MATHEMATICS ENTRANCE EXAM

Year 9 Entry

Time allowed: 90 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Write your name in the space provided

• Calculators are permitted

• Always make your method clear and show your working

• Answer all questions

• Show units where applicable and give answers to 3 significant

figures unless otherwise stated

CANDIDATE NAME:
SCORE: PERCENTAGE:
Q1.

(a)

Write down the number marked by the arrow.

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(1)
(b)

Write down the number marked by the arrow.

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(1)
(c)

Find the number 3.6 on the number line above.

Mark the number with an arrow (↑).
(1)
(3 marks)

Q2.

(a) Factorise 4x + 10y

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(1)
(b) Factorise x2 + 7x

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(1)
(2 marks)
Q3.

Here is a two-stage number machine.

It multiplies by 5 and then subtracts 3

(a) Complete the table.

Input Output
1 2
7
-3
7
47
(2)

Here is a different two-stage number machine.

When the input is 10, the output is 60

(b) Complete the number machine.
(1)
(3 marks)

Q4.

Buses to Exeter leave a bus station every 20 minutes.

Buses to Plymouth leave the bus station every 16 minutes.
A bus to Exeter and a bus to Plymouth both leave the bus station at 8am.
When will buses to Exeter and Plymouth next leave the bus station at the same time?

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(3 marks)
Q5.

From the numbers in the cloud,

(a) write down a square number,

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(1)
(b) write down a multiple of 7,

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(1)
(c) write down a factor of 30
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(1)
(3 marks)

Q6.

(a) Solve x + 9 = 19
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(1)
(b) Solve 2y = 17
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(1)
w
(c) Solve =4
8
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(1)
(d) Expand 3(2 + t)
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(1)
(4 marks)
Q7.

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

AFB and CHD are parallel lines.
EFD is a straight line.
Work out the size of the angle marked x.

x=......................°
(3 marks)
Q8.

The table gives information about the number of goals scored by a football team in each match last
season.

Number of goals Frequency

0 4

1 5

2 4

3 7

4 4

(a) Write down the modal number of goals scored.

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(1)
(b) Work out the total number of goals scored by the team last season.

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(2)
(3 marks)
Q9.

Mr and Mrs Pickard and their two children, Lena and Adam, go to a theme park.
Here are the ticket prices for the theme park.

Lena is 8 years old.

Adam is 4 years old.
They can get a family ticket or they can get 4 separate tickets.
It is cheaper to get a family ticket.
How much cheaper?

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(4 marks)

Q10.

There are 700 students in a college.

All of the students are 16 years old, 17 years old or 18 years old.
1
⁄10 of the students are 16 years old.
1
⁄5 of the students are 18 years old.
Work out how many of the students are 17 years old.

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(4 marks)
Q11.

Here are the ingredients needed to make 16 chocolate biscuits.

Sabrina wants to make chocolate biscuits for 24 people.

How much of each ingredient will she need?

(3 marks)

Q12.

(a) Write the number 20 400 in words.

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(1)
(b) Work out 3 × −7

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(1)
(c) Work out 3 × (2 + 7)

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(1)
(d) Find the value of 24

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 (1)
Here is a list of numbers.
4 5 8 9 12
(e) From the list, write down the prime number.

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(1)
(f) Write the ratio 2 : 6 in its simplest form.

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(1)

(6 marks)

Q13.

Sue has a bag of 18 sweets.

5 of the sweets are blue
7 of the sweets are red
6 of the sweets are green
Sue takes at random a sweet from the bag.
Write down the probability that Sue
(i) takes a red sweet,

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(ii) does not take a green sweet,

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(ii) takes a yellow sweet.

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(3 marks)
Q14.

Gordon owns a shop.

Here are the prices of three items in Gordon's shop and in a Supermarket.

Gordon reduces his prices by 5%.

Will the total cost of these three items be cheaper in Gordon's shop than in the Supermarket?

(3 marks)

Q15.

You can use this rule to work out the total charge for hiring a concrete mixer.
Total charge = £30 plus £8 each day
Esme hired a concrete mixer for 4 days.
(a) Work out the total charge.

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(2)
William also hired a concrete mixer.
The total charge was £110
(b) Work out how many days William hired the concrete mixer for.

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(3)
(5 marks)
Q16.

Here is a 5-sided polygon on a dotted centimetre grid.

(a) Write down the mathematical name for a 5-sided polygon.

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(1)
(b) On the diagram, mark with arrows (») a pair of parallel lines.
(1)
(c) What type of angle is the angle marked x?

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(1)
Here is the 5-sided polygon on a dotted centimetre grid.
(d) Work out the area of the 5-sided polygon.

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(2)
(5 marks)
Q17.

(a) n is an integer.
–1 ≤ n < 4
List the possible values of n.

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(2)
(b)

Write down the inequality shown in the diagram.

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(2)
(c) Solve 3y – 2 > 5

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(2)
(6 marks)

Q18.

Solve 3(x – 2) = x + 7

x=......................
(3 marks)
Q19.
Pat has x cards.

Jim has 4 more cards than Pat.

(i) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of cards Jim has.

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Lex has 2 times as many cards as Pat.

(ii) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of cards Lex has.

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(2 marks)

Q20.
(a) Expand 5(m + 2)
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(1)
(b) Factorise y2 + 3y
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(1)
(c) Simplify a5 × a4

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(1)
(d) Expand (y + 3)(y +6)

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(2)

a9
(e) Simplify
a5
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(1)

(6 marks)
Q21.

(a) Write down the coordinates of the point S.

(.............................. , ..............................)

(1)
The coordinates of the point T are (−3, 2).
(b) On the grid, mark this point with a cross (×).
Label the point T.

(1)
(c) Write down an equation of the line L.

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(1)

(3 marks)
Q22.

The diagram shows a triangular prism.

Work out the total surface area of the prism.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cm2
(3 marks)
 Q23.

(a) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that an ordinary fair dice when
thrown once will land on an even number.

(1)
(b) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that an ordinary fair dice when
thrown once will land on a 5

(1)
(c) On the probability scale below, mark with a cross (×) the probability that an ordinary fair dice when
thrown once will land on a number less than 7

(1)
(3 marks)

Q24.

Here are four number cards.

One of the cards is turned over so you cannot see the number on it.

The mean of the four numbers is 6

Work out the number you cannot see.

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(3 marks)
Q25.

(a) work out the value of 3p + 4q when p = 5 and q = -2

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(2)

(b) Given that y = 4x – 3 find x when y = 21

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(2)
(4 marks)

[TOTAL 90]