Name:___________________________

date_______________________
Grade Nine MYP4 (Standard) Mathematics: 
Practice Algebra Assessment – 2020-21

Show all working and answer all questions in the space below.  Make sure that it
is clear what your final answer is.  You will be assessed on MYP Math Criterion
A.  Please refer to the rubric below to evaluate yourself.
Level Descriptors Indicators
Criterion A The student does not reach a  You have completed very
Knowing and standard described by any of the little of the task and made no
descriptors below.  correct deductions
Understanding
 You demonstrated very
0 limited understanding of the
topics covered herein.

The student is able to:   You made an attempt to

i. select appropriate mathematics
when solving simple problems in
familiar situations  
1– ii. apply the selected mathematics
2 successfully when solving these
problems 
iii. Generally solve these problems
correctly. 
answer questions 1 – 3,
although with limited
success. 
You demonstrated limited
understanding of the topics
covered herein.

3 – The student is able to:   You were able to get most of

4 questions 1 – 3 correct.
i. select appropriate mathematics  You attempted but had
when solving more complex limited success on
problems in familiar situations  questions 4 – 5.
ii. apply the selected mathematics  You demonstrated some
successfully when solving these understanding of the topics
problems  covered herein.
iii. Generally solve these problems
 correctly. 

The student is able to:   You were able to get most of

questions 1 – 6 correct.
i. select appropriate mathematics   You made reasonable
when solving challenging problems progress on questions 7 – 8
in familiar situations  and applied sound
5– ii. apply the selected mathematics strategies.
6 successfully when solving these  You demonstrated very good
problems  understanding of the topics
iii. Generally solve these problems covered herein.
correctly. 

The student is able to:   You were able to get

i. select appropriate mathematics questions 1 – 8 almost
when solving challenging problems entirely correct.
in both familiar and unfamiliar  You made good progress on
situations  questions 9
ii. apply the selected mathematics  You demonstrated profound
7-8
successfully when solving these understanding of the topics
problems  covered herein.
iii. generally solve these problems
correctly 

To what level do you think Justify what level you believe you should earn by referring
you achieved? specifically to your work, and by referring to the appropriate
indicator or descriptor above.

Level awarded by teacher. Comments:

THE FOLLOWING PRACTICE TEST WILL HELP YOU TO PRACTICE

UP TO LEVEL 6.

For Level 7 and 8 have to be unseen and unfamiliar questions.

5-

p=3 r = -2 q=1
a= 7 b=3
a-

b-

c-

6- Expand and Simplify:

7- Simplify by removing the common factors: