Year 9 Reading Comprehension

Year 9 Writing Paper 

Mathematics: ( 1 hour )

The paper is closely linked to the National Curriculum KS3 and part of it is calculator based.  There is no sample paper but the key topics are listed below:

Number

• Ordering numbers: odd, even, primes, squares, powers, square roots
• Using percentages, fractions and ratios
• Money problems
• Rounding and estimating – to the nearest whole number, or to a given number of decimal places; and significant figures
• Sequences
• Use of metric units and conversion from one unit to another
• Use of negative numbers
• Time – 24 hour clock; am/pm

Shape and Space

• Using coordinates, straight line graphs; gradients; equations of simple graphs
• Using transformations – reflection, rotation, translation and enlargement
• Knowledge of angles – acute, obtuse; using a protractor; angles in triangles, quadrilaterals, parallel lines, use of bearings
• Scale drawings and ratio; plans and models
• Areas – of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapeziums
• Volume of cubes and cuboids

Algebra

• Collecting terms and basic rules of algebra; substitution in formulas
• Use of indices
• Solving equations

Handling data

• Finding simple probabilities
• Use of pie charts and other diagrams
• Calculating averages