DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM, MQF

LIFELONG LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY Level 3

Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes
Educational Assessment Unit
Annual Examinations for Secondary Schools 2023

YEAR 9 MATHEMATICS TIME: 1h 30min

MAIN PAPER

Total Non- Global

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Main Calc Mark

Mark

DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE.

Name: _____________________________________ Class: _______________

Calculators are allowed but all necessary working must be shown.

Answer ALL questions.

1. a) An expression for the nth term of a sequence is 𝟑𝒏 + 𝟐.

i) What is the 20th term of this sequence?

Ans: ______________

ii) The number 50 is a term in this sequence. What is its position in the sequence?

Ans: ______________

b) Find the expression for the nth term of the sequence below.

420, 425, 430, 435, 440, .....

Ans: ______________

(5 marks)

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2. The diagram shows an arc AB of a circle centre O and radius 12 cm. The angle that
the arc makes at the centre is 70°.

Diagram not to scale

70°
O A
12 cm

a) Calculate the length of arc AB.

Ans: ______________

b) The diagram shows a window of a church model. Jake uses wire to make these
windows where each arc is the same size as arc AB.
What is the length of wire Jake needs to make 6 windows in the church model?

arc arc

15 cm 15 cm

12 cm

Diagram not to scale

Ans: ______________
(4 marks)

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3. a) Simplify:
3𝑦 − 9

Ans: _________________

b) Expand and simplify:

i) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 5)

Ans: _________________

ii) 7𝑥 (𝑥 + 4) − 5𝑥(2𝑥 + 3)

Ans: _________________

c) Make 𝑝 the subject of the formula: 3𝑝 − 14𝑝𝑞 = 2𝑡

Ans: _________________

(7 marks)

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4. A group consists of 50 youths. Most of them participated in a 100-metre race and
their times were recorded in the frequency table below.

Time (t)
Frequency
seconds
0 < t ≤ 10 0

10 < t ≤ 20 4

20 < t ≤ 30 17

30 < t ≤ 40 20

40 < t ≤ 50 5

a) Draw a histogram on the grid above to show the information in the frequency
table.

b) How many youths finished the race in 40 seconds or less?

Ans: __________

c) How many youths did not participate in the race?

Ans: __________

d) Fill in possible timings for the youths

who made it to the podium and
finished the race in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
position.

Ans:

e) A youth is chosen at random from those who participated in the race.

What is the probability that the youth completed the race in more than 40
seconds?

Ans: _____________
(9 marks)
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5. Line AB passes through the points A(–3, –2) and B(5, 14).

y
B
(5, 14)

0 x
A
(–3, –2)

a) What is the 𝑦-intercept of line AB?

Ans: _________________

b) Work out the gradient of line AB.

Ans: _________________

c) Write the equation of line AB.

Ans: _________________

d) Another line PQ has equation 𝑦 = 10 − 𝑥 and passes through points P (−4, 14)
and Q (4, 6). On the axes above, draw line PQ and use the graphs to solve the
simultaneous equations of lines AB and PQ.

Ans: 𝑥 =________; 𝑦 =_________

(7 marks)
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6. Hailey is planning a pizza party for 25 friends.
She plans to give 4 slices of pizza each.
Each pizza is cut into 7 equal slices.

a) How many pizzas does Hailey need to buy?

Ans: __________

b) Hailey has enough money to buy 13 pizzas.

With this number of pizzas, how many friends can she invite?

Ans: __________
(4 marks)

7. a) A pentagon is a 5-sided polygon.

Show that the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is equal to 540°.

b) C
B
125°
115°
D
130° Diagram not to scale

In the diagram above angle B = 115°, angle C = 125° and angle D = 130°.
Angle A is equal to angle E. Work out the value of angle A.

(4 marks)
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8.

13 cm 13 cm
Diagram not to scale
14 cm

10 cm

The diagram above shows a closed prism whose cross-section is an isosceles

triangle. Part of the net of the prism is drawn on the grid below. Complete the net.

The length of the side of each square on the grid represents 2 cm.

(3 marks)

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9. A, B, C and D are points on a circle centre O. BAC = 20° and ABD = 30°.

Diagram not to scale

30°

O
C
𝑎

20°

𝑏
A

a) Write down the size of 𝑎 and give a reason for your answer.

𝑎 = _________ Reason: ____________________________________

b) Calculate the size of 𝑏 showing all your working and reasons.

𝑏 = _________ Reasons: ___________________________________

___________________________________

(5 marks)

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10.

Part of the frame supporting a solar panel is in the shape

of a right-angled triangle ABC. C

a) AC is 1.64 m long and the size of angle A is 50°.

Work out the length of side AB.
Give your answer correct to the nearest cm.

1.64 m

50°
A B

Diagram not to scale

Ans: ______________

b) Another part of the frame is shown below.

Calculate the length of side PQ. Give your
answer correct to 3 significant figures. P

64 cm

R Q
53 cm

Diagram not to scale

Ans: ______________
(6 marks)

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11. Rita walks North, a distance of 𝑥 metres from point A to point B.
She then turns East and walks to point C.
The distance BC is 3 m more than twice the distance AB.

North

B C

Diagram not to scale

A

a) Write an expression for the distance BC in terms of 𝑥 .

Ans: _____________

b) The total distance that Rita walks from A to B and then to C is 243 m.
Write an equation in terms of 𝑥 , to show this information.

Ans: _____________

c) Solve the equation in (b) to find the value of 𝑥 .

Ans: _____________

d) Work out the distance BC.

Ans: _____________

(7 marks)

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12. Deejay Danica is on a stand playing music.
She sees an object O on the floor, 10 metres away from the foot F of the stand.

a) Use a scale of 1 cm : 2 m and mark the position of O on the diagram

below.

Ceiling

horizontal

Stand
Floor
F
Scale 1 cm : 2 m

b) i) On the diagram mark the angle of depression of O from Danica’s eyes.

°
ii) The angle of depression is ________ .

A ray of light is coming from a spotlight S, which is attached to the ceiling. The
angle of elevation of S from Danica’s eyes is 40°.

c) Mark the position of S on the diagram.

d) What is the actual distance between spotlight S and object O?

Ans: _____________

(8 marks)

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13. a) Work out 27.5% of 120.

Ans: __________

b) The food in Jeremy’s fridge has a volume of 280 litres. He adds more food for
a party. This increases the volume of the food by 65%.

i) What is the new volume of the food in the fridge?

Ans: __________

ii) Jeremy’s fridge holds a maximum of 488 litres. He now buys a cake in a
box with dimensions 10 cm by 50 cm by 50 cm. Do you think he can fit
the box inside the fridge? Explain.
1 litre = 1000 cm3

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

(6 marks)

END OF EXAMINATION

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