Year 9 Maths Test Linear Equations ~ 41 marks + 9 marks(ext)

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Multiple-choice questions 1 mark each.

Level 8.5

1 If x + 4 = 9, then x is equal to:

4 The solution to the equation 5y = 35
9 is:
A
4
A y=3
B 4
B y=5
C 5
C y =7
D 49
D y = 30
E 94
E y = 175
y
2 If a 7 = 22, then a is equal to: 5 If = 6, then:
4
22
A A y = 1.5
7
B y=2
B 7
C y = 24
C 15
D y = 46
D 29
E y = 64
E 227

6 The solution of 2x + 6 = 13 is:

3 The solution to the equation s 10 =
A x = 3.5
54 is:
B x = 0.5
A s=4
C x=7
54
B s= D x = 9.5
10
E x = 19
C s = 44
D s = 64
E s = 540

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Level 9 9 The solution to the equation

2z + 3 = 7z 12 is:
7 The solution of 2(x 4) = 20 is: 5
A z=
A 6 3
B 12 B z=3
C z = 2
C 14
D z=4
D 36 E z=4
E 44
3( x 4)
10 The solution to 8, correct
2
8 The solution to 2 = 6:
3
to 2 decimal places, is:
A -18
A 2.67
B 16
B 0
C -16
C 1.30
D -12
D 1.33
E 20
E 4

Short answer questions

Level 8.5
1 Solve the following equations showing all working out.
(a) 17 z = 19 (c) 3(y 10) = 30

(b) 4x + 3 = 11

(2, 2, 2)

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2 Verify that = 4 is a solution to the linear equation given below (show all working out).
+2
=3
2

(2)

Level 9.0
3 Solve these equations showing all working out.

5( x 6)
10
(a) 3(n + 2) + 4 = 1 (c) 3

7(t 1) 10
(b) 8 12 (d) 10
= 5
4

(2, 2, 2, 2)

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4 Solve the equations showing all working out.

(a) 2(3m + 1) + 2m = 18 (b) 1 (2 n) = 3n + 1

(2, 2)
5 Joshua is 6 cm taller than Penny. If their total height is 322 cm, then how tall is Penny?
Show all working out.

(2)
6 A sequence of three consecutive odd numbers add up to 189. What are the three numbers?
(Start by writing a linear equation representing this worded problem, where the variable x
represents the first number in the sequence.)

(3)

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7 Draw a diagram to help solve this problem.

In a rectangle, the width is 2 cm shorter than the length. If the perimeter is 44 cm, calculate the
length and width of the rectangle.

(3)
8 Sri, Megan and Ana have gone shopping. Ana has spent three times as much money as Megan and
Megan bought $20 less than Sri. If the total amount of money they spent was $320, how much
money did Megan spend? (show all working out).

(3)

Extended-response questions (Extension)

Level 9.5

1 2x + 4y = 11 can be arranged for y as:

A y = 11 2x
B y = 11 + 2x
11 2 x
C y=
4
11 2 x
D y=
4
E y = 7 2x
(1)

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2 There are four different rooms in an event space. Room A has 10 more people in it than
Room B. The combined number of people for Room C and double of Room D is 40. If Room
B has 5 less people than Room D and the total number of people at the event space is 60, how
many people were at the event space excluding those in Room B?

(4)
3 Rearrange the following formula:

+5
= (7 )

so that you have two equations, one with and one with as the subject.

a= e=

(2, 2)

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