Date: MARCH 2025
Time: 1 HOUR
Marks: 50
Grade: 9
Subject: MATHEMATICS
Paper: 1
Name and Surname:
General instructions for the writing of exams:
1. Quickly scan through your entire paper.
2. Read the question twice before you begin.
3. Make sure to answer ALL questions.
4. Write neatly and legibly.
5 If you struggle too much with a question, move on to the next one and
return once you have answered all the other questions.
6. If the question calls for a longer answer, plan before you start writing.
7. For any answer longer than 1-2 words, always write in full sentences.
8. Make sure every point you make refers to the central question.
9. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation to the best of your ability.
10. If you make a mistake, cross it out clearly with a single, neat line and write
the correct answer instead.
11. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in
this question paper.
12. Present your answers according to the instructions for each question.
Good luck with your exam!
Content covered in this test:
Whole Numbers
Integers
Exponents
Number Patterns
Bl / Pg 1/4 www.summariessa.co.za Author: CHR SMI
Grade: 9 Subject: MATHEMATICS Date: MARCH
2025
, Question 1: Whole numbers.
1.1) Simplify each of the following without the use of a calculator:
1.1.1) 15 + √3 8 - 5 (2)
1.1.2) 4 2 +62 +5 (2)
1.2) Write down all of the factors and the first three multiples of 30. (4)
1.3) Calculate √ 1024 without the use of a calculator (Hint – use prime factors) (3)
1.4) John is one of seven people stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean.
The food and the supplies that they have with them will be enough to last them a
total of 14 days. Oneof the survivors gets lucky and is rescued, this means that
the supplies would need to be redistributed. How long will the people that remain
on the island be able to survive now? (3)
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Question 2: Integers.
2.1) Simplify each of the following without the use of a calculator, show all steps
required.
2.1.1) (−2)3 + √3 −64−√ 225 (2)
2.1.2) -3(5 -2) + 7(8-2) -6(5-9) (3)
2.2) Show that (−5)3 + √3 −64+15−72 = (3 × 7 × − 4) + 6(8 − 15) + (−41) (4)
(Hint, simplify both sides)
2.3) If R5 000 is invested for 3 years at 12% simple interest, what will the investment
be worth after the three years. How much will you need if the overseas holiday
that you plan to go on requires another R10 000? (3)
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Bl / Pg 2/4 www.summariessa.co.za Author: CHR SMI
Grade: 9 Subject: MATHEMATICS Date: MARCH
2025
Time: 1 HOUR
Marks: 50
Grade: 9
Subject: MATHEMATICS
Paper: 1
Name and Surname:
General instructions for the writing of exams:
1. Quickly scan through your entire paper.
2. Read the question twice before you begin.
3. Make sure to answer ALL questions.
4. Write neatly and legibly.
5 If you struggle too much with a question, move on to the next one and
return once you have answered all the other questions.
6. If the question calls for a longer answer, plan before you start writing.
7. For any answer longer than 1-2 words, always write in full sentences.
8. Make sure every point you make refers to the central question.
9. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation to the best of your ability.
10. If you make a mistake, cross it out clearly with a single, neat line and write
the correct answer instead.
11. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in
this question paper.
12. Present your answers according to the instructions for each question.
Good luck with your exam!
Content covered in this test:
Whole Numbers
Integers
Exponents
Number Patterns
Bl / Pg 1/4 www.summariessa.co.za Author: CHR SMI
Grade: 9 Subject: MATHEMATICS Date: MARCH
2025
, Question 1: Whole numbers.
1.1) Simplify each of the following without the use of a calculator:
1.1.1) 15 + √3 8 - 5 (2)
1.1.2) 4 2 +62 +5 (2)
1.2) Write down all of the factors and the first three multiples of 30. (4)
1.3) Calculate √ 1024 without the use of a calculator (Hint – use prime factors) (3)
1.4) John is one of seven people stuck on an island in the middle of the ocean.
The food and the supplies that they have with them will be enough to last them a
total of 14 days. Oneof the survivors gets lucky and is rescued, this means that
the supplies would need to be redistributed. How long will the people that remain
on the island be able to survive now? (3)
[14]
Question 2: Integers.
2.1) Simplify each of the following without the use of a calculator, show all steps
required.
2.1.1) (−2)3 + √3 −64−√ 225 (2)
2.1.2) -3(5 -2) + 7(8-2) -6(5-9) (3)
2.2) Show that (−5)3 + √3 −64+15−72 = (3 × 7 × − 4) + 6(8 − 15) + (−41) (4)
(Hint, simplify both sides)
2.3) If R5 000 is invested for 3 years at 12% simple interest, what will the investment
be worth after the three years. How much will you need if the overseas holiday
that you plan to go on requires another R10 000? (3)
[12]
Bl / Pg 2/4 www.summariessa.co.za Author: CHR SMI
Grade: 9 Subject: MATHEMATICS Date: MARCH
2025
