Student's Name: ........................................................

PART A: INTEGERS (25 MARKS)

Teacher's Initials: ...................................................... Marks
1. Evaluate the following. You may use this number line if necessary:

–9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Staff Involved:
YEAR 7 a) −8 +15 1
AXD* NJS
WMD DAW
MATHEMATICS
Wednesday 2 April 2014
LMD GIC Time Allowed: 55 minutes
b) 8 + − 11 1
GDH GPF
ASSESSMENT TASK 2
225 copies
c) −3 − −3 1
General Instructions
* Write using blue or black PEN ONLY
* In the spaces provided, write ALL necessary working BEFORE your answer d) −7 + 5 − ( − 4) 2
* In questions worth two or more marks, working MUST be shown to gain full marks
* Clearly indicate your final answer
* No calculators may be used 2. Write True (T) or False (F) next to the following:

This assessment consists of FOUR sections. a) –2 > 5 1

TOPICS YOUR MARK OUT OF

Integers 25 b) 0 > –2 1
The Number Plane 9
Decimals 20 3. Complete the blanks:

Working Mathematically 9
TOTAL 63
a) 5− = −3 1

b) + (−2) = − 4 1
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4. Evaluate: 7. Find three integers that have a product of –56 2
a) −5 × 2 1

2
b) ( −5 ) 1

8. Find two integers that have a sum of 5 and a product of –14. 2

c) −5 × − 2 × − 5 2

5. Simplify each quotient:

9. If * > 5 and ∆ < –1 work out if the following expressions are positive or negative:
a) 21 ÷ − 7 1
* −5
i) ∆ +1 1

b) −35 ÷ − 5 1

c) 100 ÷ − 2 ÷ − 2 2

ii) ( * − 3) × ( 5 − ∆ ) 1

6. Evaluate: 2

−14 ÷ 2 −1 × (−4)

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 PART B: THE NUMBER PLANE (9 MARKS) Marks
Marks
10. Using the number plane below, write the coordinates of each point: 4 11. On the number plane below:

y
B ( ___, ___ ) E( ___, ___ )
6

5
S ( ___, ___ ) T ( ___, ___ )
4

y 2

6 1

B 5 E
–9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
4 –1

3 –2

2 –3 Z
1 –4

S –5
–9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
–1 –6

–2

–3 (i) Plot and label the points X ( −5, − 3) and Y ( 0, − 5 ) 2

–4 T
–5

–6 (ii) Points that lie on a straight line are called collinear. Add one more point to the two
points given below to make all three points collinear.

(3, –3) ( 3, 0 ) ( ___, ___ ) 1

(iii) In which quadrant does point Z above lie? (Circle the correct name below): 1

1st quadrant 2nd quadrant 3rd quadrant 4th quadrant

iv) Circle the word which best describes the y-axis:

horizontal vertical 1

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 PART C: DECIMALS (20 MARKS) Marks
15. Rewrite below in ascending order: 2
Marks
12. Add:
a) 7.42 + 1 4.05 4.5 0.45 0.0405
3.75
_________ _________ _________ _________

16. Write as a decimal: seventy–eight thousandths 1

b) 7.316 + 0.801 + 8.673 2

17. Evaluate:
a) 0.65 × 1000 1

b) 0.000123 × 2000 1
13. Subtract:
a) 5.7 – 1
2.3
18. Evaluate:
a) 8.912 ÷10 1

b) 73.5 – 0.64 1

b) 89120 ÷ = 8.912 1

14. From the sum of 72.63 and 27.924, subtract 57.787 2

19. Find the next two terms in the pattern: 2

20, 10, 5, 2.5, _____, ______

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 Marks PART D: WORKING MATHEMATICALLY (9 MARKS)
20. On a calendar the length of a year is considered to be 365 days.
Marks
21. The sum of the first 5 prime numbers is subtracted from the sum of the first 8 odd numbers.
i) How many days in 400 calendar years? 1 Find the result. 3

ii) The actual time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun is 365.25 days. How
many actual days will elapse over 400 years? 2

22. Write down one number between 3.5 and 3.6. 1

iii) What is the difference between the answer to (i) and (ii)? 1

23. I am thinking of a number. 2

If I add 4.5 and then multiply by 3, the answer is 15.
What is the number?

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24. Positive integers such as 1287821 and 4554 are called palindromes because they are
unchanged when the digits are reversed. Determine the number of five digit integers which
are not palindromes. 3

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