3850 Certificate in Mathematics - Sample paper

Stage 2

Set 2

Candidate Name (First, Middle, Last)

Candidate enrolment number DOB (DDMMYYYY)

Candidate signature

Test date (DDMMYYYY) Centre number

General information
 The duration of this test is 2 hours.
 This paper contains 60 questions. Answer them using the `boxes’ numbered 1 to 60
on the answer sheet.

You should have for this examination

 A multiple-choice answer sheet.
 A pen with blue or black ink.
 A ruler.
 A protractor.
 The use of a calculator is not permitted.
 Space for rough work

1 What is $2.9 m in figures?

a $2 900
b $29 000
c $2 900 000
d $29 000 000

2 What is $500 096 in words?

a Five thousand and ninety-six dollars

b Fifty thousand and ninety-six dollars
c Five hundred thousand and ninety-six dollars
d Five million and ninety-six dollars

3 In which one of these numbers does

8 have the value of eight hundredths?

a 2.87
b 21.68
c 186
d 2 869

4 What is 6 gallons of milk in pints?

(8 pints = 1 gallon)
3
a pint
4
b 1.2 pints

c 1.33 pints

d 48 pints

5 A joiner has a piece of wood 2 m long.

He needs to cut lengths of wood that
measure 50 cm each.

How many 50 cm lengths can he cut

from the piece of wood?

a 2.5
b 4
c 25
d 40

6 A catering assistant has 2 litres of orange juice.

How many 200 ml glasses can she fill with the juice?

a 5
b 10
c 20
d 100

2
7 A cook has a 28 lb bag of potatoes.

Which one of the following metric weights

is the nearest to 28 lb?

a 14 kg
b 28 kg
c 42 kg
d 56 kg

8 A plane is due to arrive at 18:00

It is delayed by 3 hours.

What time should it arrive now?

a 01:00
b 09:00
c 15:00
d 21:00

9 At which one of the following temperatures

would a room be comfortably warm?

a 5°C
b 20°C
c 50°C
d 70°C

10 What is 704 – 288?

a 416
b 526
c 584
d 992

11 Add 107, 1 009 and 12 900.

a 13 006
b 13 016
c 14 006
d 14 016

12 A man shares $3 000 equally between his four children.

How much does each child receive?

a 120
b 700
c 705
d 750
13 A box of tiles contains 50 tiles.

How many tiles are there in 12 boxes?

a 600
b 510
c 502
d 500

14 Six people share a bill of

$171.00 equally.

Each person must pay

a $20.10
b $20.51
c $28.03
d $28.50

15 Multiply 4 064 by

27 a 36 576
b 109 708
c 109 728
d 292 608

16 A customer buys 4 kg of green bananas at $4 per kg

and 2 cucumbers for $3 each.
.
What is the total cost?

a $42
b $22
c $20
d $14

17 The rental cost of a house is $3000 a month.

Five friends share the rental cost equally.

How much do they each pay for 12 month’s rent?

a $1 250
b $1 800
c $7 200
d $7 332
18 A customer needs 2.6 m of pipe and 0.85 m of pipe.

What is the total length of pipe he needs?

a 1.11
b 1.75
c 2.91
d 3.45

19 A customer buys 12 packs of ice cream for a party.

Each pack costs $4.35

The total cost of the ice cream is

a $52.20
b $51.60
c $48.35
d $13.05

20 What is 67.62 kg divided by 6?

a 11.10 kg
b 11.12 kg
c 11.20 kg
d 11.27 kg

21 Fifteen chocolate tea balls cost $98.25

How much does each tea ball cost?

a $6.01
b $6.55
c $7.01
d $7.53

22 A customer buys these items

Cheese $6.44
Bread $3.99

The customer pays with $20

How much change should the customer receive?

a $9.55
b $9.57
c $10.57
d $10.67
23 A pack of garbage bags costs $4.42 each.
A box of soap powder costs $5.58 each.
A customer buys 3 packs of garbage bags
and a box of soap powder.

What is the total cost?

a $17.74
b $18.84
c $19.00
d $19.02

24 An item was $72

1
A sale offers off this price.
1 3
What is of $72?
3
a 20
b 24
c 30
d 33

4
25 is the same as
8
1
a
32
1
b
12
1
c
4
1
d
2
 3
26 One bag of grapes weighs kg and
4 1
another bag of grapes weighs kg.
2
What is the total weight of the grapes?
1
a 1 kg
3
1
b 1 kg
4
4
c kg
5
4
d kg
6
1 2
27 Add and
10 5

1
a
2
3
b
10
1
c
4
3
d
15
3 1
28 What is – ?
4 8
1
a
16
1
b
4
1
c
2
5
d
8
29 A cake is cut into 10 slices.
Four slices are eaten.

What is this number as a percentage

of the cake?

a 4%
b 6%
c 25%
d 40%

30 A quality inspector checks a batch of 50 shirts.

Four of the shirts fail the quality check.

What is this number as a percentage of the batch?

a 8%
b 20%
c 46%
d 54%

31 A tablet computer usually costs $299.00

In a sale there is a 10% discount.

What is the discount on the tablet computer?

a $10.00
b $29.90
c $29.99
d $100.00

32 The cost of a hotel booking is $450.00

The deposit for the booking is 20%.

The deposit is

a $90.00
b $45.00
c $22.50
d $20.00

33 What is a 75% expressed as a fraction?

1
a
75
3
b
5
3
c
4
7
d
5
34 What is
1
as a decimal fraction?
8
a 0.125
b 0.18
c 0.8
d 0.81
2
35 What is as a decimal fraction?
5
a 0.10
b 0.25
c 0.40
d 0.45

36 The number of people watching a television programme

was 752 658.

Round this number to the nearest thousand.

a 750 000
b 752 000
c 752 700
d 753 000

37 A sales representative travelled 134 kilometres in one day.

Round 134 to the nearest ten.

a 100
b 130
c 140
d 200

38 3.416 written correct to one decimal place is

a 3
b 3.4
c 3.41
d 3.5

39 A calculator display shows

17.0679

What is this number written correct to

two decimal places?

a 17
b 17.07
c 17.068
d 17.06
40 On a diagram 2 cm represents 1 metre.
A wall is 3 m long.

Work out the length of a line that

represents 3 m.
1
a 1 cm
2
b 2 cm
c 3 cm
d 6 cm

41 On a map 10 cm represents 20 km.

What is the distance represented by 4 cm?

a 4 km
b 8 km
c 40 km
d 80 km

42 A cook uses 4 eggs to make one cake.

How many eggs would she use to

make 3 cakes?

a 6
b 8
c 12
d 16

43 Five students play a game.

Their scores are 5, 5, 7, 5 and 8.

What is the mean average of their results?

a 3
b 5
c 6
d 7

44 In 6 visits to the table a snooker player scores

26, 0, 20, 0, 32 and 18.

The mean average score per visit to the table is

a 0
b 8
c 16
d 24
45 On a cost comparison website the same item
is on sale at 7 different stores.

The prices are

$44, $47, $37, $46, $49, $44 and $43

What is the range of the prices for this item?

a $1
b $6
c $10
d $12

46 The width of a shape is 5 cm and the length is 12 cm.

Use this formula to find the area of the shape

width x length =
2

a 8.5 cm2
b 30 cm2
c 60 cm2
d 120 cm2

47 3x = 15
What is the value of x?
a x=5
b x = 12
c x = 18
d x = 45

48 The value of a in the equation 2 a - 4 = 0 is

a a=0
b a=2
c a=4
d a=6
49

x
50o 65o

This diagram is not drawn accurately.

The size of angle x is

a 25˚
b 65˚
c 90˚
d 245˚

50 Which one of these statements is true?

a An equilateral triangle always has a 60˚ angle

b An isosceles triangle always has three equal angles
c An equilateral triangle always has a 90˚ angle
d An isosceles triangle is always an equilateral triangle

51 Which of these shapes are congruent?

a shapes a and c
b shapes a, b and c
c shapes a and b
d shapes a and d
52 Which of these shapes have the same perimeter?

A a square with sides of 4 cm

B a rectangle 9 cm by 1 cm
C a rectangle 3 cm by 4 cm
D a rectangle 6 cm by 2 cm

a A and B
b C and D
c B and D
d A and D

53 The diagram shows a layer of tins

in the base of a small box.

Not to scale

How many tins with a diameter

of 7 cm will fit into one layer of the
base of a large box which measures
84 cm by 84 cm?

a 12
b 44
c 144
d 588

54

The volume of a rectangular box with

width 13 cm, length 25 cm, depth 10 cm is

a 48 cm3
b 96 cm3
c 192 cm3
d 3 250 cm3
55 The table shows the marks obtained by
students in a class test.

Mark No. of students

0 - 19 1
20 - 39 4
40 - 49 4
50 - 59 6
60 - 79 3
80 - 100 2

The pass mark is 50.

How many students passed?

a 6
b 11
c 15
d 20

56 The chart shows a patient’s temperature.

Patient Temperature

Temperature oF

The dotted line shows a normal temperature.

On how many days was the patient’s

temperature above normal?

a 5
b 6
c 7
d 8
57

How many of these laptops were sold in June?

a 450
b 700
c 800
d 900
58 This bar chart shows the value of sales for a business last week.

Sales last week

9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Day of week

What is missing from the bar chart?

a a title
b a scale on the horizontal axis
c a label on the vertical axis
d a label on the horizontal axis

59 A healthy eating website recommends that people

eat foods in the following proportions.

According to the healthy eating guide, people should eat

a more protein than carbohydrates

b no fats and sugars
c mainly milk and dairy
d as much fruit and vegetables as carbohydrates
60 A tourist travels from Montego Bay to Kingston.

She considers two different routes.

The shortest route is straight from Montego
Bay to Kingston.

Approximately, how much further is the route to

Kingston via Alligator Pond?

a 30 km
b 60 km
c 120 km
d 210 km

NOW GO BACK AND CHECK YOUR WORK

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