4 arrixseatiere ‘CANDIDATE - PLEASE NOTE! ‘ou mac dg blow and etree i the Auver Shey Paluretedesemay retin | TEST CODE OOOSSL FORM TP 99110} “eet” semen MAY/JUNE 1999 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 01 - General Proficiency 90 minutes 03 JUNE 1999 (p.m) READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY 1. Inaddition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet 2 Calculators, slide rules and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper. 3. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer thes 4, 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. 5. Onyour 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. ple Hem 2a + 6a Sample Answer 8a @ 8OOO © 124 12a The best answer to this item is "Ba", so answer space (A) has been blackened. 6. If you want to change your answer, erase your old answer completely and fill in your new choice. 7. 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. 8. You may do any rough work in the booklet. 9. Do not be concemed 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 Copyright © 1998 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 000551/F 99 4} AFFIXSEALIERE + awaravasxiuay +1 2d xX 3a= 5 33X25 +57 X 2S = A Sa “A) 8.25 (B) 6a (B) 9.00 © 6a" (©) = 13.25 @) 120 (@) 22.50 2. 0,75 written as a common fraction is ty isequal tothe square of x' canbe writien as 1 WF 2 “wy 1 @) 8 F 2 © y 3 @) © F ee 7. fhe equation of a straight tine is ) 8 y = mx + cythen m represents the 3 (A) gradient of the line : (B)_y- intercept D a (©) x-intercept — (B) distance from the origin 8. Which of the following BEST describes a quadrilateral with all its sides equal? ¢ B (A) Rhombus (B) Rectangle In the rectangle above, if Z AEB = 80°, (©) Paraliclogram then ZDAC = (BD) Trapezium (A) 10° (B) 40° 9. There are 9 000 children in a town, The 50° i 3° probability hata childisaffected byavirus is. How many children are NOT likely 4.0 2k 3G + B= to be affected? “ x+8 (A) 2-700 (BR) 0-2 - 24 (B) 3.000 © sx+8 (©) 6.000 (p) ~5x - 24 (D) 6 300 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 000551/F 99ae Items 13 - 14 refer to the diagram below. Football, Cricket C2 In the Venn diagram, a dot ( . ) is used to represent one boy. ‘The diagram shows those boys who play cricket, football and basketball in Form I. How many boys of Form 1 play cricket? How many boys of Form 1 play only ONE sport? A) 3 (By 4 «c 7 (D) 12 ee tance of 1 080 km, what was its average specu? GO ON TO THE NEXT, PAGE oom! 10. Aboatistravelling ona bearing of 270°. In what direction is it travelling? (A) West (B) East © North (@) = South ML Tem ‘The volume of the cube above is 13. (a) 30cm? (B) 100 em? (©) 300cm? (DB) 1.000em* 12. 25.387 correct to 4 significant figures is 14. (A) 2538 @) 2539 (C) 25380 (D) 25390 15. If it takes a spced-boat 9 hours to travel a dis- a) 12 keh (B) 102 km/h © 120 km/h (D) 1200 km/h 16. If2p — 5 = 15,then p = (A) 5 (B) 10 «c) 20 ~) 40 ON0SS1/F 99-4- 17. Inatest marked out of 10, the marks obtained by 15 students are: 49 0 3 9 1 2 2 2 1%3°7 0 4 8 ‘The frequency table which BEST shows this information is: (a) | Mark alee oe ree ee Frequency }2 [3 |2|2]o{e {1 {#12 1° «By | Mark oli ]2)3)]4}7 4842 Frequency |2 2 |3 [2|2]' 11] 2 qc) | Mark oli t2}al4isl[o]z}e 12] Frequency }2 |2|3{2]2}o jo] 4] 1 |? 1° (py [ Mark’ aTolotsyo li 12) 2)2]2 ]3 4749 448 reel Pepi ePee et 000551/F 99 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEse Items 18 - 19 refer to the following dia- 20. ‘Ifthe universalsetU = 1,2,3,4,5,6) and gram, H=(3,4, 6), then H’ yy (34,6) Number of #737 TAT @) (1.3.5) Pupils EAH © (2.4.6) + ih (D) (1.2.5) Ba 30) 2. 3 + 2) = 7 y Ne a -17 oe fe (0 i © 1 15 aS , © 2 10 22, A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as ‘commission. His sales for last month were 7 $2,020. How much commission was he paid? O'MON TUES WED THUR FRI Benn ae @ snc (©), $101.00 “The diagram above shows the number of (D) "$110.00 pupils who attended school during a week. 18. Howmany pupilsattendedschoolonTucs- 23. The following scores were obtained by day? eleven footballers in a goal-shoot competi- . tion: ey 2 5,3, 6,8, 7,8.3, 11, 6, 3,2 ©) 24 ‘The modal score 1s (D) 25 ee @) 6 19. What was the average daily attendance for © 8 the week? @ ou (A) 27 B) 29 24, Using the distributive law, ©) 30 @ x @) - @ X Nis simplified to () 40 A) -ar (B) ~2pqr © paar ©) p@-n GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 000551/F 9925, es aay 28. Inaclassof30 pupils, 18 like French and 19 like Spanish. If 9 pupils like neither, the number of pupils who like both is @ 7 (B) 16 © 2 () 37 29. Length of | 10-14] 15-19] 20-24] 25-29} Leaf (m) ‘The arrow diagram above describes the relation Frequeney| 3 8 2 7 (A) xis greater than y (8) xisamuliple ofy The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were © _ xisafactorofy measured, to the nearest em, and the infor- () kis divisible by y mation grouped as shown in the table above. ‘The class boundaries are 26. Asalestaxof 7.5% isto be charged on abil of $200. The sales tax is ()3,8.12,7 (B) 5,5,5,5 A) § 15.00 (©) 10,14, 15, 19, 20, 24, 25,29 ye (D) 95,145, 19.5, 24.5, 29.5 © $192.50 (D) $207.50 30. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount eey , Be onall purchases, What will acustomer pay ea for a dress normally priced at $30? tS) (A) $10 B) $20 2 © 824 O 7 @) $30 © 31. Inhow many years would $100 invested at 3 5% per annum simple interest amount to (DD) 24 $160? A) 8 @) 2 © 16 © 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 00055 1/F 9932. A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on hire-purchase, a deposit of $35 is required, followed by 12 monthly pay- ments of $30. How much is saved by paying cash? (A) $10 (B) $25 (©) $40 (D) $45 Items 33 - 34 refers to the following dia gram, Inthe circle above, not drawn to scale, DB is the diameter, Z AOB = 80° and the are AB = 6cm. What is the circumference of the circle? (a) Fem Fem (Cc) 27cm (D) 480m ‘What is the size of angle ADO? (A) 20 ®) 40 () 50 (D) 80, 000551/F 99 36. 3. 6em 2m Tem ‘The area of the figure above is (A) 26 em? (B) 42cm? © 48cm? (D) 56cm? ‘Three lights flash at intervals of 4, 6 and 10 seconds respectively. They are started to- gether. How soon after will they next flash together? (A) 40sees (B) 60 sees (©) 120secs (D) 140 secs If (P — 3)is the largest of four consecutive odd numbers, then the smallest is A P43 @) P+s © P- @) P-9 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE38. 39. 40. 41. In x 2 x 5 = ¥3600,then n= (A) 3 (B) 9 © 10 @) 36 The point (3, 2) is reflected in the line x = 5, Its image point is @) 27 (B) 3,8) «C) (7,2) ©) 3) 3x + 1,then Ifa) = 2x — 3 and g(x) Sg(-2)is ) -13 (B) -7 © 5 (@) 20 ‘Two dozen articles were bought for $5.04 and sold at 14g each. The loss expressed as a percentage of the buying price is (A) 2.8% (B) 335% © 50% ©) 97.2% -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 ‘The graph of the inequality in the diagram above is defined by (A) -2x23 (Oy ate 000551/F 99 43. 44, 45. I £9} Fy oe Eee In the diagram above, the gradient of the line AC is w ~$ @) “3 @) 2 o 4 ‘What is the perimeter of a square whose area is 625 cm’? (A) 25cm (B) 50cm () 100cm (D) 125em An alloy consists of 4 parts of one metal to 5 parts of another. How much of the first metal should be mixed with 40 kg of the second? (A) 32kg (B) S0kg © 60g (D) 200kg GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE-9- 46, Giventhat 2035, is anumber in basen and that n S 8,then a possible set of values of n 1S. (A) (2,3,5) (B) (3, 5,6) ©) (4,67) () (6,7,8) HAE EET ees He ii 47. The equation of line PQ is 48, Whatis the gradient of Sk? “ x41 oo «By 241 z © 3e ®) -2 ©) ~de+ F O 7 © 2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 000551/F 99-10- g O isthe centre of the circle, AB is a chord and OM is perpendicular to IfOB = 20 cmand AB = 32.cm, then OM is Inthe figure above, not drawn to scale, AB. Bem 10cm 12cm 16cm «a (B) © (D) ‘The transformation that maps ALMN onto APGR is (A) a a rotation through 180° about the origin. arotation of 180° about (5 ‘B) sscamgenen stow (LE) ots ar? « an enlargement about the origin of scale factor —2 (@) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE pnnsst E09Si. 52. 53. ee A square has the same arca as a rectangle, 54, with sides of length 16 centimetres and 9 centimetres. What is the length, in cm, of asside of the square? (A) 9 4B) 12 © 125 @) 72 ‘The length of a lake is 8 km. The lake is represented on amap by a length of 2cm. $5. The scale is A) 1:4 (B)— 1:2.000 © 200 000 @) —1:400000 56. Ly The figure above, not drawn to scale, shows the sector of a circle POQ, whose centre is. The circumference of the entire circleis 44m, The arcaoftheminor sector POQ is 12 37. (Use n = 2 (A) Sem © Bent Bb em* © Bent 000551/F 99 ‘The interest rate on investments in a bank decreased from 85 % per annum to 6% per annum. The difference in annual interest on a deposit of $2,000 is (A) $30 (B) $50 © $120 () $170 An article was sold for $375 at a profit of 25% on the cost price. The cost price was (A) $300.00 (B) $350.00 (©) $400.00 (D) $468.75 Under the translation G 3) the image of G.-5)is A (,~2) (@) — @,15) © @,-3) (©) ,~8) ‘The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 720°, Ifone side of the polygon is 10cm, then the perimeter of the polygon, incm, is (A) 50 (B) 60 © 80 (D) .100 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.58. A) (B) © «D) +12. 59. 60. oaM, For all of a and b, 3a(a + 2b) — b(2a ~ 3b) = x (A) 3a? - ab + 30 (B) 3a’ + dab + 30° (©) 3a? + dab ~ 30% (D) 3a" + Bab - 35 Inatriangle ABC, angle A * x° and angle B = 2x°. What is the'size of angle C? (A) 60° (B) 45° © 30° () 1 IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 0005S1/F 99 WY LN NLT TH