Year 9 Maths Practice Test

Time: 55 minutes

Total marks available: 70

Total marks achieved: ______

Percentage: ______

This is a CALCULATOR paper

You MUST still show all working out as there are marks for
your methods

St Edmund Campion School

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Q1. Fully factorise:

a) 21a + 28
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b) 2𝑥 4 𝑦 5 + 4𝑥 2 𝑦 3

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Q2. What is the HCF of 26 and 65?

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Q3. If a = 1, b = 3 and c = -2 find

a) 8a – 2b
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b) 2(c – a)
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c) 7c + 4a – 2a
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Q4. Solve the following:

𝑥
a) 6
= 100

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b) 92 = 7𝑥 + 8

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c) 9𝑥 + 18 = 12𝑥 + 14

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Q5. Expand and solve the following:

a) 3(𝑥 + 2) = 42

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Q6. Factorise the following:

a) 𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 12

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b) 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 9

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Q7. Make a the subject of the following equations:

a) 𝑏 = 3𝑎

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b) 4𝑎 − 𝑏 = 3𝑐

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𝑏
c) 𝑎2 = 2

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Q8. Calculate the following:

1 1
a) 5
+2

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4 1
b) 2 7 + 2

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3
c) 7 x 4

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2
Q9. Find 7 of 49m

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Q10. Order the following numbers from smallest to largest:

3 2
35 35% 10 5
0.36

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Q11. Calculate the following:

a) Find 20% of £640

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b) Decrease £65 by 10%

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c) Decrease £320 by 35%

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Q12. Harry bought a jacket in a “40% off” sale and paid £38.

What was the original price of the jacket?

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Q13. The price of a house decreases in value from £300,000 to £250,000. What percentage
change is this?

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Q14. Choose the correct word from those listed below that best describes the probability of
the following events:

Impossible Unlikely Even chance Likely Certain

a) Roll an 8 on a 6-sided die

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b) It will rain or it won’t rain

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c) Roll a prime number on a die

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Q15. A bag has 4 black balls, 3 red balls and 4 yellow balls. What is the probability of picking:
a) a red ball
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b) a yellow ball.
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Q16. At home I am allowed to eat a starter, a main and a desert for dinner. Here are the
options:
Starter: Bread, Fishcakes
Main: Burger, Spaghetti Bolognese
Desert: Yogurt, Chocolate
List all of the possible combinations I could have.

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(3 marks)

Q17. Find the length of the missing side

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Q18. Find the size of the missing angle

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Q19. These 2 triangles are similar.

The area of triangle A is 20cm2. Work out the area of Triangle B.

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TOTAL MARKS: 70 MARKS

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