Grade 7 MTAP 2015 Questions with Solutions

Part 1
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Below are actual MTAP Questions that has been released. I have created a detailed solution for
each question. In this post, we answer 1-10. You can also read the solutions of problems 2-20.
The file can be downloaded here.

1.) Simplify: 

Solution

Answer: 

2.)  By how much is 3 – 1/3 greater than 2 and 1/2?

Solution

Subtracting the two results, we have 

.

Answer: 

3.) Write 9/20000 in scientific notation.

Solution

 can be written as  .

Since   and  ,

Answer: 

4.) What is the product of three consecutive multiples of 5 if the middle number is n?

Solution

If   is a multiple of 5 and the middle number of the three numbers, then the other numbers
are   and  .

So, the product is  .

Answer:  .

5.) If water pours into a tank at a rate of 100 liters per minute, at what rate is the tank being filled in
kiloliters per hour?

Solution

100 liters/minute   60 minutes per hour = 6000 liters per hour

6000 liters per hour = 6 kiloliters per hour.

Answer: 6 kiloliters per hour

6.) Subtract the sum of   and   from  .

Solution

Answer: 

7.) Simplify  .

Solution

Simplifying we have,

The expression further simplifies to

Answer: 22.5

8.) The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 1620 degrees. How many sides has the polygon?

Solution
The sum of the interior angles of a polygon with   angles is  .

Answer: 11

9.) Simplify:  .

Solution

10.) The sum of the two angles of a triangle is three times the third angle. What is the sum of the first
two angles?

Therefore,
.

Answer: 135