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Mathematics Diagnostic Test

Name: ________________________
Class: _________________________
Date: _________________________

Section One: Multiple Choice

Instruction: Shade the letter of the answer of your choice.

1. 35.4 × 0.2 is approximately equal to

(A) 0.71
(B) 7.1
(C) 71.0
(D) 710

2. $180.00 is divided among 3 friends in the ratio

3: 4: 8. What amount is the largest share?
(A) $96
(B) $84
(C) $48
(D) $36

3. 1 274 in standard form is

(A) 1.274 × 10–3
(B) 1.274 × 10–2
(C) 1.274 × 103
(D) 1.274 × 102

4. Represent 6158 using place values.

(A) 6×83 + 1×82 + 5×81
(B) 6×82 + 1×81 + 5×80
(C) 6×81 + 1×80 + 5×8−1
(D) 6×80 + 1×81 + 5×80

5. A plane left Norman Manley International Airport at 09:35 h and arrived at Cheddi Jagan
International Airport at 11:20 h the same day. The time for the journey was
1
(A) 1 h
4
1
(B) 1 h
2
3
(C) 1 h
4
11
(D) 20 h
12
6. The number of possible subsets that can be obtained from the set {a, b, c} is
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10

7. A parallelogram has an altitude of 4 cm and base 16 cm. What is the area of the
parallelogram?
(A) 40 cm
(B) 64 cm
(C) 88 cm

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(D) 20 cm

8. A bullet takes 2s to travel a distance of 800 m. The average speed of the bullet is
1
(A) m/s
1600
1
(B) m/s
400
(C)400 m/ s
(D)1600 m/s

9. A plane travels for 5 h at an average speed of 720 km/h. What was the distance covered?
(A) 60 km
(B) 144 km
(C) 360 km
(D) 3 600 km

10. The median of the numbers 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 is

(A) 9
(B) 9.5
(C) 9.875
(D) 10

11. Solve 6x – 3(x + 4) =

(A) 3x + 12
(B) 3x – 12
(C) –3x + 12
(D) –3x – 12

3 2 1
12. If x= ∧ y= ,then + y=¿
5 3 x
7
(A)
3
21
(B)
10
10
(C)
9
7
(D)
6

13. If p = 4 and q = – 3, calculate the value of 5p + 2q.

(A) -12
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 14

2
14. expressed as a percentage =
5
(A) 5%
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
(D) 40%

15. 2410 can be written in base two as

(A) 11 000
(B) 10 100

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(C) 10 010
(D) 10 001

16. In the numeral 5238, the value of the digit 2 is

(A) 2
(B) 8
(C) 16
(D) 128

17. What is the least number of plums that can be shared equally among 14, 28 or 35
students?
(A) 70
(B) 140
(C) 210
(D) 280

18. If the diagonals of a kite measures 18 cm and 24 cm, then its area is
(A) 21 cm2
(B) 108 cm2
(C) 216 cm2
(D) 432 cm2

19. When expressed to the nearest hundred, 7 584 becomes

(A) 7 400
(B) 7 500
(C) 7 600
(D) 7 700

20. Sian received 940 cents pocket money on Sunday. On Monday she spent 341 cents. On
Tuesday her dad gave her 225 cents for doing a special chore at home. On Thursday she
Spend 142 cents. On Friday she spent 402 cents. What amount of money did she have left
to spend during the weekend?
(A) 482 cents
(B) 280cents
(C) 300 cents
(D) 480 cents

21. Five times the product of two numbers p and q may be written as
(A) 25pq
(B) 5p + 5q
(C) 5p + q
(D) 5pq

4.5 ×1.3
22. Solve =¿
0.5
(A) 0.0117
(B) 0.117
(C) 1.17
(D) 11.7

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23. If P = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, then the number of subsets of P =

(A) 16
(B) 32
(C) 64
(D) 128

24. The Area of a rectangle is 60 cm2 with a length of 12 cm, what is the width of the
rectangle
(A) 6cm
(B) 5cm
(C) 42cm
(D) 16cm

25. Calculate the exact area of a triangle with base 4.8cm and height 7.0 cm.
(A) 11.0 cm2
(B) 16.0 cm2
(C) 16.8 cm2
(D) 24.0 cm2

26. 18 cm

10 cm

6 cm

Using the shape above, find the area of the shaded region

(A) 126 cm2

(B) 180 cm2
(C) 108 cm2
(D) 200 cm2

27. My washing machine needs to be fixed. It made 7 loud noises on Monday, 15 loud noises
on Tuesday, and 17 loud noises on Wednesday. On Thursday, it tore big holes in all of
my socks. How many noises did it make all week?
(A) 39
(B) 40
(C) 24
(D) 78

Questions 28 – 30 based on figure 1

A survey was conducted among 50 students about their favourite sports. The data is given below:

Fig. 1

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28. How many students like soccer?

(A) 28
(B) 17
(C) 3
(D) 31

29. How many students like tennis?

(A) 17
(B) 20
(C) 14
(D) 28

30. How many students like both Soccer and Tennis

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 48
(D) 5

Section Two: Structure Questions: Show all working for the following questions. Answer
all 5 (FIVE) questions.

Computation
31. Black Pirate Steve raided a village and stole the following: 5 bags each filled with 50
pieces of gold, a chest filled with 350 pieces of gold, a bracelet threaded with 8 pieces of
gold, a piggy bank filled with 64 pieces of gold, and an old tin filled with 120 pieces of
gold.

a. How many pieces of gold did he get altogether?

b. If he shares half of this with his 6 crew members, how much do they each get?

Measurement

32. Convert the following measurements

a. 2000 mg = __________g

b. 5 L = ___________ ml

c. 16 cm = ___________ mm

d. 5.6 kg = ___________ g

e. 48.0 cm = ___________ m

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f. 15ft = _____________ yards

33. 22m

13m 18m

10m

9m
Fig 1
Using the figure 1, calculate the:
a. area

b. perimeter

Computation
34. Complete the following table:

# Common Fraction Percentage Decimal Fraction

a. 3/5

b. 45% Geometry

c. 0.35
35. Find the
missing angle; give reasons for your answers.

W = ______

X = _______

Y = _______

Z = _______