Choose the best correct answer

1. Calculate 40% of P90

A. 63
B. 37
C. 36
D. 40

2. The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 2:3. The class has 45 pupils. How many more boys
than girls are there in the class?
A. 8
B. 18
C. 27
D. 9

3. The price of a shirt was reduced from P200 to P180. What was the percentage decrease?
A.20%
B.15%
C.10%
D.25%

4. Tshegofatso obtained 45 out 60 in mathematics. What was her percentage?

A. 75%
B. 70%
C. 78%
D. 80%

5. Which of the following are triangular numbers?

A. 9 , 16 ,25
B. 10 ,15, 21
C. 7 ,9, 11
D. 8 , 12, 20
6. Express 86% as a proper fraction?

A. 43
50
B. 100
86
50
C.
100

D. 86

7. Calculate 70% of 125 oranges.

A. 80
B. 86.5
C. 70
D. 84

8. The time in Malawi is 7 hours ahead of the time in America. What time will it be in
America when it is 2130hrs in Malawi?
A. 2137hrs
B. 2123hrs
C. 1430hrs
D. O430hrs

9. 12 eggs cost P30 at Shoppers. How much will 1 egg cost?

A. P2.00
B. P2.25
C. P2.10
D. P2.50

10. If 1 Pula = 1.16 Rand, how many Rand will you get for P35?
A.R40
B. R40.6
C. R37
D. R39

11. Ineeleng bought a calculator for P120 and sold it for P95. What was her loss?
A. P20
B. P30
C. P35
D. P25
12. What is the highest common factor of 30 and 50?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 10

13. The price of room divider is P3 260. If 10% VAT is added how much will it cost?
A. P3 586
B. P2 934
C. P3 000
D. P3 580

14. A string which is 1 m long is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is X m. what is the length of the
remaining piece?
A (1 –x) m
B (x-1) m
C Xm
D1
X

15. What is the place value of the underlined number in 18 230?

A Units
B Tens
C Thousands
D Hundreds

16. How many right angles make 270⁰?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 4
 17. 3 093 in expanded form is?

A 3 000 +90 +3

B 300 + 90 +3

C 3 000 +9 +3

D 300+900+3

18. A cube has how many faces?

A. 8

B. 12

C. 6

D. 4

19. Round off 7. 937 to 1 decimal place

A. 7. 9

B. 8.0

C. 7. 94

D. 7.93

20. What is the product of 36 and 1 000?

A.360

B. 3 600

C. 36 000

D. 360 000
21. A square has an area of 49 cm2. What is the length of its sides?

A. 5 cm

B. 7 cm

C. 8 cm

D. 6 cm

22. Simplify 4x -w - 2 xs +7w

A. 6x -8w

B. 2x+6w

C. 2x-6w

D. 6x -6w

23. Work out 7.09 – 1.21

A. 8.89

B. 7.98

C. 6.38

D. 5.88

24. Work out 5 x 2 ,answer in its simplest form

8 3

A. 5
12

B. 10
24
C. 15
15
16
D. 24
10
 25. Calculate 7.24m x 4

A. 25.92 m

B. 26.98 m

C. 27.38 m

D. 28.96 m

26. Round off 56 528 to the nearest 1 000 is

A. 56 000

B. 56 500

C. 57 000

D. 56 530

27. Reduce 21 to the lowest terms.

28

A. 2
3
B. 3
4

C. 4
5
D. 5
6

28. Work out 8.9 x 100 is

A. 89
B. 8
C. 890
D. 8 900
29. Our team played 10 games and won 4. Find the percentage of won games.

A. 50%
B. 40%
C. 60%
D. 44%

30. Add 4 391 and 2 846.

A. 6 137
B. 6 237
C. 7 137
D. 7 237

31. The difference between the ages of two brothers is 15 years. The younger brother is 10 years
old. How old is the elder brother?

A. 75
B. 30
C. 25
D. 20

32. What is the next term in the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, …?

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16

33. What type of angle is marked in the diagram below?

A. Acute
B. Obtuse
C. Straight
D. Reflex
34. Calculate the value of a in the diagram below.

139⁰ a

A. 30°
B. 41°
C. 51°
D. 59°

35. Work out 4 – 1

5 3
A. 3
2
B. 3
15
C. 11
15

D. 7
15

36. A container has 440 ml of water and Marumo drinks 7ml of the water. How many milliliters
of water left in the container?

A. 385 ml

B. 360 ml

C. 433 ml

D. 447 ml
37. Mogopodi sold a computer for P6 550, making a profit of P1 750. What was the buying price
of the computer?

A. P8 300

B. P8 200

C. P5 800

D. P4 800

38. Which of the following is one of the properties of a scalene?

A. Two sides are equal

B. All sides are equal

C. No sides are equal

D. Two singles are equal

39. Which of the following is a factor of 3600?

A.1200

B. 1850

C. 950

D. 350

40. Wame is facing North, she makes 2 right angles anti- clock wise. Which angle did she make?

A. Acute

B. Obtuse

C. Straight- line

D. Reflex
41. Work out 32, 617 x 4 =

A. 130 468

B. 13, 0468

C. 1304, 68

D. 130, 468

42. What is 12 500kg when expressed in kg?

A. 0.125 kg

B. 1.25 kg

C. 12.5 kg

D. 125 kg

43. Write 7x 7x7 in its index form.

A. 73

B. 77

C. 74

D. 72

44. What is the name of the triangle below?

5cm 5cm

4cm

A. Equilateral

B. Isosceles

C. Scalene

D. Quadrilateral
45. What is the lowest common multiple of 8 and 12?

A. 24

B. 48

C. 72

D. 96

46. What is the sum of 25. 23 + 281. 084?

A. 540.384

B. 306.314

C. 2874. 084

D. 283. 677

47. Express 3:9 as a fraction.

A. 1
4
B. 2
3
C. 1
3
D. 1
9

48. What is 7x + 3y – 2x, when expressed in simplified form?

A. 12xy
B. 9x + 3y
C. 5x + 3y
D. 12 + x +y
49. A social club has 460 members. 15% of the members are adults and 25% are boys. The rest
of the members are girls. How many girls are there in the club?

A. 276

B. 286

C. 324

D. 345

50. A veld fire destroyed three fields of 721.42 hectares, 99.875 hectares and 10.138 hectares.
How many hectares of land were destroyed altogether?

A. 720.323

B. 831.423

C. 831. 433

D. 921.433

51. Which of the following is a prime number?

A. 9

B.10

C. 15

D. 19
Below is an example of an invoice. Use it to answer question 52 and 53.

62491-05 Keletso General Dealer 19?06/08

P O Box 983
Middlepits Village

_________________
_________________ R
_________________

ITEM QUANTITY UNIT PRICE TOTAL

Rice 2 P30.00 P60.00
Samp 1 P27.50 P27.50
Bread 3 P2.75 P8.28
TOTAL AMOUNT

52. What information is missing at R on the invoice?

A. The voice number

B. The total price for the invoice
C. The name and address of the buyer
D. The name and address of the seller

53. Calculate the total price of all the items.

A. P25.65

B. P95.78

C. P57.25

D. P75.75

54. Calculate 16.825 – 1.914

A. 14.921
B. 14.911
C. 14.900
D. 14.922
55. Find the range of the following percentages 19%, 92%, 36%, 65%, 36%

A. 73%

B. 55%

C. 53%

D. 36%

56. What is the mean of numbers 8,3,2,4 and 8?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 8

57. 4.879 - 2.496 is

A. 2. 383

B. 2.483

C. 1. 483

D. 1.483

58. Express 0,002 as a fraction in its simplest form.

A. 2
100
B. 1
50
C. 2
1000
D. 1
500
59. Which of the following is true?

A. 5.09 > 9.05

B. 69.9 < 9.0

C. 28.0 < 8.0

D. 9.1 < 71.9

60. What is the polyhedron shown by the above?

A. Square pyramid

B. Cuboid

C. Triangular prism

D. Hexagonal prism
 MARKING KEY

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. D
26. C
27. B
28. C
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. D
34. B
35. D
36. C
37. D
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. D
42. C
43. A
44. B
45. A
46. B
47. C
48. C
49. A
50. C
51. D
52. C
53. B
54. B
55. A
56. B
57. A
58. C
59. D
60. C
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MOCK EXAMS 2017

MATHEMATICS STD 7

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