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MAURITIUS EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

The Certificate of Primary Education Examination


October 2013

MATHEMATICS
(Subject Code No. 120)

Time: 1 hour 45 minutes


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1. Check that this question paper 16 21


contains 55 questions printed on
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question paper in the space
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3. You should not use red ink in
answering questions. 51

4. All working must be clearly shown 52


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


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1. What number is represented on the abacus? H T U

Answer : ...............................................................................

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2. Write in figures: Four hundred and sixteen

Answer : ...............................................................................

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3. Work out: 275
+ 612
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Answer :
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4. What fraction of the diagram is shaded?

Answer : ..................................................................................

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5. Work out: 795


 261
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Answer :
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6. Write down the next term in the sequence.

3, 5, 7, 9, ……..……..……
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7. Reduce to its lowest terms.
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Answer : ..................................................................................

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8. Work out the perimeter of the square ABCD. A B

Answer : cm
.................................................................................. D 6 cm C
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9. Work out: 243
x 2
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Answer : ....................................................

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10. Find the area of the rectangle PQRS. P Q

3 cm
2
Answer : cm
.................................................................................. S 5 cm R
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11. Work out: 639  3

Answer : ...............................................................................

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12. Arrange the numbers 385, 835 and 538 in order, starting with the largest.

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

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13. How many sides does a hexagon have?

Answer : sides
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14. Convert 4 kilometres into metres.

Answer : m
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15. Find the average of 3 and 7.

Answer : ..................................................................................

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

6 x 2 

A 8

B 10

C 12

D 14

16. The value of 8 in 4358 is 17. 42 =

A 8 units A 42

B 8 tens B 16

C 8 hundreds C 8

D 8 thousands D 6

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18. 4 = 19. What is the name of the given shape?
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A Kite
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A C
3 3 B Trapezium

11 41 C Rectangle
B D
3 3
D Parallelogram

20. (2 x 100) + (5 x 1000) + 3 + (7 x 10) = 21. Which one of these is a reflex angle?

A 2 537 A 60°

B 2 573 B 90°

C 5 237 C 170°

D 5 273 D 240°

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22. Rita has 200 stamps and Mary has 10 23. What is the highest common factor
stamps. How many stamps do they (H.C.F.) of 18 and 24?
have altogether?

A 20 A 3

B 190 B 6

C 210 C 18

D 2000 D 24

24. 4 1 tonnes = 25. What is the size of angle x?


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A 4 500 kg A 100°
80°
B 450 kg B 130°
130° x
C 45 kg C 150°

D 4•5 kg D 210°

26. A book contains 80 pages. How many 27. Rubina is 45 years old.
pages are there altogether in 10 such She is 18 years older than Vanisa.
books? How old is Vanisa?

A 8 A 63 years old

B 70 B 33 years old

C 90 C 27 years old

D 800 D 22 years old

28. A cake costs Rs 7. How many such 29. Which one of these is not a multiple
cakes can be bought with Rs 98? of 6?

A 14 A 3

B 91 B 6

C 105 C 12

D 686 D 24

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30. 31. The 19th of October 2012 was a Friday.


On which day was the 29th of October
A B 2012?

D C A Friday

B Saturday
1 cm2
What is the area of ABCD? C Sunday
A 5 cm2 C 6 cm2
D Monday
1
B 5 cm2 D 7 cm2
2

32. Navin has 270 stickers. He gives 70 33. 8 oranges cost Rs 48.
stickers to Gavin and 60 stickers to What is the cost of 13 oranges?
Rajesh. How many stickers has he left?

A 130 A Rs 624

B 140 B Rs 384

C 200 C Rs 78

D 210 D Rs 6

34. Which one of these is not a prime 35. 0•38 x 1000 =


number?

A 51 A 38

B 53 B 380

C 71 C 3800

D 73 D 38000

36. 1
= 37. Which one of these is a leap year?
2

A 2% A 1918

B 5% B 1928

C 25 % C 1938

D 50 % D 1958

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38. 2 1 39. 2
+ = x 714 =
3 5 7

A 12
3 13
A C
8 15 B 24

2 21 C 102
B D
15 35
D 204

40. The duration of an examination is 41. Mr Joe has Rs 700. He buys a book at
2 h 45 min. The examination ended at Rs 100. He shares the rest of the
11 30. At what time did the examination money equally among his 4 children.
start? How much money does each child
receive?

A 08 15 A Rs 25

B 08 45 B Rs 150

C 09 15 C Rs 175

D 09 45 D Rs 600

42. 26•1 + 0•05 = 43. The mass of a packet of sweets is


350 g. What is the total mass of
50 such packets in kilograms?

A 26•06 A 17•5 kg

B 26•105 B 175 kg

C 26•15 C 1750 kg

D 26•6 D 17500 kg

44. The cost of a pencil is increased from 45. 32 x 28 = 896


Rs 8 to Rs 10. What is the percentage
increase? What is 31 x 28?

A 2% A 896 – 28

B 20 % B 896 + 28

C 25 % C 896 – 31

D 80 % D 896 + 31

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

(i) 18, 15, 12, 9, ....................

(ii) 400, 200, 100, 50, ....................

(b) Work out: 63•5 – 41•9

Answer : ..................................................................................

47. The perimeter of triangle ABC is 84 cm.


Find the length of AB.
A

25 cm

C 37 cm B

Answer : cm
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48. The average mass of Sam, Sunil and Ali is 55 kg.


The total mass of Sam and Sunil is 105 kg.
Find the mass of Ali.

Answer : kg
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49. (a) Convert 3 hours into minutes.

Answer : minutes
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(b) Draw the lines of symmetry for the given shape.

50. Anil has 87 marbles.


Paul has 28 marbles more than Anil.
Salma has three times as many marbles as Paul.
How many marbles does Salma have?

Answer : marbles
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SECTION B (40 MARKS)

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51. (a) Find the value of ÷ , giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.
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Answer : ..................................................................................

(b) ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC.


CBD is a straight line. Angle ABD = 140°.

(i) Find the size of angle x.


A

y
140°
x
C B D

Answer : Angle x =
...............................................................................

(ii) Find the size of angle y.

Answer : Angle y =
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52. (a) Raj buys a ball at Rs 600. He sells the ball to make a profit of 20%.
Calculate the selling price of the ball.

Answer : Rs
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(b) In a sale, the original price of a shirt is reduced by 40%. After the reduction,
the shirt costs Rs 420.

Calculate the original price of the shirt.

Answer : Rs
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53. (a) A hall has a rectangular floor of length 840 cm and width 750 cm.
The floor is completely covered with square tiles of length 30 cm.
Find the number of tiles used.

750 cm

840 cm

Answer : tiles
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(b) A rectangular tank is 70 cm long, 50 cm wide and 40 cm high.


The tank is half filled with water.

40 cm

50 cm
70 cm

(i) Find the volume of water in the tank.

Answer : ……………………………………………………………… cm³

(ii) All the water from the tank is poured into buckets, each of capacity 4 litres.
What is the minimum number of buckets needed?

Answer : buckets
............................................................................................. 4L

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54. (a) Each pupil of a school is asked to choose either an apple or a mango or a pear.
Their choices are represented in the pie chart.

(i) What fraction of the total number of pupils chose a pear?


Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.

Apple
Pear 120°
90°

150°
Mango

Answer : ………………………………………………………………

(ii) 45 more pupils chose a mango than an apple.


Find the total number of pupils in the school.

Answer : pupils
.............................................................................................

(b) The total cost of 95 pens and 89 notebooks is Rs 7434.


The total cost of 1 pen and 1 notebook is Rs 81.
What is the cost of 1 notebook?

Answer : Rs
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55. A car travels from town A to town C passing through town B.

It leaves town A at 09 00 and passes through town B at 11 00.

A B C
  

The average speed of its journey from A to B is 80 km/h.

The average speed of its journey from B to C is 50 km/h.

The ratio of the distance AB to the distance BC is 4 : 5.

Calculate the average speed of the car for the whole journey from A to C.

Answer : km/h
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