CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 9: END-OF-YEAR TEST MARK SCHEME

Stage 9 End-of-year test: Mark scheme

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1 a Circle 27 and π [1]

b Any valid pair e.g. 2 and 8 or 2 and − 2 [1]

2 a 9 [1]

b 2−3 [1]

3 a 1.5 × 108 [1]

b 7 × 10 −7 (1 mark for 0.000 000 7) [2]

4 8 5
4 a 4 (1 mark for evidence of a correct method e.g. × ) [2]
9 3 3

b x2 − 7 x + 12 (1 mark for evidence of a correct method e.g. x2 − 3x − 4 x + 12) [2]

5 x > 15 (1 mark for an attempt to rearrange e.g. 30 < 2 x) [2]

6 a 3 x + 2 y = 30

or 6 x + 4 y = 60

or any equivalent equation [1]

b x = 4 and y = 9 (1 mark for 6 x + 10 y = 114 or equivalent, 1 mark for eliminating a

variable e.g. 6y = 54) [3]

7 46500 ⩽ attendance < 47500

or 46500 ⩽ attendance ⩽ 47499 [1]

8 5.75 (1 mark for any correct method e.g. × 1.15 then × 1.25 or add 15% then
add 25% of 4.6) [2]

9 a 54 km [1]

b 36 km [1]

10 $45; $125 [2]

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11 d = − 3 (1 mark for a valid attempt to rearrange) [2]
e

12 68 (1 mark for adding triangle (28) and rectangle (40)) [2]

13 a 101 or 100.5 (1 mark for π × 82 ) [2]

16π
b + 16 seen and simplified (1 mark if proof is incomplete) [2]
2

14 3.8 or 3.82 (1 mark for 7.22 − 6.12 ) [2]

15 a Sketch with 5, 5, 10 suitably labelled [1]

b 5 [1]

16 a 120 (1 mark for area of triangle = 24) [2]

b 168 (1 mark for finding the 3rd side of the triangle is 10, 1 mark for adding
5 areas e.g. 24 + 24 + 30 + 40 + 50) [3]

17 a y-values: 9, 6, 3, 0, −3 (−1 mark for each error) [2]

b Straight line through (0, 9) and (6, 0). [2]

3
c − [1]
2

2
d − [1]
5

1
18 a (allow an equivalent fraction or 0.1) [1]
10

11 3 3
b (1 mark for any valid method e.g. 1 − × ) [2]
20 4 5

19 a n2 [1]

b n2 + 3 [1]

n
c [1]
6

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20 a and b

(2 marks for B, 2 marks for C) [4]

c Rotation 180 ° centre (5, 5) (need all three items for the mark) [1]

21 a 12 [1]

b 7 [1]

[Total: 60 marks]

END OF TEST

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