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DATE

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION - MARCH 2023

GRADE 9 (EDEXCEL)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER II
Duration : 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Instructions
• Answer all questions.
• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided.
• Calculators may be used.

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

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

Grade 9 (Edexcel) Mathematics II - First Semester Examination - March 2023

Prepared for Lyceum International School by Lyceum Assessments
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1. (a) Simplify and give your answer in standard from. Show all your working.

2.34 × 10−7 − 1.2 × 10−8

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
(b) Showing all the working find the value of 𝑚 in the following expression.
(0.5)2 = 2.5 × 10𝑚

𝑚 = ……………………………………….
(3)
(c) Write 0.23̇ as a fraction. Show your working clearly.

……………………………………….
(4)
(4)

( Total for Question 1 is 10 marks )

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2. (a) 𝑃 = 22 × 52
𝑄 = 23 × 32 × 5

Using the above information find the LCM of 𝑃 and 𝑄.

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)
(b) i) Simplify and give your answer in its simplest form. Show all your
working.

√18 − 2√2

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
ii) Simplify and give your answer in the simplest form.
2 √6 × √3

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)

( Total for Question 2 is 8 marks )

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−2
(𝑚3 ) ×2𝑚2
3. (a) Simplify .
𝑚3

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
(b) Evaluate. Show all your working.
5
(32)2

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)
(c) Write the following with positive indices.
𝑥 −3
2𝑦 −5

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)
( Total for Question 3 is 7 marks )

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3
4. (a) of a class students are prefects. If there are 28 students in the class,
7
find the number of prefects in the class.

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)
(b) Simplify. Show all the working.
3 7
i) 3 ×
5 9

……………………………………….
(3)
4
ii) 9 ÷ 1
5

……………………………………….
(3)(3)

( Total for Question 4 is 8 marks )

5. (a) Simplify.
3(2𝑦 − 3)2

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)

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(b) Factorise completely.

i) 6𝑚3 ℎ − 2𝑚

……………………………………….
(1)
(1)
ii) 𝑝2 − 1

……………………………………….
(2)(2)
2
(c) Write the following quadratic expression in the form (𝑥 + 𝑎) .
𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 + 49

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)

( Total for Question 5 is 7 marks )

6. (a ) Find the equation of the straight line graph which passes through the
points ( 3 , 2 ) and (−1 , 6 ).

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)

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(b) Write down the equation of the line which is parallel to the line
𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 3 and passes through the origin.

……………………………………….
(2)(2)

( Total for Question 6 is 5 marks )

7. (a) Amal bought a camera for $ 240 and sold it for $ 300.
Calculate the percentage profit.

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
(b) Sherin bought a pen drive for $ 24.8 from a sale.
She got 10% discount from the marked price of the pen drive.
Find the marked price of the pen drive.

……………………………………….
(4)
(4)

( Total for Question 7 is 7 marks )

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8. Here are the first 4 terms of an arithmetic sequence.

12 5 −2 −9
(a) Find an expression, in terms of 𝑛, for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the sequence.

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
(b) Which term of the sequence is equal to −121.

……………………………………….
(3)(3)

( Total for Question 8 is 6 marks )

3−2𝑥
9. (a) Solve the inequality ≤ 3.
2

……………………………………….
(3)(3)
( Total for Question 9 is 3 marks )

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10. 𝑃 𝑄

𝑇 𝑆
Giving reasons show that the two triangles 𝑃𝑄𝑅 and 𝑇𝑆𝑅 are congruent.

……………………………………….
(2)
(2)
( Total for Question 9 is 2 marks )

11. (a) 𝑀 = 𝑏 − 𝑘.
𝑏 = 11 correct to the nearest whole number
𝑘 = 3.7 correct to one decimal place.
Find the lowest possible value of 𝑀.

𝑀 = ……………………………………….
(3)(3)

( Total for Question 10 is 3 marks )

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12. Ashan collects money every week for buying a mobile phone which
costs $ 200. First week he saves $ 5 and each week after that he saves
$ 3 more than the previous week.
Ashan said that he will be able to buy the mobile phone 60 weeks after
start collecting money. Is he correct?
Showing all the working. Give reason for your answer.
𝑛
[ Sum of the first 𝑛 terms of an arithmetic series is {2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑}]
2

……………………………………….
(3)(3)

( Total for Question 11 is 3 marks )

13. Line 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 are parallel.

𝐵
Find the value of 𝑥 and 𝑞.
Show all your working. 𝐴 3𝑥
. 𝑞

2𝑥 𝐷
𝐶

𝑥 = …………………………… 𝑞 = …………………………….
(4)(4)
( Total for Question 12 is 4 marks )

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14. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations. Show all the working.
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 7
5𝑥 − 𝑦 = 11

𝑥 =……………………………………….
𝑦 =……………………………………….
(4) (4)

(b) Draw the straight line graphs given by the two equations 𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 2
and 𝑦 = −4𝑥 + 8 on grid given below.
𝑦
6

0 𝑥
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6
(4)
(4)

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(c) Using the graphs find out the solutions of the two simultaneous
equation represented by the equations of the two lines.

𝑥 =……………………………
𝑦 =…………………………….
(2)(2)

( Total for Question 13 is 10 marks )

3𝑘
15. Make 𝑘 the subject of the formula 𝑝 = − ℎ.
𝑚

……………………………………….
(3)(3)

( Total for Question 14 is 3 marks )

16. Population of an Island is 24 000. The ratio of number of adults to the

number of children is 3 : 5 in the Island.
Calculate the number of children in the Island. Show all your working.

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)

( Total for Question 15 is 3 marks )

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17. (a) 5 𝑐𝑚
2 𝑐𝑚

𝑦 𝑐𝑚
8 𝑐𝑚

The two cones are similar. Radius of the large cone is 5 𝑐𝑚 and
the radius of the small cone is 2 𝑐𝑚. Slant heights of the large cone
and the small cone are 8 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑦 𝑐𝑚 respectively.
Find the value of 𝑦.

………………………………………. 𝑐𝑚
(2)
(2)
(b) Length of a model car is 12 𝑐𝑚 and the real car is 2.4 𝑚. Area of the
windscreen of the model car is 12 𝑐𝑚2 .
Find the area of the windscreen of the real car.

………………………………………. 𝑚2
(3)
(3)

( Total for Question 16 is 5 marks )

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18.
𝑦
8

0 𝑥
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(a) On the grid draw and label the straight line graphs given by the following
equations.
𝑥=2 𝑦+𝑥 =6

……………………………………….
(3)
(3)
(b) Show by, shading on the grid the region that satisfies the following
Inequalities.
𝑥≥2 𝑦+𝑥 ≤6

(3)
(3)
( Total for Question 17 is 6 marks )

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