COLOMBO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Year 9
End of Year Examination
Mathematics

Wednesday, 24th June 2020.

08.00am – 09.00 am.

Instructions to candidates

Answer ALL the questions in the space provided.

This paper consists of 17 questions and with a total of 75 marks.
Marks are printed at the end of each question.

Advice to candidates

Write neatly and legibly.

Show all the steps in your working.

ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

Name: …………………………………………… Class:…………

Place a tick in front of your teacher’s name.

Mrs.D. Chandradasa Mrs.K. Rathnasiri Mr. D. Cooray

Mr. P.Sankalpa Mr.S.Sanjeewa Mrs.D.Dissanayaka

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 1. Give the following ratio in its simplest form.

34: 51: 68

(1 Marks)

2. A regular polygon has an interior angle of 172°.Find the number of sides of this
polygon.

(2 Marks)

3. The ratios of number of teachers to the number of students in a school is 2 : 35.

The number of students is 665.Find the number of teachers.

(2 Marks)
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 4. Write as a single fraction in its simplest form.

𝑥2− 9
𝑥 2 − 3𝑥

(3 Marks)

5. Factorise completely.

a) x2+13x —30

b) x2—16

c) 2ab—ac + 2bd—cd

d) 3x2 +10x + 8

e) 2a2—50

(10 Marks)

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 6. Solve
15𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 = 2

(3 Marks)

7. The diagram shows part of a regular polygon. The exterior angle is x°.The interior
angle is 29x°.

a) Find the value of ‘x’

b) the number of sides

(4 Marks)

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 8. A, B, C, D and E lie on a circle, centreO. AOC is a diameter.

Find the value of

(a) p,

(b) q.

(4 Marks)

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 9. The front of a house is in the shape of a hexagon with two right angles.
The other four angles are all the same size.
Calculate the size of one of these angles.

(4 Marks)

10. The probability of a cricket team winning or losing in their first two
matches is shown in the tree diagram.

Find the probability that the cricket team,

a) Win both the matches.

…………………………..
b) Win at least one match.

…………………………..
(4 Marks)
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 11. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.ADis parallel to BC.
The diagonals DB and AC meet at X.
Angle ACB =62° and angle ACD = 20°.

(a) angle DBA,

(b) angle DAB,

(c) angle DAC,

(3 Marks)

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 12.

a) Write down an expression in terms of ‘x’ for the area of rectangle R.

………………………………………

b) Write down an expression in terms of ‘x’ for the area of rectangle Q.

………………………………………
..
c) Write down an expression in terms of ‘x’ for the total area of rectangles R and
Q.

……………………………………….

d) Given that the total area of rectangles R and Q is 104cm2. Find the value of ‘x’

………………………………………
(8Marks)
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 13. Rooms in a hotel are numbered from 1 to 19.Rooms are allocated at
random as guests arrive.

What is the probability that the first guest to arrive is given a room which is a
prime number?

…………………………………..
(4 Marks)
14. A , B , C and D are points on the circle, centre O .BCE is a straight line.Angle
AOC = 108 ° and angle DCE = 60 °.

Calculate the values of w , x and y .

W= …………………………………..

X= …………………………………….

Y= ……………………………………
(3 Marks)

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 15. In flu epidemic 45% of people have a sore throat.If a person has a sore throat
the probability of not having flu is 0.4.If a person does not have a sore throat the
probability of having flu is 0.2.

a) Find the value of a, b, and c

a= …………………..

b= …………………..

c= …………………..

b) Calculate the probability that a person chosen at random has flu.

(5 Marks)

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 16. Harry and Gary have a total of 300 stickers.The ratio of the number of
stickers Harry has to the number of stickers Gary has is 7 : 3

a) Find the number of stickers each person has.

b) Harry gives Gary some stickers.

The ratio of the number of stickers Harry has to the number of stickers
Gary has now is inthe ratio 8 : 7
Work out how many stickers Harry gives to Gary.

(5 Marks)

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 2 3 1 3 4 −2
17. A= , B= , C=
1 4 3 2 0 5

Find the following

a. 2A + B

b. AC

c. 𝐵

d. B-1

e. Solve the matrix equation. BX = I

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 f. Solve the following matrix equation.
4 −1 𝑥 5
1 1 𝑦 = 5

(10Marks)

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