Chithambara:

Mathematics
Challenge2018
Year 7
CWN:கணிதப்ப ோட்டி

Time: 45 Minutes
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Instructions Q6
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✓ Use pencil. Q9
✓ Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page with Q10
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your name, centre number and candidate Q12
number. Q13
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✓ Answer the questions in the spaces provided – Q15
there may be more space than you needed. Q16
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✓ Calculators must not be used. Q18
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✓ Answer all questions. Q20
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Q1)
Calculate 115% of 80% of £15.

(1mark)
Q2)
Here is a magic square. The numbers 1 to 9 are placed in the small squares in such a way
that no number is repeated and the sum of the three digits column –wise , row –wise and
diagonally is equal to 15.
Complete the magic square.

2
5

(4marks)
Q3)
Five numbers a, b ,15 , 18 and c are listed in increasing order (though two or more
numbers next to each other may be equal).

The mode of these five numbers is 15, the mean is 16 and the range is 10.

Find the values of a, b and c.

(2marks)
Q4)
At the top of a mountain a lake froze and its volume increased by 12% . The volume of the
frozen lake was 4200m3. Find the volume of the lake before it froze.

(2marks)

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Q5)
What do I add to 3-2x to get 2x ?

(2marks)
Q6)
The probabilty that a train will arrive on time the next day at Swindon is 0.8 . If 60 trains
arrive at Swindon the next day, how many will be on time ?

(2marks)
Q7)
If 20 birds can be exchanged for 5 rabbits, 30 rabbits can be exchanged for 4 goats, 9 goats
can be exchanged for 3 pigs and 8 pigs can be exchanged for 2 cows, then how many
birds can be exchanged for 6 cows ?

(2marks)
Q8)
1 2
A plant is 53 cm tall. Each week its height increases by 3 of its height at the start of that
week.
How tall is the plant after 4 weeks?

(1mark)

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Q9)
Find the next three terms in the sequence below. Write your answers in the dotted spaces

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ..........., ............, ...........

(2marks)
Q10)
The diagram below shows two overlapping squares X and Y.
The ratio of the shaded area to the area of square X is 3:10.
The ratio of the shaded area to the area of square Y is 2:5.
Find the ratio of the shaded area to the total unshaded area of the figure.

X Y

(2marks)
Q11)
The average mass of a bag of sugar and a bag of rice is 3kg. The bag of sugar is 1.7kg
lighter than the bag of rice. Find the mass of the bag of rice.

(2marks)
Q12)
Peter and Simon stand facing each other. At exactly the same instant Peter and Simon start
to turn steadily on the spot. Peter turns 9 times in the same time that Simon takes to turn
12 times. How many times will Simon have turned before both boys will be facing each
other for the first time after starting the game?

(2marks)
Q13)
A man drives along the motorway for 2 hours, averaging a speed of 60 miles per hour. He
then exits and has to drive through heavy traffic for 10 miles. On this stretch, he only does
an average of 20 miles per hour. What is his average speed for the whole journey?

(2marks)

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Q14)
1 1
The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD in which AB =22metres and AD=42metres. The
points E and G are the midpoints of AD and AB respectively. The points F and H are the
midpoints of AE and AG respectively.
What is the area of the shaded rectangle?
1
42m

A F E
D
H
1 G
22m

B C

(2 marks)
Q15)
A bag of candy is shared between Maran and Brinthan in the ratio of 5:3 . After Maran
gives ½ of his share to Brinthan , Brinthan has 18 pieces of candy more than Maran. How
many pieces of candy are there altogether?

(2marks)
Q16)
Shankavi’s age is one quarter that of her father. The difference between their ages is
33 years .Calculate the age of Shankavi’s father.

(2marks)

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Q17)
3
Kapil grows chickens. He increased the number of chickens by 5 and now has 72. How
many chickens did he have before the increase?

(2marks)
Q18)

n C
m B
A
5
AB is 9 of AC
Write down the ratio m:n in its simplest form.

(2marks)
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Q19)
Saran, Amal and Kopi run in a 200m race. When Saran finishes, Amal is 17m behind him
and when Amal finishes, Kopi is 35m behind him. The boys run at constant speeds
throughout the race. How far behind was Kopi when Saran finished?

(2marks)
Q20)
A group of students went to a fast food restaurant.
𝟏 2
of them bought beef burgers and 3 of them bought chicken burgers. The rest of them
𝟓
just bought drinks. What fraction of the group just bought drinks?

(2marks)
Q21)
The length of a piece of string is 𝑥 cm. Another piece measures 𝑥 + 5 cm long. If the second
piece is 20% longer than the first, calculate the value of 𝑥.

(2marks)
Q22)
A packet of biscuits costs 96p.
A bottle of cola costs £1.26
Seeralan buys 3 packets of biscuits and 3 bottles of cola. He pays with a £10 note.
Work out how much change he should get.

(2marks)

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Q23)
The length of a rectangle is increased by 20 %. The width is decreased by 10%. By what
percentage has the area of the original rectangle changed?

(2marks)
Q24)
A group of workers take 5 hours to complete a task. If 8 of them are ill, it takes 50 % more
time for the task to be completed. Find out the number of workers in the group.
(You may assume that they all work at the same speed).

(2marks)
Q25)
In a small garden, there are x ladybirds and y daisies.

There are five daisies for every ladybird. There are 228 more daisies than ladybirds. How
many are there of each.

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1. £13.80

2. 2, 7, 6

9, 5, 1

4, 3, 8

3. a=11 b=15 c=21

4. 3750cm2

5. X-1 or -1 +x

6. 48

7. 2160 birds

8. 41.15cm

9. 21, 28, 36

10. 6:23

11. 2.35kg

12. 4 times

13. 52miles/h

14. 0.703 m2

15. 48

16. 44years

17. 45

18. 5:4

19. 52m

20. 2/15

21. 25cm

22. £3.34

23. 8%

24. 24

25. Daisy=285

Ladybird=57