Name: _____________________
Date: ______________________
Grade 7 Math Unit 4 Test
Patterns and Relationships
(40 minutes) CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED
1. The pattern rule for a sequence is
“Start with 3, multiply each number by 2, and add 3.” (x2+3)
Write the first 4 numbers in this sequence. (1 mark)
_______, ________, _______, ________
2. Write the next 3 numbers in each sequence. What is the pattern rule from one number
to the next? (8 marks)
a) 1, 4, 7, 10, ______, ______, ______
Pattern Rule: _____________________________________________________________
b) 66, 60, 54, 48, ______, ______, ______
Pattern Rule: _____________________________________________________________
c) 0, 7, 14, 21, ______, ______, ______
Pattern Rule: _____________________________________________________________
d) 0, 2, 10, 42, __________, __________, __________
Pattern Rule: _____________________________________________________________
3. The terms in a sequence are given in the table below.
Term
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number
Term
4 5 6 7
Value
a) Fill in the table for terms 5 to 8. (1 mark)
b) Write a pattern rule that tells how the value of each term can be calculated from its
term number. (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
Name: _____________________
Date: ______________________
4. There are 6 basketball teams in the OCS intramural league. Each team will play all of
the other teams only once. How many games will there be with 6 teams? Show how you
found your answer. (3 marks)
5. Gabe decides to save up his money so he can buy a PS5. The first week he saves 50
dollars ($50). Each week he saves 40 dollars ($40) more than the week before.
a) How many dollars will he have in total at the end of 4 weeks? Show how you found
your answer. (3 marks)
b) If the PS5 costs $750 how many weeks will it take him to save enough money? Show
how you found your answer. (3 marks)
Name: _____________________
Date: ______________________
6. Tomi works at a grocery store. His boss asked him to stack cereal boxes for a display.
Tomi decides that since he is learning about patterning in math class, he will stack the
boxes in a pattern. His pattern looks like this:
a) Fill in the table of values for the cereal box pattern. (1 mark)
Term
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number
Term
1 3 5 7
Value
b) Write a pattern rule that tells how the value of each term can be calculated from its
term number. (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
c) On the grid on the back of this page draw a scatter plot to show how many cereal
boxes Tomi will need to make pile 8. (2 marks)
d) If Tomi has 64 boxes altogether, how many piles will he need to make? Choose a
method to solve this question. Show your work. (3 marks)
Name: _____________________
Date: ______________________
