2015 Year 7 Paper B Student No: .

Year 7 Mathematics
Common Assessment
Paper 2
Term 4, 2015
Time allowed: 45 minutes + 2 minutes reading time

Directions to students:

There are 3 parts to complete.

Answer all questions on the question paper.
All answers worth one mark unless indicated.
Questions worth more than one mark should show working. (Marks are awarded for
working.)
Calculators NOT allowed

B Number 22
C Algebra 22
D Geometry 8
E Probability 8

TOTAL 60

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Section B Number (22 marks)

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. Write the numeral 2 less than 1 million.

2. Which is divisible by 3?

A. 139
A B C D
B. 120
C. 176
D. 158
3. Convert to a simplified fraction: 0.15

2
4. Which fraction is greater than ?
5

1 1 1 2 A B C D
A. B. C. D.
2 3 4 7

5. Evaluate 64

6. Work out 0.18 0.2

7. Find the value of 1.35 - 0.201

8. Evaluate -24 4 =

9. Evaluate 2 + 3 -4 =

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10. What is the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 4
and 6?

11. Rewrite the following numbers in ascending order.

3
85%, , 0.8
4

12. Evaluate 10 - [ 14 - (3 - 2) ]

13. What is the Highest Common Factor(HCF) of 16

and 24?

14. Use a factor tree to express 90 as a product of its

prime factors.

(2 marks)
3 2
15. + =
5 3

5-9
16. =
6-2

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17. Maddy and her friends compare marks on a maths
test which had 40 questions worth one mark each.

Who got the most questions correct? A B C D

3
A) Maddy answered 4 of the questions correctly.

B) Jess answered 35 questions correctly.

C) Sophie had 0.3 of the questions incorrect.

1
D) Lydia had of the questions wrong.
5
1 7
18. 3
2 8

19. Lucy has 48 pieces of jewellery on her dresser.

3 1
8 of the pieces are necklaces 3 of them are bracelets
and the rest are earrings. How many are earrings?

1 2
20. 3 2
2 3

1 3
21. What is the reciprocal of 2 2 ?
3 4

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Section B Algebra (22 marks)

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
3
1. p =
A) p+3
B) p3 A B C D
C) p+p+p
D) ppp

2. An algebraic expression for three times the sum

of a and b is:

A. 3 a + b
B. 3(a + b) A B C D
C. a+a+a+b
D. 3a + b

3. Write -4 2 a a in its simplest form.

4. Simplify fully:

(a) m + m + m + m (a)

(b)
(b) 4k + 6 + 7 k - 2

(c)
(c) 6 a 2 a b

(d)
(d) 2m -3

(e) 12 x 6 (e)

(f) 4 x 6 xy (f)

QUESTIONS ANSWERS

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5. Which of the following is not equivalent to
12ab ?
A) 5ab + 7 ab
B) 20ab - 8ab A B C D
C) 12 a b
D) 12a + b

6. Expand 3(h + 8)

7. Expand 4a (2a - 1)

8. If a = 3 find the value of 2a+1

9. If x = -2 and y = 4 , evaluate 3xy .

9. Complete the table of values for the expression

3a + 2

a 1 2 3 5 8
3a + 2 5 8 11

10. Brad buys Q packets of biscuits which cost $5

each and 4 packets of sweets which cost $J each.
Write an expression for the cost of the biscuits
and sweets.

11. Mark the points A(2,1), B(-3,2), C(0,2) and D(-4,-3) on the coordinate plane below. Label each

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point with A, B, C or D.
y

-4
-3
-2
-1

-1
1
2
3
4

-2

-3

-4

(2 marks)
12. Which of these is always true:
a b
A) =
b a
B) a b = b a

C) a - b = b - a
D) a b = b a

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13. Expand and simplify: 6( x - 4) - 2 x - 5

(2 marks)
14. If a e b = a - 2ab , evaluate -3 e -4
2

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Section C Geometry (8 marks)

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. The angle marked could be labelled as :

A B C D

A) X

B) PXS

C) PXQ

D) PXR

2. The angle type marked in this diagram is:

A B C D

A) Obtuse
B) Acute
C) Reflex
D) Adjacent

3. What is the complement of 60o?

4. Find the size of UOT

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5. What is the value of x?

A B C D

A) 16 B) 41 C) 82 D) 164

6. Find the size of JLK.

7. Through how many degrees does the minute

hand of a clock move between 12:00 noon
and 12:20 pm on the same day?

A B C D

A) 20o B) 60o C) 100o D) 120o

8. Measure the obtuse angle.

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Section E Probability (8 marks)

QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1. What is the probability of rolling a three on
a single roll of a die?

A B C D

1 1 1 2
A) B) C) D)
6 3 2 3

2. The probability that Aaron wins a game is

4
. What is the probability Aaron doesnt
5
win the game?

3. A coach does a study of the results of a

number of football teams over a season. He
compared whether they had the lead at half-
time and whether they won the game. The
results are shown in the two way table.

Led at Didnt Total

Half-Time Lead at
Half- Time
Won
32 6 38
Game
Didnt
Win 14 28 42
Game
Total 46 34
One result is chosen at random from all those
analysed to be studied in more depth.
a)
(a) How many results were analysed altogether?

(b) What is the probability that the result chosen

b)
was for a team which won the game.
c)
(c) What is the probability that the result chosen
was for a team which lead at half time but
didnt win the game?

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4. In a group of 20 friends, some sing and

some play an instrument. The Venn diagram
shows the numbers who do each.

One of the friends is chosen at random from the

group.
a) What is the probability that the friend who
is chosen plays a musical instrument? a)

b) What is the probability that the friend who b)

is chosen plays a musical instrument and
sings?

c)
c) If we know that the friend who is chosen
plays a musical instrument, what is the
probability that they also sing?

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