This is a Mathematics Grade 9 item bank on whole numbers from the Free State Department of Education, intended to guide teachers in setting their own weekly, biweekly and monthly tests, and in preparing learners for TIMSS and GEC style papers. It includes questions on the commutative, associative and distributive properties, calculations without a calculator, and classifying and defining natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers within the real number system.
The following document, Mathematics Grade 9 Whole Numbers Item Bank.pdf, is the full document.
Teacher Resource Brief
Mathematics Grade 9 Whole Numbers Item Bank PDF DVX-034
Key terms covered include the commutative, associative and distributive properties, and the real number system, including natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers.
The document opens by explaining its purpose for teachers, then provides item bank questions on properties of whole numbers and calculations without a calculator, followed by questions on classifying and defining numbers within the real number system.
This item bank helps teachers assess whether learners can identify and apply the commutative, associative and distributive properties, perform calculations without a calculator, and classify and define numbers within the real number system.