MATHS Y9 Entrance Exam 2021

YEAR 9 (13+) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
April 2020
for entry in September 2021
MATHEMATICS
Your Name: __________________________________________________________
Your School: __________________________________________________________
Time allowed: 1 hour
Equipment needed: Pen, Pencil, Eraser.
Information for candidates:

1. Calculators, Rulers and Protractors are NOT allowed.
2. Write your name and school on this page.
3. Write your answers on the question paper in the space provided.
4. There are 20 questions in this paper. Try to answer all of them, but don’t worry if
you don’t complete the paper. If you get stuck, just go on to the next question
and if you have time at the end come back to the one(s) you left.
5. There are 60 marks in total available for this paper. Marks for each question are
shown in square brackets [ ] after the question.
6. Show all your working. You may be awarded marks for correct working even if
your final answer is incorrect, and a correct answer unsupported by correct
working may not receive full marks.
5
1. Work out the value of of 63
7
_____________________ [2 marks]
2. Simplify 5𝑥𝑥 − 6𝑦𝑦 − 𝑥𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑦
_____________________ [2 marks]
3. Simplify:
a. 𝑤𝑤 8 ÷ 𝑤𝑤 2
______________________ [1 mark]
b. 5𝑐𝑐 2 𝑑𝑑 × 3𝑐𝑐
______________________ [2 marks]
24.3 ×14.93
4. By rounding each number to 𝟐𝟐 significant figures, estimate the answer to
123
______________________ [2 marks]
2
5. Expand and simplify:
a. 4𝑐𝑐(𝑑𝑑 − 5)
______________________ [2 marks]
b. 3𝑥𝑥 − (2𝑥𝑥 − 3)
______________________ [2 marks]
6. Complete the missing numbers in each of the function diagrams below.
a.
[1 mark]
b.
[1 mark]
c.
[1 mark]
3
7. Given that: 𝑎𝑎 − 𝑏𝑏 = 5
a. Work out the value of:
3(𝑎𝑎 − 𝑏𝑏)
______________________ [1 mark]
b. Work out the value of:

𝑏𝑏 − 𝑎𝑎
______________________ [1 mark]
8. Complete the grid so that when you multiply the three numbers in any column, row or diagonal the
answer is 𝟏𝟏.
[3 marks]
9. There are 24 boys, 45 girls and 281 adults in a badminton club.

50 more children join the club.
The number of girls is now 18% of the total number of members.
How many of the 50 children were boys?
______________________ [4 marks]
4
10. A football team has 𝑃𝑃 points.
𝑃𝑃 = 3𝑊𝑊 + 𝐷𝐷
𝑊𝑊 is the number of wins.
𝐷𝐷 is the number of draws.
A team gets 0 points for losing a match.
a. A team has won 5 games, drawn 3 games and lost 1 game.

How many points does the team have?
______________________ [1 mark]
b. After 33 games a different team has 53 points.

11 games were draws.
How many games has this team lost?
______________________ [3 marks]
11. 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 is a straight line.

Triangle 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is equilateral.
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷
Work out the size of angle 𝑥𝑥.
______________________ [4 marks]
5
12. 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 is parallel to 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶.
Calculate the value of 𝑥𝑥.
______________________ [3 marks]
13. Nicola thinks of a number.

She doubles it, adds 4 to the answer, and then divides the result by 7.
The number she now has is 2.
Find the number she first thought of.
______________________ [3 marks]
14. In this question all lengths are in centimetres.
a. Form a simplified expression for the perimeter of this rectangle.
______________________ [2 marks]
b. The perimeter of this rectangle is 124 cm. Calculate the value of 𝑥𝑥.
______________________ [3 marks]
6
15. Here are five cards.
One of the cards is removed.
The mean of the numbers on the remaining four cards is 6.
Which card was removed?
You must show your working.
______________________ [2 marks]
1
16. The range of a set of numbers is 15
4
7
The smallest number is −2
8
Work out the largest number.
Give your answer as a mixed fraction.
______________________ [3 marks]
17. A sequence has three terms.

The term-to-term rule for the sequence is
𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦𝐦 𝐛𝐛𝐛𝐛 𝟖𝟖 𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐚 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
a. The first term of the sequence is −1
Work out the third term.
______________________ [2 marks]
b. The order of the three terms is reversed to make a new sequence.

Work out the term-to-term rule for this sequence.
__________________________________________ [1 mark]
7
18. Find the value of 𝑥𝑥.
1 2
∶ = 𝑥𝑥 ∶ 1
2 3
______________________ [2 marks]
19. In this question all dimensions are in centimetres.

A solid has uniform cross section.
The cross section is a rectangle and a semicircle joined together.
Work out an expression, in cm3 for the total volume of the solid.
Give your answer in terms of 𝜋𝜋.
[3 marks]
20. The minute hand of this clock is missing. How many minutes have passed since the last full hour, if
the angle between the hour hand and twelve o’clock is 137°?
______________________ [3 marks]
Total Marks = 60

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YEAR 9 (13+) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Your Name: __________________________________________________________

Your School: __________________________________________________________

Time allowed: 1 hour

Equipment needed: Pen, Pencil, Eraser.

Information for candidates:

2. Simplify 5𝑥𝑥 − 6𝑦𝑦 − 𝑥𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑦

6. Complete the missing numbers in each of the function diagrams below.

a. Work out the value of:

b. Work out the value of:

9. There are 24 boys, 45 girls and 281 adults in a badminton club.

a. A team has won 5 games, drawn 3 games and lost 1 game.

b. After 33 games a different team has 53 points.

11. 𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 is a straight line.

13. Nicola thinks of a number.

14. In this question all lengths are in centimetres.

a. Form a simplified expression for the perimeter of this rectangle.

17. A sequence has three terms.

b. The order of the three terms is reversed to make a new sequence.

19. In this question all dimensions are in centimetres.

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