Dinajpur School of LIBERATORS

Grade: VII Session: 2019-2020 Term: First Subject: MathD

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30th October, 2019
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STUDENT
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REGISTRATION
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 7

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Write in dark blue or black pen.
Make sure to write your name and registration number.
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Pencils may only be used for diagrams or graphs.
Do not use correction fluid.
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Answer all the questions. 11

Show all your working in the space provided below each question. 12
Write your answers at the end of each problem.
The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question. 13

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ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED IN THIS EXAMINATION.
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1. Amira has three $1 coins and two 20c coins in her purse.
She picks out coins at random, one after the other, without replacement.

The tree diagram shows the possible outcomes and their probabilities when picking out two coins.

a. Find x .

Answer .............................. [1]

b. Find the probability that the total value of the two coins picked out is 40 cents.

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c. Find the probability that the total value of the two coins picked out is @1.20.

Answer .............................. [2]

d. At a car park, the charge is $1.40. Amira picks out three coins, one after the other.
Find the probability that the total value of the three coins is $1.40.

Answer .............................. [2]

2. ABCDE is a pentagon.
AFB, AHE and BGC are straight lines.
F is the midpoint of AB.
H is the midpoint of AE.
G divides BC in the ratio 1 :2.

a. Find FH.

Answer .............................. [1]

b. Using vectors, show that GD is parallel to FH.

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c. It is given that c= a+ b
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i. Express ⃗
DC is terms of a and b .

Answer .............................. [2]

ii. AF|:|⃗
Find |⃗ DC|

Answer .............................. [1]

3. One day a farmer collected 300 eggs from his chickens.
The table below shows the distribution of the masses of the eggs.

Mass
42< m≤ 46 4 6<m ≤ 4 8 4 8<m ≤50 50<m ≤54 54< m≤ 58 58<m ≤ 6 6
(m grams)
Frequency 60 40 48 72 56 24

a. An egg is chosen at random.

i. Calculate the probability that the mass of this egg is not greater than 48 grams.

Answer .............................. [1]

An egg is chosen at random from the 300 eggs.

Another egg is chosen at random from those that remain

ii. Calculate the probability that the mass of one egg is at most 46 grams, and the mass of
the other is more than 58 grams.

Answer .............................. [2]

b. Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of an egg

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c. i. Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Mass m ≤66
m ≤ 42 m ≤ 46 m ≤ 48 m ≤50 m ≤54
(m grams)
Cumulative
0 60 300
Frequency
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ii. On the grid, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate this information.

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d. i. Use your graph to find the median mass of the eggs.

Answer .............................. [1]

ii. Use your graph to find the interquartile range.

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4. a. In 2016, the price of a television is $1995.
i. Afzal pays the $1995 with a deposit of $399 and 12 equal monthly payments.
Calculate Afzal’s monthly payments.

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ii. What percentage of $1995 is $399?

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iii. The price of the television in 2016 is 5% more than the price in 2015.
Calculate the price in 2015.

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b. Afzal watched a programme that lasted 2 hours 53 minutes. It ended at 01 15.
At what time did it start?

Answer .............................. [1]

c. A company paid a quarter of a million dollars for an advertisement that lasted 38 seconds.
Calculate the cost, correct to the nearest hundred dollars, for each second of the ad.

Answer .............................. [2]

d. The programme showed an athlete running 100 metres, measured correct to the nearest
metre. The time the athlete took was 11.3 sec, measured correct to the nearest 0.1 sec.
Calculate the upper bound for the athletes average speed.

Answer .............................. [2]

5. a. Evaluate
√
3 543
28.6−1.35
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Answer .............................. [1]

b. Factorise completely 9 p2−6 pq .

Answer .............................. [2]

c. Expand the brackets and simplify ( 3 a+ b )2.

Answer .............................. [1]

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d. Express as a single fraction in its simplest form − .
2t +1 3 t +1

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e. Find the integer values of n such that 4 ( 2−n )> 17 and n>−6.

Answer .............................. [2]

f. Abebi, Bella and Chuku share $112.

Abebi receives $ x . Bella receives $12 less than Abebi. Chuku receives twice as much as Bella.
Form an equation in x and solve it to find out how much Chuku receives.
Answer .............................. [2]
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6. y= × 2
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The table shows some values of x and the corresponding values of y , correct to 1 decimal place.

x −1.5 −1 0 1 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

y p 0.3 0.6 1.2 2.4 3.4 4.8 6.8 9.6

a. Calculate p.

Answer .............................. [1]

b. On the grid,
 using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit, draw a horizontal x -axis for −2 ≤ x ≤ 4 ,
 using a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit, draw a vertical y -axis for 0 ≤ y ≤ 10,
 plot the points from the table and join them with a smooth curve.

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c. By drawing a tangent, estimate the gradient of the curve at the point where x=2.5 .

Answer .............................. [2]

d. i. On the same grid, draw the straight line that passes through (−0.4 , 0) and (2 , 3.6)

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ii. Find the equation of this line in the form y=mx+c .

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iii. Write down the x -coordinates of the points where the line intersects the curve.

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iv. These x -coordinates satisfy the equation 2 x =Ax + B. Find the values of A and B.

Answer .............................. [2]

7. On Monday, Abdul sold 140 boxes of matches at 30 cents per box.
a. Calculate the income, in dollars, Abdul received on Monday.

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b. On Tuesday, the price per box decreased by 10% and the number of boxes sold increased by 30%.
Calculate the percentage change in the income.

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c. On Wednesday, the price of a box was y cents less than it was on Monday.
Abdul sold 4 y more boxes on Wednesday than he did on Monday.

i. Write down an expression, in terms of y , for the income received on Wednesday.

Give your answer in dollars.

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ii. Given that this income is equal to $40, write down an equation in y and show that it
simplifies to y 2 +5 y−50=0.

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iii. Solve the equation y 2 +5 y−50=0.

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iv. Hence find the number of boxes sold on Wednesday.

Answer .............................. [1]

8. A bag contains R red beads and B blue beads.
Two beads are chosen, at random, without replacement.
The tree diagram shows the possible outcomes and their probabilities.

i. Calculate the probability that both beads are red.

Answer .............................. [1]

ii. Calculate the probability that the two beads are different colours.

Answer .............................. [2]

iii. What is the value R .

Answer .............................. [1]

iv. Of the red beads, half have a yellow spot.

Calculate the probability that, of the two chosen beads, neither has a yellow spot.

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9. a. Triangle ABC has sides AB=8 cm , A C=7 cm and BC=12 cm .
i. Use a ruler and compasses to construct triangle ABC .

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ii. Measure ∠ BAC .

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b. Calculate the interior angle of a regular 12-sided polygon.

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c. The diagram shows a hexagon with two parallel sides and one horizontal line of symmetry.

i. Calculate p.

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ii. Calculate q .

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d. Trapezium PQRS is similar to trapezium ABC D .

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AB is parallel to DC and ∠ ABC=90 ° . D C=2 AB , BC= AB and PQ= DC .
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Given that BC=x cm, find an expression, in terms of x , for the area of PQRS .

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10. A rectangle has length 2 x cm , perimeter 18 cm and area 10 cm2 .
a. Find, in terms of x , the width of the rectangle, and illustrate with a diagram below.

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b. Show that 2 x 2−9 x+5=0 .

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c. Solve 2 x 2−9 x+5=0 , giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

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d. Find the difference between the length and the width of the rectangle.

Answer .............................. [1]

11. The diameter of a wheel of a bicycle is 58.4 cm. If it travels at an average speed of 25 km/hr, find
the number of revolutions made by the wheel per minute, giving your answer correct to the
nearest whole number.

Answer .............................. [4]

12. Nora deposited $800 in a bank at the end of 2013 and another $700 in the same bank at the end
of 2014. The bank offers simple interest at a rate of 1.2% per annum. Find the total amount she
has in the bank at the end of 2015.

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