Grade 9 Mathematics Practice Paper
Total Questions: 50
Includes 10 Assertion & Reasoning and 40 Main Questions (arranged by difficulty).
Section A: Assertion and Reasoning (10 Questions)
1. Assertion (A): x^3 - 3x^2y + 3xy^2 - y^3 = (x - y)^3
Reason (R): (a - b)^3 = a^3 - 3a^2b + 3ab^2 - b^3
2. A: The value of 27 - 15 - 12 + 6 is 6.
R: Applying BODMAS rule correctly gives correct result.
3. A: The expression x^3 + y^3 + z^3 - 3xyz is zero when x + y + z = 0.
R: If x + y + z = 0, then x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 3xyz.
4. A: The value of a^3 + b^3 + c^3 - 3abc is (a + b + c)(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - ab - bc - ca).
R: It is a standard identity for cubic expressions.
5. A: If (x+y)^2 = 49, then x+y = 7.
R: Square root of a square is always positive.
6. A: If x^2 + y^2 = 25 and xy = 12, then (x + y)^2 = 49.
R: (x + y)^2 = x^2 + y^2 + 2xy.
7. A: x^3 + 6x^2 + 11x + 6 = (x+1)(x+2)(x+3)
R: These are the factors of the cubic equation.
8. A: A cubic polynomial has at most 3 real roots.
R: Degree of polynomial = number of roots.
9. A: If x = 2, then x^3 - 4x^2 + 9x - 2 = 2.
R: Substitute x = 2 into the expression.
10. A: The polynomial x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 1 is (x+1)^3
R: It is the expansion of a standard identity.
Section B: Main Questions
Easy Level (10 Questions)
11. Simplify: 64 - 16/x + 4/x^2 - 1/27x^3
12. Expand: (x - y - 2)^3 + (x - y + 2)^3 + (2x - x - y)^3
13. If x = 2/x, find the value of x^2 - 8/x^2
14. Find the value of: 2/8 x^3 + 27/4 x^2 + 9/2 x + 1
15. If a + b + c = 2 and ab + bc + ca = -1, abc = -2, find a^3 + b^3 + c^3
16. Evaluate: 27^1/3 - 15^1/3 - 12^1/3 + 6^1/3
17. If 3x^2 - 5x + 2 = 0, find the roots of the equation.
18. Factorise: x^3 - 6x^2 + 11x - 6
19. Simplify: (a+b)^3 - (a^3 + b^3 + 3ab(a+b))
20. If x^3 = 64, find x.
Moderate Level (15 Questions)
21. If x^2 + y^2 = 10 and xy = 3, find the value of (x + y)^2.
22. Find the value of 8x^2 + 20y if 2x + 2y = 8 and 6y = 2.
23. Factorise: x^3 + 9x^2 + 23x + 18
24. Factorise: y^3 - 2y^2 - 9y - 48
25. Solve: x^3 - 8x^2 + 17x - 10 = 0
26. If x + 1/x = 3, find the value of x^2 + 1/x^2
27. Find value of x - 1/x if x^2 + 1/x^2 = 27
28. If p(x) = x^4 - 2x^3 + 3x^2 - 5x + 8, and x = 2, find p(2).
29. If x = 1 and 1+3 are roots of p(x) = x^3 - ax^2 + 13x - b, find a and b.
30. If 3x^2 - 5x + 9 = 0, find the nature of roots.
31. Factorise: (x + y)^3 - (x - y)^3
32. Solve: x^3 = 27, find x.
33. Prove: a^3 + b^3 + c^3 - 3abc = (a + b + c)(a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - ab - bc - ca)
34. Factorise: 3sqrt2x^2 - 5x + 9
35. Evaluate: x^3 - y^3 when x = 4, y = 3.
Difficult / Competency-Based (15 Questions)
36. If (x - y)^3 + (y - z)^3 + (z - x)^3 = 3(x - y)(y - z)(z - x), prove it using identity.
37. p(x) = x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 1. Prove p(x) = (x + 1)^3
38. Solve using identity: a^3 + b^3 + c^3 - 3abc, when a + b + c = 0
39. If x = 1 + sqrt2, find value of x^2 - 2x + 1
40. Expand and simplify: (2x + 3)^3
41. Solve: x^3 + 6x^2 + 11x + 6 = 0
42. Factorise completely: x^3 - 3x^2 - 4x + 12
43. A cubic polynomial has one root as 2. If sum of roots is 6 and product is 8, find the
polynomial.
44. If p(x) = x^3 + 2x^2 + x + 2, divide by x + 1 and find remainder.
45. A polynomial leaves remainder 0 when divided by (x - 2). What can you say about x = 2?
46. If a polynomial is divided by (x - a) and remainder is p(a), explain Remainder Theorem.
47. Solve for x: x^3 + 7x^2 + 14x + 8 = 0
48. Expand: (x + y + z)^3
49. Factorise: x^3 - x^2 - x + 1
50. Show that if x + y + z = 0, then x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 3xyz