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Grade 9 December Holiday Homework 2026: Revision Pack With Answers

December 2026 holiday · Grade 9

Grade 9 holiday homework, ready to print or do online

  • 9 learning areas
  • 75 questions
  • Answers with working
  • PDF to print

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Checked by the CBC Guides team. These questions were written and checked by the CBC Guides team against the KICD Grade 9 curriculum designs. Spot an error? Tell us through the contact page.

This is a December 2026 holiday homework pack for Grade 9, written for parents to use at home. Schools began closing for the long holiday on 15 October 2026, so most children are already at home. Grade 9 candidates still sit the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) written papers from 26 to 30 October (KNEC timetable), so start this pack after the last paper. The long holiday runs to the start of January 2027, when this class joins Grade 10 in senior school (Daily Nation, 18 October 2026, citing the Ministry of Education’s 2026 calendar).

Once KJSEA is over, this pack is not exam cramming. It is a short bridge into senior school. It revisits the Grade 9 ideas that senior school builds on: indices, straight lines and trigonometry in Mathematics, atoms and waves in Integrated Science, grammar and writing in both languages, and the career and pathway thinking from Social Studies. Every question is original, written for this pack and matched to a strand in the KICD Grade 9 curriculum designs. Answers and a marking guide sit under each set. Click “Show answers” only after your child has tried.

Holiday Tuition Is Banned, Home Revision Is Not

Section 37 of the Basic Education Act, 2013 says “No pupil shall be subjected to holiday tuition”. Anyone who breaks it faces a fine of up to KSh 100,000, up to a year in prison, or both. That rule is about organised classes during the holidays, not about a child doing some revision at home with a parent. This pack is for home use only. No teacher or class is needed, and nothing here should be sold as holiday tuition.

How to Use This Pack

  • Little and often. Thirty to forty minutes, three or four days a week, is plenty. Rest, family time and chores matter too.
  • One learning area per sitting. Do the questions without help, then mark them together using the answers.
  • Talk about mistakes. Ask “how did you get that?” A wrong method teaches you more than a wrong answer.
  • Print it if screens are a distraction. The printable PDF (download it from the box at the top of this page) has all the questions first and the answers at the back.

Free sample

Mathematics

Strands covered: Numbers (indices, logarithms, cube roots, rates of work), Algebra (matrices, straight lines, inequalities), Measurements (speed, density), Geometry (scale drawing, trigonometry) and Probability. A calculator or four-figure tables are allowed for question 9 only.

  1. Without a calculator, work out 23 × 25 ÷ 24. Give your answer as a power of 2 and as a whole number.
  2. A cube-shaped wooden box has a volume of 3,375 cm3. Find the length of one edge.
  3. Find the value of log10 1,000 + log10 0.01.
  4. Six workers take 10 days to dig a farm trench. How long would 15 workers take, working at the same rate?
  5. A shop records its sales in two weeks as matrices. Week 1: [12 8; 5 9], Week 2: [10 6; 7 4] (a semicolon separates the rows; rows are shirts and shoes, columns are Saturday and Sunday). (a) State the order of each matrix. (b) Find the total sales matrix for the two weeks. (c) By how many shirts did Saturday sales fall from Week 1 to Week 2?
  6. Find the equation of the straight line through the points (2, 5) and (4, 11), in the form y = mx + c.
  7. Solve 3x − 4 < 11, then list the positive whole numbers that satisfy it.
  8. A matatu travels 150 km from Nairobi to Nakuru in 2 hours 30 minutes. Find its average speed in km/h and in m/s.
  9. A ladder 5 m long leans against a wall and makes an angle of 60° with the level ground. How high up the wall does it reach? Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
  10. On a map with scale 1:50,000, the distance between two shopping centres is 3.4 cm. Find the actual distance in kilometres.
  11. A block of cypress wood has a mass of 600 g and a volume of 750 cm3. Find its density. Will it float in water, whose density is 1 g/cm3?
  12. A bag holds 3 red, 5 blue and 2 green bottle tops. One is picked at random. Find (a) P(blue), (b) P(not green).
Show answers: Mathematics
  1. 23+5−4 = 24 = 16. (Add indices when multiplying, subtract when dividing.)
  2. Cube root of 3,375 = 15 cm, because 15 × 15 × 15 = 3,375.
  3. log 1,000 = 3 and log 0.01 = −2, so the sum is 1.
  4. Total work = 6 × 10 = 60 worker-days. 60 ÷ 15 = 4 days. More workers means fewer days (inverse proportion).
  5. (a) Both are 2 × 2 (2 rows, 2 columns). (b) [22 14; 12 13]. (c) 12 − 10 = 2 shirts.
  6. Gradient m = (11 − 5) ÷ (4 − 2) = 3. Using (2, 5): 5 = 3(2) + c, so c = −1. y = 3x − 1. Check with (4, 11): 3(4) − 1 = 11. ✓
  7. 3x < 15, so x < 5. Positive whole numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4.
  8. 150 ÷ 2.5 = 60 km/h. 60 km/h = 60,000 m ÷ 3,600 s ≈ 16.67 m/s.
  9. Height = 5 × sin 60° = 5 × 0.8660 = 4.33 m.
  10. 3.4 × 50,000 = 170,000 cm = 1,700 m = 1.7 km.
  11. Density = 600 ÷ 750 = 0.8 g/cm3. It is less dense than water, so it floats.
  12. (a) 5/10 = 1/2. (b) 8/10 = 4/5.

Marking: 2 marks each for questions 1–4, 7 and 10; 3 marks each for 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 (method and answer). Total 30.

English

Strands covered: Grammar in Use, Reading (comprehension), Writing (functional and creative) and Listening and Speaking (polite language, debate).

10 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Kiswahili

8 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Integrated Science

Strands covered: Mixtures, Elements and Compounds (atomic structure, alloys, hard water), Living Things and the Environment (nutrition, reproduction in plants, interdependence) and Force and Energy (curved mirrors, waves).

9 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Social Studies

Strands covered: Social Studies and Career Development (pathways), People and Relationships (population, conflict resolution), Natural and Historic Built Environments (land-forming processes, topographical maps, river projects, heritage sites) and Political Developments and Governance (the Constitution and the Bill of Rights).

8 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Pre-Technical Studies

Strands covered: Foundations (safety on raised platforms, hazardous substances), Communication (oblique projection, visual programming), Materials (wood, waste), Tools and Production, and Entrepreneurship.

8 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Agriculture

Strands covered: Conservation of Resources (hay, leftover food, integrated farming), Food Production Processes (organic gardening, storage, flour mixtures), Hygiene Practices and Production Techniques (grafting, sun drying).

7 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Christian Religious Education (CRE)

Strands covered: Creation (work), the Bible (Kings David and Solomon), the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ, the Church (gifts of the Holy Spirit) and Christian Living Today. An IRE pack is planned separately.

7 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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Creative Arts and Sports

Strands covered: Creating and Performing (rhythm, melody, basketball, rugby, photography, mosaic, recorder) and Appreciation. Most of this learning area is practical, so these tasks are hands-on.

6 questions with answers and a marking guide.

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After the Holiday

KJSEA results and senior school placement will shape January. While you wait, read our guides to senior school placement and pathways, Grade 9 subject combinations and senior school fees, and see the Grade 9 hub for each learning area. If your teenager is curious about careers linked to a pathway, JobinKenya’s career advice section describes real Kenyan jobs. More packs are on the holiday homework hub.

Sources

  • Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Grade 9 curriculum designs (junior school, 2024), strands and sub-strands for each learning area.
  • Basic Education Act No. 14 of 2013, section 37 (holiday tuition).
  • Daily Nation, “70 days without school”, 18 October 2026 (2026 calendar and assessment dates).