Terra Nova Practice Test 9th Grade

Ninth grade algebra, reading and grammar for the TerraNova3 Complete Battery, the edition that covers high school.

The cost in dollars of booking n concert tickets is 50 + 12n. What does the 12 stand for?

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The real test: TerraNova in grade 9

Edition
TerraNova3 Complete Battery. TerraNova NEXT and the online Complete Battery both stop at grade 8.
Level
The publisher's table gives grades 9 to 12 Levels 19 to 21/22, with the same question counts and times for all of them.
Questions and time
Reading, 46 questions in 1 hour. Language, 34 in 35 minutes. Mathematics, 46 in 1 hour 10 minutes. Science, 40 in 40 minutes. Social studies, 40 in 40 minutes.
Question kind
Selected response.
Format
Paper and pencil.
Scores
Norm-referenced achievement scores on 2024 norms, objective mastery scores and performance levels.

Checked October 13, 2026 against the TerraNova3 Complete Battery page, Data Recognition Corporation. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

The publisher's page about the test

Next step More algebra: Algebra 1 end of courseReview: the grade 8 set

Math: all 16 questions

Algebra 6

  • (4x² − 3x + 2) − (x² + 5x − 6) = ? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.APR.A.1
  • A phone plan costs $25 a month plus $0.10 for each text. Which inequality gives the numbers of texts t that keep a month's bill at $40 or less? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.CED.A.1
  • The cost in dollars of booking n concert tickets is 50 + 12n. What does the 12 stand for? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.SSE.A.1.a
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Algebra, continued

  • Solve for x: (2x − 1)/3 = 5 Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.REI.B.3
  • What are the solutions of 2x² − 8x = 0? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.REI.B.4.b
  • (x + 3)(2x − 5) = ? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSA.APR.A.1

Functions 4

  • An arithmetic sequence begins 5, 12, 19, 26. What is its 15th term? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.BF.A.2
  • At which x-values does the graph of f(x) = x² − 4x + 3 cross the x-axis? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.IF.C.7.a
  • For real numbers, what is the domain of f(x) = √(x − 3)? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.IF.B.5
  • The value of a car after t years is modeled by V = 18,000(0.85)ᵗ. What does the 0.85 mean? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSF.LE.B.5

Geometry 3

  • A paper cup is a cone with a radius of 6 centimeters and a height of 5 centimeters. Using 3.14 for π, how much does it hold? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.GMD.A.3
  • Lines p and q are parallel, and line t crosses both. One angle between p and q, on the left of t, measures 72°. What is the measure of its alternate interior angle? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.CO.C.9
  • Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF. AB = 8, BC = 12 and DE = 14. What is the length of EF? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSG.SRT.B.5

Data and probability 3

  • A study finds that towns with more libraries also have more traffic lights. Which conclusion is justified? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSS.ID.C.9
  • Of 40 students, 25 play a sport, and 10 of those 25 also play an instrument. A student who plays a sport is picked at random. What is the probability that the student also plays an instrument? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSS.CP.B.6
  • Seven quiz scores are 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14 and 18. What is their interquartile range? Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, standard HSS.ID.A.2

How this list was compiled: Outline: the publisher's TerraNova3 Complete Battery page (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, whose table gives the subjects, question counts and times for grades 9 to 12, read 2026-10-13. The publisher lists no objectives for those levels in public (its objective sheet, https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, stops at grade 8), so each question names the Common Core high school standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/, read 2026-10-13. Every answer was worked out again. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Reading: all 16 questions

Words in context 4

  • "After the arduous climb, even the guides lay down on the summit." What does arduous mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.a; "arduous" read in Wiktionary
  • "The benevolent landlord lowered the rent when the mill closed." What does benevolent mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.a; "benevolent" read in Wiktionary
  • "The cabin was austere: a cot, a table, one hook on the wall." What does austere mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.a; "austere" read in Wiktionary
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Words in context, continued

  • "His orange coat made him conspicuous in the gray crowd." What does conspicuous mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.4.a; "conspicuous" read in Wiktionary

Literary text 6

  • "At the border the bus stopped, and everyone reached for papers. Mirela had hers ready, as she had for an hour, in a hand that would not stay dry. The guard took the old man's passport first, then the student's, and waved each back with two fingers. When he came to Mirela he looked at the photograph, at her, at the photograph. 'You cut your hair,' he said, and handed it back. She did not breathe out until the bus had rolled a full mile." How does the author build tension when the guard reaches Mirela? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.5
  • "At the border the bus stopped, and everyone reached for papers. Mirela had hers ready, as she had for an hour, in a hand that would not stay dry. The guard took the old man's passport first, then the student's, and waved each back with two fingers. When he came to Mirela he looked at the photograph, at her, at the photograph. 'You cut your hair,' he said, and handed it back. She did not breathe out until the bus had rolled a full mile." What is the effect of the guard's remark, "You cut your hair"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.3
  • "At the border the bus stopped, and everyone reached for papers. Mirela had hers ready, as she had for an hour, in a hand that would not stay dry. The guard took the old man's passport first, then the student's, and waved each back with two fingers. When he came to Mirela he looked at the photograph, at her, at the photograph. 'You cut your hair,' he said, and handed it back. She did not breathe out until the bus had rolled a full mile." Which detail best shows Mirela's fear before the guard reaches her? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.1
  • "Grandfather kept the orchard ledger in pencil, so that a bad year could be rubbed out. That was his joke. In truth he never erased a line. The frost of his thirtieth spring was still there, and the hail, and the summer the well failed, each in the same small upright hand. 'A farm that forgets,' he told me once, 'plants in the same hole twice.' When the ledger came to me I bought a pen." What can be inferred about why the grandfather never erased a line? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.1
  • "Grandfather kept the orchard ledger in pencil, so that a bad year could be rubbed out. That was his joke. In truth he never erased a line. The frost of his thirtieth spring was still there, and the hail, and the summer the well failed, each in the same small upright hand. 'A farm that forgets,' he told me once, 'plants in the same hole twice.' When the ledger came to me I bought a pen." What does the grandfather mean by "plants in the same hole twice"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.4
  • "Grandfather kept the orchard ledger in pencil, so that a bad year could be rubbed out. That was his joke. In truth he never erased a line. The frost of his thirtieth spring was still there, and the hail, and the summer the well failed, each in the same small upright hand. 'A farm that forgets,' he told me once, 'plants in the same hole twice.' When the ledger came to me I bought a pen." What does the narrator's buying a pen suggest? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RL.9-10.2

Informational text 6

  • "Every spring the city mows the wide medians along Route 9 six times, at a cost of $11,000 a cut. The parks office now proposes mowing twice and letting native grasses grow. Critics call the plan lazy. Yet the pilot strip near the depot, left unmowed last year, needed no watering during the August drought, while the mowed strip beside it browned by July. Tidy and healthy, it turns out, are not the same thing." According to the passage, how much does the city now spend each spring on mowing the medians? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.1
  • "Every spring the city mows the wide medians along Route 9 six times, at a cost of $11,000 a cut. The parks office now proposes mowing twice and letting native grasses grow. Critics call the plan lazy. Yet the pilot strip near the depot, left unmowed last year, needed no watering during the August drought, while the mowed strip beside it browned by July. Tidy and healthy, it turns out, are not the same thing." What is the central idea of the passage? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.2
  • "Every spring the city mows the wide medians along Route 9 six times, at a cost of $11,000 a cut. The parks office now proposes mowing twice and letting native grasses grow. Critics call the plan lazy. Yet the pilot strip near the depot, left unmowed last year, needed no watering during the August drought, while the mowed strip beside it browned by July. Tidy and healthy, it turns out, are not the same thing." Which evidence most directly supports the parks office's proposal? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.8
  • "The log kept at the Marrow Head light from 1891 records wind, fog, and every ship that passed. It was written to protect the keeper: if a ship struck the rocks, the log proved the lamp was lit. A century later, researchers read the same pages for a different reason. The fog counts, kept faithfully for a purpose that no longer exists, are now the longest weather record on that coast." As it is used in the passage, what does "faithfully" mean? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.4
  • "The log kept at the Marrow Head light from 1891 records wind, fog, and every ship that passed. It was written to protect the keeper: if a ship struck the rocks, the log proved the lamp was lit. A century later, researchers read the same pages for a different reason. The fog counts, kept faithfully for a purpose that no longer exists, are now the longest weather record on that coast." How are the two uses of the log related? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.3
  • "The log kept at the Marrow Head light from 1891 records wind, fog, and every ship that passed. It was written to protect the keeper: if a ship struck the rocks, the log proved the lamp was lit. A century later, researchers read the same pages for a different reason. The fog counts, kept faithfully for a purpose that no longer exists, are now the longest weather record on that coast." Why was the log first kept? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard RI.9-10.6

How this list was compiled: Outline: the publisher's TerraNova3 Complete Battery page (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, whose table gives the subjects, question counts and times for grades 9 to 12, read 2026-10-13. The publisher lists no objectives for those levels in public (its objective sheet, https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, stops at grade 8), so each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/, read 2026-10-13. Word meanings were read in Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/, 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

Language and grammar: all 12 questions

Grammar and usage 5

  • "The list of late arrivals ___ posted by the door." Which verb completes the sentence? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1
  • "The mayor promised to repair the bridge, to reopen the pool, and ___." Which ending keeps the sentence parallel? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.a
  • "Racing down the hall, the students nearly missed the bell." What is "Racing down the hall"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.b
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Grammar and usage, continued

  • "The usher handed Dara and ___ the last two programs." Which pronoun completes the sentence? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1
  • "What the witness saw changed the case." What is "What the witness saw"? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1.b

Punctuation 4

  • Which sentence about a rising river joins its two independent clauses correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.a
  • Which sentence about a trail sign uses a colon correctly to introduce a quotation? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2.b
  • Which sentence about two teams and a coach uses apostrophes correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2
  • Which sentence sets off the clause "who lives abroad" correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.2

Style and word choice 3

  • Which sentence about a bus schedule uses "affect" or "effect" correctly? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.1
  • Which sentence says the idea most concisely without losing meaning? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.3
  • "The witness ___ that the door was locked." Which word best fits a formal report? Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, standard L.9-10.5.b

How this list was compiled: Outline: the publisher's TerraNova3 Complete Battery page (Data Recognition Corporation), https://terranovanext.com/terranova-complete-battery/, whose table gives the subjects, question counts and times for grades 9 to 12, read 2026-10-13. The publisher lists no objectives for those levels in public (its objective sheet, https://terranovanexttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TN-Next-Objectives-Standards.pdf, stops at grade 8), so each question names the Common Core standard it practices, https://www.thecorestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/9-10/, read 2026-10-13. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied from a TerraNova test, from a sample or released item of the publisher, or from another practice test.

How it works

TerraNova in ninth grade means the paper TerraNova3 Complete Battery, because TerraNova NEXT stops at grade 8. This unofficial set has 44 of this site's own questions in mathematics, reading and language. Not affiliated with Data Recognition Corporation, the publisher.

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A shorter mathematics test than grade 8

On the publisher's table the high school mathematics test has 46 questions, against 56 or 57 at grades 4 to 8, in the same 1 hour 10 minutes. Reading and language keep the counts and times they had in middle school.

What these questions follow

The publisher's objective sheet ends at grade 8, and it lists no topics for the high school levels. So each question names the Common Core high school standard it practices, and the topic names are this page's own. Science and social studies are left out.

Questions and answers

Is there a Terra Nova test for 9th grade?

Yes, in the older edition. The publisher sells the TerraNova3 Complete Battery on paper for kindergarten through grade 12, and its table gives grades 9 to 12 Levels 19 to 21/22.

How many questions are on the 9th grade Terra Nova?

The publisher's table lists 206 questions in 4 hours 5 minutes for grades 9 to 12: reading 46, language 34, mathematics 46, science 40 and social studies 40. All are selected-response questions.

Is there grammar on the 9th grade TerraNova?

Grammar belongs to the Language test: 34 questions in 35 minutes. The twelve practice questions here cover parallel structure, phrases and clauses, agreement, semicolons, colons and apostrophes, from the grade 9 and 10 Common Core language standards.

How is the 9th grade Terra Nova scored?

The publisher reports norm-referenced achievement scores on 2024 norms, objective mastery scores and performance levels. Its Home Report guide calls the 50th national percentile the national average.

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