A Question A Day

Mathematics
Grade 7

Q1. A point N is shown on the number line. Starting from N, if

you move 7 units to the right, 12 to the left and again 6 to the
right, where would you finally end up?

A at 1 B between -3 and -4

C
between 2 and 3 D
between -5 and –6

Q2.Which of the following can be the sum of angles P and Q of

a triangle PQR obtuse angled at R?

A
10° B
90°

C
105° D
160°

Q3. A sports teacher had 1025 sweets. After distributing these

equally amongst all the participants in a sports meet, he had
 just 1 sweet left with him. Which of these could be the number
of sweets given away to each participant?

A 5 B 6

can't say without knowing

C 8 D the number of participants.

Q4. Which of the following has the same value as 18 3?

A 3 x 18 B 6x6x6x3x3x3

C 18 + 18 + 18 D 6x3x3x3

Q5.

The above figure is rotated 90° clockwise. What does it look

like after the rotation?

A
 B

Q6. Rajni noted down a friend's phone number as 246807

without realizing that she had interchanged two digits. This
number exceeds the actual number by almost 6000. What is the
actual phone number?

A 248607 B 240867

C 247806 D 264807
Q7.The plan of a one-bedroom apartment is shown below.

What is the area of the drawing room?

A 35 sq m B 40 sq m

C 41 sq m D 56 sq m
Q8. Which of the following statements is true about the edges
meeting at corner X of the box shown below?

A. 3 edges meet at X and each

4 edges meet at X, one pair of
edge is perpendicular to
B edges is perpendicular and the
exactly one of the other
other parallel.
two.

C.3 edges meet at X and each edge 3 edges meet at X and each edge is
is parallel to the other two. D perpendicular to the other two.

Q9. Line LM and rays OP, OQ, and OR meet at point O.

Under which of the following conditions will ∠LOR be equal to

∠QOM?
 when L, O and Q are
A
when ∠LOP = ∠ROM B collinear.

when R, O and Q are when R, O and P are

C collinear. D collinear.

Q10. A soap factory had two machines - the first produces 1

detergent cake every 20 seconds and the second produces 12
cakes every 5 minutes. Which machine is more efficient and
how much more?

The first machine is 4 times

A Both are equally efficient. B as efficient as the second

The second machine is 3 The first machine is 11⁄ 4

C times as efficient as the D times as efficient as the
second. second.

Q11. Which of the following represents the greatest percent of

change?

A plant that was 20 cm in A journey that used to take 6

A height last week is now 24 B hours earlier now takes 2
cm tall. hours.
 A T-shirt originally priced at
A child who weighed 3 kg at
C D Rs. 125 is now being sold at
birth now weighs 4 kg.
Rs.120.

Q12. Wasim, Sameer and Mala have 6 matchsticks each - with

which they have made 3 different shapes.

If all the matchsticks are identical in every way, which of the

following is correct?

All 3 shapes have the same All 3 shapes have the same
A
area and the same B
perimeter but different
perimeter. areas.

All 3 shapes have the same All 3 shapes have the same
C area but different D area but only the first two
perimeters. have the same perimeter.
Q13.Salim and Rajat are looking at the menu card of a
restaurant, a part of which is shown here:

Salim and Rajat want to order a drink each and Salim does not
want a soft drink. If the rate of sales tax is 7% on the order,
and they have just Rs. 50 between them, what could they
order?

A 2 soft drinks B 2 milk shakes

1 cold coffee and 1 fruit

C D 1 soft drink and 1 cold coffee
juice
Q14. Siddhant's average running speed is 200 m per minute.
One day, he ran once around the park shown here. The time
taken to cover two of the sides of the park is shown. What is
the perimeter of the park if he ran the entire distance at his
average speed?

A 8 km B 10 km

C 25 km D Can't say

Q15.Rupa covers 5x centimetres in one step. How many steps

must she take to cover a distance of xy metres?

A
5x2y B
y

C
5y D
20y
Q16. Tina's age is 3 years less than twice the age of her brother
Ronak. If R represents the age of Ronak, then what is Tina's
age?

A
2-3R B
3 - 2R

C
2R - 3 D
3 + 2R

Q17.What fraction of the figure is shaded?

1 3
A ⁄2 B ⁄8

5 7
C
⁄8 D
⁄ 16
Q18. If the figure shown below is folded to form a cube, which
symbol will be opposite + ?

A -

B x

Q19.What is the length of the line next to the scale?

 A 5.1 cm B 3.7 cm

C 3.3 cm D 2.3 cm

Q20.What amount should be filled in words in the cheque

shown below?

Twenty lakhs sixty thousand Two crores six lakhs eight

A eight hundred only B hundred only
 Twenty crores six lakhs eight Twenty crores sixty lakhs
C hundred only D eight hundred only

Q21. Increasing 550000 by one thousandth of itself will give

A 550005 B 550055

C 550550 D 555500

Q22. p and q are two prime numbers.

c and d are two composite numbers.

Which of the following would be a prime number?

A
p×q B
p×c

C
c×d D
none of these

Q23. Each cell of the table below has to be filled in with the
product of the numbers in the corresponding row and column.
Some of the products are filled in.
If the table is completed, how many of the products filled in
will be negative numbers?

A7 B12

C24 D31

Q24. Raman has the following list on his computer screen:

45286, 6782, 12456, 98222

He selects the whole list, and then uses the 'Find' and 'Replace'
options in the menu to replace EVERY '2' in the list with a '3'.

The value of which number will increase the most?

A
6782 B
12456

C
45286 D
98222
Q25. How many 4-digit multiples of 5 can be formed with the
digits 5, 3, 2, and 1? (No digit can be repeated.)

A 6 B 8

C 16 D 24

Q26.What percent of the square is shaded?

A 4% B 25%

C 40% D 50%
Q27.Look at the following figures.

By what angle does Figure 1 have to be rotated clockwise to

get Figure 2?

A
900 B
1800

C 450 D 600

Q28.If p − 2 = q and q − 2 = r, how are p and r related?

A p−4=r B p+4=r

C p=r D p−2=r
Q29.Look at the pattern of faces:

If the pattern is continued, how many antennae will a 50-sided

face have?

A 48 B 49

C 50 D 52

Q30.If 10 is a factor of a number n, which of the following

MUST also be a factor of n?

A 20 B 15

C
5 D
4
Q31.Koyna made a pattern with red and yellow tiles, with the
yellow tiles forming 25% of the whole pattern.

What is the ratio of the YELLOW tiles to the RED ones in the
pattern?

A 3:4 B 1:3

C 1:4 D 1:25

Q32.The grid below is made of squares of side 2 cm each. What

is the area of the shape drawn on the grid?

A 13 cm 2 B 21.5 cm 2

C 23 cm 2 D 26 cm 2
Q33.The pointer on the spinner below can stop on any of the 3
areas - red, yellow or blue, when spun.

What are the chances of the pointer stopping on red on the

first try on this spinner?

A
certain B
50%

C
25% D
impossible

Q34A square and a regular pentagon have the same perimeter.

What is the ratio of a side of the square to that of the

pentagon?

A
5:4 B
4:5
 C 25 : 16 D 16 : 25

Q35.Tinu has to jump through a distance equal to 1⁄4th of his

height to reach his father's height.

If Tinu's father is 180 cm tall, how tall is Tinu?

A 45 cm B 135 cm

C 144 cm D 225 cm
Q36.Every morning, Taruna runs once completely around a
square park, running along its border. Her sister Anjana also
runs around the same park, but keeping along a square path 10
metres inside the border.

If the distance covered by Taruna is 1600 m, what is the

distance covered by her sister?

A 400 m B 1520 m

C
1560 m D
1590 m

Q37.How many DIFFERENT sized squares can be drawn using the

dots of the grid below as corners?

A
4 B
3

C 2 D 1
 Q38.Which of these can be expressed as 53?

A
23+ 33 B
5+5+5

C
3×3×3×3×3 D
(7 - 2) × (7 - 2) × (7 - 2)

Q39. Which of these can be the sum of three consecutive natural numbers?
A. 55
B. 56
C. 57
D. 58

Q40. Anu was checking her emails. She casually told her friend sitting next to her, ''The
ratio of unread emails to read emails in my inbox is 4:1. The total number of emails in my
inbox are 120.''
What is the number of unread emails in her inbox?
A. 24
B. 30
C. 90
D. 96