HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION– __ (TERM- 2024-25)

SUBJECT– MATHEMATICS(SAMPLE
Time : 3 hrs. PAPER) No. of Questions
MM : 80 CLASS- VII No. of pages :

Roll No. _____

Name : ____________________________________________
Sec_____
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 All Questions are compulsory.
 Section A: MCQs and VSAQs / 22 marks with 1 mark each.
 Section B: SAQs / 20 marks with 2 marks each.
 Section C: SAQs /18 marks with 3 marks each.
 Section D: LAQs/20 marks with 4 mark each.

SECTION A
Q1. Which of these results in a positive integer?
a) 540-620 b) 540-(-620)
c) (-540)-620 d) 540+(-620)
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Q2. 6 × 12 is equal ¿

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a) 72 b) 2

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c) 12
d) 5

Q3. The table shows the body weights of the member’s of the school’s swimming team
taken in the month of May. Mohan fell sick and Farook was taken in the team. Farook’s
weight was 32 kg. Which of the following statement is true based on the above data?
 a) Mean weight of the team will remain same after Farook’s inclusion in the team.
b) Mean weight of the team will decrease after Farook’s inclusion in the team.
c) Mean weight of the team will increase after Farook’s inclusion in the team.
d) Cannot be determined.
Q 4. The next number of the pattern 60, 30, 15, _______ is
a) 10 b) 5
c) 7.5 d) 3.75
p
Q5. Write 2.5 in the form of q , where p∧q are integers∧q ≠ 0.

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a) 100 b) 5

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c) 4 d) 2

Q6. (−5)3
a) 125 b) -25
c) (-125) d) -15
Q7. Ravi calculated32 ×(−99) as 32 X(-100 +1). Which of these is same as 32 X (-100 +1)?
a) 32 (-100) +1 b) 32 X (-100) X 1
c) (32 X 100)-(32 X 1) d) [ 32 X (-100)]+ [32 X 1]
Q8. A students’ hostel has 60 rooms. One-fifth of the rooms can accommodate 1 student
per room, one-fifth can accommodate 2 students per room and the rest can accommodate
3 students per room. What is the MAXIMUM number of students that can be
accommodated in the hostel?
a) 60 b) 72
 c) 144 d) 180
Q9. The table below shows the average daily temperature on four consecutive days in a
village in Himachal Pradesh. The four days in order from the coldest to the warmest are:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
-2.50C -0.20C 1.40C -1.80C

a) Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday

b) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday
c) Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday
d) Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday
ASSERTION- REASON QUESTION
Q10.Assertion: The mean of the numbers 10,20,30 and 40 is 25.
Reason: (10 +20+30+40)/ 4 = 25
a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for
Assertion.
b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the not the correct explanation for
Assertion.
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Q11. Write a negative integer and a positive integer whose difference is –3.
Q12. 4.7 /10 = ______
Q13. In an Inter House Quiz competition, the points scored by four houses is shown in the
table below:

What was the average score of the house?

Q14. Give two rational numbers equivalent to -7/6.
Q15. What is the product of 7/131 and its reciprocal.
Q16. Multiplicative inverse of -2/3 is ______.
Q17. The next number in the pattern -62,-37, -12,_______ is
Q18. The decimal expression for 8 rupees 8 paise (in Rupees) is _________.
Q19. –16 ÷ [8 ÷ (–2)] is equal to _______________.
Q20. 58 ×5 4=¿ ¿
Q21. State True or False:
(i) Zero is a rational number.
(ii) Every negative integer is not a negative rational number.
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Q22. Simplify: 6 5 × 9
SECTION B
23.The mean of 10 observations was calculated as 40. It was detected on rechecking that
the value of 45 was wrongly copied as 15. Find the correct mean.
24. Fill in the blank: While dividing a fraction by another fraction, we ________ the first
fraction by the ___________ of the other fraction.
25. The points P,Q,R S, T, U, A and B are on the number line such that TR = RS =SU and AP
= PQ = QB. Name the rational numbers represented by P, Q, R and S.

26)Express as mixed fraction:

2
a) 3 5 ×8

5 3
b) 8 of 7 2

27)Write the next four rational numbers to complete the pattern: 4/-5, 8/-10, 12/-15,
16/-20, __________,__________,___________,__________
28) Find each of the following products:
a) (-18) x (-10) x 9 b) (-20) x (-2) x (-5) x 7

29) Express 2,36,00,000 in standard form.

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30. Simplify: −2 9 −6
 −7
( )
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31. Simplify −2
( )
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32) Which of the following has the largest value?

SECTION C
33)Study the bar graph given below and answer the questions that follow:

a. What information does the bar graph represent?

b. How many motor bikes were produced in first three months?
c. Calculate the increase in production in May over the production in January.
OR
33)Study the bar graph given below and answer the questions that follow:
 a. What information does the double bar graph represent?
b. In which month sales of brand A decreased as compared to the previous
month.
c. What is the difference in sales of both the brands for the month of June.
34) a) Provide the number in the box . , such that
3/5 x = 24/75
b) Reshma uses ¾ m of cloth to stitch a shirt. How many shirts can she make with 2 ¼
cloth?
OR
34. a) Express 4 kg 3g in kilograms.
b) A flower garden is 22.50 m long. Suhana wants to make a border along one side
using bricks that are 0.25 m long. How many bricks will be needed?
35 a) Are the rational numbers -8/28 and 32/-112 equivalent. Give reason by showing
the calculations.
 b. Satya walks 2 /3 km from a place P, towards east and then from there 1 5/7 km
towards west. Where will he be now from P?

36)A green grocer had a profit of Rs. 470 on Monday, a loss of Rs. 120 on Tuesday and a loss
of Rs. 800 on Wednesday. Find his net profit or loss in 3 days. On Monday, he gave/
gifted/presented some of the vegetables to poor needy people. What moral value is shown
here?
37) Fill in the blank:
a) 1 million = 10¿ ¿

b) a 6 × a5 ×a 0=a ¿ ¿
¿

c) 23¿ 32
38)Observe the data and find the mean, median and mode of the given data.
16,15,16,16,8,15,17
SECTION D
39)A)Find:
i. 30.94 / 0.7 ii)11.2 x 0.15
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B How many 16 kg boxes of chocolates can be made with 1 2 kg chocolates?

40. a) Evaluate the following using properties: (-85 ) x 43 + 43 x (-15).

c) Suppose we represent the distance above the ground by a positive integer and
that below the ground by a negative integer, then answer the following:
An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate of 5 m per minute. What will
be its position after one hour?
OR
40.A) Verify that a ÷ ( b+ c ) ≠ ( a ÷ b ) +(a ÷ c) for a= 12, b= -4,c =2.
B) In a class test (+3) marks are given for every correct answer and (-2) marks are given
for incorrect answer and no marks for attempting any question. Reena scored 20 marks .
If she got 12 correct answers, how many she has attempted incorrectly?
41.CASE STUDY QUESTION:
Different websites offer the same phone at different prices. A Rs. 15,000 mobile phone is
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available at 5 of its marked price on Website A. Website A gives an additional discount
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equivalent to 10 of the phone price at check out. Website B offers the same mobile phone
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model at 5 of its price with no further discount at checkout.

1. At what price is the mobile phone offered at Website A?

2. At what fraction of the original price is the phone available at checkout on Website A?
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a) 10 b) 10
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c) 15 d) 50
3. Which website sells the phone a more economical price? Give reasons.
42. The table below gives the data of tourists visiting five hill stations over two consecutive
years. Study the table and answer the questions that follow:
Hill Nainital Shimla Manali Mussorie Kullu
Stations
2016 8000 10400 7400 11600 7000
2017 8800 9000 8400 12400 9200
a)Draw a double bar graph to depict the above information using appropriate scale.
b) Which hill station was visited by the maximum number of tourists in 2016?
c) In which hill stations was there increase in number of tourists in the year 2017?
OR
The following table shows the average intake of nutrients in calories by rural and
urban groups in a particular year. Using a suitable scale for the given data, draw a
double bar graph to compare the data.
43. Express each of the following as a product of powers of their prime factors:
(a) 9000 (b) 2025