Grade 7

December exam

Name:…………………………………………………………

Score: ………./74
Q1:
(a) work out 15% of $385

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(b) A shopkeeper buys a dress for $60
She sells it for $72
Work out the percentage increase in the price of the dress.

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(c) Write this fraction in their simplest form:
15
(1)
45
…………………………………[1]

36
(2) 12
……….……………………….[1]

180
(3)
30
……..…………………………[1]

90
(4)
5
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Q2:
Expand

(a) 9b(a – 3)

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(b) -9(12 – 5x)

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(c) 6m(-2+13)

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(d)10(4x+9y)

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Q3:
Pupils in grade 7 and grade 8 can study either Arabic, Spanish or Mandarin.

Complete the two-way table

Arabic Spanish Mandarin Total

Grade 7 11 45

Grade 8 19

Total 37 50 120

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Q4:
Write each of the following numbers as a product of their prime factors

(a) 86

…..…………………….[2]
(b) 60

…..………………….[2]

Q5:
(a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) and the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) for each of the following
set of numbers
(i) 18 , 24

HCF:…………………………[2]
LCM:…………………………[2]

(ii) 30 , 25 , 50

HCF:…………………………[2]
LCM:…………………………[2]

Write one of these symbols in each gap to make a true statement

< > =
 1
(a) 55 ………………. 54 × 52 (b) 48 ………………. 45 ÷ 4 (c) 25% ……………….
4

(f) 0 ………………. -2

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Q6:
Find the missing number: (SHOW STEPS)
(a) 5 × = −8 − 7

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(b) −12 ÷ = 4 + −6

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Q7:
construct an angle Bisector on angle x
Label the drawing clearly with the size of each of the bisected angles
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Q8:
Construct a perpendicular line on line AB that passes through point M.
Leave any construction arcs used

A B
M

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Q9:
60 , 80 ,100 ,120 , …….

(a) Write down the next 3 terms

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(b) Write down an expression for the nth term

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(c) using your answer in part (b) find the 39th term in the sequence

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Q10:
On a school trip the ratio of adults to children is 1 : 8
There are 60 children on the trip

Work out the number of Adults

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Q11(Bonus):
The equation of a graph is y = 3x - 2

(a) complete the table of values

x -2 0 2 4
y 4
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(b) Use your table of values to draw the graph of y = 2x + 3

[2]

Q12:
The diagram shows the floor plan of a room
Work out the floor area

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Q13:
A plumber uses a formula to work out the price, $p, that he should charge when he works for t hours.

The formula that he uses is

p = 20 + 60t

1
(a) Calculate the price for 2 hours.
2

$.................................................[2]
(b) Make t the subject of the formula

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Q14:
round to the tenth :
(a) 6.2789
………………………………………[1]
(b) 5.1256
……………………………………..[1]
(c) 10.2591
…………………………………….[1]

Q15:
Work out the below
(a) 1.675 + 2.343
…………………………[1]

(b) 2.598 + 9.32

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(c) 9.762 – 2.76

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(d) 1.34 x 2.78

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(e) 22.5 ÷ 5
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