Assessment Test - Grade 9
1.Find
the slope of the line 2y =8x -3.
A. -3/2
B. 4
C. 8
D. Not here
2.
If a < b and b = c, which statement must be true?
A. The
values of a,
b,
and c are
positive.
B. The
values of a,
b,
and c are
negative.
C. The
value of a is
less than the value of c.
D. The
value of a is
greater than the value of c.
3.
Ronald wants to buy a shirt that is on sale for 15% off the regular price. The
regular price of the shirt is p
dollars. Which expression represents the sale price of
the shirt?
A. p -0.15 p
B. p + 0.15 p
C. p -15 p
D. 0.15
p
4. Olga plans to take a trip from her house in San Marcos, Texas, to a
friend’s house in Zapata, Texas. She measured the distance between the
two places on a map and found it to be 8 inches. If the scale on the map is ˝ inch
represents 14 miles, which is closest to the actual distance in miles between
the two places?
A. 112
mi
B. 224
mi
C. 56
mi
D. 44
mi
5. The
graph of a linear function is shown on the coordinate grid below.
If the y-intercept is changed to
(0, 5) and the slope becomes -4, which
statement best describes the
relationship between the two lines
when they are graphed on the same coordinate grid?
A. The y-intercepts are 1 unit
apart, and the lines are parallel.
B. The y-intercepts are 1 unit
apart, and the lines intersect at (1, 1).
C. The y-intercepts are 1 unit
apart, and the lines are perpendicular.
D. The y-intercepts are 1 unit
apart, and the lines intersect at (1, 0).
6. The
astronomy club rented a bus to visit the planetarium. The club rented the bus
at a rate of $24.95 per day plus $0.45 per mile driven over 50 miles. If the
astronomy club rented the bus for 1 day, what additional information is needed
to determine the total cost of renting the bus?
A. The
total number of students in the astronomy club
B. The
number of hours the bus was driven each day
C. The
number of days the bus was rented
D. The
total number of miles the bus was Driven
7. Tammy
drew a floor plan for her kitchen, as shown below.
Which expression represents the
area of Tammy’s kitchen floor in square units?
A. 6x2 + 30x + 5
B. 6X2+ 13x + 5
C. 10x + 12
D. 5x + 6
8. The
integers 1881, 353, 2002, and 787 are palindrome integers. Which of the
following is also a palindrome integer?
A. 1961
B. 828
C. 2525
D. 783
9. If
the dimensions of a rectangle are doubled, which of the following best
describes an effect on the rectangle?
A. The new area
will be 2 times as large as the original area.
B. The new area
will be 8 times as large as the original area.
C. The new
perimeter will be 4 times as large as the original perimeter.
D. The new
perimeter will be 2 times as large as the original perimeter.
10. Harris
has $20.92 to spend on video-game rentals at a local video store. The store charges
$3.95 per video-game rental plus an 8.125% tax. What is the maximum number of video
games that Harris can rent?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 6
D. 3
11. Ms.
Diaz asked each of her 27 statistics students to write down an integer from 1
to 10. To determine the most common number the students picked, which measure
of central tendency should Ms. Diaz use?
A. Mode
B. Mean
C. Median
D. Range
12.
The student council members are making decorative labels to cover 20 identical
empty coffee cans for a charity drive. Each label will cover the entire lateral
surface area of a can.
Which is closest to the lateral
surface area of a single coffee can?
A. 186
square in.
B. 157
square in.
C. 195
square in.
D. 128
square in.
13. A
jar contains 6 red marbles and 10 blue marbles, all of equal size. If Dominic
were to randomly select 1 marble without replacement and then select another
marble from the jar, what would be the probability of selecting 2 red marbles
from the jar?
A.
9.64
B.
1/8
C.
3/5
D.
3/8
14.
An artist draws a picture of a house with a rose bush in front. In his
picture the rose bush is 1.5cm high and the house is 7.5cm high. In reality the
rose bush is .75 metres high. How tall is the house
(in metres)?
A. 4 m
B. 6.85 m
C. 3.75 m
D. 7 m
15. Square
ABCD has the centers of 4 equal circles as its vertices. Find the shaded area.
A.
(4 - pi)r
B.
(4 - pi)r2
C.
(4 - pi)2r
D.
(4 - pi)4r
16. A and B
are throwing 3 dice each. If the sum of the dots of the dice thrown by A is 16. What is the
probability that the sum of dots on the dice thrown by B is greater than 16?
A. 1/54
B. 2/52
c. 5/12
D.7/29
17. Find
the tenth term of the geometric sequence 3, 9,27,…… ?
A.
59040
B.
59049
C.
59723
D.
59031
18. Find
the solution set of 1 ≤ 3(x-2) + 4 < 7 ?
A.
{0,2}
B.
{-1,2}
C.
{1,-2}
D.
{1,2}
19. Out of
3 numbers, the first is twice the second and is half of the third. If the
average of the three numbers is 56, what are the three numbers in order?
A.
48,24,46
B.
48,54,96
C.
98,24,96
D.
48,24,96
20. If a
circle of radius 2, touches X - axis at (1, 0) then what is the centre of the
circle?
A.
(1, 5)
B.
(-1, 2)
C.
(1, 2)
D.
(0, 2)
