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GRADE 9 MATHEMATICS

TEST 13. (a) In which base has the calculation 4 x 3 = 14 done?


No.8 (b) Simplify 8a²b⁴ x 4a³b.
P1 TIME: 1½Hrs
Section A: 14. The masses of 11 women in kg are: 72, 75, 66, 80, 70, 63, 69, 78, 64,
Instructions: - Answer all the questions by the writing the letter of the 73 and 82. Calculate the mean.
correct answer, A, B, C, or D.
15. Calculate the (a) area of the shape (b) perimeter of the figure.
5cm
1. Simplify 5a – 4b + 3a + b A. 5ab B. 8a + 5b C. 8a –3b D. 13ab
2. Write 69.18 correct to one significant figure. 2cm 3cm 3.5cm
A. 6 B. 60 C. 7 D. 70
8cm 6cm
3. Solve the equation 3x – 4 = 5x + 20
A. 2 B. -12 C. -2 D. 12 16. In a class of 40 pupils, 20 study typing, 16 study French and 10 study
both subjects.
4. Which number is correct to 3 decimal places? (a) How many study neither subject?
A. 432.4 B. 1.102 C. 5.87 x 10² D. 0.06 (b) Illustrate the above information in a Venn diagram.

5.The shaded area in the Venn diagram represents E A B 17. (a) Round off 1.3735 correct to two decimal places.
A. (AUB)´ B. (A∩B)´ (b) Convert 0.07 into a percentage.
C. AUB D. A∩B
18. (a) Factorise 2y – 8xy.
6. The area of a rectangle is 78cm². If its length is 13cm find its breadth. (b) Calculate the simple interest if the principal is K500 000 for 6
A.19cm B. 6cm C. 38cm D. 65cm years at the rate of 6%.

7. Work out: – 5 x (- 4) x 3 19. (a) Write 20% as a fraction


- 6 x (-1) A. –10 B.10 C. – 6 D. 6 (b) Find the value of the 0.72 ÷ 0.8

8. If 5 men can do a job in 20 days, how long will it take 4 men to do the 20. (a) Write 0.00485 in standard form, correct to 1 significant figure.
same job? A. 60 days B. 40 days C. 25 days D. 100 days (b) Evaluate 311four – 1001two, giving your answer in base 10.
A B C
9. In the figure, AC//ED. ABD equals 21. (a) What is the number of significant figures in 0.05081?
A. 30 B. 110 (b) Given that y = mx + c, make x the subject of the formula.
C. 70 D. 40 E 40 70 D
10. The next number in the sequence 1, 5, 14, 30, - is 22. Tinta, Walya and Sila are given some money to share in the ratio 2:3:4,
A. 36 B. 49 C. 50 D. 55 respectively. If Sila got K16 000, how much did Tinta get?

SECTION B: 23. Find the value of 2x² – xy + y², when x = - 2 and y = 1.


Instructions: Answer all the questions. Show all the working.
24. Solve the simultaneous equations: 2x – y = 5 and x = y. D
11. (a) What is the number of significant figures in 0.05081? 13cm
(b) Evaluate: 3² + 2³ 25. Find the length of CD in the
quadrilateral ABCD. A
12. (a) Evaluate ⅓ + ²/₅ x ½. 3cm
(b) Write 0.0389 in standard form.
B 4cm C A. Daka.

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