COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

2019
MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SOLVING
PART 1

1. The table below shows information about the ages of the members of the Charles
family.

Members of the Charles Family Information about their ages Ages

Mr. Charles 5 times older than daughter
Mrs. Charles 5 years younger than Mr. Charles
Only daughter 12 12

(a) What is the sum of the ages of the members of the Charles Family?

(b) Mr. Charles mother comes to live with them. The average age of the family is 53.
How old is Mr. Charles mother?

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2. Mother had some money. She gave of the money to Ethan and of the
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remainder to Aaron, if Aaron received $90, how much money did mother have
at first?

3. Chelsea went to the mall to purchase a printer for her computer. She found the
same printer at two different stores with two different offers as shown below.

STORE A STORE B

$360 Cash price: $300

10%discount Plus 15% VAT

on price shown

(a) Chelsea decides to buy the printer at the mall. Which is the better price she will
pay for the item?

(b) Store B also offers a deal to pay the cash price plus VAT in 3 equal monthly
instalments. How much would be paid per month?
4. Rojan’s car travelled a distance of 360 km at an average speed of 80 km/h. Karic
took 1.5 hours more to travel the same distance.

(a) How much time did Rojan’s car take to travel the distance of 360 km?
(b) What was the average speed of Karic’s car?
(c) If Karic started his journey at 11: 30 am, at what time did he complete the
journey?

5. A classroom floor measuring 12 metres by 10 metres has two learning corners

covered with mats as seen in the diagram below.

12 m

3m

Mat 1 2m

10 m
5m

4m Mat 2

(a) What amount of space do the two mats cover?

(b) The uncovered part of the floor requires painting. What area needs painting?

PART 2
1. The square ABCD below is made up of two identical squares and four identical
rectangles. It has sides AB and AD which are 8 cm long.

A 8 cm B

Y
D C
(a) Calculate the difference in the area of the square labelled X and the rectangle
labelled Y?

(b) Mr. Robert was painting poles using a colour pattern. He painted 2 orange, then
1 white, then 3 blue. How many blue poles were painted after he painted pole
number 40?