Mathematics
First Practice Test 2
Levels 5-7
Calculator allowed
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Last name
School
Remember
The test is 1 hour long.
You may use a calculator for any question in this test.
You will need: pen, pencil, rubber, ruler, tracing paper (optional) and a scientific or
graphic calculator.
Some formulae you might need are on page 2.
This test starts with easier questions.
Try to answer all the questions.
Write all your answers and working on the test paper do not use
any rough paper. Marks may be awarded for working.
Check your work carefully.
Ask your teacher if you are not sure what to do.
For markers use only
TOTAL MARKS
Instructions
Answers
This means write down your
answer or show your working
and write down your answer.
Calculators
You may use a calculator to
answer any question in this test.
Formulae
You might need to use these formulae
Trapezium
b
1
Area = (a + b)h height (h)
2
Prism
length
area of cross-section
Volume = area of cross-section length
2
Cube edges
1. Look at the diagram of Megans cube. E
F H
A C
Megan puts her finger on point A.
She can move her finger along 3 edges to get from point A to point H
without taking it off the cube.
Complete the table below to show all 6 ways she can do this.
One way is done for you.
Ways of moving from A to H
A B C H
2 marks
3
Track
2. (a) A straight piece of model car track is 20 cm in length.
20 cm
How many of these straight pieces are needed to make a 1 metre track?
1 mark
(b) A curved piece of track looks like this:
60
How many of these curved pieces are needed to make a complete circle of track?
1 mark
4
Matching expressions
3. Match each statement to the correct expression.
The first one is done for you.
2
Add 2 to a
2 a
Subtract 2 from a a+2
2a
Multiply a by 2
a 2
2
Divide a by 2 a
a2
Multiply a by itself
a
2
2 marks
5
Area, Values
4. Look at the shapes drawn on the centimetre square grid.
For each one, work out the area that is shaded.
The first one is done for you.
Area = 12 cm2 Area = cm2 Area = cm2
1 mark
5. (a) Look at the equation.
n + 3 = 12
Use it to work out the value of n3
1 mark
(b) Now look at this equation.
n+3=7
Use it to work out the value of n6
1 mark
6
Symmetry patterns
6. (a) Shade two more squares on the shape below so that it has
rotation symmetry of order 4
1 mark
(b) Now shade four more squares on the shape below so that it has
rotation symmetry of order 2
1 mark
7
Shop
7. Kim works in a shop.
The shaded squares on the diagram below show
the hours she worked in one week.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
am pm
The table shows her pay for each hour worked.
Pay for each hour worked
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm 6.35
Monday to Friday, after 5 pm 7.50
Saturday 7.50
8
Using algebra
How much was Kims pay for this week?
2 marks
8. Here is some information about three people.
Jo is 2 years older than Harry.
Kate is twice as old as Jo.
Write an expression for each persons age using n
The first one is given.
Harrys age n
Jos age
1 mark
Kates age
1 mark
9
Goldbach
9. A famous mathematician claimed that:
Every even number greater than 4 can be
written as the sum of a pair of prime numbers.
For example: 8 can be written as the sum of 3 and 5, and
3 and 5 are both prime numbers.
(a) Write a pair of prime numbers that sum to 16
and
1 mark
Now write a different pair of prime numbers that sum to 16
and
1 mark
(b) Now choose an even number that is greater than 16,
then write a pair of prime numbers that sum to your even number.
Complete the sentence below.
The even number can be written as
the sum of the prime numbers and
1 mark
10
Side length
10. The diagrams show an equilateral triangle and a square.
The shapes are not drawn accurately.
8.4 cm
The side length of the equilateral triangle is 8.4 cm.
The perimeter of the square is the same as the perimeter of the
equilateral triangle.
Work out the side length of the square.
cm
2 marks
11
Value of x
11. (a) Look at the equation.
5x + 1 = 2x 8
Complete the sentence below by ticking ( ) the correct box.
The value of x is
one particular number.
any number less than zero.
any number greater than zero.
any whole number.
any number at all.
1 mark
(b) Now look at this equation.
y = 3x 2
Complete the sentence below by ticking ( ) the correct box.
The value of x is
one particular number.
any number less than zero.
any number greater than zero.
any whole number.
any number at all.
1 mark
12
Darts, Conversions
12. Gita threw three darts.
Use the information in the box to work out what numbers she threw.
The lowest number was 10
The range was 10
The mean was 15
Gitas numbers were , and
1 mark
13. A cookery book shows this conversion table.
Mass in ounces Mass in grams
1 25
2 50
3 75
4 110
5 150
10 275
Use the table to explain how you can tell the conversions cannot all be exact.
1 mark
13
Concorde, Counters in a bag
14. Concorde could travel 1 mile every 3 seconds.
How many miles per hour (mph) is that?
mph
2 marks
15. In a bag, there are only red, white and yellow counters.
I am going to take a counter out of the bag at random.
1
The probability that it will be red is more than
4
It is twice as likely to be white as red.
Give an example of how many counters of each colour there could be.
Write numbers in the sentence below.
There could be red, white and yellow counters.
2 marks
14
Perimeters
16. (a) The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 42 a + 18
Write an expression for the length of one of its sides.
1 mark
(b) The perimeter of a different regular polygon is 75 b 20
The length of one of its sides is 15 b 4
How many sides does this regular polygon have?
1 mark
(c) The perimeter of a square is 4 ( c 9 )
Find the perimeter of the square when c = 15
1 mark
15
Yoghurt, Lawn
17. A dessert has both fruit and yoghurt inside.
Altogether, the mass of the fruit and yoghurt is 175 g.
The ratio of the mass of fruit to the mass of yoghurt is 2 : 5
What is the mass of the yoghurt?
g
2 marks
18. The diagram shows a plan of Lukes new lawn.
The lawn is a circle with radius 3m.
Work out the area of the lawn.
3m
m2
2 marks
16
Triangular numbers
19. To find the n th triangular number, you can use this rule.
n th triangular number = n ( n + 1 )
2
3
Example: 3rd triangular number = ( 3 + 1)
2
= 6
(a) Work out the 10 th triangular number.
1 mark
(b) Now work out the 100 th triangular number.
1 mark
17
Journeys
20. (a) The graphs show information about the different journeys of four people.
Ann Ben
Distance from Distance from
starting point starting point
0 Time 0 Time
Chris Dee
Distance from Distance from
starting point starting point
0 Time 0 Time
Write the correct names next to the journey descriptions in the table below.
Name Journey description
This person walked slowly and then ran
at a constant speed.
This person walked at a constant speed but
turned back for a while before continuing.
This person walked at a constant speed
without stopping or turning back.
This person walked at a constant speed but
stopped for a while in the middle. 1 mark
18
(b) Ella made a different journey of 4km.
She walked to a place 4 km away from her starting point.
Here is the description of her journey.
For the first 15 minutes she walked at 4 km per hour.
For the next 15 minutes she walked at 2 km per hour.
For the last 30 minutes she walked at a constant speed.
Show Ellas journey accurately on the graph below.
Ella
Distance from
starting point 2
( km )
0 2 marks
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time ( minutes )
(c) For the last 30 minutes of her journey, what was Ellas speed?
km per hour
1 mark
19
Isosceles triangle
21. Look at triangle ABC.
ABD is an isosceles triangle where AB = AD.
y z Not drawn
accurately
x 74 28
B C
D
Work out the sizes of angles x, y and z
Give reasons for your answers.
x= because
y= because
z= because
2 marks
20
Special offer
22. A shop has this special offer.
Reduction of 10% when your bill is between 50 and 100
Reduction of 20% when your bill is more than 100
Before the reductions, Maries bill is 96 and Richards bill is 108
After the reductions, who paid more?
You must show working to explain your answer.
Tick ( ) the correct answer.
Marie Richard Both paid the same
2 marks
21
Planes
23. The scatter graph shows the maximum number of passengers plotted against
the wingspans of some passenger planes.
600
500
400
Number of
300
passengers
200
100
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Wingspan (m)
(a) What type of correlation does the scatter graph show?
1 mark
(b) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph.
1 mark
(c) Another passenger plane has a wingspan of 40 m. The plane is full of passengers.
If each passenger takes 20 kg of bags onto the plane, estimate how much their
bags would weigh altogether.
kg
2 marks
22
Cubes
24. Kaylee has some 1cm cubes.
She makes a solid cube with side length 6cm out of the cubes.
Not drawn
accurately
Then she uses all these cubes to make some cubes with side length 2cm.
How many of these 2cm cubes can Kaylee make?
2 marks
23
Best buy
25. You can buy jars of the same jam in two sizes.
A B
454g for 1.59 340g for 1.25
Which jar is better value for money?
You must show working to explain your answer.
Tick ( ) your answer.
A B
2 marks
24
Shadows
26. Toms height is 1.8 m.
He stands near a tree.
Height
of tree
1.8 m
2.7 m
Not drawn
6.3 m accurately
At 4 pm, the length of Toms shadow is 2.7 m.
At 4 pm, the length of the trees shadow is 6.3 m.
What is the height of the tree?
m
2 marks
25
1, 2, 4
27. Here are the n th term expressions for three different sequences.
( n 1) n2 n + 2 n ( n2 3n + 8 )
2
2 6
Sequence A Sequence B Sequence C
The first three terms of each sequence are 1, 2 and 4
What is the 4th term of each sequence?
You must show your working.
Sequence A
Sequence B
Sequence C
3 marks
26
Triangles
28. Look at this triangle. A C
Work out length AC.
9cm
17 cm
Not drawn
B accurately
AC = cm
2 marks
27
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