MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

BASIC MATHEMATICS EXAM

FORM 1A, B, and C
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22 Hours August 2021

Instructions:
1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of twenty five (25) questions.
2. Answer all questions in all sections
3. Calculators, cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are NOT allowed in the
examination room.
4. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet.
5. Whenever necessary use π as 3.14

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 SECTION A:60 MARKS
1. Calculate the length of the bridge in which a train 130m traveling at 45km/hr can
cross in 30 seconds
2. If the radius of a circle increases by 6%, what is the percentage increase in it's
area?
3. A man walked diagonally across a square lot. Approximately, what was the
percent saved by not walking along the edges?
1 1
5( )÷( )
3 4
4. 1 5
1÷(3( )−( ))×2
4 8

5. Write 0.833333….. as a fraction in the lowest terms.

6. Solve for x if |15 − 2𝑥| = |3𝑥 − 5|
7. There are two examination rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B,
then the number of students in each room is the same. If 20 students are sent from
B to A then the number of students is as double in A as it is in B. Calculate the
number of students originally present in A.
8. If point (–6,n) is on line 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 6 = 0, find the value of n
9. Evaluate 75.98 × 2.385 − 1.285 × 75.98
10. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:4:5 and their L.C.M is 2400. Calculate their
G.C.F
11. If 𝑎 + 3𝑏 = 5, 2𝑎 − 5𝑐 = 13 and 4𝑏 − 𝑐 = 11 find a, b, and c.
12. Correct 9.98 into one decimal place.
13. Find < 𝐴𝐵𝐶

𝑥 𝑦
14. Determine the slope of a line (5) − ( 3 ) = 1
15. If a:b=2:5 and b:c=2:3, find a:b:c
16. A pipe has an external diameter of 10cm and an internal diameter of 8cm. If it is
5m long, find the volume of the material used in making the pipe.
17. Find (18km 5hm) ÷5
18. What is the least number of square tiles required to pave the floor of a room 15m
17cm long and 9cm 2cm broad (wide)?
19. Compare the sum of exterior angles of a polygon with 5 sides to that with 17 sides
5
20. Convert 8 to a decimal with two significant figures.
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 SECTION B:40 MARKS
21. Determine the degree measure of angle x

22. “A” can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and “B” can do
the same job in 12 days. With the help of “C” they did the job in 4 days only.
Calculate the time with which “C” can do the same job alone.
23. Three pipes A,B and C can fill an empty tank in 30minutes,20minutes and 10
minutes respectively discharging chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively. If all
the pipes are opened altogether when the tank is empty then what is the proportion
of solution R after 3 minutes?
24. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5 If 9 is subtracted from each, the ratio becomes
12:23 Find the originally smaller number.
25. Father is aged three times more than his son Hussein. After 8 years, he would be
two and half times of Hussein’s age. After further 8 years, how many times would
he be of Hussein’s age?

THIS TIME TWELVE IS THE NEW ELEVEN

THE END by the examiners