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Calc Paper December Exam 2024 Grade 9

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1 (a) A shop buys some fruit.


The table shows the bill for this fruit.

Quantity Price per kg Cost price


Item
(kg) ($) ($)
Bananas 50 0.51 25.50
Oranges 72 1.35 p
Avocados r 1.95 q
Pears 45 s 51.30
Total cost price 240.30

(i) Find the value of each of p, q, r and s.

p = ................................................

q = ................................................

r = ................................................

s = ................................................ [4]

(ii) The shop sells all this fruit for a total of $325.

Calculate the percentage profit.

............................................. % [2]
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(b) In 2022, the shop’s total sales were $34 974.

(i) A pie chart is drawn to show the item types that make up these total sales.

(a) The sales for fruit were $9520.70 .

Calculate the angle representing fruit on the pie chart.

................................................. [2]

(b) The angle representing frozen food is 46°.

Calculate the sales for frozen food.

$ ................................................ [2]

(ii) The shop’s total sales of $34 974 in 2022 were a 4.4% increase on the total sales in 2021.

Calculate the total sales in 2021.

$ ................................................ [2]

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2 (a) One chocolate bar costs p cents and one packet of sweets costs 75 cents.
Tanish pays $9.10 for 5 chocolate bars and 8 packets of sweets.

Form an equation and solve it to find the value of p.


Show your working.

p = ................................................ [3]

(b) Factorise 6ac - 27c.

................................................. [2]
2
3m n 5 n
(c) Write # as a single fraction in its simplest form.
10 9m

................................................. [2]
2
3x
(d) Rearrange the formula y = to make x the subject.
5

x = ................................................ [2]
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(e) A group of k numbers has a mean of 56.8 .


The number 52 is added to the group.
The new mean is 56.5 .

Find the value of k.

k = ................................................ [4]
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3 (a)

NOT TO
SCALE
A B

The diagram shows the equilateral triangle B and part of the regular polygon A which have a
common side.
The interior angle of polygon A is 165°.

(i) Find the value of y.

y = ................................................ [1]

(ii) Calculate the number of sides of polygon A.

................................................. [2]
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5 (a) The table shows the population and area of three countries in 2019.

Country Population Area (km 2 )

Sri Lanka 2.18 # 10 7 6.56 # 10 4


South Korea 5.17 # 10 7 1.00 # 10 5
Pakistan 2.17 # 10 8 8.82 # 10 5

(i) Write down the value of the smallest population.

................................................. [1]

(ii) Find the difference in area between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Give your answer in standard form.

......................................... km 2 [1]

(iii) The population density of a country is the number of people per square kilometre.

Find the value of the largest population density from these countries.

............................. people/km 2 [2]

(b) In standard form, A = 8.6 # 10 n and B = 1.5 # 10 n - 1 .

Giving your answer in standard form, find in terms of n

(i) A - B

................................................. [1]

(ii) A # B.

................................................. [2]
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6 Sophia takes part in the Trio Challenge.


She walks, then cycles and then swims.

Trio Challenge
Walk 6.3 km
Cycle 3000 m
Swim 1800 m

(a) Write these distances walk : cycle : swim as a ratio in its simplest form.

 .............. : .............. : .............. [2]

(b) Sophia walks at an average speed of 1.4 m/s.


She completes the walk at 11 05.

Find the time she starts walking.

................................................. [3]

(c) Sophia cycles a distance of 3000 m correct to the nearest 10 metres.


She cycles this distance in a time of 450 seconds correct to the nearest 10 seconds.

Calculate the upper bound for her average cycling speed in metres per second.

........................................... m/s [3]


7 (a)

NOT TO
R SCALE

The length of the rectangle R is twice its width.


Rectangle R has a perimeter of 20.4 cm.

(i) Find the length and width of the rectangle R.

length = .......................................... cm

width = ........................................... cm [2]

(ii) Rectangle S is mathematically similar to rectangle R.


Rectangle S has a perimeter of 30.6 cm.

Calculate the length of rectangle S.

length = ........................................... cm [2]


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North

NOT TO
SCALE

170 B
A

95

A, B and C are points on horizontal ground.


The bearing of B from A is 072°.
The bearing of C from A is 205°.
AB = 170 m and AC = 95 m.

(a) Calculate BC.

............................................. m [4]

(b) Find the bearing of A from C.

................................................. [2]
(c)
North

NOT TO
SCALE

170 B
A

95

C D

The point D lies on the horizontal ground, due south of A and due east of C.

(i) Show that AD = 86.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[2]

(ii) A point X is at the top of a vertical mast at A.


The angle of elevation of X from B is 7°.

Calculate the angle of elevation of X from D.

................................................. [4]

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