Your

Trimester 1 Level
FF2 Assessment
2023 – 2024
Math
Grade 9
Exam Duration: 50 minutes

Name ______________ Class_____

Exam Instructions
 Manage your time.
 Read the questions carefully.
 Show all of your steps neatly in the space around each question.
 No calculators are allowed on this test.
 All graphs have to be done in pencil.
 All straight lines have to be done with a ruler.
 Denote your final answer clearly.

Number of Pages: 8
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into
theorems."
Good Luck
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Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding

Achievement
Level Descriptor Questions
Level
The student does not reach a standard described by any of
0
the descriptors below.

Q1
The student is able to:
i. Select appropriate mathematics when solving Q2
simple problems in familiar situations
1–2 Q3
ii. Apply the selected mathematics successfully when
solving these problems. Q4
iii. Generally solve these problems correctly.
Q5
Q6
The student is able to:
i. select appropriate mathematics when solving more Q7
3-4 complex problems in familiar situations
Q8
ii. apply the selected mathematics successfully when
solving these problems Q9
iii. generally solve these problems correctly.
Q10

The student is able to:

i. select appropriate mathematics when solving
Q11
challenging problems in familiar situations
5–6
ii. apply the selected mathematics successfully when Q12
solving these problems
iii. generally solve these problems correctly.
The student is able to:
i. select appropriate mathematics when solving
Q13
challenging problems in both familiar and unfamiliar
7-8 situations Q14
ii. apply the selected mathematics successfully when
solving these problems
iii. Generally solve these problems correctly.

Reflection:

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Level 1 – 2
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
1. Factor x2 + 3x + 2

A. (x + 3)(x + 1) B. (x + 2)(x + 1)

C. (x – 2)(x – 1) D. (x + 1)(x + 1)

2. Factor the binomial b2 – 9

A. (b + 3)(b + 3) B. (b – 3)(b + 1)

C. (b + 3)(b – 3) D. (b – 3)(b – 3)

3. Choose the graph that represents y = x2 + 2x + 3

A. B. B.

C. D.

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4. Consider the graph of y = 3x2 – 6x + 1. Write the equation of
the axis of symmetry

A. x = –6 B. x=6

C. x = –1 D. x=1

5. Consider the graph of x2 – 2x – 8 = 0 ,

determine the y-intercept .

A. (0, –8) B. (–8, 0)

C. (-2, 0) D. (0, -2 )

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6. Factor xy + 3x – 2x2 completely

7. Factor 2x2 + 14x + 20

8. Write an expression that represents the area of a square

that has a side length of
(3x – 4) units.

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9. Find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of
y = 3 x – 6. 2

Identify the vertex as a maximum or a minimum point.

10. Consider the quadratic function of y = 3x2 – 6x + 1.

a) Find the minimum point.

b) State the domain and range of the function.

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11. Ellie hit a tennis ball into the air.

The path of the ball can be modeled by y = –x2 + 4x + 4, where
y represents the height in feet of the ball x seconds after it is
hit into the air. What is the maximum height of the ball?

12. Breaking even occurs when the revenues for a business

equal the cost. A local children’s museum studied their costs
and revenues from paid admission. They found that their
break-even time is given by the expression 6h2 + 7h − 49,
where ‘h’ is the number of hours the museum is open per day.
Factor the expression.

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13. Write an expression for the perimeter of a rectangle that
has an area b2 + 16b + 64

14.A soccer ball is kicked from the ground and follows a

parabolic path represented by the equation
y = – x2+ 3x
At the same time a remote control airplane is flying at a
constant height and follows a straight path represented by
the equation y = 2.
At what point or points will the paths of the soccer ball and
remote control airplane intersect?

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