First Form Math Test
First Form Math Test
1. This test has 50 questions worth 1 point each. You have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer
them.
3. Each question has four possible answers (A), (B), (C), (D).
5. Shade the circle which has the same letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you have
chosen.
6. If you want to change your answer, be sure to erase your old answer completely and fill
in your new choice.
7. Answer questions legibly.
9. The value of each question is indicated. Total marks for the exam is 100 points.
6. The difference between two numbers is 85. The smaller is 237. What is the larger
number?
(A) 152 (B) 312 (C) 322 (D) 344
8. Light M flashes every 4 minutes. Light N flashes every 10 minutes. If the lights flashed
together at 6:00 a.m., at what time would they next flash together?
(A) 6:10 a.m. (B) 6:14 a.m. (C) 6:20 a.m. (D) 6:40 a.m.
2 3
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6 6
5 6 8 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 12 12 6
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11. Multiply 3 by 1 .
3 2
1 1 1
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 5
3 4 6
1
(D) 5
2
1
12. The length of a water pipe is 7m. How many m lengths can Jane cut from the pipe?
4
1
(A) 7 (B) 27 (C) 28 (D) 29
4
1 1
13. Rhonda completed her homework in 1 hours. Jerry took 2 hours to do the same
2 4
homework. How much longer did Jerry take than Rhonda did, to complete the
homework?
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1 3 1 3
(A) hours (B) hours (C) 1 hours (D) 3 hours
2 4 2 4
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14. Mrs James is sewing tablecloths. Each tablecloth requires 2 m of fabric. How many
2
tablecloths can be made from 20m of fabric?
15. A length of wood is 9 feet long. Three pieces each of length 2 feet are cut off. What
FRACTION of the original length of wood remains?
1 2 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 3 3
16. A ribbon, 7.62 m long, is cut into six equal pieces. What is the length, in metres (m), of
each piece?
(A) 1.27 (B) 13.62 (C) 45.72 (D) 45.73
17. Which of the following sets of numbers is written in order of size, starting with the
LARGEST?
(A) 0.7, 0.07, 0.007, 7
(B) 7, 0.07, 0.7, 0.007
(C) 7, 0.7, 0.07, 0.007
(D) 70, 0.07, 0.007, 0.0007
18. Given that 6.2 × 1.8 = 11.16, what is the value of 0.062 × 18?
(A) 1.116 (B) 11.16 (C) 111.6 (D) 1111.6
19. Sammy got 3 out of 5 questions correct. The percentage he got correct was
(A) 25% (B) 40% (C) 60% (D) 70%
21. A shopkeeper bought a 20 pound box of salt fish which cost $160. He sold the salt fish at
$10 a pound. His profit as a percentage of the cost price was
(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 80% (D) 85%
22. A school has 60 girls and 90 boys. The ratio of girls to boys is
(A) 2:3 (B) 3:2 (C) 9:6 (D) 8:3
23. For every 3 votes that John received, Paula received 5. If Paula received 80 votes, how
many votes did John receive?
(A) 30 (B) 48 (C) 50 (D) 55
Question 26 refers to the following diagram which shows two containers, P and Q.
26. Container P is to be filled with juice using container Q. How many of container Q will it
take to fill container P?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 15 (D) 20
Question 27 refers to the following diagram which shows a field in the shape of a square.
28. Jim can swim a distance of 100 m in 6 minutes. If he swam 600 m at the same average
speed, how long did he take?
(A) 36 minutes (B) 60 minutes (C) 106 minutes (D) 116 minutes
29. The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 cm. One side is 7 cm. The lengths of the other three
sides, in cm, are
(A) 7, 6, 6 (B) 7, 7, 6 (C) 7, 8, 8 (D) 8, 8, 9
30. 500 g of rice was used from a packet containing 2.5 kg. What is the weight of the rice
remaining in the packet?
(A) 3 kg (B) 2 kg (C) 1.5 kg (D) 1 kg
Question 32 refers to the following table which shows the distance Dan rode on four days.
34. Karen started a cross-country race at 10:45 a.m. She completed it at 1:15 p.m. on the
same day. How long did she take to complete the race?
(A) 2 hours 30 minutes
(B) 3 hours 30 minutes
(C) 9 hours 30 minutes
(D) 9 hours 45 minutes
35. The height of one room is 5 m. The height of another room is 350 cm. The difference in
height of the two rooms is
(A) 150 cm (B) 300 cm (C) 345 cm (D) 350 cm
37. A tourist bought TWO spice baskets at US $5 each. If she gave the cashier US $20, what
would be her change in EC dollars?
(A) $12.60 (B) $13.00 (C) $26.00 (D) $27.00
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38. The order of the above angles when arranged in size from smallest to largest is
(A) II, I, III (B) III, II, I (C) I, II, III (D) I, III, II
41. Triangle P has two angles which measure 59o and 31o. What kind of triangle is P?
(A) Obtuse-angled (B) Acute-angled (C) Right-angled (D) Reflex-angled
Questions 45–46 refer to the following diagram which shows an object made up of a
number of cubes.
45. Which of the diagrams below shows a top view of the object?
(A) (B)
(D)
(C)
46. How many MORE cubes are needed to make the object look like a cuboid?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
47. Jack’s scores in five matches were 30, 70, 40, 0 and 60. What is his average (mean)
score?
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 200 (D) 201
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Questions 48–49 refer to the graph below which shows the marks earned by four
students in a Mathematics test.
48. How many more marks did Akilah earn than Sam?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 15
Question 50 refers to the table below which shows the height and mass of three
children who visited a clinic.
50. Which of the following statements can be made by studying the data in the table?
(A) A child’s height is more than its mass.
(B) The youngest child has the smallest mass.
(C) A child’s mass increases as its height increases.
(D) There is four child who visited the clinic.
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Section Two: Structure Questions: Show all working for the following questions. Answer
all 5 (FIVE) questions.
Computation
51. Black Pirate Steve raided a village and stole the following: 5 bags each filled with 50
pieces of gold, a chest filled with 350 pieces of gold, a bracelet threaded with 8 pieces of
gold, a piggy bank filled with 64 pieces of gold, and an old tin filled with 120 pieces of
gold.
b. If he shares half of this with his 6 crew members, how much do they each get?
(5 points)
Algebra
ii) ac (5 points)
Measurement
53. Convert the following measurements
a. 2000 mg = __________g (2 points)
b. 5 L = ___________ ml (2 points)
c. 16 cm = ___________ mm (2 points)
54. 22m
13m 18m
10m
9m
Fig 1
Using the figure 1, calculate the:
a. Area (5 points)
b. perimeter (5 points)
Computation
55. Complete the following table: (10 points)
a. 3/5
b. 45%
c. 35% 0.35
END OF TEST