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Award in Lower Secondary

Thursday 28 May 2020

Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 20 minutes) Paper Reference LMA11/01

Mathematics
Year 9
Achievement Test

You must have: Total Marks

Calculator, ruler, pair of compasses.

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball‑point pen.
• centre
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• – there may
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.
• Calculators may be used.
• Any diagrams may NOT be accurately drawn, unless otherwise indicated.
• at the endshow
You must all your working out with your answer clearly identified
of your solution.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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SECTION A

Answer ALL questions.

Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .

1 The temperature at midday in Moscow is –11 °C.

By 4 pm, the temperature decreases by 4 °C.
By 8 pm, the temperature decreases by another 3 °C.
What is the temperature in Moscow at 8 pm?

–4 
°C –10 
°C –12 
°C –18 
°C

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

2 There are 30 students in a class.

12 of the students are boys.
The rest of the class are girls.
What is the ratio of girls to boys in the simplest form?

2 : 5 3 : 2 3 : 5 9 : 6

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

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3 20 children are asked how many pieces of homework they got that day.
The results are shown in the bar chart below.

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Frequency

0
1 2 3 4
Number of pieces of homework

What is the modal number of pieces of homework per child?

1 2.5 3 7

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

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4 Which word describes the angle marked x?

Acute Right Obtuse Reflex

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

5 What are the first five triangular numbers?

1, 1, 2, 3, 5 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 1, 8, 27, 64, 125

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

6 Which of these is a cube number but not a square number?

1 8 16 64

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

7 A teacher ran a 4 km race.

80 m of the race was on grass.
The rest of the race was on the road.
What percentage of the race was on grass?

2% 5% 20% 50%

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

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8 The radius of a circle is 8 cm.

What is the circumference of the circle to the nearest centimetre?

25 cm 50 cm 201 cm 804 cm

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

9 Which of these lines is parallel to y = 3x + 2?

2y = 3x + 2 y = 4x + 2 y = 6x + 4 y = 3x + 4

(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)

10 P and Q are two points on a coordinate grid.

P has coordinates (–2, 9).
Q has coordinates (6, –3).
What are the coordinates of the midpoint of PQ?

(2, 3) (2, 6) (4, 3) (4, 6)

(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)

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11 There are 450 students in a school.
Each of the students speaks one foreign language.
The foreign language that each student speaks is displayed in the pie chart below.

French
36° Diagram NOT
accurately drawn
Spanish
108°
German
72°

Italian
144°

How many students in the school speak German?

72 90 180 324

(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)

12 What is the volume of this cuboid?

5 cm Diagram NOT

accurately drawn
4 cm
8 cm

17 cm3 92 cm3 160 cm3 184 cm3

(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)

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13 Make n the subject of the formula

7n
m=
3

2 2
 m  3m 
n = 3m n = (3m)
2 2
n = 3  n=  
 7  7 
7 7

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

14 Find the value of

5p + 4q
(6r + 5) 2

when p = 8, q = 9 and r = –1

–58 –46 46 58

(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)

15 y is directly proportional to x.
y = 48 when x = 16
Find an expression for y in terms of x.

y = 3x y = 2x + 16 x = 3y x = y – 32

(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)

TOTAL FOR SECTION A IS 15 MARKS

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SECTION B

Answer ALL questions.

16 Every student in Year 9 at a school took a test.

The time that each student took to complete the test is shown in a frequency table.

Time taken, t,
Frequency
in minutes

 0 < t  15  12

15 < t  30  29

30 < t  45  41

45 < t  60  63

Total 145

(a) What is the modal class of the times taken?

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(1)
(b) Calculate an estimate of the range of the times taken.

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(2)

(Total for Question 16 is 3 marks)

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17 (a) Calculate

1.2 × 10–4 × 9.8 × 10–3

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(1)
(b) Write the numbers below in order, starting with the smallest.
0.21 0.123 0.023 0.03 0.3

.......... .................... .............................. .............................. ............................... ..............................

smallest largest
(2)

(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)

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18 A student draws triangle ABC and rectangle DEFG as shown below.

B Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

E G

1
1  m
2
825 mm

A C D F
23.5 cm 1
 m
4

Which of the two shapes has the greater area?

You must show your working.

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(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

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19 (a) Find 17.5% of $432

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(2)
(b) A man invests $3500 at a simple interest rate of 4% per annum.
How much will be in his account at the end of 3 years?

$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)

(Total for Question 19 is 4 marks)

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20 (a) Write two possible pairs of solutions to the equation

2x + y = 31

(i)
x = .............................. y = ..............................

(ii)
x = .............................. y = ..............................
(2)
(b) Write down the next term in the sequence

10.5, 12, 14.5, 18, 22.5, …

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(1)
(c) Calculate

( 144 + 4)2 ÷ (24 – 42)

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(2)

(Total for Question 20 is 5 marks)

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21 Shapes A, B and C are drawn on the grid below.

y
6

5
4 B

A 3

2
1

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
–1
C
–2

–3

–4

–5

(a) What vector describes the translation of shape A onto shape B?

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(2)
(b) What scale factor has shape A been enlarged by to produce shape C?

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(2)

(Total for Question 21 is 4 marks)

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22 (a) Expand and simplify

(m – 3) (m – 7)

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(2)
(b) Factorise fully

24a 3 – 16a 2b

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(2)
(c) Simplify fully

32 x3
8x4

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(2)

(Total for Question 22 is 6 marks)

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23 (a) Write the ratio 20 : 48 in the form 1 : n

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(2)
(b) Share $168 in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3

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(2)

(Total for Question 23 is 4 marks)

24 Find the volume of this prism.

Diagram NOT
accurately drawn

8 cm 10 cm

12 cm
6 cm

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(Total for Question 24 is 3 marks)

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25 The diagram shows the position of two points, A and B, on a map.

N
B

(a) What is the bearing of B from A?

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(2)
The scale of the diagram is 4 cm represents 5 km.
(b) Work out the actual distance, in km, between A and B.

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(2)

(Total for Question 25 is 4 marks)

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26 Here is a sketch of a triangle.

C
Diagram NOT
6 cm accurately drawn
5 cm

A B
7 cm

Use ruler and compasses to construct this triangle accurately.

You must show all construction lines.

A B

(Total for Question 26 is 2 marks)

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27 The table shows information about the height, h, of 40 plants.

Height, h, in cm Frequency

 0 < h  10  9

10 < h  20 14

20 < h  30 10

30 < h  40  7

Total 40

Draw a frequency polygon to show this information.

20

18

16

14

12
Frequency
10

0
0 10 20 30 40
Height (cm)

(Total for Question 27 is 2 marks)

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28 (a) Complete the table of values for   y = x2 – 2x

x –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4

y 8

(2)
(b) On the grid, draw the graph of y = x2 – 2x for values of x from –2 to 4

y
9

–2 –1 O 1 2 3 4 x
–1

–2
(2)

(Total for Question 28 is 4 marks)

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29 Two sprinters run a series of five races.
Their times, in seconds, for each race are recorded in the table below.

Race Sprinter A Sprinter B

1 11.1 12.2

2 14 12.4

3 11.6 12.3

4 10.7 Did not run

5 13.5 12.2

One of the sprinters will be chosen to represent their school in a race.

Which sprinter should be chosen to represent their school?
Use averages and range to explain your answer.

(Total for Question 29 is 3 marks)

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30 In New York, a jacket costs $80

In London, the same jacket costs £61
The exchange rate is £1 = $1.31
In which city is the jacket cheaper, and by how much?

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(Total for Question 30 is 3 marks)

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31 A and C are two points on a coordinate grid.
A has coordinates (1, 1).
C has coordinates (4, 6).
Calculate the length of the line AC.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
You must show your working.

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(Total for Question 31 is 3 marks)

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32 The perimeters of the regular pentagon and the rectangle below are equal.

(x + 1) cm

(3x + 5) cm

(2x) cm

Find the area of the rectangle.

...................................................... cm2

(Total for Question 32 is 4 marks)

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33 A bag contains 10 coloured beads.
Two are red, two are blue, two are yellow, two are green and two are white.
A student takes two beads out of the bag at random.
What is the probability that the two beads he takes are the same colour?

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(Total for Question 33 is 4 marks)

TOTAL FOR SECTION B IS 65 MARKS

TOTAL FOR PAPER IS 80 MARKS

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