THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBI,IC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2009
(Level 1)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
TIME: 90 MINUTES

Student's Name

School's Name

School's ID

Student's Number
INSTRUCTIONS

Itcad the following carcfully:

l. 'l'his paper consists of forty (40) Multiplc Choice questions.

2. You are required to ansu'er all questions on the Multiple Choice answcr sheet
provided.
3. Fill in thc following information on the Multiple Choicc answer sheet using a
2HB pencil only (if it has not boen complcted already):
- School's Name and ID
- Studcnt's Namc
- Studcnt's Number
- Datc o1'Birth
1. Rccord )'our ans\ /ers on the Multipie Choicc answer sheets provided by shading
in the sclected lettcr which corresponds to the questton.
5. lf y'ou must chango your ans\4rer, crase your llrst answer completely. and thcn

shade ),our ne\4' answcr.

6. On the answer shect, DO NOT:

- \['ritc anvthing on the top and sidcs

- Staple

- Punch hoics
- llcnd tire corners
- 'I'car

- N4ake anv strav marks

7 . If you have finishecl before tirnc is called, go back and check your work.
8. NO CALCULATOITS arc to be used.
l. The value of the digit'7' in the 5. Convert 20ro to a base 2 numeral.
number 57382 is
A. 102
A. 7x lOa B. 1012

B.7xl03 c. 10102
D. 101002
C. 7x102
D. 7x l0l 6. A building vvith 20 f'loors has 20
windows on each floor. If it takes
2. Ken makes 5 cups ofjuice using 20 minutes to clean each
2 cups oforange concentrate and window, how many minutes does
3 cups of water. How many cups it take to clean all the windows
of concentrate will he use in a of the building?
similar mixture containing 12
cups of water? A. 40
B. 400
A.8 c. 800
B. l8 D. 8000
c. 20
D. 60 In a particular week, Mary
worked 8 hours per day for 3
a
J. After spending% of his weekly days and 4 hours per day for 2
allowance Ben had $75 left. How days. She was paid $10 per hour.
much was his allowance for the How much did she earn for that
week? week?

A. $ls A. s i20.
B. $25 B. $ 320.
c. $120 c. s 400.
D. $200 D. $ 600.

8. Andrew went to the bank to

4. Calculate the difference
change his US 50 cents for cash
betweenl0a and 102.
in Trinidad and Tobago currency.
Ifthe exchange rate for cash is
A.0 US$1.00 = TT$6.00, how much
8.2 TT money does he get for his 50-
c. 100 cents?
D. 9900
A. $ 0.30
B. $ 3.00
c. s 30.00
D. $ 300.00

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9. Glenn paid $ 460 for a CD- 12.
player. If this amount included
Value Added'l'ax (VAT) of l5oh,
what was the price without
VAl'?
B
A. S69.
B. $ 391.
The length of the arc AB in the
c. $ 400. figure above is represented by
D. s 445.
A. 90 x circumference
10. Merle borrows $5000 from a 4x360
bank. The bank charges simple
interest at a rate of 5Yo per B. 90 x circuntference
annum on the loan. How much 360
will Merle actually repay at the
end of2 years? C. 2x90 x circumference
360
A. S 2s0.
B. $s00. D. 90 X ctrcum|erence
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c. $5250.
D. $5500 t3 '.';x
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14m
20 cm

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14 cm

I i. The diagram above shows a A circular jogging track of

window in a doll house diameter 14 m encloses a flower
comprising a rectangle with a garden. The area of the flower
semicircle on the top as shown." garden, in m', is
What is the area of glass, in cm',
required to cover the window? A. 22
B. 44
A. 76 c. 154
B. 280 D. 616
c. 357
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14. Calculate the perimeter, in 17. When expressed in kilometres,
metres, of the shape below. 6375m is equal to

A. 0.6375
B. 6.375
i c.63.75
4m
t D. 637.5

j 2m
18. If2y I < 5, what is the
-
+
+- 7m largest possible value ofy that
will satisfr this inequality?
A. 1l
B. 16 A.2
c. 22 8.3
D. 28 c.5
D.6
l5..Iohn walked a distance of 2 km
in 20 minutes. At what speed in
kilornetres per hour, did he walk? 19. Estimate the area of the circle in
unit2.
II
A.
l0
B. 6
C. l0
D. 40

16.

Volume
=30m3

ffi
The height, h, in metres, of the A. 5l
tank shown above is B. 6I
c. ll
A.5m D. 8l
B. 6m
C. 20m
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20. 22. Which set below represents the
set of all integers from -1 to 2?

50
A. {0, l}
c
J
40
B. {0,1,2}
oJu
c. {-1,0, 1}
i5 '" D. {-1,0,7,2}
10

iit-,... t 2 s 4 5 zJ.
t'':rr"u'"'_
I i _ I
The diagram above shows a graph
describing the journey made by a 2
car in 5 hours. What is the distance
travelled by the car after 4 hours? a
J

A. 20 4
B. 40
c. 50
The arrow diagram above
D. 100 represents a mapping which is

21.
A. one to one
B. one to many
C. many to one
D. many to many

24. Simplify 6a+ 7b -2b + 5b.

A. 6a
B. l6ab
C. - 7b
l3ab
From the Venn diagram above,
D. 6a + 10b
list the elements in A'.

25.If 2@ - $: 10, then x:

A. {6,8}
B. {2,3,5} A. I
c. {1,2,3,4,5} B.3
D. {2,3,5,6,8} c.7
D.9
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26.The points (1, l) and (2,3) botlt 29. If x : -2 , then 2x3 is equal to
lie on the line with equation
A. -16
A.y=x B. -8
B. y:x* I c.8
c. y:Zx D. 16
D. y:2x - |
30. If a pineapple costs $p and a
27. ABCD is a rectangular mango costs $q, write an
swimming pool, as shown. If AB algebraic expression, in dollars,
= 8 m and BC :6 fir, calculate in terms ofp and q for the total
the distance across the pool from cost of5 pineapples and 3
AtoC. mangoes.

D C (A) p+q
:,/
t (B) \pq
/ (C) 5p + 3q
'//
I

'.4 6m (D) tspq

// :

+ 31. On the graph below, A ABC is

A< Bm
mapped on to A A'B'C' after
undergoing a transformation. The
A. 9m transformation can best be
-=-->B described as a
B. 10m
C. 11m
D. 14m

28. When simplified (a + 5)(a - 3) :

A. az -8a* 15

B. a2 + 2a +15
C. a'-8a+15
D. a2+2a-75

A. translation in the x-
direction
B. reflection in the x-axis
C. translation in the y- direction
D. reflection in the v-axis

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32. What is the value of x , 34. The parallel lines in the
if 4 _2 I quadrilateral below are
12x
D
A.2
8.3
c.6
D.9

JJ.

BOOKS READ A. AB and DC

B.
LINDA m C.
D.
AB and BC
AD and BC
AD and DC

MARK ,JJ M 35. A box contains 3 green bottles, 4

red bottles and 5 yellow bottles.
Calculate the probability that a
NEIL
m bottle chosen at random is red?

A.
4

PAM
AJ mffi B.
t2
4
8
8
Using the graph above, how manY C.
r2
books did Linda and Pam read
)a
altogether? D.
4'

A.3
B.5
c.7
D. 10

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36. A survey conducted with 100 37 . The frequency polygon below
students about the type of shows the number of days off
transport they used to go to that a student takes from school
school revealed the followins: over a four month rreriod.

I
Mode of No. of
Transpo Students 7

Bus ln 6

val 15
MaxiTaxi 50 s
Walk (Bv foot)

Which diagram below best 2

represenls the inforrnation? 1

0
A, Sept. Ocl Nov Dec

M onth

In u'hich month did the student

take the most days off from
school?

B. A. Dccember
B. November
C, October
D. September

C. 38.

D. In the trianglc above AB I BC.

Which of the following is true?

A. x:90o
B. x:y
C. x + y:90"
D. x*y:1ggo

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Questions 39 and 40 arc based on
the information presented in the
graph below.

'l'he chart below shorvs the ages of

students in the lower Forms at Elton
Broun f ligh Schocrl.

39. What is the modal age of

students in the lor.r'er scl-rool?

11
i\.^ lt

B. 13

c. 14
D. 15

40. Hou'many students are there in

the lou'cr school'/

A. 50
B. 65
C. T2O
D. 200

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