Naplan test: are you smarter than a year 9 student? Take our quiz to find out

It will be weeks before students who sat Naplan tests in 2024 know their results. But for now, you can test yourself with these year 9 practice questions. Composite: ACARA/Getty Images

More than a million students have completed this year’s Naplan exams, which were held in March.

A record 4.48m online tests were sat by 1.2 million students across thousands of schools, quizzing grades 3, 5, 7 and 9 on reading, writing, numeracy, spelling and grammar.

It will be weeks before students know how they did, but last year, one in 10 students were falling behind on core skills.

How do you think you’d fare on the year 9 tests? Take our Naplan test using official practice questions on language conventions and numeracy to find out.

1. Which word correctly completes this sentence: Check your facts again, and remember to cite the sources for _______.

   1. It

   2. They

   3. There

   4. Them

2. Ava has ⅛ cup of flour. She needs ¾ cup of flour for a recipe she wants to make. How much more flour does Ava need for the recipe?

   1. ¼ cup

   2. ½ cup

   3. ⅝ cup

   4. ⅞ cup

3. Jason wants to calculate the following: 35 × 62. Choose an expression that Jason could use.

   1. 30(5)+60(2)

   2. 30(60)+30(2)+5(60)+5(2)

   3. 5(62)+30(60)+5(2)

   4. 35(60)+35(5)

4. Which word correctly completes this sentence: Mr Chan, ______ car was parked beside ours, had arrived early.

   1. His

   2. Who

   3. Who’s

   4. Whose

5. Place a word to correctly complete the sentence: You will enjoy the walk ______ you are not afraid of heights.

   1. While

   2. Since

   3. Although

   4. Consequently

6. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

   1. Jane who is usually our reserve is playing, the whole game, on Saturday.

   2. Jane, who is usually our reserve, is playing the whole game, on Saturday.

   3. Jane, who is usually our reserve, is playing the whole game on Saturday.

   4. Jane who is usually our reserve is playing the whole game, on Saturday.

7. Which option could correctly complete this sentence: The teacher ____ is coming to visit me next week.

   1. whose red-striped shirt

   2. when I was eight

   3. after my family moved away

   4. who taught me all I know about music

   5. which also worked at the animal shelter

8. Bob’s Bakery reports a profit of $6,405.70. Karen’s Bakery reports a profit of $4,070.95. How much more money did Bob’s Bakery make than Karen’s Bakery?

   1. $2,334.75

   2. $2,329.75

   3. $2,234.50

   4. $2,300.25

9. Choose the word in this sentence that introduces an adverbial clause: At the end of class, the students gathered up the books that they had spread across the desk, before racing out the door.

   1. At

   2. That

   3. Across

   4. Before

10. Mara buys 1,000 plants at $2.25 each to sell at the weekend markets. She sells 350 of these plants for $6 each. Mara sells the rest of the plants in a sale for $1 each. Altogether, Mara makes a profit of:

    1. $50

    2. $150

    3. $500

    4. $2750

Solutions

1:D, 2:C, 3:B, 4:D, 5:B, 6:C, 7:D, 8:A, 9:D, 10:C

Scores

1. 10 and above.

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2. 9 and above.

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3. 8 and above.

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4. 7 and above.

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5. 6 and above.

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6. 5 and above.

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7. 4 and above.

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8. 3 and above.

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9. 2 and above.

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10. 0 and above.

    Time to go back to basics!!

11. 1 and above.

    At least you got one right!

Note: Some sections of the quiz have been altered for formatting reasons.