i

l I. The value of (-2a)(-3a) is 6. The simple interest on $600 for 4 years at 5

'
percent per annum is
(A) -6a
100 x 5
(B) -5a (A) $
600 x 4
(C) 5a 2
600 x 4
(D) 6a 2 (B) $
100 x 5
$100x5x4
(C)
2. John has x marbles and Max has twice as 600
many. Max gives Tom 5 of his marbles.
600x5x4
How many marbles does Max now have? (D) $
100
(A) x+5
(B) x-5·
7. A line segment joining ANY two points on
(C) 2x + 5 a circle is called a
(D) 2x -5 (A) diameter
(B) chord
3. 0.07 written as a common fraction is (C) radius
(D) diagonal
(A)
7
7 8. 3.3 x 2.5 + 5.7 x 2.5 ~
(B)
10 (A) 8.25
7 (B) 9.00
(C)
100 (C) 13.25
7 (D) 22.50
(D)
1000

9. 3076 in standard form is

4. Which of the following is NOT a statistical
(A) 3.076 x 10-3
diagram?
(B) 3.076 x 10-2
(A) Modal class
(B) Pie chart (C) 3.076 x 10 2
(C) Bar graph (D) 3.076xl0 1
(D) Frequency polygon

5. Which of the following IS a subset of

10. ~ 17 2 - 15
2

{1,2,3}? (A)
(B) 2
(A) p, 3}
(C) 8
(B) {0, 3} (D) 16
(C) {2, 4}

(D) {I, 2, 3, 4}

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,
1 16. The range of a sample gives an indication of
11. - - -

2 6 .the

1
(A) maximum variation in.the sample
(A) (B) number of observations bearing the
12
same value
I
(B) (C) way in which the values cluster about
3 a particular point
(C) 3 (D) degree to which the mean value
differs from its expected value
(D) 12

17. The factors of 6x 2 + 5x - 4 are

12. 11.1+0.01=
(A) (3x + 4)(2x - 1)
(A) 110
(B) (3x - 4)(2x +I)
(B) 111
(C) 1100. (C) (6x - 2)(x + 2)
(D) 1110 (D) (6x - 2)(x - 2)

13. What is the SMALLEST number of pencils 18. The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. What is
which can be shared equally among either its area in cm 2 ?
6, 9 or 12 boys?
(A) 144
(A) 27
(B) 108
(B) 36
(C) 72
(C) 54
(D) 36
(D) 72

19.
14. The exchange rate for one United States
dollar (US $1.00) is two dollars and seventy s
cents m Eastern Caribbean currency .a .c .d p
(EC$2.70). What is the value of US$4.50
in EC currency? .e
{A) $ 1.67
.b
(B) $ 6.00
(C) $ 7.20
(D) $12.15 .h .m
Q

15. A television set costs $350 cash. When

bought on hll:e-purchase, a deposit of $35 is From the above diagram, S', the
required, followed by 12 monthly payments complement of the set S, is
of$30. How much is saved by paying cash?
(A) { m}
(A) $10
(B) $25 (B) {b, f, g}
(C) $40 (C) {d, e, h, m}
(D) $45
(D) {b, d, c, f, g, h, m}
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20. Which of the following represents the 23. The volume of a cube of side 10 cm is
equation of a straight line?
(A) 30 cm'
4 (B) 100 cm'
(A) y=-
x (C) 300 cm'
(B) y = 2x + 3 (D) 1000 cm'
(C) y = x' - 4
(D) y = x 2 + 2x - 5
24. The image of a point Q(l, 2) under a
translation 1s Q' (I, 1). What 1s the
21. translation vector?

(A) (_~J
(B) [ ~J
~J
The above figure is said to have rotational
symmetry of order (C) (

=~J
(A)
(B) 2 (D) (
(C) 3
(D) 4
25. The expression (3x - 2)(x + 1) =

22. (A) 3x 2 + x - 2
30°
z
(B) 3x2 - x + 2
(C) 3x2 - x - 2

(D) 3x 2 + x + 2

26. The largest prime number that is less than

x 10 m y 100 is
The diagram above, not drawn to scale, (A) 91
shows that the angle of depression of point (B) 93
X from Z is 30°. If Xis 10 metres from Y,
(C) 97
the height of YZ, in metres, is
(D) 99
(A) 10sin30°
(B) 10tan30°
27. If a * b = 2a + b, then 1 * 3 is
(C) 10cos30°
(A) 4
(D) 10cos60°
(B) 5
(C) 13
(D) 23

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28. D 15x + 12
32. =
3
(A) 17x
(B) 15x + 4
(C) 5x + 4
(D) 5x + 12

In the diagram above, ;{.CAB = 35° and AC

33. (5')(5y) =
is a diameter of the circle. AngleADB is
5x+y
(A) 35" (A)
(B) 5xy
(B) 45°
(C) 55° (C) 25x+y
(D) 65° (D) 25"

I
29. The image of the point Q(3, 2) when 34. A line of gradient passes through the
-
reflected in the line x = 1 is 3
point (0, 2). An equation of the line is
(A) (-1, 2)
1
(B) (0, 2) (A) y = -x
3
(C) (I, - 2) 1
(B) y = -x + 2
(D) (3, 0) 3
(C) y = 3x

~D) y = 3x + 2
The value of~ 0.0 is
9
30.
400
(A) 0.0015 35.
.. .y
(B) 0.015 . . ·-· .... ... . . ..
...
'' .... . ;
(C) 0.15 :9~
: :: : .... : .:
(D) 1.5

'.'. +-·l'"l • • • ·- ' •••

31. The set {x: 6 <:: x < 10, x E Z} is ..• x

(A) {6, 7, 8, 9}
In the figure above, the line CD is the image
(B) {6, 7, 8, 9, IO} of AB after
(C) {7, 8, 9} (A) a rotation of 90° center 0
(D) {7, 8, 9, 10} (B) a reflection in the y-axis

(C) a translation by vector [ =:J

(D) an enlargement of scale factor -I
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36. If f(x) = x' - x + 1, then .f(-5) = Items 40 - 41 refer to the following

information.
(A) -31
(B) 29 The table below shows an extract from a
'decimal reckoner' giving the price of N
(C) 24
articles at 35¢ each.
(D) 31
N Cost in $ N Cost in$

37. House Insurance 25¢ per $100 38.15

25 8.75 109
Contents Insurance 50¢ per $100 26 9.10 110 38.50
27 9.45 111 38.85
The above table shows the rates charged by
an insurance company to insure a house and 28 9.80 112 39.20
its contents. How much will a person pay 67 23.45 625 218.75
for insurance, if his house is valued at 68 23.80 650 227.50
$50000, and its contents at $10000?
69 24.15 700 245.00
(A) ~175 70 24.50 750 262.50
(B) $225
(C) $450 40. From the table, the price of 2600 articles at
(D) $500 35¢ each is

(A) $ 9.10
38. A man bought a goat for $400 and sold it (B) $ 91.00
for $ 500. His percentage profit was (C) $ 910.00
(A) 10% (D) $9100.00
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
41. How many articles were bought at 35¢ each
(D) 80% if the price paid was $254.45?
(A) 27
39. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as (B) 97
commission. His sales for last month (C) 700
amounted to $2020. How much
(D) 727
commission was he paid?
(A) $ I 1.00
(B) $ 20.20 42. y varies inversely as the square of x. If k is a
constant, then y =
(C) $101.00
(D) $110.00 k
(A)
x'
(B) kx'

(C) kFx.
k
(D)
Fx

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43. What is the value of 2x 2 when x = - 3? 46. 2cm

_J L
(A) -18
(B) -12
(C) 18
(D) 36
8cm
44. If 4.3 x 0.37 = 1.591, then 0.43 x 370 is
(A) 1.591
(B) 15.91 L
(C) 159. l 2cm
(D) 1591.0 r
7cm

What is the perimeter of the figure above?

45.
3cm
(A) 15 cm

l
8cm
(B)
(C)
(D)
23cm
26cm
30cm

' '
l 47. y

The diagram above, not drawn to scale,

shows a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height
of 8 cm. The volume is
(A) 12ir cm 3
(B) 48ir cm'
(C) 72ir cm 3
x
3
(D) I 92ir cm
-1 t
-2 i

The diagram above shows a graph of

y = x (x - 2). The minimum point is
(A) (0, 0)
(B) (2, 0)
(C) (I, I)
(D) (I, -1)

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4S. If f(x) = 4x - 3, then F'(x) is 51.

+------8 cm---+
S R
(A)
4x - 3
x + 3
(B)
4
.------13 cm-----+
(C) -4x - 3
The area of the trapezium above is
x - 4
(D)
3 (A) 45 cm'
(B) 65 cm'
Items 49 - 50 refer to the following diagram. (C) 90 cm'
(D) 130 cm'

52 y

(a, b)

Q(c, d)

c x
In the circle above, not drawn to scale, 0 is
the centre of the circle, LAOB = S0° and
the arc AB = 6 cm.

49. What is the circumference of the circle?

The diagram above shows the line PQ. The
2011' gradient of this line PQ is given by
(A) -cm
9
b - d
501!' (A)
(B) -cm c - a
9
(C) 27cm c - a
(B)
b - d
(D) 4SO cm
a - c
(C)
b - d
50. What is the size of LADO?
b - d
(D)
(A) 20° a - c
(B) 40°
(C) 50°
(DJ so 0

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53. Which ONE of the following pa!Ts of 54. An importer pays a customs duty of 30% on
graphs represent functions? ~ape recorders valued at $ 150 each and sells
them to make a profit of$ 85 on each. What
y is the selling price of such a recorder?
I
(A) $130
(B) $195
(C) $236
(D) $280

55.
y
II
p Q

In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area

represents

y (A) P'
III (B) (Pu Q)'
(C) QuP'

x
(D) QnP'

56. If 213" = 58ten, then n =

(A) three
(B) four
y
IV (C) five

~ x
(D) SIX

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
•.
(C) II and III only
(D) III and IV only

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57. In a box there are 4 red, 3 white and 2 blue 60.

marbles. If one of the marbles is chosen at
random, what is the probability that it is
NOT blue?

(A) 0
9
60°
2
(B)
9
7
(C) A B
9
8
(D) In the diagram above, not drawn to scale,
9
the chord AB subtends an angle of 60° at the
centre of the circle, 0. The length of the
Items 58 - 59 refer to the following chord is 9 cm.
infonm1tion. What is the length of the radius of the
circle?
5 9 18 18 27
(A) 3 cm
(B) 6 cm
58. The mode of the numbers is
(C) 9 cm
(A) 7
(D) 18cm
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 25

59. The semi-interquartile range is

(A) 6.5
(B) 12.5
(C) 18
(D) 25

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