MathsOnline Year 9 Numeracy Practice Test 1

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Q1 26 tails Q16 5 × no. of hexagons + 1

Q2 Action Q17 162 minutes

Q3 63 girls Q18 5 x 2  x  9

Q4 13 tickets Q19 21%

Q20 Lux
Q5 11 million
14
Q21 1.54 × 10 km
Q6
Q22 142 animals

Q23 720°

Q7 Q24 $151.30
400 500
Q25 5 km
Q8 16.5
Q26 3% p.a.

Q9 (11 2 , 4 )
1
Q27 x = 2

Q10 62 hours Q28 Mean would increase

Q29 7
Q11 20 metres per second

Q30 6400 litres

Q12 108°
Q31 40 large capsules
Q13 1 hour 30 min
Q32 72 m2
Q14 $76

Q15 70 steps

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 WORKED SOLUTIONS
Q1 Marian would expect 25 heads and 25 tails in Q12 Angle sum = (5 – 2) × 180
50 coin tosses. = 540°
26 tails is the most likely result.
Angle ABC = 540 ÷ 5 = 108°
1
Q2 of the graph is 90°.
4 D
Q13 T
Action is about 90°. S
6
∴ Action was liked by about a quarter of the class. T  = 1.5 hours
4

Q3 Boys : Girls Time = 1 hour 30 min

4: 3
× 21 × 21
20
84 : 63 There are 63 girls in the club. Q14 Discount  100  95 = $19

Q4 Alyssa's earnings = 17.95 × 16.25 Price = 95 – 19 = $76

= $291.69 (nearest cent)
Alternatively
Number of movie tickets = 291.69 ÷ 21.50
20% discount  80% of original price
= 13.566...
80
Price = 95 
Maximum number of tickets = 13 100
= $76
Q5 11 million
Q15 Width of park = 80 × 70 cm
Q6
= 5600 cm

No. of Kara's steps = 5600 ÷ 80

= 70
2
Q7 21 = 441

400 500 Q16 5 × no. of hexagons + 1

Check values in rule

Q8 16.544715... = 16.5 (one decimal place)
1 hexagon  5 × 1 + 1 = 6 toothpicks
2 hexagons  5 × 2 + 1 = 11 toothpicks
Q9 (11 2 , 4 )
1

3 hexagons  5 × 3 + 1 = 16 toothpicks
Q10 Mon-Thurs = 4 × 12 hrs 4 hexagons  5 × 4 + 1 = 21 toothpicks
= 48 hrs
Fri = 14 hrs
Q17 2 hours 15 minutes = 135 minutes
Opening hours = 48 + 14 = 62 hrs 20% extra = 120%

Q11 1200 metres in 1 min (60 sec) (÷ 60) 120

Jordan's time   135
20 metres in 1 second 100

Speed = 20 m/s  162 minutes

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Q18 3x  x 2  2 x  4 x 2  9 = 5 x 2  x  9 Q25 Length of 2 semi-circles is the same as

circumference of 1 circle.
Q19 Number of students = 12 + 4 + 6 + 6
1 lap = (π × 48) + 80 + 80
= 28
= 310.796.... m
6
Probability (play neither)   100
28
16 laps = 310.796.... × 16
 21.428...
= 4972.743.... m (÷1000)
About 21% = 4.9727.... km

Q20 Work out price per mL. Paige covers about 5 km

Shiny 890 ÷ 500 = 1.78 c/mL
Q26 Interest earned = 2060 – 2000 = $60
Lux 1095 ÷ 750 = 1.46 c/mL
60
Full Hair 495 ÷ 250 = 1.98 c/mL Interest rate = × 100
2000

Clean As 1810 ÷ 1000 = 1.81 c/mL = 3% p.a.

Lux has the lowest price per millilitre. Q27 3x + 7 must be less than 14.
Using guess and check
Q21 Distance = 16.3 × 9 460 000 000 000
14 x 3x + 7
= 1.54 × 10 km
1 10
Q22 2 13
Cows 12
Chickens 45 –15 ×5 3 16 too big

Sheep 60 ∴ Largest possible value for x is 2.

Pigs 5
÷3
Alpacas 5 Q28 Mithali's team scores.

Goats 15 189, 205, 224, 226, 239, 240, 240, 281, 307, 321, 346

Total 142 new score

335
There are 142 animals on the farm. After new score of 335 is added, by observation

Q23 1 triangle = 180° Range won't change : 346 – 189 = 157

Angle sum = 4 × 180° = 720° Mode won't change = 240

Median won't change = 240
Q24 Normal rate = $8.90 × 11
= $97.90 335 is very high compared to the other scores

Double rate = $8.90 × 3 × 2 ∴ the mean would increase.

= $53.40
1 1 12 12 1 1
Total pay = $97.90 + 53.40 Q29    
5 7 35 35 5 7
= $151.30
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Q30 V = π × r 2 × h Q32 A sides = 4 lots of (2 × 8)
r = 1.5 m, h = 0.9 m = 64 m2

V = π × 1.5 2 × 0.9 A top and base = 2 lots of (2 × 2)

= 6.36.... m3 (× 1000) = 8 m2

Capacity = 6361.725....litres Total surface area = 64 + 8

Capacity is about 6400 litres. = 72 m2

Q31 Let no. of large capsules = N (300 mg each)

Then no. of small capsules = 3N (120 mg each)
(3 times as many small capsules as large)

26.4 grams = 26 400 mg

Equation for the total mass:

N × 300 + 3N × 120 = 26 400
300N + 360N = 26 400
660N = 26 400 (÷660)
N = 40

40 Large capsules

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