Released Assessment Questions, 218 ANSWERS Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics Academic DIRECTIONS Answering Multiple-Choice Questions Answer all multiple-choice questions. If you fill in more than one answer to a question, or leave a question blank, the question will be scored zero. Incorrect answers will also be scored zero. Answering Open-Response Questions Do all of your work for each question in the space provided for the question only. Write your solutions, including all calculations, clearly and completely. ATTENTION: There are more open-response questions in this booklet than a regular booklet. Record ALL your answers to multiple-choice and open-response questions in this booklet. You are now ready to start. 2 Carlton Street, Suite 12, Toronto ON M5B 2M9 Telephone: 1-888-327-7377 Web site: www.eqao.com 218 Queen s Printer for Ontario
Multiple-Choice page 2 Please read the questions in the Question Booklet; then fill in your answers below. To indicate your answer, use a pencil to fill in the appropriate circle below completely. Like this: Not like this: Cleanly erase your answer if you wish to change it and fill in the circle for your new answer. Fill in only one circle for each question. 1 a b c d 2 a b c d 3 a b c d 4 a b c d 5 a b c d 6 a b c d 7 a b c d
Open-Response page 3 8 Square Removed This rectangle has a square removed. There are algebraic epressions for the sides, in centimetres. 5 3 The area of the rectangle without the square is 126 cm 2. Determine the side length of the square,, in centimetres. Show your work. The side length of the square,, is cm.
Open-Response page 4 9 How Fast Can You Ski? This scatter plot shows the relationship between the distance a downhill skier is from the bottom of a ski hill and the amount of time the skier has been on the hill. D Distance From Bottom of Hill vs. Amount of Time 55 5 45 Distance from bottom of hill (m) 4 35 3 25 2 15 1 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Amount of time (s) t Draw an appropriate line of best fit for the data. Determine an equation for your line of best fit. Show your work. If using technology, provide support to show why your answer is correct. D =
Open-Response page 5 1 Tree Planting A high school s environmental club is selling trees to raise money. The club starts with a donation from the principal and then collects money for each tree it sells. Information about the linear relationship between the total amount raised and the number of trees sold is given. Graph all the data from the table on the grid. Include an appropriate scale on the vertical ais. Number of trees sold, n Total amount raised, A ($) A Total Amount Raised vs. Number of Trees Sold 3 24 9 42 11 48 Total amount raised ($) 2 4 6 8 1 12 Number of trees sold n Determine an equation to represent the relationship between the total amount raised, A, and the number of trees sold, n. Show your work. A =
Open-Response page 6 11 Comparisons 5 Line segment AB has a slope of. 8 y 15 B 1 5 A 8 16 24 32 Slope of AB = 5 8 Determine the slope of line segments EF, GH and JK below. y 4 3 y 8 6 H y 32 24 J 2 1 E F 4 8 12 4 2 G 8 16 24 16 8 K 1 2 3 Slope of EF = Slope of GH = Slope of JK = Complete the chart by comparing the slope of each of line segments EF, GH and JK to the slope of line segment AB if all the line segments were graphed on the same grid. Line segment EF Line segment GH Line segment JK Comparison to line segment AB Circle one: parallel perpendicular neither Circle one: less steep more steep same steepness Circle one: parallel perpendicular neither
Open-Response page 7 12 The Better Choice Shane has a choice between two jobs helping people around his neighbourhood. Job A: Shaneʼs total pay is shown on the grid below. Job B: Shane will receive base pay of $3, plus $12.5 per hour. Determine the conditions under which Shane should select Job A and the conditions under which he should select Job B. Justify your answer. P Total Pay vs. Number of Hours Worked 16 15 Job A 14 13 12 11 1 Total pay ($) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of hours worked 7 8 9 n
Open-Response page 8 13 What Height? Two containers are pictured below. One container is a cone, and the other is a rectangular-based prism. 12 cm 1 cm 8 cm 9 cm The cone is completely filled with water, and then the water is poured into the empty prism, without spilling. Determine the height of the water in the prism. Show your work.
Multiple-Choice page 9 Please read the questions in the Question Booklet; then fill in your answers below. To indicate your answer, use a pencil to fill in the appropriate circle below completely. Like this: Not like this: Cleanly erase your answer if you wish to change it and fill in the circle for your new answer. Fill in only one circle for each question. 14 a b c d 15 a b c d 16 a b c d 17 a b c d 18 a b c d 19 a b c d 2 a b c d 21 a b c d 22 a b c d