MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 7 FINAL EXAMINATION 2018

MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 1½ hours

(An extra 10 minutes is allowed for reading this paper)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet provided.

2. Write your Name and Year Level on the front page of the Answer Booklet.
3. If you use extra sheets of paper, be sure to show clearly the question
number(s) being answered and to staple each sheet securely in your Answer
Booklet at the appropriate place.
4. Answer all the questions with a blue or black ballpoint or ink pen. Do not
use red ink. Use a pencil only for drawing.

5. There are two sections in this paper. Both Sections A and B are compulsory.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not drawn to scale.

SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS

SUGGESTED
SECTION QUESTION TYPE MARK
TIME

A There are twenty Multiple Choice

Questions 40 36 minutes
All are compulsory.

B There are fourteen short-answer questions. 60 54 minutes

All are compulsory.

TOTAL 100 90 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ANSWER MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. In your Answer Booklet, circle the letter of the best answer.

If you change your mind, put a line through your first circle
and draw a circle around the letter of your next choice.

For example: 1 A B C D

2. If you change your mind again and like your first answer
better, put a line through your second circle and tick ()
your first answer.

For example: 1 A B C D


3. No mark will be given if you circle more than one letter as the
answer for a question.

SECTION A [40 marks]

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

There are twenty questions in this section. Each question is worth 2 marks.
Answer all questions.

Circle the letter of the best answer in the Answer Booklet.

1. Which set of numbers is arranged in descending order?

A. {20,478 73,234 75,357 80,107}

B. {73,234 20,478 80,107 75,357}
C. {80,107 75,357 73,234 20,478}
D. {20,478 75,357 73,234 80,107}

2. The fifth triangular number is

A. 3. B. 6. C. 10. D. 15.

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3. Study the number line given below.

−6 −5 −4 a −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5

The correct value for a is

A. −2 C. 1
B. −3 D. 3

4. −3 + 4 =

A. −7 C. 1
B. −1 D. 7

5. The Venn diagram below shows sets A and B.

∪ A B

20 15 50

30 25 40

A∩ B =

A. {15, 25} C. {50, 40}

B. {20, 30} D. {15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50}

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6. The improper fraction when converted to mixed number will be
7

22 8
A. 1 C. 2
7 7
2 1
B. 2 D. 3
7 7

7. Solve for y if 3y = 30

A. 0 B. 3 C. 10 D. 30

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8. Study the abacus given below.

H T O t h

The number represented by the above abacus is

A. 42.12 C. 4,201.2
B. 420.12 D. 42,012.0

9. 3,450 cm converted to metres is

A. 3.450 m C. 345.0 m
B. 34.50 m D. 3450 m

10. Study the syringe given below.

The most suitable unit to measure the medicine in the above syringe is

A. milliliters C. cubic centimeter

B. litres D. cubic metre

11. 1,000 g = __________ kg

A. 1 C. 100
B. 10 D. 1,000

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12. How many days will the month of February have in a Leap Year?

A. 28 C. 30
B. 29 D. 31

13. Mr. Ravi bought a bundle of dalo for $10 from a farmer and he later
sold it for $15 at the market. How much profit did he make?

A. $5 B. $10 C. $15 D. $25

14. Banks give us ___________ to buy something when we do not have enough
money.

A. loan B. profit C. interest D. discount

15. Study the coordinate plane given below.

y

4
3
2
F
1
x
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
The coordinates for point F are:
A. (2, 3) B. (2, 0) C. (3, 2) D. (3, 0)

16. The size of the angle marked 𝒙 is

𝒙 45°

A. 45° B. 135° C. 225° D. 315°

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17. How many vertices are there in the square pyramid given below?

A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

Study the table given below and answer Questions 18 and 19.
Susan’s Exam Marks
English Maths Basic Social Healthy Vernacular
Science Science Living
89 73 84 94 87 77

18. The range of the above marks is_________ .

A. 7 B. 10 C. 16 D. 21

19. In how many subjects did she score more than 80 marks?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6

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Study the diagram given below and answer Question 20.

Aˊ A

Image Object

Bˊ Cˊ B C

20. Which one of the statements given below correctly describes the translation
of the above triangle?

A. 8 units to the right.

B. 8 units to the left.
C. 10 units to the right.
D. 10 units to the left.

SECTION B [60 marks]

There are14 questions in this section. Answer all the questions.
Write the answer for each question in the space provided in the
Answer Booklet. Show all the necessary working.

QUESTION 1
Answer all the questions. Each question is worth 1 mark.

(a) Round off 425, 823 to nearest hundreds.

(b) Write the smallest number from the following set of numbers.

5 −10 10

(c) What fraction of a dollar is 50 cents?

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(d) Convert to decimal.
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(e) Study the Pie Chart showing Year 7 students favourite fruits.

Apple

Pear

Orange

Banana

What fraction of the students like orange?

(f) The diagram given below is a __________________.

A B

(g) 5,250 grams is equal to _____________ kilograms.

(h) If the volume of a water bottle is 900 cm3, how many mililitres
of water can this water bottle hold?

(i) 13:50 hours when converted to a 12 hour clock, will be ___________.

(j) It is always wise to spend our money according to our _______________.

QUESTION 2 – 6 (15 marks)

Each question is worth 3 marks. Answer all the questions.

2. The height of 3 coconut trees are as follows. First tree 5.25 m,

second tree is 10.73 m and third tree is 5.22 m taller than the
second tree.

(a) What is the height of the third tree? (1 mark)

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(b) What is the total height of the trees? (2 mark)

3. Study the graph on number of students at Navudi Primary School

and answer the questions that follow.

Number of Students in Year 5 - 8 at Navudi

Primary School
40
35
30
Number of students

25
20
15
10
5
0
Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8

(a) Which Year level has the highest number of students? (1 mark)
(b) How many more students are there in Year 5 than in Year 6? (1 mark)
(c) Calculate the total number of students from Year 5 to 8. (1 mark)

4. The table below shows the weights of 3 friends.

Names Shaheem Samuela Samal
Weight (kg) 70 60 75

Plot the above information in the bar graph provided in your

Answer Booklet. (3 marks)

5. A car travelled from Suva to Sigatoka at an average speed of

50 km/hr covering a distance of 125 km.
(a) Calculate the time taken for the journey. (2 mark)

(b) If the driver left Suva at 10 am, at what time will he reach

Sigatoka? (1 mark)

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6. Mr. Karan wanted to buy a car worth $14,000.00. He decided to

borrow this amount from a bank. He had to pay 10% deposit on
this amount.
(a) Calculate the deposit that he had to pay. (2 marks)
(b) How much money will the bank give him after deducting the
deposit? (1 mark)

QUESTION 7 – 11 (20 marks)

Each question is worth 4 marks. Answer all the questions.

7. Refer to the number machine given below.

2𝒊 + 4

(a) In the table given below, find the values of a and b based on the above
number machine. (2 marks)

Input (𝒊) Output (𝒚)

2 a
4 12
b 20
10 24

(b) Solve (2x – 5) ÷ 5 = 7 (2 marks)

8. Mr. Ravuama made triangular gardens with equal sides.

1
Each garden has a perimeter of 10 2 metres.

(a) Calculate the length of each side of the garden. (2 marks)

(b) What will be the total perimeter of 3 such gardens? (2 marks)

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9. Study the x and y values given in the table below

x 5 7 9 11 b
y 10 14 18 a 26

(a) Write a rule for the above sequence of numbers. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the correct values for pro-numerals a and b. (2 marks)

10. Use the diagram given in your Answer Booklet to answer the
Questions given below.
y
8

7
A
6

3 B
C
2

x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

(a) Write the coordinates of D so that A, B, C and D becomes

a rectangle. (2 marks)

(b) What is the area of the rectangle? (2 marks)

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11. A truck loaded with sugarcane weighed 13,000 kg. After off-loading
the sugarcane at the sugar mill, the empty truck weighed 5,000 kg.

(a) What was the weight of sugarcane on the truck? (2 marks)

(b) If the truck owner charges $15.00 for transporting 1,000 kg

of sugarcane to the sugar mill, what will be the cost of
transporting this load of sugarcane? (2 marks)

QUESTION 12 – 14 (15 marks)

Each question is worth 5 marks. Answer all the questions.

12. Mrs. Hannif bought a car for $12,000.00 and after 2 years she sold
it for $8,000.00.

(a) Did she make a profit or loss? (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the actual amount of profit or loss. (1 mark)

(c) Calculate the percentage profit or loss for Mrs. Hannif. (3 marks)
.

13. The table given below shows the average number of travellers who
arrived at an airport for the first 3 months of 2018.
Month January February March
Number of Visitor
25,530 30,270 34,200
Arrivals

(a) Calculate the total number of travellers arriving at the airport. (2 marks)
(b) What is the difference in travellers between January and
February? (1 mark)
(c) What is the trend of travellers at the airport from January to
March? (1 mark)
(d) Calculate the average number of travellers for the 3 months. (1 mark)

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14. Study the diagram given in your Answer Booklet and answer the
questions given below.

For part (a) write the correct word from the bracket in the

space provided in your Answer Booklet.

(a) In a ________________ (positive/ negative ) rotation the

object is rotated clockwise. (1 mark)

(b) Rotate line AB by −90° with the centre of rotation at (0,0)

and draw the image in your Answer Booklet. (2 marks)

(c) Write the coordinates for Aˊ and Bˊ after rotation. (2 marks)

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