Year 7 Maths

Extension Activity book

This is a collection of puzzle worksheets you can complete when you have finished
the set work for the period and want to challenge yourself in Maths!

Note: these are only to be worked on once you have completed all set work;
please do not complete these instead of your classwork!
NUMBER SKILLS PUZZLES
 NUMBER PROPERTIES PUZZLE
Complete the puzzle below by writing headings (from the Heading cards on the next page) into the
rectangular spaces and numbers (from the Number cards on the next page) into the square spaces
in the grid below.

This is harder than it first seems - you need to make sure that all the numbers in each row meet the
criteria of the heading of that row and the numbers in each column meet the criteria of the heading
of that column.

If something doesn't work, try something different. Keep going until you have all the headings and
numbers in the right spaces!
 NUMBER PROPERTIES CHALLENGING PROBLEMS

1. Suppose P and Q are both prime numbers. 5 × 𝑃 + 7 × 𝑄 = 109.

Determine the value of P.

2. A two-digit number is divided by the sum of its digits. What is the greatest remainder
obtained?

3. In the multiplication AB x C = AAA, different letters represent different digits. AB

represents a two digit number, and AAA represents a three digit number. What is the value
of C?

4. The sum of 7 consecutive integers is 105. What is the sum of the smallest and largest of
these integers?

5. A whole number is more than 50. If this number is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. If it is
divided by 4, the remainder is 3. What is the smallest such number?

6. Ashley’s computing machine obeys exactly two rules.

If an inserted number has one digit, multiply it by 4.
If an inserted number has two digits, multiply the digits together.

The first number Ashley inserts is 1. Then the result of each computation is inserted back
into the machine. What is the 100th number to be inserted?

7. What is the smallest possible number that is divisible by 3 but not 4, by 5 but not 6, and by
7 and not 8?

8. 9 apes have the same mass as 4 bears. 8 bears have the same mass as 15 cougars. 10
cougars have the same mass as 27 deer. How many deer have the same mass as 4 apes?

9. It is a fact that 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + 28 + 29 + 30 = 465.

What is the value of N, if 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + … + 58 + 59 + 60 = N ?

10. Noelle correctly adds the lengths of three sides of a rectangle and gets 88 cm.
Ryan correctly adds the lengths of three sides of the same rectangle and gets 80cm.
What is the perimeter of the rectangle, in cm?
 A DAY AT THE ZOO
Three boys (Jake, Anthony and Carlos) and two girls (Abigail and Paige) went on a trip to the zoo.
All five people have five different favourite animals that they want to see: monkeys, alligators,
bears, lions, and giraffes. Each of the five children ate one of the five different snacks: popcorn,
chips, pretzel, nachos with chips and cheese, or crackers. Each child bought one souvenir: a stuffed
rabbit, a lion t-shirt, a key chain, a plastic snake, or a stuffed monkey. Figure out from the clues
below which child likes which animal, who ate what for snack, and who bought what for a
souvenir.

One of the children got so excited to see their favourite animal, the alligators, that they spilt their
popcorn all over the place.

Paige really didn't want to see the alligator exhibit because she doesn't like reptiles or anything
that has scales.

The stuffed monkey got a little bit of nacho cheese on its face from its owner's kisses.

All day after visiting the zoo, Jake kept making lion noises, even in his sleep!

Abigail and Carlos both got a snack that involved chips.

The child who bought the t-shirt loved it so much that he slept in it despite pretzel crumbs getting
into his bed.

The nacho lovers' favourite animal is the monkey, which is why they wanted to go that exhibit.

None of the boys bought a stuffed animal.

The child who got the keychain picked the one with their favourite animal, the alligator, on it.

One of the girls just loved the new bear exhibit. It was her favourite part of the day.

See grid on the next page to help you solve this puzzle – you don’t have to use this, it’s there if you
would like to!
 MATCHSTICK PUZZLES
You may like to grab some pens or pencils to act as matches to help you with these.

Turning the Donkey

Move 1 matchstick to turn the donkey (make it face the other way).

2 squares to 3

Move 4 matches to make 3 squares.

10 to 2 squares

Move 3 matches to make 2 squares.

15 to 10

From this arrangement of 15 matches, remove 6 matches to leave 10.

Swimming Fish

Thurn the fish around by moving only 3 matches (note: you cannot have overlapping matches).

3 squares to 5

Move 6 matches so that 5 squares are formed.

 SUBSTITUTION CODEBREAKING

The following messages have been put into a code using numbers for letters – the table below shows how
to decode each number to its corresponding letter.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

i.e. 1 decodes as A, 2 decodes as B etc.

During transmission, the messages have been intercepted by a rival organisation of fanatical algebraists,
who have replaced the original numbers with algebraic expressions. A double agent within the rival
organisation has passed us the following information regarding the values that the letters in the algebraic
expressions take.

Letter in expression Value Letter in expression Value

p 3 s 6

q 4 t 7

r 5 u 8

With this information – can you now decode the messages?

Hint: s-q means 6-4 which equals 2, so s-q decodes as B

A square with no expression in it means there is a space (so indicates that one word has finished and
another has begun).
Messages:

1.

q r p 3r u-q q+r 2t t

3p 2u+3 15 q-p 3t-2 5r

p

2.

2s u-p 4r 5q u 3s 2u+p
+p
4

2q-r r-q 2t u s-r 2r+2s r

s+2u u-t 3q 3t 15 3r+q qr 5p pr

p
3.

3t-2 p(s-1) 2s+1 q+p pu- s 2u+q 2q p2 − s

(q+r) 2

15 pu 2u 6p u rt + p qs-r 3p r 2 − (q + s) u+s 2u+p

+p
p 4 2

u−q 2(u+1) u-p 2t+p 7p p+s q2 + t − p q+p

q

s2 + q qr-2 p+s t-q r+s ps+t pt+q p(s-1) pr+s

t−r

2s+1 qs-p 3r+q qr

s pr ps-q 3(u-t) 15 rs-2u 4r su + qs u − q s2 + q u

+p
2 p t−p q t−r 4
 COINS
How many ways can you make $2 from Australian coins?

MAGIC SQUARES
 NUMBER CHALLENGE
Can you make all of the numbers between 1 and 100 using 4 9s and any operation found on a calculator?

Number Calculation Number Calculation Number Calculation Number Calculation

1 26 51 76

2 27 52 77

3 28 53 78

4 29 54 79

5 30 55 80

6 31 56 81

7 32 57 82

8 33 58 83

9 34 59 84

10 35 60 85

11 36 61 86

12 37 62 87

13 38 63 88

14 39 64 89

15 40 65 90

16 41 66 91

17 42 67 92

18 43 68 93

19 44 69 94

20 45 70 95

21 46 71 96

22 47 72 97

23 48 73 98

24 49 74 99

25 50 75 100
Sudoku!
PROBLEM SOLVING
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