1.

Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 15 and 30

[2]

2. (a) Expand.

2(7 – 2x)

[1]

(b) Solve.

3x – 15 = 45

x= [2]

3. Work out.

0.5 × 650

[1]

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4. Calculate
4 + (1 + 22) × 3

[1]

5. Simplify.

4a + 2b – b + a

[1]

6. (a) Write 2.147 correct to 1 decimal place.

[1]

(b) Write 52.019 correct to 2 decimal places.

[1]

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7. Rono is x years old.
Sofie is 10 years older than Rono.

Write an expression for Sofie’s age in terms of x.

[1]

The sum of their ages is 44.

Find Rono’s age.

[2]

8. Find the value of 3a – b when a = 6 and b = (- 4)

[2]

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9. Mina has 24 hair clips in a box.
Here are the colours of the hair clips.

12 red
4 purple
6 pink
2 blue

She picks one hair clip at random from the box.

A B C D E

0 0.5 1

Use the probability scale.

(a) Write the letter of the arrow that shows the probability that she picks a pink hair
clip.

[1]

(b) Complete this sentence.

The probability that Mina picks a…...................colour hair clip is shown bythe letter D.

[1]

10. The distance from Longtown to Manville is 76 km.These towns are plotted on a map.
The map has a scale of 1cm = 20km.

Find the distance between these two towns on the map.

cm [2]

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11. Hassan and Lily share $250 in the ratio 3 : 7

Write down the fraction that Hassan receives.

[1]

Hassan gives $15 of his share to his mother.

What fraction of Hassan’s share does his mother receive?

Give your answer in its simplest form.

[3]

12. Pierre rolls a fair six-sided dice numbered 1 to 6

Tick (➹) to show if each pair of events is mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive.

Mutually Not mutually

exclusive exclusive
Rolling a 6 and rolling an even number

Rolling an odd number and rolling a factor of 6

Rolling a square number and rolling a multiple of 3

[3]

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15. Carlos buys tins of soup. The shop has three offers.

Pack of 6 for $3.00 Pack of 4 for $1.80 One tin for $0.49

The tins are identical.

Tick (➹) the offer that represents the best value for money.

Pack of 6 Pack of 4 One tin

Show your working.

[3]

16. Draw a ring around each number that is a common factor of 30 and 75

5 15 25 75 150

[1]

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17. Calculate.
–123 – (– 72)

[1]

18. Mia hires a bike.

The hire cost is $2.50 for each hour.
Work out the cost of hiring the bike for 7 hours.

[2]

19. A meal costs $110 plus a service charge of 10%

Calculate the total cost of the meal.

[2]

20. Below is a triangle.

Calculate its area.

cm2 [2]

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23. Here are the first four terms of a number sequence

4 9 14 19

(a) Write down the next term of the number sequence.

[1]

(b) Explain how you found your answer to 23 (a).

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
[1]

(c) Find the difference between the 8th and 10th terms.

[1]

24. Emily has the following cards

Emily is going to choose two cards and multiply the numbers on them.
What cards should Emily choose to make the largest possible answer?

and [1]

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25. Here is a function machine

(a) Work out the output when the input is 12

[1]

(b) Work out the output when the input is 10

[1]

(c) Work out the input when the output is 35

[1]

26. Write the correct sign, > or < in each box.

[3]

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27. Karen scored 35% in her Math test.
Karen scored 35 marks out of 70 marks in her English test.
In which subject did Karen score a better percentage?
Show your working.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
[3]
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28. Work out 14 ÷ and give your answer in the simplest form.
15 9

[2]

29. Below is a list of numbers

0.3% 3/100 6/20 45% 4.5

Arrange the above numbers in the descending order.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
[1]

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30. A bag contains 200 sweets

Beatrix and Volker share the sweets in the ratio of 7: 3

Work out the number of sweets they each receive.

Beatrix ...................................................

Volker ...................................................

[2]

Work out the difference between the sweets each person received.

[1]

31. Shown below is a rectangle.

Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

[2]

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32. Betty has a bag of 20 fruit flavour sweets.

7 of the sweets are strawberry flavour,11 are lime flavour,

2 are lemon flavour.

Emily takes at random a sweet from the bag.

Write down the probability that Emily

(a) takes a strawberry flavour sweet,

[1]

(b) does not take a lime flavour sweet,

[1]

(c) takes an orange flavour sweet.

[1]

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