PART 2

STRAIT REGIONAL SCHOOL BOARD

GRADE 7 ASSESSMENT

June, 2009

NAME ______

Teacher ______

School ______

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Please write the letter of the best possible answer in the space at the left.

( 1 point each)

24. ______The order of rotational symmetry of a regular hexagon is

A) 2 B) 3C) 6D) 12

25.______Which number is halfway between 10% and 11%?

A)10.5 B)10.2 C) 1.05 D) 0.105

26. ______What is the value of -10 – ( -64 8) ?

A) 2 B) -18 C) -2 D) 6.75

27. ______Joe received these test scores: 80, 96, 84, 91, 90, 84, 60, 88. If he wants to

impress his mother, which of the following would he choose to represent his marks?

A) MeanB) ModeC)MedianD) Range

28. _____ Kelly ate one-fifth of a pizza, Freda ate 0.3 of the pizza and Jones ate 40% of the pizza.

How much of the pizza was left uneaten?

A) 90%B) 30% C) 20% D) 10%

29. _____ Which subtraction statement is represented by the set of

diagrams at the right? ( Shaded markers are positive.)

A) (+4) – (+5) B) (+4) – (-5)

C)(-4) – (+5) D)(-4) – (-5)

30. _____ What is the value of 6n – 5 when n = 0?

A) 0 B) 1

C) 5 D) -5

31._____ Nick traveled from the top of FoxMountain at an

elevation of 1008 m above sea level, to the bottom of MistValley which was 86 m below sea

level. What was the change in altitude between FoxMountain and MistValley?

A) -1094 mB) -922 m C) 922 m D) 2188 m

32._____ Which equation is modeled by this diagram.

A) x + 3 = 11

B) 2x + 3 = 11

C) 2x + 3 = 9.2

D) 2x – 3 = 11

33.______Which choice below expresses 182 000 in scientific notation?

A) 18.2 x 104 B) 1.82 x 105 C)1.82 x 103 D) 0.182 + 106

h / 1 / 2 / 3 / 10
s / 4 / 7 / 10 / 31

34._____ Which equation fits the table at the left?

A) s = 4hB) h = 3s +1 C) s = 3h +1D) h = 3s - 1

35. ____ Rodney had a cube made from Play Dough. He sliced a small regular pyramid from each

of its vertices. The solid Rodney made after cutting had

A) 8 vertices B) 14 faces C) 12 edges D) 24 faces

36. _____Which statement could be inferred from reading the

histogram on the right?

A) Few seniors older than 85 live in apartments.

B) More than half of seniors older than 80 live in apartments.

C) Most seniors own their own condominiums.

D) The median age of seniors living in apartments is 80.

37. _____Braemore Co-Op sells oranges for $5.58/dozen.

What will 8 oranges cost at this price?

A) $2.68 B) $3.78 C) $3.72 D) $4.10

38._____ Sam was running home from the soccer field. He stopped to rest for a moment, realized that

he had forgotten his Jersey at the soccer field and ran back to get it.

Which graph below best fits Sam’s situation?

PART B: Please show all of your work for this part of the assessment. Be sure to attempt all questions because marks will be given for partial answers. ( 3 points each)

39. Pierre drives 75 km/h in winter. If he drives for 2 h and 20 minutes at this speed, what distance will he travel? Show all work. / 40. Use a model of you choice to show how to find: (+4) x (-2). Write a sentence to explain your model.
41. Draw an equilateral triangle using FG as one of its sides. Describe your method. Be sure to state what tools you used.

/ 42. Describe one or more transformations that would move the white shape on top of the shaded shape.

43. Mr. Smith has 10 math students . When he gave back his Math test, he found the following:

Mean: 72%Mode: 65%Median: 65%

Later Mr. Smith found an error in the answer key and decided to increase every student’s grade in the class by 5%.
A)How did this affect the mean, median, and the mode? / B) Create a set of ten marks that will fit the mean, median and mode before the correction was made. (The lowest mark was 53% before corrections were made.)
44. Amanda wanted a pair of soccer shoes that sold regularly for $125.00. She waited until they were put on sale at a 30% discount. What total must she pay if she buys them on sale and the HST is 13%?
PART C: 6 points each. Show all steps here. Points will be given for partial answers.
45. John is making a pattern from 1 cm cubes.
A) Draw the next three sketches in his pattern.
B) Write an equation that relates the number of cubes used to the diagram number and use your equation to find what diagram number requires 96 cubes.
Diagram 1, Diagram 2, Diagram 3, Diagram 4 Diagram 5 Diagram 6




46. Mary likes playing games of chance. She bets $0.25 only if the probability of winning is greater than 50%. If a player wins when the arrows on both spinners land on Red, should she bet on this game? Justify your answer.