Are you smarter than a 9th grader?

20 questions straight from a Grade 9 classroom: maths, science, geography, history and English. Can you beat a 14-year-old?

20 questions · about 2 min · members

About this test

Answer 20 multiple-choice questions at a Grade 9 level, covering maths, science, geography, history and English. You'll see the right answer after each question. Score 16 or more to prove you're smarter than a Grade 9 student, then move up a grade!

Possible results

  • The 9th graders win this round (score 0+)
  • Nearly there (score 10+)
  • Smarter than a 9th grader! (score 16+)
  • Top of the class (score 20+)
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  1. Which is the factorised form of x² − 9?
  2. What is 2⁵?
  3. A triangle has angles of 50° and 60°. What is the third angle?
  4. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
  5. What is the SI unit of force?
  6. What is the pH of pure water at 25 °C?
  7. Which river flows through Baghdad?
  8. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
  9. Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?
  10. What is the capital of Australia?
  11. Expand (x + 2)(x + 3)
  12. What is the gradient of the line through (1, 2) and (3, 8)?
  13. Simplify √50
  14. What is 10⁻²?
  15. Which formula gives average speed?
  16. Which part of a plant cell carries out photosynthesis?
  17. What is the chemical symbol for iron?
  18. What is the largest hot desert in the world?
  19. Which country was ruled by tsars until 1917?
  20. Who wrote the novel "1984"?

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