Released Assessment Questions, 2015
Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics • Applied
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For use with Assistive Technology
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Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
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scored zero.
Answering Open-Response Questions
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Multiple-Choice, question 1 to 18:
Question 1: Which of the following ratios is equivalent to 2 to 5?
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C: 14 to 35
D: 22 to 25
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Question 2: The ratio of boys to girls in Mandy’s mathematics class is 3 to 12.
This ratio is the same in Mandy’s science class, in which there are 20 girls. How many boys are
there in Mandy’s science class?
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Question 3: Jake and Minh buy food for a fundraiser.
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Question 4: A school orders 120 calculators.
The school receives a shipment containing 80% of the order, and 1 out of every 3 of these
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How many black calculators has the school received in this shipment?
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Question 5: What is the value of negative 5 minus negative 3?
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Question 14: The equation C = 45 plus 3d represents the relationship between total cost, C, in
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Question 19: Healthy Start
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Question 29: The Snack Company sells popcorn in 2 different-sized boxes. Each box is in the
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