NAPLAN practice

Overview
Why learn this?
Our lives are interwoven with mathematics. Counting, measuring and pattern-making are all part of everyday
life. We use numbers to mark significant events (such as birthdays) and for identification (such as passports and
credit cards). We use numbers to describe ourselves (for example our height and weight). Shopping involves
understanding numbers, and tallying scores in sports requires a comparison of numbers. You may not realise just
how much you rely on numbers.

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Jacaranda Maths Quest 9

Set A
Calculator allowed
1. Which of the following is the longest time?
A. 95 000 seconds B. 22 hours C. 1800 minutes D. 1 day

2. Anne bought 20 pens and Jo bought 30 pens. Each pen costs the same amount, and the pens cost $75
altogether. How much did Jo pay for her pens?
3. When a ball is dropped it bounces on the ground. The maximum height reached after each bounce is half
the distance the ball drops. If a ball is dropped from a ladder 6 m above the ground, what is the total distance
travelled by the time the ball hits the ground the third time?
A. 9 m B. 18 m C. 10.5 m D. 15 m

4. Last year at Fern Hill High School, there were 985 students. The student population has increased by 20%
this year. How many students are at Fern Hill High School this year?
A. 1000 B. 1182 C. 1218 D. 1320

5. The length of a rectangle is 9 cm and its perimeter is 30 cm. What is the area of the rectangle?

6. The graph shows the number of juices sold each day of a particular

Number of juices sold

40
week at a school. Calculate the mean daily number of juices sold at the
school that week.
7. 102 + 12 ÷ 3 ÷ (−8) = ?
30
( )
20

C. −13 D. −14
A. 13 B. 14
10

3
8. expressed as a percentage is: Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
8
A. 30.8% B. 13% Day of week
C. 37.5% D. 0.375%

9. Lena wants to make 2 chocolate cakes. The recipe for a

chocolate cake is:
1
1 cups self-raising flour
2
1
cup sugar
2
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
125 grams butter.
How much of each ingredient will she need to use?
– cups self-raising flour
– cup sugar
– tablespoons cocoa
– eggs
– grams butter

10. In the diagram shown, what is the value of x?

x° x°
A. 110° B. 105° C. 120° D. 100°
160° 160°
11. Express in binary form.
113ten

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12. Jen bought a car on sale for 15% off the original price, which was $12 500. How much did she pay for

A. $1875 B. $8505 C. $10 625 D. $10 510

the car?

13. Connor climbs to the summit of a mountain 4250 m above sea level. Inga is scuba diving at the bottom of the
ocean. The ocean floor is 27 metres below sea level. What is the vertical distance between Connor and Inga?

14. The ratio of cordial to water in Shinji’s favourite drink is 2 ∶ 5. How much water does he need to add to
80 mL of cordial to make his favourite drink?
A. 100 mL B. 200 mL C. 300 mL D. 400 mL

15. Which of the following represents the right side view of the 3-dimensional
figure shown?
A. B.

C. D.

16. A rectangular paddock is surrounded by a fence. The perimeter of the paddock is 870 m. If the length of the
paddock is 65 m longer than its width, calculate the dimensions of the paddock.
17. Calculate the area of material required to make the tent shown, including
the floor. 1.8 m
1.5 m
A. 12 m2 B. 12.5 m 2

C. 12.45 m2 D. 24.45 m2
1.5 m 2m

18. Write the rule for the following pattern made from sticks.
Let n = number of sticks.
Let s = number of squares.

A. n = 2s + 2 B. n = 3s + 1 C. n = 4s D. n = s + 3

19. If 1 teaspoon = 5 mL and 1 tablespoon = 20 mL, how many teaspoons are there in a tablespoon?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2

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 TSA = 2𝜋r (r + h) where r is the radius and h is the height of the cylinder.
20. The total surface area (TSA) of a cylinder can be found using the formula r = 4 cm

Find h when r = 4 cm and the TSA is 377 cm2 .

h=?
21. A car travelled at 60 kilometres per hour for 2 hours and 15 minutes. How far did
it travel?
A. 165 km B. 120 km C. 75 km D. 135 km

22. The table below shows the times for 4 students to run 100 m.

Student Mitch Josh Ben Liam

Time (s) 14.2 15.4 14.8 14.4

What is the average (mean) time the 4 students ran 100 m?

23. Which of the following is the smallest number?
3
√ 3
A. 6 B. 0.18 C. 0.52 D.

24. Complete the following to make this equation true. 13 × (15 − 1) = 180 + ?
8

25. The diagram shows a bag of tokens. Aneko chooses a token from the bag without
looking. What is the chance of Aneko choosing a star token?
3 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
10 3 4 2

26. Which of the following diagrams shows an equilateral triangle?

A. B. C. D.

27. What is the volume of this rectangular prism?

6 mm
5 mm
12 mm

28. What is the longest pencil that can fit inside the box shown? (Round
to 1 decimal place.)

29. Which coordinates will the graph of y = −2x + 1 pass through?

A. 26.9 mm B. 25 mm C. 22.4 mm D. 24.6 mm
10 mm

B. (5, −9) D. (1, −3)

15 mm
A. (5, 11) C. (1, 3)

30. If a = −3, then 3a3 equals:

20 mm

A. 27 B. −27 C. 81 D. −81

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Set B
Non-calculator
1. How many faces does a rectangular prism have?
A. 4 B. 6
C. 8 D. 12

2. Oranges sell for $2.50 per kilogram. What is the total cost of

A. $2.50 B. $5.00
3 kg of oranges?

C. $4.50 D. $7.50

3. A fair, six-sided die is rolled. What is the chance of it landing on a 2?

1 1 1
A. B. C. D. 2

4. 7 + (2 × 5) − 9 = ?
6 3 2

5. Evaluate 1.3 × 0.6.

A. 36 B. 17 C. 8 D. 7
y
4

y=x+3
6. What is the equation of the graph shown?

y=x−3
A. 3

y = 3x + 3
B.

y = 3x − 3
C. 2
D.
1

0 x
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

7. Draw a linear graph using the table of values below.

−3 −2 −1
−1 −2 −3 −4
x 0 1 2 3
y 2 1 0

8. Sivan recorded the colour of cars travelling along her street between 9 am and 10 am.

Colour Blue White Red Silver Black Gold

Number 1 6 2 5 3 3

What was the percentage of white cars?

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 9. What type of angle is this? C
A. Acute
B. Obtuse
C. Reflex
A B
D. Straight

A. 1 ≤ x ≤ 6 B. 1 ≤ x < 6 C. 1 ≥ x ≥ 6 D. 1 < x ≤ 6
10. What is the inequation that represents the interval shown on the number line?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

was originally $120?

11. A store is having a 25% off sale. What would be the reduced price of an item that

$40
$30
A.

$100
B.

$90
C.
D.

12. Two friends share 24 lollies. One friend gets twice as many as the other. How many lollies do they
each receive?
A. 10 and 14 B. 8 and 16 C. 6 and 18 D. 4 and 20

3 5
13. Calculate the product of and .
4 6
7 9 19 5
A. 1 B. C. D.
12 10 12 8

A. x + 3 = 21 B. 3x = 21 C. 3x + 6 = 21 D. 6x + 3 = 21
14. The sum of 3 consecutive odd numbers is 21. Which equation best represents this situation?

15. Find the mean and the median of the data below. 2, 1, 5, 5, 4, 0, 2, 5, 2, 6
A. Mean = 3, median = 2 B. Mean = 3.2, median = 4
C. Mean = 3, median = 3 D. Mean = 3.2, median = 3

basketball, tennis and hockey. Find n(tennis ∩ hockey)′ .

16. The Venn diagram shows the number of students in Year 9 who play ξ
Basketball Tennis
A. 61 B. 78 11 21 16
C. 70 D. 64

17. Evaluate 3 + 2 + 3 .
14
2 3 3 4 11

A. 40 B. 44 9 3
C. 36 D. 38
Hockey

5000 + 700 + ? + 6 = 5746

18. What is the missing number?

19. A piece of string 30 cm long forms a rectangle. If the length of the rectangle formed is 10 cm, what is
its width?
A. 5 cm B. 10 cm C. 15 cm D. 20 cm

20. Which of the following is the top view of the 3-dimensional figure shown?
A. B. C. D.

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21. This ruler is used to measure the height of a teacher. How tall is the teacher? m
2.5
A. 1.6 m
B. 1.75 m
2
C. 1.075 m
D. 175 m
1.5
22. A roof makes an angle of 40° with the ceiling.
What is the value of x? x
1
A. 50°
B. 40°
C. 45° 40° 40°
D. 90°

23. The stem-and-leaf plot shows the number of goals scored in each netball match
Stem Leaf
over a season. The range is:
1 49
A. 48 B. 50 C. 14 D. 42
2 579
24. A circular spinner with 5 equal-sized sectors is labelled from 1 to 5. The spinner is 3 1248
spun. What is the probability of it landing on an odd number? 4 04
1 3 1
A. 3 B. C. D. 5 47
2 5 3
6 2
25. Write an expression to represent the following:
P is added to the square of q and then the sum is divided by y.

26. If one hour of parking costs $4.50, how much will it cost to park from 9 am until 2 pm?
A. $45 B. $22.50 C. $20 D. $16.50

27. A map has a scale showing that 1 cm on the map represents an actual distance of 2 km. Write the appropriate
scale ratio for this map.
A. 1∶2 B. 1∶200 C. 1∶2000 D. 1∶200 000
28. The shape shown is rotated 90° in a clockwise direction around the black dot. Which of
the following choices represents the result?
A. B.

C. D.

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29. ABC is an isosceles triangle. What is the value of y?
B
A. 5 B. 7
C. 9 D. 11
2y + 5 3y – 2
30. Which of the following is the net of a cube?
A. B.
A C

C. D.

Set C
Calculator allowed
1. The cube root of 64 is between:
A. 12 and 13 B. 12 and 32
C. 23 and 42 D. 32 and 42

2. A javelin is thrown 3 times. The mean distance of the 3 throws is 55 m. The

fourth throw reaches 63 m. What is the mean distance after 4 throws?
A. 52 m B. 57 m
C. 55 m D. 60 m

C = 20 + 0.2x, where x is the call time in minutes. If February’s bill was

3. The monthly cost (C) of renting a mobile phone is given by the equation

$120, the call time was:

A. 300 minutes B. 100 minutes
C. 500 minutes D. 450 minutes

4. A music store has two promotions running at the same time:

• 30% off all CDs which normally retail at $24.95 each.

• Buy 2 CDs for $26.95 each and get the third free.

If Emma wants to buy three CDs, what is the best price she can get?
A. $53.90 B. $52.40 C. $51.90 D. $54.50

5. A number is multiplied by 3, then 12 is subtracted. The final answer is the square of 6. What is the original
number?

length = 4 m
6. A painter quotes $448 to paint the walls of a bedroom with the following dimensions:

width = 3 m
height = 3.2m.
How much extra will he charge to paint the ceiling as well (at the same original cost per square metre)?
A. $100 B. $110

3 − 4q
C. $120 D. $150

=
1
7. Solve the equation for q.
2 4

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 y = −2x − 2
8. What is the equation of the graph shown? y
6

y = 2x − 2
A.

y = −2x + 2
B. 4

y = 2x + 2
C.
2
D.

‒4 ‒3 ‒2 ‒1 0 1 2 3 4 x
‒2

‒4

‒6

9. For the triangle shown, x equals: B

A. 16 B. 17

10. The scale 200 cm ⇔ 4 m simplifies to the ratio:

C. 18 D. 19 4x ‒ 3

A. 1 ∶ 2 B. 1 ∶ 4
C. 2 ∶ 4 D. 50 ∶ 1
2x ‒ 1
C

4x + 4

11. A house is bought for $450 000 and sold for $525 000. Express the profit as a percentage of the cost price.
(Round to 2 decimal places.)
A. 14.29% B. 16.67% C. 85.71% D. 16.7%

12. A 300-g block of chocolate is to be broken into its

individual squares. What is the mass of 4 squares
of chocolate?
A. 10 g
B. 16 g
C. 5g
D. 20 g

13. The area of the composite shape shown is: 10 cm

A. 30 cm2
B. 40 cm2
5 cm
C. 50 cm2 2 cm
D. 45 cm2
14. What is the next term in the following pattern? 1, 4, 9, 16, …
A. 20 B. 25 C. 29 D. 36

15. A cyclist travels 15 km in 30 minutes. The speed (in km/h) she is travelling
is:
A. 40 km/h B. 60 km/h

16. The intersection point for y = 2x + 4 and x + y = 1 is:

C. 80 km/h D. 30 km/h

A. (−2, 1) B. (−1, −2) C. (−1, 2) D. (2, 1)

17. The factorised form of 2x2 y3 − 6xy2 is:

A. 2xy2 (xy − 3) B. 2xy x2 y − 3
C. 2xy (xy − 6) D. 2x2 y (xy − 3)
( )

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18. The graph shows the frequency of the number of bread rolls bought at a
bakery. What is the total number of rolls bought? 8
A. 200

Frequency
6
B. 188
C. 150 4
D. 168
2
19. What are the mean and median of the data shown in the table?

Score (x) Frequency 0

4 8 12 16 20
1 1 Number of rolls bought
2 2 at a bakery

3 3
4 4

A. The mean is 3 and median is 4. C. The mean is 4 and median is 3.

B. The mean is 3 and median is 3. D. The mean is 4 and median is 4.

20. Which number is exactly halfway between 3.25 and 4.75?

A. 3.95 B. 4.15 C. 4.25 D. 4

21. Write a fraction equivalent to 0.75.

22. Which diagram is the net of a square-based pyramid?

A. B. C. D.

23. The table summarises how much time Lian spent on her Maths project.
Time spent on project
What was the average amount of time each day Lian worked on her
Day Time
project?
Monday 30 minutes
A. 25 minutes
B. 30 minutes Tuesday 15 minutes
C. 43 minutes 1
Wednesday 1 hours
D. 1 hour 4
Thursday 50 minutes
24. Draw a line of symmetry through the diagram.
Friday 45 minutes

25. If x = −2, what is the value of

3x − 2
2x
?
1 1 2 1
A. B. C. D.
2 4 3 3

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26. A map of Fern Island is shown below.

Treasure

Point
Shipwreck

What direction is the treasure from Point Shipwreck?

27. The shape at right is to be enlarged by a factor of 3.
The new area will be:
2 cm
A. 3 times the original area
B. 6 times the original area 12 cm
C. 9 times the original area
D. 12 times the original area

28. Complete the table of values for the rule y = 3x2 .

x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
y

29. The population of a city is expected to increase by 2.5% each year for the next 5 years. If this city’s current
population is 300 000, what is it expected to be in 5 years’ time?
A. 339 422 B. 755 000 C. 3 750 345 D. 355 406

30. Find the area of material (m2 ) needed to make a circular cushion with a diameter of 110 cm.
Note: Two pieces of material are cut out and sewn together to make the cushion.
A. 2.5 m2 B. 2.0 m2 C. 1.9 m2 D. 1.5 m2

Set D
Non-calculator
2
1. What is the equivalent fraction to 3 ?
5
17 11 17 11
A. B. C. D.
3 5 5 2

+2 ÷ is:
[( )2 ]
1 1 5
2. The value of
2 4 7
25 1 1 1
A. B. 3 C. 4 D. 2
14 2 2 3

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3. A large cube, shown at right, is painted blue. How many cubes, inside this large
cube, have no painted faces?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 36
D. 64

4. A glass of water (250 mL) is poured from the jug. How much water is left in the jug?
2L
A. 1.75 L
B. 1.5 L
1L
C. 1.25 L
D. 1L

5. Measure the size of the unknown angle, x, using the protractor.

80 90 100 11
70 0
60 110 100 90 80 70 120
0 0 60 13
5 12 0
0 50
13
40

14
0

0
40
14
30

15
150

30
0
20

160
60

20
180 170 1
10

170 180
10 0
x
0

A. 125° B. 66° C. 54° D. 126°

6. 14.076 − 9.25 equals:

A. 4.826 B. 4.51 C. 4.926 D. 0.482

7. Jake recorded his classmates’ preferred ice-cream flavours in the table below.

Ice-cream flavour Number of students

Chocolate 14
Vanilla 3
Strawberry 7
Choc-mint 6

What percentage of students prefers choc-mint flavoured ice-cream?

A. 60% B. 20% C. 6% D. 25%

8. A car travels at 75 kilometres per hour. How far will it travel in 4 hours?
A. 300 km B. 150 km C. 100 km D. 250 km

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 1
9. Which of the following diagrams shows the arrow below multiplied by a scale factor of ?
2

A. B.

C. D.

10. XZ is 32 cm. XY is a quarter of the distance of XZ. Find YZ.

X Y Z

A. 8 cm B. 16 cm C. 20 cm D. 24 cm

11. How many sticks would be needed to make the 5th shape in
this pattern?
A. 10
B. 16
C. 28
D. 34

C= (F − 32).
12. To convert from degrees Fahrenheit (°F) to degrees Celsius (°C), the following formula is used:
5

What is the Fahrenheit temperature equivalent to 35 °C?

9

A. 86 °F B. 95 °F C. 70 °F D. 100 °F

A. y = 1 − x B. y = x + 1
13. The two points A and B are on which line? y

C. y = x − 1 D. y = 3 − x
3
2
1 A

+ 7 = 11.
4m 0 x
14. Solve the equation 1 2 3

A. m = 5 B. m = 4
–3 –2 –1
–1
5 B

C. m = −5 D. m = 2
–2
–3

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15. A football team played 22 games during a season. The team won 4 more games than it lost. How many
games did the team win?

16. ∠BAD and ∠BCD are supplementary angles.

A. 9 B. 11 C. 13 D. 14

∠ABC is 130°. Find the size of ∠ADC.

B C

17. Draw the reflection of the shape shown below.

75°
A D

18. If p = 3 and q = −5, evaluate q2 − 2p.

A. −31 B. −19 C. 21 D. 19

19. The area of a circle is A = 𝜋r2 . Which value best estimates the area of a circle with a radius of 5 cm?
A. 75 cm2 B. 15 cm2 C. 50 cm2 D. 7.5 cm2

20. This dot plot shows the ages of people in a choir.

What is the most common age of the choir members?
A. 50 B. 58
C. 59 D. 60

21. What is the probability of getting Tails when a fair coin is tossed? 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
1
A. 0 B. Ages of people in a choir
2
1
C. 1 D.
3

22. Insert ‘<’ or ‘>’ to make this statement true. 43 __ 25

18
23. The following scores were recorded in a test: and 88%.
20
Which is the higher score?
24. The cost of two different books is in the ratio 4 ∶ 5. If the
more expensive book costs $25, what does the cheaper
book cost?
A. $5 B. $10

25. Calculate the value of 3 m 75 cm + 5 m 36 cm.

C. $15 D. $20

A. 8 m 95 cm B. 9 m 11 cm
C. 9 m 20 cm D. 8 m 11 cm

2
26. There are 60 squares in a chocolate block. If Stef eats of the block, how many squares are left?
3
A. 30 B. 25 C. 20 D. 15

27. The length of a rectangular sporting field is four times its width. If the perimeter of the field is 200 m, find
the length and width.

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28. A bag of marbles contains 22 red, 20 yellow, 15 green and 18 blue marbles. Darcy chooses one marble
without looking. What is the chance it will be green?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
3 4 5 6
29. Which pair of shapes fits together to make a cube?
A. B.

C. D.

30. What shape is revealed when a triangular prism is cut vertically?

Knife Triangular
prism

A. Triangle B. Square C. Rectangle D. Trapezium

Set E
Calculator allowed
1. The volume of a cylindrical glass with diameter 7.2 cm and height 15.4 cm is:
A. 2 L B. 627 cm3
C. 550 cm3 D. 750 mL

2. Use the diagram below to determine the values of x and y.

60°
3x
y

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 3. A square window is to be inserted into a square wall. The side length of the window is
70 cm. What is the area of the remaining wall?
A. 39 200 m2
B. 3.92 m2
C. 4.41 m2
D. 6.8 m2

3x − 4
4. The formula y = rearranged to make x the subject is:
5y − 3 4y − 5 3y + 4 5y + 4
5
A. x = B. x = C. x = D. x =
4 3 5 3
5. How many hours are there in 4 weeks and 3 days?

6. The value of x in the diagram is equal to:

x
A. 107°
B. 110°
C. 77° 73°
D. 90°

7. An unknown number is multiplied by 6 and then added to 4. The result is 46. Which equation best

A. 6 + 4x = 46 B. 46 + 6x = 4 C. 6x + 4 = 46 D. 6 (x + 4) = 46
describes this?

A. x < −1 B. x ≥ −1 C. x > −1 D. x < 1

8. The number line shown can be described by the equation:
–1 0 1 2 3 4

9. Arrange the following in descending order.

( )2 √
1 1
2.202, 0.12, , , 0.01
2 4
10. A car uses 10 L of fuel to travel 80 km. How much fuel is needed to travel 400 km?
A. 30 L B. 40 L C. 50 L D. 60 L

11. A length of rope is 7.5 m. It is to be cut into 2 pieces in the

ratio of 2∶3. What will be the two new lengths?
A. 2.5 m and 5 m
B. 3 m and 4.5 m
C. 3.5 m and 4 m
D. 1 m and 6.5 m

12. A 5-kg bag of potatoes cost $7.99. The cost of loose potatoes
is $1.55 per kg. Is it cheaper to buy:
A. 5 kg of loose potatoes?
B. a 5-kg bag of potatoes?

13. Which diagram of the net of a cube has opposite faces that sum to 7?
A. B. C. D.

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14. Which of the following shapes is represented by the net shown at right?
A. A triangular prism
B. A triangular pyramid
C. A square pyramid
D. A cube

15. If A = {odd numbers between 0 and 10} and B ={3, 6, 9} then A ∪ B is equal to:
A. {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} B. {3, 9} C. {2, 4, 8, 10} D. {1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9}

16. The following map shows campsites in a campground.

15
14
13 C D
12
11
10
9
8
7 B Toilet N
6
5
4
3 A E
2
1
A B C D E F G H I J K L MN

Jon is camped at grid reference C2. If he is facing north and looks due east, what is he looking at?
A. Toilets B. Campsite C C. Campsite A D. Campsite E

17. Using the similar triangles shown below, find the value of x.

1.3 3.9

2.1
x

A. 1.3 B. 2.6 C. 6.3 D. 9.3

18. The perimeter of the race track shown to the right is:
A. 390.23 m 44 m
B. 395.2 m
C. 405 m 126 m
D. 309.35 m

19. There are 1500 people in a fun run; 1125 are over 18 years of age. What percentage of people are aged
18 years and under?
A. 25% B. 55% C. 45% D. 35%

20. The vertices of a triangle are A (1, 1), B (3, 4) and C (4, 2). Give the vertices of the triangle if it is reflected
in the y-axis.

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21. The data in the table below shows the number of books read by 6 students in Year 9 during one month.

Number of books read 3, 6, 8, 4, 4, 2

Mean = median
Which of the following is true?

Median = mode
A.

Mean = mode
B.

Mean < mode

C.

22. A bike worth $420 has been reduced by $x. The new value of the bike (in dollars) is:
D.

A. 420 − x
B. 420x
420

D. 420 + x
C.
x

23. X and Y are 12.5 cm apart on a map. X

Calculate the actual distance between X and Y using the given key.
A. 12.5 km
B. 7.5 km
C. 75 km Y
D. 42 km
Key: 1 cm ⇔ 6 km

24. Pat bought a packet of 100 marbles for $5.00. The cost of one marble is:
A. $0.50 B. $0.20 C. $0.02 D. $0.05

25. A bag contains 6 red, 8 green and 4 blue counters. What is the ratio of red to blue counters?
A. 3∶2 B. 2∶3 C. 3∶4 D. 2∶1

26. The graph at right shows the distance travelled by a hiker. The y
average speed of the hiker is closest to:
15
A. 15 km/h
B. 1 km/h 12
Distance (km)

C. 2 km/h
9
D. 8 km/h
27. What is the value of x on the number line shown? 6

x 3

−1.5
0 x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 am 10 am 12 pm 2 pm 4 pm 6 pm

−0.5
A. Time (h)
B.
C. 0.5
D. 1.5

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28. Which window has the largest area?
A. B.

1.6 m

2.5 m 3.2 m

1.5 m
C. D.

1.3 m
2.7 m
5.5 m

29. What is the size of ∠XYZ?

2.7 m

80 90 100 11
70 0 Z
60 110 100 90 80 70 120
0 60 13
50 12 0
0 50
13
40

14
0

0
40
14
30

15
150

30
0
20

160
60

20
180 170 1
10

170 180
10 0
0

X Y

30. 24 × ? = 16
The missing value is:
1 2 1 3
A. B. C. D.
3 3 2 4

Set F
Non-calculator
1. The sum of 11 and a number, r, is 37. What is r?
A. 27 B. 14 C. 26 D. 8
√
2. 150 is between:
A. 8 and 10 B. 10 and 12 C. 12 and 14 D. 14 and 16

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3. The arrow on the spinner is spun 50 times. Which table is most likely to represent the results?

A. Colour Number of spins B. Colour Number of spins

Blue
Red 25 Red 16
Blue 17 Blue 25
Red Yellow
Yellow 8 Yellow 9

C. D. Colour Number of spins

Colour Number of spins
Red 8 Red 25
Blue 15 Blue 12
Yellow 27 Yellow 13

1 1
4. You are going to share 3 pizzas with your friends. How many sized slices can you cut from the pizzas?
4 6
1 1
A. 20 B. 19 C. 18 D. 16

5. 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 is equal to:
2 2

A. 22 × 22 B. 8 × 2 C. 2 × 5 D. 42 × 2

6. There are 12 boys and 14 girls in a class. What fraction of the class is boys?
6 6 1 3
A. B. C. D.
13 7 2 4
7. Of 100 000 newspapers printed, 5% are delivered to homes, with the remaining papers going to the
newsagent. How many papers are delivered to the newsagent?
A. 5000 B. 50 000 C. 95 000 D. 75 000

8. A cricketer played 10 innings and scored the following number of runs.

45, 0, 33, 7, 11, 25, 57, 80, 33, 47
What will change if the score of 80 is removed from the set?
A. Mean and range
B. Mean and mode
C. Mean and median
D. Mean only

∠BCD = 68°
9. The side view of an A-frame swing looks like this. C

Find ∠BDC and ∠DEF.

B D

A E F

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10. How many faces does this pyramid have?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

11. For the following graph, state the domain (possible x-values) and range (possible y-values).

y
9

1
0 x
–6 –4 –2 –1 2 4 6 8

–3

–5

12. Which of the following represents the reflection of this triangle in the mirror shown below?

B C

A. C B B. A

A C B
A B C

B C A
C. D.

A A A A

B C B C B C C B

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 n − qr
13. Which of the following is the rearranged version of the formula m = ?

m + qr
p
A. p = mn − qr B. n = mp + qr C. n = + D. n =
m q
p r p
14. If a number is halved and then increased by 4, it will be equal to 2 less than the original number. What is the
original number?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 20

15. When a = 1 and b = −1, the value of (a − b) is:

2

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4

16. Which linear graph joins the points (5, −9) and (−3, 7)?
A. y = x + 4 B. y = 2x + 1 C. y = −x − 4 D. y = −2x + 1

A. 35 × 0.85 B. 35 × 0.15 C. 35 + 0.15 D. 35 − 15

17. A T-shirt worth $35 is discounted by 15%. Which of the following calculations gives the new price?

18. A fair coin is tossed twice. Write down the four possible outcomes.

19. Which of these patterns does not possess a line of symmetry?

A. B. C. D.

20. Arrange the following in ascending order.

, 0.22 , 4,
( )2
1 √ 1

4−x
2 2

21. The solution to − 5 > 3 is:

A. x > 20 B. x > −20 C. x < −20 D. x < 20

3

2 (2h − 1) = 3h − 2 + ?
22. Fill in the missing value to make the following equation true.

23. Evaluate (−2) + (−4) + 5.

√
2 2

A. 5 B. 25 C. 10 D. 15

24. What is the probability of choosing a 5 in a regular deck of cards (no jokers)?
5
A.
52
1
B.
4
1
C.
13
1
D.
2

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25. What percentage of this shape is shaded?
A. 8%
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 40%
26. The probability of hiring a certain coloured bicycle is shown in the table below.

Colour White Red Silver Blue

Probability 0.55 0.25 ? 0.05

What is the probability of hiring a silver bicycle if there are no colours other than the ones shown?
A. 0.15 B. 0.25 C. 0.2 D. 0.5

27. Two people buy a $5 ticket in a $200 000 lottery. They each contribute $2 and $3. How much would each
collect if they won?
28. Andrew rides x km to school. Isabelle rides 3 km more. Together they ride 13 km. Which equation represents

A. x − 3 = 13 B. 2x + 3 = 13 C. x + 3 = 13 D. 2x − 3 = 13
this situation?

was −2° C. What is the difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded that day?
29. The maximum temperature recorded for a June day was 14°C. The minimum temperature recorded that day

30. The mean, median and mode for the following set of data is:

Mean = 2, median = 3, mode = 1

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3

Mean = 2, median = 3, mode = 3

A.

Mean = 2, median = 2.5, mode = 3

B.

Mean = 3, median = 2.5, mode = 3

C.
D.

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Answers 7.
3
y

NAPLAN practice 2

Set A Calculator allowed 1

$45
1. C 0 x
–3 –2 –1 1 2 3
2. –1
3. D
–2
4. B
5. 54 cm2 –3

6. 21 –4
7. C 8. 30%
8. C 9. B
9. 3, 1, 4, 2, 250 10. D
10. A 11. D
11. 1 110 0012 12. B
12. C 13. D
13. 4277 m 14. C
14. B 15. D

l = 250 m w = 185 m
15. C 16. D
16.
17. B
17. C 18. 40
18. B 19. A

h ≈ 11 cm
19. B 20. C
20.
21. B
21. D 22. A
22. 14.7 s 23. A

q2 + p
23. B 24. C
24. 2
25.
25. C y
26. D 26. B
27. 360 mm3 27. D
28. A 28. D
29. B 29. B
30. D 30. D

Set B Non-calculator Set C Calculator allowed

1. B 1. B
2. D 2. B
3. A 3. C
4. C 4. B
5. 0.78 5. 16
6. C C
q=
6.
5
7.
8
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D

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16. C 22. >
17. A 18
23.
18. B 20
24. D
19. B
25. B
20. D

l = 80 m, w = 20 m
3 26. C
21. 27.
4
22. D 28. C
23. C 29. A
24. 30. C

Set E Calculator allowed

x = 20°, y = 120°
1. B
2.
3. B
4. D
5. 744 hours
6. A
25. A 7. C
26. North-east 8. C

, , 0.12, 0.01
√ ( )2
27. C 1 1
9. 2.202,
28. 27, 12, 3, 0, 3, 12, 27 4 2
29. A 10. C
30. C 11. B
12. A
Set D Non-calculator 13. C
1. C 14. C
2. B 15. D
3. A 16. D
4. B 17. C
5. D 18. A

A′ (−1, 1) , C′ (−4, 2) , B′ (−3, 4)

6. A 19. A
7. B 20.
8. A 21. B
9. D 22. A
10. D 23. C
11. C 24. D
12. B 25. A
13. A 26. C
14. A 27. B
15. C 28. C
16. 50° 29. 132°
17. 30. B

Set F Non-calculator
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. B
18. D 5. D
19. A
6. A
20. D
7. C
21. B
8. A

Jacaranda Maths Quest 9

 ∠BDC = 56°
∠DEF = 124°
9.

Domain: −4 ≤ x < 8
10. D

Range: 3 < y ≤ 9
11.

12. D
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. D
17. A
18. HH, HT, TH, TT
19. B

0.22 , , , 4
( )2
1 1 √
20.
2 2
21. C
22. h
23. A
24. C
25. D
26. A
27. $80 000 and $120 000
28. B
29. 16°C
30. C

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