Year 9 Common - Term 2 2009

TIME : 55 mins

Name: Teacher: Result:

Full working should be shown in every question. Marks may be deducted for careless or badly
Directions arranged work.
TOPICS:
Use black or blue pen only (not pencils) to write your solutions.
- Surds No liquid paper is to be used. If a correction is to be made, one line is to be ruled through the
- Indices incorrect answer.
- Graphs and Variation
The diagrams are not to scale.
1. 200 lies between which 2 positive integers? 4. Expand and simplify:

a) 5 2 3 2

2.

b) 5 3 5 3
4.8 10 4
Evaluate in scientific notation
3 10 6
correct to 2 significant figures.

c) 7 3
2

3. Simplify:
a) 6 3 4 3

b) 3 6 4 2 6 5. If 3 5 x , find x

c) 18 3 8
6. Using the table below, state whether the
following is an example of direct or indirect
variation and why?
x 1 2 3
y 12 6 4

d) 2 3
3

7. Rationalise the denominator:

2 5
a)
2
4 20 3 15
e)
8 50
3
b)
2 3 1
8. Answer without fractional or negative indices 12. The graph below shows how the level of
a) a 3 water changes when a container is draining.

b) 2xo
Straight
1
c) 4x 2

d) 8 x 6
1
3
Draw a possible container below.

e) 0.3
2

1
x2 y2
f)
x y

13. A rectangle has a perimeter of 40cm and a

length of x cm. Its area is given by the
formula A = 20x -x2 which is graphed in the
figure below.

9. It takes 20 men 15 hours to complete a task.

How long would it take 25 men if they work
at the same rate?

a) What is the area of the rectangle if the

length is 15cm?
4
Evaluate 32 5 64
2
10. 3

b) What length is the rectangle if the area is

36cm2?

c) What is the maximum area that the

11. Draw a graph of how the depth of the water
rectangle could have and what would be its
level changes with time when the following
length for this maximum area?
container is filled with water.

d) Why do the values for x stop at 20?

14. Use the diet chart below to answer the 16. A right angled triangle with non integer sides
following questions. has its hypotenuse of length 5 units. What
are 2 possible lengths for the other 2 sides?

a) How much weight did George lose over the

whole time?

b) What was his average weight loss per

week?
17. The speed(s) of a train down a slope is
directly proportional to the square of its
c) In which week did he lose most weight? mass(m). A train of mass 20 tonnes travels at
60km/hr.
a) Find k, the constant of variation

d) If George had maintained the rate of

weight loss achieved during the second week,
when would he have reached the target level.

b) Find the speed of a train of mass 25 tonnes.

15. Simplify:
a) 2n 4n 8n

18. x y x y 1
1

expressing your answer with positive indices

1
8a 3
3

b) 6
Express without negative indices.
27b
19. 2 ~ MULTIPLE CHOICE ~
If a b 13 find a and b
4 13 Circle the most correct response, a, b, c or d.
1. Consider the following statements for
a > 0 and b > 0
I ab a b
II a b a b
Which statement is always true?
a) I only b) II only
c) Both I and II d) Neither I nor II

2. 60
Simplify =
6 5
3 2 3
Evaluate a) 2 b) 2 c) d)
20. 3 3
2 8 18 .... 5000
2

3. 3 3
Simplify =
3
a) 3 b) 4 c) 3 + 1 d) 2 2

4. 16 8

a) 4 4 b) 48 c) 84 d) 88

5. This swimming pool has a sloping bottom.

Water is flowing into the pool at a constant
rate.

21. a
If a 6 2 n 2b 9 n and 2x
b
Find x in terms of n

6. 5x 2 =
1

1 5 1 5
a) - b) c) d)
5x x2 5 x x

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