Hilltop Academy

Cambridge Assessment International Education

CANDIDATE
NAME

CLASS 9

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MOCK EXAMINATION 1 Date: November, 2023

Paper 2 Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all questions.

2. Write in dark blue or black pen.
3. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
4. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
5. The use of electronic calculator is Allowed.

INFORMATION

1. The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ] at the
end of each question.
2. The total mark for this paper is 50.
3. This paper has got 11 pages. Please check.
1 x is an integer such that x < 8

Write down two possible values of x.

x= or x = [2]

2 Draw a ring around the letter that is the subject of the formula at – v = u.

a t u v
[1]

3 A bag contains counters that are red or green or blue.

A counter is picked at random.
The probabilities of picking each colour are shown in the table.

Red Green Blue

0.05 0.3 0.65

Find the probability of not picking a blue counter.

[1]

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4 Put a tick () next to each of the correct statements about quadrilaterals.

All squares are rectangles.

All rhombuses are squares.

All parallelograms are rhombuses.

All rectangles are parallelograms.

[2]

3 3
5 Jamila and Yuri both correctly work out the answer to 48 + 25 without a calculator.
Here is their working.

Jamila’s working Yuri’s working

3 3 3 3
4 +2 4 +2
8 5 8 5

35 13 3 3
= + =4+2+ +
8 5 8 5

175 104 15 24
= + =6+ +
40 40 40 40

279 39
= =6
40 40

39
=6
40

Yuri’s method has fewer steps than Jamila’s method for this calculation.

Give another advantage of using Yuri’s method rather than Jamila’s method.

[1]

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6 The total cost of hiring a bike is worked out like this.

A fixed cost of $35 and an additional charge of $20 for each day. Write a formula for

the total cost, $C, to hire the bike for d days.

[2]

7 The table shows the prices of two laptops.

Laptop A $650
Laptop B $760

The price of Laptop A increases by 12%.

The price of Laptop B decreases by 5%.

Tick () to show which laptop is more expensive after these changes.
Laptop A Laptop B

Show how you worked out your answer.

[3]
8 Complete these sentences.

792 344 correct to three significant figures is

0.39523 correct to two significant figures is

[2]

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9 (a) Ahmed has a box containing 154 pencils that are yellow, green or blue.
The ratio of yellow to green to blue pencils is 2 : 5 : 7

Work out the number of green pencils in the box.

[2]

(b) Ahmed also has two boxes of pens.

Both boxes contain red and black pens only.
The table gives some information about the colours.

Ratio of red to black pens Proportion of red pens

Box 1 2:7

3
Box 2
10

Complete the table. [2]

10 Simplify. x4 × x5

[1]

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11 Here is an expression 3(x − 2)
2

A value of x is substituted into the expression.

Tick () the operation that is performed first when the value of this expression is
calculated.

×3

–2

Square

÷5

[1]

12 The length of a book is 25 cm to the nearest centimetre.

Complete these statements about the length of the book.

The lower limit for the length of the book is cm.

The upper limit for the length of the book is cm.

[2]

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 1
13 (a) sequence has the term-to-term rule add 1
2
The 4th term of the sequence is 7 Find the 8th term of the sequence.

[2]
(b) The first five terms of a different sequence are

1, 6, 11, 16, 21, …

Work out the nth term of this sequence.

[2]

14 Here is a Venn diagram.

Rational numbers

Integers

Natural numbers

Write each of these numbers in the correct place on the Venn diagram.

1
–3 0.32 7 192.7 350
5
[2]
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15 The diagram shows two right-angled triangles ABC and EBD and a straight line BCDF.

124°
D E NOT TO
SCALE

C A
f°

Work out the size of angle f.

Give a geometrical reason for each step in your working.

f= ° because

[3]

16 (a) Make x the subject of the formula t = 5(x – 3)

x= [3]

m
(b) Rearrange p = to make m the subject.
3

m [2]

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 17 Solve.
10 (2x – 3) = 133 – 2(x – 1)

x= [3]

18 The diagram shows two straight lines crossing a pair of parallel lines.

NOT TO
SCALE

a e b

c
d

Here are some statements about angle a.

Tick () the two correct statements.

Angle a is corresponding to angle b.

Angle a is alternate to angle c.

Angle a is equal to angle d.

Angle a is vertically opposite to angle e.

[2]
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 3

19 Hassan buys an apartment for $78 000

After one year the value decreases by 5%.

Work out the new value of Hassan’s apartment.

$ [2]

20 Draw a ring around all the fractions that are equivalent to recurring decimals.

1 1 1 1
3 5 7 8

[2]

21 x is a whole number.

x ≥ 0.5

Write down the smallest possible value of x.

x [1]

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22 Here are some words describing parts of the expression 3x + 5

coefficient constant variable term

Use each word once to complete the statements.

x is a 5 is a

3 is the of x 3x is a

[2]

23 Show that 4y(5 – 9y) + 6y(6y – 1) simplifies to 14y.

[2]

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