SCHOOLS

THIRD TERM UNIFIED EXAMINATION

2017/2018 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: YEAR 7 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:This paper consists of two sections, A and B. Answer all questions in section
A and THREE questions from section B, TWO from part A and ONE from part B.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE
Answer ALL questions from this section.
1. Express 40 013 in words.
A. Forty thousand and thirteen.
B. Four thousand, four hundred and thirteen.
C. Forty three thousand, five hundred and thirteen.
D. Four thousand, three hundred and thirteen.
E. Four three thousand and thirteen.
2. How many edges has a cuboid?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12
3. Find one-twelfth of 72 .
A. 3
B. 6
C. 2
D. 4
E. 5
4. What must be added to −30 in other to get 15?
A. – 40
B. 40
C. 45
D. 30
E. 35
5. Solve for x in 2(x - 1) = 8 - 3x
A. 3
B. 2
C -2
D.-3
E. 1
Given the set of numbers: 4, 5. 3, 5, 3, 4, 5,3, 4 ,4
Use the information to answer questions 6 –8.
6. What is the mode of the set of numbers?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4
E. 2

7. Find the median of the set of numbers.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
2x
8. Solve for x , if =4
5
A. 8
B. 9
C.10
D.-8
E.-10
9. A letter is picked at random from the word YELLOW. What is the probability that the letter
is L?
1
A.
3
1
B.
4
1
C.
6
1
D. .
2
7
E.
10
10. Find the size of angle x in the diagram below:

2x⁰ x⁰
⁰
X⁰ 6x

A. 560
B. 460
C. 360
D. 260
E. 160
11. Find the volume of a cuboid whose dimensions are 3 m by 5 m by 10 m.
A. 170 m3
B. 180 m3
C. 150 m3
D. 160 m3
E. 140 m3
12. Find the size of the unknown angle in the diagram below:

550

x0

A. 350
B. 450
C. 250
D. 150
E. 550

13. What is the size of angle k in the diagram below?

640 k0
0
A. 54
B. 480
C. 450
D. 370\
E. 260
14. Find the H.C. F of 72, 54 and 108
A. 30
B. 25
C. 20
D. 18
E. 22
15. If a certain number is added to 17 to give 40, what is the number?
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24
E. 25
16. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral which has……………..
A. one pair of parallel sides
 B. two pairs of parallel sides
C. one pair of opposite sides equal
D. b and c
E. None of the above
17. Multiply 10.24 by 3.37
A. 34.4088
B. 24.4880
C. 34.5088
D. 34.5680
E. 35.2820
18. 15% of N 90,000 is ………….
A. N 13,000
B. N 13,500
C. N 13,900
D. N 13,700
E. N 13,600
19. Express 19.57 to 3 significant figures
A. 20.5
B. 19.7
C. 20.6
D. 19.5
E. 19.6
20. Express 0.625 as percentage
A. 63.5%
B. 62.5%
C. 61.5%
D. 60.0%
E. 6.25%
2
21. of 60g is……………..
15
A. 7 g
B. 5 g
C. 6 g
D. 8 g
E. 9 g
22. The line in which two faces of the cuboid meet is called a/an
A. Corner
B. Edge
C. Face
D. Side
E. Vertex
23. A regular polygon with 7 sides is called
A. Heptagon
B. Hexagon
C. Nonagon
D. Pentagon
 E. Octagon
24. Find the range of the following set of data 26, 22, 23, 27, 19, 15, 14, 23, 22.
A 15
B 13
C 12
D. 11
E. 10

25. Find the average of the following set of data 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65.
A 25
B 30
C 35
D 40
E. 45

26. A fair die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting an odd number?
3
A
4
2
B
3
1
C
2
1
D
4
5
E
6

27. What is the place value of 3 in 43721?

A Hundred
B Hundredth
C Thousandth
D Thousand
E. Tens

28. A fair coin is tossed once, what is the probability of having a head?
1
A
6
1
B
3
1
C
2
2
D
3
1
E.
5
 29. Find the perimeter of a football field which measures 60 m by 40 m.
A 150 m
B 210 m
C 300 m
D 400 m
E. 200 m

30. Find the value of ‘y’ if 7y – 11 = 10

A 5
B 3
C 2
D -2
D. 4
31. Find the sum of all the factors of 17
A 17
B 18
C 19
D 20
E 21

32. Express 7 weeks 2 days in days.

A. 51 days
B. 41 days
C. 52 days
D. 42 days
E. 45 days
33. James has 65 more pineapples than Nelson. Nelson has 36 pineapples. How many pineapples
has James?
A. 101
B. 110
C. 91
D. 29
E. 100
34. John thinks of a number, doubled it. He takes away 8, the result is 20. What number did
he think of?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 9
D. 10
E. 14
35. Muhammed was paid ₦ 80 for working for 5 days. Find the amount he would receive if he had
worked for 15 days.
 A. N 290
B. N 270
C. N 250
D. N 240
E. N 280
1
36. How many litres of milk are needed to give 28 refugee children, if each of them gets 1 litres of
4
milk?
A. 10
B. 7
C. 13
D. 14
E. 35
37. Mallam Mohammed’s car contains 16.39 litres of petrol. He poured in another 7.45 litres of
petrol. How much petrol is in his car now?
A. 24.84 litres
B. 42.84 litres
C. 28.44 litres
D. 48.24 litres
E. 23.84 litres
22
38. Calculate the circumference of a circle with radius 4.9 cm? ( π = )
7
A. 30.6 cm
B. 41.6 cm
C. 30.8 cm
D. 31.6 cm
E. 30.9 cm
39. Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 7 cm each. If the perimeter of the triangle is 24 .What
is the length of the third side in cm?
A. 10 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 9 cm
E. 13 cm
40. What is the difference in grammes between 2.25kg and 6.45kg?
A. 420 g
B. 4200 g
C. 4205 g
D. 4230 g
E. 4000 g
 SECTION B (THEORY)

PART A: BECE
INSTRUCTION: Answer any two questions from this part

1. The data below shows the outcomes of a die thrown by a year 8 student
of Chrisland high school VGC.
3 1 5 6 2 6 4 6 4 2
1 1 4 3 4 2 2 5 2 6
4 4 3 2 3 1 2 6 2 3
(a) prepare a tally and frequency table for the data. 2 marks
(b) what is the total number of outcomes thrown by the student 3 marks
(c) what number appear most in his outcomes. 2 marks
(d) calculate the mean number of throws by the student to the nearest
whole number. 3 marks

2. (a) The angles in a triangle are x0, 3x0 and 5x0 respectively.
Find: (i) The value of the angle x⁰ 2 marks
(ii) The value of each angle in the triangle. 3 marks

(b) Calculate the sizes of the lettered angles (Give reason for your answer)

(i) j0 500

k0
m⁰
3 marks
 (ii) 450

x0 y0 1200
2 marks

3.

Mark 11 12 13 14 15 16
Frequency 2 1 3 6 5 3

The table above gives the marks and frequencies obtained in a test. Find:
a. the number of students in the class 3 marks
b. the mode 2 marks
c. the median 2 marks
d. the mean marks for the test 3 marks

4.
a. Draw any triangle ABC. 2 marks
b. Construct the midpoint, M, of AB. 2 marks
c.Construct the mid-point,N, of BC 2 marks
d. Measure MN and AC 2 marks
e. What do you notice? 2 marks

PART B: CHECKPOINT
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions in this part.

.
5( a.) Calculate the probability, when rolling an ordinary,fair dice, of getting each of the following:
(i) a score of 3 1 mark
(ii) a score of 4 1 mark
(iii) an even number 1 mark
(iv) a score more than 6 1 mark

.
(b)90 students sat for a maths exam. On the way out of the hall, they were asked whether they
found it hard , OK or easy. Here are the results.
 Resoponse Easy OK Hard
Frequency 15 45 30

Show the results on a pie chart. 6 marks

Third term Maths Exams (Year 7) –Marking Guide

Section1-Part A (Objective)
1.A 11.C 21.D 31.B
2.E 12.A 22.B 32.A
3.B 13.E 23.A 33.A
4.C 14.D 24.B 34.E
5.B 15.C 25.D 35.D
6.D 16.B 26.C 36.E
7.B 17.C 27.D 37.E
8.C 18.B 28.C 38.C
9.A 19.E 29.E 39.A
10.C 20.B 30.B 40.B

THEORY (SECTION B)
Part B – BECE

1. a Outcomes Tally Frequency

1 //// 4
2 //// /// 8
3 //// 5
4 //// / 6
5 // 2
6 //// 5
Total 30 [3 marks]

b. 30 [2 marks]

c. 2 [2 marks]

d. mean(x) =∑fx / ∑f

∑fx = 99 ∑f = 30

Mean ≈ 3 (nearest whole number) [ 3 marks]

 2. a) i. x⁰ + 3x⁰+5x⁰=180⁰ (sum of angles in a triangle)
x= 20⁰ [2marks]
ii. The angles are; 20⁰, 60⁰, and 100⁰ [3 marks]

b) i. j +50⁰ =180⁰ (sum of angles in a triangle)

j=130⁰ [1 mark]

j=k = 130⁰ (corresponding angle) [1 mark]

k +m =180⁰ (angles on a straight line)

m = 50⁰ [ 1 mark]
ii. y + 120⁰= 180⁰ (angles on a straight line)
y =60⁰ [ 1 mark]
x +45⁰ + 60⁰ = 180⁰ (sum of angles in a triangle)
x = 75⁰ [ 1 mark]

3. a) Total frequency, ∑f =20 [ 3 marks]

b) Mode = 14 [ 2 marks]
14+14
c) Median = = 14 [2
2
marks]
d) Mean (x) = =∑fx / ∑f
∑fx=280, ∑f =20
Mean = 14 [3 marks]

4.

M------------------------ N

A C [ 6 marks]

(d) |MN| = 4cm

|BC| = 8 cm [2 marks]
(e) |MN| is ½ of |BC| [2 marks]
 PART C: CHECKPOINT

5.
1
(a) i. P(3) = [ 1 mark]
6

1
ii.P(4) = [1 mark]
6

1
iii.P(even number) = [1 mark]
2

iv. P(a score more than 6) = 0 [1 mark]

b.
Response Frequency Angle of sector

15
Easy 15 × 360 = 60⁰
90

45
OK 45 × 360 =180⁰
90

30
Hard 30 × 360 =120⁰
90

[3marks]
Easy
OK
Hard

[3marks]