Name: ___________________

Class: ___________________

SEMESTER 2 EXAMINATION
YEAR 7 2023
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed – 75 minutes + 5 minutes Reading Time

Outcomes Section A Section B Section C Section D Total

Number 3, 5, 6, 7, /9 1, 2, /10 1, 2, /9 /28

9, 11, 12, 3, 4, 3, 4,
14 5, 6, 6, 7,
7, 10,
Algebra 4, 8, 10, /3 11, /4 2, 6, /5 /12
12,
13,
Geometry 1,2, /2 5, 8, /7 1, 7 /4 /13

Measurement 13, /2 8, 9, /2 3, 4, 5, 7 /11

Total /16 /16 /16 /16 /64

INSTRUCTIONS:
• Attempt all questions.
• Board approved calculators may be used.
• Marks may not be awarded for untidy or carelessly arranged work.
• Provide answers that are complete, accurate and comprehensive.
• Answer in the space provided.
• Do not use liquid paper. If you make an error cross out your work if you do not want it marked.
• Include all necessary working to gain full marks.
• Show relevant information clearly and unambiguously on large sketches.
• Present well set-out solutions using a logical sequence of steps in which justification is included.
• Write using black or blue pen. Use pencil only for diagrams, not for working.

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Section A (16 marks) Name: Class: Marks

1) Find the complement of 380 . 1

2) A pair of straight lines in different planes never meet and they are not parallel. These lines are called 1

_______________ lines.

3) Write down the 5th triangular number. 1

4) If f(x)=
3𝑥−5
, find f(3). 1
2𝑥

4 11
5) Find 5 of 3 29 1

6) Which brand represents the best value for your money? 1

Brand A : 450g for $2.90
Brand B : 520g for $3.10

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7) Write the ratio 2 4 ∶ 10 in simplest form: 1

4 6
8) Solve for x : =2 1
𝑥 7

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9) If x : y = 1 : 2 and y : z = 1 : 2, find the ratio of x : z. 1

10) Write an equation for the total cost C cents for buying m apples at 2x cents each and 1
n bananas at 3y cents each.

11) The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 420 and 30 respectively. If one of numbers is 60, find the 1
other number.

12) One child was born at 23:48 and their twin was born at 00:05 the following day. How much older is 1
the first child?

13) Firefighters have a 17m extension ladder. 2

In order to reach a window which is 15m above ground level, how far away should the foot of the
ladder be placed from the wall?
Show all working.

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14) Use factor tree to find the value of √10648 2

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 Marks
Section B (16 Marks) Name: Class:
1) Express (35 )2 with a single index.
1

2) Find the value of 207364

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1

3) Write 35045000 in scientific notation with 3 significant figures. 1

4) It takes 7 people 1 hour to paint 5 walls. 2

i) How long does it take 7 people to paint 10 walls?

ii) How long does it take 14 people to paint 10 walls?

5) How many factors does 480 have? 2

6) Find the value of ⌊−2.4⌋ 1

7) If a line is measured as 9.6cm, find the possible range of its actual length. 1

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8) Convert 30 km/hr to m/sec. 1

9) A toy is discounted by 15% and sold for $255. Find its original price. 1

10) Use divisibility tests to check whether 493756 is divisible by 6. 1

11) Simplify 8𝑝3 ÷ (−2𝑝) 1

12) Simplify 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 − 3𝑥2 − 5𝑥 + 7 1

13) Solve for 𝑎 ∶ 4(2𝑎 − 1) + 7 = −3(5 − 3𝑎) 2

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Section C (16 marks) Name: Class: Marks
1) If the day temperature is −50 C and at night the temperature drops 70 C, find the night temperature. 1

0.55 1 2
2) If A = 0.72  0.5 , B = and C =
1.1 8

Arrange A, B and C in ascending order.

3) Two prime numbers that differ by 2 are called twin primes. For example 11 and 13 are twin 2
primes.
Find the sets of twin primes between 1 and 100.

4) 2 black and 3 white marbles are in a bag. 2

(i) A marble is picked from the bag. What is probability that it is a black marble?

(ii) The marble chosen is now put away and another marble is picked from the bag, the colour is
observed again. Are the two events in part i) and ii) independent or dependent? Justify your
answer.

5) A point is selected inside a rectangle such that its distance from one vertex is 11 cm, its distance 3
from the opposite vertex is 12 cm, and its distance from the third vertex is 3 cm.
Find its distance from the fourth vertex, in cm.

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6) In tossing a fair 6-sided dice, what is the probability of getting a number less than 3? 1

7) A group of 5 students are to be selected from 8 different candidates to be in a committee. 1

Determine the number of ways this can be done.

8) 4

Not to scale

(i) Find the value of x. (Give all reasons)

(ii) If CD is perpendicular to AC, prove that AB and CD are parallel.

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Section D (16 marks) Name: Class: Marks
1) Find the exterior angle of a regular octagon. 1

3 3
2) The harmonic mean of a, b, c is defined by h = .
1 1 1
+ +
a b c
If h = 21, b = 14 and c = 21, then what is a ?

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3) A gas tank is half full. When 16 litres of gas are added to this tank, it is now full. 2
3
Write an equation and solve it to find the capacity (C) of the tank in litres.

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 4) Use trapezoidal rule to approximate the following shaded area. (All measurements in metres) 2

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5)

(i) Which triangle represents:

a) the 270° clockwise rotation of triangle 1
about point 0?

b) the reflection of triangle 2 about the

line n followed by reflection about the
line m?

(ii) Which single transformation maps

triangle 6 to triangle 2?

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6) 2

Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3

Let m be the number of arrows and t be the number of triangles.

(i) Fill in the table below:

Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3
t 1 3 5 7

(ii) Write the rule between m and t.

7) In the diagram below, X and Y are centres of circles of radius 1 unit. 3

Area P= Area Q. Find the length of XY.
Diagram not to scale

Q
X Y

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