examination continued overleaf. . .

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Section IV: Working Mathematically

19. Shade in the part of the Venn diagram that is represented by: 4
(a) A B C. (b) (A B) C.

A B A B

C C

(c) A C B. (d) (A B C) (A B C).

A B A B

C C

20. A bus route takes 75 min to complete a journey in one direction. If there 2
is to be a bus running every 10 minutes in each direction and the driver of
each bus must take 10 minutes rest between starting a trip in the opposite
direction, how many buses are required to operate the route in both directions?

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End of examination

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Marking scheme note: where there are less marks allocated to a question than the answers
(e.g. factors of 80, 2 marks), award full marks for no errors and subtract one mark for each
mistake.

Section I: Whole Numbers 9 06 0

2 2
1. (a) (2 marks) 18 12 0 199320
1 181 20 + 345
823 199 32 0 199665
+ 627
1450 5. (a) (1 mark)
27 650
(b) (2 marks)
9765 (b) (1 mark)
1 6 8 8 28 000
8077
6. (a) (2 marks)
(c) (2 marks)
97 3 + (72 12) = 3 + 6 = 9
6 8
(b) (2 marks)
776
582 (96 3) + (258 2) = 32 + 129
6596 = 161
(d) (2 marks)
(c) (2 marks)

25
75 1900
2
23 + 4 = (8 + 4)2
1500
= 144
400
375
(d) (2 marks)
25
20 (9 4) + 6 = (20 5) + 6
2. (1 mark)
= 10
MCMXCIII = 1993
7. (a) (1 mark) =
3. (a) (2 marks) (b) (1 mark) <

(9104 )+(7103 )+(6102 )+(6101 )+1

1 1

Award full marks even if not in 298 1000

scientific notation, i.e. 9 +5 4 6 154
10 000. 844 846

(b) (1 mark) 8. (3 marks)

665 000 213 $(35 + 6) 150

41
(Note that the wording is
1 5 0
ambiguous and may be 11 880
345). 205
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4. (2 marks) 6150
199 665

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Section II: Sets & Venn Diagrams (a) (1 mark)

9. (a) (1 mark) P Q = {1, 3}

n(A) = 11 (b) (1 mark)

(b) (1 mark) P Q = {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11}
n() = 0 (c) (1 mark)
(c) (1 mark) P = {2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12}
A = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19}
(d) (1 mark)
n(A) = 8
Q = {4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12}
(d) (1 mark)
n(A) = 2 (e) (1 mark)

P Q = {4, 10, 12}

10. (a) (1 mark) 6.
(b) (1 mark) 6. (f) (1 mark)

(c) (1 mark) . P Q = {5, 7, 8}

(d) (1 mark) .
13. (3 marks)
11. (a) (2 marks) X [1] for correct Venn diagram
A B = {1, 2, 3, 8, 9} X [1] for finding x and y (number of
silver/round coins)
(b) (2 marks) X [1] for correct final answer.

B C = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9} U
(c) (2 marks)
S R

(x) (61) (y)

U A
B 2 C
1 8 3 5 7 (z)
9

4 6 10
x + 61 = 65
x=4
12.
Hence there are 4 silver coins.
U
y + 61 = 90
P Q y = 29
8 5 3 6 2
7 Hence there are 29 round coins and in
1 9 11 total, 61+29+4 = 94 silver and/or round
coins. there are 6 that are neither
silver or round.
4 10 12

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Section III: Number Theory 2304

14. (a) (2 marks) 4 4 144

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80 2 2 2 2 12 12

(b) (2 marks) 2 2 3 2 2 3

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 144

2 304 = 28 32
15. (2 marks)
2 304 = 24 3 = 48
384
(b) (2 marks)
16 24
4 4 8 3
135
25 3375
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2500
875
384 = 27 3 750
125
16. (a) (2 marks) 125
48 0
3375
8 6
25 135
2 2 2 2 3
5 5 27 5
4
48 = 2 3 3 3 3

64
8 8 3 375 = 53 33

2 2 2 2 2 2 3 375 = 5 3 = 15

64 = 26
18. (2 marks)
(b) i. (1 mark)
X [1] for correct answer (yes)
gcd(48, 64) = 24 = 16
X [1] for correct explanation
ii. (1 mark)

lcm(48, 64) = 26 3 = 192

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9
17. (a) (2 marks)
= (1 + 8) + (2 + 7) + (3 + 6) + (5 + 4) + 9

576
144 =59
4 2304 4 576
2000 400 = 45
304 176
280 160 As the sum of its digits is divisible by 9,
24 16 the number itself is divisible by 9.
24 16
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Section IV: 20. (2 marks)

19. (a) (1 mark) X [1] for correct calculation of total round

trip time including rest.
X [1] for correct final answer.

A B
(75 2) + (10 2) = 150 + 20 = 170 min
170 min
= 17 buses
10 min/bus

(b) (1 mark)

A B

(c) (1 mark)

A B

(d) (1 mark)

A B

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