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NEAT ACADEMY
MATHEMATICS FOR ICSE
MODEL PAPER-1
CLASS IX

MAX MARKS: 80

MAX TIME: 2.5HOURS

NOTE:
1. Accuracy is considered the most and given maximum importance.
2. Graphs must be shown neatly and accurately.
3. Maximum time according to the board is given hence it is not extended at
any cause.
4. Everything must be presented legibly.
5. Please dont mess up with question numbers.
6. Each question consists of 10 marks.

ALL QUESTIONS FROM PART A MUST BE ANSWERED (NO CHOICE),

ANY FOUR QUESTIONS FROM PART B MUST BE ANSWERED OUT OF
SIX GIVEN QUESTIONS.
PART-A
Question 1
A. Which of the rational numbers

3
5

and

5
7

is greater. Insert three

rational numbers between the above two numbers mentioned so that

all the five numbers are in ascending order of their values. 2M
B. An article is sold for 480. Find its cost price if it is sold at (i) 20%
profit (ii) 20% loss.
3M
C. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 140. Find the bigger
number.
2M
D. The mean of 15 observations is 32. Find the resulting mean if, each
observation is (i) increased by 40%

(ii)decreased by 35%

(iii)multiplied by 12 (iv) Divided by 0.6

3M

Question 2
A. Define mean and median of the triangle and show them with a neat
diagram.

2M

B. A line segment AB is bisected at point P and through point P another

line segment PQ which is perpendicular AB is drawn. Show that :
QA=QB.
3M
C. In triangle ABC; angle A=90, side AB=x cm, AC= (x+5)cm and area =
150 cm. Find the sides of the triangle.
D. Make M the subject of the formula

3M

T =2

il
MH 2M

Question 3
A. If a+b+c=p and ab+bc+ca=q; find a+b+c.
3M
B. Factorise 24a+37a-5a.
2M
C. The difference between 3/4 of a line and line 2/5 of the same line is
32cm. find the length of the line.
2M
D. Construct a frequency distribution table from the following
distribution.

3M

Class intervals
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-25
25-30

Cumulative frequency
18
30
46
73
90

Question 4
A. The list price of a watch is 400. A customer gets two successive
discounts, the first being 10%. Calculate in percentage, the second
discount, if the customer pays 306.
3M
B. A footpath of uniform width runs all around the outside of a
rectangular field 30m long and 24m wide. If the path occupies 360m.
Find its width.

4M

C. In the given figure, AB=DB and AC=DC. If angle ABD=58, angle

DBC=(2x-4), angle ACB=y+15 and angle DCB=63, find the values of

x and y.

3M
PART B

Question 5
A. Angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. Find the angles.
B. Find the mean and median of the data:
35
48
92
52

51

63

C. Find the values of a and b if:

D. If

64

71. If 51 is replaced by 66, what will be the

new median?

1
a+ = p
a

2M
76

3M
5 2 =a+b 10
.
5+ 2

1
and a0. Then show that : a+ a =0.

3M
2M

Question 6
A. In the following figure, OA=OC and AB=BC. Prove that (i)angle
AOB=90. (ii)AODCOD. (iii)AD=CD.

3M

B. The adjoining diagram illustrates the information collected about the

number of brothers in a certain group. What is the total number of

boys in this group?

3M

X axis-brothers Y axis- no of brothers

7

5
4
3
2
1

C. A worker in a factory is paid 2 per hour for normal work and double
the rate for overtime work. Write down an expression for his one
weeks earnings in which he worked for 40 hours out of which x hours
was overtime. Also, find the number of hours of his normal work if he
receives 116 in all.

2M

D. A man marks his goods at a price that would give him 20% profit. He
sells 3/5 of the goods at the marked price and sells the remaining at
20% discount. Find his gain per cent on the whole transaction.

2M

Question 7
A. The distance between parallel sides of a trapezium is 15cm and the
length of the line segment joining the midpoints of its non-parallel
sides is 26cm. Find the area of the trapezium.
4M
B. A man sells 5 identical articles for 15 and makes a profit of 20%. Find
his gain or loss per-cent; if he sells 8 such articles for Rs.18.40
2M
C. Factorize: (a-1)(b-1)+4ab
2M
1 1 1
+ =
D. If x+y=m and x y t , find a formula for m in terms of x and t. 2M

Question 8
A. The mean of 6 numbers is 42. If one number is excluded, the mean of
remaining numbers is 45. Find the excluded number.
3M
B. In a triangle angle A + angle B=144 and angle A + angle C=124.
Calculate each angle of the triangle.
2M
C. In the expansion of (2x-8)(x-4); find the (i)co efficient of x

(ii)co

efficient of x
(iii)constant term
3M
D. The greater of the two numbers is 8 times the lesser and their sum is
180. Find the numbers.

2M

Question 9
A. Examine each of the following as rational or irrational number.
6
3

(ii) (3+ 3)(3 3)

(i)

2M

B. Use the table given below to find :

1. The actual class limits of the fourth class.
2. The class boundaries of the sixth class.
3. The class mark of third class.
4. The upper and lower limits of fifth class.
5. The size of second class.
6. Class mark of fourth class.

3M

Intervals
Frequency
30-34
7
35-39
10
40-44
12
45-49
13
50-54
8
55-59
4
C. In a triangle ABC, angle B is greater than angle C.M is a point on BC
such that AM bisects angle BAC and N is a point on BC such that AN
is perpendicular to BC. Prove that :2angleMAN=angleB-angleC.
3M
D. Three articles A,B,C are brought for 4000 each. Article A is sold at a
loss of 15% and Article B is sold at a profit of 25%. If the average
selling price of all the three articles is 3960. At what profit or loss
per-cent is article C sold?
Question 10

2M

A. Construct a combined histogram and a frequency polygon for the

following distribution:

3M

Intervals
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
Frequency
3
5
6
4
2
B. Each of the side of square ABCD is 12cm. A point P lies on side DC
such that area of ADP : area of trapezium ABCP = 2:3. Find DP.
2
C. Given A= r and C=2 r . Find r in terms of A and C.
2M

2M

D. In a triangle ABC, D is the midpoint of BC; AD is produced upto E so

that DE=AD. Prove that
1. ABD and ECD are congruent.
2. AB=AC.
3. ABEC.

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