JUNE 2012

REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Ministry of Education

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2012

MATHEMATICS
(Time: 1 hour & 30 minutes)

Item No. Score Marker’s

CANDIDATE NO. Initials

1–8

CENTRE CODE: 9 – 14

Directions for the Mathematics Test 15 – 20

This test has a total of 25 items.
21 – 25
Read EACH item CAREFULLY before answering it.

Show ALL your working in the working column next to TOTAL

each item. SCORE
Write ALL your answers in the spaces provided in this
booklet.

Answer ALL items.

Work carefully but DO NOT SPEND TOO MUCH

TIME on any one test item.

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

Division of Educational Research and Evaluation

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 PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2012
MATHEMATICS

No. TEST ITEMS WORKING Do Not

COLUMN Write
Here

1. What is the value of the digit 9 in the

numeral 12.95?

Answer. ____________________

2. Approximate the number 3 427 to the nearest

hundred.

Answer. ____________________

3. Write the next two numbers of the set of even

numbers.

16, 18, 20, 22 _________ , _________

4. Write 0.64 as a fraction in its lowest terms.

Answer. ___________________

5. A store sells shirts at $45.00 each.

A customer paid $120.00 for 3 shirts.
How much discount did he get on one
T-shirt?

Answer. ___________________

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6. The perimeter of the figure shown below is
40 cm.
A 12 cm B

6 cm

D 15 cm C
C C
Calculate the length of the side BC.

Answer. _______________________

7. Peter cut 3 pieces of cheese from a 3

kilogram block of cheese. Each piece
weighed 400 grams.
Calculate in grams, how much cheese
remained.

Answer. _______________________

8. M is a multiple of 7 and lies between 50 and

57.

a. The value of M is___________________

N is the largest prime factor of 65.

b. The value of N is ___________________

9. Order the fractions from smallest to largest.

3 2 1
7 3 2

________ ________ ________

smallest largest

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10. A vendor bought a box of 100 pencils.
She sold them for $1.75 each.

a. How much did she get if all the pencils were

sold?

Answer. ___________________

b. She made a profit of 25 cents on each pencil.

How much did she pay for a pencil?

Answer. ______________________

11. The diagram below shows a compound shape

made up of a square and a triangle.

Calculate the area of:

The triangle

a. Answer. ___________________

The entire compound shape

b. Answer. ___________________

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12. A solid is shown below.

a. What is the name of the solid?

Answer. _______________________

b. How many vertices are there on the solid?

Answer. _______________________

c. Draw the net of the solid.

13. The diagram below shows a triangle with two

equal sides.

X0

500

a. What type of triangle is shown?

Answer. ________________________

b. Calculate the value of X.

Answer. ________________________

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14. The pie chart below shows the hobbies of a
group of children.

1200
600

900

900

a. What was the most popular hobby?

Answer. _____________________
b. If there are 36 children in the group, how
many children watch T.V?

Answer. _____________________

15. A store sells CD’s in packages as follows:

10 CD’s for $25.00

20 CD’s for $45.00
.

Mario wishes to buy exactly 50 CD’s.

What option should Mario take in order to
spend the least amount of money?
Show clearly all your working.

Answer. ______________________

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16. The table shows the modes of transport used
by a group of persons to get to Port of Spain.

Modes of No. of Persons

Transport
Private car 6
Bus 16
Maxi Taxi 10
Taxi 5

Complete the bar graph to display the

information.

17. Robert buys meat at the grocery. The

quantities and prices are shown below.

. Meat Mass(kg) Price per Cost

kg
Goat 0.7 $40.00 $28.00
Beef 0.9 $30.00 (a)
Lamb (b) $20.00 $30.00
Total cost (c)

Calculate the values of a, b and c.

Answer (a) ___________________

Answer (b) ___________________

Answer (c) ___________________

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18. John bought a carton of juice. The carton is
in the shape of a cuboid whose dimensions
are shown below.
. 10cm

10cm

15cm
Juice

a. Calculate the maximum capacity of the

carton.

Answer. _____________________

b. He pours the juice into glasses. Each glass

holds a maximum of 240 ml when filled.
How many glasses can he fill?

Answer. _____________________

Note: 1 litre = 1000cm3

19. A waitress is paid a basic rate of $20.00 per

hour, for an 8-hour day.

a. Calculate her weekly wage if she works a

5-day week.

Answer. _____________________

She is paid double time for working

overtime. In a certain week she worked for
10 hours overtime.

b. Calculate her total earnings for the week.

Answer. _________________________

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20. A cuboid is shown below.

5 cm

B
5 cm A

12 cm

a. State the number of square faces.

Answer. ________________________

b. State the number of rectangular faces.

Answer. ________________________

c. Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid.

Answer. ________________________

21. Match the angles in SET A by drawing a line

to their types in SET B.

SET A SET B
Reflex

370

Right

2050

Obtuse

900

Acute

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22. The number of each item sold in one month
is shown in the table below:

Item Tally Frequency

TV Sets IIII III
Computer IIII IIII
CD Player II
Digital Camera IIII I

a. How many computers were sold?

Answer. __________________________

b. How many more TV sets than digital

cameras were sold?

Answer. __________________________

23. Susan’s marks in three tests are shown in the

table below.

Test Susan’s Maximum Susan’s

Mark Mark Mark as a %
Social
Studies 12 30 40%

English
26 40 (a)
Music
(b) 20 85%

Complete the table.

Answer. (a) ________________________

Answer. (b) ________________________

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24. An athlete jogged a distance of 10 km in 80
minutes.

a. Express the time taken in hours.

Answer. ____________________

b. Calculate his speed in kilometres per hour.

Answer. ____________________

25. The table below shows the departure times of

three water taxis, A, B and C sailing from
San Fernando to Port of Spain.

Vessel Departure from San Fernando

A 6:00 a.m.
B 7:30 a.m.
C 9:00 a.m.

Patsy arrived at the water taxi terminal in San

Fernando at 6.45 a.m.

a. Which vessel should she take if she wants to

have the shortest waiting time?

Answer. ______________________

b. How long will she have to wait for vessel C?

Answer. ______________________

c. The journey from San Fernando to Port of

Spain takes 45 minutes.
What is the earliest time she can arrive at
Port of Spain?

Answer. ______________________

END OF TEST

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