Colombo International School Year 9 Mathematics Wednesday 12", June 2013 1 hour and 30 minutes (7.45 am-9.15am) Ins uetions to Candidates Answer ALL questions. Section A consists of 13 questions (worth of 70 marks) that should be answered on the exam paper itself. Section B consists of 07 questions (worth of 80 marks) that should be answered on a separate paper. In calculations you are advised to show all the steps in your working, giving your answers at each stage. You are reminded of orderly presentation in your answers. ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED. ‘Name: Teacher's Name: hss | (Mrs C Karunamuni, Mrs P Ranasuriya, Mrs K Ratnasiri, Mr U Dharmawardene, Mrs D Peiris, Mrs G Seneviratne) dP PEPE GHE EEE HSE Pe EEE ECE PEESection A Answer on the same paper 1. a. Evaluate (-10} +(-11) b. (-8)+2 c. Find + ela i 3 i {06 marks) i 2. a. Find the value of b, Evaluate ( 5°) ¢. Write 20.967 in standard form, d. Write 20.967 to two decimal places. (08 marks) 3. a. Make R the subject of the formulae , b. Find R when m=4,x=2 and e=(-3) (04 marks)4, Solve and illustrate on a number line 10S 2x-2¢ x+8 (04 marks) 5. a.Solve 7(5—x) =3(x-5) b. Fact 9m? - actorise 9m’ - = (04 marks) sac 6. Abox contains 450 oranges to the nearest 10. Find the range in which the actual number of oranges lies.Find AB (aBy* co (15 marks)8. a. Solve 100 115x+30=0 b.Solve (2x#1)° = (x+5)? (08 marks) 9. Find the LCM of x’, 2xy,y" (02 marks) 10.A field of grass feeds 24 cows for six days. How long the same field would feed 18 cows. (03 marks)3xy 4 4 11a, Simplify > X b. Simplify xP -9NG14 | 12.a.Findxif 3: shh b, Express the ratio 10:6 as I:n (04 marks)c. Amixture of sugar and saltis in the ratio 3:2‘the weight of the mixture is 150 grams. Calculate the weight of sugar and the weight of salt in the mixture {04 marks) 13.a. Draw the total possibility space for tossing @ 6 sided fair dice and a coin. b, Find the probability that getting an even number and a tail (04 marks} (Total marks for section A -70)Section B Answer all the questions on a separate paper 1. Give the following pair of simultaneous equations in the matrix form and hence solve them. x+2y=8 Qx+3y=14 (10 marks) a. Find the gradient and the y intercept of the line Sx tay =! + 4 b. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through (2, 1) and (4,5) ©. Give the equation of the line that is parallel to the line with equation y= 8+ + and which passes through the origin d. Does the point (2,6) lie on the line with the equation. y=6x-8 (20 marks) 3. Each evening Dina either reads a book or watches television. The probability that she watches television is 3/, , and if she does this, the probability that she will fall aslee; f she reads a book the probability that she will fall asleep is a, Draw the complete tree diagram for this problem hat she watches television and does fail asleep? ji, Calculate the probability that she does not fall asleep. (20 marks)ABCD is a rhombus in which AC = 4xem , BD = (2x + 14)on a) Write down an expression for the area of the rhambus in terms of x. b) Ifthe area of ABCD is 240 cm’, find the value of x. (10 marks) 5 A brand of pain reliever comes in two forms red and white pills. Red pills cost £x each and white pills cost £y each. A pack containing 10 red and 40 white pills costs £250 and a pack containing 5 red and 30 white pills costs £175 Find the cost of a red pill and a white pill {08 marks)6. The result of trebling a number and subtracting 5 is the same as doubling the number and adding 9 Find the number. (05 marks) 7. The area of the square is half the area of the rectangle. 2(x+4) cm, xem (-2} cm | Rectangle Square | Lu xem a. Forma suitable equation and solve for x. b, Hence find the length and the width of the rectangle. (07 marks} End of Paper (Total marks for section B-80} 10