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    This document provides the structure and content outline for a Year 9 Mathematics test. It includes 10 multiple choice questions worth 10 marks, 4 short answer questions worth 14 marks, and 1 extended response question worth 5 marks. The test allows the use of a calculator and one double-sided sheet of paper. It addresses topics of indices, surds, scientific notation, and exponential functions related to doubling the layers of paper when folded repeatedly.

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    YEAR 9 MATHEMATICS TEST

    2020 Written Test


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    Indices and Surds

    QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK


    Structure of book

    Section Number of Questions Number of Marks

    Multiple Choice 10 10
    Short Answer 4 14
    Extended Response 1 5

    Students are NOT permitted to use mobile phones or any other unauthorised electronic devices
    during the test.

    One double sided A4 page can be used in this test.


    Multiple Choice (10 marks)
    1. 4 × 4 × 4 can be written as 6. √𝑝4 𝑞3 can be written as
    a. 34 a. 𝑝2 𝑞√𝑞2
    b. 27
    b. 𝑝2 𝑞3
    c. 44 3
    d. 43 c. 𝑝4 𝑞2
    6
    e. 25 d. 𝑝2 𝑞2
    3
    2 3 6 −5 e. 𝑝2 𝑞2
    2. 15𝑎 𝑏 × 3𝑎 𝑏 simplifies to
    a. 45𝑎12 𝑏−15
    √10×√6
    b. 5𝑎12 𝑏−15 7.
    √15
    simplifies to
    c. 45𝑎8 𝑏−2 a. 2√2
    d. 5𝑎 8 𝑏−2 b. 4
    e. 45𝑎−4 𝑏−2 c. 2
    √16
    d.
    √15
    49𝑥 −3 𝑦 2 e. √5
    3. simplifies to
    7𝑥 3 𝑦 5
    a. 7𝑥 6 𝑦 3
    b. 7𝑥 −6 𝑦 3 8. How many significant figures does 13030.0013
    c. 7𝑥 6 𝑦 −3 contain?
    d. 7𝑦 −3 a. 5
    e. 7𝑥 −6 𝑦 −3 b. 9
    c. 6
    d. 8
    4. (6𝑢4 𝑟 −2 )3 simplifies to e. 7
    a. 216𝑢12 𝑟 −6
    b. 18𝑢12 𝑟 −6 9. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?
    3
    c. 18𝑢7 𝑟 a.
    0.3
    d. 216𝑢12 𝑟 6 3
    e. 216𝑢7 𝑟 b.
    0.33
    3
    c.
    2𝑚3 𝑛4 10𝑚 0 0.32
    5. ÷( ) simplifies to 3
    (5𝑚)2 3𝑛 −4
    d.
    a. undefined √0.3
    3
    b. 1 e.
    c. 0 (0.33)2
    2𝑚3 𝑛2
    d.
    25
    2𝑚𝑛4 10. 93 × 32 is equivalent to
    e. a. 275
    25
    b. 276
    c. 37
    d. 38
    e. 312
    Short Answer (14 marks)
    1. Simplify the following, expressing the answer with positive indices. (2 x 2 marks)
    a. 8𝑚 2 𝑛3 × 6𝑚 5 𝑛7 (2𝑥 2 𝑦 −3 )4 1
    b. 3 2
    × 0
    𝑥 𝑦 4𝑥𝑦

    2. Evaluate the following in simplest form (3 x 2 marks)

    a. 5√8 − 3√7 + 4√8 − 2√7 −6 √15 12√4


    b. ×
    15√5 8√24

    c. 2𝑥 2 √3𝑥 2 𝑦 + 6√27𝑥 6 𝑦
    3. Write the following in scientific notation (2 x 1 mark)
    a. 0.0010862 b. 173000

    4. Write the following in scientific notation as denoted in the brackets (2 x 1 mark)


    a. 12.012 (3 significant figures) b. 5004.2300 (1 significant figure)

    Extended Response (5 marks)


    Sobble likes to fold the same piece of paper in half again and again, with each time doubling the amount of
    layers the paper has.
    a. One night, Sobble folded the piece of paper 3 times. How many layers of paper would Sobble have?
    (1 mark)

    b. How many times would Sobble have to fold the paper to have 128 layers of paper? (1 mark)
    c. Write the expression for the amount of layers Sobble will make, if it folded it 𝒏 times. (1 mark)

    d. Sobble wanted to see how many layers of paper it would make if it folded 4 different pieces of paper,
    what would the expression be? (1 mark)

    e. Hence, work out how many layers of paper Sobble would have if it folded 4 different pieces of paper
    10 times each. (1 mark)

    END OF TEST

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