Spring Assessment

Year 9

Mathematics
Higher: No calculator allowed
Time allowed: 45 minutes

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1 A waste paper basket is an open cylinder of height 30 cm
and diameter 20 cm.

30 cm

20 cm

Find the total surface area of the waste paper basket.

Give your answer in terms of π.

cm2
3 marks

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2 Ms Kowal invests £6000 in a simple interest account.
After 5 years her investment has earned £450 interest.

What rate of interest does the account pay?

%
3 marks

Ms Smith invests £6000 in an account that pays 3.5% compound

interest account.

Which calculation works out the value of her investment after 5 years?

Circle your answer

6000 × 1.053.5 6000 × 1.355

6000 × 1.53.5 6000 × 1.0355

1 mark

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3 Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged at 20% on watches.
The amount of VAT charged on a watch is £180

Find the total cost of the watch.

£
2 marks

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 F G
4

65°
Diagram NOT
D E accurately drawn
56°

x
A C
B

Work out the size of the angle marked x.

Give a reason for each stage of your working.

°
3 marks

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 y

5 7

3 P
2

x
-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

-6

-7

Shape P is reflected in the line x = −1 to give shape Q.

Shape Q is reflected in the line the x-axis to give shape R.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps shape P

onto shape R.

3 marks

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6 A car costs £15 000 when new.
The car loses 20% of its value its first year and 10% of its value
every year after that.

Work out the value of the car after 2 years.

£
3 marks

A van costs £20 000 when new.

After 2 years the van is worth £13 000

What percentage of its value has the van lost?

%
2 marks

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7 The kinetic energy K of an object mass m travelling at velocity v is
given by the formula

K = 12_ mv2

Find the value of K when m = 10 and v = 4

2 marks

Rearrange the formula to make m the subject.

2 marks

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8 a is a prime number.
b is an even number.

Are the statements always true, sometimes true or never true?

Circle your answers.

ab is odd
Always Sometimes Never
True True True

1 mark

a(b + 1) is even
Always Sometimes Never
True True True

1 mark

9 Show that the line with equation 4x + 2y = 10 is parallel to the

line with equation y = 6 − 2x.

2 marks

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10 Using a ruler and a pair of compasses, construct an angle of
60° from the point A.

A x

2 marks

11 Work out

1.6 × 106 ÷ 4.8 × 105

Give your answer as a mixed number.

2 marks

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12 Show that √0.25 is a rational number.

2 marks

13 ABCDEFGH is a cuboid.

H
G

E F
D
C

A B

AB = 12 cm, BC = 5 cm and CG = 5 cm.

Show that AG < 14 cm.

4 marks

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14 PQRS represents the rectangular side of a box.
M id the midpoint of RS.
The box is rotated clockwise about point P until Q meets the ground.

Draw the new position of PQRS and the locus of the point M
as the box rotates about P.

R Q

Ground
S P

3 marks

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