Multiple Choices #2

1. (-3)2+(-2)2= 6. .If 60% of a number is 90, what is the

number?
(A) -13
(8) -10 (A) 30
(C) 13 (B) 54
(0) 25 (C) 150
(D) 100

2. How many centirnetres are there in 1.5

metres? 7. TheH.C.F.ofl2,15and60is

(A) 0.015 (A)

(8) 15 (B) 3
(C) 150 (C) 12
(D) 1500 (D) @

3. Express 0.12 as a fraction in its lowest 8. (~)3 is the same as

terms

(A)
.1
(A) 1 8
9
_1
(B) 2- (B) 6
25
1
(C) ! (C) 8
8

6 fD) 1
(0)
50 6

4. Express ..j ~ as a decimal correct to 3

9. !f 3n is no odd number, which of the
following is an even number'?
significant figures

4.30 (A) 3n+2n

(A)
[0'\
4.37
(R) 311+2
\.~;

(C) 4.38 (C) 3n-2

4.40 (0) 3n-1
(D)

10. The next term in the sequence

5. 3076 in standard form is

3.076 x 10.3 1.6,13,22,33is

(A)
(8) 3.076 x 10"
(A) 44
(C) 3.076 x 10'
(B) 45
(D) 3.076 x 10'
(C) 46
(0) 52
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Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.

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11. 1.4. I n the Venn d iagram above, the rwocirclcs

represents representsetPandsetQ. ffP= {Factors
of6} and Q'"' {Factors of 4}, then the
A) pI shaded region represents
(B) (P U Q)'
(C) Qv P' { }
~)
(0) Q n pI {1,2}
(C) {4,6,8" ..}
(D) {!2,24,36, ...}
12. IfU= {I, 3,5,6,8} and A = {3,6},thcnthe
number ofelements in.d 'is
15. IfTT$6.00 is equivalent to ussi.oo.ee-
(A) 2 TT$1 5.00in U.S. dollars is
(n) 3
(A) $0.25
(C) 4
{B) $0.40
(D) 8
(C) $2.50
(D) $4.00
13. Which of the following sets isequi valcntto
{a, b,c,d}?
16. A manbouzbracalffor Sznoandsold it for
(A) 4 j
$250. What was his gain as a percentage
(B) a, b, (.: of the cost price?
(C) p.q, r, :.}
I, 2, 3, 4, 5} (1\) 5%
(D)
(B) 15%
(C) 20%
(fJ) 25%

17. Duringasate.ashopallows20%~iscount
otTthe marked price of clothing. What
will a customer pay for a dress with a
marked priceof$30?

(A) $10
(B) $20
(C) $24
(0) $30
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~ refers to the table below . 22. A man pays 60 cents for every 200 rn? of
gas used, plus a fixed charge of$\3.7S.
How much does he pay when he uses
House Insurance 50¢perSIOO
55 OOOm' of gas?
Contents Insurance 25¢pcr$IOO
(A) $15125
The above table shows the rates charged by (B) $165.00
18.
(C) $17525
an insurance company. Howmuch wi ll a
(D) $178.75
person pay for his insurance, ifhis house is
valued at $50 000, and the contents at
SWOOO?
23. -2(x-4}=
(A) $225 -2x4-8 ./
(A}
(B) $275
(B) -2.x+4
(C) $450
(C) -2x-4
(D) $500
(0) -2x- 8

19. How much does a customer pay for an

article marked at$50.00 if a sales tax of
24. If a *b = f!. -1, then 7 • 28 =
a
6% is charged?
(I\)
;l
(A) $44.00 4
(B) $47.00 (B) V
(C") $53.00 4
(D) $56.00
(C) 3

20. Mary invested $200 fo-r3 years at 5% per (0) 4

<1li1hiitl. John invested $300 at the same
rare. If they both received thcsamc amount
of money in interest. for now many years 25 . 5(2x· y} - 2(3y- 5.x)=
.did john invest his money?
{A) -11)'
(A) 1'h (ll) 2x-6y
(B) 2 (C) 5x-7y
(C) 3 (0) 20x-11y
(D) 10

26. For all a and b,

21. A company ernptoys 12 gardeners at $26
perday,and8derksat$ 17 per day. What 3a(a + 2b)-b (2a -3b) '"
is the mean daily wage, in dollars, of the 20
employees? (A) 30'+80b-3b2
(B) 3a' + 4ab + 3bz /
0\) $20.00 (C) 302 + 4ab - 3b2
(B) $21.50 (D) 3a' - ab + 3b2
(C) $22.40
(D) $31.50
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..1.+ ~ 31. Ifa= 3 andab =6, then(a+ b)Z-cP-lr=

27.
Sx 5x
(A) 0
(A) 6
:Ex
(8)
(C)
8
12
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(0) 20
(B) 8
25x
32. Thevolume ofacube withedges lOcm is
6
,-,
lr'\
lOx (A) 30cm)
(B) ",,\OOcm3
6 (C) 300cml
(D)
5x (D) 1000cm3

28, Given 2x+ 3:::: 9, the range of values ofx 33. 2500millimetresexpressedinmetresis
is
(A) 0.25
(B) 2.5
(A) x::::.3
(8) x>3 (C) 25
(C) x>6 (D) 250
(D) x::::. 6

34. The1engthsofthesidesofatrianglcat-ex"

29. "When 7 is added to 3 times a certain 2xand2xcentimetres.lfthepcrimeteris20

number n, theresult is 22". centirnetres, whatisthevalueofx?

The statement above may be rcpres.."Otcd (A) 10

by the equation (B) 8
{,...., 5
\'-'1

(A) 3n+ 7=22 (D) 4

(B) 7n - 22= 3
(C) 3n+22= 7
(D) 7n+ 3=22 35. A car travels 80 kilornetres in 2 V2 hours.
What is its speed in kilometres per hour?

(A) 6
30, Which of the following represents the (8) 32
statement "The difference oftwc square (C) 82.5
numbers is positive" (0) 200

(A) x2_y" >0

(B) 2x-2y>0
(C) (y-x)'>O
(0) 2(y-x» 0
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Item 36 refers tothediagrarn 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', how manykm is his home from
school?

(A) 2km
(8) 5 km
(C) 6km
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(D) 9km

36. ADB is a sector of'aclrcle such that angle

40. The marks obtained by tenstudents in atest
A DB =..0 6{)0 and OB is runits long. The area
markedoutof25 were:
ofAOBis
14,22,15.19.19.16,24,13,20,19
1
(A) -nr
3 The range of marks was
1

(B) -.: 1tr {A) !I

6 (8) 13
1 (C) 18
(C) - TCrl (0) !9
3
1
(D) -v ~ refers to the following table.
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Mark x
Frequency
37. Fifty guests each had 2 glasses of Mo."
champagne. Each glass held 150millilitres.
How many litres of champagne were used? 1 2 2

(i\.) 0.15
I i 1
!
! 2 3 6
~B) 1.5 I i
-(C)
(D) 150
,5 3

4
5

4
15

16
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38. The area ofa rectangle is 53.6cm2. !fthe 5 x y !
halved, the area would then be 1 Total 49 i
(A) 26.8 em' 41. The table shows the frequency distribution
(B) 53.6cm' ofthe marks a student obtained on a test.
(C) I07.2 em' Howofien did the student score 5 marks?
(D) 2 I 4.4 ern"
(A) 2
(8) 5
(C) 10
(0) 49
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~ refers to the following barchart. Item 44 refers to the pie-chart below.

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4 6 7
Number of books read
42. The bar chart above shows the number of
booksreadby the children who took part in
asurvey.

How many children took part in thesurvey?

(A) 5 44. The pie-chart above shows the preference

(8) 15 in drinks of a gr-oup of students. If 12
(C) 75 students prefer chocolate, then the total
(D) 87 numberofstudents is

(A) 48
lkm.4J.refers to the following table .. (8) 72
(C) 180
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45. A boy throws a die twice. What is the
Frequency 3 i 8 1 12 I 7 I probability thathewill get a three followed
by aneven number?
43. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were
f,"\ \
1
measured, to the nearest em, and the vv 12
information grouped as shown in the table
above.
I
(B)
4
Theclass boundaries are
5
(A) 3,18,12,7 (C)
12
(B) 5,5,5,5
(C) 10,14, 15, 19,20,24,25,29
(0) 9.5,14.5,19.5,24.5,29.5 (0) 7
12
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Item 46 refersto the arrow diagram below. 49.

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The median of the set of'nurnbers above is

~

lJ7'Q (A)
(B)
(C)
5
6
8
46. The ~HTOV!diagram above describes the (D) 9
relation

(A) x is a factor ofy !tem SO refers to the fol lowing diagram.

(8) x is less than y
(C) x is a rnultiple ofj-
y,-J\ \
(D) x is greater then y

47. (fftx) =x'-x-I,

(A) -31
thenj{-5)=
1\ )
(B)
(C)
(0)
29
24
31
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48. Which of tile following diagrams illustrates 50. The diagram above shows a graph. lfa, b
a function? and c are constants, the equation of the
graph could be

(A) y="ox'+ c:
(A) Jl-= C - ax?
(8)
(C) y=c + bx <ax"
(D) y=ax'+bx-+-c

51. Whichorthetollowin",:;...~<;isrepresentedby
(B) the relation f x _r -i- 3?

(A) {(O,3), (1,4), (2, 7), (3, 12)}

(B) {(O,3),{l,5), (2, 7), (3,9)}

(0) {(O,3),(1,I),{2,4),(3,9)}
(C)

(D)
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52. A boat was travell ingon a bearing of 270°. 54. Ashipsailed8l<mdueeastfromAtoB.lt

to what direction is it travell ing? then sailed 6 km due north to C. Which

(A) W~'St
diagram below BEST represents the path
of the ship?
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(B) East
(C) North (A)
(0) South .IV
A
(
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!
18km
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construction. With centre A, an arc Be is I
6km
I
drawn. With centre B, and the same A B
radius, the arc PCQ is drawn.

Q (B) N
A
1
tc

53.
I B'

What is the measure of LBAC'? (C)

6kj
N
A S km •
B

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(A) 3(l" ,.tl
Skm 8
""-
N,
'[)\ $
\.u, 45 G

(C) 60
{O) 7Y' IHm
C

CD) N
A
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A 8kIn B
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55. Ineachofthediagrarnsshown below, A , is ~refers to the following diagram.
the image of A. Which of the diagrams
shows a reflection in the x-axis?

(A)

(B)

56. How many triangles congruent to MDE

would be needed to cover the rectangle
A' ABCDentirely?

(A) 2
(8) 4
(C) 6
(C) (D) 8

Item 57 refers fO the toilo:'Jing diagram.

(0)

x 57. The length, in ern, of AB is

fA) 4
(8) 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 -x~----~~------~x
angle of 90° . What is its image?

(A) -. ,. '
/1 -'.r

59. In the diagram above, if'the line y = .r is

rotated anti-clockwise aboutO through 90",
(B) what is its image?

(A) y=O
(8) X=O
(C) y=x
(D) y=--x

N'

(C) {tern 60 refers to the diagram below.

\30/1Z
'v !

./1 /!
M'O
\
\1
I
i

\ i
X
// 10m
J Y
~
L' 60. The diagram above, not drawn to scale.
showstheangleofdepr-essionofapointX
IromZis30".lfXis IOmetres from Y. the
height of rz, in metres, is

(A) 10 tan 30°

(8) IOsin30°
(C) lOcos30°
(D) 1O~()s60°