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Final Exam Model Paper 1
Full marks: 75Time: 3 hours
All questions are compulsory.
A full practice run of the Grade 9 final exam in Optional Mathematics: 75 marks in 3 hours, 17 questions, every one compulsory, in three groups. Group A is one question of 11 multiple-choice items; groups B and C have questions of two to four parts, with the marks of each part in brackets. Show your working on paper as in the exam hall, then tap your choice in group A, open each other part's answer and give yourself the marks its scheme allows. You need graph paper for Questions 10 and 14.
A practice paper by Science Playground, made to CDC’s Specification Grid 2082, Optional 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
Group AObjective questions11 marks
Question 1
11 × 1 = 11Choose the correct option for each of the following questions.
Which interval is the set {x: − 2 ≤ x < 3, x ∈ R}?
Pick an answer to see why.
If , what is f(−2)?
Pick an answer to see why.
In the centesimal system, how many grades make one right angle?
Pick an answer to see why.
In a right-angled triangle, . What is the value of tan θ?
Pick an answer to see why.
If and , what is the value of A?
Pick an answer to see why.
Under which transformation does the point (3, −2) stay where it is?
Pick an answer to see why.
What is the slope of the line through (2, −1) and (5, 5)?
Pick an answer to see why.
A point P divides the line segment joining A(x₁, y₁) and B(x₂, y₂) internally in the ratio m₁:m₂. What is its x-coordinate?
Pick an answer to see why.
Which of these is a unit vector?
Pick an answer to see why.
The box-and-whisker plot above shows the marks of the Grade 9 students of a school in a class test. What is the median mark?
Pick an answer to see why.
Which of these has no value (is undefined)?
Pick an answer to see why.
Group BWithin one content area40 marks
Question 2
4 marksTara's number machine takes a number from A = {−2, −1, 1, 2}, squares it and adds 1, giving a number in B = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. So it is the function f:A → B, .
Define a function from a set A to a set B.
Answer
A function from A to B is a relation in which every element of A is related to exactly one element of B.
Marking scheme
- Every element of A has one and only one image in B.
Tara says the inverse of f, which runs her machine backwards, is also a function. Write f and its inverse as sets of ordered pairs, and say whether she is right.
Answer
f(−2) = 5, f(−1) = 2, f(1) = 2, f(2) = 5, so
She is not right. In the element 2 is related to both −1 and 1 (and 5 to both −2 and 2), so it does not give one image to each element: is a relation but not a function. Run backwards, the machine can't tell which number went in.
Marking scheme
- f and written as ordered pairs.
- Not a function, because 2 (or 5) has two images in .
For the next game the machine uses the rule g(x) = 2x − 3 on the real numbers. Show on a number line the values of x for which g(x) > 1.
Answer
: an open dot at 2 (2 itself is not included) and the line going right.
Marking scheme
- x > 2 shown with an open dot at 2 and the ray to the right.
Question 3
3 marksTwo tea stalls in Ilam record the cups of tea and coffee they sold on Saturday (first row) and Sunday (second row). The first column is tea and the second coffee.
What does the element of A tell?
Answer
is in the 2nd row and 1st column: . The first stall sold 15 cups of tea on Sunday.
Marking scheme
- , the cups of tea the first stall sold on Sunday.
Is A a symmetric matrix? Give a reason.
Answer
No. A symmetric matrix has , but here and .
Marking scheme
- Not symmetric, since .
Find A + B and say what it shows.
Answer
It shows the two stalls' sales together: 21 teas and 19 coffees on Saturday, 29 teas and 16 coffees on Sunday.
Marking scheme
- .
Question 4
3 marksShristi's teacher writes the polynomial on the board.
Write the degree of p(x).
Answer
The highest power of x is 3, so the degree is 3 (a cubic polynomial).
Marking scheme
- Degree 3.
Divide p(x) by (x − 3) by synthetic division, and write the quotient and the remainder. What does the remainder tell Shristi about x = 3?
Answer
Divide by x − 3, so use 3 at the left; the coefficients are 1, −2, −5, 6.
| 3 | 1 | −2 | −5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | −6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Quotient , remainder 0. Since the remainder is 0, p(3) = 0: 3 is a root of p(x) = 0. Check: 27 − 18 − 15 + 6 = 0 ✓.
Marking scheme
- The synthetic division, with quotient .
- Remainder 0, so 3 is a root of p(x) = 0.
Question 5
2 marksA trigonometric expression is given.
Use to write as a trigonometric ratio of an acute angle, and find its value.
Answer
Marking scheme
- .
Find the angle between 180° and 270° whose sine is equal to .
Answer
. Between 180° and 270° (the third quadrant) the sine is negative, and . So the angle is 240°.
Marking scheme
- 240°, since .
Question 6
4 marksA trigonometric expression is given.
Write the Pythagoras relation between and tan θ.
Answer
(that is, ).
Marking scheme
- .
Write in terms of sin θ.
Answer
Marking scheme
- .
Prove that .
Answer
Proved.
Marking scheme
- and written as reciprocals and each bracket simplified to and .
- Multiplied to sin θ cos θ.
Question 7
3 marksA ladder 17 m long leans against a wall at a building site in Butwal, and its top reaches 8 m up the wall. It makes an angle θ with the ground, so .
Find the values of cos θ and .
Answer
The foot of the ladder is m from the wall. So
Marking scheme
- The base, 15 m, and .
- .
Find the value of .
Answer
Marking scheme
Question 8
3 marksOn a map of a town, with the school at the origin and 1 unit = 1 km, a straight road is drawn. The perpendicular from the school to the road is 4 km long and makes an angle of 30° with the X-axis.
Write the normal (perpendicular) form of the equation of a straight line.
Answer
x cos α + y sin α = p, where p is the length of the perpendicular from the origin to the line and α the angle it makes with the X-axis.
Marking scheme
- x cos α + y sin α = p.
Find the equation of the road.
Answer
Here p = 4 and :
The road is .
Marking scheme
- p = 4, put in: .
- .
Question 9
4 marksOn the same map, a mobile tower stands at T(2, −1) and its signal reaches 5 km.
Find the equation of the locus of the points exactly 5 km from the tower, where the signal ends.
Answer
Let P(x, y) be such a point. Then PT = 5:
The locus is a circle with center T and radius 5 km.
Marking scheme
- from the distance formula.
- .
A road runs straight from A(−3, 4) to B(7, −1), and a shop P on it divides AB internally in the ratio 3 : 2. Find the coordinates of P.
Answer
m₁ = 3, m₂ = 2, (x₁, y₁) = (−3, 4), (x₂, y₂) = (7, −1):
P(3, 1). It lies between A and B, as it should.
Marking scheme
- The section formula with the values put in correctly.
- P(3, 1).
Question 10
4 marksTriangle PQR has vertices P(1, 1), Q(4, 2) and R(2, 4). It is reflected in the line y = −x.
Write the image of a point (x, y) under a reflection in the line y = −x.
Answer
P(x, y) → P′(−y, −x)
Marking scheme
- (x, y) → (−y, −x).
Find the coordinates of the image points P′, Q′ and R′.
Answer
P(1, 1) → P′(−1, −1), Q(4, 2) → Q′(−2, −4), R(2, 4) → R′(−4, −2).
Marking scheme
- P′(−1, −1), Q′(−2, −4), R′(−4, −2).
Draw △PQR and its image △P′Q′R′ on the same graph.
Answer
Each image point is as far from the mirror line as its object, on the other side.
Marking scheme
- △PQR plotted and labelled.
- △P′Q′R′ plotted and labelled, with the line y = −x.
Question 11
3 marksA drone flies in a straight line from A(2, −1) to B(5, 3) over a field marked in units of 10 m.
Write AB in column vector form.
Answer
Marking scheme
- .
Find the magnitude of AB. How far did the drone fly?
Answer
units, so the drone flew 50 m.
Marking scheme
- |AB| = 5 units (50 m).
A second drone flies from C(0, 0) to D(6, 8). Anisha says AB and CD are equal vectors, because they point the same way. Is she right? Give a reason.
Answer
: the same direction, but |CD| = 10 while |AB| = 5. She is not right: equal vectors need the same magnitude as well as the same direction. These are like vectors, not equal ones.
Marking scheme
- Not equal: same direction but magnitudes 5 and 10 (like vectors).
Question 12
3 marksThe waiting times, in minutes, of 11 patients at a health post in Dhading one morning were:
| 12 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 18 |
|---|
Write the formula for the position of the upper quartile (Q₃) of an individual series.
Answer
item, with the data in ascending order.
Marking scheme
- item.
Find the upper quartile of the waiting times.
Answer
In order: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 25. , so Q₃ is the 9th item: Q₃ = 18 minutes.
Marking scheme
- Q₃ = 18 minutes (the 9th item in order).
Mingma says: “If the longest wait had been 60 minutes instead of 25, the quartile deviation would not change, but the standard deviation would.” Is she right? Give a reason.
Answer
Yes. The quartiles are the 3rd and 9th items in order (9 and 18 minutes); changing the largest value, the 11th, doesn't move them, so minutes either way. The standard deviation uses every value's distance from the mean, so a 60 makes it much larger (from about 5.3 to about 14.2 minutes).
Marking scheme
- Yes: Q₁ and Q₃ don't depend on the largest value, but the standard deviation uses every value.
Question 13
4 marksThe graph of a function y = f(x) is given.
What is meant by the left-hand limit of a function at x = a?
Answer
The left-hand limit is the number f(x) gets as close as we like to as x takes values closer and closer to a from the left, less than a (), never equal to a. It is written .
Marking scheme
- The value f(x) heads for as x → a from values less than a.
Rojina says: “, because any number divided by itself is 1.” Is she right? Explain.
Answer
No. If , then 0 = 0 × m, which is true for every number m, not just 1. So can't be given one value: it is an indeterminate form. The rule “a number divided by itself is 1” holds only for numbers other than 0.
Marking scheme
- No: 0 = 0 × m for every m, so is indeterminate.
Find .
Answer
From the left of 2 the graph is the line y = x + 1, heading for the open circle at height 3: .
Marking scheme
Does exist? Give a reason.
Answer
From the right, the line y = 6 − x heads for 4: . Since 3 ≠ 4, the limit does not exist. (The filled dot, f(2) = 1, doesn't matter for the limit.)
Marking scheme
- No, because the left-hand limit 3 and the right-hand limit 4 are not equal.
Group CAcross content areas24 marks
Question 14
6 marksA straight line l with slope m passes through the point (2, 5). Its equation is y = mx + c.
Show that the y-intercept of l is c = 5 − 2m and its x-intercept is .
Answer
(2, 5) is on the line: 5 = 2m + c, so c = 5 − 2m.
The x-intercept is where y = 0: 0 = mx + 5 − 2m, so mx = 2m − 5 and .
Marking scheme
- c = 5 − 2m from putting (2, 5) in.
- x-intercept from y = 0.
As the line gets steeper and steeper (m → ∞), what does its x-intercept head for?
Answer
. As m → ∞, , so the x-intercept heads for 2: the line becomes the vertical line x = 2. (For m = 10, 100, 1000 it is 1.5, 1.95, 1.995.)
Marking scheme
- The x-intercept heads for 2.
Find the equation of l when m = 3.
Answer
c = 5 − 2 × 3 = −1, so y = 3x − 1, that is, 3x − y − 1 = 0.
Marking scheme
- y = 3x − 1 (or 3x − y − 1 = 0).
For m = 3, write the inequality for the side of l that contains the origin, and show that region on a graph.
Answer
Put (0, 0) in 3x − y − 1: 0 − 0 − 1 = −1 < 0. So the side containing the origin is 3x − y − 1 < 0, that is, y > 3x − 1.
Marking scheme
- 3x − y − 1 < 0 (or y > 3x − 1) from testing the origin.
- The line drawn and the region holding the origin shaded.
Question 15
6 marksAt a maths fair in Dhangadhi, a number machine follows the rule f(x) = 5x − 3 for the inputs x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Write f as a set of ordered pairs, and write its range.
Answer
f(1) = 2, f(2) = 7, f(3) = 12, f(4) = 17, f(5) = 22:
Marking scheme
- f as the five ordered pairs.
- Range {2, 7, 12, 17, 22}.
Is f a one-to-one function? Would its inverse be a function? Give a reason.
Answer
Yes, it is one-to-one: different inputs give different outputs (each output is 5 more than the one before). So every output has exactly one input, and the inverse {(2, 1), (7, 2), (12, 3), (17, 4), (22, 5)} gives each element one image: it is a function too.
Marking scheme
- One-to-one, so the inverse relates each output to one input and is a function.
Find the mean deviation from the mean of the five outputs, and its coefficient.
Answer
.
| X | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Marking scheme
- The mean, 12.
- and M.D. = 6.
- Coefficient of M.D. = 0.5.
Question 16
6 marksThe pendulum of a wall clock in Bharatpur is 50 cm long, and in one swing it turns through an angle of 30°. (Take .)
Convert 30° into grades and into radians.
Answer
Marking scheme
- grades.
- radians.
Find the length of the arc the bob travels in one swing. How far does it travel in a minute if it makes 40 swings a minute?
Answer
In a minute: cm, about 10.48 m.
Marking scheme
- One swing: cm, with θ in radians.
- A minute: about 1047.6 cm (10.48 m).
Dipesh says: “If the pendulum swung through 60° instead, both the arc and the sine of the angle would be doubled.” Is he right? Give a reason.
Answer
Only half right. The arc is rθ, so doubling θ doubles it (to about 52.38 cm). But , while : the sine is not doubled.
Marking scheme
- The arc doubles, but .
Suppose the bob always travels the same arc, about 26.19 cm, but the pendulum is made longer and longer (r → ∞). What does the angle of the swing head for?
Answer
radians. As r → ∞, : the angle heads for 0. A very long pendulum barely turns to travel the same arc.
Marking scheme
- as r → ∞.
Question 17
6 marksA sign painter in Janakpur enlarges a triangle of a shop's logo. △PQR with P(2, 1), Q(4, 1), R(4, 3) becomes △P′Q′R′ with P′(3, 1), Q′(7, 1), R′(7, 5).
Kamal says that PP′ and QQ′ are equal vectors, because each goes from a point to its image. Is he right? Give a reason.
Answer
and . They point the same way but their magnitudes are 1 and 3, so he is not right: they are like vectors, not equal ones. (In an enlargement, points farther from the center move farther.)
Marking scheme
- Not equal: and have different magnitudes.
Find PR and P′R′ in column form, and their magnitudes. How are they related?
Answer
and : the image side is in the same direction and twice as long.
Marking scheme
- and .
- Magnitudes and : P′R′ = 2PR.
Find the scale factor and the center of the enlargement, and check your center with all three vertices.
Answer
Scale factor: P′Q′ = 7 − 3 = 4 and PQ = 4 − 2 = 2, so (positive: the image is on the same side of the center and not turned over).
Center: with center (a, b) and k = 2, P(x, y) → P′(2(x − a) + a, 2(y − b) + b) = (2x − a, 2y − b). For P: 2 × 2 − a = 3 and 2 × 1 − b = 1, so a = 1, b = 1. The center is (1, 1).
Check: Q(4, 1) → (8 − 1, 2 − 1) = (7, 1) = Q′ ✓ and R(4, 3) → (8 − 1, 6 − 1) = (7, 5) = R′ ✓. The enlargement is E[(1, 1), 2].
Marking scheme
- Scale factor 2.
- Center (1, 1).
- Checked with Q and R (or with lines PP′, QQ′, RR′ meeting at (1, 1)).
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