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Mathematics Grade 9 November EC 2013 Question Paper (Eng)

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Downloaded from hlayiso.com SENIOR PHASE GRADE 9 NOVEMBER 2013 MATHEMATICS MARKS: 100 TIME: 2 hours This question paper consists of 16 pages including annexures.
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 2 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. Answer all the questions. 2. Write neatly and legibly. 3. Do not change the numbering of the questions. 4. Show all your calculations, correct your answer to TWO decimal places where necessary. 5. A non-programmable calculator may be used.
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 3 QUESTION 1 In this question, FOUR possible answers are given for each question. Write only the correct letter for the correct answer you have chosen next to the corresponding question number. Do not rewrite the question. EXAMPLE : e.g. 1.11 is: x x A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 The correct answer is 1 which is letter B. Answer: 1.11 B 1.1 The circles below are divided into parts. When the shaded in circle 1 is added to the shaded part in circle 2, their sum is equivalent to: Circle 1 Circle 2 A B C D (1) 1.2 How many numbers from 11 to 69 have the sum of their digits as a square number? A 14 B 15 C 10 D 17 (1)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 4 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) 1.3 The seventh term in the sequence ; ; ; ; 9; … is: A 96 B 97 C 98 D 99 (1) 1.4 In the machine below the output value is 19. What is the input value? INPUT x3 –2 OUTPUT A 13 B 55 C 25 D 7 (1) 1.5 Which of the following is a solution to 2 + y = 5? A (0 ; 3) B (-2 ; 1) C (5 ; -5) D (- ; 6) (1) 1.6 1.6 In two years’ time Thandile will be the age of the elder sister. If her sister is 34 years at the moment then Thandile’s age at the moment is … A 2 years. B 11 years. C 12 years. D 10 years. (1) 1.7 Bonga has a sheet of cardboard, he wants to cut it into pieces to make a rectangular pyramid. He will cut the following pieces: A Four rectangles and two squares B Two rectangles and four squares C Three rectangles and one triangle D One rectangle and four triangles (1)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 5 1.8 A type of a polyhedron (3-dimensional object) has 12 edges; 8 vertices and 6 faces. Which of the formulae given below for working out the number of edges is incorrect? A E = (V + F) – 2 B E = (V – 2) + F C E = (V – F) + 2 D E = (F – 2) + V (1) 1.9 From the information given below, choose the form of transport that uses the least fuel/petrol. A A truck uses 40 litres of fuel for 200 km B A car travels 500 km on 50 litres of fuel C A bus uses 30 litres of fuel to travel 165 km D A Rocker motorcycle travels 450 km on 22,5 litres of petrol (1) 1.10 The average of the given numbers {1; 2; 5 ; 12; 6 ; 10} is: A 6,98 B 6,93 C 6,12 D 6,75 (1) [10] QUESTION 2 2.1 Some Eastern Cape schools are experiencing a problem in submitting documents on time to their relevant district offices because of lack of suitable transport to suit the road conditions. The price of the new car to suit the road conditions is R315 000. The value of a car depreciates by 7% every year. 2.1.1 If the Eastern Cape government has to provide all its schools with cars and change them after every period of three years, what will be the value of a car be after 3 years? (3) 2.1.2 Suppose the government may need to pay an interest (SI) of R39 500 in years’ time. Work out the interest rate of the car that is sold for R315 000. (3) 2.2 A certain school has 720 pupils. The ratio of the number of senior pupils to the number of junior pupils is 4 : 5. How many junior pupils are there in the school? (2) 2.3 Kenneth has to divide R1 300 among his 3 workers A, B and C. Worker A must get R200 more than worker B, and worker B must get R100 more than worker C. What will worker C get? (2) [10]
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 6 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) QUESTION 3 3.1 Copy and complete the table below which shows the conversion of degrees in celsius to degrees in fahrenheit. TABLE 3.1 ºC 0 20 40 60 80 9 ºF = °C + 32 32 68 104 (2) 3.2 Use ANNEXURE 1 to draw the graph illustrating the information in TABLE 3.1. (2) 3.3 During school holidays Teddy assists his uncle who is working with steel. One day he thought of using the waste steel material to make racks for placing hot pots. He bought nails, cut pieces of steel and joined them one by one forming hexagonal patterns as shown below. (3) rack 1 rack 2 rack 3 rack 4 The table below shows the relationship between the rack number and the number of joined pieces. Rack no. 1 2 3 4 n Number of pieces 6 11 16 21 3.3.1 Determine the general rule for the number of steel pieces. (2) 3.3.2 What rack number can Teddy develop using 46 pieces? (2)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 7 3.4 Study the graph below and then determine the equation. (2) [10] QUESTION 4 4.1 Factorise completely: 4.1.1 – – (2) 4.1.2 m (m – 2) – 4(m – 2) (3) 4.2 Solve for in the equations below: 4.2.1 (3) 4.2.2 = (4) 4.2.3 = 256 (2)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 8 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) 4.3 Simplify: 4.3.1 n n . (2) 4.3.2 (3) 4.3.3 Using – – or otherwise, determine ( ) – (54 323)(54 319) (2) [21] QUESTION 5 5.1 Use ANNEXURE 2 to answer the following questions. 5.1.1 Reflect  ABC in the line y = in the same quadrant. (2) 5.1.2 What is the general rule of the reflection in the line y = ? (1) 5.1.3 Translate the reflected image 4 units to the right. (1)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 9 5.2 Two similar triangles are formed by two different ladders of lengths 10 m and 18 m that are leaning against a wall, such that they make the same angle with the ground. The 10 m ladder reaches 8 m up the wall. How much further up the wall does the 18 m ladder reach? (3) 5.3 Carefully study the figure below which shows the first two steps of tessellating the triangle and then answer the questions that follow. 1 3 2 i ii 2 31 5.3.1 Complete the tessellation step iii and step iv. (2) 5.3.2 What type of quadrilateral is formed after completing step iv? (1) 5.3.3 Give any TWO properties of the shape you mentioned in QUESTION 5.3.2. (2)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 10 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) 5.4 A Z-letter shape is drawn below (AB // CD) showing a pair of alternate angles. A B C D In the shape above identify the: 5.4.1 Angle of elevation (1) 5.4.2 Angle of depression (1) 5.5 Study the figure below: G y F 85 x E 40 A B C D AD; BG; FD and GC are straight lines. Calculate the value of y. (3) [17]
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 11 QUESTION 6 6.1 The figure below represents a classroom. The four walls with the ceiling form a right rectangular prism with the following dimensions: length of the wall is 9 m, the breadth is 7 m and the height is 5 m. 6.1.1 Determine the volume of air enclosed in the classroom. (2) 6.1.2 Convert your answer in QUESTION 6.1.1 to cubic centimetres. (1) 6.2 Miso’s sister lives and works in United Kingdom where they measure lengths in yards. 6.2.1 Miso needs 5 metres of cloth material to sew her dress. How many yards must the sister buy? [Hint: 1 m = 1,094 yards] (2) 6.2.2 If the sister buys 8 yards of cloth material, how many metres will be left after making the dress? (2) 6.3 A triangular prism is drawn. The base is a right angled triangle with DF = 8 cm, FE = 6 cm and its height is 15 cm. B is joined to F. A B C 15 cm F 8 cm 6 cm D E 6.3.1 Calculate the length of BF. (2) 6.3.2 Show that ∆ FDE and ∆ ABC are congruent. (4) [13]
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 12 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) QUESTION 7 7.1 The South African minister of finance allocated R9 billion in the 2003 budget as shown in the pie chart below. Transport 21,6° Housing 64,8° Defence 43,2° Sport and Culture Welfare 54° 79,2° Education 97,2° 7.1.1 Work out the fraction of the circle that represents the amount allocated to Defence. (1) 7.1.2 What percentage of the budget was allocated to Welfare and Education? (2) 7.1.3 If the percentages for Sport and Culture, Housing, Transport and Defence are 15%, 18%, 6% and 12% respectively, including the answer in QUESTION 7.1.2, draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram. (2) 7.1.4 Calculate the mean of the percentages allocated for the departments. (2) 7.2 South Africa has experienced a high rate of police officers killed on duty and off duty from 2002 to 2007. The information is shown below. Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 On duty 93 93 86 100 101 60 Off duty 160 136 125 125 125 110 Use ANNEXURE 3 to draw a double bar graph to show the information. (3)
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 13 7.3 The list below are the marks obtained by learners in a Mathematics test: 44 87 57 41 45 72 67 59 45 80 53 90 75 57 86 48 38 63 76 30 Determine the: 7.3.1 Median (2) 7.3.2 Range (1) 7.4 Using the marks obtained by learners in the Mathematics test in QUESTION 7.3, draw a tally-frequency table with 5 classes of equal width. [Hint: the first class interval is 21 – 35] (3) 7.5 Pairs of socks are neatly packed in a drawer of a wardrobe. There are 4 pairs of black socks, 2 pairs of blue socks, 3 pairs of yellow socks and 5 pairs of white socks. One pair of socks is taken from the drawer without looking. What is the probability of: 7.5.1 Taking a pair of blue socks or a pair of yellow socks? (1) 7.5.2 Not getting a pair of white socks? (1) 7.5.3 Choosing pairs of socks from one of the odd numbered pairs? (1) [19] TOTAL: 100
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 14 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) ANNEXURE 1 SURNAME : NAME : PROVINCE : DATE : QUESTION 3.2 CONVERSION OF ºC TO ºF 220 200 180 160 ° fahrenheit 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 ͦ celcius
Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2013) MATHEMATICS 15 ANNEXURE 2 SURNAME : NAME : PROVINCE : DATE : QUESTION 5.1
Downloaded from hlayiso.com 16 MATHEMATICS (NOVEMBER 2013) ANNEXURE 3 SURNAME : NAME : PROVINCE : DATE : QUESTION 7.2 POLICE OFFICERS KILLED ON AND OFF DUTY 180 160 140 120 NUMBER OF POLICE KILLED 100 80 60 40 20 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YEARS

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