SENIOR PHASE
GRADE 9
NOVEMBER 2013
MATHEMATICS
MARKS: 100
TIME: 2 hours
This question paper consists of 16 pages including annexures.
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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. Answer all the questions.
2. Write neatly and legibly.
3. Do not change the numbering of the questions.
4. Show all your calculations, correct your answer to TWO decimal places where
necessary.
5. A non-programmable calculator may be used.
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QUESTION 1
In this question, FOUR possible answers are given for each question. Write only the
correct letter for the correct answer you have chosen next to the corresponding question
number. Do not rewrite the question.
EXAMPLE :
e.g. 1.11 is:
x x
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3
The correct answer is 1 which is letter B.
Answer: 1.11 B
1.1 The circles below are divided into parts. When the shaded in circle 1 is added to
the shaded part in circle 2, their sum is equivalent to:
Circle 1 Circle 2
D
(1)
1.2 How many numbers from 11 to 69 have the sum of their digits as a square
number?
A 14
B 15
C 10
D 17 (1)
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1.3 The seventh term in the sequence ; ; ; ; 9; … is:
A 96
B 97
C 98
D 99 (1)
1.4 In the machine below the output value is 19. What is the input value?
INPUT x3 –2 OUTPUT
A 13
B 55
C 25
D 7 (1)
1.5 Which of the following is a solution to 2 + y = 5?
A (0 ; 3)
B (-2 ; 1)
C (5 ; -5)
D (- ; 6) (1)
1.6
1.6 In two years’ time Thandile will be the age of the elder sister. If her sister is 34
years at the moment then Thandile’s age at the moment is …
A 2 years.
B 11 years.
C 12 years.
D 10 years. (1)
1.7 Bonga has a sheet of cardboard, he wants to cut it into pieces to make a
rectangular pyramid. He will cut the following pieces:
A Four rectangles and two squares
B Two rectangles and four squares
C Three rectangles and one triangle
D One rectangle and four triangles (1)
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1.8 A type of a polyhedron (3-dimensional object) has 12 edges; 8 vertices and 6
faces. Which of the formulae given below for working out the number of edges
is incorrect?
A E = (V + F) – 2
B E = (V – 2) + F
C E = (V – F) + 2
D E = (F – 2) + V (1)
1.9 From the information given below, choose the form of transport that uses the
least fuel/petrol.
A A truck uses 40 litres of fuel for 200 km
B A car travels 500 km on 50 litres of fuel
C A bus uses 30 litres of fuel to travel 165 km
D A Rocker motorcycle travels 450 km on 22,5 litres of petrol (1)
1.10 The average of the given numbers {1; 2; 5 ; 12; 6 ; 10} is:
A 6,98
B 6,93
C 6,12
D 6,75 (1)
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QUESTION 2
2.1 Some Eastern Cape schools are experiencing a problem in submitting documents
on time to their relevant district offices because of lack of suitable transport to suit
the road conditions. The price of the new car to suit the road conditions is
R315 000. The value of a car depreciates by 7% every year.
2.1.1 If the Eastern Cape government has to provide all its schools with cars
and change them after every period of three years, what will be the
value of a car be after 3 years? (3)
2.1.2 Suppose the government may need to pay an interest (SI) of R39 500 in
years’ time. Work out the interest rate of the car that is sold for
R315 000. (3)
2.2 A certain school has 720 pupils. The ratio of the number of senior pupils to the
number of junior pupils is 4 : 5.
How many junior pupils are there in the school? (2)
2.3 Kenneth has to divide R1 300 among his 3 workers A, B and C. Worker A must
get R200 more than worker B, and worker B must get R100 more than worker C.
What will worker C get? (2)
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QUESTION 3
3.1 Copy and complete the table below which shows the conversion of degrees in
celsius to degrees in fahrenheit.
TABLE 3.1
ºC 0 20 40 60 80
9
ºF = °C + 32 32 68 104 (2)
3.2 Use ANNEXURE 1 to draw the graph illustrating the information in TABLE 3.1. (2)
3.3 During school holidays Teddy assists his uncle who is working with steel. One day
he thought of using the waste steel material to make racks for placing hot pots. He
bought nails, cut pieces of steel and joined them one by one forming hexagonal
patterns as shown below. (3)
rack 1 rack 2 rack 3 rack 4
The table below shows the relationship between the rack number and the number of
joined pieces.
Rack no. 1 2 3 4 n
Number of pieces 6 11 16 21
3.3.1 Determine the general rule for the number of steel pieces. (2)
3.3.2 What rack number can Teddy develop using 46 pieces? (2)
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3.4 Study the graph below and then determine the equation.
(2)
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QUESTION 4
4.1 Factorise completely:
4.1.1 – – (2)
4.1.2 m (m – 2) – 4(m – 2) (3)
4.2 Solve for in the equations below:
4.2.1 (3)
4.2.2
= (4)
4.2.3 = 256 (2)
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4.3 Simplify:
4.3.1 n n
. (2)
4.3.2
(3)
4.3.3 Using – – or otherwise,
determine ( ) – (54 323)(54 319) (2)
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QUESTION 5
5.1 Use ANNEXURE 2 to answer the following questions.
5.1.1 Reflect ABC in the line y = in the same quadrant. (2)
5.1.2 What is the general rule of the reflection in the line y = ? (1)
5.1.3 Translate the reflected image 4 units to the right. (1)
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5.2 Two similar triangles are formed by two different ladders of lengths 10 m and 18 m
that are leaning against a wall, such that they make the same angle with the ground.
The 10 m ladder reaches 8 m up the wall. How much further up the wall does the
18 m ladder reach?
(3)
5.3 Carefully study the figure below which shows the first two steps of tessellating the
triangle and then answer the questions that follow.
1 3 2
i ii
2 31
5.3.1 Complete the tessellation step iii and step iv. (2)
5.3.2 What type of quadrilateral is formed after completing step iv? (1)
5.3.3 Give any TWO properties of the shape you mentioned in QUESTION 5.3.2. (2)
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5.4 A Z-letter shape is drawn below (AB // CD) showing a pair of alternate angles.
A B
C D
In the shape above identify the:
5.4.1 Angle of elevation (1)
5.4.2 Angle of depression (1)
5.5 Study the figure below:
F 85
x
E
40
A B C D
AD; BG; FD and GC are straight lines. Calculate the value of y. (3)
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QUESTION 6
6.1 The figure below represents a classroom. The four walls with the ceiling form a
right rectangular prism with the following dimensions: length of the wall is 9 m, the
breadth is 7 m and the height is 5 m.
6.1.1 Determine the volume of air enclosed in the classroom. (2)
6.1.2 Convert your answer in QUESTION 6.1.1 to cubic centimetres. (1)
6.2 Miso’s sister lives and works in United Kingdom where they measure lengths in
yards.
6.2.1 Miso needs 5 metres of cloth material to sew her dress. How many yards
must the sister buy?
[Hint: 1 m = 1,094 yards] (2)
6.2.2 If the sister buys 8 yards of cloth material, how many metres will be left
after making the dress? (2)
6.3 A triangular prism is drawn. The base is a right angled triangle with
DF = 8 cm, FE = 6 cm and its height is 15 cm. B is joined to F.
B C
15 cm
F
8 cm 6 cm
D E
6.3.1 Calculate the length of BF. (2)
6.3.2 Show that ∆ FDE and ∆ ABC are congruent. (4)
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QUESTION 7
7.1 The South African minister of finance allocated R9 billion in the 2003 budget as
shown in the pie chart below.
Transport
21,6°
Housing
64,8°
Defence
43,2°
Sport and
Culture
Welfare 54°
79,2°
Education
97,2°
7.1.1 Work out the fraction of the circle that represents the amount
allocated to Defence. (1)
7.1.2 What percentage of the budget was allocated to Welfare and
Education? (2)
7.1.3 If the percentages for Sport and Culture, Housing, Transport and
Defence are 15%, 18%, 6% and 12% respectively, including the
answer in QUESTION 7.1.2, draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram. (2)
7.1.4 Calculate the mean of the percentages allocated for the departments. (2)
7.2 South Africa has experienced a high rate of police officers killed on duty and
off duty from 2002 to 2007. The information is shown below.
Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
On duty 93 93 86 100 101 60
Off duty 160 136 125 125 125 110
Use ANNEXURE 3 to draw a double bar graph to show the information. (3)
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7.3 The list below are the marks obtained by learners in a Mathematics test:
44 87 57 41 45 72 67 59 45 80
53 90 75 57 86 48 38 63 76 30
Determine the:
7.3.1 Median (2)
7.3.2 Range (1)
7.4 Using the marks obtained by learners in the Mathematics test in
QUESTION 7.3, draw a tally-frequency table with 5 classes of equal width.
[Hint: the first class interval is 21 – 35] (3)
7.5 Pairs of socks are neatly packed in a drawer of a wardrobe. There are 4 pairs
of black socks, 2 pairs of blue socks, 3 pairs of yellow socks and 5 pairs of
white socks. One pair of socks is taken from the drawer without looking. What
is the probability of:
7.5.1 Taking a pair of blue socks or a pair of yellow socks? (1)
7.5.2 Not getting a pair of white socks? (1)
7.5.3 Choosing pairs of socks from one of the odd numbered pairs? (1)
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TOTAL: 100
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ANNEXURE 1
SURNAME :
NAME :
PROVINCE :
DATE :
QUESTION 3.2
CONVERSION OF ºC TO ºF
220
200
180
160
° fahrenheit
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
ͦ celcius
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ANNEXURE 2
SURNAME :
NAME :
PROVINCE :
DATE :
QUESTION 5.1
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ANNEXURE 3
SURNAME :
NAME :
PROVINCE :
DATE :
QUESTION 7.2
POLICE OFFICERS KILLED ON AND OFF DUTY
180
160
140
120
NUMBER OF POLICE KILLED
100
80
60
40
20
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
YEARS
