WENONA

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
ASSESSMENT 3 2012

7 Term 3 Assessment
Date: Thursday 16th August
Type: In-class test
Time: 70 minutes + 2 minutes reading
Weighting: 40 % of assessment report
No Calculators allowed
MARK DEVELOPING SOUND THOROUGH

Patterns and
algebra
PAS4.1 - uses letters to
represent numbers and
translates between words
and algebraic symbols

PAS4.2 - creates,
records, analyses and
generalises number
patterns using words and
algebraic symbols in a /25
variety of ways
Time
MS4.3 - performs
calculations of time that /21
involve mixed units
Fractions
NS4.3 - Operates with
fractions /18

Perimeter and area

MS4.1 - uses formulae in
calculating perimeter and
area of figures composed
of rectangles and /18
triangles

TOTAL /82

D = knowledge of the topic is developing

S = knowledge of the topic is sound
T = knowledge of the topic is thorough
Patterns and Algebra
(25 marks) 2. Using the given rule, complete the 2
1. Matches were used to make this 1 table.
pattern. The first three shapes are
shown. t  2m  3

m -2 -1 0 1 2
t

a) Sketch the next shape of the pattern.

3. Write an algebraic expression for the 5
following sentences.

b) Complete the table for the pattern. 2 a) 10 more than y.

Number of
triangles 1 2 3 5
t
Number of
matchsticks
b) The difference between 12 and y.
6 18
m

c) Complete the rule in words: 2

The number of matchsticks m c) Two divided by x.

equals…

d) The even number before y, if y is

even.
d) Write the rule using algebra. 1

e) How many matches would be 1 e) The year 20 years from now if this
needed for 10 triangles? year is y.

f) How many triangles would be 1

formed from 202 matches?

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4. 2
a) If represents the expression x  3

then write an expression to represent

b) Using the same diagrams, represent the expression 2x  4 2

5. a) Find the coordinates of each point in the number plane. 3

A _________

B ________

C ________

b) What is another name given to the point C on the number plane above? 1

c) Mark the points E(1, 3) and F(5, 0) on the number plane above. 2

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Time
(21 marks) 5. How many hours are there between 7 1
1. Convert 4 hours to: 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. the same day?
a) minutes

b) seconds

2. Convert 30 hours to days and hours. 2

6. Find the sum of 2
5 hours and 28 minutes and
16 hours and 48 minutes.

3. Convert the following to 24 hour time. 2

a) 7:20 a.m.

b) twenty to five in the afternoon

7. Find the number of minutes between 1
11:30 a.m. to 1:12 p.m.
on the same day.

4. Convert each of these 24-hour times to 2

12 hour time using a.m. and p.m.

a) 1025 hours

b) 2210 hours

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For Questions 8 to 10 to use the train timetable from Gordon to Central for Monday to Friday.

8. How many minutes does the train take to get from North Sydney to Central? 1

9. If you wanted to get to Town Hall by 4 p.m., what is the latest time of the train that you 1
should catch from Chatswood?

10. Some columns contain blank spaces. What does this mean? 1

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For Questions 11 to 14 to use the time zones below.

11. What time is it in Athens, when it is 4 pm in Greenwich? 1

12. What is the time difference between Honolulu and Beijing? 1

13. What time is it in San Francisco when it is 4 pm on Thursday in Sydney? 2

14. If a plane leaves Sydney at 6 a.m. Tuesday local time to fly to Greenwich, and the flight 2
takes 26 hours, what day and time did the plane arrive in Greenwich in Greenwich time?

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Fractions 4. Write 4 as a fraction. 1
(18 marks)

1. 7 1
Shade on the diagram below.
18
5. 12 1
Simplify
12

6. 0 1
2. What fraction is shaded? 1 Simplify
1

7. 16 2
Express as a mixed numeral.
5

3. Fill in the missing number to make 4

equivalent fractions. 8. 2 1
6 Express 2 as an improper fraction.
a)  3
10 5

21 3 9. Compare these two fractions. 1

b)  Which is smaller?
35
3 7
or
4 9

1 25
 
c) 4 60

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10. What is the value of the fractions marked on the numberline at A,B and C? 3

11. 5 1
Write a fraction between and 1.
6

12. 3 1
Which diagram does not have of the area shaded?(Choose only one answer.)
4

A B C D

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 Perimeter and Area
(18 marks) 4. Find the area of this shape. 2
1. Find the perimeter of this shape. 1

2. Find the area of this shape. 1

5. Find the area of this shape. 2

6. Find the area of this shape 1

3. Find the perimeter and the area 2
of this shape.

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7. All sides are at right angles for this 2
shape.

a) Find the perimeter of this shape.

b) Find the area of this shape. 2

8. Find the area of this shape. 3

9. What is the area of a rectangle with a perimeter of 32 cm and a length of 10 cm? 2

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 Problem Solving Section

1. If b is an even whole number divisible by 3, what are the possible last digits of b? 2

2. 1 1 2
Find three fractions between and .
4 2

3. A yacht race started on Monday at 07:49:30 (which means at 7 hours, 49 minutes and 30 2
seconds in the morning) and finished when the last yacht reached its destination on Friday
of the same week, at 13:15:43. How long was the race in hours, minutes and seconds?

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4. Each square in the diagram below has side lengths of 4 cm.

a) Find the total area of the nine squares. 1

b) Find the area of Triangle PAX and the area of Triangle PBX. 2

c) In the figure below, find the position of point Q on the line interval AB such that the 3
shaded region is half the area of the nine squares.

End of Examination

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