THE JUNIOR ACADEMY EXAMINATION BOARD

END OF WEEK ASSIGNMENT FOR STD 7

MATHEMATICS .2
(100 MARKS)
DUE DATE: Monday 19 August, 2024.

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.
Encircle the letter corresponding to the right answer for each question.
5
1. Change7 to decimals C. K84
6
A. 7.6 D. K74
6. Find the least number such that when it is
B. 8.0
divided either by 10, 15 or 18 the remainder
C. 7.8 is 8.
D. 4.7 A. 84
2. Increase 1650 in the ratio 5:3
B. 90
A. 990
C. 98
B. 8250
D. 128
C. 550 7. How many fortnights are there in 70 days?
D. 2750 A. 10
3. An acute angle is an angle which is ___
B. 7
A. Equal to 90⸰
C. 5
B. Greater than 180⸰
D. 6
C. Less than 90⸰ 8. A bed and a table cost K3000. A bed cost
D. Greater than 90⸰ but less than 180⸰ twice as much as a table. How much does a
4. Emmanuel gets a commission of K35 on table cost?
every 4 pairs of trousers he sells. If he sells
A. K1000
112 pairs of trousers. Find his commission.
B. K6000
A. K980
C. K2000
B. K3920
D. K5000
C. K12.80 9. A box measuring 32cm long, 25cm wide and
D. K448 30cm high is filled with sand. Calculate the
5. Find the simple interest on K600 for 24 volume of the sand in the box.
months at 7% per annum
A. 87cm3
A. K1,008
B. 24cm3
B. K8,400
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 C. 2400cm3 15. A trader paid 17.5% VAT for goods worth
D. 24000cm3 K2800. How much was the VAT?
10. A bus takes three hours to travel from A. K160
Lilongwe to Zomba. Find its speed if the B. K490
distance is 30km. C. K350
A. 33km/hr D. K980
7 1
B. 27km/hr 16. Simplify 7 x 6
8 5
C. 10km/hr 2
A. 116
D. 90km/hr 5
11. Which of the following tallies represents B. 129
the number 27? 3
C. 9
A. IIII III 8
5
B. IIII IIII IIII III D. 118
C. IIII IIII IIII IIII III 17. In standard 8, there are boys and girls in
D. IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII II the ratio 2:3 respectively. If there are 144
boys, calculate the number of girls.
12. What is one hundred and seven million,
sixty-eight thousand and five in figure A. 280
A. 107 068 005 B. 48
B. 1007680 005 C. 96
C. 17068005 D. 69
18. What is 49 in Roman Numerals
D. 11768005
13. Calculate the pass rate if 6 leaners passed A. IL
out of 60 learners who sat for examination B. LIX
at a certain school C. XLVIII
A. 0.6% D. XLIX
B. 6% 19. Convert 500ml to l
C. 50% A. 0.5L
D. 10% B. 1L
14. Name the part of the circle labelled OP C. 0.2L
from the figure D. 0.75L
20.Find the principal if K5,000 interest is
obtained in 5 years at 10% per annum.
A. K10,000
A. Radius B. K7,500
B. Diameter C. K100,000
C. Circumference D. K6,000
D. Centre
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 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section. Write your answer in the space provided under each question. Show
your working.

21. A. Draw a triangle ABC in which angle ABC = 90⸰, AB = 4cm and BC = 8cm.

(4 marks)
B. In your diagram, measure angle BAC and state its value
____________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

22.A. When the number X is reduced by 13, the result is 15. Calculate the number represented by X.

(3 marks)

B. The table below shows the income per moth and the tax rate. Use it to answer the following
question.
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 Income per month Rate of tax
First K9 000 0% tax free
Next K3 000 15%
Excess (over) K12 000 30%

Mr. Chilimbwinja earns K23 500 per month. How much tax does he pay per month

(5 marks)
23.A. Simplify 0.12 – 0.02 × 0.65

(3 marks)
B. Calculate the HCF of 1040 and 720 using continued division

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 (5 marks)
24. a.Increase 40 by 50%

(2 marks)
b. The average temperature of three substances is 19.700C. If the temperatures of two
substances are 20.50C and 180C, find the temperature of the third substance?

(4 marks)

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25. A.Sibongire bought a box of pencils at K6,400. She sold it at K7,040. What was her profit
percent?

(4 marks)
B. Simplify 1⁄2 + 23⁄4 - 11⁄8

(3 marks)
26. A.What does b/d stand for in accounting?
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 B. If 40 bags of fertilizer are used on 2400 hectares of land, how many bags are needed for
5400 hectares?

(3 marks)
C. Find the compound interest on K96000 for 2 years at 10% per annum?

(2 marks)
27.Mr Phiri made the following transaction in the month of september
1 September 2007 opened a bank account with K8000
3 September 2007 bought second clothes at K3000 and paid by cheque
4 September 2007 sold some dresses at K1300 and was paid a cheque
17 September 2007 withdrew K2000 for office use
22 september 2007 paid salaries K2500 by cheque
27 september 2007 dresses at K1900 cash

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 Enter the transaction in bank account and balance it

(8 marks)

28. A. Table below shows the monthly premium per K10, 000 for life Insurance policy for 26 to 28
years old.
Age(years) Rate per K10 000 per month
26 K51.70
27 K51.80
28 K52.00

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 A man 28 years old and his wife 26 years old want to insure their life for K150, 000.00 cash.
Find the total monthly premium for the two.

(4 marks)
B. A journey takes 5 hours when travelling at 78km/hr. How long will it take travelling at
65km/hr.

(4 marks)
D. Three bells ring at intervals of 15min, 20min and 30min respectively. If they ring together at
7:30 am. What time will they next ring together? (4marks)

THE END

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