TRINITY COLLEGE EAST

Michaelmas Term Examinations 2018

MATHEMATICS
FORM 1
90 MINUTES
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

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

2. This paper is made up of two sections:

Section I is made up of 20 multiple choice questions. Each item in

this section has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D).
Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is
best. On the 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
2x5= Sample Answer
(A) 25 A B C D
(B) 10
(C) 0.25
(D) 0.10

The best answer to this item is “10” so answer space (B) has been shaded.

Section II is made up of 4 structured questions. Write the answers

for these questions on your folder pages only.

3. Calculators are not allowed.

DO NO TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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 SECTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 10 is the
(A) product of 5 and 2 (B) quotient of 5 and 2
(C) sum of 5 and 2 (D) difference of 5 and 2

2. is equivalent to Answer = 0.75

(A) 0.375 (B) 0.625 (C) 0.875 (D) 0.75

3. Which of the following illustrates the distributive law?

(A) a + b + c = c + b + a (B) (a + b)+c = (a + c)+b

(C) a(b + c) = ab + ac (D) a(bc) = abc

4. If , then is Answer = 9x9

(A) 40 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 20

5. The sum of the factors of 18 is

(A) 9 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 39

6. Write in index form is

(A) (B) (C) 248832 (D) 60

7. Sarah mowed of a lawn. Jim mowed of the lawn. What fraction of the lawn

remained to be mowed?
 (A) (B) (C) (D)

8. Jane has some sweets and Mary has three times as many. If together they have 28,
how many sweets does Mary have?

(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 14 (D) 21

9. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 6 are called

(A) multiples of 6 (B) factors of 6
(C) multiples of 2 (D) factors of 3

10. 15.2 + 0.01 =

(A) 1.52 (B) 15.3 (C) 15.21 (D) 1 520

11. The value of 53 is

(A) 25 (B) 125 (C) 15 (D) 27

12. The value of the third decimal place in 3.6584 is

(A) 8 (B) 8 hundreds (C) 8 hundredths (D) 8

thousandths
13. What is the least number of sweets that can be shared equally among 9, 12 or 15
girls?

(A) 15 (B) 108 (C) 135 (D) 180

14. We call the numbers 3, 7, 9
(A) prime numbers. (B) composite numbers
 (C) even numbers (D) odd numbers

15. $2700 was divided among three brothers, Gilligan, Max and Carlos. Gilligan
received half, Max $900and Carlos the remainder. Express in ratio the sum of
money received by Gilligan, Max and Carlos.

(A) 5:3:1 (B) 3:2:1 (C) 7:5:3 (D) 5:3:2

16. The set of fractions written in descending order of magnitude is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

17. The value of

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 10 (D) 15

18. The difference between 10 and 2 is

(A) 20 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 5

19. Which of the following is NOT a composite number?

(A) 31 (B) 33 (C) 35 (D) 39

20. The value of 4 in 2453six is

(A) 4 x 60 (B) 4 x 61 (C) 4 x 62 (D) 4 x 63

SECTION 2: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
1. (a) In an election 3567 voted for Andrew, 2678 voted for Chan, 762 voted for Bosley
and 3225 people failed to vote. How many people had the option to vote? (2)
Answer = 3782

(b) The product of three numbers is 4199. Two of the numbers are 13 and 17. Work
out the other number. (4) Answer = 19

2. (a) One book costs $44.99 and another costs $37.95. How much change will I get if I
pay with a $100 note? (3) Answer = $ 17.06

(b) Tablets, each of mass 0.54 grams, are packed into foil strips, each containing 10
tablets. Two foil strips are put into each box and 100 boxes are packed into a
carton. What is the mass of the tablets in the carton? (4) Answer = 0. 270

3. (a) Find Answer = 3/7 (3)

(b) In a local election there were two candidates. Denroy Perry got of the votes

and Lorna La Place got , but 3000 people who were entitled to vote did not do

so.
(i) What fraction of the electorate voted? (2) Answer = 3/4
(ii) What fraction of the electorate did not vote? (1) Answer = 3/20
(iii) How many people can vote? (2) Answer = 2250

3.(c) $150 is shared among John, Mary and Sarah so that each of the two girls receives
twice as much as John.
 i. Write the ratio to express how the money was shared.(1) Answer = 5,2,3
ii. Calculate the amount of money John received. (2) Answer = $ 30.00

4. (a) Find the Highest Common Factor of 12, 48 and 60 (3) Answer = 12

(b) Write 144 as a product of its prime factors (2) Answer = 12x12

(c) Find the Lowest Common Multiple of 8, 9 and 10 (3) Answer = 260