CSEC Mathematics January 2014 P1 -3.

L The number 3. I 4063 written correct to 6. In a school the ratio of the number
3 decimal places is of pupils to the number of teachers is
20 : I. If the number of.pupils is 840,
(A) 3.140 how many teachers are there?
(B) 3.141
(C) 3.146 (A) 40
(0) 3.150 (8) 42
(C) 800
(0) 840
2. If4.3 x 0.37 = 1.591, then 0.43 x 370 is

(A) 1.59I 7. If 3n is an odd number, which of the

(B) I5.91 following is an even number?
(C) . 159.1
(0) 1591.0 (A) 3n- I
(8) 3n + 2
(C) 3n - 2
·2 3 (0) 3n + 2n
3. 5- + 4-=
5 7

(A) 9~ 8. Wha_t is the HIGHEST common factor

35 of the set of numbers (54, 72, 90}?

(8) 9~ (A) 9
35
(B) 18
(C) 9.!2 (C) 90
35 (0) I 080

(0) 929
35
9. . 99 x I 0 I has the same value as ·

(A) (99 x JOO)+ I

4. Written correct to two significant figures, (8) (99 x I 00) - (99 x I)
18.96 x 2.03 is (C) (99 x 100) + (99 x I)
(0) (99 x I 00) (99 x I)
(A) 0.38
(8) 38
(C) 38.IO 10. The first three common multiples of 3,
(0) 38.11 4 and 6 are

(A) 0, I, 2_
5. If $350 is shared in the ratio 2:5, the (8) 3, 4, 6
SMALLER share is (C) 6, 8, 12
(0) 12,24,36
(A) $250
(B) $175
(C) $100
(0) $ 70

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lL If p;: {2,3,5,7), Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below.
Q = (2,3,6} and
s = {2,4,5} u
H
v
ThenP n Q n S=
5
(A) {2} 2 4
(B) {2,3}
(C) {2, 3, 5}
(D) (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}
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Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below. B. In the Venn diagram

u U = {students who play games}

Q H = {students who play hockey}
p V = (students who play volleyball}

The number of students in each set is

shown. How many students do NOT
play volleyball? .

In the Venn diagram, n(P) = 5, n(Q) = 9 (A) 2

and n(P v Q) = 10. (B) 3
(C} 5
12. What is n(Q n P)? (D) 8

(A)
(B) 4 14. All students in a class play Scrabble
(C) 5 or Checkers or both. If 36% of the
(D) 9 students play Scrabble only and 48%
of the students play. Checkers only,·
what per<:entage of students play BOTH
games?

(A) 12
(B) 16
· CC) 84
(D) 88

15. The cost ofa caiculatorexclusive of sales

tax is $.120 .. Susan boiight a calculator
arid had to pay a sales tiix of 10%. How
much change would she receive from
$1407

(A) $ 8.00
(B) $12.00
(C) $28.00
(D) $32.00

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24. 5(2x - y) - 2(3y- 5x) = 30. Ifm*n= Jm'-n' ,then5 *3=

(A) ·2ox- lly {A) 2

(B) 5x-7y
(B) JS
(C) 2x-6y (C) 4
(D) - l ly
(D) .J34

25. The value of ( - 2a) (- 3a) is

31. 26 _,. 22 =

(A) -6a
{A) 2'
(B) -Sa
(B) 2'
(C) 5a'
(C) 2•
(D) 6a'
(D) 2"

26. If50-3x=x-26, thenx=

32. How many .kilograms are there in one
tonne?
(A) - 12
(B) -6 (A) 10
(C) 6
(B) 100
(D) 19 (C) 1 000
(D) 10 000
27. If 15 2 = 225 then the square root of
0.0225 is 33. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel
a distance Of 1 080 km, what was its
(A) 0.015 average speed, in kmh- 1?
(B) 0.15
(C) 1.5
{A). 12
(D) 15.0 (B) 102
(C) 120
(D) 1200
28. lf a= 5, b = 2, c = 4, then 6ab - 2c =

(A) 5 34. The distanc;:e around a lake is 8 km. On

(B) 52 a map, this distance around the lake is
(C) 60 represented by a length of 2 cm. The
(D) 628 scale on the map is

(A) l : 40
29. If x is an integer which satisfies the (B) 1 : 2 000
inequalities 4 < x - 2 < 8, then the (C) l : 200 000
SMALLEST possible value ofx is (D) l : 400 000

(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 4

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Item 35 refers to the diagram below, not
drawn to scale, which shows the sector
of a circle with centre, 0.
p
38. A boy leaves home at 09: I 5 hours and
arrives at school at 10:05 hours. If he
travels non-stop at an average. speed of
6 kmh- 1 , how many km is his home from
school?

(A) 2 km
(B) 5 km
(C) 6 km
(D) 9km
Q

35. In the diagram, the length oftheminorarc,

PQ, is 8 cm. What is the circumference Item 39 refers to the diagram below, not
of the circle? drawn to scale; which shows a cuboid.

(A) 16cm
(B) 24 cm
(C)
(D)
48cm
64 cm t
5cm

+
36. Fifty guests each had 2 glasses
of champagne. Each glass held 39. The volume of the cuboid is 320 cm' and
150 millilitres. How many litres of the height is 5 cm. If the cuboid has a
champagne were used? square base, what is the length of one
side of the base?
(A) 0.15
(B) 1.5 (A) 8cm
(C) 15 (B) 16cm
(D) 150 (G) 32 cm
(D) 64cm

Item 37 refers to the diagram below,
not drawn to scale, which shows a
trapezium.
Item 40 refers to the information below.
The following scores were· obtained
by eleven footballers in a goal-shoot
competition:

5, 3, 6, 8, 7, 8, 3, 11, 6, 3, 3

40. The modal score is

(A) 3
(B) 6
The area of the trapezium is (C) 8
37.
(D) 11
(A) 45 cm'
(B) 65 cm'
(C) 90 cm2
(D) 130 cm2

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41. The table below shows the frequency of Item 45 refers to the pie-chart below
scores obtained by students in a test. which shows the preference ..in drinks
of a group of students. AOC is a
Scores 2 3 5 6 8 10 diameter of the circle.
No. of Students 8 4 6 3 9 2

The range of the scores is

pineapple
juice
(A) 2
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 10 B
A milk

42. Six hundred students write an

examination. The probability of a 45. If 12 students prefer lemonade, then the
randomly selected student failing the TOTAL.number of students is
.. . . I
exammat1on .'s S. (A) 48
(B) 72
How many students are expected to pass?
(C) 180
(D) 360
(A) 120
(B) 480
(C) 500 46. Which of the following diagrams BEST
(D) 600 illustrates a function?

43. Jn a class of 20 students, 12 are girls.

What is the probability that a student (A)
chosen at random is a boy?

l
(A)
2
2
(B) (B)
5
3
(C)
5

(D) 2
3
(C)

44. If the mean of the four numbers 4, 8, x

and 12 is 10, then x is

(A) 4
(B) 10
(0)
.(C) 12
(D) 16

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47. The equation of the line which passes 51. The range off x -+ x' for the domain
through the point(0,2) and has a gradient {-2, -1, 0, I, 2}is
I .
0 f - IS
3 (A) {0, 1,4)

(A) y= 3x (B) {0, 2,4)

(B) y = 3x +2 (C) {-4,-1, 0, I, 4)

I (D) {-4,-2, 0, 2,4)

(C) y= - x
3
I
(D) Y =-x+2
.3 Items 52-53 refer to the diagram below.

AC and DE are straight lines intersecting

JC
.
Item 48 refers to the diagram below. at B. Angle DBA = 58° .

- - D c
0 I
I 2
2 4"
3 8
c_ .
' A E

48. The diagram represents the mapping

52. Which of the fol lowing angles are equal?
(A) x-+ x + 2
(B) x-+ x +I (A) L DBCand L CBE
(C) X-+ 2'
(D) x-+ 2x
(8) L CBEand L ABE
(C) L ABD and L CBD
(D) L ABD and L CBE
49. Ifj(x) = 2x2- I, thenj(- 3) =

(A) -32 53. The measure of angle ABE is

(B) - 19
(C) 17 (A) 5go
(D) 35 (B) I 22°
(C) I42°
(D) 302° .
50. Which ofthefollowingsets is represented
by the function f x -+ x' + 3 where
xe{Q,1,2,3}?

(A) {(O, 3), (I, 4), (2, 7), (3, 12)}

(B) {(O, 3), (I, S), (2, 7), (3, 9)}

fi (C) {(O, 3), (I, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)}

(D) {(O, 3), (I, I), (2, 4), (3, 9))

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Item 54 refers to the diagram below. 56. The image of a point P(- 2, 3) under a
. translation ( !) is

(A) (- 6, 12)
(B) (- 5,- I)
(C) (1,7)
(D) (5, I)

ltem57 refers to the diagram below which

shows a transformation.
y
54. JfO is the centre of the circle, theny' is

(A) 25° p
(8) 80°
(C) 90°
(D) 100°

Item 55 refers to the triangle PQR below.

p
P'
57. The transformation which will map
triangle PQR onto P'Q'R' is

(A) a rotation of I 80°abouttheorigin

. {B) a reflection in the Iine y = x
(C) an enlargement, centre R, of scale
factor -1
( D) a translation parallel to th ex-ax is
Q R
Item 58 refers to the following pair of
similar triangles. C
55. In the triangle.cos P may be expressed
as 0
si 0
QR
(A)
PR '\ "~

QR
(B)
PQ 38°
A 6cm 8 3cm N
(C) PQ
PR
58. The length of MO, in centimetres, is
PQ
(D)
QR {A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 3.S ·,
(D) 3
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Item 59referstothediagram below which Item 60 refers to the diagram below which
shows an enlargement. shows a ladder 5 metres long leaning
against a vertical wall. The foot of the
y
ladder is 3 metres away from the wal I.
6

2
A

1 B

c e'
0 I 7 3 4 5 6 7 x ~ 3 m -----">)

59. In the diagram, triangle ABC is mapped 60. How far up the wall does the ladder
onto triangle A'B'C' where 0 is the reach?
centre of enlargement. What is the scale
factor of the enlargement? {A) 4m
{B) 6 m
1 (C) 8m
{A)
2 {D) 15 m
(B) -2

(C) 1
2
{D) 2

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