Name: Grade 7: Date: Score:

1. (Primes)
List all the prime numbers less than 20. [2 marks]
Solution:

2. (Prime Factorisation and Index Notation)

Find the prime factorisation of the following numbers and express your answer in index
notation.

(i) 27 [1 mark]
(ii) 99 [1 mark]
(iii) 135 [1 mark]

Solution:

3. (Highest Common Factor)

Find the HCF of each group of numbers.

(i) 45 and 75 [2 marks]

(ii) 36, 64 and 84 [2 marks]

Solution:

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4. (Lowest Common Multiple)
Find the LCM of each group of numbers.

(i) 48 and 72 [2 marks]

(ii) 35, 63 and 81 [2 marks]

Solution:

5. (Square Roots)

(a) Express 7056 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index no-
tation. [2 marks]
√
(b) Find 7056 without using a calculator. [2 marks]

Solution:

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6. (Cube Roots)

(a) Express 91125 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index
notation. [2 marks]
√
(b) Find 3 91125 without using a calculator. [2 marks]

Solution:

7. (World Problem)
Farhan has three pieces of rope with lengths of 140 cm, 168 cm and 210 cm. He wishes
to cut all the three pieces of ropes into smaller pieces of equal length such that there
is no leftover rope.

(a) What is the greatest possible length of each of the smaller pieces of rope? [2
marks]
(b) How many smaller pieces of rope can he get altogether? [2 marks]

Solution:

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8. (World Problem)
The bell of St George’s School goes off every 35 minutes while the bell of St Francis’
School goes off every 40 minutes. Pupils of both schools must arrive in school by 07.30,
when the first bell goes off. When is the next time that the bells of both schools go
off at the same time, after 07.30? [2 marks]
Solution:

9. (World Problem)
The area of a square is 1296 cm2 .

(a) Find the length of a side of the square. [2 marks]

(b) If six of these squares are used to form the six faces of a cube, find the volume
of the cube, giving your answer in index notation. [1 mark]

Solution:

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