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HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION – 2023-24

SAMPLE PAPER
Subject: MATHEMATICS Max. Marks: 60
Grade: 7 Time:2hr 30min
Name: Section: Roll No:
General Instructions:
• Questions in Section A (Q1 to Q10) carry 1 mark each
• Questions in Section B (Q11 to 18) carry 2 marks each
• Questions in Section C (Q19 to Q24) carry 3 marks each
• Questions in Section D (Q25 to Q28) carry 4 marks each
• The question paper consists of 5 printed pages.

I. SECTION-A (2 minutes for each question)

1. If g = - 4/3 find the value of [ g ׿) -1]?

a) 0 b) -2
c) -4/3 d) -3/4
2. Which of the following has no line of symmetry?
a) S b) A

c) U d) H

3. The building is 21m high. A monkey shown in figure 3. 1 can climb 3m in one jump. In how many
jumps, would the monkey reach at the top of the building?

a) 7m b) 12 m

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 c) 4m d) 5 m

4. A lithium atom shown in figure 4.1 has positive charged protons and negative charged electrons. The
sum of the charges represents the charge of the lithium atom. Find the total charge of the atom.

a) 0 b) 6
c) 3 d) -3
5. 1.9 times width of the UAE flag is equal to the length of the flag as shown in figure 5.1. What is the
width of the flag?

a) 7 b) 3
c) 5 d) 8
6. In figure 6.1, find the value of x.

a) 40° b) 50°
c) 60° d) 30°
7. In figure 7.1, determine the measure of a.

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 a) 40° b) 50°
c) 60° d) 75°
8. In figure 8.1, find the value of x.

a) 40° b) 50°
c) 60° d) 115°
9. Which best describes the two-dimensional shape created by the cross-section shown in figure 9.1?

a) Circle b) Square
c) Triangle d) Rectangle
10. An airplane leaves from Miami and travels around the Bermuda Triangle as shown in figure 10.1.
What is the value of x?

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 a) 26.8° b) 27.2°
c) 54° d) 64°
SECTION-B (4 minutes for each question)

11. A farmer needs to enclose two adjacent rectangular pastures as shown in figure 11.1. How much
fencing does the farmer need?

12. In each of the following figures 12.1 write the number of lines of symmetry and order of rotational
symmetry.

13. State whether the given statements are True or False:

a) A regular pentagon has no lines of symmetry.
b) Mirror reflection always leads to symmetry.
c) The number of lines of symmetry of a regular polygon is equal to the vertices of the polygon.
d) An angle has two-line symmetry
14. Refer table 14.1 and answer. Which continent has the greater difference in elevation?

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15. Tatami mats are used as a floor covering in Japan. One layout uses four identical rectangular mats and
one square mat, as shown in figure 15.1.

Total area of Tatami mat is 81 m2 and the area of the square mat is half the area of one of the
rectangular mats.
i) Represent the above data in an equation.
ii) Solve the equation and find the area of one rectangular mat and one square mat.
16. In a village located in Al Ain, there is a crossroad between Tulip Street and Rose Street. There is a
plan to continue the construction of Tulip Street toward the southwest. The crossroad forms
two angles, whose measures are expressed by 3x+14 and 6x−5 respectively.
i) Find the measures of the two angles of the crossroad shown in figure 16.1.

17. Answer the following questions using figure 17.1,

i) Which edge is the intersection of faces EFGH and EFBA?

ii) Which faces intersect at edge FB?

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 iii) Give all the edges that are perpendicular to edge AB.
(iv) What is the least number of planes that can enclose a solid?
18. Find the measures of the exterior angles of the polygon shown in figure 18.1.

SECTION – C (6 minutes for each question)

19. An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance of
Earth from the Sun. Table 19.1 shows the average
distance of each planet in our solar system from the Sun.

i) How much farther is Jupiter from the Sun than

Mercury?
ii) How much farther is Neptune from the Sun than
Mars?
iii) Estimate the greatest distance between Earth and
Uranus.

20. The height of an airplane during a landing is given by 22,000 + (−480t), where t is the time in
minutes.
i) Copy and complete table 20.1.
ii) Estimate how many minutes it takes the plane to land.

21. A guitar tuner allows to tune a guitar string to its correct pitch. The units on a tuner are measured in
cents. The units tell how far the string tone is above or below the correct pitch. (Refer table 21.1)

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 i) What number on the tuner represents a correctly tuned guitar string?
ii) Which strings have a pitch below the correct pitch?
iii) Which string has a pitch closest to its correct pitch?
iv) Which string has a pitch farthest from its correct pitch?
22. i) In figure 22.1, the sides BC, CA and BA of a △ABC have been produced to D, E and F
respectively. If ∠ACD = 105o and ∠EAF = 45o; find all the angles of the △ABC.

ii) If one angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the other two, show that the triangle is a right
triangle.
23. Find the value of r in the following equations.
i) 8(x + 6) − 10 + r = 3(x + 12) + 5x
ii) 4(x − 3) − r + 2x = 5(3x − 7) − 9x
24. For each given solid shown in figure 24.1, identify the top view, front view and side view.

SECTION – D (8 minutes for each question)

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25. Table 25.1 shows the portions of a family budget that are spent on several expenses.

i) How many times more is the expense for housing than for automobiles?
ii) How many times more is the expense for food than for recreation?
iii) If the expense for automobile fuel is 1/ 60 of the total expenses, what fraction of the automobile
expense is spent on fuel?
26. Rahul travelled two fifth of his journey by train, one-third by bus, one-fourth by car and the remaining 3 km on
foot. What is the length of his total journey? (Refer figure 26.1)

27. To build Street 1 on the south side of Abu Shagara, which goes through Al Majaz area, there is a need
to build a bridge. Rony, an architect, proposed the following plan for the bridge as shown in figure
27.1.

i) The measure of ∠1 is equal to 4a+11 and the measure of ∠2 is equal to 8a−53. What are the
measures of ∠1 and ∠2?

ii) What are the measures of ∠3 and ∠4? Explain with reason.

b) In the given figure 27.2, POQ is a line. Ray is another ray lying and
such that ∠POS: ∠ROS = 3:2. Find the value ∠POS and ∠ROS.

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28. Hiking Group A leaves a ranger station and hikes 8
kilometers south then 6 kilometers west. Group B leaves
the station and hikes 3 kilometers east then 4 kilometers
north. Using the figure28.1, find

i) How far did the hikers in Group A travelled?

ii) How far apart are the two groups of hikers?
iii) If ∠PTO = 120 o, what is the measure of ∠TOV?
iv) What is the measure of ∠GOM?

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