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Year 9 mathematics test

KeY STAGe

3
Tier

5 –7 Paper 2
Calculator allowed

First name

Last name

Class

Date

Please read this page, but do not open your booklet until your
teacher tells you to start. Write your name, the name of your class
and the date in the spaces above.

Remember:
The test is 1 hour long.
You may use a calculator for any question in this test.
You will need: a pen, pencil, rubber, ruler, a pair of compasses and
a scientific or graphic calculator.
Some formulae you might need are on page 2.
This test starts with easier questions.
Try to answer all the questions.
Write all your answers and working on the test paper – do not use
any rough paper. Marks may be awarded for working.
Check your work carefully.
Ask your teacher if you are not sure what to do.

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 Instructions

Answers
This means write down your
answer or show your working
and write down your answer.

Calculators
You may use a calculator to
answer any question in this test.

Formulae
You might need to use these formulae

Trapezium
b
1
Area = (a + b)h height (h)
2

Prism

length

area of cross-section

Volume = area of cross-section × length

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 Spinning

1. Here are four spinners, labelled A, B, C and D.

I am going to spin each pointer.

4
1
4 1 4
3 4
1
3 1
2 3 2 3
2 2

A B C D

(a) Which spinner gives the greatest chance that

the pointer will stop on 3?

Spinner 
1 mark

(b) Which spinner gives the least chance that

the pointer will stop on 1?

Spinner 
1 mark

(c) This spinner is divided into eight equal sectors.

Write a number in each sector so that there is

a 50% chance that the pointer will stop on 2

1 mark

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 Time,  Remainders

2. Jim’s clock shows:

15 November

What will Jim’s clock show in exactly 3 hours time?

November
2 marks

3. Write numbers to make these calculations correct.

The first one is done for you.

21 ÷ 5 = 4  remainder  1

÷ 8 = 4  remainder  2 1 mark

÷ = 4  remainder  3 1 mark

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Sitting comfortably

4. A website gives this chart to show

the chair and table heights for children.
Table
Chair height
height

Chair height (inches) 10 12 14 16

Table height (inches) 18 20 22 24–26
4 year-olds 40% 60%
5 year-olds 100%
6 year-olds 50% 50%
7 year-olds 20% 80%
8 year-olds 80% 20%
9 year-olds 40% 60%
10 year-olds 100%

(a) 50% of 6 year-olds need a chair height of 12 inches and

a table height of 20 inches.

What do the other 50% of 6 year-olds need?

Chair height:   inches    Table height:   inches

1 mark

(b) Gill says:

More than three-quarters of all 8 year-olds need a chair height of 14 inches.

Is she correct?

Yes No

Explain your answer.

1 mark

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PIN, Finding values

5. Jack has forgotten his PIN.

He can remember that it is a four-digit number starting with 9 and ending with 3

9 ? ? 3

He also knows that the first two digits add up to the same as the last two digits.

Write down all the numbers that his PIN could be.

2 marks

6. Write the missing values in this table.

y 2y y2

3 6

36
2 marks

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 Wallpaper

7. Kate wants to decorate all four walls of a rectangular room.

Here are the dimensions of her room.

Floor 4.5m

6m

The table shows the number of rolls of wallpaper needed to decorate different
sized rooms.

Distance around the room Number of rolls needed

10m 6

12m 7

14m 8

16m 9

Kate has 11 rolls of wallpaper.

Does she have enough to wallpaper her room?

Yes No

Explain your answer.

2 marks

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 When is it true?

8. For each statement below, tick ( ) the values of n for which

the statement is true.

The first row is done for you.

n=4 n=5 n=6 n=7

n is greater than 5

2n is equal to 10

2 + n  is less than 8

n2 is less than 30

2 marks

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 Triangle

9. (a) In a triangle, the largest angle is 20 degrees larger than the smallest angle.

Not drawn accurately

Write down what the three angles could be for this triangle.

º º º
   
2 marks

(b) Another triangle has an obtuse angle.

The obtuse angle is 20 degrees larger than one of the other angles.

Not drawn accurately

Write down what the three angles could be for this triangle.

º º º
   
2 marks

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 Rectangle area, Sixes

10. This large rectangle is made from white squares and smaller grey squares.

Not drawn
full size

The area of one grey square is 1cm2

What is the area of the large rectangle?

  cm2
2 marks

11. Write the missing numbers in the boxes.

0.06  +  =  1
1 mark

0.6  +  0.06  +  =  1
1 mark

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 Swimming pool

12. A swimming pool has this price list.

Swimming Pool Price List

Price
Adult Child
Annual Membership £230.00 £180.00
Monthly Membership £26.50 £15.00
Casual Swim £3.50 £1.65
Add-on Membership £7.00 for each child
Family Swim £7.25

Annual Membership:  Unlimited swimming for a year.

Monthly Membership:  Unlimited swimming for one month.
Add-on Membership:  Add up to 3 children to an adult Monthly Membership.
Family Swim:  2 adults and 2 children. Pay on entry.

A father and his two children want to swim twice a week for a year.

What is the minimum cost per month for them to do this?

£ per month
3 marks

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 Diagonal

13. The diagram shows a rectangle.

The dotted line is a diagonal of the rectangle.

Below is a diagonal of a different rectangle.

The dimensions of the rectangle are 6cm by 8cm.

Use a pair of compasses and a ruler to draw the rectangle.

2 marks

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 Word game

14. A word game has tiles with letters on.

Some letters are more common than others.

(a) There are 100 tiles in the English version of the game.

Here is information about how many tiles show the letter A, E or O.

A E O

9 tiles 12 tiles 8 tiles

I am going to take one of the 100 tiles at random.

What is the probability that it will show one of the letters A, E or O?

1 mark

(b) There are 104 tiles in the Russian version of the game.
1
The probability that a tile taken at random will show A, E or O is 
4

The ratio of tiles showing A, E or O is  4 : 4 : 5

Work out how many of the 104 tiles show the letters A, E or O.

A E O

tiles tiles tiles

2 marks

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 Volume

15. I have 16 cubes that are all the same size.

I join the 16 cubes together to make the cuboid shown below.

20cm
Not drawn
accurately

40cm
20cm

What is the side length of one of my cubes?

  cm
2 marks

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 Chinese growth

16. The diagrams show how the average height of a 7 year-old child in China changed
from 1957 to 2007.

1.5 1.5

1 1
Metres Metres

0.5 0.5

0 0
1957 2007

(a) The average height of a 7 year-old child in China has increased over these 50 years.

By how many centimetres per year has it increased?

cm per year
1 mark

(b) In 2007, the average height of a woman in China was 30% more than the
average height of a 7 year-old child.

What was the average height of a woman in China in 2007?

m
2 marks

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 Squarea

17. Look at the diagram.

The square has a side length of 7cm.

The circle fits exactly inside the square.

Not drawn
7cm accurately

Work out the area of the circle.

  cm2
1 mark

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 Lemons

18. The graph shows how the price of lemons in America has changed.

400%

300%
Price
compared
to Jan 1997
200%

100%
Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Time

(a) The price of lemons was lowest in about March 2003.

When was the price of lemons the highest?

About 
1 mark

(b) Usually, about what time of year are lemons most expensive in America?

1 mark

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 Bank of England

19. Each year, the Bank of England prints new banknotes.

The chart shows how many banknotes were printed in 2006.

Number of banknotes printed in 2006

£5 notes 106 million

£10 notes 323 million

£20 notes 328 million

£50 notes 13 million

(a) What was the total value of the banknotes printed in 2006?

£ million
2 marks

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 Bank of England cont.

(b) The Bank of England will replace banknotes that have been damaged or destroyed.

The pie chart shows how banknotes were damaged or destroyed in 2006.

Number of banknotes damaged or destroyed in 2006

Contaminated

Washed

42°
Fire or 33°
flood 15°
50° 220°

Chewed Torn

Altogether, 35 525 million banknotes were damaged or destroyed.

About how many of these were chewed?

 million
2 marks

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 Motorway

20. Street lights are going to be put on a new stretch of motorway.

Two types of light can be used.

Height Cost (each)

Type A 12m £4200

Type B 15m £5025

The motorway is 5km long.

1
The distance from one light to the next must be no more than 2  times the height
2
of the light.

Which type of light is cheaper for this stretch of motorway and how much will these
lights cost altogether?

4 marks

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 Body Mass Index

21. To check whether a man is the right weight for his height, a doctor uses this
formula for the Body Mass Index ( BMI )

W
BMI =
H2
where W is the weight in kg and H is the height in metres (m).

The table below classifies the result.

BMI Classification
Less than 18.5 Underweight
From 18.5 to 24.9 Normal weight
From 25.0 to 29.9 Overweight
30.0 or more Obese

A man has a height of 1.85m and weight of 95kg.

How much weight should he lose to be classed as having a normal weight?

3 marks

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 Keeling curve

22. Scientists have measured the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1958.

The graph shows the results.

CO2 in the atmosphere

380

360

Parts per
million
340

320

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Years

John and Michael look at the graph.

John says:

‘There was about seven times as much CO2 in the atmosphere in 2005 as
there was in 1965.’

Michael says:

‘No, the increase was only about 20%.’

Who is right? Tick () the correct box.

John Michael

Show working to explain your answer.

2 marks

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 L-shape reasoning

23. The area of this rectangle is 18cm2

The perimeter is 18cm.

3cm
The values are equal.

6cm

What value of y makes the area and perimeter of

this L-shape equal in value?

y cm
Not drawn
accurately

5cm
3cm

7cm

y  = 
2 marks

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 Power time

24. (a) Show that there are between 10 3 and 10 4 minutes in a day.

1 mark

(b) How many seconds are there in a day?

Put a ring around the correct answer below.

Between 103 and 104

Between 104 and 105

Between 105 and 106

Between 106 and 107

More than 107

1 mark

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 Circle around

25. The diagram shows an equilateral triangle

that just touches the sides of a circle.

For an equilateral triangle of side length 10cm, the radius of the circle, r, is

1000
r  = 
4 15 (15 – 10 )3

Work out the value of r

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

r =    cm
2 marks

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