Seventh Grade Math Test

1. 142 minutes after 11:00 am is how many minutes before 2:00 pm?

A. 18
B. 22
C. 32
D. 38
E. 78

2. Even the cast members of the musical Rent know that the number of minutes in the year 2006 is:

A. 525,600
B. 527,000
C. 824,200
D. 1,224,000
E. 31,536,000

3. Doug bought three T-shirts at $8.90 each and a pair of jeans for $18.50. After paying 5% sales
tax, how much change does Doug get from a $50 bill?

A. $1.90
B. $2.54
C. $2.92
D. $3.50
E. $3.62

4.What does A B C equal?

A. 28
B. 54
C. 82
D. 88
E. 118

5. A number line from 0 to 5 is divided into 20 equal parts.
What is the sum of the numbers located at points A and B?

A. 6
B. 6.25
C. 6.5
D. 6.75
E. 7

6. In this sequence of eight numbers, the difference between consecutive numbers doubles each
time.

Compute

A. 1.95
B. 2.44
C. 4.26
D. 6.78
E. 7.72

7. 247 is the product of two prime numbers.
What is the positive difference between these two prime numbers?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 10

8. What is the sum of all positive multiples of 5 less than 99?

A. 850
B. 900
C. 950
D. 1000
E. 1050

9. “Twin primes” are a pair of prime numbers that differ by 2.
How many pairs of twin primes are between 10 and 50?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

10. When every vertex of a regular pentagon is connected to every other vertex,
a smaller pentagon and N non-overlapping triangles are formed. What is N?

A. 5
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
E. 15

11. The perimeter of a rectangle is 120 cm. The length of one side is 18 cm.
What is the area of this rectangle?

12. The United States debt is increasing at the rate of $12,716 per second. In the 75 minutes that you
have to take this math contest , how much will the US debt increase?

13. On a number line marked with 1 cm units, an ant crawls at a constant speed of 4 cm per minute.
Starting at “5”, Aunt Antie walks left for 2 minutes; right for 6 minutes, and then left for 3
minutes. Where is Aunt Antie on the number line ?

A. -1
B. 1
C. 4
D. 5
E. 9

14. Determine both the least common multiple of 12 and 15 and the greatest common factor of 12
and 15. What is their sum ?

A. 61
B. 63
C. 121
D. 123
E. 183

15. Which one of these five numbers is the greatest ?

16. What fraction of this rectangle is shaded?

A. 1/5
B. 3/8
C. 5/12
D. 5/6
E. 7/12

17.

The 1990 and 2006 populations of five cities are given in the table.
Which city had the largest percent increase in population during this time period?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E