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BEACONHOUSE SCHOOL SYSTEM
Canal Side Campus-Boys
Practice paper # 2
Class: IX-C
Command Words used in Mathematics
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Given formula Sheet
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1 a) Write 325000 in standard form. [1]
b) Evaluate 320 × 0.2 [1]
2 a) Write down the value of the 5 in the number 253 624. [1]
b) The crowd at a sports event is exactly 35 687.
Write this number correct to the nearest ten. [1]
3 Write down
a) a prime number between 10 and 15, [1]
b) an irrational number between 10 and 13 [1]
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2 3
a) − [1]
3 5
3 2
b) ÷ [1]
5 3
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5 Factorise completely
a) 3xy - 20 + 5x - 12y [2]
b) 2𝑝2 𝑞 − 18𝑞 3 [3]
6 a) The temperature was -2 °C. The temperature decreases by 8 °C. Find the temperature after this change.
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b) On another day, the temperature increases from -5 °C to 3 °C. Work out the increase in temperature
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7 a) Workout 20% 𝑜𝑓 1.20 [2]
b)By writing each number correct to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of [2]
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8 Solve the simultaneous equations. [4]
1 + 5𝑥 = 6𝑦
3𝑥 = 4𝑦
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b) [1]
c)
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10 a) a) Write 120 as a product of its prime factors. [2]
b)
Use this information to find the smallest integer value of n, such that 315n is a square number. [1]
11 Expand and simplify:
a) 3(2𝑥 + 1) − 2(4𝑥 + 3) [2]
b) (𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 3) [2]
c)Write as a single fraction in its simplest form. [2]
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13 a) Simplify. √8 × √6 [2]
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b) Rationalise the denominator: , give your answer in simplest form. [3]
2√3− √5
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14 a) Represent the inequality −4 ≤ 𝑥 < 2 on the number line below. [1]
b) Solve the inequality. 10 − 𝑛 < 2𝑛 − 5 [2]
15 Sophie cycles 2600 meters in 12 minutes.
Work out Sophie’s average speed in kilometers per hour. [3]
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16 P is the point (-2, 1) and Q is the point (6, 13). M is the midpoint of the line PQ.
a) Find the coordinates of M. [2]
(b) (i) Find the gradient of the line PQ. [2]
(ii) Write down the gradient of a line that is perpendicular to the line PQ. [1]
c)Find the equation of perpendicular bisector of line PQ. [2]
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17 x is directly proportional to the square of (𝑦 + 1) [2]
When 𝑦 = 2, 𝑥 = 45.
Find x when 𝑦 = 4.
18 Solve. [4]
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19 a) 𝑦 , make ‘x’ the subject of the formula. [3]
b)Given that 𝑦 = 16, find the value of ‘𝑥’ [2]
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The area of the rectangle is 9 cm2. The area of the triangle is 85mm2.
Calculate the shaded area. Give your answer in cm2.
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21 A bag contains red balls, blue balls and green balls. [3]
The ratio red : blue = 3 : 8 .
The ratio green : blue = 2 : 5 .
Work out the fraction of the balls that are blue.
22 a) Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest.
2000 , 0.002 , 2 × 10−4 , 2 × 10−2
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.............................. , .............................. , .............................. , .............................. [2]
Smallest
b)This is a calculation using numbers in standard form. [2]
Find the value of a and the value of b.
23 a) solve by factorization 4𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 = 0 [3]
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b) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form − [3]
𝑥−2 2𝑥+1
24 a) Carl spent t minutes on his English homework. [2]
He spent three times as long on his Mathematics homework as on his English homework.
He spent a total of 2 hours 20 minutes on his English and Mathematics homework.
Write down an equation to represent this information and hence find the value of t.
b) On the grid below draw a trapezium with height 4 cm and area 18 cm2. [2]
One side of the trapezium has been drawn for you.
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(c ) When new, a car was worth $15 000. After one year it was worth $12 000.
Calculate the percentage reduction in its value. [2]
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26 An open rectangular tray has inside measurements
length 11 cm,
width 6 cm,
height 5 cm.
(a) Calculate the total surface area of the four sides and base of the inside of the tray. [2]
b) Cubes are placed in the tray and a lid is placed on top.
Each cube has an edge of 2 cm.
Find the maximum number of cubes that can be placed in the tray. [2]
c)The above cuboid holds volume of water 𝟑𝟑𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟑 . How much more, minimum volume of water is
required to fill a cubic container. [1]
d) Write down the length of one edge of that cube. [1]
