Grade 9 Pre-Assessment

Place Value (Pre Grade 9)

1. What is the value of the underlined digit?

a) 986 c) 21986

b) 1986 d) 8721986

2. Round the following numbers:

a) to the nearest tenth
i) 758.23 ii) 0.06

b) Round the number to the nearest hundredth

i) 675.296

Operations with Whole Numbers

1. 23 + 12 7. 13 x 45

2. 37 + 25 9
8.
3

3. 18 – 4
56
9.
8

4. 36 – 17

195
10.
3
5. 8 x 7

11. 3 + 7 x 4
6. 14 x 9
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12. 4 x 8 + 8  4 – 3 13. 5 + 7 x (9 – 4 + 3)

Decimals
1. Use <, >, or = to make the statements true:

a) 0.6 ____ 0.8 ____ 56.5 b) 42.18 ____ 42.7

2. 2.9 + 3.2 + 1.6

6. 2.78 x 0.1

3. 7.1 – 3

4.
$ 47.78
−$ 31.65 7. 3|5.4

5. 5000− 122.4 8. 12  0.1

Fractions
1. Order the following fractions from smallest to largest.

7 4 3 8 5112
a) b)
10 10 10 10 6323
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2. Give an example of a fraction larger than 0.5.

4 3 3
3. + 7. 10 ×
7 7 4

3 1
4. +
5 4 8
8. ÷3
9
1 2
5. 4 −1
4 3

2 5
9. ÷
3 3 5 6
6. ×
5 5

Parts of a Whole
1.
Decimal Fraction Decimal Fraction
3
0.25
100
2
0.8
3
1
1.24 2
5
5
0.435
2

Integers
1. Order the following sets of integers from smallest to largest -5, +9, 0, -1

2. Which comparison is true?

a) -8 < -10 c) -6 < -1

b) -7 > +4 d) -3 > 0
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3. (+5) + (-10) 7. (-4)(6)

4. (-6) + (-9) 8. (-2)(3)(-5)

5. (+2) – (-6) −48

9.
6

6. (-4) – (-4)
10. 11. ¿360)  (-12)

Powers and Roots

1. What is the square of 6?

2. Simplify

a) √ 49 b) √ 81 c) √ 64

3. Which of the following is NOT a perfect square?

a) 44
b) 121
c) 136
d) 78

Cartesian Plane
1. Write the (x,y) coordinates for each point:

C H

2. Which point is described by the coordinates:

(3, -1) (-6, -1)

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Patterns
1. How many kilometers will Cindy jog in 5 hours?

Hours Kilometers
1 4
2 8
3 12
4 16
5 ?
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2. Given the following table of values, what is an equation that describes the pattern?

X y
1 5
2 7
3 9
4 11
5 13

3. What is the pattern rule?

Input Output
46 23
50 25
18 9
94 47

4. y = 2x + 1

x y

5. Study the graph below. What is the equation of the line passing through the points marked on the
graph?
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12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 1 2 3 4

6. Which is the correct equation for the following statement: one more than double a number is 11?
a. X + 1 = 11
b. 2x + 1 = 11
c. 2x = 11 + 1
d. X + 2x = 11

Solving Equations

1. x +5=11 x
4. =5
4

2. 12=x−3
5. 2 x−3=15

3. 3 x=12
6. 3 ( x+ 5 )=36

Pythagoras
1. What is the length of the unknown side? Calculate to 1 decimal if needed.
a)

? cm
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3 cm

4 cm

8 cm
b)

? cm

2 cm