Unit/Area of Study: Number Sense – Divisibility Rules

AOI: Human Ingenuity

Unit Question: How do we communicate using rules in Mathematics?
ATL: Communication, Problem Solving and Thinking Skills

Grade 7 Math Quiz – Percent of a Quantity/Percent, Fraction, Decimal Conversion

September 2010
Completion
Complete each statement. Please show all workings.

1. As a decimal, is (express as a recurring decimal) ______________________ (answer).

Workings:

2. 0.0007% expressed as a decimal is _______________________(answer)

Workings:

3. /2

Expressed as a decimal, is ________________________(answer)

Workings:

4. Expressed as a percent, 0.3 is equivalent to (rounded to the nearest percentage point)

________________________ (answer)

5. The area of the backyard of a house is 180 m2. If 15% of the backyard is planted with

flowers, he area covered with flowers is _______________________(answer)

*Remember your Units.

Workings:
 The answer to 3.9% of 160 is ________________________(answer)
Short Answer

Write your answer in the space provided. Please show all your workings.

7. Express each fraction as a percent.

a) _______________ (answer

b) _______________ (answer)

c) _______________ (answer)

8. Calculate 115% of each measurement.

a) 200 g = _______________ (answer)

b) 4 m = _______________ (answer)

Workings:
a) b)

9. Express 148% as a fraction. Express your answer in lowest terms._____________(answer)

Workings:
 Unit/Area of Study: Number Sense – Divisibility Rules

AOI: Human Ingenuity

Unit Question: How do we communicate using rules in Mathematics?
ATL: Communication, Problem Solving and Thinking Skills

10. Brian borrowed $2000 from his brother and paid it back with interest four years later. Brian repaid his brother
105% of what he borrowed.

In total, how much did Brian repay his brother? ______________(answer)

Workings:

11. a) b)

Eja wants to save 25% of his allowance each month for a new bicycle. His allowance each month is $80, and
the bicycle costs $220.
a) How much will Eja save each month? _______________(answer)
b) How many months does Eja have to save before he has enough money to buy the bicycle?

Workings:

_______________(answer)

12. Greg’s backyard measures 30 m by 30 m. He wants to build a small tennis court that measures 20 m by 15 m.
What fraction of Greg’s backyard will be used for the tennis court?

Remember: Area = base multiplied by height (a=bh)

Workings:

_______________ (answer)
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MYP Interim Criteria (Gr 7)

Math
Criterion A Knowledge and Understanding

This criterion examines to what extent the student is able to:

• know and demonstrate understanding of the concepts from the five branches of
mathematics (number, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, statistics and probability,
and discrete mathematics)

• use appropriate mathematical concepts and skills to solve problems in both familiar and
unfamiliar situations, including those in real-life contexts

• select and apply general rules correctly to solve problems, including those in real-life
contexts.

Achievement Descriptor Task Specific Descriptor

Level

0 The student does not reach a standard
described by any of the descriptors
below or no assessable work has been
submitted
The student is unable to complete simple
fraction, decimal and percent conversion in
familiar contexts.
The student is unable to complete simple
mathematical problems involving percent of a
quantity in familiar contexts.

1-2 The student attempts to make The student attempts to make

deductions when attempting
simple problems in familiar
contexts.
deductions when calculating simple
fraction, decimal and percent
conversion in familiar contexts. The
student attempts to make deductions
when attempting simple percent of a
quantity calculations in familiar
contexts.

3-4 The student sometimes makes
appropriate deductions when
attempting simple and
increasingly complex problems in
familiar contexts.
The student sometimes makes appropriate
deductions when calculating simple and
increasingly complex fraction, decimal and
percent conversion in familiar contexts.
The student sometimes makes
appropriate deductions when attempting
simple and increasingly complex
percent of a quantity calculations in
familiar contexts.
Achievement Descriptor
Level
5-6 The student usually makes
appropriate deductions when
attempting challenging problems in
familiar contexts.
7-8 The student consistently makes
appropriate deductions when
attempting challenging problems in
a variety of familiar contexts.
Task Specific Descriptor
The student usually makes appropriate
deductions when attempting challenging
fraction, decimal and percent conversion in
familiar context.
The student usually makes appropriate
deductions when attempting challenging
percent of a quantity calculations in
familiar contexts.
The student consistently makes
appropriate deductions when attempting
challenging fraction, decimal and
percent conversion in a variety of
familiar contexts.
The student consistently makes
appropriate deductions when attempting
challenging percent of a quantity
calculations in a variety of familiar
contexts.