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ADMISSION
NUMBER

DATE

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION - MARCIJaOZ3

GRADE 9 (EDEXCEL)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
Duration : 2lruurs
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANTDTDATES

Instructions
. Answcr all questions.
' Without sufficient working. correct arlswers may be awarded no marks.
. Answer the questions in the spaces provided.
. Calculators mav be used.

lnformation
. The total mark for this paper is 100.
. The marks for each question are shown in brackets.

Advice
. Read each question caref'ully before you start to answer it.
. Check your answers if you have tirne at the end.
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1. (a) Write
i) 7448 correct to the nearest hundred.

!+Qo
(1)
ii) 0.978 correct to 1 decimal place

1'o
(1)
iii) 3.57 correct to the nearest whole number.

"."",,*
(1)
(b) Bywriting each number correct to one significant figure, estimate the
value of
(4.6D2 x t2.4

S2xrc t
?5C
1

?50
(3)
(c) Convert 1".4 into a fraction. Show your working clearly.

fi-1.+++...,.
tox-=14,44+....,.
Q7*13 % ?
13
')( =:
I
- I
--1L
,g I

+
1b
(3)

(Totalfor Question 1 is 9 marks )

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2. (a) Write 0.00157 in standard for"m.

3
1 C
(2)
(b) Write 3.51x 103 as an ordinary number.

3-5\A
(2)
(c) Write 72 as product of prime factors. Show your working clearly.

21-rr
?15 6
zlla 7
3ls I
3l 5
1
I
52
?,x?x?x 3 AZ OF 7-X3
(3)

f Totalfor Question 2 is 7 marks )

3. (a) Simplify m7 x m5

t7.
1{y1

(2)
(b) lf yB + !-3 - yP,findthe value of p. Show your working.

CLst 1

p- 11
(2)

(Totalfor Question 3 is 4 marks )

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4. (c) A car can travel 120 kilometers with using 8 liters of petrol.
How far it can travel using 5 liters of petrol.

!?Q x5 oE
'?fxl
1

I .1
X=75 it
75
tb Km
(2)
(Totalfor Question 4 is 2 marks )

5. (a) Write 1 ,, , decimal. Show your working.

o.ffi_-
4[m
I _1
7O
7q 1
C
1

o.?5
(2)
(b) ln a class there are 24 students and 18 of them are girls.
Showing all the working, calculate the percentage of the girls in
the class.

,IQ x 1OC' I
?,+ 1

I
I

75
-t
(2)

( Totalfor Question 4 is 4 marks )

(a) Calculate 2;ot Z+O liters.

3x klc F--*8. I 1

5 I
I

96 liters
(2)
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(b) ln an lsland the ratio of the number of children to the number of adults

What fraction of the population is adults?

7r
a*1
T ,,,
G
(2)
(c) Write the reciprocal of 2!
I
.,.'€? a
at
9
:'--
--> a€> 9*
6) a>

I
t t (2)
,fi ,\
1 (Totalfor Quesiion 5 is 5 marks )

7. (a) Find the value of

i) 2-z

'23aA:
1- -l-
o
I

(2)
ii) (*, - 1)o

I
l
(1)
(b) Find the highest common factor ( HCF ) of 48 and 32.
Show your working clearly.
^+1
48 **,X5
(* r,
7C : q"
s*

+
Hctr *2 1
,^
Ic!
= l
16
(3)

(Totalfor Question 6 is 6 marks )

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8. Length of a table is 87 cm and the breadth is 62 cm

Both measurements are correct to the nearest centimeter.
(a) Find the lower bound of the length of the table.

81 -6"5 1 1

t
66,5 cm
(2)
(b) Find the lowest possible perimeter of the table.
Show your workine. I Perimeter of a rectangle is Zl + Zb ]
62-C"5
61"5 :-- t

R(*a,r)+eGr"r) 2

296 t
I

Ze
=f
... . .., cm
(4)

(Totalfor Question 7 is 5 marks )

9. (a) Write 8 : 40 in the form of L : n .

6;+o <' , I
E- ts I
I

1g
Q)
(b) Find the simplest form of the ratio 18 : 24.
lq :g
x++
Il
l1
tr
?. .".. , ,..+
(2)
/'F^+-I t^- A..^-rl^- o i- , I
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10. (a) Represent x< 2 on the following number line.

1 .I
, ,1r, , lr, , , a/, , ,,
(2)

(b) write all the integer values which satisfy the following inequality.

-1 < x <2
X I-f hx c vttstnlsers are ac rrec't 1 wark

*lr or 1
'
(3)

(Total for Question 9 is 5 marks )

11. (a) Rationalise the denominator of :.7

l2
-rX'iZ
ffx{z
e.1
r

(3)

(b) Simplify.

712-2.,[-z+ztl7
/\i 2

r {?
(2)
(Totalfor Question 10 is 5 marks )
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12. (a)

Find the value of r.

€)
b1L+?X+B() : 160
5x = 18o --AC
5x : {oO
x = 4 f'.,
1
I

\
^/\
(3)

(b)

Find the value of p.

2p+2P+ec -; 56C.
+p : 27O
P
: 6-{" 5 a
^

yt
r = 67.5
(4)

(Total for Question 11 is 7 marks )

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13. (a) What is the special name of the polygon with eight sides?

Octagon
(1)

(b) A quadrilateral is having the following properties.

All the sides are equal in length

Diagonals are perpendicular to each other
Diagonals bisect each other

What is the special name of the quadrilateral?

14h ckylbc-l 5
Q)
(c) Write down two differences between a rhombus and a square?

DiagcnCs are ecLL, al inSftLlare

Arrrglas a;re riaht arrglas iu.r g+qx-he

(2)

(Totalfor Question 12 is 5 marks )

14. (a) - *
Equation of a straight line graph is 3y 6 lZx.
i)Find the gradient of the graph. Show your:.working.

39:1?L+6 1

+
(2)
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ii) Find the coordinates of the point where the line cuts the y - axis.

(o, t)
(3)

(Totalfor Question 13 is 5 marks )

15. (a) Express35% as a fraction in its simplest form.

35 ='7
100 7c
7./1
l 70
I (2)
(b) Find the value of m in the following statement.
S ttt
742
7w =
t{v1
"lc
= 5C
m= 30
(1)
(c) Simplify.

317
-+---
542
rStg-lq 2
.> r\
-7
,\, v
- I
T
L

at \J

I
7,
"RA
(3)

(Totalfor Question 14 is 5 marks

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15. (a) Simplify.

-7x*5x-2x
* 71L* ?){
* +2L * +?c
(2)

(b) Remove the bracket.

-5(2x - 7)

-1o %+5
-16 7-+b
(2)

(c) Solve the equation.

3x*2:-S
3L: -E *2
3x = *-7
* *-7
_k=; _
*') _?
n 1
x- 3
' (2)
(Totalfor Question 15 is 5 marks )

L7. The size of an exterior angle of a regular polygon is 240 .

(a) Calculate the size of one interior angle of the polygon.
Show all your working.
lBO *?+
1

I I
156
(2)

(b) Find the number of erterior angles of the polygon.

56C , V'_1
T1
&'-r
15
(2)

(Totalfor Question 15 is 4 marks )

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18. (a) lf a - 5 and b : -2 find the value of -5b * 3o.

Show all your working.

*5xGr)*zxb L 'l
10 +15 t
'25 n6
(3)

(b) R is proportional to the square of (x + 2).

R-36.75,whenx-1.5.
FindRwhenx:S. /)
\6'
p, == t< (z+
, ,i)-
-? r)
fr - "o /
(o + 2)
/ \? '- 147
3G,15 = k (,n +z; \
I
K=ts' 1

I
2

R_ 1+7
(3)

(c) Simplify. Show the working.

2t1
-+-
tn 3m ztn

t2+7-3 _2
6trvt

__i
1l
6vn

11
ffi
(3)

(Totalfor Quesiion 17 is 9 marks )

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