2022-2023 Academic Year-Term 2 Examination

Year 9 Mathematics
INSTRUCTIONS

Name Date

• You have 90 minutes to complete this test.

• Use only black or blue ink. You may use pencil for
drawing diagrams or sketching graphs.
• Work as carefully and meticulously as you can.
• Answer all questions in the blank spaces provided
• Show your working clearly. Marks are given accordingly
for correct working even if the final answer is inaccurate.
• You are allowed to use calculators for any part of the
questions in this test.
• If you cannot do one of the questions, go on to the next
one. You can always come back to the question later.
• If you have finished before the allotted time, go back
and check your work carefully.

Marks

• There are 23 questions altogether in this paper.

• You will not be deducted any marks for any incorrect or blank
answers.
• The total mark for each question is reflected at the end of each
question.
• Attempt all the questions in this test.
• The total marks available for this test is 80.

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1. Make Q the subject of the formula 𝑃 = 2𝑄 + 5𝑅𝑇. [1]

2. What is the scale factor that shape A has been enlarged by to produce shape B? [2]

4.5 cm

1.5 cm
B
A

2 cm

6 cm

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3. A cylindrical tin has a height of 20 cm and the diameter of its base is 12 cm. The tin contains
2 liters of paint. If the can is opened, how far below the lid would you expect the level of the
paint to be? Give your answer to the nearest millimeter. [4]

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4. A rectangle is 1 cm longer than it is wide and its area is 12 cm 2. Find the dimensions of the
rectangle. [4]

5. Draw a straight line graph with the gradient of -1 and the y-intercept of 3. [4]

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6. An athlete runs 6 miles at 8 mph, then walks 1 mile at 4 mph. Find his average speed for the
whole journey. [5]

7. Rotate the triangle 90° anticlockwise about the point (0,0). Draw the triangle in its new
position. [2]

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8. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 170 cm. The longest side is 20 cm more than each of
the two short sides which are equal. If the length of each short side is x cm and the length of
the longest side is y cm, form two equations in x and y and solve them simultaneously to find
the lengths of the three sides. [6]

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9. A biologist wanted to investigate how pollution levels affect the growth of fish in a dam. In
January, she caught a number of fish and measured their length before releasing them back
into the water.
52 47 39 29 16 52 45 38 28 14 42 37 25
36 20 33 23 21 35 23 36 12 24 36 40 14
(a) Draw a stem and leaf diagram that shows the lengths of the fish to the nearest centimeter.
(b) How many fish did she measure?

(c) What was the shortest length measured?

(d) How long was the longest fish measured?

(e) How many fish were 40 cm or longer? [6]

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10. (a) Find the equation of the line parallel to the given line that passes through the given point.
𝑦 = 1 − 4𝑥 (0, -1)
(b) Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the given line that passes through the given
point.
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1 (0, 2) [2]

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11. The displacement (D cm3) of an engine is given by the formula
𝑏
𝐷 = 𝜋𝑛 × (2)2 × 𝑠

where n is the number of cylinders, b is the bore (diameter) of each cylinder in centimeters
and s is the length of the stroke in centimeters.
Find the displacement of a 3-cylider petrol engine that has a bore of 68 mm and a stroke of
74 mm. [3]

12. Eight bricklayers can build a certain wall in 10 days. How long would it take five bricklayers to
build it? [2]

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13. Draw the reflected shape of the given figure in the line x = y. [2]

14. Find the nth term of the following sequences.

(a) 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, …
(b) 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, …
(c) 1 × 3, 2 × 4, 3 × 5, … [4]

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15. Solve the following simultaneous equations graphically, either by plotting the points on graph
paper. In either case, use values for x and y in the ranges given.
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11
5𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 10 [6]

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16. The length of a car is given as 455 cm. If this is correct to the nearest 5 cm, find the range in
which the actual length lies. [1]

17. For each scatter diagram, describe the correlation between the quantities and its strength.
[3]

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18. This bollard is a cylinder with a hemisphere (half a sphere) on top. The following formulas are
suggested for this combined solid. [3]
𝑃 = 3𝜋𝑟 2 + 2𝜋𝑟ℎ
𝑄 = 𝜋𝑟 2 + ℎ
𝑅 =𝑟+ℎ
2
𝑆 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ + 𝜋𝑟 3
3
4
𝑇 = 𝜋𝑟ℎ + 𝜋𝑟 3
3
From the list given above, pick out the formula for
(a) the overall height of the bollard
(b) the surface area of the bollard
(c) the volume of the bollard

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19. Construct a frequency table for the data below and then calculate:
(a) the mean (b) the mode (c) the median [5]

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20. A mother has an equal chance of giving birth to a boy or a girl. Holly plans to have two
children.
(a) What is the probability that the first is a girl?
(b) What is the probability that neither is a boy? [2]

21. (a) What is the vector to describe the transformation that maps Shape P onto Shape X.
(b) Draw the image of the shape P under a translation defined by vector (−4
0
).Label it as Y. [4]

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22. Tim earns £310 per week and has just received a rise of 4%. What is his new weekly wage?
[2]

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23. The table shows the number of words per minutes typed by a group of computer
programmers.
Words per minute (w) Frequency
31 ≤ 𝑤 < 36 40
36 ≤ 𝑤 < 41 70
41 ≤ 𝑤 < 46 80
46 ≤ 𝑤 < 51 90
51 ≤ 𝑤 < 55 60
55 ≤ 𝑤 < 60 20
Total

(a) Determine an estimate for the mean number of words typed per minute.
(b) What is the modal class?
(c) What is the median class?
(d) What is the range of words typed per minute? [7]

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