Provincial assessment · Prince Edward Island
School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics
- Grade 9
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- Total time
- 2 h
- Marked questions
- 36
- Calculator
- Approved models
- Format
- On paper
PEI Grade 9 Math Assessment practice test
The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.
The exam in the app
Its parts, and what you can use in each
A question, timed, with the exam’s tools
The marked result, part by part
A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.
Free with a MapleMind account
When
June 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred from the spring 2024 sittings and the old June design)
- June 1 to June 18, 2027School day · Grade 9 Mathematics school-based assessment, one sitting (the school sets the day)
The dates are Prince Edward Island’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (princeedwardisland.ca)
What’s on it
- Number
- Patterns and relations
- Shape and space
Each topic’s share of the marks isn’t published.
The skills it tests · 30 skills
- Adding polynomials
- Applying the Pythagorean theorem
- Approximate square root of non-perfect squares
- Bracketed and distributive equations
- Comparing and ordering rational numbers
- Dividing polynomials by monomials
- Dividing powers
- Equations with variables on both sides
- Generalizing a pattern with a linear equation
- Multiplying polynomials by monomials
- Multiplying powers
- One-step linear equations
- Operations on rational numbers
- Order of operations with exponents
- Perfect squares
- Power of a power
- Powers as repeated multiplication
- Recognizing similar triangles
- Scale diagrams
- Single-variable linear inequalities
- Solving problems with powers
- Solving with similar triangles
- Square root
- Square root of rational perfect squares
- Subtracting polynomials
- Surface area of composite objects
- The zero exponent
- Two-step linear equations
- Understanding polynomials
- Understanding the Pythagorean theorem
How it’s built
- Assessment
- Time
- 120 min
- Questions
- 36
- Marks
- 36
- Of the marks
- 100%
- Multiple choice
- Written answers
Mostly multiple choice with four choices, plus some short written answers, on number, patterns and relations, and shape and space. Show your work for the written answers.
How it’s marked
Your teachers mark it and record your result. No pass mark is published.
On the day
- Calculator
- A calculator is allowed. Ask your teacher which kinds are accepted.
One paper sitting of about two hours. Most questions are multiple choice with four choices, and some need a short written answer. Your work and answers go in the booklet.
Getting ready
1 official document to practise with, and 3 tips.
Official practice
Tips from the people who write it
- For each multiple-choice question, pick the choice that best answers it.
- Review the year: exponent laws, rational numbers, square roots, linear relations and equations, polynomials, inequalities, circle geometry and similarity.
- Show your work on the written questions, so your reasoning is clear.
More for you
Students
Read what’s on it, then write full practice exams under the real time limit.
Practise itParents
Put the dates on the family calendar. The Parent Dashboard shows each practice exam’s result and the skills that need another look.
See the Parent DashboardEducators
The official practice above makes a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.
For schools
Questions about this exam
When is the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics in 2026–27?
The next sitting is June 1 to June 18, 2027.
How long is the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics?
It takes 2 hours in all, over 1 part.
How many questions are on the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics?
It has 36 marked questions.
Can you use a calculator on the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics?
Yes, a calculator from the approved list.
Where can I find practice tests for the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics?
Prince Edward Island publishes Intermediate Mathematics Assessment Sampler (the old Grade 9 assessment's sample questions and key; Internet Archive copy). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.
Practise for the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics
Every skill on the School-based Assessment in Grade 9 Mathematics, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.
