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GRADE 7 MATHEMATICS

DIAGNOSTIC TEST

MAY 2021

General Instructions:
This Grade 7 Test is based on content that is outlined in the Grade 7 Mathematics National
Standards Curriculum.

This test has sixty (60) questions. Each question has four (4) answer choices. Read each question
and answer choice carefully. There is only one correct answer to each question. Choose
the BEST answer.

It is important that you try your best to answer all the questions.
1. What is 14.235 rounded to the Read the statement below then use it to
nearest tenth? answer question 4.
“A set is well defined if we can know for
A. 14
sure what its elements or members are.”
B. 14.2
C. 14.3 4. Which of the following is an
D. 15 example of a well-defined set?

2. Chris correctly measured the length
of a line segment and rounded his
answer to the nearest centimetre. If
the rounded measurement is 6 cm,
what would the most accurate
statement about the actual measure
of the line segment be?
A. Between 500 cm and 700 cm
B. Between 550 cm and 650 cm
C. Between 5.0 cm and 6.0 cm
D. Between 5.4 cm and 6.5 cm
A. {everyone}
B. {young people in the church}
C. {good students in my class}
D. {vehicles bought from car
marts in St Thomas}
The Venn diagram below shows the
number of students in Jermaine’s class
who wore blue jeans, blue shirts, or a
combination of both on Jeans day. Use it
to answer questions 5 and 6.
U

3. Which of the following represents a

null set?

A. {dogs with six eyes}

B. {grains of sand on the
seashore}
C. {Kadian, Betty, Pam, Jane} 6
D. {n, u, l, l}

5. What was the total number of

students in Jermaine’s class?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 20
D. 26

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6. Which shaded region of the Venn 8. Is the statement below TRUE or
diagram represents the number of FALSE?
students who did not wear blue
jeans? “All whole numbers (W) are integers
U
(Z), but not all integers are whole
Blue jeans Blue shirts numbers”
A.
A. False because W = {2, 4, 6,
…} and Z = {1, 3, 5, …}
B. False because W = {…, -1, 0,
U
Blue jeans Blue shirts
1, …} and Z = {0, 1, 2, …}
B. C. True because W = {0, 1, 2,
…} and Z = {…, -1, 0, 1, …}
D. True because W = {1, 2, …}
and Z = {…, -1, 0, 1, …}
U
Blue jeans Blue shirts

C. John needs to put the set of numbers

below in ascending order. Use this
information to answer question 9.
U
Blue jeans Blue shirts
3, -1, √𝟓, 13, -11
D.
9. Which number should John write
first?

A. -1
7. Which set shows a subset of the set B. -11
of natural numbers? C. √5
D. 13
A. {19, 22, 34, 56 }
B. {16.9, 34.5, 67.2, 78.3}
C. {0, 22, 43, 78} 10. There are 20 teachers and 705
22 students in Corey’s school. What is
D. {−43, 1 , , 100}
7 the ratio of teachers to students?

A. 705 + 20
B. 705 ÷ 20
20
C.
705
705
D.
20

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 1 13. A farmer harvested 14,000 kg of
11. There are 10 marbles in a bag. are
5 peanuts from an 8-acre farm. Which
red and the others are blue. What is equation could be used to find the
the ratio of red to blue marbles? value of x, the expected harvest from
a 30-acre farm?
A. 2:8
B. 5:5 8 30
C. 8:2 A. 
14000 x
D. 10:5
30 x
B. 
14000 8
12. Of the 12 people in line at an ice-
cream shop, 8 ordered cones with 2 8 x
scoops of ice cream. The rest ordered C. 
14000 30
cones with 1 scoop of ice cream.
Which picture models the ratio of 30 8
D. 
cones with 2 scoops of ice cream to 14000 x
cones with 1 scoop of ice cream?

14. Which property of real numbers is

illustrated below?
A. 12( x  4)  12x  48

A. Distributive property of
multiplication
B. Distributive property of
addition
C. Associative property of
B. multiplication
D. Associative property of
addition

15. Which statement explains the

equation (6 × 3) × 2 = 6 × (3 × 2)?
C.
A. Changing the grouping of
addends changes the sum
B. Changing the grouping of
factors does not change the
product
C. Changing the grouping of
D.
addends does not change the
sum
D. Changing the grouping of
factors changes the product

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16. Mr Andy’s class needs $7,000 to buy 19. When Shantel converted
a graphing calculator. On Friday, JMD$16,200 to US Dollars, she
they had saved $1,750. On Monday, received USD$135. Which
the students brought in $380 more. exchange rate did Shantel receive?
How much more money does the
class need to save to buy the A. USD$1 = JMD$13,500
calculator? B. USD$1 = JMD$2,187,000
C. USD$1 = JMD$120
A. $5,630 D. USD$1 = JMD$12
B. $5,250
C. $4,870
D. $2,130 20. The principal of a school will
distribute money from the school’s
budget to three sports: cricket, track
Use the information below to answer and field, and netball in the ratio
question 17. 4:3:2. If the total budget for the three
sports is $1,800,000, how much
Gary read a book over a 3-week money will go to netball?
period.
 During week 1, Gary read 234 A. $200,000
pages of the book B. $400,000
 During week 2, he read the C. $600,000
same number of pages as he D. $900,000
did during week 1
 During week 3, he read 100
pages less than he read during
week 2 2 1
21. What is the sum of  ?
3 5
17. What was the total number of pages
7
Gary read? A.
4
A. 702
B. 602 3
B.
C. 568 8
D. 334
3
C.
15
18. The cost price of a washing machine
is $15,480. If the selling price is 13
D.
$17,000. What is the profit or loss? 15

A. The profit is $1,520.

B. The loss is $1,520.
C. The profit is − $1,520
D. The loss is − $1,520

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22. Amy correctly adds the two fractions 24. Which is the inverse of the
below, using two models. 1 1
difference of − 4?
3
3 1
 0
8 8 A. 1

Which picture represents Amy’s 1

model of the problem? B. 12

7
C. 12
A.
12
D. 1

B. Fredrick made this chart to show the

prices of king-size candy bars at four
different stores. Use this information to
answer questions 25 - 27.

C.
King-Size Candy Bar
Store Price
Smith’s Grocery 3 for $ 600.99
D. Green’s Grocery 4 for $1100.50
Jibb’s Corner
5 for $ 1380.75
Shop
Wan’s Supermart 1 for$ 275. 50

23. Harry put blue and green marbles in 25. Which store has the best buy on
a bag. Three-quarters of the marbles king-size candy bars?
are blue. Which of the following
could be the total number of marbles A. Green’s Grocery
in the bag? B. Jibb’s Corner Shop
C. Smith’s Grocery
A. 3 D. Wan’s Supermart
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

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26. Fredrick paid $826.50 for king-size 30. The temperature on a mountain peak
candy bars at Wan’s Supermart. was 7 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) at 6:00
How many candy bars did he buy? p.m. By 8:00 p.m., the temperature
had dropped to 0°F. If the
A. 3 temperature continued to drop at the
B. 4 same rate, which is the best estimate
C. 5 of the temperature at 11:00 p.m.?
D. 6
A. − 17° F
B. − 14° F
27. Sarah buys one candy bar from each C. − 11° F
of the four stores. What is the best D. − 7° F
estimate of the total amount of
money she spent?
31. What is 150 mm in metres (m)?
A. $1000
B. $1030 A. 0.015
C. $2000 B. 0.15
D. $3000 C. 1.5
D. 15
28. A mixture of concrete is made up of
sand and cement in the ratio of 5:3. 32. Matt has 4 decilitres of milk. Will
How many cubic centimetres of sand the milk fill a 1-litre bottle?
is needed to make 160 cubic
centimetres of concrete mix? A. No, it equals 0.4 litres
B. No, it equals 0.04 litres
A. 100 C. Yes, it equals 4 litres
B. 168 D. Yes, it equals 40 litres
C. 256
D. 267
33. Which is the most appropriate
instrument to measure capacity?
The points J and K are shown on the
number line below. Use this information A. Ruler
to answer question 29. B. Scale
C. Beaker
D. Thermometer

29. Which expression represents the

distance between points J and K on
the number line?

A. 6 + (− 24)
B. 6 – (−24)
C. −24 + 5
D. −24 – (−6)
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Mrs Black wants to put a fence around 36. Point P has coordinates (2, 5). After
her garden. Its shape and dimensions are a translation, the coordinates of its
shown below. Use it to answer question image P' are (4, −1). Which
34. translation vector BEST describes
the transformation?
  6
4m A.  
 2 
3m
 6 
5m B.  
  2
3m
  2
C.  
6m  6 
 2 
D.  
34. Which expression shows how Mrs   6
Black can calculate the number of
metres of fence to buy? 37. Howard drew a square in Quadrant
IV and correctly reflected it across
A. (5 × 4) m the y-axis. Which statement explains
B. (5 × 6) m one method Howard could have used
C. (5 + 6 + 3 + 4) m to determine the coordinates of the
D. (5 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 4) m vertices of the image?

A. Howard made the x-

35. What is the area of the grey shaded coordinates positive and
region in the figure shown below? made the y-coordinates
negative.
B. Howard made the x-
coordinates negative and
made the y-coordinates
5 cm positive.
C. Howard kept the x-
coordinates positive and
3 cm made the y-coordinates
positive.
D. Howard made the x-
3 cm 5 cm
coordinates negative and kept
the y-coordinates negative.
A. 8 cm2
B. 15 cm2
C. 17 cm2
D. 32 cm2

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A rectangle and a horizontal line are Polygon A will be rotated 90° anti-
plotted on the graph below. Use them to clockwise about the point P to form
answer question 38. polygon A'. Use this information to
answer question 39.

38. Which graph shows a reflection of

the rectangle across the horizontal
dotted line?

39. Which diagram shows A'?

A.

A.

B.
B.

C.
C.

D. D.

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40. Which term could NOT be used to 42. Which solid is represented by the
describe the polygon below? following net?

A. square
B. rhombus
C. quadrilateral
D. parallelogram
A.

41. Kevin drew a diagonal inside a

quadrilateral. He realizes that it
always makes 2 congruent isosceles
triangles. What kind of quadrilateral
did Kevin use to draw the triangles? B.
A. Kite
B. Trapezium
C. Rectangle
D. Rhombus

C.

D.

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The diagram below forms a solid. Use it A point P is plotted on the graph shown
to answer question 43. below. Use the graph and this
information to answer question 45.

45. Which of the following are most

43. Which statement describes the solid
that is constructed when the net is
folded along the dotted lines?
A. The solid is a triangular
prism with a base that is a
square.
B. The solid is a tetrahedron
with lateral faces that are
isosceles triangles.
C. The solid is a square-based
pyramid with lateral faces
that are equilateral triangles.
D. The solid is a square-based
pyramid with lateral faces
that are isosceles triangles.
44. Which of the following appears to be
at (5, 2) on the grid?
likely the coordinates of point P?
A. (10, 60)
B. (12, 60)
C. (60, 12)
D. (80, 30)
Read the information below carefully and
examine the table that follows. Use them
to answer question 46.
A total of 100 people bought all the tickets
that were available for a raffle. The
frequency table below shows the number of
people and the number of tickets they
brought. For example, 27 people bought 2
tickets each.

46. For these 100 people, what was the

median number of tickets bought per
person?

A. E A. 16
B. F B. 3
C. G C. 2
D. H D. 1
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The diagram below shows the number of 48. Which bar graph shows the data in
books read by each student in Mario’s the table?
class last summer (each star represents
one student). Use it to answer question
47.

A.
Number of students

Number of books

47. What was the mean (average)

number of books read? B.

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 20

The table below shows the number of

hours 3 basketball players practiced for C.
two months. Use this information to
answer question 48.

D.

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The percent of different types of items
sold at Bob’s store for the years 2002 and
2003 are shown in the pie charts below.
Use this information to answer question
49.
The names of five students and the
number of letters in their names are given
in the table below. Use this information to
answer question 50.

49. Which table shows the best estimate

of the data in the pie charts? 50. What is the range of the number of
letters in the students’ names?
BOB’S STORE SALES
Percent Percent A. 3
Item
in 2002 in 2003
A. food 30 50
B. 6
clothing 30 30 C. 9
electronics 40 20 D. 15

BOB’S STORE SALES

Item
Percent Percent 51. To determine how much her plant
in 2002 in 2003 5
B. food 33 10 has grown, Lisa subtracted
clothing 33 20 4
electronics 33 30 15
centimetres from centimetres.
8
Which step is most useful for her to
BOB’S STORE SALES
find the difference?
Percent Percent
Item
in 2002 in 2003
C. food 30 50 A. Find the highest common
clothing 40 20 factor of 5 and 15
electronics 30 30 B. Find the highest common
factor of 4 and 8
C. Find the least common
BOB’S STORE SALES
Percent Percent multiple of 5 and 15
Item D. Find the least common
in 2002 in 2003
D. food 33 50 multiple of 4 and 8
clothing 33 25
electronics 33 25

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52. Two friends have agreed to do a job Examine the equation below. Use it to
which pays $2,000 total. Together answer question 54.
1
they receive a part payment of of 6x + 3 = 3 (2x + 3)
4
the total amount. How much of the 54. Which statement correctly explains
part payment should each friend whether the equation is true or not?
receive, if they split it equally?
A. It is not true because all the x
A. $ 250 values should be on the same
B. $ 500 side of the equation
C. $1,000 B. It is true because the terms on
D. $1,500 the left are multiples of 3
C. It is not true because 3 × 3
does not equal 3
D. It is true because 6x equals
53. The computer game that Peter wants 3 × 2x
to buy will cost no more than $7,000.
He earns $300 per errand that he
does for his grandmother. Which
mathematical sentence shows the 55. Which number is a coefficient in the
number of errands, n, he will have to following equation?
do to pay for the computer game? 300x + 45 = 760

n A. x
A.  300 B. 45
7000
C. 300
n D. 760
B.  7000
300

C. 300 n ≤ 7000 56. Which kind of mapping does the

following set of ordered pairs
represent?
D. 300 n ≥ 7000
{(-2, 2), (-1, 3), (0, 4), (-1, 6), (3, 7)}

A. Many-to-many
B. Many-to-one
C. One-to-one
D. One-to-many

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57. Which mapping diagram shows a 58. Simplify 12x 18 y  3x  3 y
one-to-one mapping?
A. 15x – 15y
x y B. 15x – 21y
C. 9x – 15y
a e
D. 6xy + 0xy
b f
A.
c g
d h
59. What is the value of n if
6n + 7 = 2n + 5?

x y 7
A.
13
a e
12
B.
b f 8
B.
c g
1
d h C.
2

1
D. 
2
x y

a e
b f 60. A caterer charges a $5,000 fee plus
C. an additional $6,250 per person.
c g Which equation can be used to
d h determine the total cost, C, for x
people?

A. C = 5,000x + 6,250
x y
B. C = 6,250x + 5,000
a e
b f
D. C. x = 5,000C + 6,250
c g
d h
D. x = 6,250C + 5,000

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