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MAY/JUNE 2005

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
90 minutes

( 26 MAY 2005 (p.m.) )

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

I. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

2. Calculators and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper.
3. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.
4. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them.

I 5.

6.
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 blacken the space having
the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item
2a+6a=
Sample Answer
(A) &a
(B) &a'
(C) 12a •@©@
2
(D) 12a

The best answer to this item is "Sa", so answer space (A) has been blackened.

7. If you want to change your answer, erase your old answer completely and fill in your new choice.
8. 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, omit it and go on ·to the next one. You can return later to the item omitted. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
9. You may do any rough work in the booklet.
I 0. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items
in this test.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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LIST OF FORMULAE

Volume of a prism V =Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular
length.
Volume ofa cylinder V = nr' h where r is the radius of the base and his the perpendicular height.

Volume of a right pyramid V = _1_ Ah where A is the area of the base and his the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C = 2nr wherer is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A= nr 2 wherer is the radius of the circle.

Area of Trapezium A = _I_ (a+ b) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.
Roots of quadratic equations If ax' +bx+ c = 0,

-b±../b' -4ac
then x = - - - - - -
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sine
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cose = Opposite
hypotenuse
opposite side Adjacent
tanB =
adjacent side

Area of triangle Area of,6. = _I_ bh where bis the length of the base and his the
2
perpendicular height

Areaof,6.ABC =_l_absinC
2

Area of ,6.ABC = .Js(s-a)(s-b)(s- c)

a+b+c B
wheres=---
2
a b c
a c
Sine rule =--=
sinA sinB sinC
Cosine rule a' =b' +c' -2bccos A
C'----------"'A
b

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1. 0.875 written as a common fraction is 6. If 60% of a number is 90, what is the number?

1 (A) 30
(A)
4 (8) 54
1 (C) 150
(8)
2 (D) 180
3
(C) -
4 7. The H.C.I'. of 12, 15 and 60 is
7
(D) -
8 (A) I
(8) 3
2. The number 3 .14063 written correct to (C) 12
3 decimal places is (D) 60

(A) 3.140
(8) 3.1'41 8. The value of the digit 2 in 425.3 is
(C) 3.146
(D) 3.150 (A) 2 tenths
(8) 2ones
2
3. The EXACT value of 2+(0.01) is (C) 2tens
(D) 2 hundreds
(A) 0.0002
(B) 0.0005 9. 99x IOI is the same as
(C) 5000
(D) 20000 (A) (99x 100) + 1
(8) (99x I 00)-(99x I)
4. 0.386'x 0.06 =
(C) (99x 100) +(99x 1)
(A) 0.02316 (D) (99xl00)(99xl)
(8) 0.2316
(C) 2.313 10. What is the least number of plums that can be
(D) 23.16 shared equally among 6, 9 or 12 children?

5. If $350 is divided into two portions in the ratio (A) 27

2 : 5 , the smaller portion is
(8) 36
(C) 54
(A) $ 70
(D) 72
(8) $100
(C) $175
(D) $250

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11. If P={2,3,5,7},Q={2,3,6}andS={2,4,5}, 13. u
---Q
then PnQnS=

(A) { }

(8) {2 }

(C) {2,3}
(D) {2,3,4,5,6,7} In the Venn diagram above, n ( P) = 5 ,

n(Q)=9and n(PuQ)=lO.
12. U = {Integers}
P ={Positive Integers} What is n(PnQ)?

N ={Negative Integers}
(A) 4
(8) 6
Which of the Venn diagrams below illustrates the (C) 14
statement:
(D) 24

"No positive integers are negative integers" ?

14.

(A) u

The two circles above represent set P and set Q.

If P ={Factors of 6} and Q = {Factors of 4},
(B) then the shaded region represents

(A) {}
(8) {1,2}
(C) u (C) {4, 6,8, ...}
(D) {12,24,36, ...}

(D) 0 0 U

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15. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum 19. How much does a customer pay for an article
for 2 years is given by marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is
charged?
$ 400x 5x 2
(A) (A) $56.00
100
(B) $53.00
$ 400x 5
(B) (C) $47.00
2x\00
(D) $44.00
$ 400x2
(C)
5x JOO
20. The exchange rate for one United States dollar
$ 400x\00
(D) (US$\.OO) is two dollars and seventy cents in
2x5
Eastern Caribbean currency ( EC$2. 70) What is
16. A man bought a- calf for$200 and sold it for the value of US$4.50 in EC currency?
$250. What was his gain as a percentage of the
cost price? (A) $ 1.67
(B) $ 6.00
(A) 5% (C) $ 7.20
(B) 15% (D) $12.15
(C) 20%
(D) 25% 21. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is
$54. What is the rate of interest per annum?

17. Thesumof ..!.and..!. is

2 3 (A) 44%
2
(A) (B) 5%
5
3 (C) 2V.%
(B)
5
(C)
5 (D) ~%
6 9
7 22. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
(D)
6 annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If
they both received the same amount of money in
18. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as interest, for how many years did John invest his
comm1ss1on. His sales for last month were money?
$2020. How much commission was he paid?
(A) I Yz
(A) $ 11.00 (B) 2
(B) $ 20.20 (C) 3
(C) $10.\.00 (D) 10
(D) $110.00

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2
23. (8a) = m'
29. If P=--,when m=-3,then P=
2-m
(A) 16a
(B) 64a (A) -6
(C) 16a' -6
(B)
2 5
(D) 64a
9
(C)
5
24. (-8a)x(-3b) =
(D) 9

(A) -24ab 30. Althea saves $x each month; but in June she
(B) -I lab saved $4 more than twice her regular amount. In
(C) I lab June she saved
(D) 24ab
(A) $4x
25. 5(2x·- y)-2(3y-5x) = (B) $6x
(A) -1 ly (C) $(x + 4)
(B) 2x-6y (D) $(2x+4)
(C) 6x-7y
(D) 20x-1 ly
31. 3a(a+2b)-b(2a-3b) =

26. 3x 2 x2x 3 =
(A) 3a 2 -ab+3b'
2
(B) 3a 2 + 4ab + 3b
(A) 6x'
(C) 3a 2 + 4ab-3b'
(B) 5x'
(D) 3a 2 + 8ab- 3b'
(C) 6x6
(D) 72x' 32. Which of the following represents the equation of
a straight line?
27. If m* n = .Jmn-n2 , then 5 *3 =
4
(A) y=-
(A) .j6 x
(B) 3 (B) y=x2-4
(C) J15
(D) 6 (C) y=2x+3

28. If 50-:.3x = x-26, thenx =

(D) y=x2 +2x-5
(A) -12
(B) -6
(C) 6
(D) 19

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2 34.
33. If f(x)=x -x-l, then f(-5)=
x L y

(A) 31
(B) 29
5 8
(C) 24
(D) -31 8 11

The arrow diagram above shows a function.

Which of the following BEST describes the
function?

(A) f(x) = x+3

(B) f(x) = y-3
(C) x=y+3
(D) y= x

Item 35 refers to the graph below

":f' : I :· .f j.
·-'-·

- . " ....... :i:. ~ ··:::1·

........ I-
2 -·---·· ·---
···-· -····--··.

e.:j:: .... :3i:. -2 ':' f10 . '-.

-
_2 ·_ 3 :l: 4
- - f
",,y
"T

.,. - --- . ---- : _.,11 - -. " - ··1 · ... - - - - '\·· - :I

. ··+ ..· :...,: .·Jt ,.:: ..: :.·· ::. t.::::1:
-2 '
.... •l ' ··-T
. ··+
:i :f·I ... -4 t
: - ;:~u·1 +: - :t_
.. + . - -
.. :·:···+
. . • . .1.

35. Using the graph above, the values of x

when y = -1 are
(A) 1 and -1
(B) 2.5 and -2.5
(C) 2.8 and -2.8
(D) 2.2 and -2.2

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36. What is the gradient of the straight line 38. P(a, /1) y

2y=-3x-8?

Q(c,.cf)
(A) -3 x
-3
(B)
2
(C) 2

(D) 3
The diagram above shows the line PQ. The
gradient of the line PQ is given by
37. Which of the following does NOT represent the
graph of a fw1ction? b-d
(A)
c-a

(A)
,. c-a
(B)
b-d
x
a-c
(C)
b-d

,. b-d
(B) (D)
a-c

x 39. The volume of a cube of edge I 0 cm is

3
(A) 30 cm
3
(B) 100 cm
(C) 300 cm3
(C) ,. 3
(D) 1000 cm

"'

(D) .I'

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40. How many kilometers will a car travel in t hours 43. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot's watch
at a rate of v km per hour? wa~ 23: 00 h. when he arrived at his destination
in the same time zone, the next day, his watch
(A) Iv showed 03: 00 h. How many hours did the flight
v take?
(B)
I
(A) 4
(C)
v (B) 16
v (C) 20
(D) (D) 26
601

41. p 44. An aircraft leaves A at! 6: 00 h and arrives at Bat

19: 30 h, the same day, travelling at an average
speed of550 kilometers per hour. A and Bare in
the same time zone. The distance from A to Bin
kilometers is about

(A) 907.5
The figure above, not drawn to scale, shows a (B) 962.5
sector of a circle centre 0. The length of the (C) 1815
minor arc PQ is 8 cm. What is the length of the (D) 1925
circumference of the circle?
45. A cylindrical bar of soap 5 cm thick has a volume
(A) 16cm of200 cm 3 • A unifonn slice 3 cm thick is taken
(B) 24cm away. What volume of the soap remains?
(C) 48 cm
(D) 64 cm (A) 80 cm 3
3
(B) 120 cm
42. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
is 88 m. The radius, in metres is (C) 300 cm 3
(D) 400 cm 3
(A) 887!"

(B) 176n
88
(C)
7Z"
88
(D)
27'

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46. 48. The highest weekly wage of a group of
employees is $105.40. If the range of the wages
s:: 5 is $27.50, how much does the lowest paid ·
i:: employee receive?
;Q
:Eu
(A) $105.40
"""'...0
(8) $ 77.90
sz"' (C) $ 66.45
(D) $ 27.50

Item 49 refers to the following table.

Length of
10-14 15-19
Age in years Leaf(cm)
Freauencv 3 8
The bar chart above shows the ages of children
who teok part in a survey. The lengths of 15 cabbage leaves were measured,
to the nearest cm, and the information grouped as
How many children took part in the survey? shown in the table above.

(A) 5 49. The beginning and end points of the class interval
(8) 15 10-14are
(C) 75
(D) 87 (A) 9 and 14
(8) 9.5 and 14
47. Each of the letters in the word 'CHANCE' is (C) 9.5 and 14.5
written on a slip of paper and one slip is (D) 10 and 15
randomly drawn. What is the probability of
drawing a letter 'C'? 50. A boy throws a die twice. What is the probability
that he will get a '3' followed by an even
(A) number?
6
1
(A)
(8) 12
5
1
1
(8) -
(C) - 4
3
5
2
(C) -
(D) 12
' 3
7
(D)
12

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51. Items 52-53 refer to the diagram below.

AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B

c

Angle DEA= 58"

juice

D c

Milk

The pie chart above shows the preference in

drinks of a group cif students. If 12 students 52. The measure of angle ABE is
prefer chocolate, then the total number of
students in the group is
(A) 302"

(A) 48 (B) 142"

(B) 72 (C) 122"
(C) 180 (D) 58°
(D) 360
53. Which of the following angles are equal?

(A) L.DBC and L.CBE

(B) L.CBE and L.ABE
(C) L.ABD and L.CBD
(D) L.ABD and L.CBE

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54. Use the diagram below to answer item 54. 55.

B'(7, 8)
y
IJ
(5, 7)

The triangle LMN above is rotated through an

angle of 90° in a clockwise direction about L .
A '(4, 6)
What is its image?
A.
(2, 5)
(A)
---+----------·'

54. The translation by which AB is mapped to (B) L'

A' B' is represented by

(A)
(:) ~1·

(B)
(~) N'
"'
(C)
(~) (C)

(D)
G)
,v·
(D)

:\1'

[,'

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Item 56 refers to the graph below

-
"
1-1- - - 4
- ' -
- 3- -

f
1-1-- - -1-~ - - - ~
-
{
- - I- - -1-

~
-4 -3 -2 -1 1 I- 2 I- 3 4 1-- x
- -
- - -1
'' -
- - - -2 - - - -

~-~
-4

56. The point A is shown on the diagram above.

What are the co-ordinates of the reflection of
Ain the y-axis?

(A) (-4,3)
(B) (4,-3)
(C) (3,-4)
(D) (-3,4)

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Item 57 refers to the diagram below. 59.

~y - - -r-
- - - - - -
-
-D :J - -
~

- - - - -
~-- - - ~-

6 y
;·~ -A
The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows
-
'
-12 --
----.-a- -1- q---'
4-
: 11-- !7, -x -- that the angle of depression of a point X from Z
' ' ' '' ' is 30°. If Xis I 0 metres from Y, the height of
yz, in metres, is

(A) 10sin30°
(B) !Otan30°
(C) !Ocos30°
(D) !Ocos60°

60. In a triangle ABC , angle A = x 0 and angle

0
B = 2x ,. What is the size of angle C?

(A) 45°
(B) 60°
(C) (180-3x) 0

(D) (138:J

In the right-angled triangle above, tan 8 is

5
(A)
13
5
(B)
12
12
(C)
5
13
(D)
5

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.

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