Year 7 Maths - Algebra - Questions (Ch2)

Year 7 Mathematics
Algebra
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Useful formulae and hints
Unknowns in a situation are denoted by the use of a variable, which
can be anything, but is generally a lower case letter of the alphabet
Variables are used to model a real life situation, where the exact
quantities are not known, or where a variety of situations can be
predicted.
Example: if the number of black dots always equals twice the

number of white dots plus one, then if the number of white dots are
known, then so are the number of black dots
If there are 3 white dots, there are 7 black dots
Operations can be performed on variables like other numbers, but

the variables must be the same
For example, 2‫ ݔ‬+ 3‫ = ݔ‬5‫ݔ‬, 4‫ ÷ ݕ‬2‫ = ݕ‬2, but 2‫ ݔ‬+ 3‫ ݕ‬cannot be

simplified, since ‫ ݔ‬and ‫ ݕ‬are different variables
Tables show the relationship between variables given the rule that
relates them
For example, if the rule states that ‫ = ݕ‬2‫ݔ‬, then if ‫ = ݕ‬3, ‫ = ݔ‬6
When solving word problems, decide upon a variable, and what it

represents. Make an algebraic sentence out of the information
given, then solve the equation
Example: Fred’s age is equal to twice Tom’s age plus 4. If Tom is 22,
how old is Fred?
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We need to know Fred’s age, so call it ‫݌‬. Call Tom’ age r. Relate
Fred’s age to Tom’s age from the information given
‫ = ݌‬2‫ ݎ‬+ 4
If ‫݉݋ܶ( ݎ‬ᇱ ‫ = )݁݃ܽ ݏ‬22, ‫ݐ‬ℎ݁݊ ‫ = ݌‬2 × 22 + 4 = 48
Fred is 48
To graph a rule, construct a table of values and place a dot on a grid

where the two values meet. Put the independent variable on the
horizontal axis, and the dependent variable on the vertical axis. In
the equation ‫ = ݕ‬2‫ ݔ‬+ 1, ‫ݔ‬, is the independent variable
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Exercise 1
Representing Variables
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 1: Representing Variables
1) There are a certain number of e) If you add two to John’s

lollies in a jar, but you don’t know age then multiply this
how many. If “a” represents the number by five you get the
number of lollies in the jar, write age of John’s grandfather
an expression that represents:
3) The number of people at a party at
a) The number of lollies plus 8 o’clock is unknown but can be
one represented by a variable. For the
next three hours 4 people per hour
b) Four less than the number come to the party
of lollies
a) Represent the number of
c) Twice the number of lollies people at the party at nine
o’clock, ten o’clock and
d) Half the number of lollies eleven o’clock
e) Twice the number of lollies b) By midnight, there was only

plus one half the number of people
at the party than at 11
o’clock. Represent this
f) The number of lollies plus
amount
one, then this number
doubled
c) By one am there was only
half the number of people
2) If John’s age is represented by the
at the party as there was at
variable x, how would the ages of
8 o’clock. Represent this
the rest of his family be
number
represented?
4) Mark and his friends agree to give

a) John’s brother is three
money to a charity. Represent the
years older than him
contributions of each person in
terms of the amount Mark
b) John’s sister is half his age contributes
c) John’s father is four times a) Peter says he will put in $2

his age more than mark
d) John’s mother is three b) Frank will put in $5 more

times his age plus five than Mark
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 1: Representing Variables
b) In week three they scored 6

c) Alan will put in double points more than they did
whatever Frank puts in in week two
d) Jeff will put in double c) In week four they scored

whatever Peter puts in twice the number of points
than they did in week one
5) Jack scored highest on the maths
test. Represent the following d) In week five they scored
scores in relation to Jack’s score double the number of
points than they did in
a) Karl scored five less than week three
Jack
e) What was the total number
b) Tom scored ten less than of points scored in the five
Jack weeks?
c) Daniel scored half Jack’s 7) If y is the age of Peter, what is

score each of the following expressions
describing
d) Brian scored three less than
Daniel a) ‫ݕ‬+1
e) Fred scored half Karl’s b) ‫ݕ‬−2

score
c) ‫ݕ‬+5
6) In the first week of the basketball
season a team scored a certain d) 2‫ݕ‬
number of points. Each week they
performed better than the e) 2‫ ݕ‬+ 1
previous week. Represent each
week’s scores in terms of their f) 2(‫ ݕ‬+ 1)
score of the first week.
ଵ
g) ଶ
‫ݕ‬−4
a) In week two they scored 5
points more than they did
in week one
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Exercise 2
Simplifying Expressions
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 2: Simplifying Expressions
1) Add the following: b) What are 3 lots of r?
a) One bag of apples plus one c) If he walks 5 kilometres per

bag of apples day, how many kilometres
would he walk in 3 days?
b) One bag of lollies plus one
bag of lollies d) If ‫ = ݎ‬5, what is the answer
to part b?
c) Two piles of bricks plus two
piles of bricks 4) How many lots of ‫ ݔ‬are there in
total in each of the following?
d) Four eggs plus four eggs
a) ‫ݔ‬+‫ݔ‬
e) Four ‫ ݔ‬plus four ‫ݔ‬
b) ‫ݔ‬+‫ݔ‬+‫ݔ‬
f) 4‫ ݔ‬+ 4‫ݔ‬
c) 2‫ ݔ‬+ ‫ݔ‬
2) Let ‫ ݔ‬represent the number of
apples in a bag d) 2‫ ݔ‬+ 2‫ݔ‬
a) What is two bags of apples e) 2‫ ݔ‬+ 1 + 3‫ݔ‬

plus two bags of apples?
5) How many lots of ‫ ݔ‬are there in
b) What is 2‫ ݔ‬+ 2‫?ݔ‬ each of the following?
c) If there are ten apples in a a) 3‫ ݔ‬− ‫ݔ‬

bag, how many apples are
there in part a? b) 3‫ ݔ‬− 2‫ݔ‬
d) If ‫ = ݔ‬10, what is the c) 4‫ ݔ‬− ‫ݔ‬

answer to part b?
d) 5‫ ݔ‬− 3‫ݔ‬
3) Let r represent the number of
kilometeres a man walks every day e) 3‫ ݔ‬− 3‫ݔ‬
a) How many kilometres

would he walk in 3 days??
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 2: Simplifying Expressions
6) How many lots of ‫ ݎ‬are there in e) 0

each of the following?
f) 20
a) 4‫ ݎ‬+ ‫ ݎ‬− 2‫ݎ‬
b) 3‫ ݎ‬− ‫ ݎ‬− ‫ݎ‬
c) 2‫ ݎ‬+ ‫ ݎ‬− ‫ݎ‬
ଵ ଵ
d) ଶ
‫ ݎ‬+ ଶ‫ݎ‬
e) 6‫ ݎ‬− 4‫ ݎ‬− 2‫ݎ‬
7) What is the value of 2‫ ݔ‬+ 2‫ݔ‬

when:
a) ‫=ݔ‬3
b) ‫=ݔ‬2
c) ‫=ݔ‬1
ଵ
d) ‫=ݔ‬ଶ
e) ‫=ݔ‬0
8) If ‫ ݔ‬is the number of counters in a

row, how many counters are there
in 5 rows when ‫= ݔ‬:
a) 2
b) 4
c) 1
d) 10
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Exercise 3
Geometric Patterns
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise3: Geometric Patterns
1) Peter is making shapes with matches; he gets three matches and makes a triangle,
which has three sides
He adds another match to his shape and makes a quadrilateral, which has four sides
He adds another match to his shape and makes a pentagon, which has five sides
He notices a very simple pattern which he puts into a table
Number of sides in the

Number of matches used
shape
3 3
4 4
5 5
a) Complete the table
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b) Complete this sentence: “The number of sides in the shape is equal to ..........”
c) If his shape has 100 sides, how many matches has he used?
d) If he has used 200 matches, how many sides does his shape have?
2) Peter uses matches to tessellate triangles. He makes one triangle which uses 3
matches
He adds enough matches so that two triangles are tessellated
He tessellates another triangle
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He notices a pattern which he puts into a table
Number of triangles Number of matches
1 3
2 5
3 7
a) Complete the above table
b) Complete the table below
Number of triangles Number of matches
1 3 (1 × 2) + 1
2 5 (2 × 2) + 1
3 7 (3 × 2) + 1
c) Use the table to help complete the sentence: “The number of matches equals
the number of triangles. multiplied by .............., then add ......................
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d) Use the rule to predict the number of matches used when 200 triangles are
made
3) Peter next makes a pattern of squares
Number of squares Number of matches
1 4
2 7
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b) Complete the table
Number of squares Number of matches
1 4 (1 × 3) + 1
2 7 (2 × 3) + 1
c) Use the table to help complete the sentence: “The number of matches equals
................................................... multiplied by .............,. then add ....................
d) Use the rule above to find the number of matches used to make 200 squares
4) Peter then cuts a circle into various pieces:
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Number of cuts Number of sections
1 2
2 4
b) Complete the sentence: “The number of sections is equal to the number of

cuts .........................”
c) How many sections will be there be if there are 60 cuts made?
d) How many cuts are needed to make 180 sections?
5) Peter next builds a tower
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Number of rows Number of blocks
1 1
2 3
3 6
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b) Describe what happens to the number of blocks added to the tower each
time a row is added
c) How many blocks would be added to the tower in the 6th row?
d) How many blocks would be in the tower if it was 7 rows high?
6) Peter cuts a block across its length
Number of cuts Number of sections
1 2
2 3
b) The number of sections increases by ................ each time a cut is

made
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c) Describe in words how to work out the number of sections if the

number of cuts is known
d) Use this rule to calculate how many sections will be made from 95
cuts
e) How many cuts will have been made if there are 133 sections?
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Exercise 4
Number Patterns
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 4: Number Patterns
1) Complete the table
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
‫ݔ‬+2 3 4 5
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2‫ݔ‬ 2 4 6
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3‫ ݔ‬− 1 2 5 8
4) Complete the table, and describe the pattern that relates the numbers in the bottom
row to the corresponding number in the top row
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 6 9
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5) Complete the table, and describe the pattern that relates the numbers in the
bottom row to the corresponding number in the top row
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 5 7
6) Complete the table, and describe the pattern that relates the numbers in the bottom
row to the corresponding number in the top row
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
???? 5 6 7
7) Mark’s age is twice John’s age. How old is Mark if John is
a) 10
b) 5
c) 15
d) 20
e) How old is John if Mark is 32?
8) Peter has twice the amount of money that Alan has plus 2 dollars. How much money
does Peter have if Alan has
a) 8 dollars
b) 15 dollars
c) 20 dollars
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d) $15.50
e) How much money does Alan have if Peter has 12 dollars?
9) A large bus is allowed to carry three times the number of passengers of a small bus
minus one.
a) Write this relationship using algebra
b) How many passengers can the large bus carry if the small bus can carry 12
passengers?
c) How many passengers can the large bus carry if the small bus can carry 20
passengers?
d) How many passengers can the small bus carry if the large bus can carry 44
passengers?
e) Does the rule work for all numbers of passengers? Explain why not with an
example.
10) If you add one to the number of people who are at a soccer game, then double that
number, you get the number of people who are at a basketball game
a) Write this relationship using algebra
b) If there are 40 people at the soccer game how many are there at the
basketball game?
c) If there are 100 people at the soccer game, how many people are there at the
basketball game?
d) If there are 62 people at the basketball game, how many people are there at
the soccer game?
e) Can you always work out the number of people at the soccer game if you
know the number of people at the basketball game? Explain your answer
with an example
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Exercise 5
Graphing Patterns
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 5: Graphing Patterns
1) Graph the following relationship
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
‫ݔ‬+2 3 4 5
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2‫ݔ‬ 2 4 6
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3‫ ݔ‬− 1 2 5 8
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2‫ ݔ‬+ 1 3 5 7
‫ݔ‬ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
‫ݔ‬−4 -3 -2 -1
6) An electrician charges $50 call out fee and $30 per hour for his services
Draw a table showing the amount charged for 1 to 7 hours and graph the
relationship using a suitable scale
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Chapter 2: Algebra Exercise 5: Graphing Patterns
7) When baking scones the oven must be set at 150 degrees Celsius plus 2 degrees
extra per scone
Draw a table that shows what temperature an oven must be on to cook 10, 20, 30,
40 and 50 scones and graph the relationship using appropriate scale
Can the points on the graph be joined up to form a line? Why or why not?
8) A river has a stepping stone every 1.5 metres. Draw a table showing the relationship
between the number of stones and the distance travelled across the river. Draw a
graph that shows the relationship. Explain why the points should not be joined to
form a line
9) A boy places three lollies into a jar. Every minute he puts in another lolly.
a) Draw a table that shows how many lollies in the jar after each minute
b) Graph the relationship
c) Explain why the points should not be joined
10) Alan has 20 CDs in his collection. At the end of each month he buys a CD
a) Draw a table that shows how many CDs in his collection each month
b) Graph the relationship
c) Explain why the points should not be joined
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Example: if the number of black dots always equals twice the

If there are 3 white dots, there are 7 black dots

Operations can be performed on variables like other numbers, but

For example, 2‫ ݔ‬+ 3‫ = ݔ‬5‫ݔ‬, 4‫ ÷ ݕ‬2‫ = ݕ‬2, but 2‫ ݔ‬+ 3‫ ݕ‬cannot be

When solving word problems, decide upon a variable, and what it

To graph a rule, construct a table of values and place a dot on a grid

1) There are a certain number of e) If you add two to John’s

e) Twice the number of lollies b) By midnight, there was only

4) Mark and his friends agree to give

c) John’s father is four times a) Peter says he will put in $2

d) John’s mother is three b) Frank will put in $5 more

b) In week three they scored 6

d) Jeff will put in double c) In week four they scored

c) Daniel scored half Jack’s 7) If y is the age of Peter, what is

e) Fred scored half Karl’s b) ‫ݕ‬−2

1) Add the following: b) What are 3 lots of r?

a) One bag of apples plus one c) If he walks 5 kilometres per

a) What is two bags of apples e) 2‫ ݔ‬+ 1 + 3‫ݔ‬

c) If there are ten apples in a a) 3‫ ݔ‬− ‫ݔ‬

d) If ‫ = ݔ‬10, what is the c) 4‫ ݔ‬− ‫ݔ‬

a) How many kilometres

6) How many lots of ‫ ݎ‬are there in e) 0

b) 3‫ ݎ‬− ‫ ݎ‬− ‫ݎ‬

c) 2‫ ݎ‬+ ‫ ݎ‬− ‫ݎ‬

e) 6‫ ݎ‬− 4‫ ݎ‬− 2‫ݎ‬

7) What is the value of 2‫ ݔ‬+ 2‫ݔ‬

8) If ‫ ݔ‬is the number of counters in a

He notices a very simple pattern which he puts into a table

Number of sides in the

a) Complete the table

He adds enough matches so that two triangles are tessellated

He tessellates another triangle

He notices a pattern which he puts into a table

Number of triangles Number of matches

a) Complete the above table

b) Complete the table below

Number of triangles Number of matches

3) Peter next makes a pattern of squares

a) Complete the table

Number of squares Number of matches

b) Complete the table

Number of squares Number of matches

4) Peter then cuts a circle into various pieces:

a) Complete the table

Number of cuts Number of sections

b) Complete the sentence: “The number of sections is equal to the number of

c) How many sections will be there be if there are 60 cuts made?

d) How many cuts are needed to make 180 sections?

5) Peter next builds a tower

a) Complete the table

Number of rows Number of blocks

d) How many blocks would be in the tower if it was 7 rows high?

6) Peter cuts a block across its length

a) Complete the table

Number of cuts Number of sections

b) The number of sections increases by ................ each time a cut is

c) Describe in words how to work out the number of sections if the

1) Complete the table

2) Complete the table

3) Complete the table

7) Mark’s age is twice John’s age. How old is Mark if John is

e) How old is John if Mark is 32?

e) How much money does Alan have if Peter has 12 dollars?