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Grade IX Math Test Questions

The document is a Grade IX October Test consisting of six questions covering various mathematical concepts including solving equations, graphing, ticket sales, speed calculations, area and perimeter of rectangles, and simultaneous equations. The test is designed to assess students' understanding and application of these topics within a 60-minute timeframe. The total marks for the test are 30.

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Grade IX Math Test Questions

The document is a Grade IX October Test consisting of six questions covering various mathematical concepts including solving equations, graphing, ticket sales, speed calculations, area and perimeter of rectangles, and simultaneous equations. The test is designed to assess students' understanding and application of these topics within a 60-minute timeframe. The total marks for the test are 30.

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Name: ____________________________________

Date: __________________________
Total marks: 30

Grade IX October Test

Time: 60 mins

Q1. Solve the equation following equations:

(a) 𝑥 2 = 4𝑥

[2 marks]
18
(b) 2𝑦 − 3 = 𝑦+1 (4)

[4 marks]
Q2. On graph paper, using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on both the 𝑥- and 𝑦- axes, draw the graph of
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 0 and 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 0 and hence solve the two equations simultaneously, by the graphical method.

𝑥 = __________________; 𝑦 = ______________________

[6 marks]
Q3. Tickets for a school concert costs $5 and $3. Three-fifths of the $5 ticket holders and two-thirds of the
others bought programmes. Receipts from the sale of tickets totaled $760 and 128 programmes were sold.
How many people bought the $5 tickets?

[5marks]
Q4. Ali and Ben each made a journey between two towns, P and Q, that are 60 km apart. These two
journeys are shown on the travel graph.

(a) Calculate Ali’s speed.

[1 mark]
(b) Find the number of minutes after 3 p.m. that Ali and Ben passed each other.

[1 mark]
(c) Find how far Ben had travelled when he met Ali. (1)

[1 mark]
(d) Chris left P at 3 p.m. and travelled to Q at a speed of 30 km / h. On the diagram, draw the graph
that represents Chris’s journey.

[1 mark]
Q5. A rectangle has length (2𝑥 + 3)cm and width (𝑥 − 1) cm.
(a) The area of the rectangle is 12 cm. Form an equation in 𝑥 and show that it reduces to
2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 15 = 0.

[2 marks]
2
(b) Solve 2𝑥 + 𝑥 − 15 = 0. (2)

[2 marks]
(c) Find the perimeter of the rectangle. (1)

[1 mark]
Q6. Three lines 𝑙1 , 𝑙2 and 𝑙3 , are drawn on the diagram in the answer space.
The equation of the line 𝑙1 is 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 5.

The equation of the line 𝑙2 is 3𝑦 + 𝑥 = −3.


(a) Use the diagram below to solve the simultaneous equations 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 5 and 3𝑦 + 𝑥 = −3.

[2 marks]

(b) Write down the equation of the line 𝑙3 . (1)

[1 mark]
(c) The equation of another line, 𝑙4 , is 𝑦 = −1.
Draw this line on the diagram in the answer space.

[1 mark]

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