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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 – General Proficiency
90 minutes
27 MAY 2004 (p.m.)
READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY
1. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

2. Calculators and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper.
3. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.
4. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them.
5. Each item in this test has four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are
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about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

6. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and blacken the space having
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the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Sample Item

2a + 6a =
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
The best answer to this item is “8a”, so answer space (A) has been blackened.
7. If you want to change your answer, erase your old answer completely and fill in your new choice.
8. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you cannot
Answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. You can return later to the item omitted. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
9. You may do any rough work in the booklet.
10. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items
in this test.
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LIST OF FORMULAE
Volume of a prism V = Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.
Volume of a cylinder V = π r 2 h where r is the radius of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V = Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C = 2π r where r is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A = π r 2 where r is the radius of the circle.
1
Area of Trapezium A= ( a + b ) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.
If ax + bx + c = 0 ,
2
Roots of quadratic equations
−b ± b 2 − 4ac
then x =
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin θ =
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos θ =
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan θ =
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of += 12 bh where b is the length of the base and h is the
perpendicular height
Area of + ABC = 12 ab sin C

Area of + ABC = s ( s − a )( s − b)( s − c )
a+b+c
where s =
2
a b c
Sine rule = =
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2 = b2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A
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1. 0.45 may be written as Item 4 refers to the following diagram
9
(A)
20
4
(B)
5
9
(C)
10
5
(D)
4
4. The fraction of the circle which has been shaded
2. The number 3.14063 written correct to is
3 decimal places is
5
(A) 3.140 (A)
24
(B) 3.141
(C) 3.146 8
(B)
(D) 3.150 24
3. The number 3076 written in standard form is 15

(C)
24
(A) 3.076 × 10−3
(B) 3.076 × 10−2 19
(D)
(C) 3.076 ×102 24
(D) 3.076 ×103
The EXACT value of 2 ÷ ( 0.01) is
2
5.
(A) 0.0002
(B) 0.0005
(C) 5000
(D) 20000

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6. In a school, the ratio of the number of pupils to 7. P = {52, 77, 91, 124, 217}
the number of teachers is 20 : 1. If the number of
pupils is 840, how many teachers are there? Three members of the set P have a common
factor which is
(A) 40
(B) 42
(A) 4
(C) 800
(B) 7
(D) 840
(C) 13
(D) 31
Item 8 refers to the diagram below.
8. In the figure above, +OPQ is mapped to

+OP ' Q ' .What type of transformation has
taken place?
(A) Reflection
(B) Shear
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation

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9. 301 can be written as Item 13 refers to the following Venn diagram
(A) 3 × 102 + 1
(B) 3 ×103 + 1
(C) 3 × 10 2 + 1× 10
(D) 3 ×103 + 1× 10
10. If p = 3(a − q) , then 6a is equal to
(A) 2( p + 3 q )
(B) 2( p + q )
(C) p + 3q
(D) p+q
11. Which of the following sets is equivalent to 13. In the Venn diagram above
{a, b, c, d } ?
U = {students who play games}
H = {students who play hockey}
(A) {4} V = {students who play volleyball}
(B) {a, b, c}
The number of students in each set is indicated.
(C) { p, q, r, s} How many students do NOT play volleyball?
(D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(A) 2
12. If Q = {a, b, c, d , e} how many subsets can be (B) 3
(C) 5
obtained from the set Q?
(D) 8
(A) 2+5
(B) 2×5
(C) 52
(D) 25

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Item 14 refers to the following diagram. 17. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the
marked price of clothing. What will a customer
pay for a dress with a marked price of $30 ?
(A) $10
(B) $20
(C) $24
(D) $30
18. A customer buys a table on hire purchase.

14. The two circles above represent set P and set Q . He makes a deposit of $306 and pays six
If P = {factors of 6} and Q = {factors of 4} , monthly installments of $60 each. The TOTAL
then the shaded region represents cost to the customer is
(A) $360
(A) {}
(B) $366
(B) {1, 2} (C) $666
(C) {4, 6,8,...} (D) $966
(D) {12, 24, 36,...}
19. A dinner in a hotel was advertised at $60 plus
15. A woman buys a pair of shoes at a sale. She pays 18% Tax. The total bill for one dinner was
$45, saving $15 on the normal price. The
percentage discount on the pair of shoes is (A) $60.00
(B) $70.80
(A) 25 (C) $78.00
(D) $81.60
(B) 30
1 20. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum
(C) 33
3 for 2 years is given by
(D) 80
400 × 5 × 2
16. Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain (A) $
100
20% on his cost price. How much money did he
gain? 100 × 5 × 2
(B) $
400
(A) $12
(B) $40
(C) $72 400 × 2
(C) $
(D) $80 5 × 100
400 × 100
(D) $
2×5

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21. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is 26. John had x marbles and Max had twice as many.
$54 , what is the rate of interest per annum? Max gives Tom 5 of his marbles. How many
marbles does Max now have?
4
(A) % (A) x +5
9
(B) x −5
1 (C) 2x+5
(B) 2 % (D) 2x − 5
4
27. Given that p * q means 2 q − p , the value of
(C) 5%
1*2 is
(D) 44%
(A) 0
22. A plot of land is valued at $18 000. Land tax is (B) 2
(C) 3
charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 value. What
(D) 5
is the TOTAL amount of tax paid for the land?
3
28. The expression (2a) is the same as
(A) $110.00
(B) $126.00
(A) 6a
(C) $180.70
(B) 8a
(D) $257.15
(C) 6a 3
(D) 8a 3
23. The expression ‘y is equal to the square of x’ can
be written as 29. If 5(2 x − 1) = 35 ,then x =
(A) y = x2 (A) −4
(B) y2 = x (B)
1
(C) y = 2x 4
(C) 3
(D) y= x
(D) 4
24. The expression −2( x − 4) is the same as 30. The sum of x and y is 18 and their difference
is 14. Which pair of equations describes the
(A) −2 x − 8 above statement?
(B) −2 x − 4 (A) 2( x + y ) = 18
(C) −2 x + 4
2( x − y ) = 4
(D) −2 x + 8
(B) 2( xy ) = 18
25. “When 7 is added to 3 times a certain number n,
the result is 22”. 2( x − y ) = 4
The statement above may be represented by the (C) ( x + y ) = 18

equation
( x − y ) = 14
(A) 3n + 7 = 22
(B) 7n − 22 = 3 (D) ( x + y ) = 22
(C) 3n + 22 = 7 ( x − y ) = 14
(D) 7n + 3 = 22
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31. If 15 = 225 , then the square root of 0.0225 is
2 33. A function f is defined as f : x → 3 x − 1 .
The value of f ( −3) is
(A) 0.015
(B) 0.15 (A) -12
(C) 1.5 (B) -10
(D) 15.0 (C) -6
(D) 12
32. Which of the following diagrams illustrates a 34. Given f ( x ) = x 2 − 3 x + 1 , then f ( −1) is
function?
(A) -3
(B) 3
(A)
(C) 5
(D) 6
35. Which of the following represents the equation of

a straight line?
(B)
4
(A) y=
x
(B) y = 2x + 3
(C)
(C) y = x2 − 4
(D)
(D) y = x2 + 2 x − 5

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36.
From the graph above, the values of x when y = −1 are
(A) 1 and -1
(B) 2.2 and -2.2
(C) 2.5 and -2.5
(D) 2.8 and -2.8
Item 37 refers to the following diagram.
37. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, b and c are

constants and a > 0 , the equation of the graph could be
(A) y = ax 2 + c
(B) y = c − ax 2
(C) y = ax 2 + bx + c
(D) y = c + bx − ax 2

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38. The distance around the edge of a circular pond Item 40 refers to the following diagram.
is 88 m. The radius, in metres, is
(A) 88π
(B) 176π
88
(C)
π
88
(D)
2π
40. The figure above, not drawn to scale, consists of

a triangle resting on a square of side 5 cm. The
height of the triangle is 4 cm. What is the
TOTAL area of the figure?
(A) 35 cm2
(B) 45 cm2
(C) 50 cm2
(D) 100 cm2
39. The area, in cm2, of the trapezium above 41. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the
(not drawn to scale) is length is multiplied by four and the width is
halved, the area would then be
(A) 21
(B) 27
(A) 26.8 cm 2
(C) 33
(D) 54 (B) 53.6 cm 2
(C) 107.2 cm 2
(D) 214.4 cm 2

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Item 42 refers to the following diagram. 45. A man started a journey at 09:30 hrs and arrived
at his destination in the same time zone at 13:30
hrs the same day. If his average speed was
30 km/h, then the distance in km for the journey
was
(A) 120
(B) 133
(C) 400
42. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle (D) 430
AOB = 72o and OB is r units long. The area
of AOB is
1
(A) πr
5
2
(B) πr
5
1 2 46. The pie chart above (not drawn to scale)

(C) πr
5 represents the masses of ingredients in a cake.
The total mass is 288g. What is the combined
2 2 mass (in grams) of fat and sugar?
(D) πr
5
(A) 93
43. How many kilograms are there in one tonne? (B) 132
(C) 165
(A) 10 (D) 195
(B) 100
(C) 1000 47. The pie chart (drawn to scale) shows how a
student used 12 hours in studying English(E),
(D) 10000
Maths(M), French(F) and Geography(G).
44. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a distance

of 1080 km, what was its average speed in km/h?
(A) 12 km/h
(B) 102 km/h
(C) 120 km/h
(D) The amount of time spent studying Mathematics
1200 km/h
is APPROXIMATELY
(A) 1 hr
(B) 2 hrs
(C) 3 hrs
(D) 4 hrs
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Item 48 refers to the following scores below. 51. When three coins are tossed simultaneously the
possible outcomes are {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT,
10 15 4 7 THH, THT, TTH, TTT}, where H represents a
Head and T represents a Tail. What is the
8 8 1 4 probability of obtaining AT LEAST TWO heads?
48. The median of the eight scores presented above is 1

(A)
4
(A) 4
(B) 7.25 3
(C) 7.50 (B)
8
(D) 8
1
Item 49 refers to the following information. (C)
2
2 5 9 18 18 27 2
(D)
3
49. The mode of the numbers is
(A) 7
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 25
50. Of 120 students writing an exam, 100 are

expected to pass. The estimated probability of a
student failing the exam is
52. In the figure above AB and CD are parallel.
Which of the following BEST describes the
1 relation between x and y ?
(A)
6
(A) x + y < 2x
1 (B) x= y
(B)
5 (C) x + y > 2x
(D) x< y
1
(C)
2
5
(D)
6

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53. From the diagram above, sin β is
3 55. In the figure above, the line CD is the image

(A)
5 of AB after a
3 (A) a rotation through 90 o centre O

(B)
4
(B) a reflection in the y-axis

4
(C)
5 ⎛ −4 ⎞
(C) a translation by vector ⎜ −8 ⎟
⎝ ⎠
(D) 5
3 (D) an enlargement of scale factor -1
54. A ' B ' C ' is the image of ABC under an

enlargement by a scale factor 2. The area, in
square units, of A ' B ' C ' is
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 12

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Item 56 refers to the following diagram. Item 59 refers to the following graph
56. In the right-angled triangle above, which

4
trigonometric ratio is equal to ?
8
(A) tan y
59. How many triangles congruent to Δ ADE would
(B) cos x
be needed to cover the square ABCD entirely?
(C) sin x
(D) tan x (A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
57. A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order (D) 8
(A) 1
(B) 2 Item 60 refers to the following diagram.
(C) 3
(D) 4
58. If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is

4 right angles, then the polygon is a
(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
60. In the figure above, ABC is a triangle in which
(C) pentagon
AD = BD = CD .
(D) quadrilateral
The angle ABC is
(A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 80o
(D) 90o
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EXAMINATION
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Sample Item

2a + 6a =
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2 C
B D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
Volume of a cylinder V = π r 2 h where r is the radius of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V = Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C = 2π r where r is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A = π r 2 where r is the radius of the circle.
1
Area of Trapezium A= ( a + b ) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
If ax + bx + c = 0 ,
2
−b ± b 2 − 4ac
then x =
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin θ =
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos θ =
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan θ =
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of += 12 bh where b is the length of the base and h is the
Area of + ABC = 12 ab sin C

Area of + ABC = s ( s − a )( s − b)( s − c )
a+b+c
where s =
2
a b c
Sine rule = =
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2 = b2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A
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1. 0.0346 written in standard form is 6. John, Peter and Mary shared a sum of money in
the ratio 2 : 4 : 9 . John and Peter together
(A) 3.46 ×102 received $360 . How much money in all was
(B) 3.46 × 10 shared ?
(C) 3.46 × 10 −1
(A) $ 900
(D) 3.46 × 10 −2
(B) $ 600
(C) $ 540
2. 3.3 × 2.5 + 5.7 × 2.5 = (D) $ 480
(A) 8.25 7. What is the value of the digit 3 in the

(B) 9.00 number 2341?
(C) 13.25
(D) 22.50 (A) 3
(B) 30
3. 17 2 − 152 (C) 300
(D) 3000
(A) 16
(B) 8
8. 500eight written in base ten is the same as
(C) 2
(D) 1
(A) 5 × 83
4. The ratio of two numbers is 4 : 5. The smaller (B) 5 × 82
number is 240. What is the larger number? (C) 5×8
(D) 5 × 80
(A) 133
(B) 192
9. 25 ×130 is the same as
(C) 300
(D) 720
(A) ( 25×100) + 30
5. A clock costing £210.00 in the U.K. is
exported to Trinidad. The rate of exchange is
(B) ( 25 + 30) ×100
U.K. £1.00 = TT $3.40. How much will the (C) ( 25× 30) + ( 25×100)
clock be worth in Trinidad
(D) (100× 30) + (100× 25)
(A) $ 61.66 10. If p = 3(a − q) , then 6a is equal to
(B) $ 71.40
(C) $617.60 (A) 2( p + 3 q )
(D) $714.00
(B) 2( p + q )
(C) p + 3q
(D) p+q

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11. Which of the following sets is equivalent to 14. Of a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and
{a, b, c, d } ? 20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of
students who could study BOTH Music and
(A) {4} ART?
(B) {a, b, c} (A) 3

(C) { p, q, r, s} (B) 5
(C) 12
(D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (D) 15
12. 15. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum for

2 years is given by
400×5× 2
(A) $
100
400 × 5
(B) $
In the figure above, X represents the set of
2 ×100
multiples of four. Y represents the set of 400× 2
(C) $
multiples of 5. The shaded region is the set of all 5×100
multiples of 400 ×100
(D) $
2×5
(A) 8
(B) 9 16. The cost price of a refrigerator is $1850.00.
(C) 10 A buyer who is given a discount of 5% for cash
(D) 20 purchase will pay
(A) $1942.50
(B) $1845.00
(C) $1757.50
(D) $1350.00
17. A plot of land is valued at $18000 . Land tax is

charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 . What is
13. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded region
total amount of tax to be paid for the land?
represents
(A) $110.00
(A) Q'
(B) $126.00
(B) R'
(C) Q '∩ R (C) $180.70
(D) Q∩ R' (D) $257.15

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Item 18 refers to the following table. 21. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If
they both received the same amount of money in
Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 interest, for how many years did John invest his
money?
No.of 5 2 3 4 6 8 8 4 9 1
students
(A) 1½
(B) 2
18. The table above shows the marks obtained by 50
students in a test. What is the probability that a (C) 3
student chosen at random has a mark less than 5?
(D) 10
2
(A)
5 22. An article costs $161. If a profit of 13% is to be
made on the cost price, the selling price, in
3 dollars, is
(B)
5
(A) 161 (1 + 100
13
)
(C)
11 (B) 13 (1 + 100
161
)
25
1
(C) 161 (13+ 100 )
14 (D) 13 (161 + 100
1
)
(D)
25
19. An article bought for $125 was sold for $175. 23. After a 20% increase an article costs $270. The
The percentage profit was original cost of the article is
(A) 28.6 (A) $216

(B) 40 (B) $225
(C) 50 (C) $250
(D) 71.4 (D) $324
20. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as p

commission. He made sales of $2 020 . How 24. If = 20 , the p =
5
much commission was he paid?
(A) 20 − 5
(A) $ 11.00 (B) 20 + 5
(B) $ 20.20 (C) 20 ÷ 5
(C) $101.00 (D) 20 × 5
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25. ‘y is equal to the square of x’ can be written 31. Given that 3 * 6 = 12 and 2 * 5 = 9 ,then a * b may
as be defined as
(A) y2 = x (A) 4(b − a)

(B) y= x 2
(B) a2 + b
(C) y = 2x (C) 6a − b
(D) y = 2+ x (D) 2a + b
26. Given that a * b = 2 a − 3b , then 2*(−3) =

32.
(A) 13
(B) 3
(C) −5
(D) −7
27. (−8a) × (−3b) =
(A) −24ab
(B) −11ab
(C) 11ab
(D) 24ab
The relationship that BEST describes the
28. 3x 2 × 2 x3 = mapping in the above diagram is
(A) 6x5 (A) one-to-one

6
(B) 6x (B) one-to-many
(C) 5x6 (C) many-to-one
(D) 72 x 5 (D) many-to-many
29. If the set A = {−2,1,3} , then the set A is a subset 33. A man used 20 percent of his land for growing
of the set of oranges, 65 percent for mangoes and the
remainder for avocados. On a pie chart, what is
(A) natural numbers the angle of the sector representing avocados?
(B) irrational numbers
(C) whole numbers (A) 306o
(D) integers
(B) 85o
30. When 8 is subtracted from a certain number and (C) 54o
the result is multiplied by 3 the final answer is (D) 15o
21. What is the original number?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 10
(D) 15

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34. Which of the following does NOT represent the Item 36 refers to the following diagram.
graph of a function?
(A)
(B)
36. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, b and c
are positive constants, the equation of the graph
is
(A) y = ax 2 + c
(B) y = c − ax 2
(C) y = ax 2 + bx + c
(D) y = c + bx − ax 2
(C)
37.
(D)
35. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs The arrow diagram above shows a function.
describes a function? Which of the following BEST describes the
function?
(A) {(2, 3), (2, 5), (4, 7)}
(B) {(2,1), (4,3), (5, 7)} (A) f ( x) = x + 3
f ( x) = y + 3
(C) {(3, −2), (2, 4), (3, 6)} (B)
(C) x = y +3
(D) {(−1, 4), (−1,5), (2, 5)} (D) y=x

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38. 41. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
is 88 m. The radius, in metres is
(A) 88π
(B) 176π
88
(C)
π
88
(D)
2π
42. A school day starts at 08:50 hrs. and ends at

O is the centre of the circle above. The area of
15:00 hrs. There are two breaks. One lasting 20
the circle is 20 cm2. The area of the minor sector
minutes and the other 1 hour. How much time is
AOB, in cm2, is
devoted to school activities?
1
(A) × 20 (A) 2 hrs. 30 mins.
60 (B) 4 hrs. 30 mins.
60
(B) × 20 (C) 5 hrs. 30 mins.
360 (D) 6 hrs. 10 mins.
⎛ 360 − 60 ⎞
(C) ⎜ ⎟ × 20
⎝ 360 ⎠ 43. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot’s watch
was 23 : 00 hrs. When he arrived at his
(D) 60 × 20 destination in the same time zone, on the
following day, his watch showed 03 : 00 hrs.
39. The volume of a cube of sides 10 cm is How many hours did the flight take?
(A) 4
(A) 30 cm3 (B) 20
(B) 100 cm3 (C) 26
(C) 300 cm3 (D) 52
(D) 1000 cm3
40. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a distance

of 1080 km, what was its average speed?
(A) 12 km/h
(B) 102 km/h
(C) 120 km/h
(D) 1200 km/h

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44. 46. Which of the following is NOT a statistical
diagram?
(A) Bar graph

(B) Pie chart
(C) Frequency polygon
(D) Modal class
Item 47 refers to the bar chart below which

In the figure above, O is the centre of a circle of shows the ages of children who took part in a
o survey.
radius 10 cm and angle AOB is 36 . What is the
length, in cm, of the arc AB?
(A) 2π
(B) 4π
(C) 20π
(D) 24π
45.
47. How many children took part in the survey?
(A) 87
(B) 75
The area of the trapezium above is
(C) 15
(A) 45 cm2
(D) 5
(B) 65 cm2 48. Tony obtained the following scores in a game.
(C) 90 cm2
(D) 130 cm2 7 3 8 4 5 6 9 8 9
The median score is
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

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49. A bag contains 2 red , 4 yellow and 6 blue balls. 51. A boy throws a die twice. What is the probability
The probability of drawing a blue ball from the that he will get a three followed by an even
bag at random is number?
1 1
(A) (A)
6 12
1 1
(B) (B)
3 4
1 5
(C) (C)
2 12
6 7
(D)
(D) 12
11
50. 4 right angles, the polygon is a
(A) triangle
(B) quadrilateral
(C) pentagon
(D) hexagon
53. Which of the following is NOT a quadrilateral?
(A) Parallelogram
(B) Rhombus
The pie chart above shows the preference in (C) Square
drinks of a group of students. If 12 students (D) Pentagon
prefer chocolate, then the total number of
students is
(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
(D) 360

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54. 55.
The triangle ABC above is right-angled at C.

ˆ = 40o and AC = 20 cm. The length of BC,
ABC 55. In the diagram above the translation in which
in cm, is AB is mapped onto. A' B ' is represented by
⎛1⎞
20 (A) ⎜ ⎟
(A) ⎝1⎠
tan 40 o
20
(B) ⎛ 2⎞
sin 40o (B) ⎜ ⎟
⎝1⎠
(C) 20 sin 40o
⎛ 3⎞
(C) ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 2⎠
o
(D) 20 tan 40
⎛5⎞
(D) ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 3⎠

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56. 57.
The triangle LMN above is rotated in a

clockwise direction about L through an angle of
90 o .What is its image?
In the right-angled triangle above, tan θ is
5 (A)
(A)
13
5
(B)
12
(B)
12
(C)
5
13
(D)
5
(C)
(D)

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58. 59.
In the figure above, AB is parallel to CD,

and ∠JKB = 125o .
∠MLD is
In the figure above, the line CD is the
(A) 125o image of AB after a/an
(B) 90o
(C) 55o (A) reflection in the y − axis
(D) 45o
(B) rotation through 90o centre O
(C) enlargement of scale factor -1
⎛ −4 ⎞
(D) translation by vector ⎜ ⎟
⎝ −8 ⎠
o
60. A plane is travelling in a direction of 045
and changes course in a clockwise direction
o
to 135 .The angle through which the plane
turned is
(A) 45o
(B) 90o
(C) 135o
(D) 270 o
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE
Volume of a prism V  Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.
Volume of a cylinder V   r 2 h where r is the radius of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V  Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C  2 r where r is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A   r 2 where r is the radius of the circle.
1
Area of Trapezium A  a  b  h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
Roots of quadratic equations If ax 2  bx  c  0 ,
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin  
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of  12 bh where b is the length of the base and h is the
Area of  ABC  12 ab sin C

Area of ABC  s ( s  a )( s  b)( s  c)
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A

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1. 0.875 written as a common fraction is 6. If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number?
1 (A) 30
(A)
4 (B) 54
1 (C) 150
(B)
2 (D) 180
3
(C)
4 7. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is
7
(D)
8 (A) 1
(B) 3
2. The number 3.14063 written correct to (C) 12
3 decimal places is (D) 60
(A) 3.140
(B) 3.141 8. The value of the digit 2 in 425.3 is
(C) 3.146
(D) 3.150 (A) 2 tenths
(B) 2 ones
The EXACT value of 2   0.01 is
2
3. (C) 2 tens
(D) 2 hundreds
(A) 0.0002
(B) 0.0005 9. 99  101 is the same as
(C) 5000
(D) 20 000 (A)  99 100   1
(B)  99  100    99  1
4. 0.386  0.06 
(C)  99  100    99 1
(A) 0.02316 (D)  99 100  99 1
(B) 0.2316
(C) 2.313 10. What is the least number of plums that can be
(D) 23.16 shared equally among 6, 9 or 12 children?
5. If $350 is divided into two portions in the ratio

(A) 27
2 : 5 , the smaller portion is (B) 36
(C) 54
(A) $ 70
(D) 72
(B) $100
(C) $175
(D) $250

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11. If P  2,3,5, 7 , Q  2,3, 6 and S  2, 4,5 , 13.
then P  Q  S 
(A) 
(B) 2 
(C) 2,3
In the Venn diagram above, n  P   5 ,
(D) 2,3, 4,5, 6, 7
n  Q   9 and n  P  Q   10 .
12. U  Integers
What is n  P  Q  ?
P  Positive Integers
N   Negative Integers
(A) 4
(B) 6
Which of the Venn diagrams below illustrates the (C) 14
statement: (D) 24
“No positive integers are negative integers” ?

14.
(A)
The two circles above represent set P and set Q .

If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
(B) then the shaded region represents
(A) 
(B) 1, 2
(C) (C) 4, 6,8,...
(D) 12, 24,36,...
(D)

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15. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum 19. How much does a customer pay for an article
for 2 years is given by marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is
charged?
400 × 5 × 2
(A) $ (A) $56.00
100
400 × 5 (B) $53.00
(B) $ (C) $47.00
2 × 100
(D) $44.00
400 × 2
(C) $
5 × 100
20. The exchange rate for one United States dollar
400 × 100
(D) $
2×5
(US $1.00 ) is two dollars and seventy cents in
Eastern Caribbean currency ( EC $2.70 ) What is
16. A man bought a calf for $200 and sold it for the value of US $4.50 in EC currency?
$250 . What was his gain as a percentage of the
cost price? (A) $ 1.67
(B) $ 6.00
(A) 5% (C) $ 7.20
(B) 15% (D) $ 12.15
(C) 20%
(D) 25% 21. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is
$54 . What is the rate of interest per annum?
1 1
17. The sum of and is (A) 44%
2 3
2
(A) (B) 5%
5
3 (C) 2¼%
(B)
5
5 4
(C) (D) %
6 9
7 22. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
(D)
6 annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If
18. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as interest, for how many years did John invest his
commission. His sales for last month were money?
$2020 . How much commission was he paid?
(A) 1½
(A) $ 11.00 (B) 2
(B) $ 20.20 (C) 3
(C) $101.00 (D) 10
(D) $110.00

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8a  
2
23. m2
29. If P  , when m  3 ,then P 
2m
(A) 16a
(B) 64a (A) 6
(C) 16a 2 6
(B)
5
(D) 64a 2
9
(C)
5
24.  8a    3b   (D) 9
(A) 24ab 30. Althea saves $x each month; but in June she
(B)  11ab saved $4 more than twice her regular amount. In
(C) 11ab June she saved
(D) 24ab
(A) $4x
25. 5  2x  y   2 3 y  5x   (B) $6x
(A) 11y (C) $( x  4)
(B) 2x  6 y (D) $(2 x  4)
(C) 6x  7 y
(D) 20 x  11 y
31. 3a ( a  2b)  b(2a  3b) 
26. 3x 2  2 x3 
(A) 3a 2  ab  3b2
(B) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
(A) 6x5
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b2
(B) 5x 5
(D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2
(C) 6x 6
(D) 72x 5 32. Which of the following represents the equation of
a straight line?
27. If m * n  mn  n 2 , then 5*3 
4
(A) y
(A) 6 x
(B) 3 (B) y  x2  4
(C) 15
(D) 6 (C) y  2x  3
28. If 50  3 x  x  26 , then x 
(D) y  x2  2 x  5
(A) 12
(B) 6
(C) 6
(D) 19

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33. If f ( x)  x  x 1, then f (5) 
2 34.
(A) 31
(B) 29
(C) 24
(D) 31
The arrow diagram above shows a function.

function?
(A) f ( x)  x  3
(B) f ( x)  y  3
(C) x  y3
(D) yx
__________________________________________________
Item 35 refers to the graph below
35. Using the graph above, the values of x

when y  1 are
(A) 1 and -1
(B) 2.5 and -2.5
(C) 2.8 and -2.8
(D) 2.2 and -2.2

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36. What is the gradient of the straight line 38.
2 y = −3x − 8 ?
(A) −3
−3
(B)
2
(C) 2
(D) 3
The diagram above shows the line PQ . The
gradient of the line PQ is given by
37. Which of the following does NOT represent the
graph of a function? b−d
(A)
c−a
(A) c−a
(B)
b−d
a−c
(C)
b−d
b−d
(B) (D)
a−c
39. The volume of a cube of edge 10 cm is
(A) 30 cm3
(B) 100 cm3
(C) 300 cm3
(C)
(D) 1000 cm3
(D)

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40. How many kilometers will a car travel in t hours 43. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot’s watch
at a rate of v km per hour? was 23 : 00 h. when he arrived at his destination
in the same time zone, the next day, his watch
(A) tv showed 03 : 00 h. How many hours did the flight
v take?
(B)
t
t (A) 4
(C)
v (B) 16
v (C) 20
(D) (D) 26
60t
41. 44. An aircraft leaves A at 16 : 00 h and arrives at B at

19 : 30 h, the same day, travelling at an average
speed of 550 kilometers per hour. A and B are in
the same time zone. The distance from A to B in
kilometers is about
(A) 907.5
The figure above, not drawn to scale, shows a (B) 962.5
sector of a circle centre O . The length of the (C) 1815
minor arc PQ is 8 cm. What is the length of the (D) 1925
circumference of the circle?
45. A cylindrical bar of soap 5 cm thick has a volume
(A) 16 cm of 200 cm3 . A uniform slice 3 cm thick is taken
(B) 24 cm away. What volume of the soap remains?
(C) 48 cm
(D) 64 cm (A) 80 cm3
(B) 120 cm3
42. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
is 88 m. The radius, in metres is (C) 300 cm3
(D) 400 cm 3
(A) 88
(B) 176
88
(C)

88
(D)
2

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46. 48. The highest weekly wage of a group of
employees is $105.40 . If the range of the wages
is $27.50 , how much does the lowest paid
employee receive?
(A) $ 105.40
(B) $ 77.90
(C) $ 66.45
(D) $ 27.50
Item 49 refers to the following table.
Length of
10-14 15-19
Leaf (cm)
Frequency 3 8
The bar chart above shows the ages of children
who took part in a survey. The lengths of 15 cabbage leaves were measured,
to the nearest cm, and the information grouped as
How many children took part in the survey? shown in the table above.
(A) 5 49. The beginning and end points of the class interval
(B) 15 10  14 are
(C) 75
(D) 87 (A) 9 and 14
(B) 9.5 and 14
47. Each of the letters in the word ‘CHANCE’ is (C) 9.5 and 14.5
written on a slip of paper and one slip is (D) 10 and 15
randomly drawn. What is the probability of
drawing a letter ‘C’? 50. A boy throws a die twice. What is the probability
that he will get a '3' followed by an even
1 number?
(A)
6
1
(A)
1 12
(B)
5
1
(B)
1 4
(C)
3
5
(C)
2 12
(D)
3
7
(D)
12

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51. Items 52-53 refer to the diagram below.
AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B

.
Angle DBA  58o
The pie chart above shows the preference in

drinks of a group of students. If 12 students 52. The measure of angle ABE is
prefer chocolate, then the total number of
students in the group is
(A) 302o
(A) 48 (B) 142o
(B) 72 (C) 122o
(C) 180 (D) 58o
(D) 360
53. Which of the following angles are equal?
(A) DBC and CBE

(B) CBE and ABE
(C) ABD and CBD
(D) ABD and CBE

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54. Use the diagram below to answer item 54. 55.
The triangle LMN above is rotated through an

angle of 90 o in a clockwise direction about L .
What is its image?
(A)
54. The translation by which AB is mapped to (B)

A ' B ' is represented by
1
(A)  
1
 2
(B)  
1
 3
(C)  
 2 (C)
 5
(D)  
 3
(D)

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56. The point A is shown on the diagram above.

What are the co-ordinates of the reflection of
A in the y  axis ?
(A) ( 4,3)
(B) (4, 3)
(C) (3, 4)
(D) ( 3, 4)

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Item 57 refers to the diagram below. 59.
The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows

that the angle of depression of a point X from Z
is 30 o . If X is 10 metres from Y , the height of
YZ , in metres, is
57. In the figure above, the line CD is
the image of AB after a
(A) 10sin 30o
(A) a rotation through 90 o centre O (B) 10 tan 30o
(C) 10 cos 30o
(B) an enlargement of scale factor -1 (D) 10 cos 60o
 4  60. In a triangle ABC , angle A  x o and angle

(C) a translation by vector  8  B  2 x o ,. What is the size of angle C ?
 
(D) a reflection in the y  axis (A) 45o

(B) 60o
58. (C) (180  3x)o
o
 180 
(D)  
 3x 
In the right-angled triangle above, tan  is
5
(A)
13
5
(B)
12
12
(C)
5
13
(D)
5
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
in this test.

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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3
1
2
If ax  bx  c  0 ,
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side
Area of  ABC  12 ab sin C

Area of  ABC  s ( s  a )( s  b)( s  c )
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2  b2  c 2  2bc cos A

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1. ( 3) 2  ( 2) 2  7. A student used a rod to measure the distances

3.6m, 5.4m and 7.2m. What was the
(A)  13 GREATEST length of the rod if it fitted each
(B) 10 distance an exact number of times?
(C) 13
(D) 25 (A) 0.9 m
(B) 1.8 m
2. 11.1  0.01 (C) 2.7 m
(D) 3.6 m
(A) 110
(B) 111
(C) 1 100 8. 301 can be written as
(D) 1 110
(A) 3 103  110
3. The number 3076 written in standard form is
(B) 3 102  110
(A) 3.076 103 (C) 3103 1
(B) 3.076 102 (D) 3 102  1
(C) 3.076  102
3
(D) 3.076  103 1
9.    is the same as
2
4. If $560 is shared in the ratio 2 : 3 : 9 , the
difference between the largest and the smallest
1
shares is (A) 
8
(A) $ 80 1
(B) 
(B) $240 6
(C) $280 1
(C)
(D) $360 8
1
5. In a school the ratio of the number of pupils to (D)
the number of teachers is 20 : 1. If the number of
6
pupils is 840, how many teachers are there?
10. By the distributive law 49 17  3  49 
(A) 40
(B) 42 (A) 52  66
(C) 800
(B) 52  66
(D) 840
(C) 49  20
6. There are 40 students in a class. Girls make up (D) 49  20
60% of the class. 25% of the girls wear glasses.
How many girls in the class wear glasses?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 15
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11. If P  a, b, c then the number of subsets 14. In which one of the following Venn diagrams is
the region A  B' shaded?
of P is
(A) 3 (A)
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 16
Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below.

(B)
(C)
12. The two circles above represent set P and set Q.

If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
then the shaded region represents
(A)  (D)
(B) 1, 2
(C) 4, 6,8,...
(D) 12, 24, 36,...
15. Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain
Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below. 20% on his cost price. How much money did he
gain?
(A) $12
(B) $40
(C) $72
(D) $80
13. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area 16. An article costs $161. If a profit of 13% is to be
represents made the selling price, in dollars, is
(A) P' (A) 161 (1  100

13
)
(B) ( P  Q) '
(C) Q P' (B) 13 (1  100
161
)
(D) Q P' (C) 13
161 (13+ 100 )
(D) 13 (161  100

13
)

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17. Mr. Duncan bought a table at a discount of 30% Item 22 refers to toothpaste which is sold in
thus saving $42. What was the marked price of four different tubes.
the table?
(A) $ 98
(B) $110
(C) $140
(D) $182
18. A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on

hire purchase, a deposit of $35 is required,
followed by 12 monthly payments of $30. How
much is saved by paying cash?
22. Which amount is the best buy?
(A) $10 (A) 100 ml

(B) $25 (B) 150 ml
(C) $40 (C) 200 ml
(D) 250 ml
(D) $45
19. A company employs 12 gardeners at $26 per day, 23. 2 x  3  x  8 

and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean
daily wage, in dollars, of the 20 employees? (A) x8
(B)  x  24
(A) $20.00 (C) 5x  8
(B) $21.50 (D) 5 x  24
(C) $22.40
(D) $31.50 24. 5 x  y   3 x  y  
20. If $7000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per

(A) 2x
annum for 3 years, the simple interest is
(B) 2x  2 y
(C) 2x  8 y
(A) $ 105
(B) $ 210 (D) 8x  8 y
(C) $ 370
(D) $ 1 050 25. For all a and b, 3a ( a  2b )  b (2a  3b) 
21. A man’s taxable income is found to be $15 200. (A) 3a 2  ab  3b 2

He pays tax at the rate of 25%. The amount of (B) 3a 2  4 ab  3b 2
income tax he pays is (C) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
(A) $3 775 (D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2
(B) $3 800
(C) $3 825
(D) $3 875

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b 29. If 20a  16  12(3  a) , then a 
26. If a * b   1 , then 7*28 
a 5
(A)
8
3
(A)  13
4 (B)
8
1
(B) 21
4 (C)
16
(C) 3
5
(D)
(D) 4 2
4 x 3x 30. If x is an integer which satisfies the inequalities

27. When simplified,  is written as 4  x  2  8 , then the smallest possible
7 y 5y
value of x is
41x (A) 4
(A)
35 y (B) 5
41x 2 (C) 6
(B)
35 y (D) 7
41xy
(C) 31. The sum of two numbers, x and y , is 18 , and
35 y
their difference is 14. Which pair of equations
20x  21y below describes the above statement?
(D)
35y
(A) 2( x  y )  18
28. 3x  3 y 
2( x  y )  4
(A) 9 xy
(B) 2( xy )  18
(B) 3 xy
2( x  y )  4
(C) 9x  y
(D) 3x  y
(C) ( x  y )  18
( x  y )  14
(D) ( x  y )  22
( x  y )  14

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32. The distance around the edge of a circular pond Item 35 refers to the trapezium below.
(A) 88
(B) 176
88
(C)
 35. The area of the trapezium above is
88
(D)
2 (A) 24 cm2
(B) 28 cm 2
Item 33 refers to the circle below with centre O
and circumference of 20 cm. (C) 30 cm 2
(D) 36 cm2
36. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the

length is multiplied by four and the width is
(A) 214.4 cm 2
(B) 107.2 cm 2
(C) 53.6 cm 2
(D) 26.8 cm 2
33. The length of the minor arc AB, in cm, is
Item 37 refers to the cube below
1
(A)  20
60
60
(B)  20
360
 360  60 
(C)    20
 360 
(D) 60  20
34. If the length of a rectangle is doubled, by what 37. The volume of the cube is
number must the width be multiplied in order that
the area remains the same? (A) 1000 cm3
(B) 300 cm3
(A) 3
(B) 2 (C) 100 cm3
(C) ½ (D) 30 cm3
(D) ¼

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38. Item 38 refers to the cylinder below with radius 41. The median of the numbers:
3cm and height 8 cm. 1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
(A) 7
(B) 6.5
(C) 6
(D) 5.4
42. If the mean of four numbers 4, 8, x and 12 is 10,

then x is
38. The volume of the cylinder is
(A) 4
(A) 12  cm3 (B) 10
(B) 48 cm 3
(C) 12
(D) 16
(C) 72  cm3
(D) 192  cm3 43. The highest weekly wage of a group of
employees is $105.40 . If the range of the wages
39. If it took a speed boat 9 hours to travel a distance is $27.50 , how much does the lowest paid
of 1080 km, what was its average speed? employee receive?
(A) 12 km/h (A) $ 105.40

(B) 102 km/h (B) $ 77.90
(C) 120 km/h (C) $ 66.45
(D) (D) $ 27.50
1200 km/h
44. A bag contains 4 red balls and 5 blue balls. A ball

40. The pie-chart shows the preference in drinks of
is picked at random from the bag and is found to
a group of students.
be red. It is not replaced. What is the probability
that the next ball to be taken randomly from the
bag will be blue?
1
(A)
5
5
(B)
9
3
(C)
If 12 students prefer chocolate, then the total 5
number of students in the group is 5
(D)
8
(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
(D) 360

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Item 45 refers to the contents of the following table which shows
the results of a survey of 100 households conducted by Form 5
students to determine the number of children in each household.
No. of children at home 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 5 10 44 27 8 5 1 0
45. The probability that a home visited at random will contain

exactly 4 children is
4
(A)
100
8
(B)
100
4
(C)
28
4
(D)
8
46. Which of the following mappings from set A to set B is a

function?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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47. Which two graphs below represent functions? 3x  2
48. If h( x)  , then h(6) 
5
I.
(A) 4
16
(B)
5
16
(C)
5
II. (D) 4
Item 49 refers to the following graph.
III.
IV.
are positive constants, the equation of the graph
could be
(A) y  ax 2  c
(B) y  c  ax 2
(C) y  ax 2  bx  c
(D) y  c  bx  ax 2
(A) I and II
(B) I and III
(C) II and IV
(D) III and IV

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Item 50 refers to the following diagram Item 52 refers to the following diagram.
52. In the figure above, AB and CD are parallel.

relation between x and y ?
50. The diagram above shows a line PQ . The
gradient of the line PQ is given by (A) x  y  2x
(B) x y
bd
(A) (C) x  y  2x
ca
(D) x y
ca
(B) Item 53 refers to the following diagram.
bd
ac
(C)
bd
bd
(D)
ac
Item 51 refers to the diagram below
53. The triangle ABC above is right-angled at C.

ABC = 40o and AC = 20 cm. The length of BC,
51. The graph of the inequality in the diagram above in cm, is
is defined by
(A) 20 sin 40o
(A) 2  x  3
(B) 2  x  3 (B)
20
(C) 2  x  3 sin 40 o
(D) 2  x  3
(C) 20 tan 40o
20
(D)
tan 40 o

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Item 54 – 55 refer to the following graph
54. The point A(2,-3) is rotated about the origin 55. The transformation that maps  LMN onto
through an angle of 90o in an anticlockwise  PQR is
direction. What are the coordinates of the image
of A? (A) a rotation through 180o about the
origin
(A) (3, 2)
 -1 -1 
(B) (2,3) (B) a rotation of 180o about  , 
2 2
(C) (3, 2)
 1 -1 
(D) (3, 2) (C) an enlargement about  ,  of
2 2 
scale factor 2
(D) An enlargement about the origin of

scale factor -2

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Item 56 refers to the following graph which Item 58 refers to the following diagram.
shows the point A.
56. What are the co-ordinates of the image of A

under reflection in the y-axis?
58. How many triangles congruent to ADE would
(A) (3, 4) be needed to cover the rectangle ABCD entirely?
(B) (3, 4)

(A) 2
(C) (4, 3) (B) 4
(D) (4,3) (C) 6
(D) 8
57. In the figure above, the line CD is the image of

AB after
o
(A) a rotation through 90 centre O
(B) a reflection in the y-axis

 4 
(C) a translation by vector  8 
 
(D) an enlargement of scale factor -1

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Item 59 refers to the following diagram. Item 60 refers to the following diagram.

59. In the right-angled triangle above, not drawn to AD = BD = CD .
scale, Qˆ = 90o , PQ = 50 cm , PR = 130 cm and
RQ = x cm . The angle ABC is
ˆ = (A) 90o
Tan PRQ
(B) 80o
50 (C) 50o
(A)
x (D) 40o
x
(B)
50
50
(C)
130
x
(D)
130
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3

1
2
If ax  bx  c  0 ,
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side
Area of ABC  12 ab sin C

Area of  ABC  s ( s  a )( s  b )( s  c )
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2  b2  c 2  2bc cos A

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2 3 Item 4 refers to the following diagram

1. 5 4 
5 7
5
(A) 9
35
6
(B) 9
35
12
(C) 9
35
29
(D) 9
35
2. What percentage of 340 is 425?

4. The fraction of the circle which has been shaded
(A) 80% is
(B) 85%
(C) 125% 5
(D) 152% (A)
24
(B) 8
3. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as 24
15
(A) 0.17004  10 3 (C)
24
(B) 1.7004 102
19
(C) 17.004  101 (D)
24
(D) 1.7004 101
5. There are 40 students in a class. Girls make up

60% of the class. 25% of the girls wear glasses.
How many girls in the class wear glasses?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 15

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6. If $560 is shared in the ratio 2 : 3 : 9 , the Item 11 refers to the following Venn diagram.
shares is
(A) $ 80
(B) $240
(C) $280
(D) $360
11. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area
represents
7. The first three common multiples of 3, 4 and 6
are: (A) P'
(B) ( P  Q) '
(A) 0, 1, 2 (C) Q P'
(B) 3, 4, 6 (D) Q P'
(C) 6, 8, 12
(D) 12, 24, 36 12. P and Q are two finite sets such that n( P )  7 ,
n(Q )  5 and n( P  Q )  3 . What is n( P  Q ) ?
8. What is the HIGHEST common factor of the (A) 6

numbers {54, 72, 90}? (B) 9
(C) 15
(A) 9 (D) 18
(B) 18
(C) 90
(D) 1080
9. 301 can be written as
(A) 3 102  1
(B) 3103 1
(C) 3 102  110 13. The two circles above represent set P and set Q.
(D) 3 103  110 If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
10. By the distributive law,
49 17  49  3 
(A) 
(A) 49  20 (B) 1, 2
(B) 52  66
(C) 49  20
(C) 4, 6,8,...
(D) 52  66 (D) 12, 24, 36,...

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14. U  Integers 15. If p sweets are sold for q cents, then one sweet is
sold for
P  Positive integers
N   Negative integers p
(A) cents
q
Which of the Venn diagrams below illustrates the (B) pq cents
statement: q
(C) cents
p
“No positive integers are negative integers” ?
(D)  q  p  cents
(A)
1
16. 3 % of $500 is
4
(A) $ 1.62
(B) $15.52
(B)
(C) $16.00
(D) $16.25
17. Susan bought a calculator for $120. She had to

(C) pay a sales tax of 10% on the price. How much
change would she receive from $140?
(A) $ 8.00
(B) $12.00
(C) $28.00
(D) (D) $32.00
18. $600 invested at simple interest for 2 years earns

$96. What is the rate of interest per annum?
1
(A) %
8
1
(B) 3 %
8
(C) 8%
1
(D) 12 %
2

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19. A plot of land is valued at $18 000. Land tax is 23. If 2( y  4)  16 then y 
charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 value. What
is the TOTAL amount of tax paid for the land? (A) 4
(B) 6
(A) $110.00 (C) 10
(B) $126.00 (D) 12
(C) $180.70
(D) $257.15
Item 24 refers to the expansion below.
20. A customer buys a table on hire purchase. He
makes a deposit of $306 and pays six monthly
instalments of $60 each. The TOTAL cost to the ( x  a)( x  b)  x2  (a  b) x  ab

customer is
24. The middle term in the expansion of
(A) $360 ( x  3)( x  1) is
(B) $366
(C) $666
(D) $966 (A) 2
(B) 3
21. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per (C) 2x
annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If (D) 4x
simple interest, for how many years did John
25. The expression 2( x  4) is the same as
invest his money?
(A) 1½ (A) 2 x  8
(B) 2 (B) 2 x  4
(C) 3 (C) 2 x  4
(D) 10 (D) 2 x  8
22. A company employs 12 gardeners at $26 per day,

and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean 26. If m * n  mn  n 2 , then 5*3 
daily wage, in dollars, of the 20 employees?
(A) 6
(A) $20.00 (B) 3
(B) $21.50
(C) 15
(C) $22.40
(D) $31.50 (D) 6

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27. If 15  225 , then the square root of 0.0225 is
2 31. The sides of a triangle are x cm, ( x  1) cm and
( x  2) cm. IF the perimeter is 31 cm, then the
(A) 0.015 SHORTEST side is
(B) 0.15
(C) 1.5
(D) 15.0 (A) 9
(B) 10
28. Given, 2 x  3  9 the range of values of x is (C) 11
(A) x3 (D) 12
(B) x3
(C) x6 32. The mass, in kg, of a bag of rice is given as
(D) x6 10.6 kg correct to 1 decimal place. The range of
values in which the actual mass lies is
29. When 6 is added to a number and the sum is
divided by three, the result is four. This statement
written in mathematical symbols is (A) 10.5  m  10.7
(B) 10.55  m  10.64
6 x (C) 10.59  m  10.69
(A) 4
3 (D) 10.55  m  10.65
6 33. The diagram below shows a cylinder with

(B) x4
3 diameter 6 cm and height 20 cm.
6 x 4
(C) 
3 3
x
(D) 6 4
3
30. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many.

The volume, in cm3, of the cylinder is
Max gives Tom 5 of his marbles. How many
(A) 180
(A) x5 (B) 240
(B) x5 (C) 360
(C) 2x  5 (D) 720
(D) 2x  5
34. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
(A) 176
(B) 88
88
(C)

88
(D)
2

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Item 35 refers to the following diagram 37. The circumference of a circle is 132 cm. Given
22
that,   the radius of the circle is
7
(A) 42
(B) 21
(C) 42
(D) 21
35. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle
AOB  720 and OB is r units long. The area 38. Which of the figures below has an area equal to
of AOB is 1
 3  4  5 square units?
2
1
(A) r
5 (A)
2
(B) r
5
1 2
(C) r
5
2 2 (B)
(D) r
5
(C)
(D)
36. In the figure above, O is the centre of a circle of

radius 10 cm and angle AOB is 36o. What is the
length, in cm, of the arc AB?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 20
(D) 24

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39. A man leaves home at 22 :15 hrs and reaches 42. Which station had as many listeners during the
his destination, in the same time zone, at week as the mean number of listeners for the four
04 : 00 hrs on the following day. How many stations during the week?
hours did the journey take?
(A) Station B
(A) 5 (B) Station A
3 (C) Station C
(B) 5 (D) Station D
4
(C) 6
1 Item 43 refers to the scores below.
(D) 6
4
10 15 4 7
40. The table below shows the frequency of scores
obtained by students in a test. 8 8 1 4
Scores 2 3 5 6 8 10 43. The median of the eight scores presented above is

Students 8 4 6 3 9 2
(A) 4
The range of scores is (B) 7.25
(C) 7.50
(A) 2 (D) 8
(B) 7
(C) 8 44. Here are 4 sets of numbers
(D) 10
I. {1, 2, 6}
Items 41-42 refer to the diagram below showing II. {2, 4, 6}
the number of persons who listen to Radio III. {1, 2, 5, 6, 7}
Stations A, B, C and D during the week. IV. {10, 11, 12, 13, 14}
For which set(s) of numbers are the mean and

median the same?
(A) I only
(B) II and IV only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) II, III, IV only
41. Which two stations together have more than

1500 listeners during the week?
(A) A and B
(B) A and D
(C) C and D
(D) B and D
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Item 45 refers to the diagram below 48. Which arrow diagram below shows the relation
“is 3 less than”?
(A)
(B)
45. The pie chart shows the popular games played by
720 students. How many students play cricket?
(A) 35
(B) 120 (C)
(C) 252
(D) 300

a straight line? (D)
(A) y  2x  3
4
(B) y
x
(C) y  x2  4 49. Which of the following points lies on the line
(D) y  x  2x  5
2 y  2x  3 ?
Item 47 refers to the graph below (A) (2, 3)

(B) (2, 1)
(C) (4,1)
(D) (0, 3)
47. The straight line AB cuts the Y axis at
(A) (0,3)
(B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, 2)
(D) (0, 2)

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Item 50 refers to the following diagram. Item 52 refers to the diagram below.
A C and D E are straight lines intersecting at B .

Angle DBA  58o

are constants and a  0 , the equation of the graph
could be 52. The measure of angle ABE is
(A) y  ax 2  c (A) 58 o
(B) y  c  ax 2 (B) 122o
(C) y  ax 2  bx  c (C) 142o
(D) y  c  bx  ax 2 (D) 302o
Item 51 below shows that the coordinate axes

divide the xy-plane into 4 quadrants. Item 53 refers to the cuboid below.
53. The number of faces, edges and vertices of the

cuboid, written as an ordered triple of numbers, is
(A) (6, 6, 6)
(B) (6, 8, 8)
51. A point ( x, y) lies in the fourth quadrant if (C) (6, 12, 8)
(D) (6, 12, 12)
(A) x  0 and y  0
(B) x  0 and y  0
(C) x  0 and y  0
(D) x  0 and y  0

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54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B. It Item 55 refers to the diagram below.
then sailed 6 km due north to C. Which diagram
below BEST represents the path of the ship?
(A)
(B)
55. Line AB is rotated through 90o clockwise about

the point C.
The coordinates of A ' , the image of A are
(C) (A) (1,1)

(B) (1, 2)
(C) (1, 4)
(D) (2, 2)
(D)
56. AB is parallel to EC .Calculate BDE
(A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 140o
(D) 180o

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Item 57 refers to the diagram below. Item 59 refers to the following diagram.
57. The value of tan(180o  x o ) is equal to
(A) a/b
(B) b/c
59. From the diagram above, sin  is
(C) a/c
(D) b/a
3
(A)
Item 58 refers to the diagram of a building 5
below. 3
(B)
4
A boy stands 12 metres from the foot of the 4
(C)
building and observes the angle of elevation of 5
the top of the building. 5
(D)
3
58. The height of the building is approximately

AD  BD  CD .
(A) 12 tan 40o
(B) 1.6  12sin 40o The angle ABC is
(C) 1.6  12 cos 40o
(D) 1.6  12 tan 40 o (A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 80o
(D) 90o
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3
1
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos 
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of  12 bh where b is the length of the base
and h is the

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. The exact value of 6  (0.0003) is 3

6. Express 4 as a decimal correct to 3 significant
(A) 200 8
(B) 2 000 figures
(C) 20 000
(A) 4.30
(D) 200 000
(B) 4.37
(C) 4.38
2. 0.0346 written in standard form is
(D) 4.40
(A) 3.46 102
7. What is the HIGHEST common factor of the set
(B) 3.46  10
of numbers 54, 72, 90 ?
(C) 3.46  10 1
(D) 3.46  10 2
(A) 9
(B) 18
3. Express 0.12 as a fraction in its lowest terms (C) 90
(D) 1080
1
(A)
9 1
8. ( )3 is the same as
3 2
(B)
5
1 1
(C) (A) 
8 8
3 1
(D) (B) 
25 6
1
(C)
8
4. 17 2  152 1
(D)
6
(A) 1
(B) 2 9. What is the value of the digit 2 in the number
(C) 8 48.621?
(D) 16
2
(A)
5. John, Peter and Mary shared a sum of money in 100
the ratio 2 : 4 : 9 . John and Peter together 2
received $360 . How much money in all was (B)
10
shared ?
(C) 2
(A) $ 480
(D) 200
(B) $ 540
(C) $ 600
(D) $ 900

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10. By the distributive law 49 17  49  3  13. In which one of the following Venn diagrams is
the region A  B' shaded?
(A) 52  66
(B) 52  66
(C) 49  20 (A)
(D) 49  20
(B)

(C)
represents
(A) P'
(B)  P Q '
(C) P ' Q
(D) P ' Q
(D)
14. A = {Factors of 30}

B = {Prime numbers less than 10}
C = {Even whole numbers less than 10}
12. In the figure above, X represents the set of Then n ( A  B  C ) is

multiples of four. Y represents the set of
multiples of five. The shaded region represents
(A) 0
the set of all multiples of
(B) 1
(C) 2
(A) 8 (D) 9
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 20

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15. If p sweets cost q cents, then the cost of one
sweet is Item 18 refers to the table below.
p
(A) cents Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
q
No.of 5 2 3 4 6 8 8 4 9 1
(B) pq cents students
q 18. The table above shows the marks obtained by 50

(C) cents
p students in a test. What is the probability that a
student chosen at random would have obtained a
(D)  q  p  cents score less than 5?
2
(A)
5
16. A dress which costs $180 is being sold at a
3
discount of 10% . The amount of the discount is (B)
5
11
(A) $ 1.80 (C)
(B) $ 10.00
25
14
(C) $ 18.00 (D)
(D) $ 170.00
25
Item 19 refers to the table below.

17. An article bought for $125 was sold for $175.
The percentage profit was House Insurance 25¢ per $100
(A) 28.6 Contents Insurance 50¢ per $100

(B) 40
(C) 50 19. The above table shows the rates charged by an
(D) 71.4 insurance company. How much will a person pay
for his insurance, if his house is valued at
$50 000 , and the contents at $10 000 ?
(A) $500
(B) $450
(C) $225
(D) $175

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20. Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain Item 24 refers to the information below
20% on his cost price. How much money did he
gain?
(A) $12
(B) $40
(C) $72
(D) $80
21. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per 24. The total cost of 3 pens and 2 boxes is
they both received the same amount of money in (A) 6xy
interest, for how many years did John invest his (B) 5( x  y )
money?
(C) 3x  2 y
(A) 1½ (D) 2x  3y
(B) 2
(C) 3 25. 3a ( a  2b)  b(2a  3b) 
(D) 10
(A) 3a 2  ab  3b 2
22. A woman buys a pair of shoes at a sale. She pays (B) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
$60, saving $15 on the regular price. The
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b2
percentage discount on the shoes is
(D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2
(A) 20
26. Given that a * b  2 a  3b , then 2*(3) 
(B) 25
1 (A) 13
(C) 33
3 (B) 3
(D) 80 (C) 5
(D) 7
23. 2( x  4)
27. 2(a 2b)3 
(A) 2 x  8
(B) 2 x  4 (A) 2a 5 b 3
(C) 2 x  4 (B) 2a 6b3
(D) 2 x  8 (C) 6a 2 b
(D) 8a6b3
28. Given that 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is
(A) x3
(B) x3
(C) x6
(D) x6

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29. Given that 3( x  1)  2( x  1)  7 , the value of x 33. The volume of a cube whose edge is 6 cm
is long is
(A) 6
(A) 18 cm3
(B) 7
(C) 8 (B) 36 cm 3
(D) 9 (C) 72 cm 3
(D) 216 cm 3
30. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many.
Max gives John 5 of his marbles. How many Item 34 refers to the figure below.
(A) x5
(B) x 5
(C) 2x  5
(D) 2x  5

34. The figure above, not drawn to scale, shows a
sector of a circle centre O . The length of the
minor arc PQ is 8 cm. What is the length of the
circumference of the entire circle?
(A) 16 cm
(B) 24 cm
(C) 48 cm
31. The area of the rectangle, in cm2, is x2. The
(D) 64 cm
equation that may be used to find the value of x is
(A) x 2  2( x  4) 35. The distance around the edge of a circular pond

(B) x  ( x  2)( x  4)
2
(C) x 2  2( x  4)( x  2)
(A) 88
(D) x 2  ( x  4)( x  2)
(B) 176
32. The mass, in kg, of a bag of rice is given as
88
10.6 correct to 1 decimal place. The range of (C)
values in which the actual mass lies is 
88
(D)
(A) 10.5  m  10.7 2
(B) 10.55  m  10.65
(C) 10.59  m  10.69
(D) 10.55  m  10.65

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Item 36 refers to the diagrams below. Items 40-42 refer to the diagram below which shows the
sport chosen by 160 boys who participated in a games
evening at their school
36. Which of the following statements is true about

the perimeters of the figures A and B?
(A) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B

(B) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
(C) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
(D) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
37. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are

x, 2 x and 2 x centimetres . If the perimeter is
20 centimetres , what is the value of x ? 40. The number of boys who chose football is
(A) 4 (A) 40
(B) 5 (B) 90
(C) 8 (C) 110
(D) 10 (D) 150
38. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the 41. The probability that a boy chosen at random
length is multiplied by four and the width is participated in boxing is
1
2 (A)
(A) 26.8 cm 8
(B) 53.6 cm 2 1
(B)
(C) 107.2 cm 2 4
(D) 214.4 cm 2 1
(C)
2
39. Each exterior angle of a regular polygon 7
(D)
measures 45o . How many sides has the polygon? 8
(A) 10 42. How many boys participated in cricket?

(B) 8
(C) 6 (A) 54
(D) 4 (B) 60
(C) 110
(D) 120

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Item 46 refers to the arrow diagram below.
43. Which of the following is NOT a statistical
diagram?
(A) Bar graph

(B) Pie chart
(C) Frequency polygon
(D) Modal class
44. A bag contains 2 red , 4 yellow and 6 blue balls.

The probability of drawing a blue ball from
the bag at random is
1 46. The arrow diagram above describes the relation

(A)
6
1 (A) x is greater than y
(B)
3 (B) x is a multiple of y
1 (C) x is divisible by y
(C) (D) x is a factor of y
2
6
(D)
11 Item 47 refers to the figure below.
Item 45 refers to the table below which shows the

frequency of scores obtained by students in a test.
Scores 2 3 5 6 8 11
Students 8 4 6 3 12 2
45. The modal score is
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 12
47. The gradient of AB in the figure above is
(A) 2
1
(B)
2
1
(C) 
2
(D) 2

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48. The arrow diagram below shows a function. The range of f : x  x for the domain
3
49.
2, 1, 0,1, 2 is
(A) 0,1,8
(B) 2, 1, 0,1, 2
(C) 6, 3, 0, 3, 6
(D) 8, 1, 0,1,8

function?
(A) f ( x)  x  3
(B) f ( x)  y  3
(C) x  y 3
(D) yx
50. If a, b and c are constants, the equation of the

graph could be
(A) y  ax 2  c
(B) y  c  ax 2
(C) y  ax 2  bx  c
(D) y  c  bx  ax 2
51. Which of the following represents the graph of a function?
I. II. III. IV.
(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) IV

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Item 52 refers to the diagram below of a 54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B. It
construction. With centre A , an arc BC is drawn. then sailed 6 km due north to C. Which diagram
With centre B , and the same radius, the arc below BEST represents the path of the ship?
PCQ is drawn.
(A)
52. What is the measure of BAC ?

(B)
(A) 30o
(B) 45o
(C) 60o
(D) 75o
Item 53 refers to the right-angled triangle below. (C)
(D)
53. In the right-angled triangle above, tan  is
5
(A)
13
5
(B)
12
12
(C)
5
13
(D)
5

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55. The image of a point P ( 2,3) under a translation Item 57 refers to the diagram below.
 3
  is
 4
(A) ( 6,12)
(B) ( 5, 1)
(C) (5,1)
(D) (1, 7)
57. In the diagram above, the vector that translates

PQ to P'Q' may be described as
 2
(A)  
 3
2
56. In the diagram above, AB is parallel to EC . (B)  
Calculate BDE  3 
 2 
(A) 40 o (C)  
3
(B) 50o
 2 
(C) 140o (D)  
(D) 180o  3 

59. A plane is heading in a direction of 045o and
changes course in a clockwise direction to 135o .
The angle through which the plane turns is
(A) 45o
(B) 90o
(C) 135o
(D) 270o
58. In the diagram above, CAB  35o and AC is the
diameter of the circle. Angle ADB is
(A) 55o
(B) 45o
(C) 35o
(D) 65o
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60. In each of the diagrams shown below, A '
is the image of A . Which of the diagrams
shows a reflection in the x axis ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
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Sample Item

2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
in this test.

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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3
1
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos 
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of  12 bh where b is the length of the base
and h is the

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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 3    2   If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number?

2 2
1. 6.
(A) 30
(A)  13
(B) 54
(B)  10
(C) 150
(C) 13
(D) 180
(D) 25
7. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is
2. How many centimetres are there in 1.5 metres?
(A) 1
(A) 0.015 (B) 3
(B) 15 (C) 12
(C) 150 (D) 60
(D) 1500
1
3. Express 0.12 as a fraction in its lowest terms 8. ( )3 is the same as
2
1 1
(A) (A) 
9 8
3 1
(B)
25 (B) 
6
1 1
(C) (C)
8 8
6 1
(D) (D)
50 6
9. If 3n is an odd number, which of the following

3
4. Express 4 as a decimal correct to 3 significant is an even number?
8
figures
(A) 3n  2n
(B) 3n  2
(A) 4.30
(C) 3n  2
(B) 4.37
(D) 3n  1
(C) 4.38
(D) 4.40
10. The next term in the sequence
5. 3076 in standard form is 1, 6, 13, 22, 33 is
(A) 3.076  103 (A) 44

(B) 45
(B) 3.076  102
(C) 46
(C) 3.076 102 (D) 52
(D) 3.076 103

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represents
(A) P' 14. In the Venn diagram above, the two circles
(B)  P  Q ' represent set P and set Q. If P  Factors of 6
(C) QP' and Q  Factors of 4 , then the shaded region
(D) QP'
represents
12. If U  1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and A  3, 6 , then the (A) 

number of elements in A ' is (B) 1, 2
(A) 2
(C) 4, 6,8,...
(B) 3 (D) 12, 24,36,...
(C) 4
(D) 8 15. If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$1.00 , then
TT$15.00 in U.S. dollars is
13. Which of the following sets is equivalent to
a, b, c, d ? (A) $0.25
(B) $0.40
(A) 4 (C) $2.50
$4.00
(B) a, b, c (D)
(C) p, q, r, s 16. A man bought a calf for $200 and sold it for
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 $250 . What was his gain as a percentage of the
cost price?
(A) 5%
(B) 15%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%
17. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the

marked price of clothing. What will a customer
(A) $10
(B) $20
(C) $24
(D) $30
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Item 18 refers to the table below. 22. A man pays 60 cents for every 200 m 3 of gas
used, plus a fixed charge of $13.75 . How much
House Insurance 50¢ per $100 does he pay when he uses 55000 m3 of gas?
Contents Insurance 25¢ per $100 (A) $151.25

(B) $165.00
18. The above table shows the rates charged by an (C) $175.25
insurance company. How much will a person pay (D) $178.75
$50 000 , and the contents at $10 000 ? 23. 2( x  4) 
(A) 2 x  8
(A) $225 (B) 2 x  4
(B) $275 (C) 2 x  4
(C) $450 (D) 2 x  8
(D) $500
b
24. If a * b   1 , then 7*28 
19. How much does a customer pay for an article a
marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is
charged? 3
(A) 
4
(A) $44.00
(B) $47.00 1
(B)
(C) $53.00 4
(D) $56.00 (C) 3
20. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per (D) 4

they both received the same amount of money in 25. 5  2 x  y   2 3 y  5x  
interest, for how many years did John invest his
money?
(A)  11y
1
(A) 1 (B) 2x  6 y
2
(C) 5x  7 y
(B) 2
(D) 20 x  11 y
(C) 3
26. For all a and b ,
(D) 10
3a ( a  2b)  b(2a  3b) 
and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean (A) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2
daily wage, in dollars, of the 20 employees? (B) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b2
(A) $20.00 (D) 3a 2  ab  3b 2
(B) $21.50
(C) $22.40
(D) $31.50
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4 2 31. If a  3 and ab  6 , then (a  b)2  a 2  b 2 
27.  
5x 5x
(A) 0
6 (B) 8
(A)
25x (C) 12
8 (D) 20
(B)
25x
32. The volume of a cube with edges 10 cm is
6
(C)
10x
(A) 30 cm3
6
(D) (B) 100 cm 3
5x
(C) 300 cm 3
28. Given 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is (D) 1000 cm 3
(A) x3 33. 2500 millimetres expressed in metres is

(B) x3
(C) x6 (A) 0.25
(D) x6 (B) 2.5
(C) 25
29. “When 7 is added to 3 times a certain number n, (D) 250
the result is 22”.
The statement above may be represented by the x, 2 x and 2 x centimetres . If the perimeter is
equation
20 centimetres , what is the value of x ?
(A) 3n  7  22
(B) 7n  22  3 (A) 10
(C) 3n  22  7 (B) 8
(D) 7n  3  22 (C) 5
(D) 4
30. Which of the following represents the statement
“The difference of two square numbers is 35. A car travels 80 kilometres in 2½ hours.
positive”?
What is its speed in kilometers per hour?
(A) x2  y 2  0 (A) 6
(B) 2x  2 y  0 (B) 32
(C) ( y  x) 2  0 (C) 82.5
(D) 2( y  x )  0 (D) 200

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Item 36 refers to the diagram below. 39. A boy leaves home at 09 :15 hours and arrives at
school at 10 : 05 hours. If he travels non-stop at
an average speed of 6 kmh 1 , how many km is
his home from school?
(A) 2 km
(B) 5 km
(C) 6 km
(D) 9 km
40. The marks obtained by ten students in a test

36. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle marked out of 25 were:
AOB  60o and OB is r units long. The area
14, 22, 15, 19,19, 16, 24, 13, 20, 19
of AOB is
The range of marks was

1
(A) r
3
(A) 11
(B) 13
1
(B) r (C) 18
6
(D) 19
1 2
(C) r Item 41 refers to the following table.
3
Mark x
Mark Frequency
Frequency
1 2
(D) r
6
1 2 2
37. Fifty guests each had 2 glasses of champagne. 2 3 6

Each glass held 150 millilitres. How many litres
of champagne were used? 3 5 15
4 4 16
(A) 0.15
(B) 1.5 5 x y
(C) 15
(D) 150
Total 49
38. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the 41. The table shows the frequency distribution of the
length is multiplied by four and the width is marks a student obtained on a test. How often did
halved, the area would then be the student score 5 marks?
(A) 26.8 cm 2 (A) 2

(B) 53.6 cm 2 (B) 5
(C) 10
(C) 107.2 cm 2
(D) 49
(D) 214.4 cm 2
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Item 42 refers to the following bar chart Item 44 refers to the pie-chart below.
44. The pie chart shows the preference in drinks of

42. The bar chart above shows the number of books a group of students. If 12 students prefer
read by the children who took part in a survey. chocolate, then the total number of students is
How many children took part in the survey? (A) 48

(B) 72
(A) 5 (C) 180
(B) 15 (D) 360
(C) 75
(D) 87
45. A boy throws a die twice. What is the probability
that he will get a three followed by an even
Item 43 refers to the following table. number?
Length of 1
10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 (A)
Leaf (cm) 12
Frequency 3 8 12 7
1
(B)
4
43. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were
measured, to the nearest cm, and the information
5
grouped as shown in the table above. (C)
12
The class boundaries are
7
(D)
(A) 3,8,12, 7 12
(B) 5, 5, 5, 5
(C) 10,14,15,19, 20, 24, 25, 29
(D) 9.5,14.5,19.5, 24.5, 29.5

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Item 46 refers to the arrow diagram below 49.
1 5 5 11 9 8 5
The median of the set of numbers above is
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 8
46. The arrow diagram above describes the relation (D) 9
(A) x is a factor of y
(B) x is less than y Item 50 refers to the following diagram.
(C) x is a multiple of y
(D) x is greater than y
47. If f ( x)  x 2  x  1 , then f ( 5) 
(A) 31
(B) 29
(C) 24
(D) 31
48. Which of the following diagrams illustrates a

function? 50. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, b and c
are constants, the equation of the graph could be
(A) (A) y  ax 2  c
(B) y  c  ax 2
(C) y  c  bx  ax 2
(D) y  ax 2  bx  c
(B)
51. Which of the following sets is represented by the
relation f : x  x 2  3 ?
(A)  0,3 , 1, 4  ,  2, 7  ,  3,12 

(C) (B)  0,3 , 1,5 ,  2,7 ,  3,9
(C)  0,3 , 1, 4  ,  2,5 ,  3, 6 
(D)  0,3 , 1,1 ,  2, 4  ,  3,9 
(D)

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52. 0
A boat was travelling on a bearing of 270 . In 54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B. It
what direction was it travelling? then sailed 6 km due north to C. Which diagram
(A) West
(B) East (A)
(C) North
(D) South
Item 53 refers to the diagram below of a

construction. With centre A , an arc BC is drawn.
With centre B , and the same radius, the arc
PCQ is drawn. (B)
(C)
53. What is the measure of BAC ?
(A) 30o
(B) 45o
(C) 60o
(D) 75o
(D)

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55. In each of the diagrams shown below, A ' is the Item 56 refers to the following diagram.
image of A . Which of the following diagrams
shows a reflection in the x-axis?
(A)
(B)

be needed to cover the rectangle ABCD entirely?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(C)
(D)
57. The length, in cm, of AB is
(A) 4
(B) a
(C) a4
(D) a4

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58. Item 59 refers to the following diagram.
The triangle LMN above is rotated in a

clockwise direction about L through an angle of
90 o . What is its image?
(A)
59. In the diagram above, if the line y  x is rotated
anti-clockwise about O through 90o , what is its
image?
(A) y0
(B)
(B) x0
(C) yx
(D) y  x
(C)
60. The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows

(D) the angle of depression of a point X from Z
is 30o . If X is 10 metres from Y , the height of
YZ , in metres, is
(A) 10 tan 30o

(B) 10 sin 30o
(C) 10 cos 30o
(D) 10 cos 60o
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(B) 8a 2
B C D
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length.
1
3
1
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. 18.96  2.03 correct to two significant figures 37.26  1.8

6. The EXACT value of is
equals 1000
(A) 0.38 (A) 0.207

(B) 38 (B) 0.0207
(C) 38.10 (C) 20.7000
(D) 380 (D) 20 700
2. 11.1  0.01 is equal to 7. What is the value of the digit 3 in the

number 2341?
(A) 110
(B) 111 (A) 3
(C) 1 100 (B) 30
(D) 1 110 (C) 300
(D) 3000
3. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as

8. What is the HIGHEST common factor of the set
(A) 0.17004  103 of numbers 54, 72, 90 ?
(B) 1.7004 102
(C) 17.004 101 (A) 9
(D) 1.7004 101 (B) 18
(C) 90
(D) 1080
4. The number 3.14063 written correct to 3 decimal
places is
9. 25 130 is the same as
(A) 3.140
(B) 3.141 (A)  25100  30
(C)
(D)
3.146
3.150
(B)  25  30 100
(C)  25  30   25100
100  30  100  25
5. Express 0.12 as a fraction in its LOWEST terms
(D)
1
(A) 10. The LARGEST prime number that is less
8
than 100 is
1
(B)
9
(A) 91
3
(C) (B) 93
25 (C) 97
6 (D) 99
(D)
50

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11. Of a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.
20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of
students who are studying BOTH Music and
ART?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 12
(D) 15 14. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area
represents
12. Which of the following sets is defined by (A) P'
 x   : 2  x  4 ? (B)  P Q '
(C) Q P'
(A) 0,1, 2,3, 4 (D) Q P'
(B) 1,2,3,4
(C) -1,0,1,2,3 15. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is
$54 , what is the rate of interest per annum?
(D) -2,-1,0,1,2,3,4
(A) 44%
(B) 5%
1
(C) 2 %
4
4
(D) %
9
1
16. 3 % of $500 is
4
13. The two circles above represent set P and set Q.
If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 , (A) $ 1.62
then the shaded region represents (B) $15.52
(C) $16.00
(A)  (D) $16.25
(B) 1, 2
(C) 4, 6,8,...
(D) 12, 24, 36,...

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17. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per 22. A salesman sells a car for $11 000. If he is paid a
annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If commission of 4.5% for the first $10 000 and
they both received the same amount of money in 7.5% on the remainder, then the commission he
interest, for how many years did John invest his receives is
money?
(A) $ 495
(A) 2 (B) $ 525
(B) 3 (C) $ 825
(C) 5 (D) $ 1 320
(D) 10
23. A loan of $8 000 was paid back in 2 years with
18. A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on monthly payments of $400.00. The percentage
hire purchase, a deposit of $35 is required, profit on the loan was
followed by 12 monthly payments of $30. How
much is saved by paying cash? (A) 5%
1
(A) $10 (B) 8 %
(B) $25 3
(C) $40 2
(C) 16 %
(D) $45 3
(D) 20%
19. How much does a customer pay for an article
marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is 24. 5 x  y   3 x  y 
charged?
(A) $44.00 (A) 2x

(B) $47.00 (B) 2x  2 y
(C) $53.00 (C) 2x  8 y
(D) $56.00 (D) 8x  8 y
20. If $7000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per annum
for 3 years, the simple interest is 25. If r * s  s r then 3* 2 
(A) $ 105 (A) 8

(B) $ 210 (B) 9
(C) $ 370 (C) 12
(D) $ 1 050 (D) 27
21. If the sale of an article resulted in a loss of 26. If m * n  mn  n 2 , then 5*3 

20 per cent on the cost price, then the cost price
as a percentage of the selling price is (A) 6
(B) 3
(A) 75%
(B) 80% (C) 15
(C) 120% (D) 6
(D) 125%

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27. (4  x)(3  2 x)  31. The values of x and y which satisfy the equations
x  2 y  27 and 2 x  y  19 are respectively
(A) 7  5x  2x 2
(B) 12  5 x  2 x 2 (A) 15 and 10

(C) 12  11x  2 x 2 (B) 10 and 15
(D) 12  5x  2x2 (C) 7 and 13
(D) 13 and 7
28. For 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is
32. A rectangular picture frame has a border area of
(A) x3 32 cm2. Given that the external dimensions are
(B) x3 10 cm  8 cm, what are the MOST likely
(C) x6 dimensions of the picture?
(D) x6
(A) 8 cm  6 cm
x
t (B) 8 cm  4 cm
29. If x  2 , y  3 , t  2 , then    (C) 8 cm  10 cm
 y (D) 8 cm  14 cm
4
(A) 
9 33. The diagram below shows a cylinder with
4 diameter 6 cm and height 20 cm.
(B)
9
4
(C)
3
9
(D)
4
1 1
30. If m  , n   , then m2  n 2 
2 4 The volume, in cm3, of the cylinder is
1 (A) 180
(A)
16 (B) 240
3 (C) 360
(B)
16 (D) 720
5
(C) 34. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
16
7
(D)
16
(A) 176
(B) 88
88
(C)

88
(D)
2

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35. 2500 millimetres expressed in metres is Item 38 refers to the following diagram.
(A) 0.25
(B) 2.5
(C) 25
(D) 250
Item 36 refers to the trapezium below.
38. The diagram shows two concentric circles

centre O with radius r cm and R cm. The area,
in cm2, of the shaded region is
(A)  R2
36. The area of the trapezium above is (B)  r2
(C)  R2   r 2
(A) 24 cm 2
(D)  r 2  R2
(B) 28 cm2
(C) 30 cm 2 39. The area of a triangle is 30 cm2 and its base is
10 cm. What is the perpendicular height, in cm,
(D) 36 cm2 of the triangle?
37. A motorist travelled 60 km in 1 hour and a

(A) 6
further 90 km in 2 hours. His average speed,
in km/hr, for the entire journey was
(B) 12
(C) 13
(A) 30 (D) 17
(B) 50
(C) 75 40. Tom leaves town P to drive to town Q, which is
(D) 150 595 km away, at 0600 hrs. He arrives in town Q
at 1300 hrs the same day. Tom’s average speed
was
(A) 70 km/h
(B) 75 km/h
(C) 85 km/h
(D) 90 km/h

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Items 41-42 refer to the diagram below showing Item 44 refers to the diagram below
the number of persons who listen to Radio
Stations A, B, C and D during the week
44. The pie chart shows the popular games played at

a school of 720 students. How many play
cricket?
41. Which two stations together have MORE THAN

(A) 35
1500 listeners during the week?
(B) 120
(A) A and B (C) 252
(B) A and D (D) 300
(C) C and D
(D) B and D 45. The heights in cm, of ten students are 150, 152,
155, 153, 170, 160, 156, 165, 158, 155.
42. Which station had as many listeners during the The range is
week as the mean number of listeners for the four
stations during the week? (A) 5
(B) 20
(A) Station A (C) 150
(B) Station B (D) 155
(C) Station C
(D) Station D 46. Which of the following represents the equation of
a straight line?
Item 43 refers to the scores below. (A) y  2x  3

4
10 15 4 7 (B) y
x
(C) y  x2  4
8 8 1 4
(D) y  x2  2 x  5
43. The median of the eight scores presented above is
(A) 4
(B) 7.25
(C) 7.50
(D) 8

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47. The straight line AB cuts the Y axis at
(A) (0,3)
(B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, 2)
(D) (0, 2)
48. From the graph, the values of x

when y  1 are
(A) 1 and -1
(B) 2.2 and -2.2
(C) 2.5 and -2.5
(D) 2.8 and -2.8

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Items 49-50 refer to the following graph Item 51 refers to the following graph.
51. If a, b and c are constants and a  0 , the equation

of the graph could be
49. The maximum point of y  4 x  x 2 is (A) y  ax 2  c

(B) y  c  ax 2
(A) (0, 0) (C) y  c  bx  ax 2
(B) (0, 4) (D) y  ax 2  bx  c
(C) (2, 4)
(D) (4, 2)
The values of x for which y  4 x  x

2
50. AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B .
intersects y  0 are Angle DBA  580
(A) x  0 and x  4
(B) x  0 and x  2
(C) x  0 and x  4
(D) x  2 and x  4
52. The measure of angle ABE is
(A) 580
(B) 1220
(C) 1420
(D) 3020

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53. In the figure above, OPQ is mapped to

OP ' Q ' .What type of transformation has
taken place?
(A) Reflection
(B) Enlargement
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation

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54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B. It Item 55 refers to the diagram below.
then sailed 6 km due north to C. Which diagram
(A)
(B)
55. In the diagram, the translation by which AB is
mapped to. A' B ' is represented by
 2
(A)  
1
 2
(B)  
(C)
 3
 3
(C)  
 2
5
(D)  
 3
(D) Item 56 refers to the diagram below.
56. AB is parallel to EC . The measure of BDE

is
(A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 140o
(D) 180o

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57. In the right-angled triangle above, not drawn to

scale, Qˆ = 90o , PQ = 50 cm , PR = 130 cm and
59. The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows
RQ = x cm . that the angle of depression of a point X from Z
ˆ =
Tan PRQ is 300 . If X is 10 metres from Y, the height of
50 YZ , in metres, is
(A)
x
x (A) 10 tan 30o
(B)
50 (B) 10 sin 30o
50 (C) 10 cos 30o
(C)
130 (D) 10 cos 60o
x
(D) Item 60 refers to the following graph which
130
shows the point A
58. Which of the following BEST describes the

properties of an equilateral triangle?
I. All sides are equal

II. All angles are equal
III. Only two sides are equal
IV. Only two angles are equal
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) III only 60. What are the co-ordinates of the image of
(D) IV only A under reflection in the y − axis ?
(A) ( −3, 4)
(B) (3, −4)
(C) (4, −3)
(D) ( −4, 3)
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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length.
1
3
1
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

Area of ABC  s( s  a)( s  b)( s  c)
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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 3   2  6. If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number?

2 2
1.
(A) 30
(A)  13 (B) 54
(B)  10 (C) 150
(C) 13 (D) 180
(D) 25
7. What is the value of the digit 2 in the number
48.621?
2. Written in scientific notation, 0.045  10 3 is
(A) 4.5  106 2

(A)
(B) 4.5  105 100
(C) 4.5  104 2
(B)
(D) 4.5  101 10
(C) 2
3. What percentage of 30 is 6 ?
(D) 200
(A) 5%
(B) 18%
(C) 20% 8. The number 301 can be written as
(D) 150%
(A) 3  102  1
4. 11.1  0.01 is equal to (B) 3 103  1
(C) 3  10 2  1 10
(A) 110
(D) 3 103  1 10
(B) 111
(C) 1100
(D) 1110
is an even number?
5. If $560 is shared in the ratio 2 : 3 : 9 , the
(A) 3n  2
(B) 3n  2
shares is
(C) 3n  1
(D) 3n  2 n
(A) $ 80
(B) $240
(C) $280
(D) $360

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10. What is the least number of plums that can be Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.
shared equally among 6, 9 or 12 children?
(A) 27
(B) 36
(C) 54
(D) 72
14. In the Venn diagram, if P  Factors of 6 and
Q  Factors of 4 , then the shaded region

represents
11. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area (A) 

represents
(A) P'
(B) 1, 2
(B)  P Q ' (C) 4,6,8,...
(C) QP' (D) 12, 24,36,...
(D) QP'
15. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum
12. Which of the following sets is equivalent to for 2 years is given by
a, b, c, d ?
400  5  2
$
4
(A)
(A) 100
(B) a, b, c 400  5
(B) $
2  100
(C) p, q, r, s 400  2
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (C) $
5  100
400  100
Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below. (D) $
25
13.
sweet is
(A) pq cents
(B)  q  p  cents
In the Venn diagram, n  P   5 , n  Q   9 and
p
n  P  Q   10 .What is n  P  Q  ?
(C) cents
q
q
(A) 4 (D) cents
(B) 6 p
(C) 14
(D) 24

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17. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the 21. A company employs 12 gardeners at $26 per day,
marked price of clothing. What will a customer and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean
pay for a dress with a marked price of $30 ? daily wage, in dollars, of the 20 employees?
(A) $10 (A) $20.00

(B) $20 (B) $21.50
(C) $24 (C) $22.40
(D) $30 (D) $31.50
18. Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain 22. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is
20% on his cost price. How much money did he $54 . What is the rate of interest per annum?
gain? 4
(A) %
9
(A) $12
1
(B) $40 (B) 2 %
(C) $72 4
(C) 5%
(D) $80
(D) 44%
19. Susan bought a calculator for $120 . She had to
pay a sales tax of 10% on the price. How much 23. 2( x  4) 
change would she receive from $140 ?
(A) 2 x  8
(B) 2 x  4
(A) $ 8.00
(C) 2x  4
(B) $12.00
(D) 2 x  8
(C) $28.00
(D) $32.00
8a  
2
24.
20. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If (A) 16 a
(B) 64a
interest, for how many years did John invest his
money? (C) 16a 2
(D) 64a 2
1
(A) 1
2 25. Given that a  b  2 a  3b then 2  ( 3) 
(B) 2
(A) 7
(C) 3
(B) 5
(D) 10 (C) 3
(D) 13

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26. If, 20 a  16  12  3a then a  31. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many.
Max gives John 5 of his marbles. How many
5 marbles does Max now have?
(A)
8
21 (A) x5
(B)
16 (B) x5
13 (C) 2x  5
(C)
8 (D) 2x  5
5
(D)
2 32. The volume of a cube with edges 10 cm is
m2 (A) 30 cm 3
27. If P  , when m   3 ,then P 
2m (B) 100 cm 3
(C) 300 cm3
(A) 6
6 (D) 1000 cm 3
(B)
5
33. How many kilograms are there in one tonne?
9
(C)
5
(A) 10
(D) 9
(B) 100
2  a 2b  
3 (C) 1000
28.
(D) 10000
5 3
(A) 2a b
(B) 2a 6b3 34. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot’s watch
(C) 6a2b was 23 : 00 hrs. When he arrived at his
(D) 8a 6 b 3 destination in the same time zone, on the
following day, his watch showed 03 : 00 hrs.
29. For all of a and b , 3a ( a  2b )  b (2a  3b )  How many hours did the flight take?
(A) 3a 2  ab  3b 2 (A) 4
(B) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2 (B) 20
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2 (C) 26
(D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2 (D) 52
30. Which of the following represents the statement 35. The circumference of a circle is 132 cm . Given
“The difference of two square numbers is 22
positive”? that   , the radius of the circle in
7
centimeters, is
(A) x2  y 2  0 (A) 42
(B) 2x  2 y  0 (B) 21
(C) ( y  x)2  0 (C) 42
(D) 2( y  x )  0 (D) 21

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Item 36 refers to the diagram below. 38. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the
(A) 26.8 cm 2
(B) 53.6 cm 2
(C) 107.2 cm 2
(D) 214.4 cm 2

of AOB is
1
(A) r
3
1
(B) r 39. The area of the trapezium above is
6
(A) 45 cm 2
1 2
(C) r (B) 65 cm 2
3
(C) 90 cm 2
1 2 (D) 130 cm 2
(D) r
6
40. The marks obtained by ten students in a test
Item 37 refers to the diagrams below. marked out of 25 were:
14, 22, 15, 19,19, 16, 24, 13, 20, 19
The range of the marks was
(A) 11
37. Which of the following statements is true about (B) 13
the perimeters of the figures A and B? (C) 18
(D) 19
(A) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
(B) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
(C) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B
(D) Perimeter of A  Perimeter of B

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Item 41 refers to the following table. Item 44 refers to the following pie-chart. O is the
centre of the circle and AOC is the diameter
10 15 4 7
8 8 1 4
41. The median of the eight scores in the table is
(A) 4
(B) 7.25
(C) 7.50
(D) 8
44. The pie chart shows the preference in drinks of
a group of students. If 12 students prefer
chocolate, then the TOTAL number of students
The probability of drawing a blue ball from the
I is
bag at random is
(A) 48
1
(A) (B) 72
6 (C) 180
1 (D) 360
(B)
3
1 45. If the mean of four numbers 4, 8, x and 12 is 10,
(C)
2 then x is
6
(D) (A) 4
11
(B) 10
Item 43 refers to the following table. (C) 12
(D) 16
Length of
10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 46. Which of the following represents the equation of
Leaf (cm)
Frequency 3 8 12 7 a straight line?
43. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were 4

(A) y
measured, to the nearest cm, and the information x
grouped as shown in the table above. (B) y  2x  3
The class boundaries are (C) y  x2  4

(D) y  x2  2 x  5
(A) 3,8,12, 7
(B) 5, 5, 5, 5
(C) 10,14,15,19, 20, 24, 25, 29
(D) 9.5,14.5,19.5, 24.5, 29.5

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If f ( x)  x  x  1 , then f ( 5)  49. Which of the following represents the graph of a
2
47.
function?
(A) 31
(A)
(B) 24
(C) 29
(D) 31
(B)
48. The relationship that BEST describes the

(C)
mapping in the above diagram is
(A) one-to-one
(B) one-to-many
(C) many-to-one
(D) many-to-many
(D)

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50. Which of the following sets is represented by the Item 54 refers to the following diagram.
relation f ( x)  x  3 ?
2
(A)  0, 3 , 1, 4  ,  2, 7  ,  3,12 

(B)  0,3 , 1,5 ,  2,7 ,  3,9
(C)  0,3 , 1, 4  ,  2,5 ,  3, 6 
(D)  0,3 , 1,1 ,  2, 4  ,  3,9 
The range of f : x  x for the domain
3
51.
In the right-angled triangle above, tan  is
2, 1, 0,1, 2 is 54.
5
(A) 0,1,8 (A)
13
(B) 2, 1, 0,1, 2 5
(C) 6, 3, 0, 3, 6 (B)
12
(D) 8, 1, 0,1,8 (C)
12
5
52. A boat was travelling on a bearing of 270 0 . In 13
what direction was it travelling? (D)
5
(A) West
55. The image of a point P ( 2,3) under a translation
(B) East
(C) North  3
(D)   is
South  4
(A) ( 6,12)
(B) ( 5, 1)
(C) (5,1)
(D) (1, 7)
53. In the diagram, AB and CD are parallel. Which

of the following BEST describes the relation
between x and y ?
(A) x  y  2x
(B) x y
(C) x  y  2x
(D) x y

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Item 56 refers to the following diagram
56. The point A is shown on the diagram above. What are the co-ordinates of
the reflection of A in the y  axis ?
(A) ( 4, 3)
(B) (4,  3)
(C) (3,  4)
(D) ( 3, 4)

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57. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B . It Item 58 refers to the diagram below.
then sailed 6 km due north to C . Which diagram
(A)
58. The triangle LMN is rotated in a clockwise

direction about L through an angle of 90 o .
What is its image?
(B) (A)
(B)
(C)
(C)
(D)
(D)

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Item 59 refers to the following diagram. Item 60 refers to the diagram of a building
below.
A boy stands 12 metres from the foot of the

building and observes the angle of elevation of
the top of the building.
59. How many triangles congruent to  AD E would

be needed to cover the rectangle ABC D entirely?
(A) 8
(A) 12 tan 40o
(B) 6
(C) 4 (B) 1.6  12sin 40o
(D) 2 (C) 1.6  12 cos 40o
(D) 1.6  12 tan 40 o
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(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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length.
1
3
1
2
b  b2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. The number 0.0346 written in standard form is 6. John, Peter and Mary shared a sum of money in
the ratio 2 : 4 : 9 . John and Peter together
(A) 3.46  10 2 received $360 . How much money was shared
(B) 3.46  10 1 altogether?
(C) 3.46  10
(D) 3.46  102 (A) $ 480
(B) $ 540
(C) $ 600
2. The value of 0.386  0.06 is (D) $ 900
(A) 0.02316 7. The value of the digit 2 in 425.3 is

(B) 0.2316
(C) 2.316 (A) 2 tens
(D) 23.16 (B) 2 ones
(C) 2 tenths
3. The number 3.14063 written to 3 decimal places
(D) 2 hundreds
is
(A) 3.140 8. 25 130 is the same as

(B) 3.141
(C) 3.146 (A)  25 100   30
(D) 3.150 (B)  25  30  100
(C)  25  30    25  100 
4. If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number? (D) 100  30   100  25
(A) 30 9. The largest prime number that is less than 100 is
(B) 54
(C) 150 (A) 91
(D) 180 (B) 93
(C) 97
1 (D) 99
5. What number when added to 1 gives 2 ?
3
10. What is the LEAST number of plums that can be
1 shared equally among either 6, 9 or 12 children?
(A)
3
2 (A) 27
(B)
3 (B) 36
2 (C) 54
(C) 1
3 (D) 72
1
(D) 3
3

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11. Of a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and 1
15. 3 % of $500 is
20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of 4
students who are studying BOTH Music and Art?
(A) $ 1.62
(A) 3 (B) $15.52
(B) 5 (C) $16.00
(C) 12 (D) $16.25
(D) 15
12. Which of the following sets is equivalent to discount of 10% . The amount of the discount is
a, b, c, d ?
(A) $ 1.80
(A) 4 (B) $ 10.00
(B) a, b, c (C) $ 18.00
(C) p, q, r, s (D) $ 170.00
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
17. If $7000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per
Item 13 refers to the following information. annum for 3 years, the simple interest is
13. P  prime numbers (A) $ 105

Q  odd numbers (B) $ 210
(C) $ 370
R  even numbers
(D) $ 1 050
Which of the following sets is empty?

18. The exchange rate for one United States dollar
(A) QR US $1.00  is two dollars and seventy cents in

(B) PR Eastern Caribbean currency  EC $2.70  What is
(C) P Q the value of US $4.50 in EC currency?
(D) P Q
(A) $ 1.67
$ 6.00
If U  1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and A  3, 6 ,
(B)
14. then the
(C) $ 7.20
number of elements in A ' is (D) $ 12.15
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 8

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19. How much does a customer pay for an article 23. 2a 3   2a  
3
marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is

charged?
(A) 10a 3
(A) $44.00 (B) 10a 6
(B) $47.00
(C) $53.00 (C) 16 a 3
(D) $56.00 (D) 16a 6
20. A salesman sells a car for $11 000. If he is paid a

commission of 4.5% for the first $10 000 and Item 24 refers to the information below
7.5% on the remainder, then the commission he
receives is
(A) $ 495
(B) $ 525
(C) $ 825
(D) $ 1 320

and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean 24. The total cost of 3 pens and 2 boxes is
daily wage of the 20 employees?
(A) 5xy
(A) $20.00 (B) 5( x  y )
(B) $21.50 (C) 2x  3 y
(C) $22.40
(D) 3x  2 y
(D) $31.50
25. Given that 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is
22. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is
$54 , what is the rate of interest per annum? (A) x3
(B) x3
4 (C) x6
(A) % (D) x6
9
1 b
(B) 2 % 26. If a * b   1 , then 7*28 
4 a
3
(C) 5% (A) 
4
(D) 44% 1
(B)
4
(C) 3
(D) 4

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27. Althea saves $x each month; but in June she Item 32 refers to the circle below, with centre O.
saved $4 more than twice her usual amount.
In June Althea saved
(A) $4x
(B) $6 x
(C) $( x  4)
(D) $(2 x  4)
28. 5 x  y   3 x  y  
(A) 2x 32. The circumference of the circle is 20 cm. The

(B) 2x  2 y length of the minor arc AB, in centimeters is
(C) 2x  8 y
1
(D) 8x  8 y (A)  20
60
60
29. If x is an integer which satisfies the inequalities (B)  20
4  x  2  8 then the SMALLEST possible 360
 360  60 
  20
value of x is (C) 
 360 
(A) 7
(B) 6 (D) 60  20
(C) 5
(D) 4 33. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a distance
of 1080 km, what was its average speed?
30. Think of a number. Subtract 8 from it. Multiply
the difference by 3. The result is 21. What is the (A) 12 km/h
original number (B) 102 km/h
(C) 120 km/h
(A) 1 (D) 1200 km/h
(B) 3
(C) 10
34. The volume of a cube whose edge is 6 cm
(D) 15
long is
31. For all a and b, 3a ( a  2b)  b(2a  3b) 

(A) 18 cm3
(B) 36 cm 3
(A) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
(C) 72 cm 3
(B) 3a 2  ab  3b 2
(D) 216 cm 3
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b2
(D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2

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Item 35 refers to the trapezium below. 38. A man leaves home at 22 :15 hrs and reaches
his destination, in the same time zone, at
04 : 00 hrs on the following day. How many
hours did the journey take?
35. The area of the trapezium is (A) 5

3
(B) 5
(A) 24 cm 2 4
(B) 28 cm 2 (C) 6
1
(C) 30 cm 2 (D) 6
4
(D) 36 cm2
36. The distance around the edge of a circular pond 39. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the
length is multiplied by 4 and the width is
divided by 2, the area would then be
(A) 176
(A) 107.2 cm 2
(B) 88 (B) 53.6 cm 2
(C) 26.8 cm 2
88 (D) 13.4 cm 2
(C)

88 40. The median of the numbers:
(D)
2 1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
Item 37 refers to the following diagram (A) 5.4

(B) 6
(C) 6.5
(D) 7
Item 41 refers to the table below which shows the

AOB  720 and OB is r units long. The area Scores 2 3 5 6 8 10
of AOB is Students 7 4 6 3 5 2
1 2 41. The range of scores is

(A) r
5
2 2 (A) 2
(B) r (B) 7
5
1 (C) 8
(C) r (D) 10
5
2
(D) r
5

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Item 42 refers to the bar chart below which 45. A bag contains 60 marbles of different colours.
shows the ages of children who took part in a 5
The probability of choosing a red marble is .
survey. 12
How many red marbles does the bag contain?
(A) 25
(B) 17
(C) 12
(D) 5
46. The graph of the inequality in the diagram above

is defined by
(A) 2  x  3
(A) 5 (B) 2  x  3
(B) 15 (C) 2  x  3
(C) 75 (D) 2  x  3
(D) 87
43. If the mean of four numbers 4, 8, x and 12 is 10, Item 47 refers to the arrow diagram below
then x is
(A) 4
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 16

The probability of drawing a blue ball at random 47. The arrow diagram above describes the relation
from the bag is
(A) x is a factor of y
1 (B)
(A) x is less than y
6 (C) x is a multiple of y
1
(B) (D) x is greater than y
3
1
(C)
2
6
(D)
11

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3x  2 51. The range of f : x  x for the domain
3
48. If h( x )  , then h( 6) 
5 2, 1, 0,1, 2 is
4
(A) (A) 0,1,8
16
(B)
5
(B) 2, 1, 0,1, 2
16 (C) 6, 3, 0, 3, 6
(C)
5 (D) 8, 1, 0,1,8
(D) 4
Item 52 refers to the right-angled triangle below.

49. Which of the following points lies on the line
y  2x  3 ?
(A) (2,3)
(B) ( 2, 1)
(C) (4,1)
(D) (0, 3)
Item 50 refers to the arrow diagram below,

which shows a function.
52. In the right-angled triangle, tan  is
5
(A)
13
5
(B)
12
12
(C)
50. Which of the following best describes the 5
function? 13
(D)
5
(A) f ( x)  x  3
(B) f ( x)  y  3
(C) x  y3
(D) yx

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53. In the figure above, OPQ is mapped onto

OP ' Q ' .What type of transformation has
taken place?
(A) Reflection
(B) Enlargement
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Item 54 refers to the diagram below. 55.
In the figure above, the line CD is the image

of AB after
54. The measure of angle ABE is
(A) a rotation through 90 0 centre O

(A) 580
(B) 1220 (B) a reflection in the y-axis
(C) 1420  4 
(C) a translation by vector  8 
(D) 3020  
(D) an enlargement of scale factor -1

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Item 56 refers to the diagram below. 58. A plane is heading in a direction of 0450 and
changes course in a clockwise direction to 1350 .
The angle through which the plane turns is
(A) 450
(B) 900
(C) 1350
(D) 2700
56. In the diagram above, AB is parallel to CD, and
JKB  1250 . Item 59 refers to the diagram below
The measure of angle MLD is
(A) 1250
(B) 900
(C) 750
(D) 550

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
57. The translation by which AB is mapped to
A ' B ' is represented by 60. In a triangle ABC , angle A  x o and angle
1 B  2 x o . What is the size of angle C ?
(A)  
1
 2 (A) (180  3x)o
(B)   60 o
1 (B)
 3 (C) 45o
(C)    180 
o
 2 (D)  
5  3x 
(D)  
 3
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3
1
2
b  b2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. The number 3.14063 written correct to 37.26  1.8

3 decimal places is 1000
(A) 3.140 (A) 0.207

(B) 3.141 (B) 0.0207
(C) 3.146 (C) 20.7000
(D) 3.150 (D) 20 700
 3    2  
2 2
2. 7. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is
(A) 13 (A) 3

(B) 10 (B) 5
(C) 12
(C) 13
(D) 60
(D) 25
8. The number 301 can be written as
3. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as
(A) 3 103  110
(A) 0.17004  10 3
(B) 3 102  110
(B) 1.7004 102
(C) 3 103  1
(C) 17.004 101
(D) 3 102  1
(D) 1.7004  10 2
is an even number?
4. 0.386  0.06 
(A) 3n  1
(A) 0.02316 (B) 3n  2
(B) 0.2316 (C) 3n  2
(C) 2.316 (D) 3n  2n
(D) 23.16
10. 25 130 is the same as
1
5. What number when added to 1 gives 2 ?
3 (A)  25 100  30
(A)
1 (B)  25  30 100
3 (C)  25  30   25 100
2
(B)
3 (D) 100  30  100  25
(C) 1
(D) 3

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Item 11 refers to the Venn diagram below. Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.

represents 14. If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
(A) P'
(B)  P  Q '
(C) Q P' (A) 
(D) Q P' (B) 1, 2
12. In a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and
(C) 4,6,8,...
20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of (D) 12, 24,36,...
students who are studying BOTH Music and Art?
15. If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$1.00, then
(A) 3 TT$15.00 in U.S. dollars is
(B) 5
(C) 12 (A) $0.25
(D) 15 (B) $0.40
(C) $2.50
(D) $4.00
13. If P  a, b, c then the number of subsets
of P is 1
16. 3 % of $500 is
4
(A) 8
(B) 6 (A) $ 1.62
(C) 4 (B) $15.52
(D) 3 (C) $16.00
(D) $16.25

sweet is
q
(A) cents
p
(B) pq cents
p
(C) cents
q
(D)  q  p  cents

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A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as 23. 8a  
2
18.
commission. His sales for last month were
$2 020 . How much commission was he paid?
(A) 16a
(A) $ 11.00 (B) 64a
(B) $ 20.20 (C) 16 a 2
(C) $101.00
(D) 64a 2
(D) $110.00
19. How much does a customer pay for an article

marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is Item 24 refers to the expansion below
charged?
 x  a  x  b   x2   a  b  x  ab
(A) $56.00
(B) $53.00
(C) $47.00 24. The middle term in the expansion of
(D) $44.00  x  3 x 1 is
20. A table is sold on hire purchase. The sale price
consists of a deposit of $306 and six monthly (A) 2
installments of $60 each. How much does a (B) 3
customer pay for the table? (C) 2x
(D) 4x
(A) $360
(B) $366
25. 5  x  y   3 x  y  
(C) $666
(D) $966 (A) 2x
(B) 2x  2 y
21. A loan of $8000 was repaid in 2 years in
(C) 2x  8 y
monthly payments of $400.00 . The interest on
the loan, as a percentage, was (D) 8x  8 y
(A) 5% 4 x 3x
(B) 8% 26.  may be written as
7 y 5y
(C) 16%
(D) 20%
41x
3
(A)
22. A man pays 60 cents for every 200 m of gas 35 y
used, plus a fixed charge of $13.75 . How much 41x 2
3
does he pay when he uses 55000 m of gas? (B)
35 y
(A) $178.75 41xy
(C)
(B) $175.25 35 y
(C) $165.00 20 x  21y
(D) $151.25 (D)
35 y

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b 31. The values of x and y which satisfy the equations
27. If a * b   1 , then 7*28 
a x  2 y  27 and 2 x  y  19 are respectively
3
(A)  (A) 15 and 10
4 (B) 10 and 15
1 (C) 7 and 13
(B)
4 (D) 13 and 7
(C) 3
(D) 4 32. The volume of a cube of edge 10 cm is
28. Given 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is (A) 30 cm3

(A) x6
(B) 100 cm 3
(B) x6
(C) 300 cm3
(C) x3
(D) 1000 cm 3
(D) x3
t 33. 2500 millimetres expressed in metres is

x
29. If x  2 , y  3 , t  2 , then   
 y (A) 0.25
4 (B) 2.5
(A) 
9 (C) 25
4 (D) 250
(B)
9
4 34. A boy leaves home at 09 :15 hours and arrives at
(C) school at 10 : 05 hours. If he travels non-stop at
3
9 an average speed of 6 kmh 1 , what is the
(D) distance, in km, of his home from school?
4
30. When 6 is added to a number and the sum is (A) 2 km

divided by three, the result is four. This statement (B) 5 km
written in mathematical symbols is (C) 6 km
(D) 9 km
6 x
(A) 4 35. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
3
6 is 88 m . The radius, in metres, is
(B) x4
3
(A) 176
6 x 4
(C)  (B) 88
3 3
88
x (C)
(D) 6  4 
3
88
(D)
2

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36. A man leaves home at 22 :15 hrs and reaches 38. Which of the figures below, not drawn to scale,
1
his destination in the same time zone at 04 : 00
hrs on the following day. How many hours did
has an area equal to  3  4   5 square units?
2
the journey take?
(A)
(A) 5
3
(B) 5
4
(C) 6
(B)
1
(D) 6
4
Item 37 refers to the diagram below (C)
(D)
39. The area of a triangle is 30 cm 2 and its base is

10 cm . What is the perpendicular height, in cm,
37. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle of the triangle?
of AOB is
(A) 6
(B) 12
1 (C) 13
(A) r (D) 17
3
1
(B) r 40. The median of the numbers:
6
1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
1 2
(C) r (A) 5.4
3
(B) 6
1 2 (C) 6.5
(D) r (D) 7
6

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41. Six hundred students write an examination. The 44. Each of the letters in the word ‘CHANCE’ is
probability of a randomly selected student failing written on a slip of paper similar in size and
1 shape. The slips of paper are then placed in a bag
the examination is . How many students are
5 and thoroughly shaken. What is the probability of
expected to pass? drawing a letter ‘C’?
1
(A)
(A) 120 6
(B) 480 1
(B)
(C) 500 5
(D) 600 1
(C)
3
42. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were 2
(D)
measured, to the nearest cm, and the information 3
grouped as shown in the table below.
Item 45 refers to the following diagram
Length of
10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29
Leaf (cm)
Frequency 3 8 12 7
The limits of the class intervals are
(A) 3,8,12, 7
(B) 5,5,5,5
(C) 9.5,14.5,19.5, 24.5, 29.5
(D) 10,14,15,19, 20, 24, 25, 29
Item 43 refers to the following bar chart 45. The pie chart above shows the preference in
drinks of a group of students. If 12 students
prefer chocolate, then the TOTAL number of
students is
(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
(D) 360

a straight line?
43. The bar chart above shows the number of books
read by the children who took part in a survey. (A) y  2x  3
How many children took part in the survey?
4
(A) 5 (B) y
x
(B) 15
(C) 75 (C) y  x2  4
(D) 87 (D) y  x2  2 x  5

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Item 47 refers to the graph below 49. Which of the following diagrams illustrates a
function?
(A)
(B)
47. The straight line AB cuts the Y axis at (C)
(A) (0,3)
(B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, 2)
(D)
(D) (0, 2)
Item 48 refers to the following graph

If f ( x)  x  x  1 , then f ( 5) 
2
50.
(A) 31
(B) 19
(C) 24
(D) 29
The values of x for which y  4 x  x intersects

2
48.
y  0 are
(A) x  0 and x  4
(B) x  0 and x  2
(C) x  0 and x  4
(D) x  2 and x  4

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Item 51 refers to the following diagram of a function. 54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B then
sailed 6 km due north to C . Which diagram
(A)
51. Which of the following best describes the

function?
(B)
(A) f ( x)  3  x
(B) yx
(C) f ( x)  x  3
(D) x  y3

(C)
52. AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B
.
Angle DBA  58o
(D)
The measure of angle ABE is
(A) 58o
(B) 122o
(C) 142o
(D) 302o

4 right angles, the polygon is a
(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
(C) pentagon
(D) quadrilateral

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55. o
A plane is heading in a direction of 045 and 58. A ladder 5 metres long is leaning against a
o
changes course in a clockwise direction to 135 . vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 3 m away
The angle through which the plane turns is from the wall. How far up the wall does the
ladder reach?
(A) 45o
(A) 4m
(B) 90o
(B) 6m
(C) 135o (C) 8m
(D) 270o (D) 15 m
56. The image of the point P ( 3, 2) under the Item 59 refers to the diagram below
2
translation   is
1
(A) (5,3)
(B) ( 2, 4)
(C) ( 1, 3)
(D) (1,1)
Item 57 refers to the following diagram. 59. The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows
that the angle of depression of a point X from Z
is 30o . If X is 10 metres from Y , the height of
YZ , in metres, is
(A) 10 tan 60o

(B) 10 cos 60o
(C) 10 tan 30o
(D) 10sin 30o
60. In a triangle ABC , angle A  x o and angle B ,

o
2 x o . What is the size of angle C ?
anti-clockwise about O through 90 , what is its
image?
(A) 60 o
(A) y0 (B) 45o
(B) x0 (C) (180  3x)o
(C) yx  180 
o
y  x
(D)  
(D)  3x 
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2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3
1
2
b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. What percentage of 30 is 6 ? 6. If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number?
(A) 5% (A) 30
(B) 18% (B) 54
(C) 20% (C) 150
(D) 150% (D) 180
2. The number 3.14063 written correct to 3 decimal 3

 1
places is 7.    is the same as
 2
(A) 3.140
(B) 3.141 1
(A) 
(C) 3.146 8
(D) 3.150 1
(B) 
6
3 1
3. Express 4 as a decimal correct to 3 significant (C)
8 8
figures. 1
(D)
6
(A) 4.30
(B) 4.37 8. What is the highest Common Factor of the set of
numbers 54, 72,90 ?
(C) 4.38
(D) 4.40
4. There are 40 students in a class. Girls make up

(A) 9
60% of the class. 25% of the girls wear glasses. (B) 18
How many girls in the class wear glasses? (C) 90
(D) 1080
(A) 6
(B) 8 9. If 3n is an odd number, which of the following
(C) 10 is an even number?
(D) 15
(A) 3n  1
5. If $560 is shared in the ratio 2 : 3: 9 , the
(B) 3n  2
difference between the largest and the smallest (C) 3n  2
shares is (D) 3n  2n
(A) $ 80
(B) $240
(C) $280
(D) $360

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10. By the distributive law 49 17  49  3  Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.
(A) 52  66
(B) 52  66
(C) 49  20
(D) 49  20

a, b, c, d ?
14. In the figure above, X represents the set of
(A) 4 multiples of four. Y represents the set of
multiples of 5. The shaded region represents the
(B) a, b, c set of all multiples of
(C) p, q, r, s
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (A)
(B)
8
9
(C) 10
12. If U  1,3,5,6,8 and A  3, 6 , then the (D) 20
number of elements in A ' is
15. A plot of land is valued at $18000 . Land tax is
(A) 2 charged at a rate of $0.70 per $100 . What is
(B) 3 total amount of tax to be paid for the land?
(C) 4
(D) 8 (A) $110.00
(B) $126.00
Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below. (C) $180.70
(D) $257.15

discount of 10% . The amount of the discount is
(A) $ 1.80
(B) $ 10.00
(C) $ 18.00
(D) $ 170.00
represents
(A) P'
(B) P  Q'
(C) P ' Q '
(D) PQ'

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Item 17 refers to the table below. 21. A man pays 60 cents for every 200 m 3 of gas
used, plus a fixed charge of $13.75 . How much
House Insurance 50¢ per $100 3
does he pay when he uses 55000 m of gas?
Contents Insurance 25¢ per $100
(A) $151.25
(B) $165.00
17. The table above shows the rates charged by an
(C) $175.25
insurance company. How much will a person pay
(D) $178.75
$50 000 , and the contents at $10 000 ?
and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean
(A) $225
daily wage, in dollars, of the 20 employees?
(B) $275
(C) $450 (A) $20.00
(D) $500 (B) $21.50
(C) $22.40
18. A man bought a cow for $200 and sold it to gain
(D) $31.50
cost price?
4 2
23.  
(A) 5% 5x 5x
(B) 15%
(C) 20% 6
(A)
(D) 25% 25 x
8
(B)
19. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is 25x
$54 . What is the rate of interest per annum? 6
(C)
4 10x
(A) % 6
9 (D)
1 5x
(B) 2 %
4
(C) 5% 24. If x is an integer that satisfies the inequality
4  2 x  6 , then
(D) 44%
(A) 2 x3
20. A customer buys a table on hire purchase. He (B) 2  x  3
makes a deposit of $306 and pays six monthly (C) 3  x  2
installments of $60 each. The TOTAL cost to (D) 3  x  2
the customer is
(A) $360
(B) $366
(C) $666
(D) $966

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25. The expression 2( x  4) is the same as 30. When x is subtracted from a number and the
(A) 2 x  8 result is multiplied by 3 , the final answer
(B) 2 x  4 is 21 .What is the original number?
(C) 2x  4
(D) 2 x  8 (A) 1
(B) 3
26. 3a ( a  2b)  b(2a  3b)  (C) 10
(D) 15
(A) 3a 2  ab  3b 2
31. The sum of two numbers x and y , is 18 , and
(B) 3a 2  4ab  3b 2
their difference is 14. Which pair of equations
(C) 3a 2  4ab  3b2
describes the above statement?
(D) 3a 2  8ab  3b 2
(A) x  y  18
27. If m * n  mn  n 2 , then 5*3 
x  y  14
(A) 6
(B) x  y  32
(B) 3
x y 4
(C) 15
(D) 6
(C) 2 x  2 y  18
28. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many. 2 x  2 y  14
Max gives Tom 5 of his marbles. How many
marbles does Max now have? (D) xy  18
x  y  14
(A) x5
(B) x 5 32. The volume of a cube whose edge is 6 cm long
(C) 2x  5 is
(D) 2x  5
(A) 18 cm 3
29. Given that 3( x  1)  2( x  1)  7 , then the value
(B) 36 cm 3
of x is
(C) 72 cm 3
(A) 6 (D) 216 cm 3
(B) 7
33. 2500 millimetres expressed in metres is
(C) 8
(D) 9
(A) 0.25
(B) 2.5
(C) 25
(D) 250

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34. The distance around the edge of a circular pond Item 38 refers to the following diagram
(A) 88
(B) 176
88
(C)

88
(D)
2
35. A car travels 80 kilometres in 2½ hours. 38. The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows a
What is its speed in kilometers per hour? cylinder of radius 3 cm and height of 8 cm . The
volume is.
(A) 6
(B) 32 12  cm3
(A)
(C) 82.5
(D) 200 (B) 48 cm3
(C) 72  cm3
(D) 192  cm3
39. A man leaves home at 22 :15 hrs and reaches

his destination at 04 : 00 hrs on the following
day in the same time zone. How many hours did
the journey take?
36. The area of the quadrilateral above is (A) 5

3
2 (B) 5
(A) 24 cm 4
(B) 28 cm 2 (C) 6
(C) 30 cm 2 1
(D) 6
(D) 36 cm2 4

x, 2 x and 2 x centimetres . If the perimeter is
20 centimetres , what is the value of x , in
centimeters?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10

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Items 40-42 refer to the diagram below which 43. The median of the numbers:
shows the sport chosen by 160 boys who 1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
participated in a games evening at their school
(A) 5.4
(B) 6
(C) 6.5
(D) 7

1
(A)
2
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
40. The number of boys who chose football is 6
6
(D)
(A) 40 11
(B) 90
(C) 110 Item 45 refers to the following table.
(D) 150
Length of
41. How many boys participated in cricket? 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29
Leaf (cm)
Frequency 3 8 12 7
(A) 54
(B) 60
(C) 110 45. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were
(D) 120 measured, to the nearest cm, and the information
grouped as shown in the table above.
42. The probability that a boy chosen at random
participated in boxing is The class boundaries are
1 (A) 3,8,12, 7
(A)
8 (B) 5, 5, 5, 5
1 (C) 9.5,14.5,19.5, 24.5, 29.5
(B)
4 (D) 10,14,15,19, 20, 24, 25, 29
1
(C)
2
7
(D)
8

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46. Which of the following line graphs represents Item 48 refers to the graph below.
 x : 2  x  4 ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
If f ( x)  x  x  1 , then f ( 5) 
2
47.
(A) 31
(B) 29 48. The straight line AB cuts the y axis at
(C) 24 (A) (0,3)
(D) 31 (B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, 2)
(D) (0, 2)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
49. Which of the following represents the graph of a function?
I. II. III. IV.
(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) IV

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50. Item 53 refers to the diagram below.
The arrow diagram above shows a function.

53. In the diagram, AB is parallel to CD , and
function?
∠JKB = 125o .
(A) f ( x) = x + 3
(B) f ( x) = y + 3 ∠MLD is
(C) x = y+3
(D) y=x (A) 45o
(B) 55o
51. The range of f : x → x for the domain
3 (C) 90o
(D) 125o
{−2, −1, 0,1, 2} is
(A) {0,1,8} Item 54 refers to the following diagram.

(B) {−2, −1, 0,1, 2}
(C) {−6, −3, 0,3, 6}
(D) {−8, −1, 0,1,8}

construction. With centre A , an arc BC is drawn. 54. In the right-angled triangle above, not drawn to
With centre B , and the same radius, the arc PCQ
scale, Qˆ = 90 o , PQ = 50 cm , PR = 130 cm and
is drawn.
RQ = x cm .
ˆ =
Tan PRQ
50
(A)
x
x
(B)
50
52. What is the measure of ∠BAC ? 50
(A) 30o (C)
130
(B) 45o x
(D)
(C) 60o 130
(D) 75o

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Item 55 refers to the diagram below. Item 57 refers to the diagram below.
57.
The triangle LMN is rotated in a clockwise

direction about L through an angle of 90 o .
What is its image?
(A)
55. In the diagram above, the translation by which

AB is mapped onto A' B ' is represented by
1
(A)   (B)
1
 2
(B)  
1
 3
(C)  
 2
5
(D)  
 3
Item 56 refers to the diagram below. (C)
(D)
56. AB is parallel to EC . Calculate BDE .
(A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 140o
(D) 180o

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Item 58 refers to the following diagram. 60. In each of the diagrams shown below, A ' is the
image of A . Which of the following diagrams
shows a reflection in the x axis ?
(A)

anti-clockwise about O through 90o , what is its
(B)
image?
(A) y0
(B) x0
(C) yx
(D) y  x
(C)
(D)

(A) 8
(B) 6
(C) 4
(D) 2
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Sample Item

2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
1
3

Arc length S  2 r where  is the angle of the sector.
360

Area of a sector A   r 2 where  is the angle of the sector.
360
1
2
b  b2  4ac
Roots of quadratic equations If ax 2  bx  c  0 , then x 
2a
opposite side
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

Area of  ABC  s ( s  a )( s  b)( s  c )
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C

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1. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as 37.26  1.8

1000
(A) 0.17004  103
(B) 1.7004 102 (A) 0.207
(C) 17.004 101 (B) 0.0207
(C) 20.7000
(D) 1.7004  10 1
(D) 20 700
2. What percentage of 340 is 425 3

1
7.    is the same as
(A) 80% 2
(B) 85%
(C) 125% 1
(A) 
(D) 152% 8
1
(B) 
3. Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in the ratio 6
2 : 3 respectively. Ann received $120 . What was 1
(C)
Betty’s share? 8
1
(A) $ 72 (D)
6
(B) $ 80
(C) $ 180 8. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is
(D) $ 300
(A) 1
4. 11.1  0.01 is equal to (B) 3
(C) 12
(A) 110 (D) 60
(B) 111
(C) 1100
(D) 1110 9. If 3n is an odd number, which of the following
is an even number?
5. If 60% of a number is 90 , what is the number?
(A) 3n  1
(A) 30 (B) 3n  2
(B) 54 (C) 3n  2
(C) 150 (D) 3n  2n
(D) 180
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10. What is the least number of plums that can be Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.
shared equally among 6, 9 or 12 children?
(A) 27
(B) 36
(C) 54
(D) 72

a, b, c, d ? 14. If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
(A) 4
(B) a, b, c (A) 
(C) p, q, r, s (B) 1, 2
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (C) 4,6,8,...
(D) 12, 24,36,...
12. Which of the following sets is defined by
 x   : 2  x  4 15.
1
3 % of $500 is
4
(A) 1, 2,3, 4
(A) $ 1.62
(B) 0,1,2,3,4 (B) $15.52
(C) 1, 0,1, 2,3 (C) $16.00
(D) $16.25
(D) 2, 1,0,1,2,3,4
16. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the
13. If P  a , b then the number of subsets of P is marked price of clothing. What will a customer
(A) 2
(B) 3 (A) $10
(C) 4 (B) $20
(D) 8 (C) $24
(D) $30
17. A man bought a calf for $200 and sold it for

cost price?
(A) 5%
(B) 15%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%

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18. How much does a customer pay for an article 22. If $7000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per annum
marked at $50.00 before taxes if a sales tax of for 3 years, the simple interest is
6% is charged?
(A) $ 105
(A) $56.00 (B) $ 210
(B) $53.00 (C) $ 370
(C) $47.00 (D) $ 1 050
(D) $44.00
4 2
19. At the end of any year, a car is worth 5% less 23.  
5x 5x
than what it was worth at the beginning of the
year. If a car was bought for $10 000 in
6
January 2009, its value in December 2009 was (A)
25 x
(A) $9 000
8
(B) $9 025 (B)
(C) $9 500 25 x
(D) $9 995 6
(C)
10 x
20. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is 6
(D)
$54 . What is the rate of interest per annum? 5x
4
(A) %
9 24. ( x  2)(3 x  4) 
1
(B) 2 %
4 (A) 3x 2  6 x  8
(C) 5% (B) 3x2  2 x  8
(D) 44% (C) 3x 2  10 x  8
(D) 3 x 2  10 x  8
3
21. A man pays 60 cents for every 200 m of gas
used, plus a fixed charge of $13.25 . How much 25. If 5 x  26  x  50 then the value of x is
3
does he pay when he uses 55 000 m of gas?
(A) 12
(B) 6
(A) $178.25
(B) $175.25 (C) 6
(C) $165.00 (D) 19
(D) $151.25

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26. 3x  2 x 
2 3 31. The values of x and y which satisfy the equations
x  2 y  27 and 2 x  y  19 are respectively
5
(A) 6x (A) 15 and 10
(B) 6 x6 (B) 10 and 15
(C) 5x6 (C) 7 and 13
(D) 72 x 5 (D) 13 and 7
32. The diagram below shows a cylinder with

m2
27. P . When m  3 ,the value of P is diameter 6 cm and height 20 cm.
2m
(A) 9
9
(B)
5
6
(C)
5
(D) 6
28. For 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is
(A) x3 The volume in cm3 , of the cylinder is

(B) x3
(C) x6 (A) 180
(D) x6 (B) 240
(C) 360
29. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many. (D) 720
Max gives John 5 of his marbles. How many
marbles does Max now have? 33. How many kilogrammes are there in one tonne?
(A) x5 (A) 10

(B) x5 (B) 100
(C) 2x  5 (C) 1 000
(D) 2x  5 (D) 10 000
2
30. If 3   1 , then the value of x is 34. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
x is 88 m. The radius, in metres is
(A) 1 (A) 88

1
(B)
5 (B) 176
(C) 1 88
(C)

(D) 5
88
(D)
2

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Item 35 refers to the quadrilateral below. 37. The area of a triangle is 30 cm 2 and its base is
10 cm . What is the perpendicular height, in cm,
of the triangle?
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 13
35. The area of the quadrilateral above is (D) 17
(A) 24 cm2 38. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the

(B) 28 cm 2
(C) 30 cm 2
(D) 36 cm2 (A) 26.8 cm 2
(B) 53.6 cm 2
Item 36 refers to the diagram below. (C) 107.2 cm 2
(D) 214.4 cm 2
Item 39 refers to the table below showing the

Scores 2 3 5 6 8 11
Students 8 4 6 3 12 2
36. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle (A) 8

AOB  60o and OB is r units long. The area (B) 9
of AOB is (C) 10
(D) 12
1
(A) r 40. The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. What is the
3
area in cm 2 ?
1
(B) r
6 (A) 36
(B) 72
1 2 (C) 108
(C) r
3 (D) 144
1 2
(D) r
6

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41. The mean of the following numbers is 15. Items 43-45 refer to the diagram below which
14,10,18,c,21,15,14 shows the sport chosen by 160 boys who
participated in a games evening at their school
The value of c is.
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 20
(D) 91
42. A bag contains 2 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue balls.

1
(A)
6
1
(B)
3
1 43. The number of boys who chose football is
(C)
2
6 (A) 40
(D)
11 (B) 90
(C) 110
(D) 150
44. The probability that a boy chosen at random

participated in boxing is
7
(A)
8
1
(B)
2
1
(C)
4
1
(D)
8
45. How many boys participated in cricket?
(A) 54
(B) 60
(C) 110
(D) 120

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46. Which of the following represents the equation of 50. What is the gradient of the straight line
a straight line? 2 y  3 x  8 ?
(A) y
4 (A) 3
x 3
(B) 
(B) y  x2  4 2
(C) y  2x  3 2
(C)
(D) y  x2  2 x  5 3
(D) 3
Item 47 refers to the arrow diagram below
51. Which of the following sets is represented by the
relation f : x  x  3 ?
2
(A)  0, 3  , 1, 4  ,  2, 7  ,  3,12 

(B)  0,3 , 1,5 ,  2, 7  ,  3,9 
(C)  0, 3  , 1, 4  ,  2, 5  ,  3, 6 
(D)  0, 3  , 1,1 ,  2, 4  ,  3, 9 
47. The arrow diagram above describes the relation
(A) x is a factor of y construction. With centre A , an arc BC is drawn.
(B) x is less than y With centre B , and the same radius, the arc
(C) x is a multiple of y PCQ is drawn.
(D) x is greater than y
If f ( x)  2 x  1 then f ( 3) =
2
48.

(A) 32
(B) 19
(C) 17 52. What is the measure of BAC ?
(D) 35
(A) 30o
(B) 45o
(C) 60o
(D) 75o
49. The graph of the inequality in the diagram above
is defined by
(A) 2  x  3
(B) 2  x  3
(C) 2  x  3
(D) 2  x  3
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53. In the diagram, AB and CD are parallel. Which

of the following BEST describes the relation
between x and y ?
(A) x y
(B) x y
(C) x  y  2x
(D) x  y  2x

55. In the diagram above OPQ is mapped onto
OP ' Q ' .What type of transformation has taken
54. AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B . place?
Angle DBA  58o
(A) Reflection
(B) Enlargement
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation
The measure of angle ABE is
(A) 58o
(B) 122o
(C) 142o
(D) 302o

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56 In each of the diagrams shown below, A ' is the Item 57 refers to the diagram below.
image of A . Which of the diagrams shows a
reflection in the x  axis ?
(A)
57. AB is parallel to EC . What is the measure of

BDE .
(A) 40o
(B) (B) 50o
(C) 140o
(D) 180o
(C)
(D)

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Item 58 refers to the triangle below. Item 59 refers to the diagram of the building
below.
58.
A boy stands 12 metres from the foot of the
building and observes the angle of elevation of
the top of the building.
The triangle LMN is rotated in a clockwise

direction about L through an angle of 90o .
What is its image?
(A)

(B)
(A) 12 tan 40o
(B) 1.6  12sin 40o
(C) 1.6  12 cos 40o
(D) 1.6  12 tan 40 o
60. A ladder 5 metres long is leaning against a

vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 3 m away
(C) from the wall on horizontal ground. How far up
the wall does the ladder reach?
(A) 4m
(B) 6m
(C) 8m
(D) 15 m
(D)
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FORM TP 2013091
MAY/JUNE 2013
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®
SECO:'\JDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
. I hour 30 minutes
(22 MAY 2013 (p.m.))
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

I. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
I 3.
4.
A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each
item you are about to answer, and decide which choice is best.
5. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Sample Item
2a + 6a = Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B)
(C)
8a2
12a
•@©@
(D) 12a2
The best answer to this item is "Sa", so answer space (A) has been shaded.
6. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
7. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to this item later.
Your score will be the total number of correct answers.
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
Volume of cylinder V = nrh where r is the radius of the base and his the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V = 3 Ah where A is the area of the base and his the perpendicular height.
Circumference of a circle C = 2nr where r is the radius of the circle.
Arc length S = _!!__ x 2nr where 0° is the angle subtended by the arc.
360
Area of a circle A = nr where r is the radius of the circle.

()
Area of a sector of a circle A = x nr where 0° is the angle in the sector.
360
Area of trapezium A = ..!.. ( a + b) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
Roots of quadratic equations If ax2 + bx + c = 0,
then x = -b ± .Jb2 -4ac

2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sine
hypotenuse
Opposite
adjacent side
cos e
hypotenuse
Adjacent
opposite side
tan e
adjacent side
Area of triangle Area of MBC = ~ bh where b is the length of the
base and h is the perpendicular height
Area of MBC = ..!..ab sin C

2
AreaofMBC = ~s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)
where s = a + b + c
2
Sine rule a b c
--=--=--
sinA sinB sine
Cosine rule a2 ... Ir+ c1 - 2bccosA

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1
1. ( ) is equal to 6. ln a school, the ratio of the number of

pupils to the number of teachers is 20 : 1.
If the number of pupils is 84b, how many
4 teachers are there?
(A) -
6 (A) 40
4 (B) 42
(B) (C) 800
3
(D) 840
2
(C)
9
7. The LARGEST prime number that is less
(D) 4
- than 100 is
9
(A) 91
(B) 93
2. What percentage of 340 is 425? (C) 97
(D) 99
(A) 80%
(B) · 85%
(C) 125%. 8. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is
(D) 152%
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 12
3. Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in
(D) 60
the ratio 2:3. Ann received $ 120. What
was Betty's share?
9. By the distributive law 49 x 17 + 49 x 3=
(A) $ 72
(B) $ 80 (A) 52 + 66
(C) $180 (B) 52 x 66
(D) $300 (C) 49 + 20
(D) 49 x 20
4. If 12 _!_ % of a sum of money is $40, what

2 10. The value of the digit 5 in the number 537
is the TOTAL sum of money? is
(A) 5
(A) $ 45
(B) 100
(B) $ 320
(C) 500
(C) $ 500 (D) 5 000
(D) $4 500
11. Which of the following sets is equivalent

5. The value of 29.94 x 0.5 is approximately to {a, b, c, d}?
(A) 0.15 (A) {4 }

(B) l.5 (B) {a, b, c}
(C) 15 (C) {p, q, r, s}
(D) 150 (D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
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Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below. 15. If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$ l .OO. then
TT$15.00 in U.S. dollars is
(A) $0.25
(B) $0.40
(C) $2.50
(D) $4.00
16. A man's taxable income is S 15 200. He

12. In the Venn diagram, the shaded area pays tax at the rate of 25° o. The amount
represents of income tax he pays is
(A) .P' (A) $3 775

(B) (Pu Q)' (B) $3 800
(C) Q u P' (C) $3 825
.
(D) Q n P' (D) $3 875
13. If X and Y are two finite sets such that 17. At the end of any year a car is worth 5%
n(X) = 7,,n(Y) = 5 and n(X n Y) = 3, then less than what it was worth at the beginning
n(X u Y) is of the year. If a car was worth SI 0 000 in
January 2011, then its Yalue in December
(A) 6 2011 was
(B) 9
(C) 15 (A) $9 995
(D) 18 (B) $9 500
(C) $9 025
(D) $9 000
u 18. Tom bought a pen for S60 and sold it to gain
p Q
20% on his cost price. How much money
did he gain?
(A) $12
(B) $40
(C) $72
(D) $80
14. IfP= {Factorsof6} andQ={Factorsof4},
19. Mr. Duncan bought a table at a discount
(A) {} of 30% thus saving 542. What was the
ca) {1, 2} marked price of the table?
(C) {4,6,8 ... }
(D) { 12, 24, 36 ... } (A) $ 98.
(B) $110
(C) $140
(D) $182

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20. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is 25. If 5(2.x- I)= 35, then x =
$54, what is the rate of interest per annum?
(A) -4
(A) io/o (B)
9
4
(B) 2_!_ % (C) 3
4
(D) 4
(C) 5%
(D) 44%
26. 3x2 x 2x3 =
21. At a sale, each book was marked $3.00 off (A) 6x 5

the original price. Daniel paid $46.00 for (B) 6x 6
two books that had the same sale price. (C) 5x6
What was the original cost of ONE of his (D) 72x5
books/
(A) $20.00 27. If x = 4 and y = 2, what is the value of

(B) $21.50
(C) $24.50 x 2 +3y
(D) $26.00 xy
22. If$7 000 is borrowed at the rate of5% per (A) 1~

annum for 3 years, the simple interest is 4
(B) 2_!_
(A) $ 105 2
(B) $ 210
(C) $ 370 (C) 2~
(D) $1 050 8
(D) 2~
4
23. Seven times the product of two numbers,
a and b, may be written as
28. The sum of two positive numbers (p and q)
(A) 7ab
is 32. Their difference is 12. What is the
(B) 49ab
SMALLER number?
(C) 7a+ b
(D) 7(a+ b)
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 20
24. If xis an integer that satisfies the inequality
4 < 2x's; 6, then
(D) 22
(A) 2<x::;3
(B) -2 < x::; 3
(C) -3 < x::; 2
(D) -3s;x<-2

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29. When 6 is added to a number and the sum Item 33 refers to the diagram below.
is divided by three, the result is four. This
statement written in mathematical symbols
lS
6+x= 4
(A)
3
6
(B) -+x=4
3
6+x 4 33. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle
(C) -- = -
3 3 AOB = 60° and OB is runits long. The area
of AOB is
x
(D) 6+-=4
3 I 2
(A) -trr
6
30. The volume of a cube with edge 10 cm is
1
(B) -trr
6
(A) 30cm3
(B) 100 cm 3 (C) I z
-1Lr
(C) · 300 cm3 3
(D) 1 000 cm3 1
(D) -trr
3
31. If3 + ~ = 1, then the value of x is Item 34 refers to the figure below which
x
shows a triangle resting on a square.
(A) -1
(B)
5
(C) 1
(D) 5
32. How many kilograms are there in one Scm

tonne?
(A) 10
(B) 100 34. The length of one side of the square is
(C) 1 000 5 cm and the height of the triangle is 4 cm.
(D) 10 000 What is the TOTAL area of the figure, in
cm2 ?
(A) 35
(B) 45
(C) 50
(D) 100

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35. Which of the figures below, not drawn 38. A man leaves home at 22: 15 hrs and reaches
1 his destination at 04:00 hrs on the following
to scale, has an area equal to -(5+4) x 2
2 day, in the same time zone ... How many
square units? hours did the journey take?
~~ ]
(A) (A) 5
(B) 5l
4
4 (C) 6
(D) 6_!_
(B)
y 5
] 39.
4
The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. What

is the area, in cm2 ?
y
(A) 36
(C)
]
(B) 72
(C) 108
(D) 144
5
40. Among a group of employees, the highest
(D) paid receives a weekly wage of $105.40.
If the range of the wages is $27.50, how
much does the LOWEST paid employee
receive?
(A) $ 27.50
(1=l) $ 66.45
36. A car travels 80 kilometres in 2_!_ hours. (C) $ 77.90
2 (D) $105.40
What is its speed in kilometres per hour?
(A) 6 Item 41 refers to the information below

(B) 32 which shows the scores obtained by eleven
(C) 82.5 footballers in a goal-shoot competition:
(D) 200
5, 3, 6, 8, 7, 8, 3, 11, 6, 3, 2
37. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 • If the 41. The modal score is
length is multiplied by four and the width
is halved, the area would then be (A) 3
(B) 6
(A) 26.8 cm 2 (C) 8
(B) 53.6 cm 2 (D) 11
(C) 107.2cm2
(D) 214.4 cm 2

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42. A bag contains 2 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue Item 44 refers to the pie-chart below which
marbles of similar size and shape. The shows the preference in drinks of a group
probability of drawing a blue marble from of students.
1
(A)
6
Pineapple
(B)
3 juice
1
(C)
2
6 Milk
(D)
f1
Item 43 refers to the bar chart below which 44. If 12 students prefer chocolate, then the
shows the ages of children who took part TOTAL number of students is
in a survey.
(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
5
(D) 360
=
~
4
:g
:cu 45. Of 120 students writing an exam, l 00 are
... 3 expected to pass. The estimated probability
=
I.
~
that a randomly selected student will FAIL
,Q
e2 the exam is
z=
1 1
(A)
6
0
4 5 6 7 8 (B)
Ages in years 5
1
(C)
2
5
(D)
(A) 5 6
(B) 15
(C) 75
(D) 87

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46. Which of the following diagrams illustrates Item 49 refers to the graph below.
a function? y
(A) 1
(B)
49. The straight line AB cuts they axis at
(A) (0, 3)
(C)
(B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, -2)
(D) (0, -2)
(D) 50. What is the gradient of the straight line

2y + 3x =-8?
(A) -3
(B) 3
Item 47 refers to the diagram below. 2
2
(C)
3
-3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4 (D) 3
47. The graph of the inequality in the diagram

is defined by Item 51 refers to the following diagram of
a function.
(A) x< 1 f
x ~ y
(B) x>l
(C) x~l
(D) x :'.S 1
48. Iff(x) = 2x2- 1, then f(-3) =
(A) -32 51. Which of the following statements BEST

(B) -19 describes the function?
(C) 17
(D) 35 (A) x y +3 ·
=
(B) y = 2x + 1
(C) f(x) = 3 ‒ x
(D) f(x)=x+3

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52. If the sum of the interior angles of a Item 56 refers to the following diagram.
polygon is 4 right angles, then the polygon
is a
·1
J) c
(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
\
( C)
(D)
pentagon
quadrilateral
\
\
Item 53 refers to the following diagram. \
\
\
A E B
I I I
56. How many triangles congruent to ~ADE

would be needed to cover the rectangle
53. In the diagram AB and CD are parallel. ABCD entirely?
Which of the following BEST describes
the relatio.n between x and y? (A) 2
(B) 4
(A) x =y
(C) 6
(B) x>y (D) 8
(C) x+ y> 2x
(D) x + y < 2x
Item 57 refers to triangle ABC below.
Item 54 refers to the triangle below. B
A c
54. In the triangle, the value of x is
57. In the triangle, not drawn to scale, angle
(A) 30° BA C = 30° and AB= 40 m. The length BC,
(B) 60° in metres, is
(C) 120°
(D) 150° (A) 40 sin 30°
(B) 40 tan 30°
(C) 40 sin 60°
55. The image of the point P (-3, 2) under the (D) 40 tan 60°
tra'tislation ( ~) is
(A) (-5, 3)
(B) (-2, 4)
(C) (-1,1)
(D) (-1, 3)

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Item 58 refers to the triangle LMN below. 59. A plane is flying in a direction of 045° and
M
changes course in a clockwise direction to
135°. The angle through which the plane
L~N turns is
(A) 45°
58. Triangle LMN is rotated in a clockwise (B) 90°
direction about L through an angle of 90°. (C) 135°
What is its image? (D) 270°
(A)
L~N' Item 60 refers to the following graph.
M'
(B) L
M'
N'
(C)
N'~L
60. A' B' C' is the image of ABC under an
M'
enlargement of scale factor 2. The area of
At B' C', in square units, is
(D) L
(A) 2
M'
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 12
N'
END OFTEST
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CSEC Mathematics January 2014 P1 -3.
L The number 3. I 4063 written correct to 6. In a school the ratio of the number
3 decimal places is of pupils to the number of teachers is
20 : I. If the number of.pupils is 840,
(A) 3.140 how many teachers are there?
(B) 3.141
(C) 3.146 (A) 40
(0) 3.150 (8) 42
(C) 800
(0) 840
2. If4.3 x 0.37 = 1.591, then 0.43 x 370 is
(A) 1.59I 7. If 3n is an odd number, which of the

(B) I5.91 following is an even number?
(C) . 159.1
(0) 1591.0 (A) 3n- I
(8) 3n + 2
(C) 3n - 2
·2 3 (0) 3n + 2n
3. 5- + 4-=
5 7
(A) 9~ 8. Wha_t is the HIGHEST common factor

35 of the set of numbers (54, 72, 90}?
(8) 9~ (A) 9
35
(B) 18
(C) 9.!2 (C) 90
35 (0) I 080
(0) 929
35
9. . 99 x I 0 I has the same value as ·
(A) (99 x JOO)+ I

4. Written correct to two significant figures, (8) (99 x I 00) - (99 x I)
18.96 x 2.03 is (C) (99 x 100) + (99 x I)
(0) (99 x I 00) (99 x I)
(A) 0.38
(8) 38
(C) 38.IO 10. The first three common multiples of 3,
(0) 38.11 4 and 6 are
(A) 0, I, 2_
5. If $350 is shared in the ratio 2:5, the (8) 3, 4, 6
SMALLER share is (C) 6, 8, 12
(0) 12,24,36
(A) $250
(B) $175
(C) $100
(0) $ 70

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lL If p;: {2,3,5,7), Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below.
Q = (2,3,6} and
s = {2,4,5} u
H
v
ThenP n Q n S=
5
(A) {2} 2 4
(B) {2,3}
(C) {2, 3, 5}
(D) (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
3
Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below. B. In the Venn diagram
u U = {students who play games}

Q H = {students who play hockey}
p V = (students who play volleyball}
The number of students in each set is

shown. How many students do NOT
play volleyball? .
In the Venn diagram, n(P) = 5, n(Q) = 9 (A) 2

and n(P v Q) = 10. (B) 3
(C} 5
12. What is n(Q n P)? (D) 8
(A)
(B) 4 14. All students in a class play Scrabble
(C) 5 or Checkers or both. If 36% of the
(D) 9 students play Scrabble only and 48%
of the students play. Checkers only,·
what per<:entage of students play BOTH
games?
(A) 12
(B) 16
· CC) 84
(D) 88
15. The cost ofa caiculatorexclusive of sales

tax is $.120 .. Susan boiight a calculator
arid had to pay a sales tiix of 10%. How
much change would she receive from
$1407
(A) $ 8.00
(B) $12.00
(C) $28.00
(D) $32.00
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24. 5(2x - y) - 2(3y- 5x) = 30. Ifm*n= Jm'-n' ,then5 *3=
(A) ·2ox- lly {A) 2

(B) 5x-7y
(B) JS
(C) 2x-6y (C) 4
(D) - l ly
(D) .J34
25. The value of ( - 2a) (- 3a) is

31. 26 _,. 22 =
(A) -6a
{A) 2'
(B) -Sa
(B) 2'
(C) 5a'
(C) 2•
(D) 6a'
(D) 2"
26. If50-3x=x-26, thenx=

32. How many .kilograms are there in one
tonne?
(A) - 12
(B) -6 (A) 10
(C) 6
(B) 100
(D) 19 (C) 1 000
(D) 10 000
27. If 15 2 = 225 then the square root of
0.0225 is 33. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel
a distance Of 1 080 km, what was its
(A) 0.015 average speed, in kmh- 1?
(B) 0.15
(C) 1.5
{A). 12
(D) 15.0 (B) 102
(C) 120
(D) 1200
28. lf a= 5, b = 2, c = 4, then 6ab - 2c =
(A) 5 34. The distanc;:e around a lake is 8 km. On

(B) 52 a map, this distance around the lake is
(C) 60 represented by a length of 2 cm. The
(D) 628 scale on the map is
(A) l : 40
29. If x is an integer which satisfies the (B) 1 : 2 000
inequalities 4 < x - 2 < 8, then the (C) l : 200 000
SMALLEST possible value ofx is (D) l : 400 000
(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 4
!
L
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Item 35 refers to the diagram below, not 38. A boy leaves home at 09: I 5 hours and
drawn to scale, which shows the sector arrives at school at 10:05 hours. If he
of a circle with centre, 0. travels non-stop at an average. speed of
6 kmh- 1 , how many km is his home from
p
school?
(A) 2 km
(B) 5 km
(C) 6 km
(D) 9km
Q
35. In the diagram, the length oftheminorarc,

PQ, is 8 cm. What is the circumference Item 39 refers to the diagram below, not
of the circle? drawn to scale; which shows a cuboid.
(A) 16cm
(B) 24 cm
(C)
(D)
48cm
64 cm t
5cm
+
36. Fifty guests each had 2 glasses
of champagne. Each glass held 39. The volume of the cuboid is 320 cm' and
150 millilitres. How many litres of the height is 5 cm. If the cuboid has a
champagne were used? square base, what is the length of one
side of the base?
(A) 0.15
(B) 1.5 (A) 8cm
(C) 15 (B) 16cm
(D) 150 (G) 32 cm
(D) 64cm
Item 37 refers to the diagram below, Item 40 refers to the information below.
not drawn to scale, which shows a
The following scores were· obtained
trapezium.
by eleven footballers in a goal-shoot
competition:
5, 3, 6, 8, 7, 8, 3, 11, 6, 3, 3
(A) 3
(B) 6
The area of the trapezium is (C) 8
37.
(D) 11
(A) 45 cm'
(B) 65 cm'
(C) 90 cm2
(D) 130 cm2

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41. The table below shows the frequency of Item 45 refers to the pie-chart below
scores obtained by students in a test. which shows the preference ..in drinks
of a group of students. AOC is a
Scores 2 3 5 6 8 10 diameter of the circle.
No. of Students 8 4 6 3 9 2
The range of the scores is

pineapple
juice
(A) 2
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 10 B
A milk
42. Six hundred students write an

examination. The probability of a 45. If 12 students prefer lemonade, then the
randomly selected student failing the TOTAL.number of students is
.. . . I
exammat1on .'s S. (A) 48
(B) 72
How many students are expected to pass?
(C) 180
(D) 360
(A) 120
(B) 480
(C) 500 46. Which of the following diagrams BEST
(D) 600 illustrates a function?
43. Jn a class of 20 students, 12 are girls.

What is the probability that a student (A)
chosen at random is a boy?
l
(A)
2
2
(B) (B)
5
3
(C)
5
(D) 2
3
(C)
44. If the mean of the four numbers 4, 8, x

and 12 is 10, then x is
(A) 4
(B) 10
(0)
.(C) 12
(D) 16
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47. The equation of the line which passes 51. The range off x -+ x' for the domain
through the point(0,2) and has a gradient {-2, -1, 0, I, 2}is
I .
0 f - IS
3 (A) {0, 1,4)
(A) y= 3x (B) {0, 2,4)
(B) y = 3x +2 (C) {-4,-1, 0, I, 4)
I (D) {-4,-2, 0, 2,4)

(C) y= - x
3
I
(D) Y =-x+2
.3 Items 52-53 refer to the diagram below.
AC and DE are straight lines intersecting
JC
.
Item 48 refers to the diagram below. at B. Angle DBA = 58° .
- - D c
0 I
I 2
2 4"
3 8
c_ .
' A E
48. The diagram represents the mapping

52. Which of the fol lowing angles are equal?
(A) x-+ x + 2
(B) x-+ x +I (A) L DBCand L CBE
(C) X-+ 2'
(D) x-+ 2x
(8) L CBEand L ABE
(C) L ABD and L CBD
(D) L ABD and L CBE
49. Ifj(x) = 2x2- I, thenj(- 3) =
(A) -32 53. The measure of angle ABE is

(B) - 19
(C) 17 (A) 5go
(D) 35 (B) I 22°
(C) I42°
(D) 302° .
50. Which ofthefollowingsets is represented
by the function f x -+ x' + 3 where
xe{Q,1,2,3}?
(A) {(O, 3), (I, 4), (2, 7), (3, 12)}
(B) {(O, 3), (I, S), (2, 7), (3, 9)}
fi (C) {(O, 3), (I, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)}
(D) {(O, 3), (I, I), (2, 4), (3, 9))
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Item 54 refers to the diagram below. 56. The image of a point P(- 2, 3) under a
. translation ( !) is
(A) (- 6, 12)
(B) (- 5,- I)
(C) (1,7)
(D) (5, I)
ltem57 refers to the diagram below which

shows a transformation.
y
54. JfO is the centre of the circle, theny' is
(A) 25° p
(8) 80°
(C) 90°
(D) 100°
Item 55 refers to the triangle PQR below.
p
P'
57. The transformation which will map
triangle PQR onto P'Q'R' is
(A) a rotation of I 80°abouttheorigin

. {B) a reflection in the Iine y = x
(C) an enlargement, centre R, of scale
factor -1
( D) a translation parallel to th ex-ax is
Q R
Item 58 refers to the following pair of
similar triangles. C
55. In the triangle.cos P may be expressed
as 0
si 0
QR
(A)
PR '\ "~
QR
(B)
PQ 38°
A 6cm 8 3cm N
(C) PQ
PR
58. The length of MO, in centimetres, is
PQ
(D)
QR {A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 3.S ·,
(D) 3
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Item 59referstothediagram below which Item 60 refers to the diagram below which
shows an enlargement. shows a ladder 5 metres long leaning
against a vertical wall. The foot of the
y
ladder is 3 metres away from the wal I.
6
2
A
1 B
c e'
0 I 7 3 4 5 6 7 x ~ 3 m -----">)
59. In the diagram, triangle ABC is mapped 60. How far up the wall does the ladder
onto triangle A'B'C' where 0 is the reach?
centre of enlargement. What is the scale
factor of the enlargement? {A) 4m
{B) 6 m
1 (C) 8m
{A)
2 {D) 15 m
(B) -2
(C) 1
2
{D) 2
END OF TEST
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TEST CODE 01234010
FORM TP 2015088 MAY/JUNE 2015
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
1hour30 minutes
( 20 MAY 2015 (p.m.))
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
4. Each item in this has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer, and decide which choice is best.
I 5. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Sample Item
2a + 6a = Sample Answer
(A)
(B) :
8a
8a2
9®©@
·,, (C) l2a
(D) l2a2
The best answer to this item is "8a", so (A) has been shaded.
6. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
7. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later.
8. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
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LIST OF FORMULAE

length.
Volume of cylinder V = m:ih where r is the radius of the base and his the perpendicular height.
Volume of a; right pyramid V = .!. Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference of a circle C = 2nr where r is the radius of the circle.
'
Arc length S= __!_ x 2nr where 8° is the angle subtended by the arc.
360
Area of a circle A = nr2 where r is the radius of the circle.

A=
e x nr2 where 8° is the angle in the sector.
Area of a sector of a circle
360
1
Area of trapezium A= - (a+ b) h where a and bare the lengths of the parallel sides and his
2
Roots of quadratic equations If ax2 + bx + c = 0,
then x = -b ± .Jbz -4ac

: I
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin 8
hypotenuse
Opposite
adjacent side
cos 0
hypotenuse
Adjacent
opposite side
tan8 =
adjacent side
Area of triangle, Area of MBC = ]:__bh where bis the length of the
:; 2
base and h is the perpendicular height
Area of MBC = .!_ab sin C

2
Area of MBC = Js (s-a) (s-b) (s-c)
where s = a + b + c
2
a b c
--=--=--
Sine rule SinA SinB SinC
Cosine rule a2 = b2 + c 2 - 2bc cos A

I
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1. (-3) 2 + (-2) 2 is equal to 7. What is the value of the digit 6 in the

number 48.061?
(A) -13
(B) -10 6
(A)
(C) 13 100
(D~ 25
6
(B)
10
1
2. What number when added to 1 3 gives 2? (C) 6
1 (D) 600
(Aj
3
2 8. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60.is :
(B)
3
(A) 1 ::
(C) 1 (B) 3
(D) 3 (C) 12
(D) 60
3. Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in

the ratio 2:3. Ann received $120. What 9. Using the distributive property
was Betty's share? 49 x 17 + 49 x 3 =
(A) $ 72
(A) 49 x 20
(B) $ 80
(B) 49 + 20
(C) $180 (C) 52 x 66
(D) $300
(D) 52 + 66
4. 11.1-;... 0.01 is equal to

10. The next term in the sequence
(A) 110
(B) 111 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, _ __ , ... IS
(C) 1 100
(D) 1 110 (A) 44
(B) 45
(C) 46
5. A test was marked out of80. A boy scored (D) 52
60% of the marks on the test. How many
marks did he score?
11. Given that P = {2, 3, 5, 6} and Q = {2, 3, 4}
(A) 20
(B) 48 then P u Q is described as
(C) 60
(D) 75 (A) {x: 1:::; x < 7; xEN}
(B) {x:l<x<7;xEN}
6. If 30% of a number is 45, what is the
(C) {x: 2:::; x < 6; xEN}
number?
(D) {x:2<x<6;xEN}
(A) 30
(B) 54
(C) 150
(D) 180
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Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below. 15. Mrs Jones' taxable income is $18 400. She
pays tax at a rate of 20%. The amount of
income tax she pays is
(A) $9 200
(B) $4 600
(C) $3 680
(D) $1 472
16. The value of a plot ofland is $18 000. Land

12. In the Venn diagram, the shaded area tax is charged at the rate of$0.70 per $100
represents value. What is the TOTAL amount of tax
paid for the land?
(A) P'
(B) (Pu Q)' (A) $110.00
(C) Q u P' (B) $126.00
(D) Q n P' (C) $180.70
(D) $257.15
13. In a group of 40 students, 28 play tennis

f-nd 22 play chess. What is the LEAST 17. At the end of any year a car is worth 5%
number of students who play BOTH tennis less than what it was worth at the beginning
and chess? of the year. If a certain car was worth
$10 000 at the beginning of 2014, then its
(A) 6 value at the end of 2014 was
(B) 10
(C) 12 (A) $9 995
(D) 18 (B) $9 500
(C) $9 025
(D) $9 000
u 18. A n;ian bought a mobile phone for $800 and
p Q sold it for $1 000. What was his profit as
a percentage of the cost price?
(A) 5%
;T ; (B) 15 %
(C) 20%
(D) 25 %
[
14. ;Iff= {Factorsof6} andQ={Factorsof4},
,thtin the shaded region represents 19. Susan bought a calculator for $120. She
had to pay sales tax of 10% on the price.
(A) { } How much change would she receive
;(B) {1, 2} from $140?
1CC) {4, 6,8 . .. }
(CD,) {12,24, 36 ... } (A) $ 8
(B) $12
( '
(C) $28
(D) $32

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20. The simple interest on a loan of $6 000 for Item 25 refers to the information below
3 years was $900. What was the rate of which shows the cost of a pen and a box.
interest per annum?
( 0
(A) 2%
(B) 3%
(C) 5%
(D) 18%
21. A dress which costs $180 is being sold

at a discount of 10%. The amount of the
~ '
discount is 25. The total cost of 3 pens and 2 boxes is
(A) $ 1.80 (A) 5 xy

(B) $ 10.00 (B) 5 (x + y)
(C) $ 18.00 (C) 2x+ 3y
(D) $170.00 (D) 3x+2y
26. 3x2 x 2x3 =

22. If $7 000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per
amium for 3 years, the simple interest is (A) 6x 5
(B) 6x6
(A) $ 105 (C) 5x6
(B) $ 210 (D) 72x 5
(C) $ 370
(D) $1 050
m2 .
27. P = - - . When m = -3, the value of P
2-m
23. -2(x-4)= lS
(A) -2x+8 (A) -6

(B) -2x+4 -6
(C) -2x-4 (B)
5
(D) -2x-8
9
(C)
5
24. Ifxis an integer that satisfies the inequality (D) 9
4 < 2x :S 6, then
(A) 2 < x:S3 b r
(B) -2 < x :S 3
28. If a* b = -a - 1, then 7 * 28 = j
.
(C) - 3 <x :S2
(D) - 3 :Sx < - 2 3
(A)
4
1
(B)
4
(C) 3
(D) 4

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29. If 5x - 26 = x + 50, then the value of xis Item 35 refers to the diagram below.
(A) -12
(B) -6
(C) 6
(D) 19
30. John has x marbles and Max has twice as A

niany. Max gives John 5 of his marbles.
How many marbles does Max now have?
(A) x+ 5 AOB = 60° and OB is runits long. The area
(B) x-5 of AOB is
(C) 2x-5
(D) 2x + 5 1 ?
(A) -Jrr-
6
1
31. When 8 is subtracted from a certain (B) -Jrr
number and the result is multiplied by 3 6
the answer is 21. What is the original 1 2
(C) -Jrr
number? 3
(A) 1 1
(D) -Jrr
(B) 3 3
(C) 10
(D) 15 The distance around the edge of a circular
36.
pond is 88 metres. The radius, in metres,
32. (he volume of a cube with edge 10 cm is lS
(A) 30 cm3 (A) 88n

(B) 100 cm3
,(C) 300 cm3 (B) 176n
~) 1 000 cm3 88
(C)
33. \A car travels 80 kilometres in 2)12 hours. 88

What is its speed in kilometres per hour? (D)
2Jr
'.(A) 6.5
(B) . 32.0
KC) 82.5 37. A man leaves home at 22: 15 hours and
~D) 200.0 reaches his destination at 04:00 hours on
the following day in the same time zone.
How many hours did the journey take?
1
34. ,G IVen
.1 that 1 mi·11·1metre = -l- metres, (A) 5
I 1000
I
'express 2 500 millimetres in metres. (B) 5~
4
{A) 0.25 (C) 6
'(B) 2.5
:(C) 25 (D) 6_.!_
•(D) 250 4

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38. The area of a triangle is 3 0 cm2 and its base Items 41-42 refer to the histogram below
is 10 cm. What is the height, in cm, of the which shows the number of children aged
triangle? 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 who took part in a survey.
(A) 6
(B) 12
5
(C) 13
(D) 17
=
... 4
~
;g
.....
39. The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. What -=
._
~
3
is the area, in cm2 ? Q
...
~
,Q
2
s
z=
(A) 36
(B) 72 1
(C) 108
(D) 144
0
4 5 6 7 8
Ages in years
41. What was the modal age?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
40. The diagram, not drawn to scale, shows

a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 8 cm. 42. How many children took part in the survey?
The volume is
(A) 5
(A) 12 n cm3 (B) 15
(B) 48 n cm3 (C) 75
(C) 72 n cm3 (D) 87
(D) 192 n cm3

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43 . Jade's scores on her nine spelling tests are Item 46 refers to the graph below.
5, 7, 7, 4, 5, 4, 7, 6, 6.
Therefore, her median score on these nine y
tests is 2
(A) 4
1
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
44. :If the mean of the four numbers 4, 8, x and

;12 is 10, thenx is
(A) 4
(B) 10 46. The straight line AB cuts the x-axis at
(C) 12
(D) 16 (A) (3, 0)
(B) (-2, 0)
(C) (0, 3)
45. ·The boundaries of the class interval I 0 -14 (D) (0, -2)
.are BESTrecorded as
1CA) IO:::;x:::;I4 Item 47 refers to the diagram below.

(B) 9.5<x < I4
I
I (c:;) 9.5 :::;x < 14.5
' (D) IO:::;x:::;I4.5
47. The relationship that BEST describes the

mapping shown in the diagram is
(A) one-to-one
(B) many-to-one
(C) one-to-many
(D) many-to-many
48. Iff(x) = 2x2 - 1, then f(- 3) =
(A) -32
(B) -19
(C) 17
(D) 35

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Items 49-50 refer to the graph below. 52. If the sum of the interior angles of a
polygon is 4 right angles, then the polygon
IS a
(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
(C) pentagon
(D) quadrilateral
Item 53 refers to the following ~iagram.
49. The maximum point of y = 4x - x 2 is
(A) (0, 0)
(B) (0, 4)
(C) (4,2)
(D) (2, 4)
53. In the diagram, AB and CD are parallel.
50. The values of x at the points where the relation between x and y?
y = 4x - x 2 intersects y = 0 are
(A) x+y< 2x
(B) x= y
(A) x = 0 and x = 4
(C) x+y> 2x
(B) x = 0 and x = 2
(D) x >y
(C) x = 0 and x = - 4
(D) x=2andx=4
Item 54 refers to the triangle below.
Item 51 refers to the arrow diagram below,

a
which shows function.
x y
54. In the triangle, the value of x is
(A) 30°
(B) 60°
(C) 120°
(D) 150°
51. Which of the following BEST describes
the function?
(A) f(x) = x + 3
(B) f(x) = y + 3
(C) x = y +3
(D) y =x

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Item 55 refers to the diagram below. Item 57 refers to triangle ABC below.
A c
57. In the triangle, not drawn to scale, angle
BAC= 30° and AB= 40 m. The length BC,
in metres, is
(A) 40 sin 30°

(B) 40 tan 30°
(C) 40 sin 60°
(D) 40 tan 60°
55. In the diagram, b..OPQ is mapped onto

b..OP' Q'. What type of transformation has
taken place?
(A) Reflection B' (7, 8)

B (5, 7)
(B) Enlargement
(C)
(b)
Translation
Rotation
y
/
~'(4
I
I
6)
Item 56 refers to the following pair of A (2, 5) '
~irnilar triangles.
c
x
58. In the diagram, the translation by which AB

is mapped onto A'B' is represented by
6cm B (A)
G)
56. The length of MO, .in centimetres, is
(A) 3
(B)
G)
(~)
(B) 3.5
(C)
(C) 6
(D) 7
(D)
G)

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Item 59 refers to the diagram below Item 60 refers to the diagram of a building
. f
which shows a ladder 5 metres long below. ·
leaning against a vertical wall. The foot
of the ladder is on horizontal ground A surveyor sets up his instruments
about 3 metres away from the wall.
12 metres fromthe foot of a building, and
records the angle of elevation of the top of
the building.
''
''
EB EB EB ''
EB EB EB
~3m )
EBOtE
12m
59. How far up the wall does the ladder reach?
(A) 4m 60. An estimate of the height of the building is

(B) 6m obtained by calculating
(C) 8m
(D) 15 m (A) 12 tan 40°
(B) 12 sin 40°
(C) 1.6 + 12 cos 40°
(D) 1.6 + 12 tan 40°
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7. The square root of 181 lies between

1. What percentage of 40 is 8?
(A) s
(A) 13 and 14
(B) 20
(B)
(c)
45 and 46
(c) 32
12 and 13
(D) 1s0
(D) l1' and 13
99 x 101 has the same value

lf 4.3 x 0.37 :
as
2. I .591, then 0.43 x 370 is 8.
(A) 1.591
(A) (99 x 100) + I
(B) (99 x 100) - (99 x 1)
(B) 15.91
(c) (99 x 100) + (99 x l)
(c) 159.1
x 100) (99 x l)
(D) 1591.0
(D) (99
3. 1l.l : 0.01 : 9. What is the value of the digit 2 in the

number 48.621?
(A) il0 /
(B) lll (A)
(c) I 100 100
(D) l ll0 2
(B)
10
4. 0.0346 written in standard form is

(c) 2
(D) 200
(A) 3.46 x 102
(B) 3.46 x 7Q
(C) 3.46 x 10-' 10. tf .,67:2.86, what is 8.2 x102 ?
(D) 3.46 x 1Q-2
(A) 1.43 x l0
(B) 2.86 x 10
lf
$350 is shared in the ratio 2:5, the (C) 1.43 x 102
SMALLER share is (D) 2.86 x 102
(A) $2s0
(B) $l7s 11. lf P: t2,3,5,7),
(c) $loo Q: t2,3, 6) and
(D) $ 70 S : {2,4, 5}
ThenP
^I ^ S=
6. There are 40 students in a class' Girls
make up 60Yo of the class. 25Yo of the (A) {2\
girls wear glasses. How many girls in (B) {2,3}
the class wear glasses? (c) {2,3,5}
(D) {2,3,4,5,6,7\
(A) 6
(B) 8
(c) l0
(D) ls

'o
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12. Which of the following sets is defined 17. A television set costs $350 cash. When
by {xe Z:-1<x<3\? bought on hire-purchase, a deposit of
$35 is required, followed by 12 monthly
(A) {0,1,2) payments of $30. How much is saved
(B) {0, ,2,3} 1 by paying cash?
(c) {-1, 0, l, 2}
(D) {-l , 0, 1,2,3) (A) $10
(B) $2s
Ifthe universal set U: {1,2,3,4,5,6)

(c) $40
13.
and H: {3, 4, 6\, then I/' :
(D) $4s
(A) {3,4,6\
(B) 18. Tom bought a pen for $30 and sold it to
{1,3,5}
(c) gain20%o on his cost price. How much
{2,4,6)
(D) {1,2,5) money did he gain?
(A) $6
14. All students in a class play Scrabble (B) $20
or Checkers or both. If 36% of the (c) $36
students play Scrabble only and 48o/o (D) s40
of the students play Checkers onlY,
what percentage of students play BOTH
games?
19. A dinner at a restaurant was advertised
at $60 plus l8%o tax. The TOTAL bill
(A) 12 for this dinner was
(B) 16
(c) 84 (A) $60.00
(D) 88 (B) $70.80
(c) $78.00
(D) $81 .60
15. If EC $2.50 is equivalent to US $1.00,
then EC S 20.00 in US dollars is
A store offers a discount of l0% to
(A) s s.oo
20.
customers who spend more than $20.
(B) $ 8.00
If a customer's total bill was $80, what
(c) s5o.0o
(D) s80.00
will he actuallY PaY?
(A) $60
16. The simple interest on $600 for / years
(B) $70
at 5 per cent per annum is $120. The
(c) $72
value of r is
(D) $74
xl20
(A) ^
n
100
uoo *
21. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years
is $60, what is the rate of interest per
annum?
(B) n- to*t,
600 x5
(A) zvo
(B) 2.5vo
(c)oeoo
^100x5x120 (c)
(D)
4vo
so
600x5x120
(D)
r00
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22. A man's annuar salary is $45 000. His

27. If 3 + 2 : r,the varue of x is
tax free allowances total $13 000. He x
has to pay a tax of 20o/o on his taxable
income' (A) -l
The tax payable is
(B) :I
(A) $2600 )
(B) $6400
(c) $ e 000 (c) :2 |
(D) $11 600

(D) s
23. The product number p and its

of a
reciprocal may be written as :
Zg. lf a 5, b :2, c :4, then 6ab -2c :
(A) p'*L (A) 5

p (B) s2
(B) p'x-p (c) 60
(D) 628
(c) p, !
p
(D)px-p29'rf5(v-2)-39+4):0,thenvis
(A) -1
24. (x -2) (3x + 41: (B) 3
(c) 7
(A) +8 (D) 11
3x2 - lOx
(B) 3x2 + l0r * 8
(C) 3x2 -2x - 8
3x2 _ 6x _ g
(D) Item 30 refers to the following diagram.
ao' x.,,a" 2cm

2s. In simplified form ,, Rectangle
aq
(A) a nnq
(x-4) cm
(B) tn+ n
aq
30. The area of the rectangle, in cm2, is x2.
The equation that may be used to find
j n tq
(C) am the value of x is
(D) ail r il-q (A) x2 = 2(x - 4)

(B) x':(x-Z)@-a)
(C) x2:2(x-Q0--2)
(D) x':(x-4)(x+2)
26. If :n : Z1,then p:
J
(A) 20-s
(B) 20+s
(C) 20+5
(D) 20x5
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31. The sum of two numbers, x andY, is 18, 34. If it took a speed-boat t hours to travel
and their difference is 14. a distance of I 080 km, what was its
average speed, in kmh-'?
Which pair ofequations below describes
the above statement?
(A) , 12
(B) 102
(A) I * y:32 (c) 120
x-y: 4 (D) 1200
(B) xy: | 8
x-y:14 35. In a rectangular garden plot, 15 m long
and 12 m wide, an area of 80 m2 is used
(C) a*y: 18 for a vegetable garden. What area of the
x-y:14 plot is left?
(D) fu6 + 2y: 18
(A) 26 mz
2x -2y = 14 (B) 100 m'?
(C) 134 m2
Item 32 refers to the following figure.

(D) 260 m2
36. Fifty guests each had 2 glasses

of champagne. Each glass held
150 millilitres. How many litres of
champagne were used?
(A) 0.1-s
(B) l.s
(c) 15
(D) 1s0
32. In the circle above, with centre O, the
area is 20 cm2. The area of the minor
sector AOB, in cm2, is
Jt. An aircraft leaves A at 16:00 hrs and
arrives at B at l9:30 hrs, travelling at
an average speed of 550 kilometres per
(A) 60
* 20 hour. I and B are in the same time zone.
360
The distance from A to B, in kilometres,
(B) t2o is
,20
360
(A) e07.5
(C) 60
t 20x20
(B) 962.5
360 (c) l8l5
120
(D) tezs
(D) x 20 x 20
360
38. A square has the same area as a rectang[e
with sides of length 9 centimetres and l6
33. The volume of a cube whose edge is centimetres. What is the length of the
side of the square?
6 cm long is
(A) 9 cm
(A) l8 cm3 (B) 12 cm
(B) 36 cm3 (C) 12.5 cm
(C) '/2 cm3
(D) 75 cm
(D) 216 cm3
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39. The area of a sector of a circle IS Item 40 refers to the information below.
18 n cm2. The radius of the circle ts
6 cm. T'he angle in the sector is The following scores were obtained
by eleven footballers in a goal-shoot
(A) 30" competition:
(B) 60"
(c) 90" 5,3, 6, 8,7, 8,3, I 1, 6, 3, 3
(D) 180"
(A) 3
(B) 6
(c) 8
(D) 11
Items 4l-42 refer to the following chart.

The bar chart shows the number of students who bought different numbers of books.
l4
12
0
E10
q)
E8
0
E6
j
t4
2
No. ofbooks bought
4t. How many students bought exactly 42. What is the mode of the distribution?
4 books?
(A) s
(A) 8 (B) 7
(B) e (c) 8
(c) l0 (D) t4
(D) t4
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43. In a class of 20 students, 12 are girls' Item 46 refers to the arrow diagram below.
What is the probability that zi student x |
chosen at random is a boY? ------>
(A) 1
2
2
(B) ;)
2 46. The arrow diagram above describes the
(c) ;) relation
a
(D)
J
(A) x is less than Y
5 (B) x is greater than Y
(C) x is a multiPle ofY
Item 44 refers to the following pie chart. (D) x is a factor ofY
47. Which of the following line graPhs

represents {x:-2 <x <4 ) 2
(A)#
-3-2-r 0 I 2 3 4 5
(B)#
Reading -3-2-r 0 1 2 3 4 5
(c)#
-3-2-l 0 I 2 3 4 s
44. The pie chart above shows how 100
children spend their leisure time. The \UJ ffi
number of children who use their leisure -3-2-l 0 I 2 3 4 s
time for games is aPProximatelY
(A) 25 48. Which of the following represents the

(B) 40 equation of a straight line?
(c) s0
(D) 7s (A) u: 4
(B) | + 3:2x
45. Tony obtained the following scores in a
game: (C) y*4:x2
73 84 56 989 (D) y:x2+2x-5
The median score is
(A) 6
(B) 7
(c) 8
(D) e

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49. If h(x) _ 3x-2 then h(-6):
5
(A) -4.
(B) -16
5
(c) l6
=)
(D) 4
52. In the diagram PQ and RS are parallel.
the relation between p and q?
50. Which ofthe following sets is represented
by the function 1\ , - x2 + 3 where
(A) p=q
:r e {0, 1,2,31 ? (B) p<q
(C) p * q:90"
(A) {(0, 3), (1, 4), (2,7), (3, l2)} (D) p * q:180o
(B) {(0, 3), (1, 5), (2,7), (3, 9)}
53. The quadri lateral whose diagonals bisect
(c) {(0, 3), (1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)} at right angles is a
(D) {(0,3), (1, 1), (2,4), (3,9)} (A) rhombus

(B) rectangle
(C) trapezium
51. What is the gradient of the straight iine (D) parallelogram
2y=-3x-8?
(A) 2
(B) 3
-
(c) -1
--
2
(D) -3
54. If O is the centre of the circle, then./ is
(A) 25"
(B) 80o
(c) 90o
(D) 100"
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5f,. A ship sailed 8 km due east from I to 56. In each ofthe following diagrams, ,4' is
-8. It then sailed 6 km due north to C. the image ofl. Which of the diagrams
Which ofthe following diagrams BEST shows a reflection in the x axis?
represents the path of the ship?
(A)
(A)
/Y
A
I
(B)
(B) lv
lc
I
6kt"l
8km
(c)
(c)
(D)
(D) N
/N

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X l?m Y
s9. In the right-angled triangle above, which
57. The diagram, not drawn to scale, shows
the angle ofdepression ofa point X from
'8 ,o
trigonometric ratio is equal lt
Z is 35" . If X is 12 metres from Y the (A) sin x
heightYZ,in metres, is (B) tan y
(C) cos.r
(A) 12 cos 35o (D) tan x
(B) 12 sin 35o
(C) 12 tan 35"
(D) 12 cos 55o Item 60 refers to the following diagram,
not drawn to scale, which shows two
right-angled triang les.
Item 58 refers to the following pair of
similar triangles.
/1"
A 8cm
al
M 3cm N
60 The length of the side x, is
(A) ..,frs "*

(B) 9 cm
58. The length of MO, in centimetres, is (C) l0 cm
(A) 7 (D) Jtx "*

(B) 6
(c) 3.s
(D) 3
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37.26+1.8
1. In standard form 0.0325 is written as 6. The EXACT value of I 000 "
(A) 3.25 x l0-3 (A) 0.207
(B) 3.25 x lDa (B) 0.0207
(c) 3.25 x 10-' (c) 20.7000
(D) 3.25 x l0z (D) 20 700
2. What percentage of 40 is 8? 7. 3.3 x 2.5 + J.J x ).J :

(A) 5 yo (A) 8.2s
(B) 20 % (B) 9.00
(c) 32yo (c) t3.25
(D) 1s0 % (D) 22.50
3 540 beads are shared in the ratio 4:5. The 8. What is the value of the digit 2 in the
LARGER share of beads is number 48.6212
(A) 2
(A) 60
(B) 240 100
(c) 300 ')
(D) 432 (B)
10
(c) 2
4. 18.96 x 2.03 correct to two significant
figures equals (D) 200
(A) 0.38
(B) 38 9 The LARGEST prime number that is less
(c) 38.1 0 than 100 is
(D) 380
(A) 9l
(B) 93
5- 0.45 written as a common fraction, in its (c) 97
simplest form, is (D) 99
o
(A) '
2A 10 If 3n is an odd number, which of the
following is an even number?
4
(B)
=) (A) 3n-l
(B) 3n+2
9
(c) (c) 3n-2
10 (D) Jn*2n
(D) :
4

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Item 11 refers to the following information. . 15. If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$I.00, then
TT$15.00 in US dollars is
P: {prime numbers}
g: {odd numbers} (A) $0.2s
R: {even numbers} (B) $0.40
(c) $2.50
11. Which of the following sets is empty? (D) $4.00
(A) PNR
(B) PwQ 16. The cost price of a refrigerator is $ 1 850.00.
(c) PNQ Abuyer who is given a discount of 5% for
(D) 8nR a cash purchase will pay
(A) $1e42.s0
t2 The set (B) $1845.00
{-x: 6 < r < 10, where I is an integer} is (c) sl7s7.so
(D) $1350.00
(A) {6,t,t,9}
(B) {6,7,8,9, t}l 17. Tomboughtapen for$30 and sold itto gain
20Yo on his cost price. How much money
(c) {t,\el did he gain?
(D) {z,
g, g, t0} (A) $6
(B) $20
(c) $36
t3 If Q: (D) $40
{a, b, c} how many subsets can be
obtained from the set Q?
(A) 2+3 18. A dinner at a restaurant was advertised at

(B) )xa $60 plus l8o tax. The total bill for this
(c) 32 dinner was
(D) 23
(A) $60.00
(B) $70.80
Item 14 refers to the following information. (c) $78.00
(D) $81.60
M: {P, Q, r}
u= {p,q} 19. A television set costs $350 cash. When
bought on hire-purchase, a deposit of
14. Which of the foltowing statements is $35 is required, followed by 12 monthly
TRUE? payments of $30. How much is saved by
paying cash?
(A) McN
(A) $10
(B) MwN=N (B) $2s
(c) $40
(c) MaN={l (D) $4s
(D) MnN=N
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20. The simple interest on a sum of money 24

t2
invested at5o/o per annum for 3 years was 5x 3x
$90.
3
The sum of money invested was (A)
8x2
(A) $ 54 3
(B)
(B) $ 150 8x
(c) $ 600 t3
(D) $ 13 50
(c)
l5x2
13
(D)
2t A woman buys a pair of shoes at a sale. 15x
She pays $45, saving $15 on the normal
price. The percentage discount on the pair 25. Using the distributive law,
of shoes is (P * q) - (P x r) is simPlified to
(A) 25 (A) - qr
(B) 30 (B) -2Pq,
1
(c) f-q,
(c) 33
3
(D) p(q-r)
(D) 80
x
26. lf x: -2,y:3, t:2, then
22 interest on $900 for 3 years
If the simple v
was $108, what was the rate of interest?
4
(A) (A)
3Yo
9
(B) 4%
(c) 4
lzYo (B)
(D) 25% 9
4
(c)
3
23. 3* x ?i:
(D) 2
(A) 6xs 4
(B) sf
(c) 6f 27 lfp*q:2P*q,then2*3is
(D) 72x5
(A) 5
(B) 7
(c) 8
(D) 9

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28. If 5(2.x - 1) : 35, then x : 32. 3 800 millimetres expressed in metres is
(A) -4 (A) 0.38

(B) 3.8
(B) I (c) 38
4 (D) 380
a
(c) J
(D) 4 Item 33 refers to the following diagram.
x2+3v
29 What is the value of xy
ifx:4 and
y=2?
-,
J
(A) I
4
(B)
I
2
2 33. The circle shown in the diagram, not
drawn to scale, has a centre at O. The area
3
(c) 2 of the circle, in cnf, is
8
(D) 2 t4
(A)
(B)
6n
9r
(c) 12tt
(D) 36tt
30. When 6 is added to a number and the sum
is divided by three, the result is four. This
34. 10 800 seconds expressed in hours is
statement written in mathematical symbols
is (A) 3
(B) 18
(A)
6+x (c) 30
3 (D) 180
--4
(B) 9 *r=4
3
35 The volume, in cm3, of a cube of edge
6+x _4 3cmis
(c)
33
I
(A) 9
(D) 6+I=4 (B) 18
3
(c) 27
(D) 54
31 When 5 is added to a certain number and
the result is multiplied by 3 the final answer
is 27. What is the original number?
(A) 4
(B) 12
(c) 14
(D) le

nr^arnlnm^nlz
1
P
oo
36. The figure above, not drawn to scale, shows
a sector of a circle centre O. The length 5cm
of the minor arc PQ is 8 cm. What is the
length of the circumference of the circle?
(A) 16 cm 39. The diagram above, not drawn to scale,

(B) 24 cm consists of a triangle resting on a square of
(C) 48 cm s.ide 5 cm. The height of the triangle is
(D) 64 cm 4 cm.
What is the TOTAL area of the figure?

37 A man starred a journey at 09:30 h and
arrir.ed at his destination, in the same (A) 35 cm2
time zone, at 13:30 h on the same day. If (B) 45 cmz
his average speed was 30 km,/h, then the (C) 50 cm2
distance, in km, for the journey was (D) 100 cmz
(A) 120
(B) 133 40 The score which occurs most frequently in
(c) 400 a distribution is defined as the
(D) 430
(A) median
(B) mean
Item 38 refers to the following diagram. (c) range
(D) mode
s *-8cm--* R
5cm
P
<_19 cm____> a
38. The area of the trapezium peRS above is
(A) 45 cm2
(B) 65 cm2
(c) 90 cm2
(D) 130 cm2
A1'r?AA1ntE 1^1 K
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Item 41 refers to the following bar chart. Item 44 refers to the following diagram.
A
E
q) 5
rr
4
q,
c 3
()
E 2 Mitk Pineapple
z I o juice
0
45678
Age in yearr B
Chocolate
4t The bar chart shows the ages of children
who took part in a survey. D
C
Howmany children took part in the survey?
44. The piechart above shows the preference in
(A) s drinks ofa group ofstudents. Each student
(B) 15 may select only one drink.
(c) 7s
(D) 87 If12 students prefer chocolate, then the
TOTAL number of students is
Item 42 refers to the eight scores below.
(A) 48
101547 (B) 72
t (c) 180
t')
ii 8814 (D) 360
42. The median of the scores presented above

is 45 lfthe mean of the numbers 2x, 3x, 4x and
3x is 12, then the sum of the numbers is
(A) 4
(B) 7.25 (A) 4
(c) 7.50 (B) 12
(D) 8 (c) 48
(D) 80
43. In a class of20 students, l2 are girls. What
is the probability that a student chosen at
random is a boy? 46. The equation of the line which passes
through the point (0,5) and has a gradient
of4is
(A)
20
(A) !:4x
(B)
8 (B) y: 5x
20 (c) Y:4x +5
2 (D) Y:5x+4
(c)
20
8
(D)
t2
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@_47 refers to the following graph. 49. Ifflx) : f - x- l, thenl-5) :

v
(A) l9
2
(B) 24
(c) 29
1
(D) 3l
B
x
0
3
50 What is the gradient of the straight line
1
2y:-3x-8?
(A) -J
(B) -3
47. The straight line AB cuts they axis at 2
(c) 2
(A) (0, 3)
(D) J
(B) (0,2)
(c) (3, --2)
(D) (0, --2) 51 The range of f:x --*.f for the domain
{-2, -l,0, l, 2}is
(A) t32, l, 0, 1, 32]i
v (B) {10,5,0,5, 10}
(c) {-10, -3,0,3, 10}
I
(D) {12,-1,0,1,32\
5 I
3 B Item 52 refers to the following diagram.
2 PP,
I I aIz I
I
0 x o o
8
48 The gradient ofAB in the graph above is

R ,R
(A) -2
(B) 52 What transformation maps PpR onto
2
P'Q, R, ?
I
(c) (A)
2 Enlargement
(B) Rotation
(D) I (c) Translation
2 (D) Reflection

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53. The image of a point P(1, 2) under a Item 56 refers to the following diagram.
translation is P' (-5, -4). What is the
translation vector?
(A)
tr)
(B)
E)
(c) (;) E
(D) 56. In the diagram, AB is parallel to EC. The

measure of <BDE is
i:)
(A) 400
Item 54 refers to the following diagram. (B) 50"
(c) 140"
(D) 180.
A B
C D
C
54 In the diagram AB and CD are parallel. cm

Which of the following BEST describes 4cm
the relation betweenx andy?
(A) x: y A
(B) x> v B
(C) x*!>b
(D) x+!<b 57 In the right-angled triangle above, which
Item 55 refers to triangle ABCbelow.

trigonometric ratio is equal a
f,
c (A) sinx
(B) tany
t5 crs xcm (C) cos x
(D) tan x
A
17 cm B
5t ln the triangle ABC, not drawn to scale,lB

is l7 cm, AC is 15 cm, BC is x cm and angle
BCA is 90". The value ofx is
(A) 7
(B) 8
(c) 9
(D) t2
orr?4n1nm ?nl6
- ll -
Item 58 refers to the following diagram Item 60 refers to the following diagram
58. In the isosceles triangle shown above, the

value ofx is
(A) 30 x 10m Y
(B) 60
(c) 120
(D) 150 60 The diagram above, not drawn to scale,
shows the angle of depression of a point
Xfrom Z is 30". IfXis 10 metres from Ii
ltem 59 refers to the following diagram. the height of YZ, in metres, is
(A) 10 tan 30"

(B) 10 sin 30"
(C) 10 cos 30"
(D) 10 cos 60"
59 OAA', OBB' and OCC' are straight lines.

*,ABC is mapped onto *l'B'C' by an
enlargement with centre O. What is the scale
factor of the enlargement?
I
(A)
2
(B) I
2
(c) 2
(D) .|
END OF TEST
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M T W T F
x x+3 x+6 x+9 x+12 =40
5x+30=40
x=2 2+6=8
8+6+9=23
V= r² h
=(3)²8cm
=72cm³
A of triangle= 1/2 b*h

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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

27 MAY 2004 (p.m.)

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1. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

AFFIX SEAL HERE

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Volume of a prism V = Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

Area of + ABC = 12 ab sin C

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04 JANUARY 2005 (p.m.)

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1. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

AFFIX SEAL HERE

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Volume of a prism V = Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

Area of + ABC = 12 ab sin C

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