ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO YEAR 7

SAMPLE MATHEMATICS PAPER

TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR 30MINUTES

NAME: ___________________________________________________________

SCHOOL: _________________________________________________________

EXAM CENTRE:
___________________________________________________________________

DATE OF EXAM:
___________________________________________________________________
Instructions:
▪ Use a black or blue pen
▪ Answer all questions
Advice:

▪ Read each question carefully before answering.

▪ Be time conscious.
▪ It is important to proofread your answers
▪ Be reminded of the importance of legibility; clear presentation of ideas;

DO NOT START UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. GOODLUCK!

 PRACTICE QUESTIONS.
1) What is the value of (a) 7 in 367? (b) 2 in 2403? Answer: ____________
2) Express the number 245 as a Roman numeral. Answer: _____________
3) Express the following numbers as a product of prime factors
(a) 18 (b) 45. Answer: ____________
4) Find the H. C. F. of 63 and 90. Answer: ________________
5) Find the L.C.M. of 12, 15 and 18. Answer: _____________
6) Express 458m in kilometres. Answer: _____________

7) Arrange the following numbers in ascending order 3403, 3340, 4033, 4303, 3034.

Answer: _____________
8) Calculate the value of (a). 7 2 (b) 53 (c) 23 x 32 Answer: _____________
9) Add 7.5m, 2.35m and 60cm and give the result in metres. Answer: _____________
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10) Find the number of seconds in 5 minutes. Answer: _____________
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11) What is the number of minutes in 1hour 30minutes? Answer: _____________

12) Find the missing numbers a) 3/4 = x/12 (b) 15/27= 5/y Answer: _____________
13). Express the following percentages as fractions in its lowest terms.
(a) 25% (b) 75% c) 28% Answer: _____________
14) During a radio programme lasting 1 hour there were 18minutes of talking, the rest was music.
What percentage of the radio programme was music? Answer: _____________
15) Simplify the following (a) 5 1/4 + 11/6 – 32/3.
(b) Divide (81/6 x 33/7) by 112/3.

Answer: _____________
16) Find the value of x in each of the following true sentences.
a) 6 = 5 + x b) 9 – x = 4 c) 4 + x = 11 d) 2x + 4 = 12.

Answer: _____________

17) A girl has #3200. She gives #n to a friend and keeps the rest. If she keeps #1800, what is the
value of n? Answer: _____________

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18) One – sixth of a stick is cut off and then three – tenths of the remaining piece is thrown away.
What fraction of the original stick remains?

Answer: _____________
19) What fraction of 1 minute is 15 seconds? Answer: _____________
20). Simplify the following expressions:
a) 11x + 5x – 2x – x
b) 11n – 3n – 6n + 9n – 5n.
Answer: _____________
21). State whether each of the following angles is acute, obtuse or reflex. a) 850 b) 190 c) 1750 d)
950 e) 1830

Answer: _____________

22). Find the smaller angles between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at the following
times: a) 7 o’ clock b) ½ past 10.

Answer: _____________

23). Three children have been counting the number of presents they have under the Christmas Tree.
Akin has 5 presents, Bola has 6 presents and Stella has 9 presents.
i) What fraction of the presents is for Akin?
Answer: ________
ii) What percentage of the presents is for Stella?
Answer: ________ %
24). Write the following numbers in words: a) 3489 b) 12719 Answer: _____________
25). What numbers do these Roman numerals represent?
a) XXIX b) MMCDIX d) CCXCIX. Answer: _____________
26). Write the following as decimal fractions.
a) 6 hundredths b) 9 tenths Answer: _____________
27). A block of concrete is 1m long, 50cm wide and 4cm thick. Calculate the volume of the block
in cm3. Answer: _____________

28) Here is a list of all the whole numbers from 30 to 40 inclusive:

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

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i) Write down the two prime numbers from the list: _____, _____
ii) Write down the multiple of 11 from the list: _______
iii) Write down a square number from the list: _______
iv) Write down the multiples of 8 from the list: ______, ______
v) Write down any factors of 120 from the list: ______, ______
29). N represents a certain number. When the number is multiplied by 3 the result is the same as
that of adding 34 to the number. Find N.
Answer: _____________
30). If the perimeter of a rectangle is 40cm and its width is 8cm, find its length.
Answer: _____________
31) i) Find 50% of 260. Answer: ________
ii) Find 70% of 310. Answer: ________
iii) Find 21% of 1600 Answer: ________

32). Find the volume of the following shapes:

(a) (b) 8cm

2cm

6m 7cm

5m

3m

33) What is the place value of:

a) the 3 in 634? Answer: _____________
b) the 9 in 29. 7? Answer: _____________
c) the 7 in 3.75? Answer: _____________

34. Kemi and Fola sat down to have their Christmas Dinner at 7.25 p.m. They finished at 9.00 p.m.
For how long did the dinner last?
i) Give your answer in hours and minutes:
Answer: ____ hours _____minutes

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ii) Now convert this answer to minutes:
Answer: ________ minutes
35) Find the number that replaces the letters to make the statement true.
a) 13 + 9 = t _______________b) p – 14 = 14_________________
c) 12 = s + s +s _____________ d) 3d + 4 = 16 ______________

36) Work out 347 multiplied by 25.

Answer: _______________

37) Find the value of the following when x = 6:

a) 19 + x=_____________ b) 44 – x = ___________ c) 7 – x + x=____________
d) 4x + x= ____________ e) x + x + x=___________
38) How many weeks are there in

a) 14 days Answer: _________________________________

b) 28 days Answer: ________________________________
c) 42 days Answer: _______________________________
d) N days Answer: __________________________________

39) The following table shows the number of apples pies and chicken pot pies sold by Marcus in a
week. Each apple pie was sold for $2 and each chicken pot pie was sold for $3. Complete the
table by filling in the total number of apple pies and chicken pot pies sold.
Day Number of apple pies sold Number of chicken pot
pies sold
Monday 25 34
Tuesday 23 27
Wednesday 24 38
Thursday 30 45
Friday 22 41
Saturday 48 63
Sunday 65 50
TOTAL
a) How many pies did Marcus sell altogether? Answer: _____________
b) On which day did he sell the greatest number of pies? Answer: _____________

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 c) On which day did he collect the greatest amount of money from the sale of two types
of pies? Answer: _____________
d) How much money did he collect from the sale of the pies for the whole week?
Answer: _____________
40). Inside a Lagos Santa’s grotto the temperature is +19° C due to air conditioning. Outside, the
temperature is +32° C.
How much warmer is it outside Santa’s grotto compared with inside?
Answer: _____________° C
41). Find the cost of 21 Christmas stamps at 19 kobo each.
Answer: #__________________K

42).
Y R K R
R K Y K
R K Y R
Y K Y R
In the above table, in row 2, R + K + Y + K = 148

In column 1, Y + R + R + Y = 152

In column 4, R + K + R + R = 111,

What should be the total of the bottom row?

Answer: _____________

43). Reduce the following fractions to their lowest terms:

a) 45/63= ____________ b) 24/30= ________ c) 16/24=_________ d) 36/72= __________

44). Work out this division:

252 divided by 9
Answer: _____________
45) How many lines of symmetry do the following have?
a) A rectangle _______________
b) A square __________________
c) An equilateral triangle_____________
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 d) An isosceles triangle_______________
46) Find the equivalent fraction of;
a. 2/3. b. 3/9. Answer: _____________
47) With the use of BODMAS evaluate
a. 3x4+8-2x3= Answer: _____________
b. 12÷4+8x3-1= Answer: _____________
48) Find all the factors of the following numbers
a. 36 b. 48. Answer: _____________
49) Write out the prime numbers from 15 to 40. Answer: __________________________
50) Work out this division: 155 divided 8. Answer: _____________

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