2014 Roseville College Y7MathsTerm12014

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Year 7 Mathematics Common Test
Term 1, 2014
Time allowed: 45 minutes + 2 minutes reading time
Directions to students:
There are 4 sections.

Answer all questions on the question paper.
All answers worth one mark unless indicated.
Questions worth more than one mark should show working. (Marks are awarded
for working.)
NO calculators to be used.
Section Topic Marks out of: Marks awarded:

A Number Skills 15
B Angles 15
C Directed Number 15
D Applications 10
TOTAL 55
Section Areas I was pleased with. Area/s that require further

revision
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Summary: Things I can do to improve for my next assessment
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Section A: Number skills (25 marks)
Questions Answers
1. Write 49 in Roman numerals.
2. Write 2 103 in words.
3. Write 8000 + 300 + 10 + 1 as a numeral.
4. True or false: 103 > 301

Circle the correct answer
True or False
5. Which of the following numbers is the

largest?
A 1 987 A B C D
B 8 197
C 9 871
D 9 718
6. 498 + 38 =
7. 495 37 =
8. 1 287 7
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Questions Answers
9. 6519 3
10. 50 32 2
11. 5 3 7 4
(2 marks)
12. 18 3 2 (9 4)
(2 marks)
13. 24 (2)
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14. The best estimate of 8039 397 is:
A 2 A B C D
B 20
C 200
D 2000
15. Write down the next 2 numbers in the

Fibonacci sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, __, __ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ____, ____
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Questions Answers
16. Which of the following lists only
triangular numbers?
A 2, 3, 5, 7
B 1, 8, 27, 64 A B C D
C 1, 3, 6, 10
D 1, 4, 9, 16
17. Flossy worked 4 hours a day for 5 days

and 6 hours on Saturday. How much did
she earn if she was paid $8 an hour?
18. Gertrude is saving for a new mobile

phone which costs $289. She receives
$90 for her birthday and $48 for
babysitting. She also had $35 of her own.
How much more money does Gertrude
have to save?
(2 marks)
19. Is 1 371 a prime number? Explain your
answer.
20. Two whole numbers multiply to equal

135. Their sum is 24. What are the two
numbers?
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Questions Answers
21. Mergatroid is four years older than Harry.
Twice Mergatroids age plus 5 times
Harry age is equal to 64. What are the
ages of Mergatroid and Harry?
(2 marks)
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Section B: Directed number (25 marks)
Questions Answers
1. Arrange in descending order (largest to
smallest)
5, -2, 4, 0, -1, -3, 6
2. Which of the integers -1, 2, -2, 3 is closest

to zero on the number line?
3. (a) 4 6
(b) 3 8
(c) 3 (5)
(d) 2 (8)
(e) 2 (4)
(f) 24 (8)
(g) 3 (2) (6)
(h) 4 (2) (1)
(i) (4) 2
(j) 5 2 3
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Questions Answers
(k) 9 3 5 1
25
(l)
5
(m) 4 6 (3)
(n) 4 8 (2)
(o) 4 (8 2)
4. The temperature during the day in

Antarctica was -25oC. At night the
temperature dropped by a further 15o.
What was the minimum temperature at
night?
5. Local time in Sydney is always 3 hours

ahead of Singapore time, and Singapore is
always 5 hours behind Auckland, which is
12 hours ahead of London. What is the
time difference between Sydney and
London?
(show all necessary working)
(2 marks)
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Questions Answers
6. What are two numbers which multiply to
equal -15 and add to equal -2?
7. A pizza in the microwave rises in

temperature by 8oC for each minute of
heating. If you take a frozen pizza out of
the freezer, where it has been stored at
-16oC, how long does it have to be in the
microwave before it reaches 72oC?
(2 marks)
8. Find the number that must be placed in
the box to make the following statement
true:
5 (7) 0
9. Yachts Titanic and Ragamuffin raced

over a course that had six sections.
Ragamuffin started with a 10 second
advantage. Over the six sections that
followed the start, Ragamuffin gained 20
seconds, the lost 1 minute, then gained 15
seconds, then lost 27 seconds, then gained
41 seconds and then lost 6 seconds. Who
won the race and by how much?
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Section C: Number Theory (20 marks)
Questions Answers
2
1. 5 =
2. 49
3. 23 =
4. Write 2 2 2 in index notation.
5. 65 =
A 66666 A B C D
B 5 5 5 5 5 5
C 65
D 65
6. Which list has only prime numbers:
A 2, 5, 7, 13
B 1, 5, 11, 13 A B C D
C 2, 3, 5, 27
D 1, 2, 5, 17
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Questions Answers
7. The first 3 multiples of 7 are:
A 1, 2, 3
B 3, 10, 17 A B C D
C 7, 14, 21
D 3, 6, 9
8. List the first 9 multiples of 5 and 8. Then

find the lowest common multiple (LCM)
of 5 and 8.
(2 marks)
9. Write down all the factors of 24.
(2 marks)
10. Find the prime factors of 180 by drawing
a factor tree. Then write 180 as the
product of its prime factors.
(2 marks)
11. What is the sum of the first 5 prime
numbers after 2?
12. What is the square of the square root of

36?
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Questions Answers
13. Which statement is correct?
A 1 is a prime number A B C D
B 5 is a composite number
C The square root of 9 is 81
D The square of 9 is 81
14. A prime pair is a pair of prime numbers

that differ by 2 e.g. 17 and 19. Write
down another prime pair.
15. A bell rings every 15 minutes and a

whistle is blown every 18 minutes. They
start together. After how many minutes
will the bell ring and whistle be blown
together again?
(2 marks)
1 1
7 12
16.
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Student No: ..

Year 7 Mathematics Common Test

There are 4 sections.

Section Topic Marks out of: Marks awarded:

Section Areas I was pleased with. Area/s that require further

Summary: Things I can do to improve for my next assessment

Section A: Number skills (25 marks)

2. Write 2 103 in words.

3. Write 8000 + 300 + 10 + 1 as a numeral.

4. True or false: 103 > 301

5. Which of the following numbers is the

14. The best estimate of 8039 397 is:

15. Write down the next 2 numbers in the

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, __, __ 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ____, ____

17. Flossy worked 4 hours a day for 5 days

18. Gertrude is saving for a new mobile

20. Two whole numbers multiply to equal

Turn over page for the next section

Section B: Directed number (25 marks)

5, -2, 4, 0, -1, -3, 6

2. Which of the integers -1, 2, -2, 3 is closest

(g) 3 (2) (6)

(h) 4 (2) (1)

4. The temperature during the day in

5. Local time in Sydney is always 3 hours

(show all necessary working)

7. A pizza in the microwave rises in

9. Yachts Titanic and Ragamuffin raced

Section C: Number Theory (20 marks)

4. Write 2 2 2 in index notation.

6. Which list has only prime numbers:

8. List the first 9 multiples of 5 and 8. Then

12. What is the square of the square root of

14. A prime pair is a pair of prime numbers

15. A bell rings every 15 minutes and a

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