Highlands Primary School

2012 Grade 7 Mid Year Exams

Maths Paper 1

1. What is the value of 9 in 793 131?

A. ten thousand B. thousand C. hundred D. tens

2. Thirty one thousand and seventeen in numerals is

A. 31 0077 B. 3 107 C. 31 017 D. 3 117

3. 29 127 – 28 043 =
A. 889 B. 1 084 C. 1 211 D. 1 889

4. If N x 17 = 102 then N equals

A. 8 B. 104 C. 6 D. 78

5. Express 3/8 as a decimal

A. 0,380 B. 0,375 C. 0,125 D. 0,625

6. The total mark for a Maths test is 100. Kudzai got 4/5 of the total marks. How many marks did
she get?
A. 65 B. 80 C. 70 D. 90

7. Round off 157 064 to the nearest ten thousand is

A. 160 000 B. 157 000 C. 157 070 D. 158 000

8. 0,875 correct to 2 decimal places is

A. 100 B. 0,88 C. 0,87 D. 0

9. The product of 18 and 3 is

A. 21 B. 6 C. 15 D. 54

10. 3,75 x 0,4 =

A. 15 B. 150 C. 1,5 D. 0,15

11. Choose a prime number from the following

A. 9 B. 8 C. 39 D. 7

12. The HCF of 80, 45 and 60 is

A. 5 B. 12 C. 15 D. 4

13. Express 27
/36 in its lowest term
A. 1/3 B. 2/3 C. 9/12 D.¾

14. Three quarters of John’s money is $360. Altogether John has

A. $360 B. $270 C. $480 D. $120

15. 7 cents in dollars is

A. $0,07 B. $7 C. $70 D. $0,7

16. 65 is a common multiple of

A. 6 and 10 B. 5 and 13 C. 3 and 13 D. 2 and 15
17. Calculate angle x 55o

45o X

A. 45o B. 55o C. 60o D. 80o

18. Mr John was 25 years old in 1954. In what year was he born?
A. 1929 B. 1931 C. 1934 D. 1979

19. Calculate the average of 38, 26, 29 and 83

A. 75 B. 245 C. 44 D. 45,2

20. Which is the lowest common multiple of 6 and 9?

A. 3 B. 6 C. 18 D. 54

21. 0,91 + 2,17 + 27,8 is

A. 3,08 B. 5,86 C. 30,88 D. 3 088

22. 6cm

4cm 11cm

6cm

What is the area of this shape?

A. 34cm2 B. 44cm2 C. 66cm2 D. 264cm2

23. The gross mass of a tin of jam is 850g. If the empty tin of jam has a mass of 0,02kg, what is the
net mass of the jam?
A. 650g B. 830g C. 870g D. 1 50g

24. Fill in the missing number 0,500 0,625 0,875

A. 0,125 B. 0,750 C. 0,725 D. 0,650

25. 67,154 + 24,33 + 8 =

A. 99,451 B. 69,562 C. 99,154 D. 70,354

26. Calculate the interest on $24 000 for 6 months at 7½% interest per annum.
A. $1 680 B. $900 C. $400 D. $1 960

27. What fraction of an hour is 42 minutes?

A. ¼ B. 24/30 C. 7/30 D. 7/10

28. 3,4034 rounded off to 2 decimal places is

A. 3,44 B. 3,40 C. 3,040 D. 3,41
29. D

x
80o
A B C

Angle X has ___ degrees.

A. 100o B. 45o C. 90o D. 75o

30. A computer costs $800. The cost of 9 such computers is

A. $7 200 B. $712 C. $8 600 D. $3 400

31. If 75 is increased by 25 it becomes

A. 1 875 B. 100 C. 50 D. 48

32. What is the ratio of the distance of 480km to that of 80km?

A. 7:4 B. 3;5 C. 6:5 D. 6:1

33. On a map 2cm represents 2km. What is the distance of 30km on the same map?
A. 30cm B. 10cm C. 3cm D. 20cm

34. What is the time shown in 24hr notation? The time is in the morning.

12
11 1

10 2

9 3

8 4

7 5
6

A. 0545 B. 0515 C. 515 D. 545

35. Rudo reads 12 pages in 5minutes. How long does she take to read 72 pages?
A. ¼ hr B. ½ hr C. ¾ hr D. 1 hr

36. A piece of string 5,85m long is cut into 13 equal pieces. Each piece is
A. 0,45m B. 0,15m C. 35cm D. 4,5m

37. $84 was shared among Chipo, Rudo and David in the ratio of 1: 2: 3. Rudo will get
A. $28 B. $14 C. $42 D. $56

38. The value of 10 $100 notes and 7 $50 notes is

A. $135 B. $1 350 C. $150 D. $70

39. 17/8 x 31/5 =

A. 5½ B. 42/5 C. 9 D. 6

40. 11/9 ÷ 12/3 =

A. 2/3 B. 2/9 C. 1 D. 1/3
41. What percentage of these farm animals are donkeys?

Chickens
Horses Donkeys

Pigs
Cattle
Goats

Sheep

A. 50% B. 25% C. 12½ D. 75%

42. Mr Zingoni driving at 75k/h took 20 minutes to get to St Johns. The distance covered is
A. 15km B. 20km C. 25km D. 55km

43. A regular octagon has how many sides?

A. 6 B. 5 C. 7 D. 8

Dudzu
30 Juru
15 43 Ruwa
4 36 10 Rusike
7 31 24 14 Murehwa
18 46 30 21 23 Matsika
37 54 50 33 36 20 Ushe

In the ready reckoner, the distances are in kilometres

44. What is the distance from Juru to Ushe?

A. 43km B. 46km C. 54km D. 93km

45. How far is Ushe from Dudzu via Murehwa?

A. 7km B. 36km C. 37km D. 43km

46. What number is 30 less than 100?

A. 13 B. 120 C. 70 D. 150

47. A man bought a shirt at a wholesale for $60 and later sold it for $69. His percentage profit was
A. 15% B. 13% C. 87% D. 15%
48. Calculate the length of line AB

A B
1cm

13cm

2cm

5cm

A. 18cm C. 19cm C. 13cm D. 7cm

49. The volume of a cube whose sides are 5cm long is

A. 25cm3 B. 50cm3 C. 100cm3 D. 125cm3

50. How any weeks are there in 175days?

A. 27 B. 25 C. 5 D. 7
Highlands Primary School
2012 Grade 7 Mid Year Exams
Maths Paper 2

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL questions in Section A
2. Answer any THREE questions in Section B
3. To obtain full marks for any question, ALL WORKING must be shown.
4. Underline answers and rule off after each answer.

Section A. (25 Marks)

1. Find the sum of 46 and 54 (2)

2. Find the value of

a) 7 – 3,25 (1)
b) 11,4 + 3,2 – 7 (2)

3.
X

39o

Calculate the value of X in the triangle above. (3)

4. The fig below is a rectangle which measures 10,5cm by 7,2cm

A B

7,2cm

D 10,5 C

a) Write down the name of line BD (1)

b) Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle. (2)

5. Find the difference between 2¼ and 12/3 (2)

6. On a bus, there are 60 passengers. If 2/5 of them are men, ¼ are children and the rest are
women, find the number of women on the bus. (4)
7. Molly rode a bicycle to a growth point located 22½km away from her home. She cycled at an
average speed of 15km/h. If she left home at 12:42pm, calculate the time she arrived at the
growth point. (4)

8. The average age of 5 boys is 15 years. The age of four of the boys is 13 yrs, 11 yrs, 17 yrs and 15
yrs.
a) What is the age of the fifth boy? (2)
b) What is the total age of the five boys? (2)

Section B. (15 Marks) Answer any three questions.

9. The Bar Chart shows the masses in kg of different pupils in a class.

Martha

Bright
Pupils

Maud

Ben

Mercy

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Mass in kg

a) Name the heaviest pupils. (1)

b) Find the difference in mass between Bright and Mercy (2)
c) Calculate the average mass of the pupils. (2)

10. 9 men take 16 days to build a house.

a) Working at the same rate, how many days will 12 men take? (2)
b) Express 16 days in hours. (2)

11. The Pie Chart below shows the percentage of pupils in different clubs at Masoro Primary School.

Art
5%

Music
X

Drama
40%

Traditional Dance
30%
a) How many degrees is angle X (1)
b) Find the percentage of pupils in the Music Club. (2)
c) The total number of pupils at the school is 860.
Calculate the number of pupils in the Drama Club. (2)

12. Mrs Dube filled a tank of water with a capacity of 28,5 litres using 750ml bottles.
a) How many 750ml bottles of water did she pour in? (2)
b) If it took 30 seconds to fill and empty one bottle, find the time taken to fill the tank in hours and
minutes. (3)

13. Use the distance table and road map below to answer the following questions.

Victoria Falls

104km
Hwange
Beitbridge
322 Bulawayo
196 Gwanda
656 334 Hwange
760 438 564 104 Victoria Falls Bulawayo

126km

Gwanda

196km

Beitbridge

a) Calculate the distance between Gwanda and Hwange. (2)

b) Tawanda drove from Beitbride to Victora Falls. At Hwange the reading on his car’s odometer was
123 361km. What was his car’s odometer reading at Beitbridge? (3)