9th Grade Math Worksheets
About The Worksheets
Here’s what you need to know about 9th grade math and the worksheets to learn the topics.
First off, at the 9th grade level, your learner is entering high school. We suggest having a 4 year plan at this point. The plan doesn’t have to be complicated or detailed. But, as a parent, you really need to know where your kid stands with regards to algebra at this point. Do they know it or not? Are they going to move beyond algebra or not?
The 9th grade math worksheets cover the important algebra 2 topics. These ideas are about seeing and visualizing math, and using it to create plots and graphs. This is how math is really used in the real world for understanding science and business. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a good graph can be worth a million.
Future coursework could include geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, and calculus. All of these higher level maths require the ability to draw out the shapes and patterns represented by math on paper.
It’s totally fine to not be ready for Algebra 2 in 9th grade. It’s all about math readiness, and age or grade level are not really important. We describe Algebra 1 topics as 8th grade math, and Pre-Algebra as 7th grade math.
These worksheets in PDF format assume you can do basic algebra with with pencil and paper. Can you solve for x or not? We will move beyond “analytical” analysis on paper, and learn to let the computer do the hard work. The worksheets are designed to be used with a web app for plotting, such as the popular Desmos calculator.
Algebra 2 Readiness
Our 9th grade math worksheets in PDF format cover the Algebra 2 materials that are critical for high level math. You won’t be able to move forward without understanding how math looks, graphically. The important skill here is distinguishing what the computer can do and what it cannot. Typically, some work must be done by hand before feeding into the computer for a final result, which is often a plot or a graph.
Of course, in the old days, we did the graphing of algebra on actual graph paper. Using a pencil. This is still possible today, however it is rather slow and cumbersome. We focus on using the computer to do the hard work, while making sure that the learner understands what needs to be done in order for the computer to work properly. We have a common expression in science called “Garbage in, Garbage out.” Anybody can type numbers into a computer, yet it takes some skill to use the computer in a way that is actually meaningful.
From a technical perspective, we are talking about the math of two variables, commonly referred to as x and y. They are often visualized as horizontal and vertical dimensions, respectively. For this reason, these types of problems can be drawn out on paper, which is a two-dimensional medium.
The 9th grade math worksheets build towards the skills necessary to analyze higher dimensional problems that cannot be drawn out on flat paper. For example, consider the path of a 3D printer as it moves through space in a defined path necessary to create some object with specific dimensions. That’s math in action.
9th Grade Math Worksheets PDF Download
The below worksheets are in PDF format. They are printer friendly, and we encourage you to print them out. Some of the problems can be solved on paper. Many problems require use of a computer web app for plotting and graphing. Often, we encourage you to draw on paper the result that was produced by the computer. So, even for the most strongly computer-oriented exercises, there is still a major component of writing and drawing out the math with pencil and paper.
The worksheets are in 9 files known as Problem Sets 1-9. You can learn more about the topics covered here.
What's Important?
In algebra, nobody cares about getting a correct answer.
The big idea is to understand how math problems fall into different families. It’s much like how biologists classify all the world’s animals into different families that can be more or less related.
Specifically, you’re going to learn a lot about conic sections. These are the type of shapes that would be obtained by cutting up a cone. Interestingly, a surprisingly large amount of real-world shapes and objects can be described by the conic sections. We’ll also learn about more advanced functions, such as logarithms. If you need help with any of these advanced topics, you can find complete video solutions with all the details here.