Canadian School of Arts and Science

End of Term Exam – Easter 2023

Mathematics – Paper 2 (Total 60 marks)
Grade 9
2 hours

Name:

Instructions:

1. This paper consists of 4 questions. Answer ALL questions.

2. All working must be clearly shown.

3. Unless otherwise stated, any numerical answer that is not exact MUST be written to
THREE significant figures.
1. (a) Using a calculator, or otherwise, calculate the EXACT value of

2 1
23 + 1
(i) 5 (𝟑 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬)
2
6
5
 0.0256
(ii) √( ) (𝟑 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬)
25

Give your answer in standard form.

(b) The basic wage earned by a truck driver for a 40-hour week is $560.00

(i) Calculate his hourly rate. (1 mark)

For overtime work, the driver is paid one and a half times the basic hourly rate.

(ii) Calculate his overtime wage for 10 hours of overtime. (2 marks)

(iii) Calculate the TOTAL wages earned by the truck driver for a 55-hour week
(3 marks)
2. (a) Factorize completely:

(i) 2ax + 3ay – 2bx – 3by (2 marks)

(ii) 5x2 – 20 (3 marks)

(iii) 3x2 + 4x – 15 (3 marks)

(b) One pack of biscuits cost $x and one cup of ice cream costs $y.

One packet of biscuits and two cups of ice cream cost $8 while three packets of
biscuits and one cup of ice cream cost $9.

(i) Write a pair of simultaneous equations in x and y to represent the given

information above. (2 marks)

(ii) Solve the equations in (b) (i) above to find the cost of one packet of
biscuits and the cost of one cup of ice cream. (4 marks)
(c) Simplify the expressions:

(i) 3(x – y) + 4(x + 2y) (3 marks)

4𝑥 2 x 3𝑥 4
(ii) (𝟑 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬)
6𝑥 3

(d) (i) Solve the inequality

x - 3 < 3x – 7 (3 marks)

(ii) If x is an integer, determine the SMALLEST value of x that satisfies the

inequality in (d) (i) above. (1 mark)
3. (a) The relationship between kinetic energy, E, mass, m, and velocity, v, for a
moving particle is

1
𝐸= 𝑚𝑣 2
2

(i) Express v in terms of E and m. (3 marks)

(ii) Determine the value of v when E = 45 and m = 13 (2 marks)

(b) Given that f(x) = 3x2 – 8x + 2,

(i) Write f(x) in the form a(x + b)2 + c (3 marks)

(ii) Solve the equation f(x) = 0. (4 marks)

4. The scores obtained by 100 children in a competition are summarized in the table below:

Score Class mid-point (x) Frequency (f) fx

0–9 4.5 8 36
10 – 19 14.5 13 188.5
20 – 29 25
30 – 39 22
40 – 49 20
50 – 59 12
TOTAL 100

(a) (i) State the modal class interval (1 mark)

(ii) State the class interval in which a score of 19.4 would lie (1 mark)

(b) (i) Complete the table to show the class mid-points and the values of fx.
(4 marks)
(ii) Calculate the mean score for the sample. (3 marks)

(c) Explain why the value of the mean is only an estimate of the true value.
(1 mark)

(d) What is the probability that a student selected at random scored AT LEAST 40
points? (2 marks)

END OF EXAM