SAMPLE PAPER

CLASS – VII
MATHEMATICS
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SECTION - A (6x1=6)

1) The value of 5 ÷ (–1) does not lie between

(a) 0 and – 10 (b) 0 and 10
(c) – 4 and – 15 (d) – 6 and 6
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2) Pictorial representation of 3 × is:
3

3) Some integers are marked on a board. What is the range of these integers?

(a) 31 (b) 37 (c) 20 (d) 3

4) Which of the following has the same mean, median and mode?
(a) 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 4, 1 (b) 4, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 7, 3, 8, 3, 2 (d) 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 6, 4

5) If two angles of a triangle are 60° each, then the triangle is

(a) Isosceles but not equilateral (b) Scalene
(c) Equilateral (d) Right-angled

6) x exceeds 3 by 7, can be represented as

(a) x + 3 = 2 (b) x + 7 = 3 (c) x – 3 = 7 (d) x – 7 = 3
 SECTION - B (6x2=12)

7) Write down a pair of integers whose

(a) sum is –3 (b) difference is –5

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8) Ramesh solved part of an exercise while Seema solved of it. Who solved lesser
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part?

9) Aryan studies for 4 hours, 5 hours and 3 hours respectively on three consecutive
days. How many hours does he study daily on an average?

10) Solve: 12p – 5 = 25

11) What will be the measure of the supplement of 100o?

12) Find angle x.

SECTION - C (10x3=30)

13) In a quiz, team X scored – 30, 10, 20 and team Y scored 10, 20, – 30 in three
successive rounds. Which team scored more? Can we say that we can add integers in
any order?

14) Verify: (–15) × [(–7) + (–1)] = (–15) × (–7) + (–15) × (–1)

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15) In a class of 40 students, of the total number of students like to eat rice only, of
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the total number of students likes to eat chapatti only and the remaining students like to
eat both. What fraction of the total number of students likes to eat both?

16) Harmeet purchased 3.5 kg of potatoes at the rate of Rs.13.75 per kg. How much
money should she pay in nearest rupees?
Or
16) a) Three boys earned a total of Rs. 235.50. What was the average amount earned
per boy?
b) Each side of a regular pentagon is 2.5cm long. Find its perimeter.
17) Study the double bar graph given below and answer the questions that follow:

(a) What information does the above double graph depict?

(b) Name the fruits for which cost of 1 kg is greater in City I as compared to City II.
(c) What is the difference of rates for apples in both the cities?

18) Leela’s father is 48 years old. He is 3 years older than three times Leela’s age.
What is Leela's age?

19) Ibrahim thinks of a number. If she adds 19 to it and divides the sum by 5, she will
get 8. Find the number he thought of.
Or
19) Solve the following equation: 0 = 32 + 8(m –12)

20) In the given figure, two parallel lines l and m are cut by two transversals p and q.
Determine the values of x and y.
21) In the given figure, POQ is a line. If x = 30°, then find the value of ∠ QOR

Or
21) Out of a pair of complementary angles, one is two-third of the other. Find the
angles.

22) Find angles x and y in the following figure.

Or
22) ABCD is a quadrilateral. Is AB + BC + CD + DA > AC + BD?

SECTION - D (8x4=32)

23) In a test, +3 marks are given for every correct answer and –1 mark are given for
every incorrect answer. Rohan attempted all the questions and scored +20 marks
though he got 10 correct answers.
(i) How many incorrect answers has he attempted?
(ii) How many questions were given in the test?
Or
23) Evaluate the following, using distributive property.
(i) – 39 × 99
(ii) (– 85) × 43 + 43 × ( – 15)

24) a) The length of a rectangle is 6.1 cm and its breadth is 3.5 cm. What is the area of
the rectangle?
b) A car covers a distance of 89.1 km in 2.2 hours. What is the distance covered by it in
1 hour?
25) A mathematics teacher wants to see, whether the new technique of teaching she
applied after quarterly test was effective or not. She takes the scores of the 5 weakest
children in the quarterly test (out of 25) and in the half yearly test (out of 25):

Help her out by making a double bar graph of the given data for analyzing the result.
Or
25) Two hundred students of 6th and 7th classes were asked to name their favourite
colour so as to decide upon what should be the colour of their school building. The
results are shown in the following table.

Answer the following questions based on the data given.

(i) Which is the most preferred colour and which is the least preferred?
(ii) How many colours are there in all? What are they?

26) Solve the following equation using trial - error method and balancing method:
6z + 10 = –2

27) In figure, lines PQ and ST intersect at O. If ∠POR = 90° and x : y = 3 : 2. Find the
value of x, y and z.

28) In the following figure, write

(i) each pair of vertically opposite angles
(ii) each linear pair.
29) a) In figure, find the measures of ∠ PON and ∠ NPO.

b) Tia walks 8 km due west and then 6 km due north. How far is she from her starting
place?

30) a) Δ ABC is right-angled at C. If AC = 5 cm and BC = 12 cm find the length of AB.

b) The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1:2:1. Find all the angles of the triangle.
Classify the triangle in two different ways.
Or
30) a) Determine whether the triangle whose lengths of sides are 3 cm, 4 cm, 5 cm is a
right-angled triangle.
b) The top of a broken tree touches the ground at a distance of 12 m from its base. If
the tree is broken at a height of 5 m from the ground then find the actual height of the
tree.