Name: ____________________________ Teacher: _____________________
2014
YEAR 7 ASSESSMENT TASK 2
Mathematics
General Instructions
Working time 60 minutes
Write using blue or black pen only.
Write your name and teacher at the
top of this page, and every section.
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Total Marks 75 marks
Section I (43 marks)
Number properties. Sets of special numbers
Multiple Choice Questions 1 7
Short answer Questions 8 - 19
Attempt all questions
Write your answers on this exam paper
Show all working
Calculators may NOT be used
Section II ( 32 marks)
Integers
Multiple Choice Questions 1 5
Short answer Questions 6 - 14
Attempt all questions
Write your answers on this exam paper
Show all working
Calculators may NOT be used
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Topic Total
Number Properties /43
Integers /32
Total /75

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Section 1: Number Properties. Special sets of numbers

Multiple Choice Questions 7 marks

Please circle ONE correct answer for each question.

1. Which of the following is NOT equal to 12?

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(A) 2 2 5
(B) 24 3 4
(C) 48 4 4
(D) 66 6 1

2. Which of the following numbers has only two factors?

1
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 9

3. Three of the calculations below give the same value. Which one gives a different value?
1
(A) 2411
(B) 241 1
(C) 1 241
(D) 1 241

4. Which of these numbers is divisible by 3?

1
(A) 2843
(B) 4421
(C) 5301
(D) 9652

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5. Which of the following gives an answer which is NOT a multiple of 5?
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(A) 25

(B) 1 2
2 2

3
(C) 5
(D) 35 5 5

6. A part of Fibonacci sequence is shown below. Which number should be written in the box?
1
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, , 55, 89,
(A) 34
(B) 35
(C) 36
(D) 37

7. A choir teacher is dividing 20 sopranos and 15 altos into singing groups.

He wants each group to have the same combination of sopranos and altos, with no singers left over. 1
What is the greatest number of groups he can make?

(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 9

Longer Response Questions ( 36 marks)

Write your answer for each question in the space provided.

8. For each one of the following sentences indicate if it is TRUE or FALSE in the space provided. 3

a) If the last digit of a number is 0 or 5, then the number is divisible by 5. ___________________

b) If the last digit of a number is 2 or 4, then the number is divisible by 4. ___________________

c) A number is divisible by 9, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. ___________________

9. Use the list of numbers shown below to answer the following questions

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6

a) Write a prime number between 20 and 30.

b) Write the square numbers between 10 and 30.

c) Write the triangular number between 12 and 20.

d) Write one palindromic number between 10 and 30.

e) Write a cube number which is greater than 20 and less than 30.

f) Write a composite number between 15 and 25.

10. List all the factors of 28. 2

11. Between which two consecutive whole numbers does 12 lie?

1

3
12. Arrange 16 , 3, 13 , 8 in order from smallest to largest
1

13. Complete each sentence below by adding multiple or factor to make a correct statement: 3

a) 3 is a ________________________ of 24.

b) 66 is a _______________________ of 11.

c) 30 is a _______________________ of 6.
.
14. Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 12 and 8. 1

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15. a) Use a factor tree diagram to help you to write 324 as a product of its prime factors. 2

b) Katie used a factor tree to find that 1050 2 3 5 5 7 and 7000 2 2 2 5 5 5 7

Write each of these products using index notation:
1050 2 3 5 5 7 7000 2 2 2 5 5 5 7

= =

c) Use the information above to help Katie to find Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 1050 and
1
7000 as a product of prime factors. You do not need to evaluate the answer.

16. Complete each sentence below by adding odd or even to make a correct statement: 3

a) The sum of two even numbers is an ________________number.

b) The sum of two odd numbers is an _________________number.

c) The sum of an odd number and an even number is an _____________number.

17. Tomek accidentally knocked over Ewa's basket of eggs and broke them all 2
He offers to pay for all the broken eggs, so he needs to know wants how many
eggs were in the basket.

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Ewa, a mathematician, recognising a fellow mathematician's embarrassment,
replies: "There were less than 100 eggs. When I put the eggs into the basket,
I noticed that I could easily have divided them into piles of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
and always have one left over."
What is the possible number of eggs in the basket?

18. Pascal was a French mathematician who lived during the seventeenth century.
He is remembered (among other things ) for the number pattern in the form of a triangle, called
the Pascals Triangle.
a) On the triangle below, fill in the missing numbers on the next row. 2

b) There are many number sequences and patterns found within the pathways of numbers through
the triangle and in the rows of numbers. The natural or counting sequence of numbers and the
triangular numbers. Can you find them? 2
Indicate each set clearly on the diagram above.

c) The Ancient Chinese knew about the triangle. It was mentioned in the book written in AD1303,
this is over 700 years ago, and more than 300 years before Pascal.
2
(i) In the space below carefully draw the symbol which
Ancient Chinese used to represent number 6.

(ii) On the diagram provided circle the symbol

which represents number 28.

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19. In the space below write a brief explanation of three different aspects of the number system you have 3
investigated in your Webquest Research Assignment. Choose three aspects from the following list
and write one sentence for each of your chosen aspects. :

Time (date) that number system were developed.

Types of symbols used in the number system.
The existence and use of zero.
Regions where the number system was developed.
An explanation of how advanced the number system was in the civilization.
An explanation of the advantages of using the number system for this
civilization.
Briefly discuss any similarities/differences of the number system to our
existing number system.

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Section II: Integers

Multiple Choice Questions (5 marks)

Please circle ONE correct answer for each question.

1. A submarine is 100 m below the ocean surface Which directed number represents this situation?
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(A) +100
(B) -100
(C) 0
(D) None of the above

2. What is the correct answer to 3 18 ( 3) ?

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(A) 7
(B) 3
(C) -3
(D) -7

3. The product of two numbers is 10 and the sum is -7 what are these numbers?
1
(A) 5 and 2
(B) -5 and 2
(C) 5 and -2
(D) -5 and -2

4. What is the value of (-2)(-1)9 ?

1
(A) 18
(B) 2
(C) -2
(D) -18

5. Which two temperatures are closest to each other?

1
(A) 6 and 3
o o

(B) 2 and 3
o o

(C) 2o and 6o

(D) 3 and 3
o o

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Short Answer Questions ( 27 marks)
Write your answer in the space provided.

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6. Write these numbers in ascending order 3, 0, 4, 10 1

7. A submarine dives 100 m from sea level, rises 60 m then dives 25 m. 2

a) Write a number sentence to represent this information.

b) What is the final position of this submarine ?

8. Write the answer for each of the following: 10

a) 5 + -2 = . b) -1 + (-4) = .

c) -1 + -21 = . d) -14 (-5) = .

e) (-8) 5 = . f) (-5) (-6) = .

g) -36 9 = . h) (-24) (-8) = .

i) (-4)2 = j) -8 22 =

9. Jordan knows that (126) ( 44) 5544 . Use this 1

information to help Jordan to complete the following
calculation:

( 5544) (44) _________________

10. Complete the following statements: 2

a) (-3 )+_________ = 7 b)___________ (-9) = -10

11. Place >, < or = in the spaces to make each statement true: 3

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a) 3 2 _______ 6

b) 3 (5) _______ 5 (3)

c) (1) 1_______ ( 4)

12. Evaluate each of the following. Show steps of your

working 2

a) 18 2 (3) 5

2
b) 5 (2) 48 (4)

13. You have $15 in your pocket and you need to buy a calculator which costs $19. You also owe a 2
friend $12 while someone else owes you $20. If everyone pays what they should, how much money will
you have left if you buy a calculator?
Write a number sentence(s) to show all your working.

14. A snail is at the bottom of an empty trough with walls 40 cm high. 2

If the snail manages to move 4 cm up a wall each day, but slips down 3cm each night, how long
will it take the snail to reach the top of the trough?
Clearly show all your working.

END OF ASSESSMENT

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