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9 rest cope 01234010 FORM TP 2021092 MAY/UNE 2021 10. CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 01 — General Proficiency T hour 30 minutes 12 MAY 202 READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This test consists of 60 items. You will have | hour and 30 minutes to answer them. In addition o this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. ‘On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. ‘Sample Item 2a + 6a = Sample Answer ae @560 (C) 12a (D) 12a The best answer to this item is “8a”, so (A) has been shaded. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If ‘you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later. You may do any: rough work in this booklet. Calculators and mathematical tables are NOT allowed for this paper. ALL diagrams in this booklet are NOT drawn to scale, unless otherwise stated, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2020 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 1. 2. 3. (3) + (29 is equal to (A) -13 (B) 10 Co) 13 (@) 25 ‘What percentage of 40 is 8? A 5% B) 20% © 32% @) 150% If 235 x 48.7 = 11 444.5, then 23.5 « 0.487 = “w 11.4445, i) 114.445 (© 1144.45 @) 114444 Using the distributive property, 49x 17449 x3 = (A) 49x 20 (B) 49 +20 (© 82x66 (D) 52466 Attest was marked out of 80. A boy scored 60% of the marks on the test. How many marks did he score? (A) 20 @B) 48 © 60 () 75 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 10. Dan sold 40 concert tickets in 5 days. Each day he sold 3 tickets MORE than the previous day. The number of tickets he sold on the third day is (A) 8 (B) 9 © 10 ©) U Which of the following sets is defined by {re Zi2sxs4}? (A) {1,2,3,4} (B) {0,1, 2,3, 4} (©) 4,0,1,2,3) @) (2,-1,0,1,2,3,4} If Q= {a, b,c}, how many subsets can be “ obtained from the set Q? (A) 243 (B) 2«3 © F oO 2» The set of positive integers is an example of (A) a finite set (B) _anempty set (C) — aninfinite set (D) _animproper set 25, n(A) = 14, n(B) = 15 and n(ANB) = 6, then n(AUB) is a 2 (B) 19 © 23 () 29 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. ‘Item LL refers to the following Venn diagram 11. The shaded region represents (A) P (B) (PUQY (© Pug @) on’ 12. The 30 students in Teacher May’s class have either a dog or a cat or none of the two. Sixteen students have a dog (D), 12 students have a cat (C) and the remainder have neither a cat nor a dog. Which of the Venn diagrams below correctly represents this information? o (A) @) 16 © 4 o 4 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 13. 14. 15. 16. At a bank, EC$2.60 is equivalent to USS1.00. For every USS1.00 exchanged, ECS0.10 is deducted as an exchange fee How much EC dollars will Leon receive if he exchanges USS100.00? (A) $ 90.90 (B) $236.34 (©) $250.00 (D) $260.00 IF $7 000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per annum for 3 years, the simple interest is (A) S105 @) $ 210 (© $ 370 (D) $1050 A dress which costs $180.00 is being sold at a discount of 10%, The amount of the discount is (A) $ 1.80 (B) — $ 10.00 (© $ 18.00 @) $170.00 An article bought for $125 was sold for $175. The profit asa percentage of the cost price was (A) 286 (B) 40 (©) 50 @) 714 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 17. 18. 19. 20. ‘The value ofa plot of landis $18 000. Land tax is charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 value. What is the TOTAL amount of tax aid for the land? (A) $100.70 (B) $110.00 (C) $126.00 (D) $180.70 If the simple interest on $900 for 3 years ‘was $108, what was the rate of interest? (A) 4% ®) 8% (© 12% (D) 25% At the end of any year a car is worth 5% less than what it was worth at the beginning of the year. Ifa car is worth $9 500 in December 2016, then its value in January 2016 was (A) $9995 (B) — $10000 (©) $10.025 (@) $12.00 A man's regular pay is $3 per hour up to 40 hours. Overtime is twice the payment for regular time. If he was paid $216, how many hours of overtime did he work? @ 8 (B) 16 © 28 (D) 48 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE at eee pene 24, If 5(2x—1)=35, then x= 3 A -4 w 1 ps + o 2 : ® 4 (Cc) 3 13 o 13 ©) . » 2 25. John has x marbles and Max has twice as many marbles as John. Max gives John 5 22. Seven times the product of two numbers, of his marbles. How many marbles does and b, may be written as, John now have? (A) Tab (A) x-5 (B) 49ab Boxes © a+b © 2-5 ©) arb) (D) 245 23. What is the value of “2%, itr=4 and 76 Ma~3andab= 6, then a 0*= a ; 1 3 ® 2 AO oly (Omiss 1 o 2B ® 25 3 © 2% 27. fA o 24 Ais (A) 2x3 (B) 3%2 © 3x4 (D) 4x3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0123401 0/MJ/CSEC 2021 28, 29, 30. The determinant of the identity matrix is (A) one (B) — 2er0 (©) undefined (D) negative one If the vectors p and q are B } and &) respectively, then p — 2 2) 4 ” fi ® [ © ti) » (3 Item 30 refers to the following diagram of triangle OLM, in which R is the midpoint of OL and The midpoint of OM, Further, OR =a and OF =b 4 T — | RIM, expressed in terms of a and b, is (A) 2b-a (B) a+2b (C) 2b-a) (D) a+b) 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 31. 32, 33. 34, 1 Given that 1 millimetre = 7999 metres, 2 500 millimetres, in metres, is (A) 025 @) 25 (Oy 25 () 250 How many kilograms are there in one tonne? (A) 10 @B) 100 © — 1000 () 10000 Item 33 refers to the following diagram of a trapezium, PORS. stem >, Pp ? The area of the trapezium, PORS, is (A) 45cm (B) 65cm (© 90cm? (D) 130m Ata party, a number of guests were served 15 litres of champagne. Each guest had 2 glasses of champagne and each glass held 150 millilitres. Assuming no spillage, how many guests were at the party’? (A) 10 (B75 © 50 (D) 100 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 35. 36. 37. -8- The perimeter of a square is 56cm. What 38. is its area, in cm?? () 28 B®) (C169 (D) 196 ‘The circumference of a circle is 154 em. Given that = 2 , the diameter of the 29. cirele, in om, is ed, (B) 245 © 49 (D) 54 Item 37 refers to the following diagram which consists of a triangle resting on a square of side 7 em, Vi em Tem If the TOTAL area of the diagram is 63 cm’, what is the value of #, the height of the triangle? (A) 2em (8) 4cm (© Sem (D) 9em 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot's watch was 23:00 h, When he arrived at his destination in the same time zone on the next day, his watch showed 03:00 h. How many hours did the flight take? a 4 (®) 16 «© 20 (@) 26 Ms Clarke arranged the 15 test scores of her students in order of size and selected the 8th score for reporting purposes. Which of the following statistical measures did Ms Clarke obtain? (A) Mean. (B) Mode (©) Range (D) Median. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE -9- Items 40-41 refer to the following diagram which shows the cumulative frequency curve based ‘on the marks of 200 students who took a driving test a 200: 160. 120. Cumulative frequency Mark 40. The median mark scored by the 200 students is, “~ 30.0 (B) 375 © 40.0 () 100.0 41, The highest mark scored in the test was (A) 50 (B) 60 (One) (©) 200 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 42. 43. -10- In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green marbles. One marble is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither blue nor green? 8 “A a 3 e > 9 © a 2 oO 3 Item _43 refers to the following pie chart which shows the popular games played by 720 students, How many students played cricket? (35 (B) 120 (252 (@) 300 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 44, 45. 46. Item 44 refers to the following two- way table, which shows the mode of transportation to school on a particular day, for a group of 200 students, Bus | Taxi | Walk | Total Male | 30 | 50 | 28 | 108 Female! 44 | 16 [ 32 92 Total | 74 [ 66 | 60 | 200 ‘A male student is picked at random from the group. What is the probability that he does NOT walk to school on that day? 2 “A F 13 ® iB 20 O 7 A ©) 70 ‘The point where a linear function crosses the horizontal axis is (A) the y-intercept (B) the x-intercept (©) always positive (D) always negative The equation of the line which passes through the point (0, 5) and has a gradient of 4is (A) (B) © (@) ya4e GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 47. Which of the following graphs represents a linear function? (A) ®) x 2 ac vi © ah @) x oe ’ ‘Item 48 refers to the following graph of a quadratic function. 48. The coordinates of the turning point of the function y = 4x — 2 are A) 4,4) (B) (0,4) © 4,2) @) 4) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 49, si. ae Aline L is parallel to the line 52. 3x-Ty-9=0. What is the gradient of the line L? @w -t @ -2 3 o + om + eg) = BES, then e(-6) = G) = ® -2 © 8 o 9 Item 51 refers to the following arrow diagram which shows a function, f. x & » Which of the following BEST describes the function? (a) (B) © @) 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 53. 54, ‘The range of f. x + »° for the domain £2, -1, 0,1, 2} is (a) co) (C) ©) Item 53 refers to the following diagram of a transformation. P P R Rr What transformation maps POR onto POR? (A) Rotation (B) Reflection (C) Translation (D) Enlargement In which of the following polygons does the sum of the measures of the interior angles equal the sum of the measures of the exterior angles? (A) Triangle (B) Hexagon (©) Pentagon (D) Quadrilateral GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE -1B- Item 55 refers to the following diagram of Liem 56 refers to the following diagram of the straight line y =x. a translation. Ben B®) ses 149 7 55, Whats the image of the line y =x when it is rotated anticlockwise about © through an angle of 90°? 56. Inthe diagram, the translation by which AB is mapped onto 4'B" is represented by (A) y=0 r (By) x=0 1 © ysx & (i) Oo » 2) » [i 3 o 3 5 » GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 aide Item 57 refers to the following right-angled iangle, ABC. 4m a de. 57. In the triangle, angle BAC = 30° and AB=40m, The length BC, in metres, is A (A) 40sin 30° (B) 40 tan 30° (©) 40sin 60° (D) 40 tan 60° 58, 0123401 0/MI/CSEC 2021 Item 58 refers to the following diagram of an enlargement. O44’, OBB' and OCC’ ate straight lines. ‘A ABC is mapped onto A 4’B'C’ by an enlargement with centre O. What is the scale factor of the enlargement? (A) > 6 -+ © 2 o 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Se Aplane is flying in a direction of 045° and 60. changes course in a clockwise direction to 135°. The angle through which the plane turns is (A) 45° (B) 90° © 135° (D) 270° IND OF TEST Ina triangle, POR, angle P = x° and angle Q = 2x°, Whatis the size of angle R? (A) 60° (B) 45° [180° © Ux. (D) (180° -3x°) IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01234010/MJ/CSEC 2021 CANDIDATE’S RECEIPT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE: 1. Fill in all the information requested clearly in capital letters. 3}4}ofilo TEST CODE: | 0 | 1 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS Paper 01 PROFICIENCY: GENERAL. REGISTRATION NUMBER: FULL NAME: (BLOCK LETTERS) Signature: Date: 2. Ensure that this slip is detached by the Supervisor or Invigilator and given to you when you hand in this booklet. 3. Keep it in a safe place until you have received your results. Neen EEE INSTRUCTION TO SUPERVISOR/INVIGILATOR: Sign the declaration below, detach this slip and hand it to the candidate as his/her receipt for this booklet collected by you. Thereby acknowledge receipt of the candidate’s booklet for the examination stated above. Signature: ‘Supervisor/Invigilator Date:

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