Year 9 Maths
Maths Mentals
Your Teacher
Your School
Fun Facts
100

Name three topics you learnt about last year.

Answers could include: Ratios/Rates/Direct Proportion, Linear graphs, Composite shapes, surface area, volume, algebra (distributive law and binomials), Non-linear graphs, Similar triangles, scale factor, Pythagoras' theorem, trigonometry, statistics, probability, simple interest

100

3 x 6 + 5 = 

23

100

What is your Maths teacher's name?

Mr Kenny

100

Identify three things you should have for every lesson.

Possible responses: pen/pencil, book, device, diary, your best!

100

Australia has around three times more ______ than people?

Sheep

200
What do we call the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

The hypotenuse

200

8 x 6 - 9 x 3 = 

21

200

In which staffroom will you find your Maths teacher?

E Block staffroom

200

Where is your Year 10 area during lunch times?

Under I Block, A block courtyard and A block concourse.

200

In a room of 23 people, there's a 50% chance that two people will have _____________?

The same birthday

300

State Pythagoras' Theorem.

a2 + b2 = c2

300
(72 + 1)/2 = 

25

300

What should you do if you have a question for your Maths teacher outside of class?

Either send and email, or ask to see them at their staffroom.

300

When the second bell rings, where should you be?

In two lines outside the classroom with all your learning tools.

300

Which number, when spelt, has the same number of letters as the number itself?

Four

400

Use the distributive law to expand r(r + 3).

r2 + 3r

400

5(p + 6) = 

5p + 30

400

What is your Maths teacher's favourite colour?

Purple

400

Where do you go if you're not sure where one of your classes is?

The student hub.

400

Which animal's fingerprints are so close to human fingerprints that they have been confused at a crime scene?

A koala.
500

Define mean, median and mode.

Mean: the average of a set of scores

Median: the middle score

Mode: the most frequently occurring score

500

(g + 7)(g + 5) = 

g2 + 12g + 35

500

What are two things your Maths teacher expects of you this year?

1. To follow the four Rs.

2. To achieve your best possible results (try hard).

500

What should you do before leaving a classroom?

Check for rubbish around your desk

Wait to be dismissed by your teacher

500
Nearly 3% of ice in Antarctic glaciers is made up of what?

Penguin urine.