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1. 0.0346 written in standard form is 6. John, Peter and Mary shared a sum of money in
the ratio 2 : 4 : 9. John and Peter together
(A) 3.46xl0 2 received $360. How much money in all was
(B) 3.46x 10 shared?
(C) 3.46x 10- 1
(D) 3.46x 10-2
(A) $900
(B) $600
(C) $540
2. 3.3x 2.5 + 5.7x 2.5 = (D) $480

(A) 8.25 7. What is the value of the digit 3 in the

(B) 9.00 number 2341?
(C) 13.25
(D) 22.50 (A) 3
(B) 30
3. ~17 2 -15 2 (C) 300
(D) 3000
(A) 16
(B) 8
8. 500"•"' written in base ten is the same as
(C) 2
(D)
(A) 5x8 3
4. The ratio of two numbers is 4 : 5. The smaller (B) 5x8 2
number is 240. What is the larger number? (C) 5x8
(D) 5x8°
(A) 133
(B) 192
9. 2~ x 130 is the same as
(C) 300
(D) 720
(A) (25xl00)+30
5. A clock costing £210.00 in the U.K. is
(B) (25+30)x100
exported to Trinidad. The rate of exchange is
U.K. £1.00 = TT $3.40. How much will the (C) (25x30) +(25x100)
clock be worth in Trinidad
(D) (100x30)+(100x25)

(A) $ 61.66 10. If p =3(a-q), then6a is equal to

(B) $ 71.40
(C) $617.60
(A) 2(p + 3q)
(D) $714.00
(B) 2(p + q)
(C) p+ 3q
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11. Which of the following sets is equivalent to 14. Of a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and
{a,b, c,d}? 20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of
students who could study B.OTH Music and
ART?
(A) {4}
(B) {a,b,c} (A) 3
(C) {p, q,r, s} (B) 5
(C) 12
(D) {l, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(D) 15

12. 15. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum for

2 years is given by

(A) $ ~~x2
$ 400x5
(B)
2x!OO
1n the figure above, X represents the set of
multiples of four. Y represents the set of $ 400x2
(C)
multiples of 5, 'The shaded region is the set of all SxlOO
multiples of $ 400x 100
(D)
2x5
(A) 8
(B) 9 16. The cost price of a refrigerator is $1850.00.
(C) 10 A buyer who is given a discount of 5% for cash
(D) 20 purchase will pay

u (A) $1942.50
Q (B) $1845.00
(C) $1757.50
(D) $1350.00

17. A plot of land is valued at $18000. Land tax is

charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100. What is
13. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded region total amount of tax to be paid for the land?
represents
(A) $110.00
(A) Q' (B) $126.00
(B) R'
(C) $180.70
(C) Q'nR
(D) QnR' (D) $257.15

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Item 18 refers to the following table. 21. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If
they both received the same amount of money in
Mark 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 interest, for how many years did John invest his
money?
No.of 5 2 3 4 6 8 8 4 9 I
students
(A) 1Y,

(B) 2
18. The table above shows the marks obtained by 50
students in a test. What is the probability that a (C) 3
student chosen at random has a mark less than 5?
(D) IO
2
(A) -
5 22. An article costs $161. lfa profit of 13% is to be
made on the cost price, the selling price, in
3 dollars, is
(B) -
5
(A) 161 (1+ 1 ~0 )
11 (B) 13(1+:~)
(C) -
25
(C) 161(13+,6,)
14 (D) 13(161+,6,)
(D)
25

19. An article bought for $125 was sold for $175. 23. After a 20% increase an article costs $270. The
The percentage profit was original cost of the article is

(A) 28.6 (A) $216

(B) 40 (B) $225
(C) 50 (C) $250
{D) 71.4 (D) $324

20. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as

commission. He made sales of $2 020. How 24. If p = 20, the p =
5
much commission was he paid?
(A) 20-5
{A) $ 11.00 (B) 20+5
{B) $ 20.20 (C) 20+5
{C) $101.00 (D) 20x 5
(D) $110.00

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25. 'y is equal to the square of x' can be written 31. Given that 3 * 6 = 12and 2 * 5 = 9 ,thena*b may
as be defined as

(A) y2 =x (A) 4(b-a)

(B) y = x' (B) a'+b
(C) y = 2x (C) 6a-b
(D) y=2+x (D) 2a+b

26. Given that a* b = 2a - 3b , then 2 *(-3) =

32.
(A) 13
(B) 3
(C) -5
(D) -7

27. (-8a)x(-3b)=

(A) -24ab
(B) -llab
(C) llab
(D) 24ab
The relationship that BEST describes the
28. 3x 2 x2x3 = mapping in the above diagram is

5
(A) 6x (A) one-to-one
(B) 6x 6 (B) one-to-many
(C) 5x6 (C) many-to-one
(D) 72x 5 (D) many-to-many

29. If the set A= {-2, I, 3}, then the set A is a subset 33. A man used 20 percent of his land for growing
of the set of oranges, 65 percent for mangoes and the
remainder for avocados. On a pie chart, what is
(A) natural numbers the angle of the sector representing avocados?
(B) irrational numbers
(C) whole numbers (A) 306°
(D) integers
(B) 85°
30. When 8 is subtracted from a certain number and (C) 54°
the result is multiplied by 3 the final answer is (D) 15°
21. W~at is the original number?

(A) I
(B) 3
(C) 10
(D) 15

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34. Which of the following does NOT represent the Item 36 refers to the following diagram.
graph of a function?
y

.I'
(A)

---""+"--•x

0 x

(B) .I'
36. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, band c
are positive constants, the equation of the graph
is
x

(A) y= ax' +c
(B) y = c-ax'
(C) y =ax' +bx+c
(D) y = c+bx- ax'
(C) J'

____,_ ___ ,,
37.
.< J'

(D) J'

8---~---ll
---+----·'

35. Which of the following sets of ordered pairs The arrow diagram above shows a function.
describes a function? Which of the following BEST describes the
function?
(A) {(2, 3), (2, 5), ( 4, 7)}

(B) {(2, 1),(4,3),(5, 7)} (A) f(x)=x+3

(B) f(x)=y+3
(C) {(3, -2), (2, 4), (3, 6)}
(C) x=y+3
(D) {(.:,1, 4), (-1, 5), (2, 5)}
(D) y=x

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38. 41. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
is 88 m. The radius, in metres is

(A) 887T

0 60° (B) I 767T

88
(C)

88
(D)
27T

0 is the centre of the circle above. The area of 42. A school day starts at 08:50 hrs. and ends at
the circle is 20 cm2• The area of the minor sector .15:00 hrs. There are two breaks. One lasting 20
AOB, in cm 2 , is minutes and the other 1 hour. How much time is
devoted to school activities?
I
(A) -x20 (A) 2 hrs. 30 mins.
60
(B) 4 hrs. 30 mins.
60 (C) 5 hrs. 30 mins.
(B) x20
360 (D) 6 hrs. 10 mins.
(C) (360-60)xzO
360 43. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot's watch
was 23 : 00 hrs. When he arrived at his
(D) 60x20 destination in the same time zone, on the
following day, his watch showed 03 : 00 hrs.
39. The volume of a cube of sides I 0 cm is How many hours did the flight take?

(A) 4
(A) 30 cm'
(B) 20
(B) 100 cm' (C) 26
(C) 300 cm' (D) 52
(D) 1000 cm 3

40. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a distance

of 1080 km, what was its average speed?

(A) 12 km/h
(B) 102 km/h
(C) 120 km/h
(D) ·. 1200 km/h

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44. 46. Which of the following is NOT a statistical
0 diagram?

(A) Bar graph

(B) Pie chart
(C) Frequency polygon
(D) Modal class

Item 47 refers to the bar chart below which

In the figure above, 0 is the centre of a circle of shows the ages of children who took part in a
survey.
radius IO cm and angle AOB is 36'. What is the
length, in cm, of the arc AB?

(A) 21'
(B) 41'
(C) 207j
(D) 241'

45.
< - - 8 cm -----+

I
3 cm
5 6
Age in years
7

I
5cm
47. How many children took part in the survey?
~~

E------ 18 cm - - - - >
(A) 87
(B)· 75
The area of the trapezium above is
(C) 15
(A) 45 cm2
(D) 5
48. Tony obtained the following scores in a game.
(B) 65 cm2
(C) 90 cm 2
(D) 130 cm
2 7 3 8 4 5 6 9 8 9

The median score is

(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

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49. A bag contains 2 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue balls. 51. A boy throws a die twice. What is the probability
The probability of drawing a blue ball from the that he will get a three followed by an even
bag at random is number?

1 1
(A) - (A)
6 12

1 1
(B) - (B)
3 4

1 5
(C) (C)
2 12

6 7
(D) (D)
11 12

52. If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is

50. 4 right angles, the polygon is a

(A) triangle
(B) quadrilateral
(C) pentagon
(D) hexagon
juice

A 1J 53. Which of the following is NOT a quadrilateral?

Milk

(A) Parallelogram
(B) Rhombus
The pie chai1 above shows the preference in (C) Square
drinks of a group of students. If 12 students (D) Pentagon
prefer chocolate, then the total number of
students is

(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
(D) 360

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54. 55.
. )'

20cm
~·
·'
(2,5)

---!-------·'

The triangle ABC above is right-angled at C.

ABC = 40° and AC= 20 cm. The length of BC, 55. In the diagram above the translation in which
in cm, is AB is mapped onto. A' B' is represented by

.20 (A) (:)

(A)
tan 40°

20

(~)
(B)
sin 40° (B)

(C) 20sin 40°

(D) 20tan 40°

(C)
(~)
(D) (~J

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56. 57.

The triangle LMN above is rotated in a

clockwise direction about L through an angle of
90° .What is its image?
In the right-angled triangle above, tanB is

5 (A)
(A)
13

5
(B) •
12
(B) ;1f'

~
12
(C)
5

13 IV' L'
(D)
5

(C) N'

l11'

L'

(D) L'

1
111

N'

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58. 59.
•J

- y

C-----T-.,.-L---D
tD 0 B
- - -
M 6
A
In the figure above, AB is parallel to CD, 2
and L'.JKB = 125°. _-12.+ -8
''
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'
t- ~ t-t- 1t- .
8 12
'
t- ~
'' ' '
L'.MLD is ' '

In the figure above, the line CD is the

(A) 125° image of AB after a/an
(B) 90°
(C) 55° (A) reflection in the y-axis
(D) 45°
(B) rotation through 90° centre 0

(C) enlargement of scale factor - I

(D) translation by vector ( =:J

60. A plane is travelling in a direction of 045°

and changes course in a clockwise direction
to 135° .The angle through which the plane
turned is

(A) 45°
(B) 90°
(C) 135°
(D) 270°

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.

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