Year 7 task 4 2013 Name__________________________________________Teacher________________

2013 YEAR 7 ASSESSMENT TASK 4

Mathematics
General Instructions

 Working time – 75 minutes

 Write using blue or black pen
 The task is in four sections
 Show all necessary working
 Do not use correction fluid
 A calculator is NOT allowed

WMS 4.2, WMS 4.3, WMS 4.4

Total
Decimals /28
NS4.3
Algebra /21
PAS 4.1, PAS 4.2, PAS 4.3

Integers /22
NS 4.2

Fractions /22
NS 4.3

Total /93

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Part 1: Decimals (28 Marks)

1. 1 7 4 [1]
Which one of the following represents 3    written as a single
10 100 1000
decimal?
A) 3.0174

B) 3.1074

C) 3.1704

D) 3.174

2. Which one of the following is equal to 0.045  2.0071 ? [1]

A) 2.04572

B) 2.0521

C) 2.116

D) 2.521

3. Which one of these decimals is the closest to 0.27? [1]

A) 0.3

B) 0.28

C) 0.265

D) 0.278

4. What is 0.65 when written as a percentage? [1]

A) 65%

B) 6.5%

C) 0.65%

D) 165%

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5. Evaluate each of the following: [4]

a) 0.53 10

b) 3.4 100

c) 0.8  0.3

d) 0.48  6

6. Organise the numbers below from the smallest to the largest. [2]

3
30%, 0.030, 0.303,
5

7. Write each of these recurring decimals using dot notation. [2]

a) 0.22222……

b) 0.454545454……

8. Round each of the following as required [3]

a) 0.5122 to 1 decimal place

b) 0.7381 to 2 decimal places

c) 0.35 to 4 decimal places

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9. Complete the following table [6]

Fraction Decimal Percentage

1
4

0.33

10%

10. Given that 163  4096 , find the value of (1.6)3 [1]

11. Solve each of the problems below. You need to show all your calculations carefully

a) A petrol tank of a car holds 45.5 litres of petrol. [2]

A trip to the beach uses 17.6 litres.
How much is left after a trip to the beach and back home again?

b) Denise pays $42.75 in total for nine azalea plants. How much was each azalea? [1]

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c) A gardener planted 9 new trees along the drive way leading to a house. [3]
He put the first and the last tree 4.7 metres from the beginning
and 4.7 metres from the end of the drive.
The rest of the trees were equally spaced at the intervals of 12.9 m along the drive way.
Calculate the length of the drive way. Round your answer correct to the nearest metre.
(Hint: a diagram may help)

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Part 2: Algebra ( 21 Marks)

1. Which one of the algebraic expressions below represents the x divided by y? [1]
A) x y
B) yx
y
C)
x
x
D)
y

2. Which one of the following is NOT equal to 2a ? [1]

A) aa

B) 3a  a

C) aa

D) 2a 2  a

3. What is the value of 3 p  q if q  2 and p  4 [1]

A) 10

B) 14

C) 28

D) 30

4. Circle the like terms from this list of algebraic terms [2]

m2 n, 2mn, 3m2 , 4n2 , 5m2 n, 6nmm

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5. Simplify [5]

a) 3x  4 x

b) 2a  3b  4a  2b

c) 2 y  3 y

15 xy
d)
3x

e) 5c  28c  4

6. Write an algebraic expression for each of the following: [4]

a) Three more than product of n and 5

b) The difference between half of a and the cube of b

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7. Expand and fully simplify where necessary. Show all working

a) 5( x  2) [1]

b) 3(2 x  1)  5 [2]

c) 3( x  2)  2( x  1) [2]

9. The sum of three numbers a, b and c is 22. The sum of a and b is 12 and the sum of b and c is 17. [2]
Find the numbers.

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Part 3: Integers (22 Marks)

1. The temperature was -2 0 C then it fell by 8 0 C. Which number sentence best [1]
represents this situation?
A) -2+8

B) -2-8

C) 2-8

D) 2+8

2. Which is the correct value for(−2)3? [1]

A) -8

B) 8

C) -6

D) 6

3. Which of the following expressions is NOT equal to 25? [1]

A) (5)2

B) (5) 2

C) (75  3)  1

4   1   25 
D)
1 5

4. Place a dot on the number line to represent each of the following numbers [4]

a) -5

b) halfway between -1 and 1

c) which is 3 units away from 2

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5. Evaluate the following: [5]

a) 3  4

b) 2  7

c) 5 3

d) 6  4  2

e) 2  9  3

6. Evaluate each of the following [2]

a) Decrease 2 by 5. ………..

b) Increase -4 by 10. .……….

7. Add the next two terms to each of the following patterns [4]:

a) 13, 7, 1, -5, _________ , _____________

b) 2, -4, 8, -16, __________ , _____________……

8. Find the value of 8  2  12  (2  1) [2]

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9. In his parcel run in a certain multi-storey building, a courier entered the lift on the bottom floor, [2]
went 5 floors up, down 2, up 3, down 1, and finally up 4, where he finished his run on the top floor.
How many floors does the building have?

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Part 4: Fractions (22 Marks)

1. 1 [1]
Which one of the following fractions is NOT equivalent to ?
3
5
A)
6
2
B)
6
3
C)
9
5
D)
15

2. 5 [1]
Which one of the following is greater than ?
6
1
A)
4
1
B)
2
3
C)
4
11
D)
12

3. Which one of the following is always TRUE? [1]

A) Multiplication by a fraction is equivalent to multiplication by the reciprocal

B) Division by a fraction is equivalent to multiplication by the reciprocal

C) Division by a proper fraction results in a smaller number

D) Multiplication by a proper fraction results in a bigger number

4. Which fraction of this diagram is shaded? [1]

Give your answer in simplest form

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1 1
5. a) Draw a diagram to illustrate how to find of 1 . [2]
2 2

1 1
b) By using your diagram or otherwise find what is of 1 . [1]
2 2

6. Evaluate, showing working in the space provided. Give all answers in simplest form.

5 3
a)  [1]
11 11

b) 3 125  1 14 [2]

4 3
c)  [1]
5 7

4 8
d)  [2]
5 15

1
e) 6 [1]
3

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6. For her morning exercise routine, Susan completes 1 km circuit. [2]

She runs part of the way and walks the rest. Today she walked 450 m of the circuit.
What fraction of the circuit did she walk this morning? Give your answer in simplest form.

7. After a powerful earthquake in Christchurch 50% of the houses in one street were found [2]
4
to have suffered severe damage, while of the rest of the houses had only moderate damage.
7
The other houses had no damage. If there were 56 houses in that street,
how many houses were not damaged in the earthquake?

1 2 5
8. If  , find the value of x. [2]
x 5 2
You must show working to earn marks for this question.

1 1 1 1 1
9. Find the value of (1  )  (1  )  (1  )  (1  )  ...  (1  ) [2]
2 3 4 5 99
You must show working to earn marks for this question.

End of Part 4

End of Assessment Task

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