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Grade 7 Maths Paper

The document provides instructions for candidates regarding an examination format, including how to fill out personal information, answer questions in Sections A and B, and guidelines for working and calculations. Section A consists of 25 marks with various mathematical questions, while Section B allows candidates to choose any three questions from a total of five, worth 15 marks. Candidates are prohibited from using electronic calculators and must show all working for their answers.

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Topics covered

  • learner statistics,
  • rounding numbers,
  • television profit,
  • mathematical operations,
  • exam rules,
  • construction time,
  • open box surface area,
  • school sports,
  • question types,
  • mathematics questions
44 views7 pages

Grade 7 Maths Paper

The document provides instructions for candidates regarding an examination format, including how to fill out personal information, answer questions in Sections A and B, and guidelines for working and calculations. Section A consists of 25 marks with various mathematical questions, while Section B allows candidates to choose any three questions from a total of five, worth 15 marks. Candidates are prohibited from using electronic calculators and must show all working for their answers.

Uploaded by

thomasmoshipha
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
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Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • learner statistics,
  • rounding numbers,
  • television profit,
  • mathematical operations,
  • exam rules,
  • construction time,
  • open box surface area,
  • school sports,
  • question types,
  • mathematics questions

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Write your name, centre number and candidate number on the spaces at the top of
each page.
2. Answer all questions in Section A and any FOR EXIMINER’S USE

three in Section B Section A


1
3. If more than three questions are answered in
2
Section B, the first three will be considered. 3

4. If working is needed for any question it must be 4

shown in the space below that question 5

5. Answers must be written in the spaces indicated


Section B
below each question
8
6. Omission of essential working may result in 9
10
loss of marks.
11
7. Do not measure from given diagrams. 12
TOTAL
8. Electronic calculators and slide rules must not

be used in the examination

SECTION A [25 MARKS]


Answer all questions in this section
1.a) Write one thousand and nine in figures.
b) 30 405 rounded off to the nearest thousand is

Answer a) _____________ (1)


b) ______________ (1)

2. a) 5 of 248.
8
b) Express ⅜ as a decimal.

Answer a) _________________ (1)


b) _________________ (2)

3. At Twin Baobab Junior School 425 learners are athletes. The ratio
of those who play soccer, tennis and netball is 5:3:2 respectively.
a) Which sporting discipline has the least share?
b) How many tennis players are at the school?
Answer a)________________ (1)
b) _______________ (2)
4. Divide 0,48 by 0,6.

Answer __________________ (3)

5. a) Express 5 as a percentage.
8
a) Find 7 of 2 hours.

12

Answer a) ______________________ (2)


b) ______________________ (2)
6. Find the value of angle x

45
Answer ________________________ (3)
8cm

9cm

7. a) Find the area of the shape above.

b) State the number of lines symmetry a square has.

Answer a) _________________________ (2)


b) _________________________ (2)

8. What is the perimeter of a square with the side of 9cm?

Answer a) _____________________________ (3 )

SECTION B (15 MARKS)

Answer any three questions in this section.

9. The diagram below shows a box measuring 4m by 3m by 2m.


a) Calculate the area of the largest face.
Find the surface area of the box if it is open on top.

b) Calculate the volume of the box.

Answer a) __________________ (2)


Answer b) __________________ (3)

10. A choir had 45 members. 27 were girls.


a) What fraction of the choir in lowest terms were boys?
b) Express the number of boys as a percentage

Answer a) _______________ (3)


b) _________________ (2)

11. A retailer bought a television for $120 and sold it for $150.
a) Find the profit.
b) Calculate the percentage profit.
Answer a) ___________________ (2)
b) __________________ (3)

12. The following is a time-table for a bus that travels from Harare to
Masvingo.

Bindura Departure 0700

Glendale Arrival 0925


Departure 0946
Mazowe Arrival 1026
Departure 1039

Harare Arrival 1300

a) Find the total stoppage time.


b) Calculate the total time taken for the whole journey.

Answer a) ______________ (3)


b) _____________ (2)
13. 12 men build a house in 20 days.
a) How long will 8 men take to build the same house?
b) Find the number of men needed to build the house in 15 days?
Answer a) _____________________ (2)
b) _____________________ (3)

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