STEMAYS

Batch 27 Admission Assessment Paper

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Student’s Full Name:

Date and Time of Assessment:

Name of the Previous Institution:

Current Grade

Recommendation Subjects Total Marks

English /45

Mathematics /35

Chemistry /20

Biology /20

Physics /20

Total / 140

Parent’s Signature:

Time 2 hours

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Mathematics

Q1. Solve the following problems:

7 10 18
a. + − (3 marks)
12 20 16

16 10 18
b. × ÷ (3 marks)
30 20 16

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Q2. Covert the following number to standard form: (2 marks)

I. 4569.2345

II. 0.003256

Q3. A circle has a diameter of 6 cm. Calculate the area of the circle. (2 marks)

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Q4. Shade of this shape. (1 mark)
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Q5. Write as a decimal. (1 mark)
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Q6. On Thursday, Belina drives to Theo’s house. She leaves home at 09:15. She arrives
at Theo’s house at 14:40. Work out how long the journey takes.
Give your answer in hours and minutes. (2 marks)

Q7. (a) Simplify p+p+p+p (1 mark)

(b) Simplify 5e + 6f + 7e – 2f (2 marks)

(c) Solve (8 + 6) × 3 - 9 ÷ 3 (1 mark)

(d) Solve 4y + 7 = 4 (2 marks)

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Q8. Last season, the number of goals scored by Arjun, Simon, and Kath for their football
team were in the ratio 2:5:8. If the total number of goals scored by the three of them was
75, how many goals did each player score? (3 marks)

Q9. The diagram shows a rectangle and an isosceles triangle.

The perimeter of the rectangle is equal to the perimeter of the triangle.

Find the area of the rectangle. (3 marks)

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Q10. Write 300 as a product of its prime factors. Show your working clearly.

(2 marks)

Q11. Ramla has two full 1.5 litre bottles of water. She wants to fill as many glasses as
possible with water from the bottles. Each glass can hold 180 milliliters of water.
How many glasses can Ramla completely fill? (3 marks)

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Q12. T = 3c + 7d

(a) Work out the value of T when c = 9 and d = –2 (2 marks)

Q13. Find the value of x (2 marks)

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READING
(Each question carries one mark. Total marks for the section are 25 marks)
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Marco got a letter from his Uncle Ben, the airplane pilot. Uncle Ben has traveled all over the
world.
Dear Marco
I have to tell you about my visit to Rome. I don’t think there is any place like it in the world. It
was the center of the ancient Roman Empire. Today, thousand-year-old structures still sit side-
by-side with modern buildings. Maybe this is why Rome is known as the “Eternal City.” I think
that is a good description of the capital city of Italy.
The Colosseum is right in the middle of the city. It is an enormous outdoor circular arena built of
stone. The ancient Romans held all kind of public events there. It had seats for 50,000 people. It
had 80 entrances, so that crowds could get in and out quickly. It is mostly in ruins now.
Many of the young people of Rome get around on colorful motor scooters. This makes a lot of
sense to me, because the traffic in the streets is crazy! Most evenings, the young people gather
at an ancient structure known as the Spanish Steps. Hundreds of the scooters line the street, as
their owners go off to visit with their friends. The Spanish Steps have been a gathering place for
centuries. Today, I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that right around the corner there is an American fast-
food hamburger drive-through.
There are many ancient fountains in Rome. One of the most famous is the Trevi Fountain. It
was probably made even more famous by a popular American movie about it, called “Three
Coins in a Fountain.” People say that if you make a wish and toss a coin into this fountain, your
wish will be granted. Of course, I tossed my coin in, even though I don’t really believe in magic
fountains.
Yours truly,
Uncle Ben

Answer the following questions.

1. What is one reason the writer refers to Rome as the "Eternal City"?
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2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

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3. What is the main idea of Uncle Ben’s letter?

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A Day of Light and Freedom

The sun smiled down on the playground, casting golden rays that danced across the
grass. The trees swayed like they were whispering secrets to each other, while the wind
howled softly in the distance. As Maya ran, her feet barely touched the ground, feeling
as light as a feather. Her heart raced like a drum, pounding louder with every step.

"I can fly!" she thought, her spirit soaring higher than the tallest tree.

1. Identify the simile in the sentence about Maya's heart.

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2. Which figure of speech is used in "her spirit soaring higher than the tallest tree"?
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3. What impact does the phrase "her feet barely touched the ground" have on the reader’s
image of Maya running?

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Read the story event, and predict what happened next.
From the back seat, Tina looked out the front windshield. There wasn’t much
to see. Just fields and more fields. “Are we there yet?” she asked, knowing
that they weren’t even close. “Not yet,” her dad said with a smile. Tina couldn’t wait to
get to her grandma’s house. There was a big yard to play in, and good things to eat. Her
cousins were going to be there too. Tina’s eyes got heavy. “Are we there yet?” Tina said
in a very sleepy voice. Her dad just said, “Nope!” Tina closed her eyes.
“Hey sleepyhead!” said Tina’s mom. “Time to rise and shine!” The car had stopped
moving.

What probably happened next?

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Sloths
Sloths are the slowest-moving mammals on earth. It takes a full minute for a sloth to move 6
feet across the ground. You probably couldn’t move that slowly if you tried! The sloth’s body
is about 2 feet long. It has long legs, and curved claws that are 3 to 4 inches long. Their claws
and their long legs help them climb trees and hang from tree branches. They spend almost
their entire lives hanging from tree branches.

The life of a sloth is not very exciting. Sloths have a round head, small ears, a stubby tail, and
sad looking eyes set in a dark-colored “mask.” The shape of a sloth’s mouth makes it look like
it is always smiling. It has extra bones in its neck that make it possible for it to turn its head
almost all the way around.

Sloths don’t put on much of a show, but they are very cute to look at. Sloths’ bodies are home
to many tiny plants and creatures. Tiny plants grow on the sloth’s fur, making sloths appear to
be green. This makes the sloths almost invisible against the green leaves of the trees they
live in. Moths and insects also live in the sloth’s fur. Maybe the sloth doesn’t even seem like
an animal to these plants and creatures, because the sloth moves so little and so seldom.

Giant sloths the size of elephants once lived in many places on earth, including North
America. Today, sloths can be found in the tropical forests of Central and South America.
They eat leaves and berries.

A sloth can stick its tongue out 12 inches. Maybe they developed this skill so they wouldn’t
have to move to reach the tasty leaves and berries around their resting spot. Their main
enemies are jaguars, eagles, and snakes. Many tropical forests are disappearing, along with
the sloths that live there. It would be a sad thing if these fascinating little animals became
extinct.

Circle the word “fact” if it is true or it really happened in the story.

Circle the word “opinion” if it is what someone thinks or believes.

1. Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth. fact opinion

2. It takes a full minute for a sloth to move 6 feet across the fact opinion
ground.

3. You probably couldn’t move that slowly if you tried! fact opinion

4. Sloths spend almost their entire lives hanging from tree fact opinion
branches.

5. Maybe the sloth doesn’t even seem like an animal to fact opinion

the tiny plants a creature that live in its fur.

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The Water Cycle

You can’t see it, but the water cycle is always in motion on the earth. This series of
events goes round and round, again and again, providing clean, fresh water for the land
and seas. As water goes through this cycle, it is sometimes solid ice, sometimes liquid
water, and sometimes a gas called water vapor.

The energy that drives the water cycle is heat. When heat is added to ice, the ice melts
into water. When heat is added to water, it evaporates, turning from liquid into gas.

When heat is taken away from water vapor, it condenses, turning from gas into liquid.
When heat is taken away from water, it freezes, turning from liquid to solid.

The heat from the sun warms the water in oceans and rivers. The water changes into
water vapor that rises into the air. High above the earth, the water vapor cools and
becomes tiny particles of water that create clouds. As the clouds gather more and more
particles of water, the water falls as rain or snow, which are two forms of precipitation.
This precipitation is absorbed in the ground or is added to the water in oceans, lakes,
and rivers.
The cycle is always, constantly, in process, everywhere in the world.

Select which context clues give a hint to the meaning of each of these words.
1. cycle 4. condense
A. can’t see it… A. turning from gas into liquid
B. on the earth… B. it freezes
C. series of events goes round and C. turning from liquid to solid
round…
5. particle
2. vapor
A. tiny
A. through this cycle…
B. creates
B. a gas
C. becomes
C. liquid water
6. precipitation
3. evaporate
A. particles of water
A. heat is added to water
B. rain or snow
B. heat is taken away
C. absorbed in the ground
C. turning from liquid into gas

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The Old Woman and the Doctor

In a small village, there lived an old woman who had slowly lost her sight until she was
completely blind. She was very poor, but she had a few fine pots and costly trinkets that she
had collected for many years and treasured dearly. She decided to send for the doctor, for by
selling her treasures she would be able to pay for his services. If only she could have her sight
back, she would gladly live without her trinkets and treasures. The doctor came to the old
woman’s little hut, and they came to an agreement. If his treatment cured her blindness, she
would give him a certain sum of money. But if she was not cured, she would give him nothing.

For many weeks, the doctor came daily to apply lotion and bandages to the old woman’s eyes.
Being a poor man himself, each time he visited, he took one of the woman’s small treasures
away with him. Each thing he took was so small that he did not think she would miss it. When
the last bandages were removed, the woman had recovered her sight. She looked around her
house, and saw that all of her treasures were gone. She declared that she would give the doctor
nothing. The doctor insisted, but the old woman still refused. So, he took her before the Judge.

The old woman stood before the Judge and said, “This man speaks the truth. I did promise to
pay him if his treatment cured my blindness, but if I continued to be blind, I was to give him
nothing. Now he says that I am healed. I, however, assure you that I am still blind. For before I
became blind, I saw all of my small treasures in my house. But even though he swears that I am
cured, I cannot see a single one of my treasures now.” The Judge ruled that the old woman
owed the doctor not a penny.

Some of these details are true of just one of the characters in the story. Some are
true of both characters. Some are not true of either character. Read each detail,
and select the best answer.

1. …made an agreement in the beginning of the story

A. The old woman only C. Both characters

B. The doctor only D. Neither character

2. …did not have much money

A. The old woman only C. Both characters

B. The doctor only D. Neither character

3. …thought the doctor’s treatments might cure the woman’s blindness

A. The old woman only C. Both characters

B. The doctor only D. Neither character

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Read the sentences carefully and circle the misspelled words in each sentence.

1. The goverment is planning to impplement new laws to protect the environment.

2. The architect created a breif that outlined the strctural changes required for the

project.

3. The achievment of her goals required consistant effort and dedication.

4. The extraordinery discovery left the community in a state of astonishment and

sparked a controvarsy about the implications of the findings.

WRITING
Write a letter of application to your school principal requesting to start a new club.
(10 marks)
In your letter, include:
 The name of the club you want to start.
 The purpose of the club and what activities it will involve.
 The benefits it will bring to students and the school.
 Any support or resources you might need from the school.
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Write a first-person narrative of around 100-150 words about discovering you have a
hidden talent that can change your life. How do you discover this talent? What
challenges and surprises come with it? (10 marks)
Your story should include:
A beginning, climax and ending Descriptive language
 Figurative language Detailed setting Dialogue
Use the following space to plan your writing, spend 5 minutes on it.

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Science (Chemistry)

Q1. Chlorine is an element in group 7 of the periodic table. What name is given to group 7
of the periodic table? (1 mark)

A. alkali metals
B. halogens
C. noble gases
D. transition metals

Q2. What name is given to the process when the chocolate changes from a solid to
a liquid? (1 mark)

A. condensing
B. evaporating
C. freezing
D. melting

Q3. In a chemical reaction, which substance is used up during the reaction? (1 mark)

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Q4. Draw an atom and label the different components in it . (2 marks)

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Q6. Fill in the blanks using appropriate words. (5 marks)

a. _________________ is the method you can use to separate the components in a

sand-water mixture.
b. __________________ is the formula of eating salt.
c. The law of conservation of mass states that mass is neither created nor
_____________ during a chemical reaction.
d. In a solution, the substance that dissolve is called the ________________.
e. Acids have a pH level __________ than 7.

Q7. Match the following terms with their definition. (2 marks)

Atom a) substance made of only one type of

atom
Element b) a combination of substances that are
not chemically bonded
Compound c) a pure substance formed by two or
more elements chemically combined
Mixture d) smallest particle of an element that
retains its properties

Q8. What is the main difference between a physical change and a chemical change?
Give an example of each change.
(4 marks)

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Q9. What happens to the particles of a substance when it changes from a solid to a
liquid? (2 marks)
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Q10. Draw the arrangement of the particles in a solid and liquid. (2 marks)

Solid Liquid

Science (Biology)
Q1. Draw and label the plant cell. (4 marks)

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Q2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate term from the box. Each word can be used
once, more than once or not at all. (7 marks)
Neurons, Digestion, Skin, 12, Tendon, Alveoli,
Ligaments, Heart, Immune, Cerebellum, Oxygen,
Kidney, Femur, Digestive, Trachea

a. Red blood cells are responsible for carrying ______________ throughout the body.

b. The human body has ________________ pairs of ribs.

c. The _______________ system is responsible for protecting the body from disease

and infection.

d. The __________ is the part of the brain responsible for coordination and balance.

e. The __________ connects muscles to bones, allowing movement of the skeleton.

f. The basic structural and functional unit of the nervous system is the __________.

g. The ___________ filters blood in the body and produces urine as a waste product.

h. The process of breaking down food into smaller molecules that the body can

absorb is called _________________.

i. The _________________ is the largest organ in the human body.

j. The __________________ is the tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs.

k. Bones are connected to each other by ___________________.

l. The __________ are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange occurs.

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m. The __________ system includes organs like the stomach and intestines, which

break down food.

n. The __________ is the longest bone in the human body.

Answer the following Q3-Q9 in a word/sentence. Each question carries 1 mark.

Q3. Name any two characteristics of all living things.

Q4. Name any two organic nutrients.

Q5. What type of gas does a willow tree need to make its own food?

Q6. What type of gas does a sunflower release as it makes its own food?

Q7. What is the common process utilized by both plants and animals?

Q8. What role do the lungs play in the respiratory system?

Q9. What is another word for a living thing?

Q10. Write down the word equation of respiration? (2 marks)

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Science (Physics)
Q1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word. (7 marks)

a. The unit of force is called _________________.

b. Sound travels faster in ________________ than in air.

c. The energy of a moving object is known as __________________ energy.

d. When light bounces off a surface, it is called ________________.

e. An object that allows light to pass through completely is called __________.

f. The flow of electric charge is known as __________________.

g. A __________ is used to store electrical energy.

Answer the following Q2-Q6 in a word/sentence. Each question carries 1 mark.

Q2. Name the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.

Q3. What do you mean by frictional force?

Q4. Give an example of an object that has potential energy.

Q5. Give an example of a conductor.

Q6. Give an example of an insulator

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Q7. If a car travels at a speed of 80 km/h, calculate the distance it can travel in 3 hours?
(2 marks)

Q8. Find the pressure exerted by a force of 810 newtons on an area of 120 cm 2. Give your
answer in newtons/m2. (3 marks)

𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆
Pressure =
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂

Q9. Write down all the three laws of Newton. (3 marks)

Newton’s First
Law

Newton’s Second
Law

Newton’s Third
Law

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