Mathex 2016 Year 7

7/1 Put a circle round the correct answer:

How many squares are there in a 4 x 4 square array?

a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50

7/2 If a = 1, b = 2 c = 3, etc.,
What maths word does the following represent?

{1,24,9,19}
4x
7/3 Find the value of x. x 2x

7/4 Six dogs are to be fed from a large tin of dog food. It weighs 2000g.
Two of the dogs are adult and the rest are puppies. If adults must
get a portion which is twice as large as a puppy, what weight of
food will a puppy receive?

7/5 Students’ desk are placed outside like this.

With 3 desks seating 8 people.
How many students will be seated using 10 desks placed
side-by-side like this?

7/6 The sum of my two digits is greater than 10. The difference between my two
digits is great than 3. My tens digit is larger than my ones digit and I am a multiple
of 7. Who am I?

7/7 Alan lives on the even-numbered side of his street. There are 8 houses on his
side. If he totals the numbers of the houses on either side of him, he finds the
same total. What is the number of Alan’s house?

7/8 Today is Thursday, what day was it 100 days ago?

7/9 There are four piles of gold coins. The first pile is 4 more than the second pile,
the second pile is four times the fourth pile, and the third pile is half the first pile.
How many gold coins are there altogether if the forth pile has one gold coin?
7/10 There are three diagonals from a point in a hexagon as shown.
How many such diagonals are there in a decagon?

1
7/11 There are 8 chairs in a circle as shown.
If everything third chair is removed,
counting from 1 in a clockwise direction,
which numbered chair is the last to be removed?

7/12 These are the first 5 triangle numbers,

1,3,6,10,15, ….
What is the sum of the first 10 triangle numbers?

7/13 The ages of a Mathex team are: 13 years and 8 months, 14 years and 2 months,
12 years and 11 months and 13 years and 7 months. What is the average age of
the team?

7/14 I think of a number. When I add 6 to my number, I get A, when I subtract 6 from
my number, I get B. When I multiply A by B I get 28. What was my number?

7/15 What percentage of all whole number multiplications result in an even number?

7/16 The whole numbers between 1 and 2016 inclusive are arranged in a straight line.
All the numbers divisible by 2 are underlined, then all the numbers divisible by 3
are underlined. Then all the number divisible by 5 are underlined. How many
numbers are underlined exactly 3 times?

7/17 A rectangle is cut in half into 2 squares, each with a perimeter of 28cm. What is
the perimeter of the original rectangle?

7/18 I have enough paper to put 2 pieces on each Mathex desk, with 59 left over. Or I
could place three on each of the desks and have 5 left over. How many Mathex
desks are there?

7/19 In the 2015 Rugby World Cup, three brothers made history in playing on the field
at the same time, for the Samoan team. If having a boy baby or a girl baby in a
family is equally likely, what is the probability of having at least 3 boys in a 4-child
family?

7/20 A square sheet of paper, side of 10cm, has a square (the size of the
side is a whole number) removed from each corner as show, and
the sides folded up to make an open-topped box. Fred makes all
the possible boxes and adds together all their volumes. Find the
total volume of all the possible open-topped boxes.
MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 7 – 2016
No units required

Number Answers Comment

1 d or 30
2 axis
3 45 degrees
4 250 grams
5 22 students
6 84
7 12
8 Tuesday
9 17 gold coins
10 7
11 8
12 220
13 13 years 7 months Both

14 8 Accept -8
15 75 %
16 67
17 42 cm
18 54 desks
5
19 16 Or 0.3125
20 200 cm3, cubic cm
MATHEX QUIZ ANSWERS Year 7 – 2016
No units required

Number Answers Comment

20 200 cm3, cubic cm
5
19 16 Or 0.3125
18 54 desks
17 42 cm
16 67
15 75 %
14 8 Accept -8
13 13 years 7 months Both
12 220
11 8
10 7
9 17 gold coins
8 Tuesday
7 12
6 84
5 22 students
4 250 grams
3 45 degrees
2 axis
1 d or 30