Maths Practice & Tests

    for Years 9 - 10

                 by George Fisher

Maths Practice & Tests has a comprehensive range of exercises for extra practice arranged by topic for Years 9 and 10 as well as a series of whole tests for practice and revision including sample School Certificate tests.

Part One of Maths Practice & Tests contains a variety of challenging exercises organised by topic, covering all topics studied in Years 9 and 10. These exercises are intended to be used by students who need extra practice in a topic.

Part Two contains a series of practice tests of increasing difficulty. Each has two parts:

Part A consists of short answer questions,

Part B includes multi-part questions requiring longer answers. In addition, there are two sample School Certificate tests.

As well as testing the student's content knowledge over a range of topics, the tests are valuable in helping students deal with the procedures, format and time limits of formal tests.

 Maths Practice & Tests is

•  flexible - provides comprehensive formal tests plus items identified by topic

• practical - easy-to-use and easy-to-mark; answers are included

• economical - includes a lot of material and practice for a very affordable price

• versatile - can be used at school or at home; can be used by a whole class or individuals with particular needs

• practice - for School Certificate tests; for Year 9 scholarship and selective school entry examinations

 Maths Practice & Tests can be used:

 in the classroom as a source of extra material

as a source of homework exercises

 George Fisher is an experienced maths teacher who has taught at both state and private schools and is the author of a number of maths texts for schools. He is currently teaching at Taylor College.

 Maths Practice & Tests for Years 9 - 10 is complemented by Maths Practice & Tests for Years 7 – 8  which contains a comprehensive range of exercises and practice examination papers for each topic in Years 7 and 8.

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 Maths Practice & Tests for Years 9 -10 Contents

 1          Approximation and estimation

2          Using the hand calculator

3          Algebra: substitution, simplification

4          Algebraic fractions

5          Algebraic expressions with grouping symbols

6          Binomial products

7          Algebraic squares, difference of two squares

8          Metric system

9          Solving equations

10        Perimeter and area

11        Volume and surface area

12        Solving problems with equations

13        Area and volume: problems

14        Indices

15        Inequations

16        Consumer arithmetic

17        Formulas

18        Surds

19        Coordinate geometry

20        Statistics: measures of central tendency, cumulation, grouped data

21        Simultaneous equations

22        Factorisation

23        Trigonometry

24        Three-dimensional trigonometry

25        Geometry

26        Quadratic equations

27        Number-plane graphs

28        Further volume and surface area

29        Further statistics: measures of spread, range, mean and standard deviation ..

30        Probability

31        Similarity

32        Further trigonometry: sine rule, cosine rule, area of a triangle

33        Circle geometry

34        Logarithms

35        Functions and mappings

36        Polynomials

37        Matrices

38        Set theory

39        Surveying

40        Navigation

Practise Test 1

Practise Test 2

Practise Test 3

Practise Test 4

Practise Test 5

Practise Test 6

Practise Test 7

Practise Test 8

Sample Test 1

Sample Test 2

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