Grade 9 Mathematics Online Practice Test - 1998 (Adapted from the 1998 Grade 9 Mathematics Achievement Test) AbaertaGrade 9 Mathematics Online Practice Test — 1998 (Adapted from the 1998 Grade 9 Mathematics Achievement Test) This test has two sections: * one section has 44 multiple-choice questions, each with a value of one mark * the other section has 6 numerical Tesponse questions, each with a value of ‘one mark The sections may be done in whatever order you choose. This test is designed to be completed in 90 minutes; however, you may have an additional 30 minutes to complete the test, if you need it. Instructions + Read each question carefully * You are expected to provide your own scientific calculator. ‘+ Be sure that your calculator is in degree (DEG) mode ‘* Manipulatives may be used for ths test. Try to answer all the questions. If you cannot answer a question, go on to the next one. Click on the "Score Test!" button on the last page to get your score. Multiple Choice * Each question has four possible answers from which you are to choose the correet or best answer. © Locate the circle next to the letter that corresponds to your choice and click on it with your mouse’s left button, The circle will fill in, In order to change your answer, click on a different circle, Try the example below. Example This examination is for the subject of )A. mathematics B. science \C. language arts D. social studies Numerical Response © Record your answer in the numerical- response box next to the question, Example Evaluate 3°, 3=3x3x3x3x3= 243 Answer: 243, Record 243 in the answer box: D 43 Copyright 2004, the Crown in Right of Alberta, as represented by the Minister of Leaming, Alberta Leaming, Leamer Assessment Branch, 44 Capital Boulevard, 10044 108 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta ‘T5J SE6, and its censors, All rights reserved Special permis non-profit basi administra n of this examination, is granted to Alberta educators only to reproduce, for educational purposes and on a Parts ofthis examination that do not contain excerpted material only after the Excerpted material in this examination shall not be reproduced without the written permission of the ‘original publisher (see credits page, where applicable)Connections within Mathematics Use the following information to answer question I. — a A triangular shape is displayed on a computer, as shown below. This triangular shape rotates around the point shown within the triangle. L 1. Which of the following diagrams represents a 180° rotation of the triangular shape shown above? Os. aeUse the following legend when answering questions 2 to 4. shaded is positive Uunshaded is negative 2. Oa. 3x48 OB. 2x+5 Oc. x+3 Op. x+2 3. What equation is represented by the diagram below?Use the following additional information to answer question 4. Angie’s and Joc’s math teacher asked them to solve the equation 2x —4 = 5 — x Angie used algebra tiles, and Joe used symbols. Steps Angie Joe 1. Add 4 to = =o 2e-4=5—x both sides os = 550 | 2v-44+4=5—x44 = go 588 2. Simplify = ooo x= 9x sag ooo 3. Addxto Wet-x=9-xt ox both sides 4. Simplify _ 905 x=9 aaa ooo es ona 5. Sharing | = 500 Principle L A mistake was made by OA. Joein step 1 OB. Angie in step 1 OC. _Joeinstep3 OD. Angie in step 3‘The area of the rectangle at the right, in square units, is (+3) units (+4) units 6 One factor of x? - 9x +8 is Oa os OB. (+8) Oe ca Op. «+4 7. If x? = 64, then.x equals OA. 32 and~-32 OB. 8and-8 Oc. 8only Ob. 32only 8 Ifx=—2, then 2x+3x? is equal to Oa 12 Os. s Oc -s © =9. The expression 9x*y? + (—3xy) is equivalent to Oa -3x2y QB. 3y? Oc. ay Op. -3xy Use the following diagram to answer question 10. When a square piece of paper is folded in half vertically, the resulting figure has a perimeter of 12 em. 10. What is the area of the piece of paper? OA oem? OB. 6 em? Oc. 18 cm? Ob. 24 em?Use the following information to answer question 11, At the end of the day, Pat relaxes in a hot tub that is the shape of a cylinder. The hot tub has 2 radius of 2 m and depth of | m, The formula for the volume ofa cylinder is V = mr7h 2m | es 11. If the radius of the tub is doubled, then the volume will be OA. halved OB. doubled OC. increased four times Ob. increased eight times 12, Which of the following transformations does not maintain congruency between the object and its image? OA. Reftection OB. Rotation Oc. Translation Ob. Dilatation 13, The formula V = 37r7h is used to determine the volume ofa cone-shaped paper ‘cup. To what set of numbers does belong? OA. Natural numbers OB. irrational numbers OC. Decimal numbers Ob. imaginary numbersUse the information below to answer question 14, 14. Which relationship would most likely result in a scatter plot like the one shown? OA. The longer you study, the better your grades, OB. The lower your eamings, the less you spend, OC. The longer you drive, the further you travel. Ob. The less you spend, the more savings you have 15. To determine lane position in a race, 8 runners put their name in a hat. There are 3 runners from the same team. What is the probability thatthe first name pulled from ‘the hat will be that of a runner from this team? On 5 On } Oc 3 Ob. :Use the following information to answer question 16, Anne is playing a game with a die that has a different number on each face and spinner that has 4 colours. Ona + Os F Oc x Ov % 17. One of Joe's drawers contains ten identical red socks and ten identical blue socks. If Joe does not look in the drawer, what is the least number of socks he must remove from the drawer before he is certain of getting a matched pair? Oa 2 Qs 3 Cc. 10 Op. uiDriving/Travel 18. It takes Kristy 3 of an hour to study 5 pages of a driver’s manual. If the manual has x pages, which expression can be used to calculate the number of hours (7) that Kristy must set aside to study for the test? 19. Kristy was one of 70 people to write a learner's permit test. One-half of all the people who wrote the test passed. Ifall the people who failed rewrite the test and three-fifths of them pass, how many of the 70 people will have passed after two writings? Oa. 21 OB. 35 Oc 2 Op. 56Use the following information to answer question 20. One of the questions on the leamer’s permit test required Kristy to determine at what speeds she would be allowed to travel on a highway with the following posted sign, Seni Eid) 100 20. The equation or inequality that shows the answer is Ob. s<100km/h 21, To calculate the speed of a motoreycle, if d= distance a motoreycle travels in metres, r= speed in m/s, and ¢= time in seconds, the formula d= rt would have to be rewritten as. Oa r-d-0 OB. rad 10Use the following information to answer question 22. Stopping Distances Under Normal Conditions — 42 m| 17m om. 6m 10 mi 17m] + m 2m e27m> ar | 66m) 80 m| 23 m| <——— 13m 30 kmvh SOkm/h = 80 kmv/h Distance travelled after brakes applied (skid marks) Distance travelled while reacting (based on average reaction time 0f 3/4 second) 110 km/h, —_ 22, tthe scene of an accident, the police measured the length of the skid marks as 87 m. According to the graph above, the best estimate of the speed of the car before the driver applied the brakes is OA. 100 km/h OB. 10kmh Oc. tess than 100 knvh OD. more than 110 kmh uDuring a recent price war, gas prices dropped from 56.9¢/L to 39.5¢/L. If you bought 55 L of gas, how much did you save by filling up at the lower price? Oa. $9.57 Os. si7.40 Oc. 821.73 Ob. 331.30 24, Two cars leave from a particular gas station at the same time. One car travels east at 90 km/h. The other travels west at 100 km/h. How long will it take before the ‘cars are 570 km apart? Oa. 6h Os. 57h Oc on Ob. 15h 25. While on a vacation, you decide to rent a bike. The cost of renting a bike is $3.75 for the first hour and $3.25 for each additional hour. What is the cost to rent a bike for 5 hours? Oa. 818.75 OB. 316.75 Oc. s1645 Ob. $13.00 School Activi ies. 26. Advertising posters for a school play will be drawn on posterboard. A large piece of posterboard measures 3.0m x 1.2 m, and the size of each poster will be 60 cm x 80 om. ‘What is the greatest number of posters that can be cut from one piece of posterboard? O S5e eos 1227. Students sold 330 tickets for the school play, for a total amount of $1 410. If'student tickets cost $3 and adult tickets cost $5, how many student tickets were sold? Oa. 120 OB. 165 Oc. 176 Ob. 210 Use the following information to answer question 28. ‘The seating for the play is arranged in three sections. | Stage 28. If each square in sections A and B of the diagram represents one seat, how many seats are there in section C? Oa 36 Ov. 64 Oc. 100 Ob. 196 13Use the following information to answer question 29. One of the props needed for the play is a sphere that will be hung from a ceiling. The surface area of the sphere is 5.024 cm? 29, If the surface area of a sphere can be found by using the formula 4 = 4mr?, where r is the radius, what is the radius of the sphere, to the nearest centimetre? Oa 20cm OB. 40cm Oc. 40cm Ob. 1256cm 30. To win tickets to the school play, Joshua entered a contest by answering a skill- testing question. His answer of -3 is a solution for the equation 31. Othe day ofthe play, Michael went to the mall with $45.00. He spent 2 of his money on a new shirt. He spent of his remaining money on a ticket for the play. How much money did Michael have left? Oa 86.00 OB. $12.00 $24.00 oc Ob. 330.00 14Use the following information to answer question 32. You stack some newly arrived cube-shaped boxes of sports equipment in the school storage room, Three elevation views of your stack and its base plan are shown below. Front elevation Leftelevation Right elevation Base plan eee ee ee | 32, Which of the following 3-D diagrams represents your stack of boxes? Os Os. Oc Op. 1533. _ In the school storage room, a tennis racket and a ski pole are both leaning against a wall at the same angle, The tennis racket’s length is 60.0 cm, and it touches the floor 30.0 cm away from the wall. The ski pole touches the floor 67.5 om away from the wall. What is the length of the ski pole? Oa 380m OB. 375m Oc. 124 om Op. 135 om 34. The junior high school student council wants to survey students to determine the most popular DJ. The best group of students to survey would be OA. _allofthe student council members QB. 20 Grade 9 students from the basketball and track teams OC. allofthe Grade 9 students Ob. 20 students each from grades 7 to 9 35. The school cafeteria is going to be carpeted. The cafeteria blueprint is shown below. Which of the following expressions represents the area of the cafeteria? Oa 2-0 m3 OB. 6x-9 F 4 Oc. *+9x-9 3 Ob. 3x2 49x-27 | 6 b d 1636. Inthe school cafeteria, you purchase a can of juice that has a height of 16 em and a diameter of 6 em. The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V = r7/. How much juice could the can hold? Oa 301 mL OB. 452mL Oc. 576 mL Op. 1309 mL 37. Inthe cafeteria, Amber sold an average of $32.50 worth of chocolates each day over a five-day period. In the first four days, her sales were $39.00, $12.75, $16.75, and $28.50. What were Amber's chocolate sales on the fifth day? Oa. 88.25 Os. 24.25 Oc. 364.50 Ob. 365.50Use the following information to answer question 38. The Yearbook Club decided to cut costs for the yearbook by reducing the picture size of personal photos. The original pictures have dimensions of | 3.5m x 4.0.em. ‘Coach Johnson 38, Ifeach dimension is reduced by 15%, then the final reduced copy will have an area of Oa. 14.0 om? OB. 11.1 cm Oc. 101 om? Ob. 16.1 om? 18The Pizza Place Use the following information to answer question 39. This is a diagram of the Pizza Place’s floor plan. —— 9 m——4 — Patio Dining Room Kitehen [10 m Sm| Dh mim 39. Fire regulations state that each customer in a dining room must have a minimum of 2.2 m* of floor space. What is the maximum number of customers that can be seated in the Pizza Place’s dining room? Oa 47 Os. 54 Oc. 2 Op. 116 40. Each pepperoni and bacon pizza must have a ratio of 4 pieces of pepperoni to 3 pieces of bacon. If a pizza has 35 pieces of pepperoni and bacon altogether, how ‘many of these pieces are pepperoni? Oa 2 Op. 1s Oc. 2 Op. 2% 19Use the following information to answer question 41. The following graph (scatterplot) represents information from a study of the protein and fat contents in popular food items sold at The Pizza Place. Grams of fat 0. 0 10 20 30 40 50 Grams of protein 41, Which of the following graphs shows the most reasonable line of best fit for the information presented? Grams of fat Grams of fat 5 Z o 10 30 30 40 50 102030 4030 Grams of protein Grams of protein Grams of fat Grams of fat po 12030 40 30 0 To 2 30 40 30 Grams of protein Grams of protein 2042. The thermostat on the pizza oven malfunctioned. First, the temperature dropped 5°C, then it increased 7°C, fell 12°C, and finally decreased a further 30°C before it stabilized at 185°C. What was the original temperature? Oa. 239°¢ OB. 225°C Oc. Bre Op. 14sec Use the following information to answer question 43. Connor, a part-time waiter at the Pizza Place, put the leftover slices of pizza ina take-home box for a customer. The shaded portions of the diagram below show the leftover slices, _ 68 43. How much of a pizza was left over? eI Oa F ofapizza 3 A Os. q ofa pizza Oc. lota fof apizza Ov. dF otapizza 21Use the following graph to answer question 44. Connor made this graph, which shows how he spends a typical day. Connor's Day Sleeping sh Schoo! Sh Eating Television a 44. For what percentage of the day does Connor work at his part-time job? Oa 25% Op. 94% 10.4% Oc Op. 375% You have now completed the multiple-choice questions. Proceed directly to the numerical-response questions 2Numerical-Response Questions Use the following information to answer question 1 La J 148em Correct to the nearest tenth of a centimetre, the length of x is om, 23Use the following information to answer question 2. ‘When cubes are placed side by side, the number of faces ( f) of the cubes that can be seen as you walk around them is related to the total number of cubes (©). as shown in the table below. 2. If LI cubes are placed side by side, how many faces can be seen? 243. Use the following information to answer question 3. ‘The intramural results of four teams are shown below. Participation Defaults | Total Team Points Wins Losses | (No Shows) | Points 9A 90 a 4 0 9B 70 5 2 9c 70 9 2 9D ~ 80 7 7 1 | Total points are calculated by adding participation points to the total of the points for Wins, Losses, and Defaults. The c: “oach gives each win 5 points, each loss 0 points, and each default -5 points. By how many points does Team 9A lead Team 9C? 25Use the following information to answer question 4. ‘The members of a student council held a school dance. The DJ they hired charges a basic fee of $300 and an additional charge of $1.50 per student that attends the dance. Ifthe DJ charged the student council $487.50, how many students attended the dance? The members of a student council are planning to make banners for a basketball tournament. They Want to put ribbon around cach banner. If each banner is square and has an area of 4 225 cm”, what is the perimeter, in centimetres, of each banner? (Round your response to the nearest centimetre.) 26Use the following information to answer question 6. A diver steps off.a diving board, The time in seconds (1) that it takes her to hit the water is related to the distance in metres (d) from the diving board to the surface of the water. The formula that can be used to calculate the distance from the diving board to the surface of the water is Ce 6. If it takes the diver 0.6 seconds to hit the water, the distance from the divi ‘ing board to the surface of the water is m. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a metre.) [J You have now completed the test. I you have time, you may wish to check your answers, 27 Score Test!