CSEC MATH MAY/JUNE 2024 PAPER 1

1) (-3)² + (-2)² is equal to

A. -13
B. -10
C. 5
D. 13

2) What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 48.621?

6
A.
100

6
B.
10

C. 6

D. 600

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3) What number when added to 1 gives 2?
3
1
A.
3

2
B.
3

C. 1

D. 3

4) The next term in the sequence

1 , 6 , 13 , 22 , 33 , _______ is
A. 44
B. 45
C. 46
D. 52

5) What is the LEAST number of apples that can be shared EQUALLY

among either 6 , 10 or 15 children?
A. 24
 B. 30
C. 60
D. 90
6) A certain amount of money is shared among Jay, Troy and Jordan in the ratio
2:3:9. If Troy received $40 more than Jay, then the amount of money shared is
A. $280
B. $360
C. $400
D. $560

7) If P = {2 , 3 , 5 , 7}
Q = {2 , 3 , 6} and
S = {2 , 4 , 5}
Then P  Q  S =
A. {2}
B. {2 , 3}
C. {2 , 3 , 5}
D. {2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7}

8) The following is a Venn Diagram

The shaded region represents

A. P U Q’
B. (P  Q)’
C. Q  P’
D. (P  Q)’

9) The elements of the set {x : 6 < x ≤ 10, where x is an integer} are

A. {7 , 8 , 9}
B. {6 , 7 , 8 , 9}
C. {7 , 8 , 9 , 10}
 D. {6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10}

10) Let M = {p , q , r} and N = {p , q}

Which of the following statements about he sets M and N is true?
A. M  N
B. M  N = M
C. M  N = N
D. M  N = { }

11) All students in a class play Scrabble or Checkers or both. If 36% of the students play
Scrabble only and 48% of the students play Checkers only, what percentage of
students play BOTH games?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 84
D. 88

12) The following Venn Diagram shows the universal set (U), and two sets, T and C, that
represent the students in a class who play tennis (T) and chess (C).

How many students play tennis but NOT chess?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
13) 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
C. $18.00
D. $170.00

14) If EC$2.50 is equivalent to US$1.00, then EC$25.00, in US dollars is

A. $5.00
B. $10.00
C. $62.50
D. $80.00

15) For every sale amounting to $1, a salesman is paid $0.10 as commission. If his sales
for a particular month was $1020.00, how much commission was he paid?
A. $10.20
B. $20.20
C. $102.00
D. $110.00

16) A man’s basic wage for a 40-hour week is $160.00.

1
He is paid overtime at the rate of 1 times the hourly rate.
4
1
If he works 6 hours overtime in a certain week,
2
his wage for that week is
A. $165.00
B. $166.50
C. $171.50
D. $192.50

17) A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on hire purchase, a deposit of $35 is
required, followed by 12 monthly payments of $30 each. How much money is saved
by paying cash?
A. $10
B. $25
C. $40
D. $45
18) At the end of any year, a car is worth 5% less than what it was worth at the beginning
of the year. If a car was worth $9500 in December 2021, then its value in JANUARY
2021 was
A. $9025
B. $9995
C. $10000
D. $10025

19) A loan of $15000 was repaid in 24 equal monthly instalments of $750.

The total interest paid as a percentage of the principal was

A. 5%

1
B. 8 %
3

1
C. 16 %
3

D. 20%

20) At a sale, a discount of $3.00 off the original price was offered for each book. Daniel
paid $46.00 for 2 books that had the same sale price. What was the ORIGINAL cost
of ONE of his books?
A. $20.00
B. $21.50
C. $24.50
D. $26.00

21) 3 x 2 ×2 x 3=¿

A. 6 x 5

B. 5 x 5

C. 6 x 6

D. 72 x5
22) If 5(y – 2) = 3(y + 4), then y is
A. -1
B. 3
C. 7
D. 11

23) Seven times the product of two numbers, a and b, maybe written as
ab
A.
7

B. 7ab

C. 7a + b

D. 7(a + b)
24) Given that 3 * 6 = 3 and 2 * 4 = 0, then a * b maybe defined as
A. a² - b

B. 6a – b

C. 2a + b

D. 4(b – a)

25) If x = -2, y = 3 , t = 3,

[]
t
x
Then =
y
−6
A.
9

−8
B.
27

8
C.
27

9
D.
6

1
26) If 2 x = 9, then the value of x is
3
 A. -1

B. 1

C. 2

1
D. 1
2

27) Given that A = [ 13 3 −3

0 5 ]
, then 3A equals

A. [ 39 9 −9
0 15 ]
B. [ 46 6 −6
3 8 ]
C. [ 39 9 −6
0 15 ]
D. [ 20 0 −6
3 2 ]

28) The determinant of the 2 × 2 identity matrix is

A. Zero
B. One
C. Undefined
D. Negative one

29) The following are vectors p and q

p= []
3
7
q=
−2
5 [ ]
The vector p – q is represented by

A. [ 121 ]
 B. [ 125 ]
C. [ 52]
D. [ 15]

30) The following is a parallelogram, WXYZ.

In the parallelogram, ⃗
XY = u and ⃗XW = v. R is the midpoint of YZ.

⃗
RW , expressed in terms of u and v, is
1
A. v −u
2

1
B. u+ v
2

1
C. u− v
2

−1
D. v −u
2

1
31) Given that 1 millimetre = metres,
1000
then 2500 millimetres, in metres, is

A. 0.25
B. 2.5
C. 25
D. 250
32) The length of the edge of a cube
that has a volume of 27 cm³ is
A. 3 cm
B. 4.5 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 9 cm

33) The perimeter of a square is 48 cm.

What is its area, in cm² ?
A. 36
B. 72
C. 108
D. 144

34) The following is a diagram of a trapezium, PQRS,

which has an area of 65 cm²

The height, h, of PQRS is

A. 2.5 cm
B. 3.6 cm
C. 5.0 cm
D. 8.0 cm
35) The following is a diagram which shows a sector of a circle, AOB. Angle AOB = 60
and the radius OB is r units long.

The length of the arc AB of the circle is

1
A. 3 πr

1
B. 6 πr

1
C. 3 πr ²

1
D. 6 πr ²
36) The following diagram shows a compound shape made up of a rectangle and two
identical semi-circles, one on either of the short sides.
 The area of the compound shape above, in terms of π, is

A. 6(9 + π)

B. 36(5 + π)

C. 6(5 + 2π)

D. 18(5 + 2π)

37) The area of a rectangle is 40cm². If the length is multiplied by 4 and the width is
halved, the area would then be
A. 20 cm²
B. 40 cm²
C. 80 cm²
D. 160 cm²

38) The following is a diagram of a compound shape that comprises a triangle resting on a
square of side 5cm

If the TOTAL area of the compound shape is 35 cm², then the height of the triangle is
A. 2 cm
 B. 4 cm
C. 5 cm
D. 10 cm

39) The following is a frequency distribution which shows the average mass, in kg, of a
group of children in a school.

The number of children who have a mass of at least 41 kg is

A. 12
B. 62
C. 70
D. 104

40) The following is a frequency distribution which shows the average mass, in kg, of a
group of children in a school.

The lower limit of the modal class is

A. 30.5
B. 41.0
C. 50.5
D. 51.0

41) 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
C. Range
Median
42) The pie chart, DRAWN TO SCALE, shows how a student used 12 hours in studying
English (E), Mathematics (M), French (F) and Geography (G).

The amount of time spent studying Mathematics is APPROXIMATELY

A. 1 hour
B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 4 hours

43) If the mean of the FOUR numbers 4, 8, x and 12 is 10, then x is

A. 4
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16

44) The following table shows the responses of 100 persons from two ethnic groups, P
and R, to a survey about their attitude towards Mathematics.
 A respondent is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected
respondent is of ethnicity P and has a positive attitude towards Mathematics?
A. 0.25
B. 0.37
C. 0.42
D. 0.60

45) Which of the following diagrams BEST illustrates a function?

46) The following is a graph of the straight line AB.
 The point where the straight line AB crosses the horizontal axis is
A. (3 , 0)
B. (0 , 3)
C. (0 , -2)
D. (3 , -2)

47) The following is a graph of the straight line AB.

The equation of the straight line AB is
A. y = x – 2

B. y = 2x – 2

2
C. y = x – 2
3

−3
D. y = x−2
2
48) the following is a graph of a quadratic function

The coordinates of the maximum point of the function y = 4x - x² are

A. (2 , 4)
B. (0 , 4)
C. (4 , 2)
D. (4 , 4)

49) The equation of the axis of symmetry of the quadratic function is

A. x = 2
B. y = 2
C. y = x
D. y = 2x

7 x−3
50) If g(x) = then g−1 (−2 )=¿
5
−17
A.
5

B. −¿1

C. 1

13
D.
7
51) A parking lot charges $1.00 plus $0.25 for every hour or part thereof (h) in which a
vehicle is parked. A function, C(h), that represents the parking cost is
A. C(h) = 0.25h
B. C(h) = 1.00h + 0.25
C. C(h) = 0.25h + 1.00
h
D. C(h) = + 1.00
0.25

52) The range of f:x → x³ for the domain {-2 , -1 , 0 , 1 , 2} is

A. {8 , 1 , 0 , 1 , 2}
B. {6 , 3 , 0, 3 , 6}
C. {-6 , -3 , 0 , 3 , 6}
D. {-8 , -1 , 0 , 1 , 8}

53) If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 4 right angles, then the polygon is a
A. Triangle
B. Hexagon
C. Pentagon
D. Quadrilateral

54) The following is a diagram of a right-angled triangle.

4
In the right-angled triangle, which trigonometric ratio is equal to ?
8
A. Sin x
B. Tan y
C. Sin y
D. Tan x
55) The following is a diagram of an isosceles triangle.

In the triangle, the value of x is

A. 30
B. 60
C. 120
D. 150

56) The following is a pair of similar triangles

The length of MO, in cm, is

A. 2.5
B. 3.0
C. 3.5
D. 7.0
57) The following diagram shows a transformation.

In the diagram, the translation by which AB is mapped onto A’B’ is represented by

A. []2
1

B. []1
1

C. []3
2

D. []5
3
58) The following diagram shows a transformation.
59) The following diagram shows the angle of depression of a point G from E is 30
60) The following is a diagram of a building.
A surveyor sets up his instruments 12 metres from the foot of the building and records
the angle of elevation of the top of the building.

An estimate of the height of the building can be obtained by calculating

A. 1.6 + 12 tan 40

B. 1.6 + 12 cos 40

C. (12 tan 40) – 1.6

D. (12 sin 40) – 1.6