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MAURITIUS EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

The Certificate of Primary Education Examination


October 2016

MATHEMATICS
(Subject Code No. 120)

Time: 1 hour 45 minutes


For Markers' Use Only

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Question Marks Sig Marks Sig Marks Sig
Instructions to Candidates
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1. Check that this question paper 8 15


contains 55 questions printed on
13 pages numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16 21
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
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2. Write your Index Number on the A


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question paper in the space
provided above. 38 45

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3. You should not use red ink in
answering questions. 49 50

4. All working must be clearly shown 51


in the space provided for each
52
question.
B
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5. Diagrams are not drawn to scale.
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6. Attempt all questions.
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SECTION A (60 MARKS)

1. What number is represented on the abacus?


H T U

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

2. Write in figures: Five thousand two hundred and eighty.

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

3. Work out: 631


 204
………………………

Answer :
………………………

4. Work out: 796


 124
………………………

Answer :
………………………

5. What fraction of the diagram is shaded?

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

6. Arrange the numbers 421, 214 and 142 in order, starting with the smallest.

Answer : …………....…… , ………….……… , ……..……..……

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7. Reduce to its lowest terms.
27

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

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9 cm B
8. Calculate the area of rectangle ABCD. A

5 cm

D C
Answer : …………………………………………………………… cm2

9. Work out: 132


x 3
………………………

Answer :
………………………

10. Convert 6 hours into minutes.

Answer : minutes
..................................................................................

11. Work out: 168  4.

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

12. Find the value of 52.

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

13. Draw the line of symmetry of the figure shown in the diagram.

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14. Write down the reciprocal of .
5

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

15. Find the least common multiple (L• C• M• ) of 4 and 6.

Answer : ……………………………………………………………

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For each question from numbers 16 to 45 circle the letter which shows the correct
answer. An example has been done for you.

12  4 =
A 3

B 8

C 16

D 48

16. The value of 5 in 2150 is 17. Which one of the following is a prime
number?

A 5 units A 81

B 5 tens B 51

C 5 hundreds C 41

D 5 thousands D 21

18. (7 x 1000) + (2 x 100) + (1 x 1) = 19. How many sides does a trapezium have?

A 721 A 6

B 7021 B 5

C 7201 C 4

D 7210 D 3

20. The shaded angle shown is 21. The year 2016 is a leap year. When will
the next leap year occur?

A an obtuse angle A 2018

B an acute angle B 2020

C a straight angle C 2022

D a right angle D 2026

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22. 0• 8 = 23. Razia has Rs 19. Her father gives her


Rs 25. How much money does Razia
have in all?

A 0• 8% A Rs 6

B 8% B Rs 16

C 80% C Rs 34

D 800% D Rs 44

24. Mala drinks 0• 275 L of juice. How much 4


25. 1 =
juice does she drink in centilitres? 5

A 2• 75 cL 4 14
A C
5 5
B 27• 5 cL
9 20
B D
C 275 cL 5 5

D 2750 cL

26. What is the size of angle a? 27. How many odd numbers are there
between 10 and 20?

A 40° A 9
140°
B 60° a B 6

C 180° C 5

D 220° D 4

28. 5240 x = 52• 4 29. The perimeter of a square is 64 cm.


What is the length of one side of the
square?

1
A A 8 cm
100

1
B B 16 cm
10

C 10 C 32 cm

D 100 D 256 cm

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30. PQR is an equilateral triangle. 31. 25% of 280 =


Calculate angle z.
P
A 60° A 14

B 90° B 25
z
R Q
C 120° C 50

D 180° D 70

32. Ali, Ben and Dan have Rs 8100 33. 1 kg of grapes costs Rs 160. What is the
altogether. Ali has Rs 3600 and Ben 1
cost of kg of grapes?
has Rs 2700. How much money does 2
Dan have?

A Rs 1800 A Rs 40

B Rs 4500 B Rs 80

C Rs 5400 C Rs 120

D Rs 6300 D Rs 320

34. WXYZ is a parallelogram. 35. Paul’s bag weighs 28• 7 kg. His bag is
WX = 8 cm and is twice the length of 2• 9 kg lighter than that of Ken. What is
XY. What is the length of XY? the mass of Ken’s bag?

A 16 cm A 25• 8 kg
W 8 cm X
B 8 cm B 26• 8 kg

C 4 cm Z Y C 30• 6 kg

D 2 cm D 31• 6 kg

36. Calculate the average of 7 and 15. 37. Which one of the following is a unit of
length?
A 8 A Millilitre

B 11 B Kilometre

C 22 C Kilogram

D 715 D Millisecond

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38. Dina and Amy eat 9 pieces of chocolate 39. The area of one face of a cube is 25 cm2.
altogether. Amy eats twice as many What is the total surface area of the
pieces of chocolate as Dina. How many cube?
pieces of chocolate does Dina eat?

A 2 A 5 cm2

B 3 B 100 cm2

C 6 C 150 cm2

D 9 D 625 cm2
40. Which one of the following is a factor of 41. A bus leaves Town A at 9 a.m. and
arrives in Town B at 5• 30 p.m. on the
14?
same day. How long was the journey?
A 1
1 1
A 3 hours C 8 hours
2 2
B 3
1 1
C 4 B 5 hours D 14 hours
2 2
D 5

2 1 43. 6 sharpeners cost Rs 39.


42. + =
3 6 What is the cost of 10 such sharpeners?

1 3 A Rs 3• 90
A C
9 6
B Rs 6• 50

3 5 C Rs 65• 00
B D
9 6
D Rs 390• 00

44. 26 x 18 = 468. 45. Manisha’s pocket money decreases


from Rs 50 to Rs 40. Calculate the
What is 25 x 18?
percentage decrease.

A 468 ‒ 25 A 20%

B 468 ‒ 18 B 25%

C 468 + 18 C 80%

D 468 + 25 D 100%

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46. (a) Write down the missing term in each of the following sequences.

(i) 20, 24, 28, 32, ……………… .

(ii) 3, 6, 10, 15, ……………… .

3 2
(b) Work out : x
4 5

Answer : …………………………………………………………………

47. Ronav lives 2400 metres from his school.


1
He travels of the distance on foot and completes the rest of the journey by bus.
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What distance, in metres, does Ronav travel by bus?

Answer : ………………………………………………………………… m

48. On a given day, £1 = Rs 50.


A tourist changes £ 200 into Mauritian rupees on that day.
She buys a set of perfume for Rs 4800.
How much money does she have left in rupees?

Answer : Rs
…………………………………………………………………

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49. Pierre works for 8 hours daily.


He is paid Rs 55 per hour.
For how many days does he need to work to earn Rs 8800?

Answer : days
…………………………………………………………………

50. Yash and Ahmad obtain a total of 142 marks in a test.


Yash obtains 12 marks more than Ahmad.

How many marks does Ahmad obtain in the test?

Answer : marks
…………………………………………………………………

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SECTION B (40 MARKS)

51. (a) 7 x = 728

Find the missing number.

Answer : …………………………………………………………………

(b) The price of a packet of milk in a supermarket is increased by 5%. The new price of
the packet of milk is Rs 210.
Calculate the original price of the packet of milk.

Answer : Rs
………………………………………………………………

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52. ABCD is a rectangle.


ADQ and PBC are right-angled triangles.
AP = 9 cm, PB = 2 cm, AD = 6 cm, DQ = 3 cm and QC = 8 cm

Find the area of the shaded region APCQ.

9 cm 2 cm
A P B

6 cm

D 3 cm Q 8 cm C

Answer : cm2
…………………………………………………………………

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53. A lorry travels 60 km at 40 km/h and then a further 90 km at 60 km/h.

Calculate:

(a) the total time it takes to complete its journey, in hours.

Answer : …………………………………………………………………hours

(b) the average speed of the lorry for the whole journey.

Answer : …………………………………………………………………km/h

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54. The bar chart in Figure 1 shows the different Figure 1


ways by which a group of pupils travels to school.
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Number of pupils
10
(a) What is the total number of pupils in the group?
8
6
4
2
Answer : pupils
……………………………………………………………… 0
Van Bus Foot
Means of transport
(b) 4 more pupils join the group and a new bar chart Figure 2
is drawn, as shown in Figure 2.
12

Number of pupils
Which means of transport is not used by any of 10
the 4 pupils? 8
6
4
2
0
Van Bus Foot
Answer: ………………………………………………………………… Means of transport

(c) 2 pie charts are used to represent the information shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Calculate the difference between the angles representing the number of pupils who
travel by ‘Bus’ on the 2 pie charts.

Answer: …………………………………………………………………

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55. (a) A rectangular tank is 50 cm long, 40 cm wide and 30 cm high. At 7 a.m, the tank is
full. Through a hole in the tank, it starts losing 75 cm3 of water every minute.
At what time will the tank be completely empty?

30 cm
40 cm

50 cm

Answer: …………………………………………………………………

(b) Robin and Paul have the same amount of pocket money.
Using his pocket money, Robin tries to buy 14 marbles which cost Rs 12 each and 6
chocolates. However, he needs Rs 18 more to be able to do so.
Using his pocket money, Paul buys 21 chocolates. He has no money left.

How much money did Robin and Paul each have at the beginning?

Rs
Answer: …………………………………………………………………

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