MATHEMATICS SAMPLE PROBLEMS Ovate (7-8)

SECTION ONE: Each question contains 3-points Time Allowed : 90 Minutes

Question 1.

Each layer in this stack of boxes is a square prism as shown.

How many boxes are in the stack?

(A) 10
(B) 19
(C) 25
(D) 30

Question 2.

Umaira walks to school each day. She walks 2 kilometres from her house to the school gate. She then walks 23 metres
from the school gate to her classroom.

How far does she walk to get from her house to her classroom?

(A) 25 m
(B) 43 m
(C) 223 m
(D) 2023 m

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Question 3.

Here are three bottles.

I II III

2.5 L 600 mL 1L
What is the total capacity of the three bottles in millilitres?

(A) 950
(B) 1625
(C) 1850
(D) 4100

Question 4.

What number is missing from the pattern?

3, 4, 6, 9, ?, 18, 24, 31

(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 15

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Question 5.

In this grid the numbers in each row and each column are part of an incomplete pattern.

2 4 6 8
5 7 9 11
8 12
11 13 ?

What number should be in the

(A) 12
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 17

Question 6.

Here is a map of a school.

y
KEY
N
Paths
Fields 200 metres
Buildings

Hashim walks from building X to building Y along the route shown.

About how far does Hashim walk?

(A) 5.5 m
(B) 11 m
(C) 110 m
(D) 550 m

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Question 7.

This map shows the angles between some roads in a town. Two of the large roads head due north.

70

NOT TO SCALE

What is the value of x?

(A) 20
(B) 70
(C) 110
(D) 160

Question 8.

Fatima bought a model of Minar-e-Pakistan that is one-third taller than her height.

Fatima is 156 cm tall.

What is the height of her model of Minar-e-Pakistan?

(A) 208 cm
(B) 189 cm
(C) 104 cm
(D) 52 cm

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Question 9.

The table shows the maximum temperature in five cities for one day.

Athens 8 C
Cairo 20 C
Dublin 4 C
Lahore 21 C
Moscow 12 C
Which city's maximum temperature was 12 °C colder than Athens?

(A) Cairo
(B) Dublin
(C) Lahore
(D) Moscow

Question 10.

All of these numbers can be divided by the same 'magic' number without leaving a remainder.

182 273 286 429

What is the 'magic' number?

(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 13

SECTION TWO: Each question contains 4-points

Question 11.

Which of these numbers is closest to 10?

(A) 10.4
(B) 10.31
(C) 9.7
(D) 9.59

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Question 12.

Which of these four points has the coordinates (2, –3)?

3
(A) (B)
2
1
o x
3 2 1 1 2 3
1
(C) 2
(D)
3

(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D

Question 13.

How many of these shapes are pentagons?

(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1

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Question 14.

The seed of this mango is 20% of its total mass.

The mass of the mango is 300 g.

What is the mass of the seed?

(A) 15 g.
(B) 30 g.
(C) 60 g.
(D) 280 g.

Question 15.

Gohar wrote down an eight-digit phone number. Later one digit got smudged.

Gohar decided to guess the number.

What was Gohar's chance of guessing the number correctly on his first try?

(A) 1 chance in 4
(B) 1 chance in 8
(C) 1 chance in 10
(D) 1 chance in 100

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Question 16.

Kiran collected some spiders and some ants in her garden.

Each spider had 8 legs and each ant had 6 legs. She collected 8 animals altogether and they had a total of 58 legs.

How many ants did Kiran collect?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 8

Question 17.

All of these numbers can be divided by the same 'magic' number without leaving a remainder.

182 273 286 429

What is the 'magic' number?

(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 13

Question 18.

Shabbir and Jamal are standing on steps of different heights.

?
1.95 m

1.62 m

68 cm

23 cm

NOT TO SCALE

What is the distance between the top of Shabbir's head and the top of Jamal's head?

(A) 33 cm
(B) 45.33 cm
(C) 78 cm
(D) 91.33 cm

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Question 19.

This toy cat has a mass of 41.5 grams.

What is the mass of this cat in kilograms?

(A) 0.00415
(B) 0.0415
(C) 0.415
(D) 4.15

Question 20.

Julie has a piece of wood that is a rectangular prism 4 cm × 4 cm × 3 cm.

4 cm

3 cm

4 cm

She cuts the wood into small blocks, each 2 cm × 1 cm × 4 cm.

How many small blocks can Julie cut from the large piece of wood?

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 12

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SECTION THREE: Each question contains 5-points

Question 21.

This diagram shows three circles, each with a radius of 6 cm.

Each vertex of the triangle is at the centre of a circle.

What is the perimeter of the triangle?

(A) 12 cm (B) 18 cm
(C) 36 cm (D) 72 cm

Question 22.

How many litres in 4.5 millilitres?

(A) 0.00045 (B) 0.0045

Question 23.

Students in three different groups chose to play either football or cricket.

The graph shows the sport they chose Sport Chosen

6
Number of students

1
Group 3
0 Group 2
Football Group 1
Cricket

Which of these sets has the greatest number of students?

(A) students in Group 2 (B) students in Group 3

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Question 24.

Gul Khan drew on a square piece of paper. He joined two edges to make a cone.

Here is one view of Gul Khan's cone.

Which of these shows Gul Khan's square?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D (D)

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Question 25.

These are the Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) four people use with their credit cards.

Abid 4149
Javaid 2848
Humza 5397
Laeeque 3095

Whose PIN is made up of digits that are all square numbers?

(A) Abid's
(B) Javaid's
(C) Humza's
(D) Laeeque's

Question 26.

The diagram shows a table top which has been covered in square tiles. Each tile has 2 cm sides.

0.5 m

1.5 m

NOT TO SCALE

Most of the tiles are white except for a rectangular strip of red tiles 4 cm in from the edges.

How many red tiles have been used to tile the table top?

(A) 180
(B) 184
(C) 368
(D) 396

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Question 27.

Javaid is x years old. Saira is 5 years older than Javaid. Beenish is 3 years older than Saira. The total of the ages of Javaid,
Saira and Beenish is 40.

Which equation best represents this information?

(A) x + 8 = 40
(B) x + 13 = 40
(C) 3x + 8 = 40
(D) 3x + 13 = 40

Question 28.

Husnain spends 12 hours a week on three hobbies. The diagram shows how much of this time he spends on each hobby.

Reading Painting Sport

How much time does Husnain spend on reading each week?

(A) 4 hours
(B) 5 hours 20 minutes
(C) 5 hours 33 minutes
(D) 6 hours

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Question 29.
Laiba has written this expression:

6x + 3 y
3x
Which of these expressions is equivalent to Laiba's expression?

y
2+ 2 + xy
x
(A) (C)

y
2x + 2x+ y
x
(B) (D)

(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D

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Question 30.

Rajah is writing all the numbers from 1 to 100 in a pattern. This grid shows the start of his pattern.

A B C D E F G H I J
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

In square D4 he has written 13. In square E3 he should write

(A) 15
(B) 25
(C) 29
(D) 33

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