Semester 2 Exam Revision Booklet

Topic’s Covered
1. Patterns and Algebra
2. Polygons Solids and Transformations
3. Units of measurement
4. Statistics and Probability

Test papers are also to be revised as support for

revision.
 Patterns and Algebra

1 Write the next three terms in each of the following sequences.

a 1, 5, 9, 13, _____, _____, _____ b 100, 94, 88, 82, _____, _____, _____

c 192, 96, 48, 24, ____, _____, _____ d 1, 3, 9, 27, _____, _____, _____

e 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, _____, _____, _____ f 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, _____, _____, _____

2 a Draw the next two shapes in the spatial pattern shown below.

b Write the number of sticks above as a number pattern.

c Describe the pattern by stating how many sticks are required to make the first term, and how
many sticks are required to make the next term in the pattern.
3 a Draw the next two shapes in the spatial pattern shown below.

b Complete the following table.

Number of diamonds 1 2 3 4 5

Number of sticks required

c Describe a rule connecting the number of sticks required with the number of diamonds
produced.

d Use your rule to predict how many sticks would be required to make 12 diamonds.

4 Complete each table for the given rule.

a output = input – 2 b output = (3 x input) + 1

input 0 1 2 3 4
input 3 5 7 9 11
output
output
5 State the rule for each of these tables of values.
a b

input 0 1 2 3 4 input 9 0 8 5 12

output 5 9 13 17 21 output 18 0 16 10 24

6 Plot these points on the number plane.

a A(1, 4)
b B(2, 0)
c C(4, 2)
d D(6, 5)

7 For the given rule output = 5 – input:7.

a complete the given table of values.

input (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5

output (y)

b plot each point in the table on the Cartesian plane to form a graph.
8 Consider the expression 2p + 3q + 5r + 7.
a List the terms in the expression.

b State the coefficient of each pronumeral in the expression.

c What is the constant term?

9 Write an expression for each of the following without using the  or  symbols.

a a is halved, then 9 is added b 4 less than triple the value of b

c 2 is added to c, then the result is d d is multiplied by 3 and the multiplied by 7

result is divided by 8

e the sum of 6 and one-fifth of e f the product of f and g is subtracted from h

10 If m = 4 and n = 5, find the value of the following expressions.

10
a 7m + 3 b 14 −
n

c
mn
2
(
+3 n −1 ) d 8m − 7
 2
 12 
e n2 − m2 f  +n
m 

g 5 + 5(4n − m 2 ) h 35 − 5(m2 − 2n)

11 a Complete the following table.

x=0 x=1 x=2 x=3

3x + 6

3x + 2

3(x + 2)

b Are any of the expressions 3x + 6, 3x + 2 or 3(x + 2) equivalent?

12 For each of the following, find the expression that is not equivalent to the others.

a x + 3 + 4x, 5 + 4x – 3 + x, 3x + 3 + 2x, 4 + 2x – 1 + 3x

b 5x – 5 – 2x – 2, 4x – 3 – x – 4, 2x – 7 + x, 3x – 2 – x + 5
13 Simplify the following by collecting like terms.

a 3a + 4 + 2a b 10b − 5b + b

c 6 + 9c − 7d + 2 − 4c d 8x + 6 y − 3x + y + 2x

e 9e − 3ef − 7e + 5ef f 15st + 5s − 8st + 4 − 2t + 3s

 Algebra

1 Which of the following are equations?

a 7 + 6 = 15 b 93 c 24=8

d 6+x e 10 – x = 7

2 State whether each of the following equations is true or false.

a 35=7+8 b 4a – 5 = 10 – a, if a = 3

c 12 – 4 = 36  (9 – 5) d 7x = y + 6, if x = 2 and y = 8

3 Write an equation for each of the following scenarios.

a The sum of 2 and n is 9.

b Kate is k years old. Five years ago she was 18.

c Charlie earns $w per hour. During an 8-hour shift he earns $136.

d Pens cost $x each and pencils cost $y. Three pens and four pencils cost $9.

4 For each of these equations, find the value of the missing number that would make it true.

a 17 + ________ = 30 b ________  6 = 54 c 7 = 28  ________

5 Solve each of the following equations by inspection.
a 5+a=9 b b–2=6 c 4c = 32

d 2e – 4 = 10

6 For each equation, find the result of applying the given operation to both sides.

a 4a = 8 [ 5] b b – 3 = 9 [– 2] c 12c = 30 [ 6]

d 9 + d = 16 [+ 1] e 4e + 7 = 19 [– 7] f 5f – 8 = 12 [+ 8]

7 Show that these pairs of equations are equivalent by stating the operation used.

a 8 + a = 16 and 2 + a = 10 b 5(b – 9) = 15 and b – 9 = 3

c 7c – 8 = 6 and 7c – 1 = 13 d 2d + 3 = 7 and 4d + 6 = 14

8 Solve each of the following equations algebraically.

c
a 6a = 42 b b–9=4 c =8
3

d 7 + d = 15 e 13 = 4e – 7
 Polygons, solids and transformations

1 For the following polygons:

i state the type of polygon by considering its number of sides

ii classify the polygon as convex or non-convex

iii classify the polygon as regular or irregular

a b c

i _______________________ i _______________________ i_______________________

ii _______________________ ii _______________________ ii _______________________

iii _______________________ iii _______________________ iii _______________________

2 Classify these triangles as:

i scalene, isosceles or equilateral
ii acute, right or obtuse

a b c

i _______________________ i _______________________ i_______________________

ii _______________________ ii _______________________ ii _______________________

3 Find the value of a in each of these triangles.

a b c

4 These triangles have exterior angles. Find the value of x by first calculating the value of a.

a b

5 State each type of special quadrilateral given below.

a b c

d e f
6 Find the value of the pronumerals in each of these quadrilaterals.
a b c

7 Give the order of i line symmetry and ii rotational symmetry for each of these shapes.

a b c

8 Draw the reflected image of these shapes and label A’, B’, C’ and D’, where the mirror line is the:
a x-axis b y-axis
9 Draw the image of these shapes after each translation.
a 3 units left and 2 units up b 1 unit down and 3 units right

10 On the same set of axes, draw the image of this shape after the following rotations.

a 90 clockwise about C

b 180 about C

c 90 anticlockwise about C

11 Describe the translation when each point is translated to its image.

a A(1, 4) is translated to A’(5, 4) ____________________________________________

b B(3, –1) is translated to B’(2, 3) ____________________________________________

c C(–3, –2) is translated to C’(0, –4) ____________________________________________

 Units of Measurement
Units of measurement formula sheet
CONVERTING UNITS OF LENGTH

CONVERTING UNITS OF AREA

Area of Square = l×l

Area of Rectangle = l ×w

𝒃 ×𝒉
Area of a Triangle =
𝟐

Area of Parallelogram = b×h

Volume of Rectangular prism: V = l ×w ×h

Volume of Cube: V = l ×l×l

1 Convert these measurements to the units shown in brackets.
a 6 m (cm) b 3 mm (cm) c 0.7 m (mm)

2 These rulers show centimetres with millimetre divisions. Read the scale to measure the marked
length, and give your answer in:
a millimetres
i ii

b centimetres
i ii

3 Find the perimeter of each of these shapes.

a b

c d
4 Find the area of these rectangles and squares.
a b

c d

5 Find the area of these triangles.

a b c
 6 Find the area of these parallelograms.
a b c

7 Find the volume of these rectangular prisms.

a b c
 Statistics and Probability
1 Classify the following variables as categorical, continuous numerical or discrete

numerical data.

a The birth weight of a newborn humpback whale.

b The number of animals per enclosure in a zoo.
c The various breeds of dogs.

2 Consider the set of data 25, 17, 10, 23, 13, 28, 17.

a Find the range of the values. b Find the mean of this set of data.

c Find the median of this set of data. D Find the mode of this set of data.

e If the data value 19 is added, what will be the new median?

3 The dot plot below represents the results of a survey that asked a group of students how many siblings they
have.

Number of students

Number of siblings

a How many students participated in the survey? ____________________________

b How many students have two siblings? ____________________________

c What is the range of values? ____________________________

d What is the mode? ____________________________

e What is the median number of siblings? ____________________________

f Are there any outliers? ____________________________

4 From a choice of red, green, yellow, blue or pink, each student of Year 7A chose their favourite colour. The
results are presented in the table below.

Colour red green yellow blue pink

Number of students 4 6 5 9 3

On the axes provided, draw a column graph to represent Year 7A’s

favourite colours.

5 One morning, Arthur measures the outside temperature at hourly intervals.

Time 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m.

Temperature (C) 12 15 17 23 25

a Present the data as a line graph on the axes provided.

b Use your graph to estimate the room temperature at 10:30 a.m. ______________
6 On the weekends, Sue enjoys hiking. This travel graph shown the distance Sue travels one Saturday over a 6-
hour period.

a How far did Sue travel in total? __________________________________

b How far did Sue travel in the first two hours? _________________________________

c What happened in the fourth hour? __________________________________

d When is Sue travelling the fastest? __________________________________

7 Consider the following set of data:

14, 24, 10, 27, 8, 13, 26, 35, 18, 24, 9, 30, 22

a Represent this set of data as a stem-and-leaf plot.

Stem Leaf

b What is the range? ________________________________________________________

c What is the mode? ________________________________________________________

d What is the median? ________________________________________________________

1 Is observation or a sample or a census the most appropriate way to collect data on each of the following?

a The number of wild horses in the Victorian high country.

b The list of all postcodes from the student addresses in your school.

c The 5 best times for 100 m freestyle of swimmers in your year level.

2 Describe the likelihood of the following events using the words impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely or
certain.

a Thursday will be the day after Wednesday. _____________________

b Winning the lottery if you do not buy a ticket. _____________________

c Obtaining an even number if a fair 6-sided die is rolled. _____________________

d Selecting a blue jelly bean from a packet of coloured

jelly beans. _____________________

e Obtaining a number greater than 1 if a fair 6-sided

die is rolled. _____________________

3 Match each description (a to f) with the spinner (A to F) it correspond to.

A B C

D E F

a Blue, red and green are equally likely. ________

b Red and green both have an even chance. ________

c Green and blue are equally likely; red and blue are
not equally likely. ________

d Blue, red and green are all possible, but no two colours are
equally likely. ________

e Blue is certain. ________

f Red and blue both have an even chance. ________

4 A fair 6-sided die is rolled.

a List the sample space. _________________________________________________

b Find the probability of rolling a 5. ________________________________________________

c Find the probability of rolling an odd number. __________________________________

d Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 2. ________________________

5 A bag of marbles contains 3 green marbles, 2 red marbles and 5 blue marbles.

A marble is chosen at random. Find the probability that:

a a red marble is chosen. Give your answer as a fraction. _______________________

b a blue marble is chosen. Give your answer as a decimal. _______________________

c a green marble is not chosen. Give your answer as a percentage. _____________

6 When playing with a spinner with the numbers 1 to 4 on it, the following numbers come up:

3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1

a What is the experimental probability of getting a 4?

______________________________________________________________________________________

b What is the experimental probability of getting a number less than 3?

________________________________________________________________________________________

c Based on this experiment, how many times would you expect to get a 4 if you spin 100 times?

________________________________________________________________________________________