This study intended to find out the nature of the relationship existing between the IX standard students’ perceived mathematics achievement and attitude towards mathematics. The study was conducted on a sample of 300 students who are studying in IX standard. It also aims to find out whether there is any significant difference between the variables of achievement of mathematics and attitude towards mathematics. The investigator adopted the descriptive survey method. At the same time, it also aims at finding out if there is any significant difference between any two subsamples, taken at a time, in respect of their achievement and attitude. There is no significant difference between IX standard students in their academic achievement of mean scores of mathematics with reference to gender and students’ residence. There is a significant correlation between the academic achievement and attitude towards the mathematics of IX standard students. Even though the ‘r’ is positive, the relationship is negligible.

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Keywords: Attitude, Mathematics, Academic Achievement.