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HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

YEAR 7 2015

MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed – 80 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS:

 CALCULATORS MAY NOT BE USED.

 The use of mathematical templates is permitted.
 Show all necessary working.
 Marks may not be awarded for untidy or carelessly arranged work.
 Answer all questions on the examination paper.

Outcome A B C D Total
Number 1-8 /8 1-2 /4 1 /2 1-4 /8 /22

Fractions& 9-11 /3 3-5 /10 5-6 /4 /17

Decimals
Geometry of Plane 12-14 /3 6 /4 2-5 /7 7 /2 /15
Shapes
Algebra 15-18 /4 6-7 /9 8-9 /4 /18

Total /18 /18 /18 /18 /72

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Section A (18 marks – 1 mark each)
Question Working Answer

1. Evaluate ( )

2. A natural number is divided by 3. What are the

possible remainders after the division?

3. Evaluate √

4. The number 8157__468 is divisible by 3. How

many possibilities are there for the missing digit?

5. Express 360 in terms of its prime factors.

6. Using your answer in the question 5, how many

factors does 360 have?

7. Write out Pascal’s Triangle up to and including

the row beginning with 1, 4 ....

8. Evaluate ( ) ( )

9. Write a fraction between and

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 10. Simplify

11. Evaluate
Write your answer in Decimals.

12. How many axis of symmetry does a rectangle

have?

13. Draw a diagram to illustrate the following:

“Points A, B and C are collinear”

14. True or False. If 4 sides of a quadrilateral are

equal, then the shape must be a square.

15. Expand ( )

16. Write an algebraic expression for “half of the sum

of twelve and a number N”

17. Simplify

18. If . Find the value of if

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Section B (18 marks)
1. A man walks into an elevator at level 12. The elevator went 4 levels up, before going down 8 1
levels, finally the man walks out after travelling another 2 levels down. How many levels away is
he from where he walked in?

2.
a) Use long division to find the quotient and remainder when 537 is divided by 14. 2

b) Hence, rewrite 532 in terms of the divisor, quotient and remainder.

1

3. A cake weighs 720g. If I ate of it, how much cake (in weight) remains? 2

4. Evaluate:
a) 2

3
b)

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5. Mandy spent a quarter of her money on sweets, half on bus fares and she piggy-banked half the 3
remaining money. This left her with $4.50, how much did she start with originally?

6.

a) The solid above is a rectangular prism. Determine whether the following pairs of lines are
parallel, perpendicular or skewed.

1
i) DG and BE

1
ii) EH and DG

1
iii) AF and FE

1
b) How many of the Drawn lines above are skewed in comparison to AB?

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Section C (18 marks)
1. By expressing the two terms in terms of their prime factors, work out the HCF of 264 and 363. 2

2. On the grid below, draw the reflection of shape ABCDEF in the line MN. Label your new 2
vertices as A’B’C’D’E’F’.

3. Describe a different transformation that will produce the same image at the same location as 1
that of Question 2. (The points don’t have to correspond in this case)

4. A point P that is not the origin is placed randomly on a number plane. P’ is the resulting image 1
of point P after rotating 180ᵒ about the origin. Describe the relationship between the
coordinates of P and P’.

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 5. On the grid below, rotate the shaded area 270ᵒ anti-clockwise about the centre of the grid. 3

6. Expand and simplify:

a) ( ) 2

b) ( ) 2

2
c) ( ) ( )

7. Simplify:
a)
1

b) ( ) 2

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Section D (18 marks)
1. 3 Different brands of batteries must be used for 3 different watches. They last 24 months, 30 3
months and 36 months respectively. Assuming that the watches start operating at the same
time and the batteries are replaced immediately when they run out, after how many months
will all 3 watches need their batteries replaced at the same time?

2. What is the smallest value of so that the number 1

is a multiple of 27?

3. There are 6 different rides to go on in a theme park. If I only have time to go on 3 of the rides, 1
how many different ways can I pick 3 different rides to go on?

4. By expressing 3375 as a product of its prime factors, find √ 3

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 5. Simplify 2

6. Write as a decimal correct to 3 decimal places. 2

7. The grid below is made using equilateral triangles. On the grid shade in one trapezium 1
containing exactly 8 small equilateral triangles.

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 8. The formula used to convert temperature from degrees Fahrenheit (F) to degrees Celsius is 2
( )
given by . Use this formula to convert 25° Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius. Leave

your answer as a fraction.

9. R represents Robert’s age, S represents Steve’s age, and T represents Trevor’s age. If Robert 3
is 2 years younger than twice the sum of Steve and Trevor’s age, and Trevor is 3 years older
than half Steve’s age, find out the age of Steve and Robert if Trevor is 9 years old.

~The End~
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