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Mathematics
Grade 7
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Whole numbers
1. Arrange the given numbers from smallest to biggest:
597 601 502 1 064 99 722 610 ___________________________________________ (2)
2. Arrange the numbers from biggest to smallest:
9 301 85 10 118 798 20 202 805 ___________________________________________ (2)
3. Draw one number line to show the positions of these whole numbers.
a) 0 b) 12 c) 20 (3)
Total marks: 25
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Whole numbers
1. What number am I thinking of?
a) If you add 5 and then multiply your answer by 3 you get 33. _________________________ (2)
3. Write down:
6. Find the numbers that are 1 500 less than these numbers:
7. How many multiples of 50 are there from 250 and 900? _____________________________________ (1)
10. A vehicle averages 68 km/h. How many kilometres can the car travel in 3 hours?
_________________________________________________________________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 30
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Exponents
1. Write the following products in exponential form:
a) 3 × 24 _____________________________________ (1)
b) 25 × 2 _____________________________________ (1)
c) 2 × 33 _____________________________________ (1)
_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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Exponents
1. Simplify:
2. Simplify:
___ ___ ___ ____
a) √25 − √16 _____________________ b) √ 81 + √ 121 _____________________ (4)
3. Which is larger?
___ 3
_____
a) 43 or 34 ___________ b) √ 81 or 23 ___________ c) √ 1 000 or 32 ____________ (3)
5. Write down:
8. Calculate:
3
__
a) (√5 )3 _______________________________________________________________ (1)
__ 3
____
b) (√6 )2 − √125 _______________________________________________________________ (1)
10. There are eight rows and eight columns of squares on a chess board. Write the total
number of squares as a power.
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 30
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Column A Column B
a) Ray
b) Straight line
c) Perpendicular lines
d) Parallel lines
e) Line segment
(10)
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b) XY ⊥ ZK (2)
c) KL || MN (2)
A F
E
D
a) _____________________________ (3)
90°
D B
C
b) _____________________________
_____________________________ (6)
Total marks: 15
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Constructions
1. State which angle is greater in each pair.
A B
45 30
A B
160° 180°
A B
310˚ 280˚
A B
3. a) On a separate page, draw a straight line, AB. With A as your centre, stretch your compass to B.
Draw an arc through B. Without changing the radius of your pair of compasses, use B as the
centre and draw an arc through A. Name the points where the arcs intersect C and D. (4)
b) Draw one straight line joining B and C and one joining C and A. What type of
triangle is ABC? Explain your answer. (3)
c) Measure all three angles in triangle ABC and write down their sizes.
__________________________________________________________________________ (1)
Total marks: 20
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Constructions
1. Name the following quadrilaterals:
a) b) c)
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Geometry of 2D shapes
1. Name these angles:
a) An angle of 90° b) An angle of 180° c) An angle of 30°
–––––––––––––––––– __________________ __________________ (3)
d) An angle more than 90° but less than of 180° ______________________________________ (1)
2. Draw an example of: a) An acute angle b) An obtuse angle (2)
_____________________________________________
12 cm
_____________________________________________ 25 cm (1)
10 cm
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Geometry of 2D shapes
1. Fill in the missing angles:
a) 34° + ____° makes a right angle. b) 195° – ____° makes a straight angle. (2)
c) ____° – 25° makes a revolution. d) 55° + 42° + ____° makes a straight angle. (2)
d) Two angles of a quadrilateral are 110° and 50° and the other two angles are equal.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
L
3. In the circle, write the letters that describe: K
78° a d
p
t r
q ______________ ______________
116° c
b ______________ ______________
92°
______________ ______________
5. These shapes are similar. Calculate the length KL. ______________ ______________
_______________________________ J K L
H
I
_______________________________ F
O N 17 mm
_______________________________ 42,5 mm
20 mm
G (2)
M
Total marks: 25
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Common fractions
1. Draw a number line divided into twelfths to show the fractions _12 ; _34 ; _56 .
(3)
a) b) (2)
a) _23 = _
30
=_
15
=_
12
b) _5 = _ = _
7 35
20
(6)
Total marks: 50
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Common fractions
1. Write in descending order: 3 _23 ; _
13 _
; 7 . _________________________________________________ (4)
4 2
2. Calculate:
b) _
11
6
+ _23 − 2 _12 = _______________________________________________________________ (4)
3. Determine:
c) 2 _9
11
of 55 = ________________________________________________________________ (3)
4. Simphiwe watered half his vegetable garden on Monday and _38 of the garden on Tuesday.
b) If the garden is 24 m2 in size. Determine how big a portion he still needs to water.
__________________________________________________________________________ (3)
5. Two litres of juice is poured into 10 litres of water. What fraction of the drink is juice?
______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
6. John buys a pizza the pizza is divided into 8 equal sized pieces. If John eats _14 of the pizza
and he gives _12 of what was left over to his friend. How many pieces does he have left over?
______________________________________________________________________________ (3)
7. The price of bread has increased from R12 to R15. Calculate the percentage increase.
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 40
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Decimal fractions
1. Write down the underlined digit as a fraction with a denominator that is a power of 10.
3. Compare the following decimal fractions by replacing them with the correct relationship
sign <, > or =.
a) _
3
= ___________________ (1) b) _2 = ___________________ (1)
10 5
c) _
23
100
= ___________________ (1) d) _
23
50
= ___________________ (1)
5. Calculate:
Total marks: 30
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Decimal fractions
1. Convert the following fractions into decimal fractions.
a) _
11
25
= ___________________ b) _23
125
= ___________________ (4)
3. Calculate:
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. Amanda’s school is having a cake sale. She is planning to sell each cake for R30.
Determine the profit per cake if for each cake if she needs one egg, 250 grams of
cake flour, 80 grams of sugar and 50 grams of icing sugar. Cake flour will cost R20 per
kilogram, R12 for 6 eggs, sugar R15 per kilogram and icing sugar R25 per kilogram. (6)
_______________________________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Total marks: 30
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a) The types of cars driving past the school fence _____________________________________ (1)
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c) 3x + 2 = 47 x = ____________ d) _
81
x =3 x = ____________ (4)
(3)
6
7 ×3–1
8
x 1 2 3 4 10
y 2,8
(4)
Total marks: 30
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40 mm
20 mm
20 mm
5 cm
5. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive even integers. Find the length of
the shortest side if the perimeter of the triangle is 54 cm. _________________________________ (5)
6. Find to one decimal place the perimeters of these shapes in centimetres.
a) a triangle with sides of lengths 30 mm, 4,2 cm and 42 mm ____________________________ (1)
b) an equilateral triangle with sides of length 5,7 cm ___________________________________ (1)
c) a rectangle with dimensions w = 30 mm and l = 6,3 cm _______________________________ (1)
d) a regular pentagon with sides of length 45 mm ______________________________________ (1)
7. Write down the formula for the area of each shape.
a) rectangle ________________________ b) square ______________________________ (2)
c) triangle _________________________ d) parallelogram ________________________ (2)
8. Calculate to two decimal places the areas of these shapes in square centimetres.
a) rectangle with length 12 cm and width 2,8 cm ______________________________________ (2)
b) square with length 2,9 cm ______________________________________________________ (2)
c) triangle with base 3,5 cm and height 2,6 cm ________________________________________ (2)
d) parallelogram with length 34 mm and height 21 mm _________________________________ (2)
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6 cm 9 cm
3 cm 8m
4 cm 10 cm 5m
_________________________ _________________________
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i) ii) iii)
__________________ 2 cm __________________
5,6 cm
__________________ __________________ (6)
7 cm 5 cm
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________________________________________________________ (2)
a) b) (4)
h = 7 cm
h
H = 13 cm
_______________________
40 mm
_______________________ _______________________
_______________________ _______________________
_______________________ b = 6 cm _______________________
8. Circle the units of capacity.
A m2 B m3 C km D ℓ E cc (5)
9. Name the units you would use to measure the capacity of:
10. Convert.
11. A container is filled with water. A cuboid with a square base is placed in the container
so that the cuboid is fully covered by water. By doing this, 24 ℓ of water is
displaced into another container.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b) Calculate the area of the base of the cuboid (in cm2) if its height is 60 cm.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 50
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24 cm
a) What is the largest possible size of square that you can cut from each corner?
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b) Would it make sense to cut out very large or very small squares from the corners?
Explain your answer. __________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
c) Complete the table of different−sized squares that are being cut out from the corners.
____________________________________________________________________________ (6)
Length of corner squares (cm) Dimensions of folded box (cm) Volume of box (cm3)
1 22 × 22 × 1
2
4
5
8
10
d) On graph paper, draw a horizontal axis for the length of the corner square and a vertical
axis for volume. Plot points to show the information in the table, and join them to form
a smooth graph. (4)
e) Which squares give the maximum volume? ________________________________________ (2)
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Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 10 20
No. of toothpicks 5
b) Provide a rule to describe the relationship between the pattern numbers, and the
number of toothpicks by making use of number sentences.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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a) How many toothpicks will there be in the 5th pattern? ________________________________ (1)
b) How many sweets will there be in the 5th pattern? _________________________________ (1)
c) Will there be a house structure based on this pattern that uses 136 toothpicks?
Give a reason for your answer. __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
d) Complete the following table, for the situation described in the sketch. (6)
Pattern number 1 2 3 4 5 20
No. of toothpicks 5 10 15 20
No. of sweets 5 8 11 14
e) Provide a rule to describe the relationship between the pattern number and the
number of sweets, by making use of number sentences.
___________________________________________________________________________ (1)
Total marks: 30
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Algebraic expressions
1. Write these phrases as expressions.
a) 4 b) 8 (6)
+6 16 12 ×3
12 16
4. Draw a flow diagram on a separate page and find the values of these expressions:
5. Write an expression to describe the relationship between the numbers in the rows of each table:
a) s 3 5 8 12 b) s 1 3 4 9
t 5 7 10 14 t 3 9 12 27 (4)
a) the coefficient of x _________ b) the variable _________ c) the constant __________. (3)
c) The sum of two square numbers is 41. What are the two numbers? _____________________ (1)
Total marks: 30
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Algebraic expressions
1. Write these expressions in words.
a) 14 + 2 × x if x = 5 b) x ÷ 2 + 6 if x = 10 (4)
7. a) Write an expression to describe the relationship of the data in the table. (1)
s 3 5 8 10
t 5 9 15 19 23
b) fill in the missing value. (1)
Total marks: 25
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Algebraic equations
1. Insert a number to make these number sentence true.
a) + 10 = 22 b) 7+ = 15 (2)
c) 12 − =6 d) 24 ÷ =3 (2)
e) ÷5=8 f) 6× = 72 (2)
2. Write down number sentences using symbols, letters and numbers from the word
sentences given below. (Do not solve the number sentences.)
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
Total marks: 30
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Algebraic equations
1. Write number sentences to answer the following questions.
a) What must be subtracted from 42 to get 18? _______________________________________ (2)
b) What number doubled and added to 5 gives 13? ____________________________________ (2)
c) If three times a number subtracted from 19 is 4, what is the number? ___________________ (2)
2. Solve these number sentences.
a) 3x − 5 = 7 __________ b) 14 − _12 x = 7 __________ c) 0,2x + 2 = 6 __________ (6)
3. Write a number sentence to describe the problem and then work out the solution.
Two times a number minus 4 is equal to 16. Find the number.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
4. Substitute the value for x in order to find the value of y in the following: y = 2x − 1 if x = 3.
_______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
5. Use the flow chart to work out the missing values. x y
3
y = 2x 8
16
(3)
6. These two flow charts explain how to find the size of an interior angle of a regular polygon.
a) b)
Let n be the number Let n be the
of sides of the number of sides of
_________________________________
polygon. the polygon.
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Find n – 2. Divide 360 by n.
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Multiply by 180. Subtract the result
from 180. _________________________________
_________________________________
Divide by n.
_________________________________
Use both flow charts to find the size of an interior angle of
a hexagon.
Show all the steps in your working. (6)
Total marks: 25
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Graphs
1. Give definitions for the following terms.
10
The result are recorded on this graph. 8
4
2
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)
4. The following table shows the change in temperature of a cup of tea left outside to cool down. Use
this information to sketch a graph on a separate page.
Time (minutes) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Temperature (°C) 80 60 50 45 40 35 26 (6)
Total marks: 30
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Travel to park
12
Graphs 10
Distance (km)
8
1. Sonja is on her way to the park. Along the way she
6
stops at the petrol station to buy petrol and to buy
some coffee. Consider the graph: 4
2
a) Determine the dependent and independent 0
06:30 07:00 7:30 8:30 8:30
variables. _________________________________ (2) Time
cats
60 a) What does the graph represent?
______________________________________ (3)
Population
25
0
3
c) What was the initial mouse population?
Time (year)
______________________________________ (2)
d) By how much did the cat population increase in the first three years? ____________________ (2)
e) When were the cat and mouse population the same? _________________________________ (2)
f) Do you think the cat population can grow indefinitely? Motivate your answer.
____________________________________________________________________________ (4)
Total marks: 35
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Transformation geometry
1. Name and describe the type of transformation that has been applied to these two figures.
a) b)
a) a) a) b) b) b) c) c) c)
a) b) c)
d) d) ______________________
d)
d)
D C
D'
A'
M
B'
C'
________________________________________ (1)
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b) d)
(4)
a) isosceles triangle ____ (1) b) scalene triangle ____ (1) c) parallelogram ____ (1)
4 cm 4 cm 12 cm 12 cm
B C
2 cm
B' 6 cm C'
b) If the area of triangle ABC = 3,9 cm2, what is the area of triangle A'B'C'?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (4)
Total marks: 25
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Transformation geometry
1. Toby has drawn ABˆ C, which is 75°. He slides the angle along BC until it looks like this:
A A A'
a) What can you say about the lines AB and A'B'.
___________________________________________ 75°
B C B B' C C'
b) What is the size of A'B'C'? _____________________ A (2)
3. Work out the angle each shape has been rotated through.
a) a)
b)
B' B
(2)
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6. Here are patterns that have been created using a single shape. In each case, identify
the original shape. Then describe in words how the original shape was transformed to
create the patterns.
__________________________________________________
a) (3)
__________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________ (3)
__________________________________________________
7. The diagrams show triangle ABC enlarged by a factor of _52 .
a) b) B
A a) __________________________________
B'
__________________________________
A' b) __________________________________
__________________________________ (4)
(4)
10. How many lines of symmetry does a regular pentagon have? _____________________________ (1)
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Geometry of 3D objects
1. Which 3D objects describe these items?
a) b) (2)
______________________ ______________________
c) d) e) (3)
a) b) c) (3)
a) If the base of a pyramid has five sides then the pyramid will have ________________ faces. (2)
b) If the face of a prism has six sides, then the prism will have ________________ faces. (2)
d) A prism with 12 vertices will have ________________ edges on the base. (2)
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Geometry of 3D objects
1. Complete the statements.
a) A regular prism with 7 faces will have ______________ edges and ______________ vertices. (2)
b) A cube has ______________ more edges than a square pyramid. (2)
c) A regular prism has ______________ times as many edges in total as it has on one face. (2)
2. Name the following solids.
a) b) (2)
______________________ ______________________
c) d) (2)
______________________ ______________________
3. Name the 3D objects with these properties.
a) one square face ____________________ b) three rectangular faces _________________ (2)
c) more than one square face ___________ d) exactly two flat faces __________________ (2)
4. On a separate page, draw a net of one die so that the numbers on the opposite sides add up to 7. (3)
5. Name the 3D objects that can be made with each net.
a) b) c)
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Integers
1. State whether each number is an integer or not:
a) 0 b) −2 c) 4 d) −3 e) −1 (5)
5. Give the value of each bold digit. Write your answer in words.
a) 34 507 _____________________________________________________________________
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Integers
1. Write the numbers that are 5 more than these numbers:
4. Using a number line, write down the number that you land on if you:
a) −7 5 b) −19 −9
c) −8 −10 b) 0 −6 (4)
6. Show this situation on a number line and then write the final answer. The temperature
of a city is 5 °C. The temperature falls by 7 °C, rises by 4 °C and then falls by 6 °C.
(4)
7. In a quiz you score 3 points for a correct answer and −2 for a wrong answer. What is
your score if you answer has:
a) five correct and two wrong? _________ b) two correct and three wrong? _________ (4)
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x –2 –1 0 1 2 10
y = 3x – 5
(3)
4. The following structures are made of toothpicks and sweets. Complete the table
below that describes the relationship between the pattern number and the number of
sweets used to keep the structures together. (5)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Pattern number 1 2 3 10 48
Number of sweets
5. Use number sentences to describe the rule and the n term of the following pattern:
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a) 8; −8; 8; −8; ______; ______; ______ b) 1,3; 1,6; 1,9; 2,2; ______; ______; ______ (4)
c) 1; _12; _14 ; _18 ; ______; ______; ______ d) −17; −14; −11; −8; ______; ______; ______ (4)
e) −0,3; 0,6; −1,2; 2,4; ______; ______; ______ (2)
2. Describe the following patterns in your own words and extend them by the next three
terms in the sequence.
a) 52; 42; 32; 22; ______; ______; ______ b) 4; 2; 1; _12 ; ______; ______; ______ (6)
3. Use the rule to complete the following table.
x –2 –1 0 1 2 10
y = –2x – 4
(3)
4. The following structures are made of toothpicks and sweets. Complete the table
below that describes the relationship between:
a) the pattern number and the number of sweets used to keep the structures together.
b) the pattern number and the number of toothpicks the structure is made of.
(5)
Pattern number 1 2 3 10 48
Number of sweets
Number of toothpicks
5. Use number sentences to describe the rule and the n term of the following patterns.
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5. Determine the missing output values in the table by using the rule (3)
input −3 −2 −1 0 x
output 7 x + 10
6. Determine the values for m and n in the following table by making use of the given rule.
x 1 2 3 m n m = ___________________
y = 3x – 6 –3 0 3 30 39 (2)
n = ___________________
(3)
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x y
–3
–2 7
–1 x–3+1
0
1 (8)
input −3 −2 −1 0 1 x
output 7 −3x + 1
5. Determine values for m and n in the following table by making use of the given rule. (4)
x 1 2 3 m n m = ___________________
y = –2x – 6 –8 –10 –12 –26 –44 n = ___________________
6. Find a rule that would describe the relationship between the input and output
values in the following flow diagram.
x y
1 3
2 5
3 7
4 9
5 11 (4)
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Algebraic expressions
1. Use the rules given in the bottom rows to complete the tables.
a) b) c)
x 1 2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 4 5
x+4 3x 2x + 1
(6)
2. Given the rule n + 1,
a) Find the first three terms of the sequence. __________________________________________
b) Find the value of the 20th term. __________________________________________________ (2)
3. Find the value of these expressions if a = 3, b = 2 and c = 4.
2a+b
a) _ c __________________________ b) (a + 2)(b + 3) _________________________
c) 2c – b3 ________________________ (6)
4. Fill in the missing numbers. 6
9 × 12
12 (3)
5. Determine the value of y in these flow diagrams.
a) 5 b) 4
15 12
9 ×y 27 y = ______ 8 +y 16 y = ______
15 45 22 30 (2)
6. Let the given number be y. Write expressions to represent the following situations:
a) Fifteen more than y _________________ b) Four times y __________________________ (2)
c) Six less than y _____________________ d) The sum of y and 8 _____________________ (2)
e) The difference between y and its square __________________________ (1)
f) A number that is twice x less than y _____________________________ (1)
7. A man is x years old.
a) How old was he 5 years ago? ____________________________________________________
b) How old will he be in 5 years time? _______________________________________________ (2)
8. A rectangle has one side of 4x metres long. The other side is 5 m longer.
a) Write down the lengths of the sides. _______________________________________________ (1)
b) Write an expression for the perimeter of the rectangle. ________________________________ (1)
c) Write an expression for the area of the rectangle. ____________________________________ (1)
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Algebraic expressions
1. Write algebraic expressions to express the following.
3. a) Write an expression to describe the relationship of the data in the table. (1)
b) Fill in the missing value. x 3 5 8 10
y 10 16 25 31 37
(1)
4. Write these expressions in words.
a) 15 − 3x ________________________ b) 4(x + 2) ____________________________
c) x2 + (x + 3) _____________________ d) (10 + x) ÷ 2 _________________________
e) (5 + x ) − 6 _____________________ (5)
5. a) How many days in x weeks? _________ b) How many weeks in y years? ____________ (2)
c) If a dog ages 7 years for every human year and is n years old, how old will a dog be in n years?
____________________________________________________________________________ (1)
d) The sum of two numbers is 15. One number is x, what is the other number? (1)
6. On a separate page, draw a flow diagram and find the value of each expression.
a) 8 + 4 × x if x = 3 b) x ÷ 3 + 5 if x = 30 (4)
7. Fill in the missing numbers. n
6
11 3n + 4 (3)
25
8. Think of a number. Subtract 2. Square the answer.
a) Write an expression using x for the unknown. _______________________________________ (1)
b) Find the value of this expression if x = 7. ___________________________________________ (1)
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Algebraic equations
1. Find the value of the variables that make the following true.
a) If y = 4
7 ×y
9 (3)
b) If p = 6
5 +p
(3)
8
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Algebraic equations
1. Solve for x.
a) (3)
3
6 + 2m – 3
12
b) (3)
1
9 × 3m + 1
12
3. Think of a number. Multiply it by 2 and then add 1. The answer is 15. What is the number?
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
4. Andiswa is 3 years older than Sipho. Their ages add up to 25. How old are they?
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
5. Twelve metres of rope is cut into two pieces so that one piece is three times longer as the other.
How long is each piece of rope?
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
6. Yolanda is thinking of a fraction. If it is multiplied by 16 and then 2 is added, the result is 10.
What is the fraction?
______________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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Stem Leaf
1 01334
2 11245777
3 0045578
2. Which of these populations could be interviewed as a whole? Which would require that a sample be
interviewed? Give a reason for each answer.
a) The Grade 7 learners of a school _________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
b) The high school learners in South Africa ___________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
c) The working women in Johannesburg _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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b) Write a few of sentences about the spread of the masses and use examples
from the tally table above to support your comments.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (3)
c) For the data above, calculate each of the following:
i) Range: _______________________ iii) Mode: ______________________ (2)
ii) Median: ______________________ iv) Mean: ______________________ (3)
d) Which of the mean, median or mode best represents the average kudu that the farmer has for
sale? Give a reason for your answer. _____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
2. Mrs Jonker harvests a crop of butternuts. Their masses are listed below.
320 g; 470 g; 560 g; 700 g; 790 g; 1 250 g; 1 710 g; 2 490 g; 2 630 g
She adds a 10th butternut to the pile. What is the mass of the 10th butternut, if:
a) the mode of the 10 butternuts is 1 710 g? ________________________________ (2)
b) the range of the 10 butternuts is 2 700 g? ________________________________ (2)
c) the mean of the 10 butternuts is 1 220 g? ________________________________ (2)
d) the median of the 10 butternuts is 770 g? ________________________________ (2)
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Represent data
1. A rural support agency is working with data on farm animals in an area. There are a
total of 40 000 farm animals in the area, and 24 000 of these are cattle. There are twice
as many cattle as sheep, and the rest of the animals are goats.
(5)
2. These are the times in minutes taken to complete a family cycle race.
35, 52, 29, 44, 48, 52, 38, 39, 55, 40, 30, 27, 45, 46
a) Draw a grouped frequency tally table to show these
results, using time intervals of
20–29, 30–39, 40–49 and 50–59.
(5)
(5)
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Represent data
1. The table below shows the times that Hlungwane had to wait for a taxi to school each
day for four weeks.
a) How many days did she have to wait 10 minutes or longer? ___________________________ (1)
b) What percentage of the days did she wait for less than 5 minutes? ______________________ (2)
2. A painter kept a record of his income for 10 weeks, as shown in the list below:
R600; R500; R400; R300; R500; R700; R900; R900; R1 000; R1 100
a) Draw a broken-line graph of his income on a grid at the bottom. (4)
b) If his expenses were R500 per week, draw a straight line on your graph above to
show these expenses. (1)
c) Use your graph to write down the week numbers in which the painter:
d) i) made a profit _______ ii) broke even _______ iii) made a loss. _______ (6)
e) Does the graph show a trend? If so, describe the trend in your own words.
___________________________________________________________________________ (2)
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no. of children
nge nge
10
Purple 10
Purple 5
Red
Green
5
Red 0
Green
Yellow
Orange
Purple
OrangeGreen
Black
Blue
Red
Pink
0
Yellow
Purple
Green
Black
Blue
colour
Red
Pink
a) Which graph do you find easier to read? Explain why. _______________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
colour (2)
b) Which graph shows us how many children took part? ________________________________ (1)
c) The modal colour is the most popular colour. What is the modal colour here? ____________ (1)
d) What is the least popular colour here? ____________________________________________ (1)
e) Which graph show more clearly that no children chose yellow? _______________________ (1)
f) Which graph gives the best overall picture of the situation? __________________________ (1)
g) Based on the responses, which two colours should the municipality definitely use
for the playground? __________________________________________________________ (2)
h) What percentage of the learners who took part chose one of the colours that you
identified in Question g)? _____________________________________________________ (4)
i) Which two options does the municipality have for choosing the third colour?
__________________________________________________________________________ (2)
2. It turns out that the children did not have yellow crayons. Are there other flaws in this survey that you
can see? Should the municipality conduct this survey again? If so, what should they do differently
this time round?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ (5)
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Crèche
Hospital
c) If there were 40 learners in the class, estimate (or calculate) how many learners
chose each of the following:
2. When they had one week left to complete Hours of community service already done
their assignment, the teacher asked her
10
Number of learners
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hours
How many hours did the class as a whole still have to do? Think carefully and show all your
calculations.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ (8)
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Probability
1. When you roll a fair six-sided die, calculate the probability of getting each of these events.
2. A bag contains 4 yellow balls and 6 white balls. What is the probability of choosing at random:
a) a yellow ball ___________ b) a white ball ___________ c) a black ball ___________ (3)
d) a white ball after one white ball has been removed from the bag _______________________ (2)
b) What is the probability that the number chosen is even? ______________________________ (2)
c) What is the probability that the number chosen is a multiple of 4? ______________________ (2)
5. In an experiment, Elton picked a ball at random out of a bag containing eight balls of the
same size, each of a different colour. He then put the ball back into the bag, shook it well
and repeated the experiment a number of times. He then summarised his results in a table.
c) What is the probability of picking the purple ball from the bag? ________________________ (2)
d) What is the probability of picking the white ball from the bag? _________________________ (2)
e) Does the experiment show that white is Elton’s favourite colour? Explain. ________________ (2)
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1. The diagram shows a spinner with 16 equal-sized sectors. The spinner will be spun once.
a) On a separate page, list all the possible outcomes for the spinner. (1)
b) What colour is the most likely outcome? _______________________ (1)
c) What is the probability it stops on orange? _____________________ (1)
d) What is the probability it does not stop on brown? _______________ (2)
e) What is the probability it stops on white? ______________________ (1)
2. a) Decide for each of the events i) to v) whether it is impossible, unlikely, 50% chance, likely,
certain. Then tick in the column that best describes the likelihood of each event.
Events Impossible Unlikely 50–50 Likely Certain
i) If x2 = 9, then x = 3 or x = – 3
ii) If you toss a coin, then the outcome will be heads.
iii) In Cape Town, it will be raining for at least two
days during July this year.
iv) The sun will rise in the south on my next birthday.
v) Everyone in your class will pass the next
Mathematics test.
(5)
b) Place each event i) to v) above at the appropriate place on the probability number line.
Express the probabilities in terms of percentages. (5)
0 1 1 3 1
4 2 4
3. A pack of 52 playing cards is shuffled and one card is selected at random. Write the probability
(as a proper fraction) that this card is:
a) the queen of hearts __________________ b) a queen ___________________________
c) a heart ____________________________ d) a three. ____________________________ (4)
4. Forty cards are numbered from 1 to 40. The cards are shuffled and then placed face down on a table.
A card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the number on this card is:
a) 40 _______________________________ b) an odd (uneven) number? _____________
c) a prime number greater than 22 ________ d) divisible by 9? ______________________
e) less than 11? _______________________ (5)
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