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Year 7 Term 1 Test

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Answer the questions in the spaces provided on the question sheets.

If you run out of room for an answer, continue on the back of the page.

This test has 20 questions, for a total of 100 marks.

Attempt all 20 questions.

Time allowed: 40 minutes.

Page: 1 2 3 4 Total

Points: 30 26 26 18 100

Score:

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Year 7 Term 1 Homework

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11 Year 7 Term 1 Test

11.1 Quiz 1
1. Twice a number plus six is the same as six times the number minus sixteen. Find that number. [5]

2. Calculate the quotient of the 8th and 3rd triangular numbers. [5]

3. Find the LCM of 12, 16 and 24. [5]

4. Peter is 24 years older than David. In 12 years time, their total age will be 88 years. Find their [5]
present ages.

5. Solve the following equation 5(3x + 2) = 40 [5]

6. Find the HCF of 216 and 324 [5]

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7. Find the largest odd factor of 74. [5]

8. Find the value of 2704 if 2704 = 24 132 [5]

9. Evaluate the following:

(a) 24 32 [2]

(a)

(b) 49 3 1000 25 [2]

(b)

(c) 16 9 + 16 9 [2]

(c)

2
10. Alice spent $280 on food and 5
of the remainder on transport. She had $120 left. How much [5]
money did have have at first?

11. The cost of a pen is 65% the cost of a book. The book costs $21 more than the pen. Find the cost [5]
of the book.

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12. If 441 = 3 3 7 7 and 1134 = 2 3 3 3 3 7, what is the HCF (441, 1134)? [5]

13. Evaluate the following:

(a) How many years are there from AD 502 to AD 2008? [2]

(a)

(b) How many years are there from 500 BC to 208 BC? [2]

(b)

(c) How many years are there from 108 BC to AD 208? [2]

(c)

14. How many days are there from 1 March to 30 June? [5]

15. Rebecca needs to see her doctor every fortnight. If her last visit was on 22 July, What will be the [5]
dates of her next two appointments?

16. In winter, when it is noon in Sydney it is 11:30 am in Adelaide and 10 am in Perth. What time is [5]
it in Adelaide when it is 9:15 pm in Sydney?

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17. Evaluate the following:

(a) 5 h 43 min + 2 h 34 min [2]

(a)

(b) 12 h 8 min - 8 h 12 min [2]

(b)

18. Use your calculator to convert the following:

(a) 15 h 15 min 15 s to seconds [2]

(a)

(b) 3836 s to hours, minutes and seconds [2]

(b)

19. An aeroplane leaves Brisbane at 12:20 pm flying to Adelaide. If the flight takes 115 minutes, at [5]
what time does it arrive in Adelaide?

1 1
20. There are 1000 apples and oranges at a fruit stall. 3
of the apples is equal to 5
of the oranges. [5]
How many more oranges than apples?

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11.2 Maths Challenge

Exercise 11.2.1 Problem Solving

1. Linda has four friends which will be posing alongside each other for a photo. If Linda were to
stand in the centre, how many possible ways could they stand in a line?

2. How many 3 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 2, 4, 6, 8 provided each digit is only
used once?

3. In a certain year, the 2nd of April is Wednesday. What is date of the first Friday in May?

4. The diagram shows numbers place in rows. Find the sum of the 12th row.

1 ........ 1st row

1 2 1 ...... 2nd row
1 2 3 2 1 ..... 3rd row
1 2 3 4 3 2 1 .... 4th row
etc. ... etc.

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11.3 Miscellaneous Exercise

Exercise 11.3.1

1. A ball is dropped from a height of 280 cm. At each bounce it comes up to half the height which
it fell. If it is caught at the top point of a bounce of 35 cm, what distance has the ball travelled
altogether?

2. Ray and Josh decide to go rowing on the river to a spot 16 km away. They row 4 km in half a
hour, then they rest in the rowboat for 10 minutes. During the time they were resting the current
drags them back 1 km. This pattern is repeated until they reach their destination. Calculated
how long it will take the boys to reach:

(a) a point 10 km from where they start;

(b) their destination.

3. Express each of the following as a simple fraction in lowest terms:

(a) 1 (1 12 )

(b) 1 (1 23 )

(c) 2+1 1
2

(d) 1+ 1 1
1 1 2

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Exercise 11.3.2

1. David buys a toy car. He later sells it to Joe and loses $3.00 on the deal. Joe makes a profit of
$6 by selling it to Ben for $24. How much did David pay for the toy car?

2. Alice is twice as old as Betty. Cathy is 5 years younger than Alice. The sum of the ages of the
three girls is 25. How old is Betty?

3. A rectangle has a perimeter of 84 cm. The length of the rectangle is 22 cm more than its width.
Find the area of the rectangle.

4. In a group of 28 boys, 12 joined the athletics team, 15 joined the maths team, and 8 joined both
teams. How may of the boys did not join either team?

5. The average of a group of 40 numbers is 40. The average of a different group of 60 numbers is
60. The two groups of numbers are combined into a single group. What is the average of the
combined group?

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Exercise 11.3.3 Speed and rate

1. Anna can type 80 words per minute. At this rate, how long will she take to type a document of
36 pages if the average number of words on each page is 300?

2. Bonnie can sew 17 shirts in 3 days. At this way, how much will she earn in 27 days if she is
paid $12 for each shirt she sews?

3. A pool can be filled in one hour by 6 taps flowing at the same rate. How long will it take for 4
such taps to fill the same pool?

4. 8 technicians working at the same rate can complete a project in two hours. How long will it
take 5 technicians to complete the same project?

5. Ken can plant 14 trees in 5 hours. At this rate, how much will he earn in 5 weeks (five working
days a week), if he works 8 hours each day and is paid $5 for each tree he plants?

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Exercise 11.3.4 Speed and rate

1. A driver uses 4.5 litres of petrol for every 50 km when his average driving speed is 80 km/h.
He uses 5 litres of petrol for every 60 km he drives when his average driving speed is 50 km/h.
How much petrol will he use for a journey which lasts 10 hours if he travels at 80 km/h for 4
hours and 50 km/h for the rest of the journey?

2. Lee and Emma left town A together and drove towards Town B which was 84 km away. Lee
was travelling at 60 km/h Emmas speed was 20 km/h faster than Lees. After travelling 27 of
the journey, Emma took a rest until Lee caught up with her. How long did Emma rest?

3. Mary drove from Town A to Town B which was 480 km away. For the first 270 km, she drove at
an average speed of 90 km/h. she then increased her speed by 15 km/h and completed the rest
of her journey. What was her average speed for the whole journey?

4. Tony took 20 min to drive from his home to his office in the morning. In the evening, he took one
hour to walk the same distance home. The difference between his driving and walking speed is
36 km/h. How far was Tonys home from his office?

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