SHARADA MANDIR SCHOOL THIRD TERM EXAM – APRIL 2017

STD: 9 MATHEMATICS MARKS: 80 TIME: 2½ HRS

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
 You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question
paper.
 The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
 The intended marks for question or parts of question are given in brackets.
 All working, including rough work must be clearly shown and must be done on the same sheet as the rest of
the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.

SECTION A (40 Marks)

Answer all questions from this Section.

Question 1

a) Solve the following inequation and graph the solution on the number line. [3]
2x – 3 < x + 2 ≤ 4x + 5 ; x R

b) Calculate the mean of the distribution given below using the short cut method.
Marks 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80
No. of students 2 6 10 12 9 7 4

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c) Find x and y if
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z.
Question 2
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a) The area of the base of a right cone is 154 m2 and its volume is 1232 m3. Find the
(i) height of the cone (ii) curved surface area of the cone. [3]
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b) The model of a building is made to a scale of 1 : 50.

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(i) If the height of the model is 1.5 m, calculate the actual height of the building.
(ii) If the area of the land used for the building is 1600m2, find the area of the base of the model. [3]

c) Use factor theorem to factorise x3 – 3x2 − 10x + 24 completely. [4]

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Question 3
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a) The list price of an article is ` 3000. A shopkeeper sells the article to a consumer at the list price and
charges sales tax at the prescribed rate of 8%. If the shopkeeper pays a VAT of ` 32 to the government, at
what price inclusive of sales tax did the shopkeeper buy the article from the wholesaler? [3]

b) In the figure given below, OD is perpendicular to the chord AB of a circle whose centre is O. If BC is the
diameter, show that AC = 2OD and AC  OD.

[3]

Cont’d…

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2 tan 
c) If , verify that sin 2  [4]
1  tan 

Question 4

a) Construct a parallelogram ABCD in which AB = 4.8 cm, AC = 4.2 cm and height from AB = 2.7 cm [3]

b) Evaluate the following using a suitable identity: (102)3 [3]

c) Show that the points P (–2, –1), Q (1, 0), R (4, 3) and S (1, 2), taken in order, are the vertices of a
parallelogram. [4]

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Attempt any four questions from this Section.

Question 5

a) In the figure given below, P and Q are points on sides AB and AC respectively of triangle ABC. If AP = 3 cm,

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PB = 6 cm, AQ = 5 cm and QC = 10 cm, show that BC = 3PQ.

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[3]
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b) If 2x − 1 is a factor of both 6x2 + ax − 4 and bx2 −11x + 3, find a and b. [3]

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c) The difference between the inside and outside surface areas of a cylinder 14 cm long is 88cm2 . If the volume
of the metal used is 176cm3, find the inner and outer radii of the cylinder. [4]
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Question 6
sin 2 30  cos 2 45  sin 2 60
a) Evaluate without using trigonometrical tables: [3]
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tan 2 30

b) A chord AB of length 4 x units is ( x  1) units away from the centre O of the circle whose radius OB is
(2 x  1) units. Find the length of the chord.

[3]

c) A shopkeeper buys an article at a discount of 20% from the wholesaler. The printed price of the article is
` 7800 and the rate of sales tax (under VAT) is 10%. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer at a discount of
5% of the printed price and charges sales tax at the same rate. Find
(i) the amount paid by the customer.
(ii) the VAT paid by the shopkeeper to the Government. [4]
Cont’d…

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Question 7
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a) If x 2  3x  1  0 , find the value of x 2  [3]
x2

b) A necklace contains 24 spherical beads, each having a radius of 0.5 cm. The beads are to be coated with
gold. If the cost of coating is ` 10 per cm2, find the total cost of coating the beads of the necklace to the
nearest rupee. (π = 3.14) [3]

c) D and E are points on sides AB and AC respectively of triangle ABC. If DE  BC and BC : DE = 5 : 4,

calculate the ratio of areas of trapezium BCED and ∆ADE. [4]

Question 8
a) The average monthly salary of 15 workers in a factory is ` 2850. If the salary of the manager is included, the
average becomes ` 3050. What is the manager’s salary? [3]

b) Construct a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 4.2 cm, BC = 3.7 cm, CD = 4.5 cm,  B = 75° and
 C = 105°. [3]

c) A = and B = . Verify whether (A + B)² = A² + 2AB + B² [4]

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Question 9
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a) Find the co-ordinates of the point on y-axis which is equidistant from the points (7, 6) and (–3, 4). [3]
z.
b) Five persons can live in a conical tent. If each person requires 16 m2 of floor area and 100 m3 space for air,
then find the minimum height of the conical tent to accommodate those five persons. [3]
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c) AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle such that AB = 10 cm and CD = 24 cm. If they are on opposite
sides of the centre of the circle and the distance between them is 17 cm, find the radius of the circle. [4]
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Question 10

a) What number must be added to 3x2 + 7x so that when the resulting polynomial is divided by x − 3 the
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remainder is 2? [3]

b) Solve the following inequation and graph the solution on the number line.
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1 2x 5
3 1  1 ;x N [3]
2 3 6
1 1
c) If x   20 , find the value of x 3  3 [4]
x x

Question 11
a) If A = ,B= , and C = find 2A + 4B – 3C [3]

 sin 23   cos 67 

2 2
1
b) Evaluate: 2     tan 60 [3]
2

 cos 67   sin 23  3

c) Calculate the mean of the following frequency distribution using step deviation.
Class interval 0 - 80 80 - 160 160 - 240 240 - 320 320 - 400
Frequency 22 35 44 25 24
[4]

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