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Final Exam Model Paper 2
Full marks: 75Time: 3 hours
All questions are compulsory.
A full practice run of the Grade 9 final exam in Compulsory Mathematics: 75 marks in 3 hours, 16 questions, every one compulsory. The marks of each part are in brackets. Show your working on paper as in the exam hall, then open each part's answer and give yourself the marks its scheme allows. You need a ruler, a compass and a protractor for Questions 11 and 12. Use where it is needed.
A practice paper by Science Playground, made to CDC’s Specification Grid 2078, Mathematics, Grades 9–10. Not an official CDC or exam board paper; the real Grade 9 final exam may differ.
Write your answers on paper first. Then open each answer and its marking scheme, and give yourself one mark for each point you got. In multiple choice, your first choice counts.
Paper to print (PDF, 5 pages) Answer key and marking scheme
Question 1
6 marksThe sports teacher of a school in Dhulikhel asked the students of Grade 9 which games they like. 35 students like football (F), 28 like volleyball (V), 10 like both games and 7 like neither of them.
Write the formula for n(F ∪ V) when F and V are overlapping sets.
Answer
Marking scheme
- n(F ∪ V) = n(F) + n(V) − n(F ∩ V).
Show the above information in a Venn diagram.
Answer
Football only: 35 − 10 = 25; volleyball only: 28 − 10 = 18; both: 10; neither: 7.
Marking scheme
- A Venn diagram in a rectangle U with 25, 10, 18 and 7 in their regions.
How many students were asked?
Answer
53 students like at least one of the games, and 7 like neither:
60 students were asked. Check from the diagram: 25 + 10 + 18 + 7 = 60 ✓
Marking scheme
- The values in the formula: 35 + 28 − 10.
- n(F ∪ V) = 53.
- n(U) = 53 + 7 = 60 students.
A student says, “More students like only football than like volleyball.” Is the student right? Give a reason.
Answer
Only football: 25 students. Volleyball (with or without football): 28 students. No: 25 is less than 28, so fewer students like only football than like volleyball.
Marking scheme
- No, with the reason: 25 like only football and 28 like volleyball.
Question 2
5 marksRiya buys a refrigerator at a shop in Butwal. Its marked price is Rs 48,000. The shop gives a discount of 15% on the marked price, and then 13% value added tax (VAT) is added.
What is value added tax (VAT)?
Answer
VAT is a tax on the value added to goods and services at each stage of making and selling them; the buyer pays it on the price, and the seller passes it to the government. In Nepal it is 13%.
Marking scheme
- A tax on the value added to goods or services, paid by the buyer on the price and collected by the government (13% in Nepal).
Find the price of the refrigerator after the discount.
Answer
Rs 40,800.
Marking scheme
- The discount, Rs 7,200.
- Rs 40,800.
How much does Riya pay for the refrigerator, with VAT?
Answer
VAT is added after the discount:
Rs 46,104.
What it means: still Rs 1,896 less than the marked price, as the discount is bigger than the tax.
Marking scheme
- VAT on the price after discount: Rs 5,304.
- Rs 46,104.
Question 3
3 marksA hydropower company in Dolakha has sold 50,00,000 shares at Rs 100 each. This year it made a profit of Rs 8,00,00,000, and its general meeting decided to pay Rs 2,00,00,000 of it as a cash dividend.
Who receives a dividend?
Answer
The shareholders of the company, each in proportion to the number of shares they own.
Marking scheme
- The shareholders, by the number of shares they hold.
What percentage of the face value of a share is the dividend?
Answer
Dividend per share : Rs 4 on a share of Rs 100, that is 4% of the face value.
Marking scheme
- 4% (Rs 4 a share).
Bimala owns 1,200 shares of this company. Next year the profit rises to Rs 10,00,00,000, and the company pays the same percentage of its profit as dividend. How much dividend does Bimala get (before tax)?
Answer
This year's dividend is of the profit. Next year: ; per share 25000000 ÷ 5000000 = 5.
Bimala: 1200 × 5 = Rs 6,000.
Marking scheme
- Rs 6,000 (Rs 5 a share, from 25% of the new profit).
Question 4
5 marksTara runs a small hotel in Thamel, Kathmandu, 4 km from her home. Its water comes through a 1 inch pipe, and it has a landline telephone. Use these rates:
| Taxi at night | Water, 1 inch pipe (KUKL) | Landline (Nepal Telecom) |
|---|---|---|
| Rs 21 to start, then Rs 58.50 a km | Rs 3,960 for the first 56 units (1 unit = 1,000 liters), then Rs 71 a unit; sewerage charge 50% of the water charge | Rs 200 for the first 175 calls, then Re 1 a call; TSC 13% of the call charge (TC), then VAT 13% of TC + TSC |
Tara goes home from the hotel by taxi late at night. What is the fare, with no waiting?
Answer
21 + 58.50 × 4 = 21 + 234 = Rs 255.
Marking scheme
- Rs 255.
In Mangsir the hotel used 80,000 liters of water. Find the water bill with the sewerage charge.
Answer
80,000 liters = 80 units: 56 units at the minimum charge and 80 − 56 = 24 units more.
Rs 8,496.
Marking scheme
- The water charge: Rs 5,664.
- The bill with 50% sewerage: Rs 8,496.
Tara wants the telephone bill, with both taxes, to be no more than Rs 750 a month. At most how many calls can be made?
Answer
Both taxes together make the bill TC × 1.13 × 1.13 = 1.2769 × TC.
The TC is a whole number of rupees, so at most Rs 587. Calls = 175 + (587 − 200) = 562 calls.
Check: 562 calls cost 587 × 1.2769 = 749.54; one more call would cost 588 × 1.2769 = 750.82, over Rs 750.
Marking scheme
- The largest TC: Rs 587 (dividing by 1.2769, not subtracting the taxes).
- 562 calls (the first 175 added back).
Question 5
5 marksKalpana's classroom is 8 m long, 6 m wide and 3.5 m high. It has one door 2 m by 1.2 m and three windows, each 1.5 m by 1.2 m.
Write the formula for the area of the four walls of a room.
Answer
where l, b and h are the room's length, breadth and height.
Marking scheme
- 2h(l + b).
Find the area of the four walls.
Answer
2 × 3.5 × (8 + 6) = 7 × 14 = 98 m².
Marking scheme
- 98 m².
The four walls and the ceiling are to be painted, leaving out the door and windows, at Rs 160 a square meter. Find the cost.
Answer
Ceiling = 8 × 6 = 48 m². Door = 2 × 1.2 = 2.4 m²; windows = 3 × 1.5 × 1.2 = 5.4 m².
Rs 22,112.
Marking scheme
- The area to paint: 138.2 m².
- Rs 22,112.
The painter gives two coats, and one tin of paint covers 40 m² for one coat. How many tins must be bought? Give a reason.
Answer
Two coats: 2 × 138.2 = 276.4 m². Tins: 276.4 ÷ 40 = 6.91. A part of a tin can't be bought, and 6 tins would cover only 240 m², so 7 tins must be bought.
Marking scheme
- 7 tins, from 276.4 ÷ 40 = 6.91, rounded up.
Question 6
4 marksFor a feast (bhoj) in Gulmi, Durga cooks daal in a cylindrical pot with an inner radius of 21 cm and a height of 28 cm. She serves it in hemispherical bowls, each with an inner radius of 10.5 cm.
Write the formula for the volume of a hemisphere.
Answer
Marking scheme
- .
How many bowls can be filled from a full pot?
Answer
16 bowls.
Marking scheme
- The volume of the pot: 38,808 cm³.
- The volume of a bowl: 2,425.5 cm³.
- 16 bowls.
Question 7
4 marksIndra, a farmer in Kailali, builds a concrete water trough for his buffaloes. It is a prism 3 m long whose ends are trapeziums: 1.2 m across the top, 0.8 m across the bottom and 0.6 m deep.
Find the area of the trough's cross-section and the volume of water it holds when full.
Answer
0.6 m², and 1.8 m³ (1,800 liters) of water.
Marking scheme
- The cross-section: 0.6 m².
- The volume: 1.8 m³ (1,800 liters).
Indra fills the empty trough from a tap that gives 12 liters a minute, starting at 6:00 in the morning. The buffaloes come back at 8:15. Will the trough be full by then? Give a reason.
Answer
Time to fill = 1800 ÷ 12 = 150 minutes = 2 hours 30 minutes, so the trough is full at 8:30.
No: at 8:15 it is not yet full; it needs 15 minutes more (it holds 135 × 12 = 1620 liters then).
Marking scheme
- 150 minutes to fill (2 hours 30 minutes).
- No, it is full only at 8:30.
Question 8
4 marksSonam drops a ball from the roof of her house, 16 m high. After each bounce the ball rises to half the height it fell from, so the heights it reaches are 8 m, 4 m, 2 m, …, a geometric sequence.
Write the formula for the general term of a geometric sequence.
Answer
where a is the first term and r the common ratio.
Marking scheme
- .
Find the common ratio of the heights.
Answer
.
Marking scheme
- .
After which bounce does the ball rise only to 0.25 m?
Answer
a = 8, , :
n − 1 = 5, n = 6. After the 6th bounce.
Marking scheme
- The values in the formula: .
- The 6th bounce.
Question 9
7 marksWrite the expansion of .
Answer
Marking scheme
- .
Find the LCM of and .
Answer
First expression:
Second expression:
The LCM takes every factor, the shared one once:
LCM .
Marking scheme
- .
- .
- LCM .
Simplify:
Answer
Multiplication law: and :
Take out the common factor :
= 2.
Marking scheme
- and .
- .
Question 10
4 marksOn Basanta's farm in Syangja there are only hens and goats. Together they have 46 heads and 128 legs.
How many hens and how many goats are there?
Answer
Let there be x hens and y goats:
(ii) − 2 × (i): 2y = 128 − 92 = 36, so y = 18 and x = 46 − 18 = 28.
28 hens and 18 goats. Check: 2 × 28 + 4 × 18 = 56 + 72 = 128 ✓
Marking scheme
- The equations x + y = 46 and 2x + 4y = 128.
- 28 hens and 18 goats.
Basanta sells some hens and keeps all the goats. After that, the number of legs is exactly three times the number of heads. How many hens did he sell?
Answer
Selling k hens takes away k heads and 2k legs:
He sold 10 hens. Check: 18 hens and 18 goats have 36 heads and 36 + 72 = 108 = 3 × 36 legs ✓
Marking scheme
- The equation 128 − 2k = 3(46 − k).
- 10 hens.
Question 11
5 marksVerify experimentally that in a triangle the angle opposite the longer side is greater than the angle opposite the shorter side. Draw two triangles of different sizes.
Answer
Figures: draw two triangles ABC with sides of different lengths, for example BC = 6 cm, CA = 5 cm, AB = 4 cm, and BC = 8 cm, CA = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm.
Table: measure the angles opposite the longest and the shortest side:
| Figure | Longest side BC | ∠A (opposite BC) | Shortest side AB | ∠C (opposite AB) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 6 cm | 83° | 4 cm | 41° | ∠A > ∠C |
| II | 8 cm | 93° | 5 cm | 39° | ∠A > ∠C |
(Measured angles may differ by a degree or so.)
Conclusion: in a triangle, the angle opposite the longer side is greater than the angle opposite the shorter side.
Marking scheme
- Two triangles of different sizes with their sides measured.
- A table of the sides and the angles opposite them, with a result for each figure.
- The conclusion in words.
In the figure, the side CA of △ABC is produced to E. If , ∠ABC = x and ∠ACB = 2x, find the ratio ∠BAC:∠ABC.
Answer
The exterior angle BAE equals the two opposite interior angles: , so , and . (a linear pair).
∠BAC:∠ABC = 60:40 = 3 : 2.
Marking scheme
- and , with reasons.
- The ratio 3 : 2.
Question 12
4 marksIn the rectangle PQRS in the figure, the diagonals PR and QS meet at O.
What is the relation between the diagonals of a rectangle?
Answer
The diagonals of a rectangle are equal and bisect each other: PR = QS, and PO = OR = QO = OS.
Marking scheme
- They are equal and bisect each other.
If PR = (4y − 2) cm and QS = (2y + 8) cm, find y and the length of OP.
Answer
PR = QS: 4y − 2 = 2y + 8, so 2y = 10 and y = 5. Then PR = 18 cm, and 9 cm.
Marking scheme
- y = 5 and OP = 9 cm.
Construct a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 5.5 cm, BC = 4.5 cm, CD = 5 cm, DA = 4 cm and the diagonal AC = 6.5 cm.
Answer
Draw a rough sketch first. Draw AB = 5.5 cm. With center A and radius 6.5 cm, and with center B and radius 4.5 cm, draw arcs that cut at C; join AC and BC. On the other side of AC from B, draw an arc of radius 4 cm from A and one of radius 5 cm from C; they cut at D. Join AD and CD.
ABCD is the quadrilateral. See it step by step in Construct it: a quadrilateral.
Marking scheme
- △ABC drawn from its three sides with the arcs showing.
- D found on the other side of AC by arcs of 4 cm and 5 cm, and the quadrilateral completed.
Question 13
4 marksIn the circle with center O and radius 10 cm in the figure, the chords AB and CD are each 16 cm long. and .
What is the relation between OM and ON? Give a reason.
Answer
OM = ON: equal chords of a circle are equidistant from the center.
Marking scheme
- OM = ON, with the theorem.
Find the length of OM.
Answer
The perpendicular from the center bisects the chord, so MB = 8 cm. Join OB, a radius: in the right-angled △OMB,
OM = 6 cm.
Marking scheme
- MB = 8 cm, half the chord.
- OM = 6 cm.
A third chord EF of the same circle is also 6 cm from the center. How long is EF? Give a reason.
Answer
16 cm. EF is as far from the center as AB (6 cm), and chords which are equidistant from the center of a circle are equal, so EF = AB = 16 cm. (Or: half of EF is cm.)
Marking scheme
- 16 cm, with the reason (equidistant chords are equal, or by Pythagoras' rule).
Question 14
5 marksThe ages of the 25 players in the teams of a school football tournament in Dhangadhi are:
| Age (years) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of players | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
In which series is the data presented?
Answer
Each age is given with its frequency: a discrete series.
Marking scheme
- Discrete series.
Make a cumulative frequency table.
Answer
| Age | f | cf |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | 15 |
| 17 | 6 | 21 |
| 18 | 4 | 25 |
Marking scheme
- The cf column 3, 8, 15, 21, 25.
Find the median age.
Answer
In the cf column, 15 is the first number of 13 or more, so the 13th player is 16. The median age is 16 years.
Marking scheme
- The 13th item.
- Median = 16 years.
The organizers say, “The middle half of the players are from 15 to 17 years old.” Check this with the quartiles.
Answer
th item = 6.5th item: the 6th and 7th players are both 15 (the cf 8 covers items 4 to 8), so Q₁ = 15.
th item = 19.5th item: the 19th and 20th are both 17 (items 16 to 21), so Q₃ = 17.
The organizers are right: the middle half of the players lie between Q₁ = 15 and Q₃ = 17 years.
Marking scheme
- Q₁ = 15 and Q₃ = 17, so the organizers are right.
Question 15
6 marksSapana rolls a fair six-sided die once.
What is the probability of an impossible event?
Answer
0. (For example, the probability of getting a 7.)
Marking scheme
Find the probability of getting a prime number.
Answer
S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, n(S) = 6. The prime numbers are {2, 3, 5}, so n(E) = 3.
. (1 is not a prime number.)
Marking scheme
- n(S) = 6 and n(E) = 3.
- .
Find the probability of not getting a multiple of 3.
Answer
The multiples of 3 are {3, 6}: .
.
Marking scheme
- .
- .
Her brother says, “Getting a number greater than 4 is as likely as getting an even number.” Is he right? Give a reason.
Answer
Greater than 4: {5, 6}, probability . Even: {2, 4, 6}, probability . No: an even number is more likely, as it has more favorable outcomes.
Marking scheme
- No, with the two probabilities and .
Question 16
4 marksIn the right-angled triangle PQR, , PQ = 8 cm, QR = 15 cm and the reference angle is ∠PRQ = θ.
Write sin θ as a ratio of two sides of the triangle.
Answer
PQ is opposite θ (the perpendicular) and PR is the hypotenuse: .
Marking scheme
- .
Find the length of PR.
Answer
17 cm.
Marking scheme
- PR = 17 cm.
Find the value of .
Answer
and :
.
Marking scheme
- .
QR stays 15 cm, but PQ is changed so that . How long is PQ then?
Answer
, so . cm, about 8.66 cm.
Marking scheme
- cm (about 8.66 cm).
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