ICHTHUS SECONDARY SCHOOL (WEST)

CLASS TEST 1, TERM 3

2020 – 2021

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Class : 7 Goodness Signature Signature
Subject : Mathematics

Date : Wednesday, 24 February 2021

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Answer all questions completed with the working. The number of marks for each question is shown in brackets [ ].

1. A shop owner blends three types of coffee, A, B and C, in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7.

a. Calculate the weight of each type of coffee in 45 kg of the blended mixture. [3m]
b. Given that type A coffee costs $7 per kg, type B coffee costs $10 per kg and type C
coffee costs $13 per kg, calculate the cost per kg of the blended mixture. [4m]
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2. The cost of a long-distance call lasting 4 minutes and 20 seconds was $23.40. At this rate,
what was the cost of a call lasting 6 minutes 30 seconds? [2m]
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3. Two towns, A and B, are 180 km apart. Motorist P sets off from A for B at 12:20 and travels
at a speed of 50 km/h. Motorist Q sets off from A for B at 12:45 at a speed of 60 km/h. Who
will arrive at B first and at what time? [3m]
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4. Find the unknown quantity in each of the following.

a. 3.125% of Z minutes is 9 minutes. [1m]
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b. 24 % of X cm is 122 cm. [1m]
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c. 350% of $C is $19.25. [1m]

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 5. The regular price of an airline ticket is $960.
a. Its price increases by 30% during the peak season. Find the price of the ticket during the
peak season. [1m]
b. If the regular price drops to $748.80, find percentage decrease in the price. [2m]
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6. A new car costs $120000. After 1 year, its value deceases by 20%. For the second year, is
value decreases a further 10%. What is the value of the car after 2 years? [3m]
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7. At a clearance sale of a department store, handbags were sold at a 40% discount and skirts
at a 25% discount. Jenny bought 2 handbags for $144 each and 3 skirts which were marked
at $60 each. Find:
a. The marked price of each handbag [1m]
b. The selling price of each skirt [2m]
c. The total discount on Jenny’s purchases [5m]
d. The overall percentage discount [1m]
e. The total amount of the GST on the handbags and skirt bought, given that the GST rate
is 7%. [1m]
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8. In a sequence, the 1st term is 17. Each subsequent term is 4 more than then previous term.
Write down the 3rd term and the 4th term of the sequence. [2m]
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9. The general term of a sequence is Tn = (2n + 3)(4n – 9).

a. find the 5th term and the 9th term [2m]
b. hence, find the sum of the 5th term and 9th term. [1m]
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10. Consider the sequence 39, 37, 35, 33, …

a. Find its general term Tn in terms of n [3m]
b. Hence, find the 18th term [1m]

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11. Given a function 𝑦 = 2 𝑥 + 3.
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a. Find three points (x, y) and display these points in a table. [3m]

𝑥 –2 0 2
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𝑦 =2 𝑥+3
2

b. Find its gradient [1m]

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12. Jenny was 3 m from a lamppost. She began to run at a constant speed away from the
lamppost. Her distance, y m, from the the lamppost after t seconds is given by the function
y = 2t + 3. Find the time that she was 15 m from the lamppost. [1m]
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13. a. Draw the quadrilateral ABCD whose vertices are A (-1, -1), B (7, 3), C (4, 6) and D (0, 4).
[1m]
b. Hence, find the gradients of the sides of ABCD. [4m]
c. What type of quadrilateral is ABCD? [1m]

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