MATHEMATICS YEAR 7 END TERM EXAMINATION

SECTION A

1. Write as a decimal

A. 1.33 B. 0.75 C. 1.25 D. 0.345

2. Work out $ 1.20 as a percentage of $ 16.

A. 7.5 B. 1333 C. 750 D. 1.650

3. The volume of a cuboid is 180cm3. The base is a square of side length 6cm.
calculate the height of this cuboid.

A. 30cm B. 18 C. 10cm D. 5cm

4. Write 64000 in standard form.

A. 6.4 x 104 B. 0.64 x 105 C. 64 x 102 D. 6.4 x 106

5. Here is a list of numbers. Circle the largest value.

A. 0.3030 B. 1/3 C. 33% D. 0.0330

6. Simplify by collecting like terms

5b + b2 + 4b
A. 20b2 + b2 B. 9b + b2 C. 10b3 D. 20b2
7. Work out the expression xy + 3, when x = 4 and y = 8

A. 33 B. 15 C. 35 D. 30

8. Work out - 15 + – 2

A. -13 B. -17 C. 17 D. 13

9. A square has an area of 64cm2. What is the length of the square?

A. 16cm B. 12cm C. 80cm D. 8cm

10.What is 7829 to nearest 1000

A. 7900 B. 7,000 C. 7800 D. 8,000

11.Here is a list of numbers

3 5 7 12 15 18 20
From the list, which one is a factor of 10

A. 5 B. 12 C. 15 D. 20

12.Write 0.6 as a percentage

A. 0.006% B. 60% C. 6% D. 0.6%

13.Work out 7 x 2 + 33 ÷ 3

A. 1.94 B. 91 C. 25 D. 14.09

14.Work out

A. 11/12 B. 6/18 C. 1/12 D. 5/12

15.Work out 37 x 3-2

A. 3-5 B. 3-14 C. 35 D. 9-14

SECTION B

16.For each sequence , write whether it is arithmetic or geometric

a. 1 , 2 , 4, 8, 16, ……………………………

b. 200, 100, 50, 25, ………………………..

c. 9, 7, 5, 3, 1,……………………………..

d. 2, 6, 18, 54, ……………………………..

e. 6, 11, 16, 21, ………………………….. (5mrks)

17.Work out the Midpoint of the line segment joining

a. (3 , 5) and (11, 15)

b. (2, 7) and (6, 13)

c. (9, 4) and (3, 10)

d. (5, -5) and ( - 3, - 3)

(8mrks)

18.The square and the rectangle have the same perimeter.

Work out:

a. The perimeter of the square in cm. (2mrks)

 b. The perimeter of the square in metres. (2mrks)

c. The length of the rectangle marked x. (2mrks)

d. The area of the rectangle. (2mrks)

19.a. Complete the unit of measures below;

i. 1000M = …………….KM

ii. 20L = ………………ML

iii. 9000g = ……………….Kg

iv. 20cm = ………………M (1 mrk)

b. Write these lengths in order from the shortest to longest

3500mm, 3m, 400cm, 0.04km and 50m (1 mrk)

20.This table shows the numbers of members of a hockey club.

Beginner Intermediate Advanced Total

Girls 6 20 38
Boys 10 34
Women 2 13 25
Men 6 23
Total 21 50

a. Complete the table above. (8mrks)

b. How many members does the hockey club have? (1 mrk)

c. Draw pie charts to show;

i. The proportion of members that are boys, girls, women and
men.

(6 mrks)
 ii. The levels of the members.

(6 mrks)

21.Rob records the number of hours he works over 10 days:

8, 11, 7, 3.5, 2, 10, 10, 13, 9, 12.5

a. Find the median hours. ( 2 mrks)

b. Work out the mean. (2 mrks)

c. What is the mode? (1 mrk)

 d. Find the range of hours. (2 mrk)

22.Use a calculator to work out ÷

i. 43 + 62 (2 mrks)

ii. (2 mrks)

iii. (2 mrks)

23.Find the HCF and L C M of 165, 180, 210. (4 mrks)

24.Use the formula F = Mg – 3t2 to work out the value of F when ;

a. M = 5, g = 8 and t = 5 (2 mrks)

b. M = 7, g = 10 and t = -2 ( 2 mrks)

25.Work out the size of the missing angles in the triangle. (3 mrks)

26.a. List the first 8 multiples of 2. (1 mrk)

 b. List the first 6 multiples of 3 (1 mrk)

c. Draw a Venn diagram to show Common Multiples of 2 and 3.

(3 mrks)

27. Simplify

a. 36b/12 (1mrk)

b. 3x + 5 – 2x + 4 (2 mrks)

c. 4a + 2b2 + 3a (1 mrk)

d. 12x + 3x3 – 2x3 (2 mrks)

28. Write the number of faces, edges and vertices in this pyramid. (3 mrks)
 MATHEMATICS YEAR 8 END TERM EXAMINATION

SECTION A

Multiple Choices

1. Find the volume of a cuboid with length, breadth and height as 5x, 3x2 and
7x4 respectively.

A. 105x7
B. 105x2
C. 105x4
D. 105x

2. Solve for x
2x – 3 = 7

A. 7 B. 10 C. 12 D. 11

3. The perimeter of the rectangle is 20cm. If the length of the rectangle is 6cm,
find its width.

A. 14 B. 10 C. 6 D. 4

4. An integer can be:

A. Only positive
B. Only negative
C. Both positive and negative
D. None of the above

5. The value of ½ + ¼ is equal to:

A. 3/2 B. 3/4 C. 2/3 D. 1

6. Which of the following is not a quadrilateral.

A. Square
B. Rectangle
C. Triangle
D. Parallelogram

7. Find the perimeter of a parallelogram whose parallel sides have lengths

equal to 12cm and 7cm.

A. 21cm B. 42cm C. 19cm D. 38cm

8. Factorise 12a2b + 15ab2

A. 3ab(4ab + 5)
B. 3ab (4a + 5b)
C. 3a (4a + 5b)
D. 3b (4a + 5b)

9. A bag has 4 red balls and 4 green balls, What is probability of getting a red
ball randomly.

A. ¼ B. 1/8 C. ½ D. 0

10.The area of a trapezium is 480cm2, the distance between two parallel sides is
15cm and one of the parallel side is 20cm. Find the other parallel side.

A. 20cm B. 34cm C. 44cm D. 50cm

11.Which point lies only on Y-axis?

A. (- 2, 0)
B. ( 2, 0 )
C. (0, -2 )
D. (2, -2 )

12.If the number is divisible by 9, then it is divisible by

A. 6 B. 7 C. 3 D. 11

13.The median of 7, 6, 4, 8, 2, 5, 11, 15

A. 6 B. 12 C. 11 D. 4

14.Tom drank half of a litre bottle of juice. Molly drank all the juice in a 600ml
bottle. Which statement is true?

A. Tom drank 100ml more juice than Molly

B. Molly drank 100ml more juice than Tom
C. They both drank the same amount of juice
D. Molly and Tom together drank 1 litre of juice

15.Rewrite the algebraic fraction in the simplest form.

A. 3ab2c
B. 12ab2c2
C. 12b2c
D. 3b2c2
 SECTION B
16.a. The diagram shows two lines intersecting a pair of parallel lines. Work
out angle a, b, c, d and e. Give reasons for each. (10 mrks)
 b. The diagram shows quadrilateral PQRS. Work the value of x. (4mrks)

c. A regular polygon has 60 sides. Work out the size of its;

i. exterior angle

ii. interior angle

17.In this triangle BD is perpendicular to AC

a) Calculate the size of angle BDC (2mrks)

b) Calculate the size of angle BAD (2mrks)

c) Using your answer to parts (a) and (b), to calculate the size of angle
ABC. (2mrks)
18.Solve these equations:

a) 7(P- 3) = 2(2P + 6) (3mrks)

b) 3x – 11 = 4x + 2 (3mrks)
3

c) 8x – 2 = 2x – 5 (3mrks)
6
19.The numbers of visitors each day to a stately home were;
61, 52, 65, 77, 79, 84, 86, 91, 85, 70, 64, 53, 77, 56, 68, 73,
92, 85, 87, 78, 90

a) Construct a stem and leaf diagram for this data

b) Use your diagram to answer these questions

i. On how many days was the stately home open?

ii. On how many days were there more than 70 visitors?

(10 mrks)
20.Draw a pie chart to show this data about the tracks on a classical CD.

Track Frequency
Opera 6
Orchestra 4
Piano 2

21.Andrew dropped a drawing pin lots of times it could fall point up or down.
He recorded the results in a frequency table.

Position Frequency Experimental probability

Point up 83
Point down 17

a) Work out the total frequency

 b) Work out the experimental probability that the pin will fall point up.

c) Work out the experimental probability that the pin will fall point
down

22.a. The first five terms of a sequence are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15. What is the;

i. 10th term

ii. 50th term

iii. 100th term

 (6 mrks)

b. Work out the general term of these sequences

i. 5, 7, 9, 11, 13,…………………. (1mrk)

ii. 4, 7, 10,,13, 16,………………… (1mrk)

iii. 10, 7, 4, 1,………………………. (1mrk)

iv. 5, 6, 7, 8,……………………….. (1mrk)

23.Solve these simultaneous equations. (6mrks)

a) 3x + 2y = 15
10x -4y = 2

b) x+3y = - 1
x-2y = - 6
24.a. Expand and simplify

(x+1) (x-3) (2mrks)

b. Use a calculator to work out. Correct to 1 significant figure

(2 mrks)

c. Change 3670 centimetres to metres (1 mrk)

25.Simplify

i. (1 mrk)
 ii. (1 mrk)

26.(i) Asif and Ben share $ 2100 in the ratio 3:7 respectively.
Work out how much Asif receives. (2 mrks)

(ii) Write the following in standard form 640,000 (1 mrk)

27.(a). On Monday the temperature at Midday is 40C and the temperature at

midday is -30C. Work out the difference between two temperature.
(1 mrk)
 (b). On Wednesday the temperature at Midday is -10C. By 7pm the
temperature has fallen by 40C. Work out the temperature at 7pm. (1mrk)

28.A bag contains green balls and red balls only. A ball is taken at random from
the bag. The probability of taking a green ball is 0.38.
Write down the probability of taking;
a) A red ball (1mrk)

b) A blue ball (1mrk)

29.If a = 3 and b = -2. Find;

a) ab + 3a (2mrk)
b) 3a – 2b (2mrk)

c) a(2 + b) (2mrk)