SMALL SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

GRADE: 7İN___

DATE: _____________

NAME:__________________________________________________________

Part A: Multiple Choice - Circle the letter of the correct answer. (15 marks )

1. In a sample for a survey, each person has the same chance of being chosen. What kind
of sample is it?
A) biased
B) random
C) population
2. There are 90 boxes to be shipped. The shipping clerk takes a sample of 9 boxes to
estimate the total weight. The dot plot below shows the weights of the sample.

What is the median weight in the sample?

A) 26 oz
B) 27 oz
C) 28 oz
D) 29 oz
3. A sample is being chosen for a survey to find out how people feel about adding more

stop signs near a school. Which group would be least biased?

A) randomly chosen voters
B) randomly chosen drivers
C) randomly chosen students
D) randomly chosen teachers
Use the box plots for 4 and 5.

4. What is the interquartile range for the Checkers Club?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 10
D) 11
5. Which data set shows a greater spread?
A) Chess Club
B) Checkers Club
C) They have the same spread.
D) You cannot tell from the box plots.

6. Morgan saw 10 blue, 8 red, and 42 white cars drive by her house in 1 hour. What is the
experimental probability that the next car that drives by her house will not be a white car?
A) 0.3
B) 0.5

C) 0.6

D) 0.7

7. Colleen recorded the type of trees in the woods near her house. She counted 50 spruce
trees and 20 maple trees. What is the experimental probability that the next tree Colleen
finds will be a spruce tree?
8. The experimental probability that an SUV will pass by Andi’s store is 0.4. If 250 cars
pass by Andi’s store, how many can she expect to be SUVs?
A) 20
B) 100
C) 200

9. Factorize the expression: x2-7x+12

A) (x-3)(x-4)
B) (x-12)(x-1)
C) (x+3)(x-4)
D) (x-7)(x+1)
4 8 2−322
10. Evaluate
80

A) 16

B) 32

C) 80

D) 0.2

11. A random sample of 60 was taken from a shipment of 12,500 light bulbs. There were 2
defective bulbs in the sample. How many defective bulbs would you expect in the entire
shipment?
A) 250
B) 417

C) 2,500

D) 4,167
Use the dot plots for 12 and 13

The dot plots show exam scores for 25 students.

12. Which exam has an outlier?
A) Semester 1
B) Semester 2
C) both exams
D) neither
13. What are the medians for the Semester 1 exam and the Semester 2 exam?
A) 75 and 79.8
B) 75 and 80
C) 85 and 80
D) 95 and 100

14. Solve this equation: 36-9x2=0

A) ± 2

B) ± 4

C) ± 6

D) ± 8
15. There are 4 jacks in a standard deck of 52 playing cards. If Patricia selects a card
at random, what is the probability that it will be a jack?
1
A) 4
1
B) 52
1
C) 13
1
D) 48

Part B: Make sure to answer ALL of the following questions. YOU MUST SHOW
YOUR WORK! (10 marks)
1.

Cathy conducted an experiment in which she

placed red, yellow, blue, and orange pieces of
paper in a hat and drew them out without
looking. The number of times Cathy drew each
color is shown in the table above. What is the
experimental probability that the next slip of
paper Cathy draws will be orange?
 2.

Theo recorded the gender and eye color

of students walking in the hallway at his

middle school. What is the experimental
probability that the next student he sees
will be a boy with blue eyes?

3.
The data set shows the ages of 10 children.
On the number line below, make a dot plot to display the data.

a) What is the most common age of the children in this group?

_______________________________________

b) What is the age range? _____________________________________

4. Graph the image of the figure using the transformation given.

1) translation: 2) reflection across the y-axis

2 units left and 1 unit down

5. Evaluate
2 2
82 −18
=¿
512−492