YEAR 7 MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION

SEMESTER 2 2018

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET

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DATE:

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Working time for this paper: 90 minutes

Material to be provided by the supervisor: TOTAL QUESTIONS: 63

 This Question/Answer Booklet TOTAL MARKS: 120

Material to be provided by the candidate: Section 1: NON-CALCULATOR

 Pen/pencil for answering questions. 50 Minutes
 Erasing stationery.
 Up to two scientific calculators. 33 questions, 58 marks
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40 minutes
30 questions, 62 marks

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Section 1: NON-CALCULATOR (Total Marks 58)

1. If the value of 𝑎 = 20 and the value for 𝑏 = 9 then what would be the answer to
𝑎 + 3 × 𝑏? (1 Mark)
 55

 57

 47

 46

2. When $240 is divided in the ratio 5 : 7, the result is: (1 Mark)

 140 : 100

 100 : 140

 120 : 80

 50 : 70

3. What is the value of 𝑥? (1 Mark)

 50˚

 110˚

 130˚

 170˚

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 4. What is the value of 𝑥 and 𝑦? (1 Mark)

 x  56o and y  56
o

 x  56o and y  124

o

 x  76o and y  76
o

 x  124o and y  124

o

5. (1 Mark)

How many axes of symmetry does figure F have?



 2

 4

 6

 Infinite number

6. 14 + (−3) − (−5) is the same as: (1 Mark)

 14 + 3 + 5

14 – 3 + 2

 14 + 8

14 − 3 + 5

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7. Dina has a 5000L water tank that she uses to water her vegetable garden. The graph
shows the amount of water in the tank at the beginning of the week for a 12-week
period. In which weeks can you be certain there was rain? (1 Mark)

 3, 6 and 7

 4, 7 and 8

 week 8 only

 None of the above

8. This table summarises the time Amy spent walking her dog over five days. (1 Mark)

Day Time
Saturday 1 hour
Sunday 50 minutes
Monday 70 minutes
Tuesday 1 hour and 10 minutes
Wednesday 50 minutes

What is the average (mean) time Amy walks her dog over five days?

 60 minutes

 70 minutes

 80 minutes

 300 minutes

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9. For the dot plot shown below, the mode is: (1 Mark)

 no mode

4

 4.5

7

10. The ratio of girls to boys at a party is 5 : 4. If there are 35 girls in the class, how many
boys are there? (1 Mark)

 16

 28

 24

 12

11. One extra number is added to the data set 20, 16, 50, 10 and this causes the mean
to change to 20. What is the number? (1 Mark)

 40

 4

 20

 56

12. Which of the following pairs of angles are complementary? (1 Mark)

 98°, 98°

 23°, 66°

 119°, 151°

 30°, 60°

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13. What is the median of the following numbers? (1 Mark)
3, 6, 7, 5, 3

3

6

5

 no median

14. Which of the following statements is incorrect? (1 Mark)

−3 > −8

0< 1

 0 < −2

 −1 < 4

15. Melinda notices that three out of every ten passing cars are red. What percentage
of cars that pass are not red? (1 Mark)

 20%

 30%

 60%

 70%

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16. In which of these equations does 𝑚 = 5? (1 Mark)

 3𝑚 – 6 = 9

 12 – 2𝑚 = 32

 𝑚 + 5 = 25

 2𝑚 – 4 = 8

𝑥
17. Solve = 27: (1 Mark)
2

27
 2

 13.5

 25

 54

18. A like term for 16𝑑 is: (1 Mark)

 16

 16𝑎𝑏𝑐

 54𝑑

 5𝑎𝑑

19. Which set of numbers is in ascending order? (1 Mark)

 0, 7, 2, 5

 13, 12, 11, 10

 −10, −9, 8, 17

 2, −3, 7, 15

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20. Solve the following: (1 Mark)

𝟗𝟑 = 𝟗 + 𝒅

 𝑑 = 84

 𝑑 = 90

 𝑑 = 94

𝑑 =6

21. Simplify the following by collecting like term: (4 Marks)

a) 9𝑚 + 8 − 2𝑚 + 3

b) 3𝑝 + 16 + 2𝑝 − 2𝑝 + 10

c) 𝑏 + 6 − 2𝑏 + 5

d)12𝑥 + 12𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 4

22. Daria is 8 years older than her brother James and the sum of their ages is 48 years.
How old is James? (3 Marks)

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23. For the expression 11𝑥 − 6𝑦 + 𝑧 + 9, state: (4 Marks)

a) The coefficient of 𝑥

b) The coefficient of 𝑦.

c) The number of terms.

d) The constant

24. Without using a protractor, find the value of each unknown angle in the following
diagrams. Give a reason for each answer. (2 Marks)

a) b)

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25. Shapes B, C and D are all transformations of shape A. (2 Marks)

a) To produce shape C, shape A has been rotated in a clockwise direction by how many
degrees?

b) What has been done to shape A to produce shape D?

26. A school bus has a rectangular window with a length of 3 metres and a width of
𝑥 metres. The length and width are doubled. Write and simplify an equation to
represent the new window area. (3 Marks)

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 27. Write the coordinates of each point below. (4 Marks)

A:___________

B:___________

C:___________

D:___________

28. The number of cards in a deck is 𝑥. In 2 decks there are 104 cards.
Write an equation to represent this and solve for 𝑥. (2 Marks)

29. Judy completes a dive 8m below sea level; she comes up 1m every 3 seconds. After
15 seconds, what position will she be at? (2 Marks)

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30. Write as an equation and state the value of 𝑎. (2 Marks)

31. Lucy spent $11.35 at a fast food shop. How much change does she receive from
$50? (2 Marks)

32. Calculate the range, mean, median and mode for the following set of data:
11, 11, 25, 12, 16, 18 (4 Marks)

a) Range:

b) Mean:

c) Median:

d) Mode:

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33. Write the letters A, B, C, D on the graph below to match the coordinates given:
(4 marks)

A: (1, 2)
B: (-4, -2)
C: (5, -3)
D: (-2, 3)

STOP – END OF SECTION 1 – NON-CALCULATOR

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 Section 2: CALCULATOR ALLOWED (Total - Marks 62)
1. The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always: (1 Mark)

 360°

 180°

 90°

 none of the above

2. If 20 dogs eat 40 kg of meat, how much meat would 15 dogs eat? (1 Mark)

 9 kg

 30 kg

 3 kg

 0.3 kg

3. Aiden has a slot car set and wants to extend his track. He needs 4.3 metres of track,
which will cost him $11.5 per metre. How much will the extensions cost? (1 Mark)

 $50

 $49.95

 $49.45

 $45

4. Michael has eleven birds, seven dogs and four cats as pets. The ratio of dogs to cats
to total number of pets is? (1 Mark)

 2 : 3 : 22

 4 : 7 : 11

5:2:3

 7 : 4 : 22

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5. A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals: (1 Mark)

 a negative

 zero

 a positive

 it depends on the numbers

6. The range of the numbers 8, 11, 3, 9, 12, 41, 57 is (1 Mark)

 40

 56

 12

 49

7. The temperature inside Mrs Mac’s classroom is -3° C. After heating the room for 2
hours the temperature rises to 11° C. How much has the temperature changed?
(1 Mark)

 11°C

 -8°C

 14°C

 22°C

8. John’s mobile phone plan charges a 25-cents connection fee and then 17 cents per
minute for every call. If a call cost 76 cents, how long did it last? (1 Mark)

 80 seconds

 4 minutes

 3 minutes

 14 minutes

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9. An isosceles triangle has a perimeter of 625 mm. If the base is 125 mm, find the
length of the other two sides. (1 Mark)

 250 mm

 234 mm

 520 mm

 125 mm

10. If 𝑎 = 2 and 𝑏 = −5, find the value of 𝑎3 + 𝑏 2 (1 Mark)

 −17

 20

 33

 50

11. Simplify by collecting like terms 𝟓𝒂𝒃 + 𝟑𝟕𝒂 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟏𝟎𝒂

(3 Marks)

12. Use the rule 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 5 to complete the table of values below. (2 Marks)

x 2 5 10 12

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13. Ethan has a debt of $15 on his credit card. He buys another item using his credit
card, which adds an extra debt of $40. At the end of the month $17 is paid back.
What is the final balance on Ethan’s credit card? Please show your working.
(2 Marks)

14. Calculate the answer to the following:

4𝑝(−6) (1 Mark)

−72 ÷ 9
(1 Mark)

−123
=
−3
(1 Mark)

8 × (−5)
(1 Mark)

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 15. Gavin mows 70% of the lawn in 38 minutes. How long will it take him to mow the
entire lawn if he mows at a constant rate? (2 Marks)

16. What is the mean (correct to 1 d.p.), mode and median of the following data?
(3 Marks)

42, 43, 43, 45, 48, 51, 52

Mean:

Mode:

Median:

17. If 𝑚 = −5 and 𝑛 = 6, then 𝒎𝒏– 𝒏 is equal to: (2 Marks)

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18. Enrique scored a mark of on his Maths test. What is this as a percentage?
80
(2 Marks)

19. Look at the following diagram and state which angle is: (3 Marks)

Alternate to u : ____________________

Corresponding to x : __________________

Co-interior to w : _____________________

20. A number is doubled and then 7 is added. The result is then tripled. If the number is
represented by 𝑘, then write an expression for this description. (2 Marks)

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21. Write these fractions in their simplest form. (4 marks)

6 8
a) = b) =
15 24

14 56
b) = d) =
6 8

22. The set 3, 7, 9, 10 has one extra number added to it, and this causes the mean to be
doubled. What is the number? (2 Marks)

23. Simplify by gathering the like terms: (2 Marks)

2𝑝 + 2𝑚 + 9𝑝 + 2 + 4𝑚

24. Calculate the value of the unknown angle. (2 Marks)

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 25. Tom begins a hill climb at 10 am. After climbing for 1 hour, he rests, then continues
his climb. He has lunch then returns to the base of the hill. This information is shown
on the travel graph below. (6 marks)

a) What times are represented by the following letters?

i) A _________________

ii) C _________________

b) How long did Tom first rest for?

c) How much time did the hike up the hill take?

d) What was the distance travelled down hill?

e) How long was the entire trip, including rest stops and lunch

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 26. An 18-carat gold necklace is made of 75% gold, 12.5% silver and the rest is copper.
What percentage of the necklace is copper? (2 Marks)

27. Chelsea wants to buy some tights. One store is selling three pairs for $9.99 or $3.99
each. Chelsea has $35.20 and buys as many pairs as she can. (2 Marks)

a) How many pairs of tights can she buy?

b) How much money does she have left afterwards?

28. Find the value of 𝑥° in the figure below. Ensure you show all your workings
(2 marks)

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29. Bob is moving into his new house. The removalist charges $130, plus $90 for each hour
he works. The removalist takes d hours to move the furniture to the new house.
(3 marks)

a) If the removalist took 4 hours to complete the job, how much would it cost Bob?

b) If C represents the total cost for d hours, write an equation for the total cost.

c) If Bob paid $490 altogether, how many hours did the removalist take to do the job?

30. Michelle plans to buy 25 cupcakes. Her local bakery sells cupcakes for $2.10 each.
The closest supermarket sells 10 cupcakes for $14.99.
If the bakery has a 30% off everything sale, how much would it cost to buy 25
cupcakes? (2 Marks)

…END OF EXAMINATION…

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