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Mathematics
Stage 9

Paper 1 2023

1 hour

Additional materials: Geometrical instruments

Tracing paper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.
• You are not allowed to use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 Tick () to show which of these expressions is the number 87 000 000 written in standard
form.

870 × 105 87 × 106 8.7 × 107 0.87 × 108

[1]

2 Complete the table of values for y = x2 + 4

x –2 –1 0 1 2

y 5 4 8
[1]

3 Here are two triangles, ABC and XYZ.

6
Z
5

4 C

2
A B
1
X Y

–4 –3 –2 –1 x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Describe fully the enlargement that maps triangle ABC onto triangle XYZ.

[2]

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4 Here are two inequality symbols.

< >

Write the correct inequality symbol in each box to complete these statements.

12.62 × 0.91 12.62

12.62 ÷ 0.91 12.62

0.91 ÷ 12.62 12.62

[1]

5 In a game a player either wins, draws or loses.

Gabriella plays the game.
The probability that Gabriella wins is 0.55 and the probability that she draws is 0.15

Find the probability that Gabriella draws or loses her next game.

[2]

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6 Here is an algebraic fraction.

12 x + 4
4

Tick () to show which expression is equivalent to this fraction.

12x

3x

12x + 1

3x + 1

3x + 4
[1]

7 Here are the first four terms in a sequence.

1, 8, 27, 64

(a) Find the next term in this sequence.

[1]

(b) Find the nth term of this sequence.

[1]

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8 Given that 8.95 × 5.62 = 50.299 complete these calculations.

895 × 0.562 =

502.99 ÷ 56.2 =
[2]

9 (a) Find the exterior angle of a regular pentagon.

° [1]

(b) Find the interior angle of a regular pentagon.

° [1]

(c) Tick () to show which of these regular polygons will tessellate and which
will not tessellate.
One has been done for you.

Regular polygons Will tessellate Will not tessellate

Equilateral triangles

Squares 

Regular pentagons

Regular hexagons
[1]

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10 Eleven students each take a physics test and a chemistry test.

Mike starts to draw this back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram showing the marks from the
chemistry test.

Physics test Chemistry test

4 9

5 2 8

6 1 1 7 8

7 0 6 9

8 2

Key: 2 ǀ 4 ǀ 9 represents 42 marks in

physics and 49 marks in chemistry.

Here are the marks from the physics test.

64 73 60 55 46 42
69 88 55 71 57

(a) Complete the back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram. [2]

(b) Complete the table.

Physics Chemistry

Mean 61.8 65.7

Median 60

Mode 55 61

Range 46 33
[1]

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(c) Tick () to show which subject has marks that have a greater spread.

Physics Chemistry

Explain how you know using appropriate values from the table in part (b).

[1]

11 Here is the distance–time graph for a journey.

120

100

80
Distance
from home 60
(km)
40

20

0
6 am 7 am 8 am
Time

Calculate the speed for this journey.

Give your answer in km/h.

km/h [1]

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12 Here are some inputs and outputs of the same function machine.

Input Output

5 2

20 8

–10 –4

–1

Complete the missing input and the missing output. [2]

13 A speed camera records the speeds of 50 cars in one hour.

Speed, s (km/h) Number of cars

20 ≤ s < 30 9
30 ≤ s < 40 17
40 ≤ s < 50 18
50 ≤ s < 60 4
60 ≤ s < 70 2

(a) Write down the class interval that contains the median speed.

≤s< [1]

(b) Draw a ring around the value that could be the range of the 50 speeds.

10 16 18 48 70
[1]

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14 When n = –1 three of these expressions have the same value.

n 1
2 – n2 1 – 2n n2 4n + 5 +
2 2

Draw a ring around each of the three expressions. [2]

15 The diagram shows three straight lines crossing each other.

Some of the angles are marked.

x
y y
NOT TO
SCALE
60°

Explain why angle 𝑥 is 60°.

Give geometrical reasons in your answer.

[2]

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16 The equation of a line is 5x + 2y = 6

Find the gradient and the y-intercept of this line.

gradient =

y-intercept =
[3]

17 Work out.

5 2 3
1 +2 ×
6 3 16

Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.

[4]

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18 (a) Naomi thinks of a number n.

She changes her number using this rule

• multiply by 3
• then square
• then add 4

Tick () to show the expression for her number after using this rule.

9n + 4 3n2 + 4 9n2 + 4 3(n + 4)2

[1]

(b) Mia thinks of a number m.

She changes her number using the rule 4(m – 5)2

Complete the rule for Mia’s number.

Her rule is

● then

● then
[1]

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19 Here is a circle with centre C.

Use a straight edge and compasses only to construct an inscribed square.

Do not rub out your construction arcs and lines. [2]

20 A straight line joins the points A(2, 1) and B(8, 10).

The point C(6, 𝑦) lies on the line AB.

Find the 𝑦-coordinate of C.

y= [1]

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21 (a) In this question x is a whole number.

Find the largest possible value of x for which the inequality is correct.

27 x
>
x 27

x= [1]

(b) In this question y is a whole number.

Find the largest possible value of y for which the inequality is correct.

2 y
>
y 8

y= [1]

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22 Yuri and Chen are playing a game.

They each have four cards numbered 1 to 4

Yuri Chen

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

They place their cards face down.

Each child turns over one of his cards at random.
The winner is the child who turns over the largest number.
If they turn over the same number, then neither of them wins.

3
Show that the probability that Yuri wins the game is
8

[2]

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23 Here are some equations involving indices.

(23)2 ÷ 2–2 = 2w

4–2 × 4 × 4x = 412

6 y × 6 y = 6–16

Find the values of w, x and y.

w=

x=

y=
[3]

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24 Here is a rectangle.

NOT TO
SCALE

119 cm2 (5x + 2) cm

The area of the rectangle is 119 cm2.

The length of the shorter side of the rectangle is (5x + 2) cm.

(a) Write down an expression in terms of x for the length of the longer side of the
rectangle.

cm [1]

(b) The longer side of the rectangle is 7 cm.

Find the value of x.

x= [2]

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Mathematics
Stage 9

Paper 2 2023

1 hour

Additional materials: Calculator

Geometrical instruments
Tracing paper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.
• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 It takes 3 people 10 days to build a wall.

Find how many days it would take 6 people to build the same wall working at the same
rate.

[1]

2 The term-to-term rule for a sequence is ‘subtract k’.

The 1st term of the sequence is 40
The 4th term of the sequence is 35.5

(a) Find the 2nd and 3rd terms of the sequence.

40, , , 35.5
[1]

(b) Find the first negative term in the sequence.

[1]

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3 A prism has a cross-section that is a regular hexagon.

NOT TO
SCALE

(a) Write down the number of planes of symmetry of this prism.

[1]

(b) The area of the cross-section of the prism is 10.4 m2.

The volume of the prism is 8.84 m3.

Calculate the height of the prism.

m [1]

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4 (a) Here is a Venn diagram.

Rational numbers

Integers

Natural numbers

–7

Write each of these numbers in the correct part of the Venn diagram.
One has been done for you.

55 2
–7 12 36 4.7 − −
11 3
[2]

(b) Here is a list of words.

rational irrational prime odd square

Complete the sentence using the correct word from the list.

3 and 5 are examples of numbers.

[1]

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5 Expand and simplify.

(x + 7)(x + 2)

[2]

6 (a) Solve the inequality.

–2 ≤ x − 3 < 5

[1]

(b) Show your solution to part (a) on the number line.

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
[1]

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7 The map shows the position of two trees, A and B.

North Scale 1 : 250

North

Tree C is on a bearing of 110° from tree A.

Tree C is on a bearing of 205° from tree B.
The scale of the map is 1 : 250

Find the actual distance, in metres, between tree B and tree C.

You should show the position of tree C on the map.

m [3]

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8 The graph of x + y = 4 is drawn on the grid.

0 1 2 3 4 5 x

(a) Draw the graph of y − x = 1 on the same grid. [2]

(b) Use the graph to write down the solution to the pair of simultaneous equations

x+y=4
and
y−x=1

x=

y=
[1]

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9 A teaspoon of sugar has a mass of 4.2 grams.

(a) Write down the mass of this sugar in milligrams.

mg [1]

(b) Mike says, ‘There are 12 000 grains of sugar in one teaspoon.’

Use Mike’s value to calculate the mass of one grain of sugar, in grams.
Give your answer in standard form.

g [2]

10 Two friends share some money in the ratio 3 : 5

One friend gets $1.50

Find the two possible amounts that the other friend gets.

or $
[2]

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11 Safia rolls a fair blue dice and a fair green dice.

Blue dice Green dice

1 Rolls a 6
6

Rolls a 6
1
6
............... Does not
roll a 6

1 Rolls a 6
6
............... Does not
roll a 6

............... Does not

roll a 6

(a) Complete the tree diagram. [1]

(b) Find the probability that she rolls exactly one 6

[2]

(c) Complete the sentence using a word or words from the list.

dependent independent mutually exclusive complementary

‘Safia rolls a 6 on the blue dice’ and ‘Safia does not roll a 6 on the green dice’ are
events.
[1]

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12 Here is a semicircle.

NOT TO
SCALE

14.66 cm

Calculate the area of the semicircle.

Give your answer correct to three significant figures.

cm2 [3]

13 An elk has a top speed of 72.4 kilometres per hour.

An ostrich has a top speed of 43.0 miles per hour.

Tick () to show which of these animals has the fastest top speed.
You must show your working.

Elk Ostrich

[2]

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14 Samira wants to compare the heights of boys and girls when they are 14 years old.

(a) She takes a random sample of five boys from the local running club and five girls from
her class at school.
The children that she samples are all 14 years old.

Give two reasons why this may not be a good sample.

1

[2]

(b) Samira measures the height, h cm, of each child.

Samira wants to record the heights using these class intervals.

h < 150 150 < h < 160 160 < h < 170 h > 170

Explain why she may not be able to record every child’s height in these class intervals.

[1]

(c) Write down the correct class intervals that allow Samira to record every child’s height.
One has been done for you.

h < 150
[1]

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15 Shape A is shown on a grid.

2
A
1

–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 x
1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

–8

(a) Reflect shape A in the line x = 3 and label the image B.

Then reflect shape B in the line y = –2 and label the image C. [2]

(b) Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape A onto shape C.

[2]

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16 A formula used in physics is v 2 = u2 + 2as

(a) Find the two possible values of v when u = 2.1 a = –9.8 s = –5.4

v=

or v =
[2]

(b) Rearrange this formula to make a the subject.

a= [2]

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17 A field is in the shape of a trapezium ABCD.

NOT TO
SCALE

42 m

26 m

A B
24 m

Calculate the perimeter of the field.

m [3]

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18 In this pyramid each expression is equal to the sum of the two expressions immediately
below it.

5x + 6

x(x – 7) 3(x + 2)

x(x – 5) –2x

Complete the pyramid, writing each expression in its simplest form.

[3]

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