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Grade 9 Baseline Test

Grade 9 test 2023 finals

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NAME OF LEARNER:

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST: JANUARY 2023


GRADE 9

MARKS: 20
DURATION: 1 Hour

This test consists of 7 pages, including the cover page.

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


JANUARY 2023
Grade 9
Instructions and information to the learner

1. Read the questions carefully


2. Answer ALL the questions
3. Circle only the letter for the correct answer, e.g. If the correct answer in 1. is D,
you should only circle D
4. There is only one correct answer in each question
5. This question paper consists of 20 questions.
6. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


JANUARY 2023
Grade 9
1. The set of integers arranged in ascending order is … (1)
A −3; 3; −2; 2; −1; 1
B 4; 2; 1; −4; −7; −10
C −7; −5; −1; 0; 1; 4
D 0; 4; −5; 6; −7; 8

2. (−2)(−1)(−3)(−2)(−4) = … (1)

A 12

B 48

C −48

D −12

3. What is the sum of all integers from −50 to 50? (1)


A 0

B 50

C −50

D 100

4. An elevator started on the 5th floor. It went up 3 floors, down 6 floors, up 9 (1)
floors, up 3 floors, down 2 floors and down 3 floors. The elevator finally
stopped on the …
A 5th floor

B 9th floor

C basement

D 4th floor

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Grade 9
5. (−28+3) (1)
−1 + −5
+ (−4)(−1)(−3) = …

A 16
B −3
C −8
D −18

6. The value of 92 – 1 is equal to … (1)


A 81

B 80

C 17

D 8

7. Calculate: √64 − (−36) (1)


A 100

B 14

C 10

D 2

8. Which is the correct product of prime factors of 350? (1)


A 1 × 7 × 52
B 2 × 7 × 52
C 2 × 7 × 25
D 14 × 52

9. There are 160 girls in Grade 8. Half of the girls play hockey and one quarter
of the remaining girls play soccer. How many girls play soccer?
A 20

B 40

C 80

D 120

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


JANUARY 2023
Grade 9
10. Jerome earns 𝑅52 450 per month. He splits his earnings in the ratio 7 : 4 and (1)
then save the larger amount. How much does he save?
A 𝑅44 957,14

B 𝑅39 337,50

C 𝑅19 072,72

D 𝑅33 377,27

11. Simplify: [2(𝑥 2 × 𝑥 3 )2 ]3 (1)


A 2𝑥 10
B 6𝑥 48
C 6 𝑥 36
D 8𝑥 30

3
12. Simplify: √16 x √16 + √64 + 32 × 10. (1)
A 680

B 290

C 110

D 39

13. What is 32 + 32 ÷ 32 + 30 × 3 − 32 ÷ 3 equal to? (1)


A 0

B −4
3

C 8

D 10

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


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Grade 9
14. What is 0,125 ÷ 5? (1)
A 25

B 2,5

C 0,25

D 0,025

15. 3 2
What is the value of × ?
7 7

A 6
7
B 5
7
C 5
14
D 6
49

16. 5 2
What is the value of ÷ 7?
14

A 3
7
B 4
5
C 54
5
D 5
4

17. Continue the pattern by adding the next term: 1 ; 9 ; 21 ; 37 ; …. (1)

A 53

B 45

C 68

D 57

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


JANUARY 2023
Grade 9
18. Determine the general term, Tn for the following sequence: (1)
2 ; 8 ; 14 ; 20 ; …

A T𝑛 = 𝑛 + 6
B T𝑛 = 2𝑛 + 4
C T𝑛 = 6𝑛 + 2
D T𝑛 = 6𝑛 − 4

19. 5 𝑑 ; 10 𝑑 ; 15 𝑑 ; … forms a linear pattern. What is the value of 𝑑 if (1)


T27 = −270?

A −5

B −2

C −10

D 2

20. Which of the following figures will come out of the instruction below?
There are 16 blocks to stack into layers. The stack must have 4 layers only.
Each layer must increase in the length on either side by the same number of
blocks. All blocks must be used

MATHEMATICS BASELINE TEST


JANUARY 2023
Grade 9

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