1. 1. Take out a blank piece of paper and a pencil and a calculator (optional). 2. Label your paper 1-15 down the left-hand side. 3. You have 60s to complete each question. 4. At the end of this exercise, you will be given the answers to the questions. Give yourself a mark out of 15.

2. Question 1. The temperature dropped 3 0 C and then rose 5 0 C before dropping back down 7 0 C. If the original temperature was -2 0 C, what was the final temperature?

3. Question 2. If Johnny ate ¼ of a pie and Angie at 1/3 of the pie, and no one else had any pie, how much pie was left over?

4. Question 3. A flower bed is shaped like an isosceles triangle with a base that is 8 m longer than each of its equal sides. If it takes 95 m of edging material to completely surround the bed, how long are each of the sides of the triangle?

5. Question 4. Thomas went to the mall to buy a pair of jeans and a shirt. American Eagle was having a 25% off sale. If the jeans were $60.00 and the shirt was $40.00, how much did he save?

6. Question 5. Three school committees had a bake sale that generated $600 worth of profit. The student council got 3/5 of the profit, and the band got 1/3 of what was left. The remaining amount went to the cheerleading team. How much money went to the cheerleading team?

7. Question 6. What is the number 64 in exponential form using a base of 2?

8. Question 7. Place brackets within the sequence to create a true statement. 16 ÷ 4 – 2 – 1 = 7

10. Question 9. A heart beats once every second. How many times does it beat in a year? Write you answer in scientific notation.

11. Question 10. A baker makes 3 2 dollars per hour and works 4 3 hours per week. How much money does he make every 2 weeks?

12. Question 11. 40 kg of black beads, 20 kg of silver beads and 12 kg of gold beads are to be packaged so that each bag has the same mass of beads. There can be no extra beads left over and the colors cannot be mixed. What is the largest common mass that can be used?

13. Question 12. Jose had a 90 cm board and a 150 cm board. He wanted to cut them into equal length pieces. If all of the two boards are used, what is the largest possible size for each piece?

14. Question 13. During Winter Carnival, students signed up for a tug-of- war competition. 48 Grade 7 students 36 Grade 8 students 24 Grade 9 students signed up. Teams are made by grade level, and teams must have an equal number of members, and all students who signed up must participate. What is the greatest number of players on each team?

15. Question 14. One clock rings every 6 hours, a second clock rings every 8 hours and a third clock rings every 12 hours. If they all ring now, how long will it be before they all ring at the same time again?

16. Question 15. Three schools contain 184, 232, and 272 Grade 7 students. Each school needs to be divided into groups so that all groups contain the same number of Grade 7 students, and every student is in a group. What is the largest number less than 10 that can be in a group?

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