Year 9 math CAT Name:

Time: 45 mins
Instructions
1.Answer all questions in the spaces provided
2. No mark shall be awarded if working is not shown

1.

(3marks)
2. Work out the following and give your answers in
their simplest forms.
a)

(3)
b)

(3)

c)

(3)

c)

d)
3. Write the following numbers correct to 2
significant figures.
a) 87602

b) 0. 005067

c) 4. 06149

(6marks)
4. Simplify these as much as possible.
A)

b)
 c)

( total marks 6)
5. Solve the following equations.
a)

b)

( total mks=4)

6. A) a father is three times as old as his son. In 14

years time, he will be twice as old as his son. How
old is the father now?
c) A cup of tea costs 10 cents less than a cup of coffee, while a cup of hot chocolate costs
20 cents more than a cup of coffee. Three cups of coffee, five cups of tea and two cups of
hot chocolate cost $8.90.

a) Form an equation with x representing the price of a cup of coffee.

b) Solve your equation to find the price of a cup of coffee.