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AFS/ LIUn/ HEN/ PLC Year Level 9 Name [Print clearly]

NOVEMBER EXAMINATIONS 2019

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
Year Level: Year 9

Time allowed: 2 hours

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.

You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.

Do not use highlighters or correction fluid. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. If the degree of
accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer to one
decimal place.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown below that question.
Electronic calculators may be used unless otherwise specified.

Section Total Mark

A Semester One 61

B Measurement 22

C Statistics 20

D Fractions & 28
Decimals
E Ratio & Rates 17

F Equations 18

G Percentages 15

H Pythagoras’ Rule 14

TOTAL 195

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 Semester One
1. Find the value of unknown in each of the following. Diagrams not drawn to scale.

(a) (b)
a°
65 °

x°
55 °

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…….………. [1]

Reason……………………………………… Reason……………………………………..
………………………………………………. [1] …………………………………………….. [1]

(c) (d)

418 ° y ° 63 °
71 °
x°

Answer (c)………………………………….. [1] Answer (d)………………….…….………..[1]

Reason……………………………………… Reason……………………………………...
………………………………………………. [1] ………………………………………………[1]

(e) (f)
137 ° x°
61 °
d°

Answer (e)………………………………….. [1] Answer (f)………………….…….……..... [1]

Reason……………………………………… Reason……………………………………...
………………………………………………. [1] …………………………………………… [1]

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 (g) x° (h) (x +10)°

(2 x+ 14)°
(x−15)°

Answer (g)………………………………….. [2] Answer (h)………………….…….………..[2]

2. Find the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]
3. Estimate 5259 ×68 by first rounding each number to one significant figure.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

4. Find the quotient of 4104 and 9.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

5. Write in exponent form 2 ×3 ×3 ×3 × 3× 2× 6 ×6 × 7

Answer ….…….…………….…….……….[1]

6. Evaluate 4 × 4−3 × 3+2× 9 ÷(2+ 4).

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

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7. List all the factors of 40.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

8. Express 250 as a product of its prime factors.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

9. Find the lowest common multiple of 30 and 45

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]
10. Evaluate the following. Round your answer to one decimal place.

(a) −4 4 2+ 37 (b) 11−16 ÷−2

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…….……..[1]

(c) √ 205.9 (d) √5 789

Answer (c)………………………………….. [1] Answer (d)………………….…….……..[1]

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11. A hotel pays a live-in porter $20 an hour. Each week, the hotel deducts $180 for his living
expenses.

(a) Write a formula for the porter’s weekly earnings, E , when he works h hours.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[1]

(b) Use your formula to calculate the porter’s earnings for a week in which 50 hours were
worked.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

12. The volume of water left in a tank t minutes after a tap is switched on is given by

V =5000−20 t

Find the volume of water left in the tank after 3 hours and 15 minutes.

Answer ….………………….…….………..[2]

13. Simplify the following expressions.

(a) 3 c +4 c+ 17−15+ c (b) 6 x × 2 y × 3 x × x

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…….……..[1]

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14. Carry out the following constructions using a compass and straight edge. You must use the
correct construction techniques to gain the marks. Leave construction marks clearly visible.

(a) Construct the perpendicular bisector of the line segment AB below.

[2]

(b) Bisect angle CDE below.

D
C

[2]

15. JKLM is a rectangle.

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 Shade the set of points inside the rectangle which are both
more than 4 cm from the point J
and
more than 2 cm from the line LM.

J K

M L

[3]

16. Expand and simplify fully the following expressions.

(a) 5(2 x +3) (b) 3(6 x −7)−5(2 x+ 19)

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….……..……..[1]

17. Factorize the following.

(a) 15 x+ 20 (b) 3 x y 2− y

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[1]

18. (a) Complete the table below of values for y=2 x−5 .
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 x -2 0 2 4

[2]

(b) Use table to draw the graph of y=2 x−5 .

[3]

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19. The diagram shows the position of each of three buildings in a town.
The bearing of the Hospital from the Art gallery is 072 °.
The Cinema is due East of the Hospital.
The distance from the Hospital to the Art gallery is equal to the distance from the Hospital to
the Cinema.

Work out the bearing of the Cinema from the Art gallery.

Answer ….………………….…..….……..[3]

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 Measurement
Diagrams are not drawn to scale. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

1. Convert the following.

(a) 8.4 km to cm (b) 3.2 ha to m2

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[1]

2. Calculate the perimeter of the figure below. Give your answer in m.

2.1 m

5.67 m
5.5 m

7.5 m

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]
3. Find the area of the triangle below.

5.7 cm
7 cm

8 cm

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]

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4. The diagram shows a shaded triangle drawn inside a square with sides 8 cm. One vertex of
the triangle is at a corner of the square and the other two vertices are at the midpoints of the
opposite sides
Calculate the area of the shaded triangle.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]
5. Convert the following.

(a) 900 mm 2 to cm2 (b) 7 m3 to cm3

Answer (a)………………………………….. [1] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[1]

6. Calculate the volume of the following trapezoidal prism.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]

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7. A carton of orange juice is 9 cm wide, 13 cm long and 24 cm tall. If I drink one-third of the
fruit juice, what is the volume of the fruit juice left in the carton?
Show full working. Give your answer in liters and milliliters.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[4]

8. A circular pool is 2.1 m deep. The greatest distance across it is 6.2 m.

Calculate the volume of the pool in m3. Round your answer to one decimal place.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]
9. Calculate the area of the following shape.

7 cm

11cm

5 cm

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

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 Statistics
1. The marks of 17 pupils are recorded on a stem and leaf diagram.

0 7 8 9
1 0 1 2 5 6
2 2 3 3 4 7 8
3 1 2 5

Key: 3 1 means 31

(a) What is the range of these data?

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[1]
(b) What is the median mark?

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[1]
(c) What is the modal mark?

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[1]
(d) Calculate arithmetic mean of the data? Round your answer to one decimal place.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]
(e) Calculate inter-quartile range.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]
(f) Draw a box and whisker diagram.

[4]

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2. The members of a rowing eight have a mean weight of 64 kg. When the cox is added to the
group, the mean weight falls to 62 kg. Calculate the weight of the cox.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]
3. The frequency table below summarises the odometer readings on 45 cars for sale at a used-
car dealership.

Distance (in km) frequency

25000 – 2

35000 – 12

45000 – 25

55000 – 3

65000 – 75000 3

(a) Draw a histogram.

[4]
(b) What is the modal class?

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[1]

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 Fractions & Decimals
1. Evaluate the following giving your answer in simplest form. Show full working.

3 2 5 2
(a) 2 + (b) 5 −2
4 3 8 3

Answer (a)………………………………….. [2] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[2]

16 5 1
(c) × 45 (d) 3 ÷ 1
9 9 3

Answer (c)………………………………….. [2] Answer (d)………………….…..….……..[2]

3
2. of the members of a tennis club are men.
10

5
of these men are right-handed.
6

Work out the fraction of the members of the tennis club who are right-handed men.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]

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3. Jenna drinks of a litre of orange juice each day. How many litres does she drink in 5 days?
3
Give your answer as a mixed number.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]

4. An unopened packet of paper-clips holds 200. Lee has one packet with 70 paper-clips left,
1
and another with of the paper-clips left. If the paper clips are combined, what fraction of a
4
packet does Lee have? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

5. Calculate the following showing your method clearly.

(a) 35.2 ×6.8 (b) 25 ÷ 0.06

Answer (a)………………………………….. [2] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[2]

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6. Seven adults and eight children pay $195.25 for tickets of an amusement park. The cost for
adults is $ 22.75 each. Find the cost of a child’s ticket.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

7. Find how many apple pie bases weighing 185 g can be made from 3.45 kg of dough.

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

8. Lily used some cloth to make 5 banners and a tablecloth. She used 2.05 m of cloth for each
banner and 1.24 m of cloth for the tablecloth. How many meters of cloth did she use
altogether?

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

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 Ratios & Rates

1. Simplify the following ratios.

(a) 12 seconds :15 minutes

Answer..…….……………….…..….……..[2]

2. Divide 108 kg in the ratio 4 : 5

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[3]

3. Find x to complete the following proportions.

(a) 9 : x=33 : 44

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]
4. A map has a scale of 1: 500 000.

(a) Find the actual length for a drawn length of 15 cm. Give your answer in km.

Answer ………………………..………km [1]

(b) Find the drawn length for an actual length of 125 km.

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 Answer ……..….……………..………cm [1]
5. A car is travelling at a speed of 80 km/h. Find how far it will travel in 55 minutes. Round your
answer to two decimal places.

Answer ………………………..………km [2]

6. Jasmine’s old car travels 367 km on a tank of petrol. Her Visa bill shows she paid $110.08
the last time she filled up. She knows she put 51.2 litres into the empty tank.

(a) What is the cost per litre of petrol?

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

(b) What is the rate of petrol consumption (litres per kilometre) for Jasmine’s car?

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

(c) What will petrol cost Jasmine if she drives from Melbourne to Perth, a distance of 3382
km? Assuming a constant rate of petrol consumption and petrol cost.

Answer ………………………..………… [3]

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 Equations

1. Solve the following equations.

(a) 13 x=3 x+ 40 (b) 8 x−5=3 x +10

Answer (a)…………………………………..[2] Answer (b)………………….…..….……..[2]

x+2
(c) =4 (d) 5(g−1)=4 (g+2)
3

Answer (c)…………………………………..[2] Answer (d)………………….…..….……..[2]

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2. Katy and Elena are each given x dollars.

Elena spends $8.

(a) Write an expression in terms of x of the number of dollars she has now.

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

(b) Katy doubles her money by working and then is given another $5. Write down an
expression in terms of x for the number of dollars she has now.

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

Katy now has three times as much money as Elena.
(c) Write down an equation to show this.

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

(d) Solve the equation to find the value of x .

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

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3. A kite has sides of length j and k cm.

(a) Write down an expression in terms of j and k for the perimeter of the kite.

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

(b) The perimeter of the kite is 82 centimetres. Write down an equation using j and k .

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

4. Max thought of a number. He then multiplied his number by 3. He added 4 to the answer. He
then doubled that answer to get a final value of 38. What number did he start with?

Answer ………………………..………… [3]

Percentages
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1. Find 62% of $600.

Answer ………………………..………… [1]

2. A fly-spray was tested on 4000 flies. 78% of the flies were killed. Find how many survived.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

3. At the beginning of one year a tennis club had 480 members. At the end of the year it had
552 members. Find the percentage increase in membership.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

4. A supermarket manager knows that 25% of the customers buy their fruit and vegetables at
her supermarket. One day there are 70 customers who buy fruit and vegetables there. Find
how many customers were there altogether.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

5. A shop buys CDs at $9.85 each and they sell CDs at $16.99 each. Calculate the
percentage profit.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

6. Tony’s car repair bill included an amount of $285 for Goods and Services Tax (GST is 15%).
How much must his total bill have been, including this GST amount?

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 Answer ………………………..………… [2]

7. A television has a selling price of $2190, but a 15% discount is given. Find the actual price
paid for the television.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

8. Byrn deposited some money into his bank account at an annual simple interest rate of 2.5%.
After 3 years he earned $690 in interest.
How much money did he initially deposit?

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

Pythagoras’ Rule
Diagrams are not drawn to scale. Show full working.

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1. Find the length of the hypotenuse in the following triangle. Give your answer in cm
correct to two decimal places.

Answer .………………………..………… [2]

2. Find the length of the unknown side in the following triangles. Round your answer to one
decimal place.

a cm

12 cm

6 cm

Answer …..………………….…..….……..[2]
3. An equilateral triangle has sides of length 10 cm. Find its height.

Answer ….………………….…..….……..[2]
4. Find the length of the side marked x in the following diagram. Give your answer to one
decimal place.

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 13 cm
5 cm

7 cm
x cm

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

5. A cube has sides 8 cm .
Find the length AB. Give your answer to two decimal places.

Answer ………………………..………… [2]

6. Captain Fishbreath sails his boat due north. He then turns the boat due East and sails
the same distance again. Using his onboard navigational equipment, he now sees that

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he is 27.1km from his starting point. Calculate the total distance he has sailed in km to
one decimal place.

Answer ………………………..………… [4]

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