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Weekly check: Grade 7

20 mixed questions from 20 grade 7 topics, 50 marks.

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1

In triangle ABC, AB = 3 cm, AC = 5 cm and BC = √19 cm.

Find the size of angle BAC.

3 cm√19 cm5 cmABCDiagram NOT accurately drawn
4 marks
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60°
2

Show that √12 + √27 can be written as 5√3.

2 marks
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2√3 + 3√3 = 5√3
3

ABCD is a parallelogram. AB = 12 cm, AD = 7.5 cm and angle DAB = 65°.

Calculate the area of the parallelogram. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

2 marks
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81.6 cm2
4

A and B are two events.

P(A) = 0.5, P(B) = 0.4 and P(A ∪ B) = 0.7

  1. Work out P(A ∩ B).
  2. Work out P(B | A).
4 marks
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a) 0.2 b) 0.4
5

A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O.

B lies on the major arc AC.

Angle AOC = 128°.

Work out the size of angle ABC. Give a reason for your answer.

128°OACBDiagram NOT accurately drawn
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64°
6

The line y = ax + 5 is perpendicular to the line by = 3x − 2.

Find b in terms of a.

3 marks
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b = -3a
7

Work out the value of (3625)12

2 marks
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65
8

Write x2 + 8x + 3 in the form (x + a)2 + b, where a and b are integers.

2 marks
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(x + 4)2 - 13
9

Two mathematically similar candles, C and D, are made from the same wax.

C has surface area 36 cm2 and D has surface area 81 cm2.

The volume of C is 24 cm3.

Work out the volume of D.

3 marks
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81 cm³
10

The frequency densities for the times, t minutes, that 80 customers waited in a post office queue are shown in the table.

Time (t minutes)Frequency density
0 < t ≤ 102
10 < t ≤ 301.5
30 < t ≤ 403

Mia says, "The 0 < t ≤ 10 class must have the most customers because its bar is tall." Is Mia correct? You must show your working.

2 marks
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No: 0-10 has 20 customers, 10-30 has 30, 30-40 has 30. The 0-10 class has the fewest.
11

Factorise 2x2 + 7x + 3

2 marks
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(2x + 1)(x + 3)
12

In triangle ABC, angle BAC = 52°, angle ACB = 63° and AC = 11 cm.

Calculate the length of BC. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

11 cm52°63°ABCDiagram NOT accurately drawn
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9.56 cm
13

p is inversely proportional to q.

When q = 5, p = 12.

  1. Find a formula for p in terms of q.
  2. Find the value of p when q = 8.
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a) p = 60/q b) 7.5
14

A park keeper wants to estimate the number of fish in a lake.

She catches 30 fish, tags them and puts them back in the lake.

The next day she catches 40 fish. 8 of these fish are tagged.

Work out an estimate for the number of fish in the lake.

2 marks
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150
15

f(x) = 3x − 4    g(x) = x2

  1. Find f(5)

  2. Find gf(2)

3 marks
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a) 11 b) 4
16

Here are four equations.

A: y = 3 × 1.2x    B: y = 5 × 0.8x    C: y = 0.5 × 4x    D: y = 2 × (⅓)x

Which of the graphs show exponential decay (the curve goes down as x increases)? Give a reason.

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B and D
17

A histogram shows the heights of 71 trees. The table gives the frequency density for each class.

Height (h m)Frequency density
0 < h ≤ 101.2
10 < h ≤ 202.5
20 < h ≤ 401.5
40 < h ≤ 500.4

Work out the frequency for each class and check that the total is 71.

2 marks
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12, 25, 30, 4 (total 71)
18

Here are the first five terms of a quadratic sequence.

2   7   14   23   34

Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of this sequence.

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n2 + 2n - 1
19

Prove algebraically that the sum of an odd number and an even number is always odd.

2 marks
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2n + (2m + 1) = 2(n + m) + 1, which is odd
20

Simplify fully 2x2 + 6x4x

2 marks
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(x + 3)/2

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