3850-103 SAMPLE PAPER – SET 8

Certificate in Mathematics – Stage 3

Written

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This paper contains 60 questions. Answer them using the ‘boxes’ numbered
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1 Which of the following sets of numbers contain all of the factors of 20?

a 4, 5
b 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20
c 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20
d 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

2 Which one of the following lists is a set of prime numbers?

a 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
b 1, 3, 5, 7,11
c 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
d 2, 3, 5, 7, 11

3 What is 53?

a 15
b 25
c 125
d 135

4 √64 equals

a 128
b 32
c 16
d 8

5 What is 23 000 written in standard form?

a 2.3 x 104
b 2.3 x 103
c 2.3 x 102
d 0.23 x 103

6 What is 1.3 x 102 written as an integer?

a 0.13
b 13
c 130
d 1 300

7 On one day, the temperature of a freezer was −18°C.

The temperature of a refrigerator was 3°C.

What was the difference in temperatures?

a −15°C
b − 6°C
c 15°C
d 21°C

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8 How many weeks are there in 56 days?

a 5
b 6
c 7
d 8

9 Solve 6 + 2.72 + 0.08 − 1.4 =

a 1.46
b 7.4
c 8.12
d 10.2

10 A customer buys

a packet of cookies that costs $0.55

and a tube of toothpaste that costs $3.88

How much change should the customer

receive from $20?

a $15.57
b $15.67
c $16.43
d $16.67

11 What is 3.7 x 208?

a 831.7
b 769.6
c 103.6
d 43.68

12 A piece of wood is 2.75 m long.

How many pieces 0.25 m long can be cut?

a 11
b 10
c 9
d 6

13 What is 0.3 x 0.7?

a 21
b 2.1
c 0.21
d 0.201

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14 Find the total cost of 2.5 kg brown sugar at $1.90 per kg

and 0.5 kg of cheese at $18.60 per kg.

a $14.05
b $20.50
c $23.50
d $61.50

15 A customer buys three packs of crackers that

cost $0.77 each and a box of eggs that cost $4.19

She gives the shop assistant $10

How much change should she receive?

a $3.14
b $3.50
c $3.70
d $4.50

1 2
16 Solve 2
5
+ 23 =

3
a 4 15

3
b 48

13
c 4 15

3
d 58

5 3
17 Solve 3 6 − =
4

1
a 3 12

1
b 36

2
c 3 10

d 4

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1 6
18 What is 2
3
− 17 ?

2
a
7

10
b
21

11
c 1 21

1
d 24

19 A property sells for one and a half million dollars.

The three owners receive a third of the money each.

How much money does each owner receive?

a $333 000
b $375 000
c $450 000
d $500 000

3 1
20 Solve 1 ÷ =
8 4

11
a
32

1
b 22

3
c 48

1
d 52

3 3
21 Solve x =
4 4

a 1

9
b
16

1
c
2

3
d
16

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22 A cook cuts meat pies into portions to sell.

She cuts small pies into halves and large pies into sixths.
She has five small pies and three and a half large pies.

How many portions does she have to sell?

a 5
b 6
c 28
d 31

23 Solve (16 + 7) x 4 =

a 44
b 71
c 92
d 368

24 An electrician needs to draw a flow chart to show

what to do when an electric lamp is not working.

The flow chart that shows this correctly is

a b
Lamp doesn’t work Lamp doesn’t work

No Yes
Is the lamp Is the lamp
Plug in lamp Plug in lamp
plugged in? plugged in?

Yes No

Repair lamp Repair lamp

c d
Lamp doesn’t work Lamp doesn’t work

No Yes
Is the lamp Is the lamp
Plug in lamp Plug in lamp
plugged in? plugged in?

No Yes

Repair lamp Repair lamp

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25 Calculate 6% of 3 000

a 180
b 296
c 500
d 1 800

26 A sales person receives $14 000 a year.

He gets a pay rise of 7% next year.

How much is his pay rise?

a $2 000
b $1 820
c $ 980
d $ 700

27 Calculate the interest on a $5 000 loan for

two years at 5% simple interest per year.

a $250
b $500
c $512.50
d $2 000

28 A machine has a principal cost of $200 000

Simple depreciation is calculated at 20% per year.

What is the value of the machine after

two years simple depreciation?

a $192 000
b $160 000
c $120 000
d $40 000

29 What is 37% expressed as a decimal fraction?

a 0.037
b 0.37
c 3.7
d 37.00

1
30 Which of the following is closest to ?
3

a 1.3
b 0.13
c 0.30
d 0.333

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31 A basket of fruit costs $68

A customer has a choice of discount vouchers.

1 1
off $10 off 10% off off
3 4

Which discount voucher gives the cheapest

price for the fruit?

1
a off
3

b $10 off

c 10% off

1
d off
4

32 On a map with a scale of 1:75 000 the distance

between a hotel and the airport is 3 cm.

What is the actual distance in km?

a 2.25 km
b 2.5 km
c 22.5 km
d 25 km

33 A builder mixes cement with sand using

a 1:6 ratio.

He uses 3 shovels of cement.

How many shovels of sand does he need?

a 2
b 3
c 8
d 18

34 A journey takes 3 hours at an average speed of 30 km/h.

How long will this journey take at 40 km/h?

a 4 hours
b 2 hours 25 minutes
c 2 hours 15 minutes
d 2 hours

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35 A bottle of juice contains 75 cl.

How much juice is there in 15 of these bottles?

Give your answer to the nearest litre.

a 20 litres
b 11 litres
c 5 litres
d 1 litre

36 A shop assistant has a 5 m length of ribbon.

She will use 25 cm to make one bow.

What is the maximum number of bows she can make?

a 5
b 20
c 125
d 200

37 The time in Kingston, Jamaica is one hour behind New York, USA.

When it is 11:30 pm in New York, what time is it in Kingston?

a 12:30 am
b 10:30 am
c 10:30 pm
d 12:30 pm

38 The table shows the top five islands for cell phone use in the Caribbean.

Cell phone Population Population with

Rank Island subscriptions (millions cell phone
(millions) of people) subscriptions
1 Dominican Republic 9.20 10.35 89%

2 Haiti 7.16 10.00 72%

3 Puerto Rico 3.09 3.62 85%

4 Jamaica 2.80 2.93 95%

5 Cuba 2.00 11.05 18%

In which island does the largest proportion of people have a cell phone subscription?

a Dominican Republic
b Haiti
c Jamaica
d Cuba

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39 The table shows the medals that 10 countries won at the

World Championships in 2017.

Which country did not win any bronze medals?

Country Gold Silver Bronze

Medals Medals Medals
1 United States 10 11 9
2 Kenya 5 2 4
3 Great Britain and
2 3 1
Northern Ireland
4 Poland 2 2 4
5 China 2 3 2
6 Germany 1 2 2
7 Ethiopia 2 3 0
8 France 3 0 2
9 Jamaica 1 0 3
10 South Africa 3 1 2

a United States
b Ethiopia
c France
d Jamaica

40 This stopwatch shows a winner’s time in a 100 metre race.

seconds

How many seconds did the runner take?

a 12.2
b 11.8
c 11.4
d 10.9

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41 The graph shows the number of kitchens sold each month this year.

Sales are expected to continue to grow at this rate.

How many sales are expected for June?

a 200
b 400
c 450
d 500

42 The pie chart shows the ways a group of pupils travel to school.

80 pupils were asked how they travel to school.

How many more pupils walk than travel by bicycle?

a 5
b 20
c 25
d 35

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43 A nurse records the number of patients she sees for 6 days.

19, 19, 15, 19, 20 and 16

What is the average (mean) number of patients she sees each day?

a 15
b 17
c 18
d 19

44 The table shows the number of lessons taken by some learner drivers.

Number of lessons 15 18 22 18 29 18 21 19 20

What is the mode of the number of lessons?

a 18
b 19
c 20
d 29

45 The list shows the points obtained by four countries

at the World Championships in 2017.

272, 124, 86, 105

What is the range of these numbers?

a 86
b 167
c 186
d 272

46 There are 6 chocolates in a box.

Two contain nuts and four have soft centres.

What is the probability that the first chocolate

taken from the box will contain nuts?

1
a
3

1
b
6

2
c
3

1
d
2

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47 (°F – 32) x = °C
9

Use this formula to find the temperature in °C

when the temperature is 90°F.

a 32°C
b 50°C
c 58°C
d 73°C

48 Solve the equation 5 + 3y = 17

a y=2
b y=4
c y= 7
d y=9

49 Solve the equation 5 − 5 = 40

a =5
b =7
c =9
d = 40

50 A delivery company charges a standard price in

dollars per parcel (s) plus a fee (f) for each kilometre travelled (d).

What is the correct formula to find the cost (C) of sending a parcel?

a C = sf + d
b C = s + fd
c C = sfd
d C=s+f+d

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51 This graph shows the exchange rate for one British pound to Jamaican dollars

Jamaican
dollars

Year
What does the graph show?

a The value of the British pound against the Jamaican dollar stays the same
b The value of the British pound against the Jamaican dollar is decreasing
c The value of the British pound against the Jamaican dollar is increasing steadily
d The value of the British pound against the Jamaican dollar varies a lot

52 This chart shows the speed of a remote controlled car.

In which stage did the car’s speed increase at the fastest rate?

a 0-15 seconds
b 15-30 seconds
c 30-45 seconds
d 45-60 seconds

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53 Which of these statements are true?

X A hexagon has eight equal sides.

Y A regular pentagon has five equal angles.
Z All squares are parallelograms.

a X, Y and Z
b X and Y only
c X and Z only
d Y and Z only

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Angle c is 40°

What is the value of angle b?

a 40°
b 50°
c 140°
d 320°

55 A triangle has angles measuring 40° and 60°.

What does the third angle measure?

a 40°
b 60°
c 80°
d 260°

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56

What is the length of side L?

a 5 cm
b 6 cm
c 7 cm
d 14 cm

57

What is the area of the shape?

a 66 square inches
b 77.5 square inches
c 223 square inches
d 990 square inches

58 The radius of a circle measures 7 cm.

What is the area of the circle?

22
(Take as )
7

a 38.5 cm2
b 49 cm2
c 44 cm2
d 154 cm2

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59 The diagram shows the cross section of a metal shape.

The metal shape is 20 cm long.

What is its volume?

a 142 cm3
b 1 170 cm3
c 1 500 cm3
d 23 000 cm3

60 This diagram shows the front of two different sized cubes.

The sides of Cube B are double the length of the sides of Cube A.

The volume of Cube B is

a 8 times the volume of A

b 4 times the volume of A
c 2 times the volume of A
d half the volume of A

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