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MATHEMATICS
Year 7 Assessment Term 4 - 2015
Time Allowed: 60 minutes (+5 minutes reading time)
Topics:

Computation with Integers (Chapters 1 and 3)

Angle Relationships (Chapter 2)
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages ( Chapter 4)
Simple Probability (Chapter 5)
Indices with Numerical Bases (Chapter 11)
Computation with Decimals and Fractions (Chapter 4)
Algebraic Techniques ( Chapter 8)
Time (Chapter 7)
Instructions:

There are FIVE (5) questions which are of equal value.

Attempt all questions.
Show all necessary working. Marks may be deducted for badly arranged work
or incomplete working.
Start each question on a new page.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Diagrams are NOT to scale.
Write your name and your teachers name clearly at the top of each question
and clearly number each question.

Total: /70marks

StudentsName: TeachersName:

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Question 1 (14 marks)

(a) Write in index form s s t t s t 1

(b) 50 1
Write as a mixed fraction in simplest form
4

(c) Simplify: 3

i) 4z 10 p 3p 2z

ii) 7u 2u

iii) 3xy 6yx y

2 1
(d) Find of 60 kg
5

(e) Evaluate:

1
i) 7 4

iii) 5 7 5 2 2

(f) Expand and simplify 2 1 5 2

(g) Convert 372 minutes into hours and minutes 1

(h) 2
A ball bounces of the distance through which it falls. If it bounces to a height of 2
3
72cm after the first bounce, find the height from which it was originally dropped.

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Question 2 (14 marks)

(a) If m is the number of matchsticks and p is the pattern number:

p 1 2 3 4

m 14 17 20 23

i) Find the algebraic rule which links p and m 2

ii) How many matches are required to make the 70th pattern?
1

(b) Josh purchased 4 items from a store. He can remember that three of the items cost 2
$11.27, $8.42 and $7.91. He knows that he got $16.25 change from a $50 note. How
much did the fourth item cost?

(c) Find the value of the pronumeral giving reasons 2

A B C

D E

(d) Three essays are marked by a teacher. The first essay takes 5 minutes and 54 seconds
to mark, the second takes 6 minutes and 12 seconds, and the third takes 7 minutes. 2
What is the total time taken to complete marking the essays?

(e) Evaluate:
1
(i) 2 2
3 0

2
(ii) 0.3 (1)
2 2

2
3 (2)
3 2

(iii)
10

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Question 3 (14 marks)

(a) Place the correct symbol ( <, = , > ) 2

5 15
(i)
7 21

2 5
(ii)
5 8
(b) The points A (-2,0), B (-1, y) and C (0,0) all lie on a straight line. Find the 1
coordinates of point B.

(c) Simplify :

(i) ab 2 ab3 1

(ii) 1
a2 a2 a2

(iii)
12 xy x 4
2
6 x2

(d) Which of the numbers 20, , 0, , 10 is greater than its square? 1

(e) Write 1 % as a decimal. 1

(f)
Find the value of the pronumeral by substituting in the given values:

(i) m ap ap 2 where a 4, p 5 1

(ii) A b 2 c where b 5, c 9 2

(g) Find the value of the pronumeral a. Give reasons for your answer. 2

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Question 4 (14 marks)

(a) Evaluate leaving your answer in simplest form:

(i) 1 2

(ii) 3

(b) Find the fraction half way between and 1

(c) When 3.79 is taken away from a number the answer is 5.076. 1
Find the number.

2
(d) When playing with a spinner with the numbers 1 to 3 on it, the following numbers come up:

2,1,2,3,1,2,3,2,2,1

(i) What is the experimental probability of getting a 1 or 2?

(ii) Based on this experiment, how many times would you expect to get a 1 if you spin 100 times?

(e) When the numbers 5.02, 5.18, 5.2, 5.007 5.018 are arranged in ascending order, what 1
number is in the middle?

(f) Write an algebraic expression for the following statement: 2

7 less than the difference of x and y

(g) For the numbers 6 ,12, 42 find: 2

(i) The LCM

(ii) The HCF

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Question 5 (14 marks)

(a) The average of -5, -3 and a third number is 2. What is the third number? 2

(b) 2
Find the value of 2

(c) Expand and simplify 3x(4 x) 2 x( x 3) x 2 2

(d) The temperature at 5:00 am at Ryde was 12 . The temperature increased by 1.5 2
every hour till 3:00 pm. Then it decreased by 1 every hour till 7 pm. What was the
temperature at 7 pm?

(e) 58 people took a trip to Europe to visit either France, England or Spain. Of this group,
26 visited France, 38 visited England, 29 visited Spain, 10 visited France and Spain, 12
visited only Spain, 13 visited only England, and 8 visited all three countries.

(i) Represent the findings in a Venn Diagram 2

(ii) How many people visited only France? 1

(iii) If a person was picked at random, what is the probability that

this person visited England and France? 1

(f) How many three-digit numbers are not divisible by 5, have digits that sum to less than 20, 1
and have the first digit equal to the third digit?

(g) If 3x 320 320 318 319 320 319 318 321 319 , determine the value of x 1

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