For Grade 9 students in Ontario

EQAO Grade 9 math practice

Every Ontario student in the Grade 9 math course (MTH1W) writes EQAO's Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics, online at school, in January or June. It counts toward the final course mark, and it covers the whole course: number, algebra and coding, data, geometry and measurement, and financial literacy.

Our EQAO-style practice has both sessions, 27 questions each with EQAO's mix of strands, and like the real test the first stage of each session decides whether the second is easier or harder. Every session is new when your child starts it, and the score for each strand shows straight away.

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Session A and Session B

Write a whole session, a practice test that runs from easier to harder questions, or 10 questions to try it first. Keep a calculator beside you, as on the real test. A free account includes 3 practice tests to write, and you will be asked to make one.

  • Session A

    27 questions · 60 minutes · adapts as you go

    The first 13 questions decide whether the last 14 are easier or harder.

  • Session B

    27 questions · 60 minutes · adapts as you go

    The same five strands and two stages, with new questions.

The test

How the real test works, and ours

The real testOur practice
Length54 questions in two sessions: 50 count, 4 are field tests54 questions in two sessions of 27, and every one counts
TimeAbout 60 minutes a session, in one sitting each60 minutes a session on the clock
StagesTwo stages a session: a medium module, then a low/medium or medium/high module chosen by the first13 questions, then 14 that are easier or harder depending on the first 13
StrandsNumber 20%, Algebra 36%, Data 16%, Geometry and Measurement 16%, Financial Literacy 12%The same mix in every session
Question typesSingle and multiple selection, drag and drop, drop-down menu and key entrySingle and multiple selection and typed answers
ToolsA built-in calculator and formula sheetUse your own calculator

EQAO publishes the length, the sessions, the two-stage design and the mix of strands. It does not publish how long each stage is or how many right answers lead to the harder stage, so those are our own choices. On the real test a student can move around inside a stage; our practice asks one question at a time.

What it covers

The five strands

Number · 20% of the test
Powers and exponent laws, scientific notation, number sets, rational numbers, rates, percents and proportions.
Algebra · 36% of the test
Expressions and equations, reading and changing code, linear and non-linear relations, slope and initial value, and where two lines meet.
Data · 16% of the test
Quartiles and box plots, scatter plots and correlation, and lines of best fit.
Geometry and measurement · 16% of the test
The Pythagorean relationship, volume of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones, changing dimensions, unit conversions, and circle and triangle properties.
Financial literacy · 12% of the test
Simple and compound interest, appreciation and depreciation, the cost of borrowing, comparing offers, and budgets.

A look at the test

Questions in the EQAO style

  • Financial literacy: simple and compound interest

    Jamal puts $3,600 into a savings account that pays 10% interest per year, compounded annually. How much money will be in the account after 2 years? Round to the nearest cent.

    1. A$4,356.00
    2. B$756.00
    3. C$3,960.00
    4. D$4,320.00
    Show the answer and why
    AnswerA$4,356.00

    1. Compound interest earns interest on the interest too, so multiply by 1 + 10/100 = 1.1 once for each year.

    2. $3,600 × 1.1 × 1.1 = $4,356.00, to the nearest cent.

    3. Final answer

      $4,356.00

    Remember

    Write the rate as a decimal: 5% is 0.05.

  • Algebra: reading code

    Look at the code. What number does the program print?

    1. A11
    2. B17
    3. C22
    4. D14
    Show the answer and why
    AnswerB17

    1. range(1, 5) gives n the values 1, 2, 3, 4.

    2. n >= 2 is true for 2, 3, 4

      3 passes add 5.

    3. The other 1 pass add 2.

    4. The program prints 17.

    5. Final answer

      17

    Remember

    Trace the code one line at a time and keep a small table of every variable's value.

  • Data: quartiles

    Here are the heights, in centimetres, of 15 bean seedlings:
    23, 12, 5, 12, 6, 9, 9, 29, 12, 18, 11, 21, 17, 26, 17
    Find each quartile as the median of its half of the data, leaving the median out of both halves when there is an odd number of values. What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

    1. A9.5
    2. B12
    3. C24
    4. D9
    Show the answer and why
    AnswerB12

    1. In order

      5, 6, 9, 9, 11, 12, 12, 12, 17, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 29.

    2. There are 15 values, so leave the median, 12, out of both halves. Lower half: 5, 6, 9, 9, 11, 12, 12. Upper half: 17, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 29.

    3. Q<sub>1</sub> = 9 and Q<sub>3</sub> = 21.

    4. IQR = 21 − 9 = 12.

    5. Final answer

      12

    Remember

    Put the data in order first.

Younger child in Ontario? Practise for EQAO Grade 3 or EQAO Grade 6, or see which gifted test your board gives.

Pricing

Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are CA$69.

A free account includes 3 practice tests to write. The pack opens unlimited sessions and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, on every EQAO practice session.

EQAO practice pack

CA$69

for 6 months

  • Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
  • The right answer to every question
  • A worked solution for every question, step by step
  • Unlimited Grade 9 math sessions
  • Unlimited Grade 3 and Grade 6 reading, writing and math

One payment in Canadian dollars for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal: when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.

Questions

What parents ask

Are these real EQAO questions?
No. We write our own questions from the Grade 9 math course and EQAO's published framework, in the strands and mix EQAO uses. EQAO's own sample test and released questions are free on its website, and we suggest trying them too.
Does the EQAO test count?
Yes. The Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics counts toward the student's final mark in the course. Schools decide how much, within the Ministry's rules.
When is it written?
In the semester or year a student takes the Grade 9 math course: EQAO opens a window in January and another in June. Your school sets the dates.
How is the real test scored?
EQAO reports a level from 1 to 4. Our practice shows how many questions were right in each strand, not a level, because a practice paper cannot predict EQAO's scoring.
Can my child use a calculator?
Yes. The real test has a calculator built in and allows students' own scientific or graphing calculators. Use one for our practice too.
Is it free?
A free account includes 3 practice tests to write. The pack (CA$69, in Canadian dollars) opens unlimited sessions and shows which questions were right, the right answers and a worked solution for each.

EQAO is the Education Quality and Accountability Office, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by EQAO, the Ontario Ministry of Education or any school board. Our practice questions are written by us from the Ontario curriculum and EQAO's published frameworks; they are not EQAO questions, and a practice score is not an EQAO result or a prediction of one.