Mathematics Admissions Exam
Learning Outcomes and Sample Questions
Subject Mathematics
Grade of Entry 9
Admission Year AY 2023-2024
Number of Questions 20 (5 marks each question)
Type of Questions Multiple Choice (with 4 Options)
Exam
Exam Duration 45 minutes
Specifications
Calculators Not Allowed
Language Questions are written both in English and Arabic
Learning Outcomes Tested for Entry to Grade 9: Mathematics
The Mathematics Admissions exam is made up of questions that are derived from the below learning Outcomes:
1. Use order of operations to evaluate complex numerical expressions (Understand the order of operations)
2. Use different properties of equality to solve a linear equation with variable on each side
Use cross multiplication to simplify rational equations into linear equations with variables in each side then
solve the resulting equation
Combine like terms to simplify an equation with variable on each side to become of the form
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃 = 𝒄𝒙 + 𝒅 then solve the resulting equation
Use the distributive property to simplify an equation with variable on each side to become of the form
𝒂𝒙 + 𝒃 = 𝒄𝒙 + 𝒅 then solve the resulting equation
Conclude that an equation has no solution if it simplifies to an always false statement
Conclude that an equation has infinitely many solutions if it simplifies to an always true statement
3. Solve a given equation for a variable
4. Translate a given sentence into a linear equation
5. Determine whether or not a relation is a function by identifying the number of outputs assigned to each input
A relation can be given as a set of ordered pairs, in table format, or as a graph
6. Understand the absolute value of a number
7. Solve an absolute value equation by reasoning which of the given values makes it correct
8. Solve rate and ratio real-life problems
9. Solve problems involving proportional relationships (Identify the constant of proportionality)
10. Solve problems involving proportions
11. Calculate percent of increase/decrease in a real-life problem
12. Solve real-life problems involving percentages
13. Solve problems to find prices after a discount or to find the original price given the discounted price
14. Solve reasoning problems with exponents
15. Solve systems of two linear equations
16. Translate a real-life problem into a system of two equations and solve it
17. Solve one-step and two-step linear inequality: Extend to compounded inequality by reasoning
18. Find slope of a line
19. Find equation of a straight line that passes through two given points
20. Find equation of a straight line passing through a given point and is parallel or perpendicular to a given line
21. Find volumes of cylinders and rectangular prisms
22. Find the mean (average) give a set of numbers
23. Find the median given a bar graph
24. Find missing measures in a rectangle. Recall that:
Diagonals bisect each other
Opposite sides are congruent
25. Understand that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then pairs of consecutive interior angles are
supplementary
Sample Questions for Entry to Grade 9: Mathematics
All questions in the exam will be translated in Arabic as in Question 1 below.
Q2-Q10 in this sample set are only in English for practice.
1. Simplify the expression below:
:بسط التعبير أدناه
ّ
[(−1)4 2
× (3) + (2) 3] 4
−2 ÷4
A. 1
B. 0.25
C. 13
D. 14
2. Which of the following linear equations has no solutions?
A. 𝑥 + 5 = 𝑥 + 5
B. 3𝑥 − 4 = 3(𝑥 − 2)
C. 3𝑥 − 4 = 2𝑥 + 6
D. 2(𝑥 + 5) = 𝑥 − 6
3. Solve the equation to find the value of 𝑥.
3(𝑥 − 3) 3𝑥 − 5
=
6 14
A. 4
B. 1
C. 0.25
D. 2
4. TNER is a rectangle. Find the length of RO.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 10
5. Solve the below equation to find all the possible values of x.
|2𝑥 + 9| = 3
A. 𝑥 = −3
B. 𝑥 = 3, 𝑥 = −6
C. 𝑥 = −3, 𝑥 = −6
D. 𝑥 = 3, 𝑥 = 6
𝑥 12
6. If 𝑥 is a positive real number and 𝑥 4 = 2, what is the value of ?
8
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
7. What is the solution of the inequality?
2
−1 ≤ 11 − 𝑥 < 3
3
A. −6 ≤ 𝑥 < −3
B. 12 < 𝑥 ≤ 18
C. −6 < 𝑥 ≤ −3
D. 12 ≤ 𝑥 < 18
8. Write the equation of the line that passes through (−6, 1) and is perpendicular to 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 5.
A. 𝑦 = 0.5𝑥 + 4
B. 𝑦 = −0.5𝑥 − 4
C. 𝑦 = 0.5𝑥 + 3
D. 𝑦 = −0.5𝑥 − 2
9. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram. Find the measure of angle B in degrees.
A. 22
B. 92
C. 98
D. 100
10. Find the volume of the cylinder shown below.
A. 169𝜋
B. 325𝜋
C. 25𝜋
D. 350𝜋
