YEAR - END EXAMINATIONS – 2024/2025

NAME : ________________________________________________

CLASS : __________________ ADMISSION NO: _______________

YEAR : 9 (National)
SUBJECT : Mathematics
DURATION : 2 hours and 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS
 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
 Write the relevant steps and the correct units in answering the questions.

INFORMATION
 Answer all questions.
 In Part II each question carries 10 marks.

This document consists of 7 printed pages.

Part I
Answer all the questions in the paper itself.
1. a) Express 2.23 ×105 in general form. [1]

b) Round off 1.738 to the nearest second decimal. [1]

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2. Find the value of 1011two +101two [2]

3. The cost of 3kg rice is Rs.450. Find the cost of 8kg. [2]

4. The general term of a number pattern is T n=2 n+3. [2]

5. Find the magnitude of x . [2]

6. The radius of a circle is 3.5cm. Find its circumference. [2]

7. 5 [2]
How much of 800 .
8

8. Simplify: [2]
2 x +3 3 x +3
+
2 2

9. Solve the following inequality. [2]

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10. A rope is bent in the shape of a right-angle triangle. Find the x length of the triangle. [2]

9cm x

12cm

11. ax [2]
Make “a” the subject of the formula m=
t

12. Factorize x 2+ 8 x+12 [2]

13. Find the value of x according to the diagram given. [2]

14. Simplify. [2]

15. Lahiru, a foreign employee earns 1000 US dollars monthly. Convert his salary in Sri [2]
Lankan rupees (1$= Rs.361.72)

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16. According to the given sketch write down the equation of the function. [2]

=2

^ B=C O
17. If A O ^ D fill in the blanks to show that A O
^ C=B O
^D [2]
^ B=C O
AO ^ D (Given)
^ B+..........=C O
AO ^ D+ ......... ( Axiom )
^
∴ A OC=B ^D
O

18. Find the area of the parallelogram given in the diagram. [2]

19. The bearing of B from A is 120 ° . Find the bearing of A and B [2]

20. Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 14cm. [2]

[Total Marks :20 ×2=40]

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 Part – II
Answer all the questions in the foolscaps.
a) 2 1
A father gives of his land to his son and to his daughter.
3 4
(i) What portion is received by the son and the daughter as a fraction of the whole [2]
land?
(ii) If the remaining portion of land is 2 acres how many acres are there in the whole [2]
land?
b) (i) Solve the simultaneous equation given below. [3]
a+ 3 b=11
2 a−3 b=4

( )
❑
(ii) 3 1 [3]
Simplify 2 ÷5
4 2

[10 marks]

2. a) An incomplete table of values to draw the graph of the function y=2 x +3 is given below.
x −2 −1 0 +1 +2

y −1 +3 +5

(i) Fill in the blanks in the above table. [2]

(ii) Draw the graph of the above function on a suitable coordinate plane. [4]

(iii) Using the graph find the value of y when x=+2.5 [2]

(iv) Write the equation of the straight line which is parallel to the above straight line, [2]
and which passes through the point (0 , 5)

[10 marks]
3. a) For the following construction use only a pair of compasses and a straight edge.

(i) Construct a 5cm long straight-line segment and name as AB. [2]

(ii) Draw a perpendicular bisector for AB and name the point where it meets AB as C. [3]
Construct an angle of 45 ° at A. Name the point where this arm meets the above [3]
(iii)
perpendicular bisector as E.

(iv) Construct a circle from E, taking E as the center and EA as the radius. [2]

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 [10 marks]
4. a) The mathematics unit test marks of a class are given below.
30 27 26 28 30 29 28 28 26 27 28 28 28 26 25 29
25 25 26 27 30 28 27 26 28 27 28 29 30 28 30

Marks frequency fx
(x) (f)
25
26
27
28
29
30
The sum of the Σf =¿ Σ fx=¿
value

(i) Using the given data complete the above table. [4]
(ii) Find the mode. [2]
(iii) Find the median. [2]
(iv) Find the mean. [2]

[10 marks]
5. a) Sandra saw the notice displayed in a shop as below.

A discount of 8% is given on
every bill
(i) What is the discount amount Sandra will receive, if she purchases goods worth of [2]
Rs.1800.
(ii) How much does Sandra need to pay for shop keeper. [2]

(b) (i) Find the value of x according to the given polygon. [2]

(ii) Find the sum of the interior angles of a regular Octagon. [2]

(iii) Find the magnitude of an exterior angle of a regular hexagon. [2]

[10 marks]

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6. a) ε ={wholenumbers ¿ 1 ¿10 }
A={Prime numbers ¿ 1 ¿ 10 }
B={ Even numbers ¿ 1¿ 10 }

(i) Write the above sets in terms of its elements [3]

(ii) Denote the above sets in a copy of the Venn diagram given below. [2]

(iii) Fill in the blanks. [3]

(i) Write the sample space of all the possible outcomes. [1]
A={H 1 ,.......... }
(ii) What is the probability of getting head and a odd number? [1]

[10 marks]

END

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