TEST 1

COMPUTATION 1

1. 4 + 6 + 4.6 = 6. 4.5 + 5.4 – 3.3 =

(A) 64.6 (A) 9.9
(B) 46.6 (B) 6.6

(C) 14.6 (C) 5.5

(D) 4.46 (D) 4.4

2. 11.01 - 1.101 = 7. A man spends ¼ of his salary on

(A) 12.111 food and ⅓ on rent and household
(B) 10.101 bills. The fraction of his salary that
(C) 9.909 remains is
(D) 9.101 (A) 5/12
(B) 7/12
3. The fraction 3 ⅔ written as an
improper fraction is (C) 2/3
(A) (D) 3/4
(E)
(B) 8. The best suggested approximation
(C) for 4.1 + 3.0 – 1.99 is
(A) 12
(D) (B) 10

(C) 9
4. The remainder when 135 is divided
(D)5
by 7 is
(A) 19
(B) 9 9. 87 ½ % of 8.8 is
(C) 7 (A) 88
(D) 2 (B) 87.5

(C) 78.7
5.
3
8 4 (D) 7.7

(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 4

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10. If 4 × 15 × 32 = P × 32 × 15, then P= 5 
15. If and are equivalent fractions
2 8 24
(A) 8 then * is
(B) 4 (A) 64
(B) 40
(C) 2
(D) 1 (C) 15
(D) 3

11. If the quantities I 0.5 of 34

II 20 % of 90 16. If 1 ½ kg of flour costs $2 ½ , then 1
III ¾ of 22 ⅕ kg will cost
are arranged from the smallest to the (A) $ 3 ½
largest, then the order is (B) $ 3
(A) I, II, III (C) $ 2 ½
(B) III, II, I (D) $2
(C) I, III, II
(D) III, I, II
17. 0.00018 expressed in standard form
is
12. If 40 % of a number is 80, then the (A) 1.8 x 10-4
number is (B) 1.8 x 10-3
(A) 200
(C) 1.8 x 103
(B) 120
(D) 1.8 x 104
(C) 100
(D) 40
18. 1 7/8 expressed in decimal form is
(A) 2.125
13. What percentage of 24 is 36? (B) 1.875
(A) 33 ½
(C) 1.125
(B) 60
(D) 0.875
(C) 66 ⅔
(D) 150
19. 3.9 ÷ 1 ½ expressed as a decimal is
14. If 2.6 × 12.1 = 31.46, then 0.0026 ×
(A) 2.4
12100 is
(B) 2.6

(A) 3146 (C) 5.4

(B) 314.6 (D) 5.85

(C) 31.46
(D) 3.14

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20. A farmer harvests 784 oranges. He 24. In a class of 32 students, one-half are
keeps 38 of them and gives 27 to a boys. One more than one-half of the
friend. If he sold the rest, the number girls wear spectacles. The number of
sold is girls who wear spectacles as a
(A) 719 fraction of the entire class is
(B) 773 (A) 3/4
(B) 3/8
(C) 795
(D) 849 (C) 9/32
(D) 3/32

21. A sum of money is shared in the

ratio of 4:2:3. The smallest share as a 25. A grocer brought 1.8 tonnes of
fraction of the total is potatoes that have to be packed in
(A) 5/9 bags of 1.5 kg each. The number of
(B) 4/9 bags will be

(C) 1/3 (A) 4000

(D) 2/9
(B) 1800

(C) 1200
22. The best suggested estimate for (D) 1000
√ × (5.1)2 is
(A) 10
(B) 20 26. Annie baked some cookies and
David ate 6 of them. Cathy then ate
(C) 50
(D)100 half of the remainder and so there
were 12 cookies left. How many
cookies did Annie bake?
23. On average, three times as many cars
(A) 12
as other types of vehicles pass a
certain point on the road. If 300 (B) 18
vehicles pass this point on the road, (C) 24
then the number of other types of
(D) 30
vehicles expected is
(A) 30
(B) 75

(C) 100
(D) 225

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27. In a football competition, a team 30. 10 % of 1 % of 100 is
earns 3 points for a win, 1 point for a (A) 100
draw and 0 points for a loss. At the (B) 10
end of seven (7) matches, a team has (C) 1
9 points and has won 2 matches. The (D) 0.1
number of matches lost is

(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2

28. In the grid shown below, how many

more squares need to be shaded so
that the shaded portion represents
60% of the entire grid?

(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 15
(D) 25

29. If 2 ¾ * 1 2/9 = 2 ¼ , then *

represents
(A) +
(B) –

(C) ×
(D) ÷

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 ANSWERS
COMPUTATION 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 C
3 B
4 D
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 D
9 D
10 A
11 D
12 A
13 D
14 C
15 C
16 D
17 A
18 B
19 B
20 A
21 D
22 C
23 B
24 C
25 C
26 D
27 D
28 B
28 D
30 D

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 TEST 2
COMPUTATION 2

1. 5.5 × 6.5 =

(A) 60.50
(B) 35.75
(C) 30.25
(D) 12.00

2. The number 6.486 written to two significant figures is

(A) 7.0
(B) 6.5

(C) 6.49
(D) 6.4
3. A girl receives three times the allowance as her younger brother. If together they
receive $28, then the girl receives
(A) $7
(B) $10

(C) $14
(D) $21

4. Which of the following is not equal to 20?

(A) 512  8

(B) 10122
 40
(C)  4  
 8

(D) 201 2

5. 1.01 x 1.1 =
(A) 2.11
(B) 1.111

(C) 1.1
(D) 1.011

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  34  5  6
6. 
1
 18
2
(A) – 2
(B) – 1
(C) 1
(D) 2

7. $1.00 U.S ≡ $6.30 TT. The amount of $ U.S received after converting $45.36 TT is

(A) $7.00
(B) $7.20
(C) $7.50
(D) $7.75
8. Shoba makes 12 pancakes using 3 cups of pancake mix. If she has to make 16 pancakes, the
number of cups of pancake mix required is
1
(A) 3
2
(B) 4

1
(C) 4
2
(D) 6

1 5
9. After spending of her salary on rent and on other expenses, Latoya has $200 left. Her
3 9
salary is

(A) $2400
(B) $2000
(C) $1800
(D) $1600

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10. A handyman takes 6 minutes to wash an area of 2.5 m2. The time taken to wash a rectangular wall
6 m by 15 m is

(A) 3 hours 36 minutes

(B) 2 hours 30 minutes
(C) 1 hour 12 minutes
(D) 36 minutes

11. 30% of 1 kg added to 10% of 2 kg, expressed in kg, is

1
(A)
4
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
2
2
(D)
5

12. Shalimar receives $5.50 T&T for $1.00 Canadian. If she received $52.25 T&T, the amount of
Canadian changed is

(A) $9.75
(B) $9.50
(C) $9.25
(D) $9.00

13. In a particular week, a man works 2 days from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, 2 days from 4:00 pm to 11:00
pm and 2 days from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am. The total number of hours he works for the week is

(A) 60
(B) 48
(C) 46
(D) 44

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14. 4 cm expressed as a percentage of 1 m is

(A) 0.04
(B) 0.4
(C) 4
(D) 40

15. The difference between 110

3
2102 is

(A) 8  1 0
2

(B) 5  1 0
2

(C) 5  10

(D) 110
16. A man is to receive a cheque for nine thousand and nine dollars and ninety cents. The figure is
written as

(A) $9090.09
(B) $9900.09
(C) $9090.90
(D) $9009.90

17. 1 400 000 expressed in standard form is

(A) 1.4  10
7

(B) 1.4  10
6

6
(C) 1.410
5
(D) 1.410

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18. What percent of 120 is 150?

(A) 150
(B) 125
(C) 80
(D) 30

1 3
19. If 1 kg of cheese costs $2.50, then kg will cost
2 5

(A) $0.60
(B) $1.00
(C) $1.67
(D) $2.25

3.98  5.01 is
2
20. The best suggested estimate for

(A) 100
(B) 75
(C) 50
(D) 10

21. 6758 expressed to three significant figures is

(A) 675
(B) 676
(C) 6750
(D) 6760

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 8
22. 3 is
 27
3
(A)
2
2
(B)
3
2
(C) 
3
3
(D) 
2
23. An alloy is composed of two elements, X and Y in the ratio of 2:5. If a sample has 8g of X then
the amount of Y, in g, is

(A) 15
(B) 16
(C) 20
(D) 56

1 1
24. The cost of 1 dozen of eggs if 2 dozen cost $7.50 is
2 2

(A) $3.00
(B) $4.50
(C) $5.75
(D) $6.25

25. If $1.00 U.S  $6.00 TT, then $75.00 TT  * US, where * is

(A) $ 7.50
(B) $10.00
(C) $12.50
(D) $15.00

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 4
26. Which of the following is not equivalent to ?
5

40
(A)
50
(B) 80%
(C) 0.8

2
(D) 1 
5
27. 320374 × 10-3 =
(A) .320
(B) .374
(C) 320.374
(D) 3203.74

28. The smallest positive integer such that x  2 1 is

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 21
(D) 25

29. If 352035
36 16xthen x =
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 35
(D) 36

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30. In a certain currency, available coins are 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents and 25 cents pieces. If
each coins denomination is to be used at least once, the least number of coins that may be
used to total $1.00 is

(A) 10
(B) 11

(C) 12
(D) 13

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ANSWERS
COMPUTATION 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 B
2 B
3 D
4 D
5 B
6 B
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 A
11 C
12 B
13 D
14 C
15 A
16 D
17 B
18 B
19 B
20 C
21 D
22 B
23 C
24 B
25 C
26 D
27 C
28 B
29 C
30 B

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 TEST 3
COMPUTATION 3

1. 3.4 × 10-2 = 6. Which of the following is not

(A) 3 400 equivalent to 3/5?
(B) 340 (A) 30/50
(B) 60 %
(C) 0.034
(D) 0.0034 (C) 0.6
(D) 1 – 5/3

2. √ means 7. 10 is 20 % percent of
(A) x × x × x
(B) 1/x3 (A) 30
(C) 1/3 × x (B) 50
(D) a such that a × a × a = x
(C) 100
(D) 200
3. The reciprocal of the number N is 8. Matt spent 2 ¼ hours mowing the
(A) 1/N lawn, 1 ½ hours painting a wall and
(B) –N ¾ hours on the trimming a fence.
(C) 1 The time spent on these three tasks,
(D) 0 in hours, is

(A) 3

4. 5/8 expressed in decimal form is (B) 3 ¾

(A) 0.8 (C) 4
(B) 0.625
(D) 4 ½
(C) 0.5
(D) 0.375
9. FRESH FOODS grocery offers 4 gift
points for every $75 spent. Mrs
5. Which of the following is not zero? Smith earned 36 points by spending
(A) 3 × 0 × 4
(A) $675
(B) 17 × 49 – 17(9 + 40)
(B) $600
(C) 10
(D) 1/30 – 22/4 (C) $525
(D) $450

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10. The best suggested approximation 15. The best suggested estimate for
for √ × 4.93 is 0.092 × 31.7 is
(A) 10 (A) 0.3
(B) 8 (B) 0.03
(C) 3.0
(C) 6
(D) 30.0
(D) 4

16. Four weather stations, P, Q, R and S

11. 1 - 0.55 as a single fraction in its
gave the prediction for rain
lowest terms is
tomorrow as 21 %, 1/5, 0.22 and
(A) 9/20
3/11 respectively. Which station
(B) 4/5
predicts the highest rain expectancy?
(C) 9/10 (A) P
(D) 5/4 (B) Q
12. If 60 % of a number is 900, the
(C) R
number is
(D) S
(A) 300
(B) 540

(C) 1500 17. Which of the following is not

(D) 1800 equivalent to 25 × 20?
(A) 25(15 + 5)
(B) 20(26 - 1)
13. 1.11 ÷ 0.001 =
(C) 25 × (10 + 10) × 20
(A) 110
(D) (20 + 5) × 20
(B) 111

(C) 1100 18. In a school of 1 200 students, 30%

prefer a chocolate drink and 25% prefer
(D) 1110 an orange drink. The rest prefer a
pineapple drink. The number who prefer
a pineapple drink is
14. In an examination, 1/5 of the 600
students are expected to fail. The
number expected to be successful is (A) 540
(A) 120 (B) 480
(B) 240
(C) 360
(C) 480
(D) 240
(D) 500

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19. The most number of Sundays that can 23. 3.6 ÷ 1 ½ expressed as a decimal is
occur in a 75 day period is (A) 2.4
(A) 12
(B) 2.6
(B) 11
(C) 3.3
(C) 10 (D) 5.4
(D) 9

24. The best estimate of

20. Chocolate costs $0.65 each. Sharon 3.95 ´ 4.1
has $10.00 and buys as many as
1.9 is
possible. The amount of change she
gets is (A) 80
(A) $0.15 (B) 8
(B) $0.25 (C) 0.8
(D) 0.08
(C) $0.35
(D) $0.40
25. The total age of a man and his two
sons is 57 years. If his sons are 9
21. In an examination marked out of years and 11 years old, then the
120, a grade A is attained with 80% man’s age is
or more. The lowest mark required to (A) 37
attain a grade A is (B) 46
(A) 80
(B) 96 (C) 48
(D) 55
(C) 100
(D) 120
26. Calculate 9 ÷ 0.0003=

22. 1 800 000 expressed in standard

form is (A) 300 000
(B) 30 000
(A) 1.8 ´10 7 (C) 3 000
(B) 1.8 ´10 6
(D) 300

(C) 1.8 ´10 -6

(D) 1.8 ´10 -5

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27. Calculate the exact value of 30. The best suggested estimate for
3.9 ´ 101
2 3 1
( + ) ´1 (A) 20
5 7 6
(B) 40
(A) 35 (C) 200
29 (D) 400
30
(B)
29
29
(C)
30
29
(D)
35

28. 3.14063 written to two significant

figures is
(A) 3
(B) 3.1
(C) 3.14
(D) 3.2

29. The recurring decimal 0. 63 is

equivalent to the fraction

63
(A)
100
7
(B)
11
64
(C)
100
9
(D)
13

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 ANSWERS
COMPUTATION 3

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 D
7 B
8 D
9 A
10 A
11 A
12 C
13 D
14 C
15 C
16 D
17 C
18 A
19 B
20 B
21 B
22 B
23 A
24 B
25 A
26 B
27 C
28 B
29 B
30 A

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 TEST 4
NUMBER THEORY 1

1. The next term in the sequence 4. 1 1 0 1 1 1 12 , in base 2 is

2
4, 9, 16,…is
(A) 1102
(A) 17
(B) 20 (B) 1012

(C) 25 (C) 112

(D) 29
(D) 12

2. 112  1012 expressed in binary form is

5. In the number 3741, the place value of
(A) 100 2
digit 7 is
(A) 10
(B) 1012
(B) 100
(C) 10002
(C) 700
(D) 11102 (D) 7000
6. The digits of the number 4 726 all
rearranged to make the largest number
3. The third term of the sequence which
which is
2n  1
follows , where n is a positive
3
integer, is (A) 7 426
(B) 7 624
1 (C) 7 642
(A) 
3
(D) 7 462
(B) 1

2
(C) 1 7. In the number 426.3, the value of the
3 digit 4 is
(D) 2
(A) 1000
(B) 400
(C) 100
(D) 40

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8. Which of the following describes the set 12. pqr  pq pr illustrates the
of whole numbers, W?

(A) commutative law

(A) {0, 1, 2, 3, …}
(B) associative law
(B) {1, 2, 3, …}
(C) distributive law
(C) {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …}
(D) identity properly
(D) {2, 4, 6, …}

9. The least number of marbles that may be

shared equally between 6, 9 or 12 boys 13. The additive identity element is
is

(A) – 1
(A) 72
(B) 0
(B) 36
(C) 1
(C) 24
(D) 2
(D) 12

10. The digits 4, 2 and 2 are arranged to 14. If 36352035

16xthen x
form the largest and the smallest =
possible numbers. The difference
between them is
(A) 15
(B) 20
(A) 198
(C) 35
(B) 180
(D) 36
(C) 150
(D) 100
15. The next term in the sequence 6, 5, 3, 0,
11. 10112  10 where * is … is

(A) 7 (A) 3

(B) 11 (B) 2

(C) 22 (C) – 3
(D) 24 (D) – 4

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16. Which of the numbers is the same when 20. Seven students bought a number of pens
expressed in base 10 or base 6? that may be shared equally among them.
This number may be
(A) 5
(A) 27
(B) 6
(B) 38
(C) 12
(C) 56
(D) 16
(D) 64

17. If N is divisible by 8, then N is divisible

by 6 only if N is divisible by 21. 134
(A) 2 1 3  5  9
(B) 4
135716
(C) 24 The number of consecutive odd numbers
(D) 48 that may be added to total 64 is
(A) 6

18. k is divisible by 2 and 3. Which of the (B) 7

following is also divisible by 2 and 3?
(C) 8
(D) 9
(A) k  2

(B) k  3
22. The smallest number that can be
(C) k  5
formed using all of the digits 3, 1
(D) k  6 and 2 is
(A) 123
(B) 132
19. In a football competition, 87 players are (C) 321
chosen to represent 7 different teams. If (D) 231
each group (team) is to have at least 12
players from which to choose their team,
then the largest number of players in any
one group is 23. In the number 123.4, the digit with
the greatest value is
(A) 13 (A) 1
(B) 2
(B) 14
(C) 3
(C) 15
(D) 4
(D) 21

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24. The number nine thousand and 29. The next number in the sequence 3,
ninety one is written as 6, 11, 18,.... is
(A) 9910 (A) 21
(B) 9190 (B) 24

(C) 9091 (C) 27

(D) 9019 (D) 31

25. The first three multiples of 3 are 30. The number of factors of 16 is
(A) 3, 9 and 27 (A) 8
(B) 3, 33 and 333 (B) 5
(C) 6, 9 and 27 (C) 4
(D) 3, 6 and9 (D) 3

26. Which one of the following numbers

is a prime?
(A) 252
(B) 251

(C) 249
(D) 238

27. The number that is both even and

prime is
(A) 1
(B) 2

(C) 3
(D) 4

28. In the number 3462.5, the ‘tenths’

digit is interchanged with the
‘thousands’ digit. The resulting
number is
(A) 2463.5
(B) 3264.5

(C) 3562.3
(D) 5462.3

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 ANSWERS
NUMBER THEORY 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 C
3 C
4 A
5 B
6 C
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 A
11 B
12 C
13 B
14 C
15 D
16 A
17 C
18 D
19 C
20 C
21 C
22 A
23 A
24 C
25 D
26 B
27 B
28 D
29 C
30 B

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 TEST 5
NUMBER THEORY 2

1. In the number 46.28, the digit 5. If x is an odd number, then (x+2)

with the smallest value is will always be
(A) composite
(A) 8 (B) prime
(B) 6
(C) odd
(C) 4 (D) even
(D) 2

6. The highest common factor of 9,

2. The largest number that can be 12 and 36 is
formed using all the digits 3, 1, 0, (A) 3
and 2 is (B) 6
(A) 321
(B) 1032 (C) 12
(D) 36
(C) 2310
(D) 3210
7. Which of the following quantities
is not rational?
3. The smallest number of marbles
(A) √
that can be divided equally
(B) √
among 6, 9 or 12 boys is
(A) 3 (C) √
(B) 12 (D) √
(C) 36
(D) 72
8. All the digits 3, 1 and 8 are
arranged to form the smallest and
4. From the numbers 1 to 20, the the largest numbers. The difference
largest prime number exceeds the between these numbers is
smallest prime number by (A) 831
(A) 19 (B) 693
(B) 18 (C) 513
(C) 17 (D) 381
(D) 16

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9. Two bulbs flash at intervals of 3 12. Which of the following is an
and 5 seconds. If they are example of an infinite set?
switched on together, they will (A) Integers less than 42
flash together every (B) Multiples of 3 from 6 to 34
(A) 8 s (C) Whole numbers less than 27
(B) 15 s (D) Prime numbers less than 34
(C) 30 s
(D) 35 s 13. The place value of the digit 2 in the
number 47.025 is
(A) hundreds
10. The next term in the sequence 9, (B) tenths
16, 25, ... is (C) hundredths
(A) 26 (D) thousandths
(B) 34

(C) 36
(D) 49 14. The HCF of the set {54, 72, 90} is
(A) 9
(B) 18
11. Kwame makes squares with (C) 90
toothpicks (D) 1080

15. P = {multiples of 3}
Number Number of Pattern Q = {multiples of 5}
of Toothpicks
P∩Q =
Squares
1 4 (A) {multiples of 15}
(B) {multiples of 8}
2 7 (C) {multiples of 3 and 5}
(D) ϕ
3 10

N 19 16. The missing term, * in the

sequence
The value of N is 15, 12 ½, 10, *, 5 ... is
(A) 4
(A) 2 ½
(B) 5
(B) 7 ½
(C) 6
(D) 7 (C) 8
(D) 9

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17. A 3 digit number is divisible by 8, 12 22. The value of the digit 2 in 3215 is
and 30. The smallest such number is (A) 1
(B) 5
(A) 108
(C) 10
(B) 120 (D) 25
(C) 240
(D) 280 23. What is the next term in the number
sequence
18. The number of factors of 18 is 6, 4½, 3, 1½, ___,

(A) 3
(B) 4 (A) 0
(B) ½
(C) 5
(C) −1
(D) 6 (D) −1½

19. In the number 56.78, the digit with the

24. What is the next term in the number
greatest value is
sequence
(A) 8
(B) 7 0, 3, 8, 15, ___,
(C) 6
(D) 5
(A) 16
(B) 20
20. p( q + r) = pq + pr illustrates (C) 24
(D) 28
(A) the associative property
(B) the distributive property
(C) the commutative property
(D) the identity property 25. State the rule for the number sequence

21. The place value of the digit 4 in the 1 2 3 4 n

numeral 14568 is
6 7 8 9
(A) 4
(B) 1
(C) 8
(D) 64 (A) n+5
(B) n−5
(C) 2n+1
(D) 3n−1
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26. State the rule for the number sequence 30. What is the tenth number in the
sequence
1 2 3 4 n
2 4 8 16
1 2 3 4 n

(A) 3n 2 4 8 16
(B) 2n
(C) 2n (A) 1024
(D) n2 (B) 1080
(C) 640
(D) 320
27. State the rule for the number sequence

1 2 3 4 n
3 5 7 9

(A) n+2
(B) 3n−1
(C) 2n+1
(D) n+4

28. The number 413n is possible for what

value of n?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

29. What is the next term in the sequence

5,10, 20, 40…?
(A) 50
(B) 60
(C) 80
(D) 100

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ANSWERS
NUMBER THEORY 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 A
2 D
3 C
4 C
5 C
6 A
7 D
8 B
9 B
10 C
11 C
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 A
16 B
17 B
18 D
19 D
20 B
21 D
22 C
23 A
24 C
25 A
26 B
27 C
28 D
29 C
30 A

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 TEST 6
CONSUMER ARITHMETIC 1

1. The simple interest on $5000 at 6% per (A) $40

annum after 2 years is
(B) $200

(A) $1000 (C) $240

(B) $800 (D) $440

(C) $600 5. A vehicle covers a distance of 36 km in

36 minutes. The speed of the vehicle
(D) $300 averages, in kmh-1, a speed of

2. A family uses an average of 80 kW of (A) 36

electricity per day. The amount paid in
(B) 60
the month of June, if the cost is $0.20
per kW is (C) 72

(D) 80
(A) $496

(B) $480
6. A television set costs $2300 after paying
(C) $448 15% VAT upon purchase. The price
before the VAT was
(D) $360

(A) $2645
3. Eggs bought at $3.60 per dozen and
(B) $2000
sold at 40¢ each, realises a profit
percent of (C) $1955
(A) 40
(D) $1800
1
(B) 33
3
7. The interest on $1600 at 1.5% per
(C) 25
annum for 15 months is
(D) 20
(A) $ 15

4. A table set costs $1400 cash OR on hire (B) $ 30

purchase with $200 deposit and equal
(C) $ 45
monthly installments of $120 for a year.
The amount saved by buying the item (D) $15
cash is

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8. An item was increased by 20% just (A) $6150
before a sale and then given a 20%
discount at the sale. The sale price (B) $3850
compared to the original price is (C) $3600

(D) $3000
(A) less

(B) more
12. A bank reduces its interest rate from 8%
(C) same
1
per annum to 6 % per annum. The
(D) we require the original price to 2
make this deduction difference per annum on a loan of
$8000 is
(A) $160
9. A merchant imports a TV set for $1000 (B) $120
and pays 30% taxes. If he sells the TV
set to make a profit of $500, the selling (C) $100
price is
(D) $80
(A) $1300

(B) $1500
13. A man jogged at 8 kmh-1 for 30 minutes
(C) $1800
and then walked at 4 kmh-1 for 15
(D) $2000 minutes. The total distance covered, in
km, is
1
(A) 7
10. A pair of trousers marked at $100 is 2
given a 20% discount off the marked
price at a sale and then a 10% tax is
1
(B) 6
added at the time of purchase. The 2
selling price is
(C) 6

(D) 5
(A) $70

(B) $80
14. A loan of $3000 is given a 10% simple
(C) $88 interest rate for 2 years. The equal
(D) $90 monthly installment is

(A) $125
11. A living room suite is bought with $250
(B) $150
down payment and monthly
installments of $150 per month for two (C) $175
years. The total payment at the end will
be (D) $250

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15. Chip earns $30 per hour for a 40-hour 19.
1 No. of kW used Charge
work week and 1 times this rate for
2 Up to 500 20¢ per kW
overtime work. His salary for a 46-hour
week is More than 500 30¢ per kW

10 % taxes on total charges

(A) $1470
(B) $1380
The table shows how the electricity bill
(C) $1290 is calculated by a company. In a
(D) $1200 household, if a total of 1910 kW is used,
the bill expected is
(A) $477.50
16. A loan of $3000 is given a simple
interest rate for 2 years. If the equal (B) $ 523.00
monthly installment is $150, the rate per (C) $525.25
annum is
(D) $575.30
(A) 5%
(B) 10% 20. Insurance of $1 125 is paid on a home
valued at $250 000. The equivalent
(C) 20% insurance for a house valued at $300
(D) 25% 000 is

17. After given a discount of $15 on a pair

of shoes, the amount is $60. The (A) $ 937.50
percentage discount is (B) $1 350.00
(C) $1 625.00
(A) 25
(D) $2 050.00
(B) 20
21. In how many years would $500 invested
(C) 15 at 5% simple interest per annum amount
(D) 10 to $800?

18. A car depreciates by 10% of its value at

the start of that year. A car costs $50 (A) 32
000 at the beginning of a certain year. (B) 16
Its value after two years is
(A) $45 000 (C) 12
(B) $40 500 (D) 8
(C) $40 000
(D) $39 500

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 22. A man buys an item for $100 and sells it 25. A loan of $10 000 is repaid in two years
at a loss of 10%. The new buyer sells it at $500 per month. The interest is
at a profit of 10% for (A) $2 400
(A) $80.00
(B) $2 000
(B) $99.00
(C) $1 800
(C) $100.00
(D) $1 200
(D) $110.00

26. Bags of marbles are sold in four stores

23. A salesman gets a commission of 4% on P, Q, R and S at the prices listed below
sales exceeding $4000. The commission Store P: 7 for $0.98
on sales totalling $12000 is
Store Q: 10 for $1.40
Store R: 6 for $0.78
(A) $320 Store S: 11 for $1.65
Marbles are the most expensive at the
(B) $480
store
(C) $500 (A) S
(B) R
(D) $640
(C) Q
(D) P

24. 27. A clock originally priced at $88 was

sold at a sale for $77.The percentage
House 25¢ per $100 value discount was
insurance (A) 11
(B) 12 ½
Contents 10¢ per $100 value
insurance (C) 14 2/7
(D) 23

The table shows the insurance rates

charged for a house valued at $ 100 000 28. A farmer harvests 784 oranges. He
and contents valued at $50 000. The keeps 38 of them and gives 27 to a
total insurance coverage is friend. If he sold the rest, the number
sold is

(A) $250
(A) 719
(B) $300
(B) 773
(C) $400
(C) 795
(D) $500
(D) 849

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29. A man bought a pair of trousers at a sale
and paid $120, saving $30 off the
marked price. The percentage discount
was
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 33 ⅓

30.A boy saves $x in the first month of

the year. Each subsequent month he

saves $4 more than he saved the

previous month. By the end of June,

the boy had saved

(A) $ (6x+60)
(B) $ (6x+12)
(C) $ (3x+12)
(D) $ (x+30)

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 ANSWERS
CONSUMER ARITHMETIC 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 B
3 B
4 C
5 B
6 B
7 B
8 A
9 C
10 C
11 B
12 B
13 D
14 B
15 A
16 B
17 B
18 B
19 D
20 B
21 C
22 B
23 A
24 B
25 B
26 B
27 B
28 A
29 A
30 A

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 TEST 7
CONSUMER ARITHMETIC 1

1. The simple interest of $ 36 was 4. An item costing $ 80 requires a value

earned on a sum of money in 2 years added tax (VAT) of 20 %. The
at 6 % per annum. The sum of expected change from $100 is
money was (A) $ 0.00
(A) $ 32 (B) $ 4.00
(B) $ 72
(C) $ 5.00
(C) $ 216 (D) $ 10.00
(D) $ 300

5. Sterling silver is made from an alloy

2. After 10 % is given off the marked of silver and copper in the ratio 37:3.
price of a toy, the price is $ 63.18. The mass of silver in a chain of
The marked price is 600g, in g, is
(A) $ 63.28 (A) 200
(B) $ 70.20 (B) 450
(C) 460
(C) $ 73.28 (D) 555
(D) $ 90.00

6. A loan of $ 8000 was repaid in

3. A television set can be bought for exactly 2 years, at a fixed $ 400 per
$850 cash or by paying a down- month. The interest rate on the loan
payment of $100 and 12 monthly was
installments of $ 70 each. The (A) 10 %
amount that may be saved by paying (B) 12 %
cash is (C) 20 %
(A) $ 350 (D) 25 %
(B) $ 280
(C) $ 100
(D) $ 90 7. A sum of money is shared in a ratio
2:3:4. The smallest share as a
fraction of the largest share is
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/2

(C) 2/7
(D) 2/9

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8. Sonya divided three hours spent (A) Store P
studying History, French and (B) Store Q
Geography in the ratio 2:4:3. The
time, in minutes, spent on (C) Store R
Geography was (D) They cost the same at all stores
(A) 20
(B) 40
12. A teacher marks six test papers every
(C) 60
half hour. She finishes marking the
(D) 80
1
entire class’ test papers in 3 hours.
4
9. The model of a 50 m high tower is 5 How many test papers did she mark?
cm. The ratio of these respective
heights is (A) 13
(A) 1000:1 (B) 18
(B) 500:1
(C) 21
(C) 100:1
(D) 50:1 (D) 39

13. A school of 1200 students has 50

teachers. If the number of students
increases to 1440, the number of
10. The price of an item at a store was
additional teachers required to
raised by 20 % just before a sale and
maintain the same ratio of students to
then given a 20 % discount at the
teachers is
sale. The price at the sale
(A) is less than the original price (A) 60
(B) is the same as the original price
(B) 20
(C) is more than the original price
(D) cannot be determined unless we (C) 15
know the original price (D) 10

11. Marbles are priced as follows: 14. If 1 kilometre is approximately 5/8

of a mile, then 160 kilometres,
Store P - 1 dozen for $1.80
expressed in miles, is approximately
Store Q - 15¢ each
Store R - 6 for $1.20 and 25% discount (A) 100
(B) 120
Marbles are the most expensive at
(C) 240
(D) 256

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15. After 15 % of a man’s monthly 19. Anil can do a job in 30 minutes. Raj
salary is deductive for taxes, he can do the job in 20 minutes. If they
receives $1700. His gross monthly work together, they can finish the job
salary is in
(A) $ 2 000
(A) 10 minutes
(B) $ 1 850
(B) 12 minutes
(C) $ 1 785
(D) $ 1 715 (C) 15 minutes
(D) 25 minutes

16. A man working for $4 000 per

month has his salary increased to 20. 120% of Ellie’s weight is 75% of
$5000 per month. His assistant Annie’s weight. The ratio of Ellie’s
working for $ 2000 per month weight to Annie’s weight is
receives the same percentage
increase. The assistant’s new (A) 1:5
monthly salary is (B) 8:13
(A) $ 5 000
(B) $ 4 000 (C) 5:8

(C) $ 3 000 (D) 5:6

(D) $ 2 500

17. A car covers a distance of 60 km on 21. Sandy is paid a flat rate of $120 per
4 litres of fuel. On 3 litres of fuel, it week plus 10% commission on sales.
should cover In a week when sales had been
(A) 20 km $2 000, her salary was
(B) 45 km
(A)$ 320
(C) 80 km
(D) 180 km (B) 270
(C) $250
18. The value of a car depreciates by 25 (D) $120
% over an 8 month period. At the
22. A merchant buys a dishwasher for
same rate, the depreciation after 1
$550 and sells it for $594. The
year is
percentage profit on this sale is
(A) 30 %
(A)5
(B) 33 %
(B) 8
(C) 37 ½ %
(C) 10
(D) 45 ½ %
(D) 24

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23. In one week Alex worked 35 hours at 26. Sam invests $7500 in an account
the normal rate of $12.50 per hour which earns a fixed rate of 6.5% per
plus 5 hours overtime at ‘a time and annum. If interest is paid quarterly,
a half’. How much would Alex have the first quarter’s interest will be
earned for the week?
(A)$121.88
(A)$ 531.25
(B)$151.22
(B) $500
(C) $243.75
(C) $437.50
(D) $487.50
(D) $120

27. The amount to be repaid on $5 000

24. A real estate company charges a base at 8% per annum for 3 years is
amount of $400 plus 3% of the
(A)$ 1200
selling price to sell a house. If a
house sells for $250 000, how much (B) $5 400
will the agent charge? (C) $6200
(A)$ 4 800 (D) $7 800
(B) $5 000
(C) $7 500 28. A principal of $500, earning 10%
(D) $7 900 simple interest per annum, amounts
to $800 after n years. The value of n
is
25. A worker earning $380 per week is (A) 6
given a pay rise of 5% per week plus (B) 10
a further pay rise of $25 per week. (C) 16
(D) 30
The worker will now be paid per
week
29. A table costs $420 after a 30% is
(A)$ 399 taken off the marked price. The
(B) $ 405 marked price is
(C) $ 424
(D) $ 450 (A) $600
(B) $560
(C) $450
(D) $140

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30. $560 is shared in the ratio 2:3:9. The
difference between the smallest and
the largest share is:

(A) $360
(B) $280
(C) $80
(D) $40

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 ANSWERS
CONSUMER ARITHMETIC 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 D
2 B
3 D
4 B
5 D
6 C
7 B
8 C
9 A
10 A
11 D
12 D
13 D
14 A
15 A
16 D
17 B
18 C
19 B
20 C
21 A
22 B
23 A
24 D
25 C
26 A
27 C
28 A
29 A
30 B

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 TEST 8

SETS 1

1. Which of the following statements 5. The set of factors of 6 is

does NOT define a set? (A) {2,3}
(A) Girls in the school Choir (B) {1,2,3,4,5,6}
(B) Students who travel to school by (C) {1,2,3,6}
bus (D) {1,6}
(C) Representatives of the school
cricket team 6. M = {odd numbers} N = {even
(D) Tall boys in the school numbers}.Which diagram,
shown below, best illustrates the set
2. The statement “ does NOT belong M and N ?
to the set P” may be written as
(A) P
(B) x ⊂ P

(C) ⊄P
(D) x∈ P

3. If = { a, b, c ,d } , then n( ) =
(A) 1
(B) 2

(C) 3
(D) 4

4. = {p, q, r}. Which of the following

is a subset of ?
(A) {p, q, r, s}
(B) {p, q}

(C) {w, x, y, z}
(D) {p, r, s}

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7. P = {m, n, p} 10.
The number of subsets of P is
(A) 8
(B) 4

(C) 3
(D) 1

8.

The above diagram illustrates

the sets X and Y if

(A) X = {1, 3,5} Y = {7, 9, 11}

(B) X = {2, 4, 6} Y = {2, 4, 6}
(C) X = {1, 2, 3} Y = {2, 3, 4}
(D) X = {1, 2, 3} Y = {2, 3}
In the above diagram, which statement
is true?
11.
(A)
(B) ⊂

(C) ⊂
(D)

9. P = {odd numbers from 1 to 10

inclusive}
Q= {prime numbers from 1 to 10
inclusive}
P Q is The above diagram shows the
(A) {1, 3, 5, 7,9} number of elements in the
(B) {1, 2, 3, 5, 7} sets X and Y. If n(X) = n(Y), then x
=
(C) {3, 5, 7}
(A) 13
(D) ϕ
(B) 12

(C) 4
(D) 1

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12. V = {a, b, c} W = {c, d, e, f} 15.
is
(A) {a, b, c, d, e, f}
(B) {c, d, e, f}

(C) {a, b, c}
(D) {c}

13. Which of the following sets are

equivalent?
L = {p, q, r, s}, M = {v, w, n, t} and F = {Form 5 students in a school}
N = {p, q, t, n} P = { school prefects}
(A) L and M only Dane is
(B) M and N only (A) a form 5 student who is a prefect
(C) L and N only (B) a form 5 student who is not a
(D) L, M and N perfect
(C) not in form 5 and not a prefect
14.
(D) a prefect who is not in form 5

16. P = {m, n, s, t}
Which of the following sets is equal
to P?
(A) {m, n, s, t, v}
(B) {2, 4, 6, 8}
(C) {s, t, m, n}
(D) {1, 2, 3, 4}

If E = {even numbers from 1 to 10 17. X = {a, b, c} and Y = {c, d, e, f},

inclusive} and P = {prime numbers n (X Y) =
from 1 to 10 inclusive} then the element (A) 7
x could be (B) 6
(A) 10 (C) 4
(B) 9 (D) 1
(C) 7
(D) 2

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18. W = { p, q}
Which of the statements is (are) true?
I The number of subsets of W is 4
II ⊂W
III n (W) = 2
(A) All of the above
(B) I and II only

(C) II and III only

(D) I and III only

19. P = {parrots, budgies, doves,

canaries}.
The best suggested universal set for
P is
(A) {animals}
(B) {bipeds} 21. If P = {whole numbers more than 4}
(C) {mammals} Q = {whole numbers less than or
(D) {birds} equal to 7} then =
(A) {4, 5, 6, 7}
20. If S = {sport cars} and R = {red (B) {7, 6, 5}
sport cars} the diagram that best
(C) {4, 5, 6}
illustrates the sets S and R is
(D) {5, 6}

22. In a class of 30 students, 17 study

Spanish and 30 study French. Which
one of these statements is incorrect?
(A) All students who study French
also study Spanish
(B) 13 students study Spanish but do
not study French
(C) The class actually consists of 47
students
(D) Each student in the class studies
at least one of the languages

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23. Which of the following sets is Questions 26 – 28 are based on the
empty? information given
(A) {Numbers that are positive and
negative}
(B) {Positive integers}
(C) {Odd numbers}
(D) {Odd numbers that are also
prime numbers}

24. P = {Integers from 2 to 9}

Q = {Factors of 14} The diagram, shown above, illustrates the
R = {Multiples of 7} members of a sports club who play tennis
The common element in the sets P, Q (T) and Squash (S)
and R is
(A) 14 26. The total number of members of the
(B) 9 club is
(C) 7 (A) 5x
(D) 2 (B) 6x

(C) 9x
(D) 10x
25. X = {6, 9, 12, 15, 18}
Which statement best describes the
set X? 27. The probability that a member,
(A) {Multiples of 3} chosen at random, plays tennis only,
(B) {Whole numbers from 6 to 18 is
inclusive} (A) 2/3
(C) {Integers from 6 to 18 inclusive} (B) ½
(D) {Numbers divisible by 3 from 6 (C) 3/10
to 18 inclusive} (D) 1/10

28. Which one of the following

suggested values could be the
number of members of the club?
(A) 170
(B) 165

(C) 162
(D) 157

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29. R = {rectangles}
Q = {quadrilaterals}
The sentence „all rectangles are
quadrilaterals‟, written in set
notation is
(A)
(B) ⊂
(C)
(D) Q = R

30.

ξ = {vehicles}
P = {vehicles that carry passengers}
T = {trains}
The diagram, shown above,
illustrates
(A) All vehicles carry passengers
(B) All trains carry passengers
(C) Some trains carry pasengers
(D) Only trains carry passengers

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 ANSWERS
SETS 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 D
2 A
3 D
4 B
5 C
6 B
7 A
8 C
9 C
10 A
11 C
12 D
13 D
14 B
15 D
16 C
17 B
18 A
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 C
23 A
24 C
25 D
26 D
27 C
28 A
29 B
30 C

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 TEST 9
SETS 2

1.
P = {odd numbers from 1 to 10}
4. Which of the following statements
Q= {prime numbers from 1 to 10} describes a set?

nP Q  (A) Strong boys in form 6

(A) 4 (B) Tall boys in form 6
(B) 3 (C) Boys in form 6 who can sing
(C) 2 well
(D) 1 (D) Boys in form 6 who play football

2. The set of integers from – 1 to 3 is 5. The number of subsets of the set

a, b, c, d is
(A) 1,1, 2, 3 (A) 16
(B) 12
(B)  1, 0, 1, 2, 3
(C) 8
(C) 0,1, 2 (D) 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 6. Pa, b, c, d, e. Which of the

following subsets is not a proper subset
of P?
3. In a class of 30 students, each student
(A) a, b
studies French or Spanish or both. If 18
students study French and 24 study
Spanish, the maximum number who
study both is (B) a, b, c

(A) 12 (C) a, b, c, d

(B) 10 (D) a, b, c, d , e
(C) 8
(D) 6

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7. A and B are sets. Which diagram(s) 9.
illustrate(s) A  B is

In the above diagram, the number of

elements in each set is shown. The
number of elements that belong to P
only or Q only is

(A) 18
(B) 15
(A) (i) only
(C) 8
(B) (ii) only
(D) 7
(C) Neither (i) nor (ii)
(D) Both (i) and (ii)
10.

8. Sx:2x2, xZ. n S  

(A) 5
(B) 4 In the above diagram, the sets X and Y
(C) 3 may possibly be:

(D) 2

(i) X  4, 2, 7, 6and Y  3, 1, 5, 8

(ii) X  a, b, c and Y d, e, f , g

(A) Both (i) and (ii)

(B) Neither (i) nor (ii)
(C) (i) only
(D) (ii) only

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 (D) PQ
11. Two sets P and Q are such that 14.
nP  6, nQ  7 and
nPQ2 nP Q 

(A) 9
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 15 If n U   41 , then x =
12.

(A) 6
(B) 5
(C) 4
(D) 3

S = {sixth form students in a school}

P = {prefects in a school}
x identifies a student who is

(A) a sixth form prefect

(B) a sixth for student who is not a
prefect
(C) neither a sixth form student nor
a prefect
(D) a prefect who is not in sixth form

13. P = { a, b, c, d} Q = {d, c, b}

(A) P  Q

(B) Q  P

(C) P  Q

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 (D) negative numbers less than – 3
15. E = {scalene triangles} 17.
I = {isosceles triangles}
The diagram that illustrates the sets is

The Venn diagram shows the number of

students in a class who study Drama,
(D) and Music, (M). The probability that
a student, chosen at random, studies
only one of these mentioned subjects is
(A) 3/5
(B) 1/2
(C) 3/10
(D) 1/5

18. Which of the following sets has two

subsets?
(A) {a}
(B) {p,q}
(C) {1,2}
(D) {4,5,6}

19.

P = {factors of 4} Q = {factors of 6}
16. Which of the following is not an infinite
set? P∩Q =
(A) {1}
(B) {1, 2}
(A) the world’s human population
(C) {1, 2, 4}
(B) multiples of 5 (D) {1, 2, 3, 4}
(C) fractions between 1 and 2

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20. If P = {Prime Numbers} and Q = 24. State the members of the
{50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, complement of A
59, 60} then P  Q = (A) {4, 8, 10}
(A) {51, 53, 55, 57, 59} (B) (2, 6}
(B) {50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60} (C) {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
(C) {51, 53, 57, 59} (D) {3, 5}
(D) {53, 59}

25. Which of the following sets are

21. Which of the following sets is NOT empty?
infinite? (A) Negative whole numbers
(A) {Books in the school library} (B) Natural numbers less than zero
(B) {Numbers divisible by both 2 and (C) Even prime numbers
3} (D) Odd numbers which are multiples
(C) {Names in the telephone directory}
of 2
(D) {Girls in the choir at school}

22. If U = {Multiples of 6}, which of

the following is a subset of U?
(A) {1, 2, 3, 6}
(B) {3, 6 ,9, 12}
(C) {6, 12, 18, 24)
(D) {1, 6, 12, 18}

Questions 23 and 24 refer to the

Venn Diagram below, where
U = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}

2 6
4 8 10

23. Describe the set U in words.

(A) Odd numbers
(B) Even Numbers
(C) Odd numbers less than 12
(D) Even numbers less than 12

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Questions 26-28 refer to the Venn Diagram Questions 29-30 refer to the Venn Diagram
below, where below, where A and B are two sets such that
n A  nB = 24 and n(U) = 50
U – Represents the entire class with a total of 35.
S – Students who study Spanish
F – Students who study French

29. The value of x is

(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(D) 24
26. The number of students who study
both Spanish and French is

30. n A  B =
(A) 3
(B) 8 (A) 6
(C) 10 (B) 8
(D) 14 (C) 18
(D) 42

27. The number of students who do not

study either French or Spanish
(A) 3
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 14

28. The number of students who study

only one subject is
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 14
(D) 24

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 ANSWERS
SETS 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 B
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 D
7 D
8 B
9 B
10 A
11 B
12 D
13 B
14 B
15 A
16 A
17 B
18 A
19 B
20 D
21 B
22 C
23 D
24 A
25 C
26 B
27 A
28 D
29 A
30 B

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 TEST10
MEASUREMENT 1

1. The volume of a cube with side 10 5.

units is
(A) 10
(B) 102

(C) 103
(D) 104
The area of the above rectangle, in
cm2
2. The total surface area, in cm2, of a
(A) 10 0 000
cube of side 5 cm is (B) 10 000
(A) 150
(B) 125 (C) 1 400

(C) 100 (D) 140

(D) 90

6. The volume of the cylinder, in terms

3. Which suggested shape has 6 faces, of π cm3, is
8 vertices and 12 edges ?
(A) Cylinder
(B) Cuboid
(C) Pyramid
(D) Cone

4. School starts at 8:00 am and ends at

2:30 pm. During this time there is a
morning break of 20 minutes, a
(A) 16 π
lunch break of 40 minutes and an
(B) 12 π
evening break of 10 minutes. The
amount of classroom time is (C) 18 π
(D) 4 π

(A) 5 hours 30 minutes

(B) 5 hours 20 minutes
(C) 5 hours 10 minutes
(D) 5 hours

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7. On a map, with a scale of 1: 10 000, 11.
1 cm2 has an actual area, in m2 , of

(A) 1016
(B) 108
(C) 104
(D) 102

8. The number of square tiles of side 12 The area of the figure, shown above,
cm that is required to cover a in cm2 is
rectangular counter-top, 10.8 m by (A) 36
(B) 30
2.4 m, is
(A) 18 (C) 24
(B) 180 (D) 18
(C) 1 800
(D) 18 000 12.

9. A square of side 18 cm and a

rectangle of width 12 cm
have the same perimeter. The length
of the rectangle in cm is
(A) 36
(B) 24
ABCD is a rectangle and ABPQ is a
(C) 20 parallelogram, as shown above. We
(D) 16 may conclude, that
(A) both figures have the same area.
(B) the area of the rectangle is
10. A piece of wire of length 64 cm is
greater than the area of the
cut into two equal pieces and each
parallelogram.
piece bent to form squares. The
(C) the area of the parallelogram is
length of each side of the squares, in
greater than the area of the
cm, is
rectangle.
(A) 4
(D) no conclusion can be made about
(B) 8
their areas.
(C) 16
(D) 32

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13. 16. The diagonals of a quadrilateral
bisect each other at right angles. The
quadrilateral is best described as a
(A) parallelogram
(B) kite

(C) rhombus
(D) trapezium
In the above two figures, we can
deduce that the area of
(A) P is larger than Q by 10 cm2 17. An empty rectangular tank, filled
(B) Q is larger than P by 4 cm2 with water and measuring 60cm by
(C) P and Q have the same area 40cm by 12cm, leaks at a constant
(D) Q is larger than P by 10 cm2 rate of 5cm3 s-1. The time taken for
the tank to become empty, in
14. A triangle with base 10 cm, has an minutes, is
area of 40 cm2 . Its height, in cm, is (A) 120
(A) 30 (B) 96
(B) 10
(C) 60
(C) 8 (D) 40
(D) 4

15.
18. The volume of a cylindrical log of
radius 7 cm and 2 m long in m3 is

(A) 0.0308
(B) 0.308
(C) 3.08
(D) 30.8

Diagram 1 shows the water-level in a

measuring cylinder reading 30 ml. 19. A one-litre jug is filled with water
Diagram 2 shows the level when a and water poured into two cups
metal cube of side 3 cm is holding 225 ml each. The volume of
submerged in the water. The reading water left in the jug, in ml, is
of the water level in diagram 2, in (A) 775
ml, is (B) 550
(A) 33
(C) 450
(B) 48
(D) 227
(C) 57
(D) 84

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20. 23.

Blocks X and Y are made of the

same material and with dimensions,
as shown. The conclusion about the A triangle T is inscribed in a
weight of the blocks is rectangle as shown in the above
(A) Y is heavier than X diagram. The ratio of the area of the
(B) X is heavier than Y rectangle, R to the area of triangle T
(C) X and Y have the same weight is
(D) It is not possible to make a (A) 4 : 1
conclusion (B) 2 : 1

21. A tractor has a front wheel of a (C) 1 : 1

(D) 1 :2
radius 14 cm and a rear wheel of
radius 42 cm. The number of turns
made by the front wheel when the
rear wheel makes one complete turn
is
(A) 28
(B) 27

(C) 9
(D) 3

22. An athlete, P, ran a distance of 0.5

km in 2 minutes. Another athlete, Q,
ran a distance of 2 km in 8 minutes.
Therefore
(A) P ran faster than Q
(B) Q ran faster than P
(C) They both ran at the same speed
(D) No conclusion can be made

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24. 25. A rectangle R1 has both length and
width three times that of another
rectangle R2. The ratio of the area of
R1 to the area of R2 is
(A) 3 : 1
(B) 6 : 1

(C) 9 : 1
(D) 12 : 1
26.

The diagram shows a rectangle block

4 cm by 6 cm by 8 cm. The largest
cube that can be cut off from this
block will have a volume, in cm3, of
(A) 512
(B) 192

(C) 64
(D) 18

27.

The diagram shows the largest circle

that may be inscribed in a square. If
The triangles that have the same area the circumference of the circle is 44
are? cm, then the square is of side, in cm,
(A) (i) and (ii) only (A) 44
(B) (ii) and (iii) only (B) 14
(C) (i) and (iii) only
(C) 11
(D) All of (i), (ii) and (iii)
(D) 7

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28. A truck carried 4.8 tonnes of cargo
in three equal trips. The weight of
cargo, in each trip, in kg, is
(A) 160
(B) 1 440

(C) 1 600
(D) 3 000

29.

The figure shown above is a sector

of a circle of radius 7 cm. The
perimeter of the figure, in cm, is
(A) 47
(B) 44

(C) 40
(D) 33

30. Two ice cubes of side 2 cm each are

placed in the water of a measuring
cylinder. The water level reads 50
cm3. When the 2 cubes have melted,
the water level will read, in cm3,
(A) 66
(B) 62

(C) 54
(D) 50

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 ANSWERS
MEASUREMENT 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 A
3 B
4 B
5 A
6 A
7 B
8 C
9 B
10 B
11 B
12 A
13 D
14 C
15 C
16 C
17 B
18 A
19 B
20 A
21 D
22 C
23 B
24 D
25 C
26 C
27 B
28 C
29 A
30 D

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 TEST 11
MEASUREMENT 2

1. Which of the following is the best 4. A cube with volume 64 cm3 has a total
estimate for an average weight of a 2- surface area, in cm2, of
month-old baby boy or girl?
(A) 96
(A) 1 kg
(B) 80
(B) 4 kg
(C) 64
(C) 8 kg
(D) 24
(D) 10 kg

5. A boy leaves home at 7:30 a.m and

2. A tank filled with 200 litres of juice is cycles to school, 6 km away, arriving at
used to fill small bottles with a capacity 7:45 a.m. The average speed of the boy
250 ml. The number of bottles that may as he cycles, in kmh-1, is
be filled is
(A) 32
(A) 2500
(B) 24
(B) 1250
(C) 18
(C) 1000
(D) 16
(D) 800
3.
6.

A rectangular block of metal 9 cm by

6 cm by 4 cm is melted down to form a
In the square above, the perimeter is cube of side,
P m and the area is P m2. P =
(A) 2
(A) 4 cm
(B) 4
(B) 6 cm
(C) 8
(C) 8 cm
(D) 16
(D) 9 cm

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7. 9. The area of AOB, in cm2, is

(A) 44

2
(B) 36
3
2
A farmer is to use all of 100 m of (C) 25
fencing to fence off a rectangular sheep- 3
pen. He uses an adjoining hedge as one
1
side of the fence. If the length is twice (D) 7
the width, the area of the pen, is, in m2, 3

(A) 1250 10. The perimeter of AOB, in cm, is

1
(B) 1200 (A) 21
3
(C) 1000 1
(B) 14
(D) 960 3
8. A rectangular box measures 3cm  4 (C) 14
cm  5 cm. The volume, in m3, is
1
(D) 7
3
(A) 6  1 06
11. Fence posts are placed at the ends and
(B) 6  1 05 are 5 m apart on a 100 m long wire
fence. The number of posts used is
(C) 6 105 (A) 20

(D) 6 106 (B) 21

Questions 9 to 10 are based on the (C) 24

information given below. (D) 25
12. A rectangle has a width of 2 cm and a
perimeter greater than 12 cm. The
length, L cm, is such that L

(A) = 4
(B) < 4
(C) > 4
AOB shows part of a circle, center O,
(D) = 6
 22 
and radius 7 cm.   
 7

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13. On a map, a pond has a length of 2 cm. 16. The area of the figure, in cm2, is
If the scale is 1:1 000 000, the actual
length of the pond, in km, is
(A) 18

(A) 2 (B) 20

(B) 20 (C) 24

(C) 200 (D) 30

(D) 2000
Questions 14-16 are based on the 17.
diagram below

When a metal cube is removed from

the water in a measuring cylinder,
the level dropped from 74 ml to 10
ml. The length of the cube, in cm, is
14. TPQR is a rectangle. The length of the (A) 64
side PQ, in cm, is (B) 34

(C) 16
(A) 5 (D) 4
(B) 6
(C) 7 18. On a map, the distance between two
towns P and Q is 2 cm. If the actual
(D) 8 distance between P and Q is 20 km, the
15. The perimeter of the figure, in cm, is scale is

(A) 17 (A) 1 : 1000000

(B) 22 (B) 1:100000

(C) 24 (C) 1: 10000

(D) 28 (D) 1 : 10 0 0

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19. A 2-litre jug filled with juice is used to 21.
fill cups holding 175 ml each. The
number of filled cups is

(A) 12
(B) 11
(C) 10
(D) 9
The diagram shows two circular fields
20. with radii 90 m and 180 m. The ratio of
their areas is

(A) 1 : 2

(B) 1: 3

(C) 1 : 4

(D) 1 : 6

22. The figure shows an isosceles triangle

atop a rectangle.

The perimeter of the figure shown

above, in cm, is
The figures shown above, with the same
(A) 36
volume, are
(B) 30
(A) (i) and (ii)
(C) 20
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(D) 14
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) (i) and (ii) and (iii)

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23. A cubical box has a volume of (A) 48
15.625 m3. Its side is of length, in m, (B) 72
(A) 1.5 (C) 96
(B) 2.0 (D) 144
(C) 2.5 23
26. A student incorrectly uses  as
(D) 3.0 7
and obtains the circumference of a circle
24. as 46 m. The correct circumference
should be, in m,

(A) 44
(B) 42
(C) 40
In the above rectangle, the length is
doubled and the width is halved. The (D) 23
area of the new rectangle is the area of
the given rectangle times
27. A rectangular table top 3 m by 1 m is to
be covered by either small tiles, 3 cm by
4 cm costing $1.00 each or by larger
1 tiles 5 cm square that costs $2.00 each.
(A)
4 Which of the following is true?
1
(B) (A) using the smaller tile costs less.
2
(C) 1 (B) using the larger tile costs less.

(D) 2 (C) the cost is the same using either size

of tile.
(D) the same number of smaller or
25. larger tiles are used

Triangular tiles, as shown above, are

used to cover a rectangular countertop
of dimensions 0.48 m by 1.44 m. The
number of tiles used is

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28. 30.

A rectangular wall measuring 8 m by 4

m now has a rectangular window 3 m by
2 m installed in it. The area of wall
The diagram shows a circular flower remaining, in m2, is
bed of radius 4 m surrounded by an
(A) 28
outer lawn of radius 6 m, shown
shaded, in the diagram. The area of (B) 26
the lawn, in m2, is (C) 24
(D) 20
(A) 20

(B) 18

(C) 16

(D) 12

29. A rectangular tank of volume 36 m3 and

height 4 m has a square base of side, in
m, of

(A) 2

1
(B) 2
2
(C) 3

1
(D) 3
2

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 ANSWERS
MEASUREMENT 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 B
2 D
3 D
4 A
5 B
6 B
7 A
8 C
9 C
10 A
11 B
12 C
13 B
14 A
15 C
16 C
17 D
18 A
19 B
20 B
21 C
22 B
23 C
24 C
25 C
26 A
27 B
28 A
28 C
30 B

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 TEST 12
MEASUREMENT 3

1. 125 cubic centimetres as a fraction of 1 4. A car covers a distance of 30 km in 1

litre is hour. The speed in, ms-1, is

1 1
(A) (A) 12
10 2
1 1
(B) (B) 8
8 3
1 (C) 6
(C)
5 (D) 5
1 5. 2 cm2 expressed in m2, is
(D)
2
2. 1¼ kg, converted to grams, is (A) 2  1 04
(A) 114
(B) 125 (B) 2  1 02

(C) 1140 (C) 2 102

(D) 1250
(D) 2 104

1
3. The best suggested approximation to 6.

is

(A) 3
(B) 1

1
(C)
3
The figure shows a 5 m  12 m
1 rectangular pool, PQRS. The distance
(D) PR in metres is
4
(A) 13
(B) 17
(C) 26
(D) 34

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7. The number of square metres in 1 11. A square has sides 400 m. Its area in
hectare is cm2, and expressed in standard form is
(A) 100

(B) 1000 (A) 4 x 104

(B) 4 x 108
(C) 10 000
(C) 1.6 x 108
(D) 100 000 (D) 1.6 x 109

8. In a walking race, an athlete walks from

village X to village Y, 14 km apart at a 12. School started at 8:30 am and ended at
steady 4 kmh-1. If he leaves X at 8:00 3:00 pm. There was an hour lunch-break
am, his expected arrival time is and a 20-minute recess. The time spent
(A) 9:40 am in class, in hours, was
(B) 10:20 am
(C) 11:30 am (A) 6 ½
(B) 5 ½
(D) 12:30 pm
(C) 5 ¼
9. A cow weighs 351 kg to the nearest kg. (D) 5 ⅙
Which of the suggested weights cannot
be the weight of the cow?

13.
(A) 350.49 kg
(B) 350.6 kg
(C) 351.2 kg
(D) 351.48 kg

10.
The above diagram shows a rectangle
measuring 12 cm by 4 cm and X lies on
DC. The ratio of the area of the shaded
region to the area of the unshaded region
is
(A) 2:1
(B) 1:1
The area of the trapezium shown is
18 cm2. The value of a  b is (C) 1:2
(D) 1:4
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 12

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 14. 17.

The diagrams show a cube of side a cm

and a rectangular box 8cm by 12cm by
16 cm. If 24 of the cubes fit exactly in In the above rectangle, the area of the
the box, then a = shaded region is
(A) 4 (A) 20x + 5
(B) 6 (B) 20x - 5

(C) 8 (C) 20x - 14

(D) 12 (D) 20x – 25

15. A liquid weighs 800 g per litre. 1 kg of 18.

the liquid will occupy a volume, in cm3,
of
(A) 200
A number of matches, M, is used to
(B) 800
make a number of squares, S. The rule
(C) 1000 that describes the pattern is
(D) 1250 (A) M = 3S
(B) M = 4S
16. (C) M = 3S + 1
(D) M = 4S – 1
19.

In the above diagram, x = The area of the figure, shown above, in

(A) 12 cm2, is
(A) 9
(B) 13 (B) 8
(C) 19 (C) 5
(D) 24 (D) 4

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20. 23. The number of millimetres in 1 2/5
metres is
(A) 125
(B) 140
(C) 1 250
(D) 1 400

The area of the rectangle, shown above,

is 24.
(A) 6x
(B) 8x2/27
(C) 6
(D) 7x
21.
Two measuring cylinders labelled A and
B each have a maximum capacity of
100 cm3 and contain 80 cm3and 60 cm3
of water respectively. Water
from B is poured into A until it is filled.
What is the ratio of the volume of water
The area of the parallelogram, shown now in cylinder A to the volume of
above, in cm2, is water now in cylinder B?
(A) 12 (A) 5:2
(B) 8 (B) 4:3
(C) 6 (C) 1:1
(D) 4 (D) 2:5
22. 25.

The diagram shows a part of a circle of

The area of the figure shown above, in radius 14 cm. The length of the arc, PQ,
cm2, is in cm, is
(A) 32 (A) 14 2/3
(B) 28 (B) 22
(C) 24 (C) 63 1/3
(D) 18 (D) 88

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26. The area of a square is more than 25 30. The radius of the circle, in cm, with area
cm2. The length of the perimeter in cm 77/2 cm2, is
may lie between (A) 38 ½
(A) 4 and 10
(B) 12 and 16 (B) 18

(C) 15 and 19 (C) 11

(D) 20 and 21 (D) 3 ½

27.

The area of the trapezium, shown above,

in cm2, is
(A) 45
(B) 60
(C) 65
(D) 90
28. A man left his house at 22:15 hours and
arrived at his destination at 05:00 hours
the next day. The duration of the
journey, in hours, is
(A) 6
(B) 6 ¾
(C) 7

(D)7 ¼

29. The total length, in cm, of all the edges

of a cube of side 5 cm, is
(A) 60
(B) 40
(C) 30
(D) 20

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 ANSWERS
MEASUREMENT 3

QUESTION NO KEY
1 B
2 D
3 C
4 B
5 D
6 A
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 B
11 D
12 D
13 B
14 A
15 D
16 B
17 B
18 C
19 B
20 C
21 B
22 C
23 D
24 A
25 A
26 D
27 C
28 B
29 A
30 D

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 TEST 13
STATISTICS 1

1. The diagram that is best suited to 5. When we tabulate a large number of

show the budget of a household is a numerical data in a particular order,
(A) table of values it is called a
(B) pictograph (A) bar graph
(B) pie-chart
(C) pie-chart
(D) bar graph (C) pictograph
(D) frequency table

2. The middle value of a set of values, 6. To find the mean of a set of values
when arranged in order of magnitude we must know
is the (i) the set of values
(A) mean (ii) the number of values
(B) mode (iii) the values in ascending order
of magnitude.
(C) range
(D) median Which statement(s) is (are) true?

(A) (i) and (ii) only

(B) (ii) and (iii) only
3. In a frequency table, the item that
occurs most often is the (C) (i) and (iii) only
(A) mean (D) (iii) only
(B) mode

(C) range 7. A fair coin is tossed. If H denotes the

(D) median event of getting a head, then P(H) =
(A) 1
(B) ½
4. The difference between the highest
and lowest values in a distribution is (C) ¼
called the (D) 0
(A) mean
(B) mode
8. When a fair die is tossed, the
(C) range probability of NOT getting a ‘six’ is
(D) median (A) 5/6
(B) 1/2

(C) 1/3
(D) 1/6

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9. In an ordinary pack of playing cards, The pie-chart shows the favourite
the probability of choosing, at sport played by 120 people in a
random, a red card is survey. The best suggested value for
(A) 3/4 the number of people who chose
(B) 1/2 cricket is
(C)1/3 (A) 30
(B) 45
(D) 1/4
(C) 60
10. Which set of numbers has the same (D) 90
mean as median?
(A) {4, 6, 10} 13. A letter is chosen at random from the
(B) {3, 7, 14} word T O B A G O. The probability
(C) {1, 5, 11} of the letter being O is
(A) 4/6
(D) {1, 2, 3}
(B) 3/6

(C) 2/6
11. The table shows the score obtained (D) 1/6
by players in a game
Score 0 1 2 3 4 5
14.
Number of 1 1 3 6 7 3
players
The modal score is
(A) 5 If all the faces of a die are marked
(B) 4 with 6, then the probability of
(C) 3 obtaining a ‘6’ when the die is tossed
(D) 2 is
(A) 0
(B) 1/6

(C) 1/2
12. (D) 1

15. In an ordinary fair die, the

probability of obtaining a number
greater than 6 is
(A) 0
(B) 1/6

(C) 1/2
(D) 1

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16. If all the vowels are removed from 20. A bag has 13 balls some of which are
the word M A T H E M A T I C S, red and the rest blue. If a red ball is
and a letter is chosen at random, the to be added to the bag, the
probability of choosing M is probability of choosing a blue ball
(A) 2/11 will be ½.The number of blue balls
(B) 1/2 now present in the bag is
(C) 2/7 (A) 7
(B) 6
(D) 1/7
(C) 5
(D) 4
17. A bag contains 60 marbles that are
identical except for colour. The
probability of choosing a red marble 21. If 6 and x have the same mean as 2, 4
is 5/12. The number of red marbles is and 24, then x is
(A) 35 (A) 36
(B) 25 (B) 14
(C) 12 (C) 10
(D) 5 (D) 5

22. Three ordinary fair coins are tossed

18. The arithmetic mean of three together. The probability that all
numbers is 6 and that of another three lands on „heads‟ is
three numbers is 4. The mean of all (A) 1/8
the numbers is (B) 1/3
(A) 6 (C) 1/2
(B) 5 (D) 2/3
(C) 4
(D) 2

19. The median of the numbers 4, 7,

and 11 is 8. The value of x is
(A) 7
(B) 9

(C) 15
(D) 22

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 Questions 23-25 are based on the Bar 26.
Chart below showing the favourite
colour of people in a survey.

Bar Chart
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 The pie-chart indicates the favourite
red blue black green yellow
drink of the pupils at a school. If the
number of students who chose
23. The number of people surveyed is chocolate milk is 70, the number of
(A) 100 students at the school is
(B) 75 (A) 500
(B) 420
(C) 50
(D) 25 (C) 360
(D) 300

27.
24. The modal colour is
(A) green
(B) yellow

(C) red
(D) black

25. The probability of selecting a person

who chose the modal colour is
(A) 1/5
(B) 1/4
In a game, a die is thrown in a large
(C) 1/3 coloured circular disc as shown
(D) 1/2 above. The probability that it lands
on the blue sector is
(A) 2/3
(B) 1/2

(C) 3/8
(D) 1/3

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28. In a class of 30 students, the
table, shown below, gives the
marks in a test marked out of 25.

Mark No. of Students

1-5 8

6-10 4

11-15 8

16-20 9

21-25 1

Total 30

Which score can you identify is one

that no student obtained?
(A) 0
(B) 5

(C) 7
(D) 13

29. If the pass mark was 16, what

percent of the class passed the
test?
(A) 20%
(B) 25%
(C) 33 1/3 %
(D) 80%

30. What is the midpoint of the

modal class interval?
(A) 3
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 18

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 ANSWERS:
STATISTICS 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 D
3 B
4 C
5 D
6 A
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 D
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 D
15 A
16 C
17 B
18 B
19 A
20 A
21 B
22 A
23 B
24 A
25 C
26 B
27 C
28 A
29 C
30 D

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 TEST 14

STATISTICS 2

1. The most suitable diagram to display the 4. The probability that a fair die when
daily temperature of a city is tossed, scores less than 3, is

(A) line graph 1

(A)
(B) bar graph 6

(C) histogram 1
(B)
3
(D) pie chart
1
(C)
2
2
2. The scores obtained by participants in a (D)
quiz are: 4, 7, 8, 8, 5, 6, 4, 2, 8, 8 and 7. 3
The modal score is

Questions 5-8refer to the table below

(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 7 No.
of
(D) 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
calls

No.
of
0 1 4 9 6 5 2 1 2
days
1
3. The mean of eight values is 3 . If the
2
value 8 is added, the new mean is

5. The number of days over which the

(A) 8 information was obtained is
1
(B) 4
2 (A) 7

(C) 4 (B) 30

1 (C) 31
(D) 3
2 (D) 36

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6. The mean number of calls per day is 10.

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 8

7. The modal number of calls received is A man spends $240 out of his weekly
salary of $1080 on rent. This is
represented on a pie-chart by a sector
(A) 3 with angle  , where  
(B) 4 (A) 72°
(C) 5 (B) 80°
(D) 8 (C) 88°
(D) 90°
8. The median number of calls received is

11. In three subjects Nazim attained scores

(A) 3 of 62, 73 and 57. His fourth score gives
(B) 4 an average of 70. His fourth score is

(C) 5
(A) 70
(D) 6
(B) 74
9. Emmanuel’s scores in term test, each
subject marked out of 100 are: (C) 88
Mathematics – 74 (D) 92
English – 68 12. An ordinary, fair die is thrown. The
Science – 63 probability that the score is a number
that lies between 1 and 6 is
Social Studies– 54 1
(A)
His score in Spanish is not yet obtained. 6
To average 70% overall he needs to 1
score, in Spanish, a mark of (B)
3
(A) 100
1
(B) 95 (C)
2
(C) 91 (D) 1
(D) 70

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 Questions 13 to 14 are based on the Questions 16 to 18 refer to the
diagram given below. information given below.
The bar chart shows the number of A bag contains 6 blue marbles and 8 red
vehicles that park in a parking lot over a marbles. The marbles are
5 day period. indistinguishable except for colour.
15. A marble is chosen at random. The
probability that it is not red is

3
(A)
4
4
(B)
7
3
(C)
7
1
(D)
14
16. If a red marble is chosen and it is not
13. The total number of vehicles that parked replaced, the probability that the next
over the 5 day period is marble is red is

(A) 120 4
(A)
7
(B) 110
7
(C) 100 (B)
13
(D) 90
3
14. The mean number of vehicles that (C)
parked per day is 7
(A) 25 1
(D)
(B) 24 4
(C) 22 17. How many blue marbles must be added
to the bag so that the probability of
(D) 20 choosing a blue marble is the same as
the probability of choosing a red
marble?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2

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 (D) 1 1
(D)
Questions 18 to 21 are based on the 2
diagram given below.
The diagram shows a pinwheel at a 21. If we replace one of the candy sections
bazaar divided equally into eight with pen, what is the probability of
sectors. obtaining a pen?
1
(A)
8
1
(B)
4
1
(C)
3
. 1
(D)
18. Which item is most likely to be won? 2
22.
(A) Candy
(B) Pen
(C) Ball
(D) Pencil
19. The angle of each sector is

(A) 30°
(B) 45°
(C) 60° The bar chart shows how a farmer has
planted his field so far. If he still has 6
(D) 90°
hectares for planting bananas, the total
acreage is, in hectares,

20. The probability of obtaining a pencil is (A) 28

1 (B) 24
(A)
8
(C) 20
1
(B) (D) 18
4
1
(C)
3

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23. A fair coin is tossed twice. The Questions 25 to 27 are based on the
probability of obtaining a head on the table given below.
second toss is
The marks obtained by students in a
spelling contest are:
(A) 1
Marks 1 2 3 4 5
1
(B) Number
2
of
2 3 4 8 3
1 students
(C)
4
1 25. The modal mark is
(D)
8
(A) 8

24. A small child who cannot distinguish (B) 5

between left and right puts on her shoes.
(C) 4
The probability that they are on the
correct feet is (D) 3

1
(A) 26. The mean mark is
4
1 (A) 0.75
(B)
2
(B) 3.35
1
(C) (C) 10
3
(D) 15
(D) 1

27. The median mark is

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

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 Questions 28 to 30 are based on the 30. The month with the least rainfall is
diagram showing rainfall in a town.
(A) January
(B) June
(C) May
(D) March

The diagram shows the total rainfall for

each of the first 6 months of a year.

28. The total rainfall, in cm, is

(A) 205
(B) 195
(C) 190
(D) 180

29. The mean amount of rainfall per month,

in cm, lies between

(A) 39 and 38
(B) 37 and 36
(C) 35 and 34
(D) 33 and 32

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 ANSWERS:
STATISTICS 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 B
5 B
6 C
7 A
8 B
9 C
10 B
11 C
12 D
13 B
14 C
15 C
16 B
17 C
18 B
19 B
20 B
21 D
22 B
23 B
24 B
25 C
26 B
27 C
28 B
29 D
30 D

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 TEST 15
ALGEBRA 1

1. 2 3  4  36  2  x x

5.   2, x 
(A) 11 2 3
(B) 2
(A) 2
(C) – 5
(B) 3
(D) – 11
(C) 6
(D) 12
ab
2. If a  b denotes then  5  10 
a
(A) – 5
6. x 1x  4 
(B) – 1
(C) 1 (A) x  4 x  4
2

(D) 10
(B) x  3x  4
2

(C) x  3x  4
2

3. x  2 and x  3 may be expressed as

(A)  2  x  3 (D) x  3x  4
2

(B)  2  x  3

(C)  3  x  2 8x  6
7. 
 2x
(D)  3  x  2

3
(A) 4
4. p  q denotes the remainder when q is x
divided by p. 5  23 is equal to
3
(A) 4 (B) 4 x 
x
(B) 3
4
(C) 2 (C)  3
x
(D) 1
3
(D)  4 
x

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8. The solution of 2x  1  5 is illustrated 11. 22x 1  x 7, then x is
as

(A) > 3
(A)
(B) < 3
(C) > −3
(D) < −3
(B)

12. 3y 1 7 . The largest y is

(C)
(A) 3

2
(B) 2
3
(D)
(C) 2
(D) 1½

9. 4 x 2  9 y 2 factorises to
13. If p apples cost $ q each, then the
(A) 4 x  9 y 4 x  9 y  change received from $ r is

(B) 2x  3 y 2x  3 y 

(A)  p  qr 
(C) 2x  3 y 2x  3 y 

(D) x  y 4 x  9 y 
(B) q  pr 
(C) r  q  p
10.
8x  6
 (D) r  pq 
2
(A)  4x  3

(B)  4x  3 14. a2b2ab

(C) 4x  3
(A) 2a2 2b2
(D) 4x  3
(B) 2a  2b
2

(C) 2a  2b

(D) 2 a  3ab  2b
2 2

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 19. When x  2 which of the following is
15.
1
2x  3  4, x NOT equal to 8?
2

(A) 6 (A) 3x  2

1 (B) 32x
(B) 5
2
(C) x 3
(C) 5
(D) 8 x
1
(D) 4
2

16. If
x 1 4
 . x

20. If 6x12 3x2 , then x 
3 2 (A) = - 3
(B) = 2
(A) 5 (C) = 0
(B) 4 (D) has no solution
(C) 2
(D) 1
21. x2  6x  8 

17. 2a3b4a6b (A) x  4x  2

(A) 6a  3b (B) x  4x  2

(B) 3b  2a (C) x  4x  2

(D) x  8x  1
(C) 3a  2b

(D) 3b  6a

1
22. 
18. The cost of x erasers at $2 each and 2 2 3
rulers at $x each is

1
(A) $2x (A) 
6
(B) $x 2 (B) – 6
2
(C) $ 2 x (C) 6

(D) $4x (D) 8

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 3x 3 6  4
23.  27.  8, 
2x2 

3 (A) – 3
(A)
2x 1
(B)
3x 3
(B)
2 (C) 2

(C) 3x 2 (D) 3

(D) 2x 2

24. If 2 x  1  6 , the largest integer that 28. x 4 represents,

satisfies the inequation is
(A) x  x  x  x
(A) – 4
(B) x  4
(B) – 3
(C) x2x3x4x
(C) 2
(D) x  x  x  x
(D) 3
29. 9 y 1 
2
25. The cost of x pineapples at $y each ☐
the cost of y oranges at $x each.
The ☐can be replaced by
(A) 9 y  1
2

(B) 3 y  1
2
(A) >
(B) < (C) 3y 13y 1
(C) =
(D) 3y 13y 1
(D) ≠
30. If v2  u2  2as, then s =
v2  u 2
(A)
26. A thermometer reading changes from a 2a
daytime value of 20°C to – 13°C during
the night time. The difference is v2  u 2
(B)
a
(A) 33°C
v2  u2
(B) 13°C (C)
a
(C) -7°C
v2  u 2
(D)-20°C (D)
2a

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 ANSWERS
ALGEBRA 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 B
5 D
6 B
7 D
8 C
9 C
10 A
11 C
12 B
13 D
14 D
15 B
16 A
17 B
18 D
19 D
20 D
21 C
22 D
23 B
24 A
25 C
26 A
27 D
28 D
29 C
30 A

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 TEST 16
ALGEBRA 2

1. a  b2  5.
2 x
 as a single fraction is
x 2

(A) a  b
2 2

(A) 1
(B) a  b
2 2

x2  4
(B)
(C) a  b  a b
2 2
2x
(D) a  2 a b  b x2
2 2

(C)
4

2. If x is odd, then which of the following 4x

(D)
is also odd? 4 x
ab  ac
(A) x  2 6. reduces to
ab  ac
(B) x  1
(A) - 1
(C) x  3
(B) 1  c
(D) 2x
bc
(C)
bc
3. x42x12x2 ax4 , where
ac
a= (D)
(A) – 8 b

(B) – 7 7. A boy has $x. He gives his sister $10

and spends half the remainder. He now
(C) 6 has
(D) 3 (A)
1
x  10
2
4. The root of x, reduced by the square of
3, is expressed as (B) 2x 10
(A) x  3
2

(C)
1
x  10
(B) x  3
2
2
x
(C) x  3  10
2 2
(D)
2
x 3
2
(D)

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8. a2 × 6a =
(A) 5a 3
13.
x y 
2 2 3

(B) 6a 2 xy 3
(C) 6a3
(A) xy
(D) 12a3
2 2
9. a b denotes the remainder when (B) x y
a  b  is divided by 5. 63 3 3 3
(C) x y

(A) 4 6
(D) x y
6

(B) 3 14. The sum of two positive numbers is 16

(C) 2 and their difference is 2. The larger
number is
(D) 1
(A) 10

10. y  x 2x 1.
2
y2  (B) 9

(A) 2x5 x4 (C) 7

(D) 6
(B) 2x3 x2
(C) 2 x  x
4 2 1
15. 2 m  ,m=
32
(D) 2x 2  x (A) – 5

11. If 5x23x40, then x = (B) 

1
5

(A) – 11 1
(C)
5
(B) – 1
(D) 5
2
(C) 2
3 16. 2x1x30, x
(D) 11 1
(A)  or – 3
2
12. a is doubled and then cubed. The result
is (B) 2 or – 3
3
(A) 8a
1
3
(C) or – 3
(B) 6a 2
3
(C) 4a 1
(D)  or 3
3
2
(D) 2a

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17. If a  b cn , then b = 21. 23x12x10, x is

n
(A) ac (A) > 2

(B) c a
n
(B) > - 2

(C) ac  n (C) < 2

(D) < -2
(D) ca n

22. If a  256 , then a =

a
18. The smallest positive integer such that
x  2 1 is
(A) 12

(A) 4 (B) 8

(B) 5 (C) 4

(C) 21 (D) 2

(D) 25

23. a  b  1 
2

2ab2  3a 2b

19.
ab (A) a  b 1a b 1

(A) 2b  3a
(B) a  b 1a b 1
(B) 2a 3b (C) a b 1a b 1
(C) 2 ab (D) a b 1a b 1
(D) 3ab

24. If a  b  ab ,then 3 1 

ab

20. If x2 4x k is a perfect square, then (A) 3

k=
(B) 6
(A) 1
(B) 2 (C) 9
(D) 27
(C) 4
(D) 16

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25. 4 is added to 5 times a number, resulting x
in 19. The number is 29.  2  1 0 , then x =
2
(A) 3
(B) 4 ¾
(A) 1
(C) 5 ½
(D) 6 (B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 40
26. ab20
15 ab5ab
2
*, where * is

(A) 3a  4b 30. x  x  3x if x is

(B) 3b  4
1
(A)
(C) 3a4 3
(D) 4b 3a 1
(B)
2
27. During this century, a man is x years old (C) 0
in the year, x 2 . His age will be (D) – 1

(A) 40
(B) 43
(C) 45
(D) 50

28. An office requires P sheets of paper per

month for each of its E employees. T
sheets of paper will last, in months,

T
(A)
PE
PE
(B)
T
(C) TPE

TE
(D)
P

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 ANSWERS:
ALGEBRA 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 D
2 A
3 B
4 D
5 B
6 C
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 A
11 D
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 A
16 C
17 C
18 B
19 A
20 C
21 B
22 C
23 B
24 D
25 A
26 C
27 C
28 A
29 D
30 C

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 TEST 17
ALGEBRA 3

3
1. = 6. The mean of -1, 11 and is 12. =
6
(A) (A) 26
3
(B) 4 (B) 22
4
(C) 4 (C) 20
(D) 3 (D) 11

3 4
2. If × 10-2 = 0.02 then is 7. 4 ×3 =
12
(A) 1 (A) 12
7
(B) 2 (B) 12
3
(C) 10 (C) 7
(D) 20 (D) 7 4

3. If 2: 3 = 4: , then is 8. The statement that describes 4 2 is

(A) 5 (A) The square of four y
(B) 6 (B) Four times the square of y
(C) 7
(C) Four squared times
(D) 8 (D) Four squared times squared

4. If = + 1 , then = 9. Simplify –
(A) (A)
(B)
(B)
(C)
(C) (D)
(D)

10. The area of a square is N cm2 and the

5. A boy has marbles. His friend has perimeter is N cm. The value of N is
three less than twice this amount. His (A) 16
friend has (B) 12
(A) 3 -
(B) 3 - 2 (C) 8
(D) 4
(C) 2 -3
(D) (2 ) × 3

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11. If then = 16.
(A) 3
(A)
(B) 2
(B)
(C) 1
(D) 0 (C)
(D)
12. If , then
(A) 0
17. Which expression is not equal to
(B) 1
?
(C) 2 (A)
(D) 3 (B)
(C)
(D)

13. If 3p is greater than p, then p must 18. If n – 2 = 7, then n =

be (A) - 9
(A) prime (B) - 5
(B) zero
(C) 5
(C) positive
(D) 9
(D) negative

19. Maggie has y lollies, Lisa has three

14. If a = 2, b = −2 and c =−1, then
more lollies than Maggie and Bart has
a + 2b − 3c =
twice as many lollies as Lisa. Together
(A) 1
(B) 0
the number of lollies they have is
(A) y + 9
(C) -3 (B) 4y + 3
(D) -5
(C) 4y + 6
(D) 4y + 9

15. If x is an odd number then which of

the following is not odd?
20. Given a = 2 , b = 3 and (ab)2 = abc,
(A) 2 + 1
the value of c is
(B) +2
(A) 9
(C) 2( + 1) + 1 (B) 6
(D) +1
(C) 3
(D) 2

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21. Two years ago Yasmin was three times 26. If 4 kg of potatoes and x kg of carrots,
her brother’s age. Her brother is now x both costing $ 1.50 per kg, cost $ 18.00,
years old. Yasmin’s age is now then x =
(A) 3x (A) 12
(B) 3x – 4 (B) 8
(C) 3x – 6 (C) 6
(D) 4
(D) 3x + 2
27. The cost of running an advertisement in
a newspaper has an initial cost of $p
22. Simplify 3(k-1) -2(k-5) plus $12 per day. The cost for n days is
(A) k + 7 (A) 12np
(B) k + 4 (B) 12(n + p)
(C) k – 6 (C) 12p + n
(D) k – 13 (D) p + 12n

23. Sameer has $ in his bank account and 28. The sum of three consecutive even
saves $ per week for weeks. After n numbers is 42. The second number is
weeks his account will have, in dollars (A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(A) (D) 16
(B)
(C)
29. 4 is added to 5 times a number,
(D)
resulting in 19. The number is
(A) 3
(B) 4 ¾
24. If 3x + 1 = 7 then 2(3x + 1) − 2 =
(A) 5 (C) 5 ½
(B) 9 (D) 6
(C) 12
(D) 14
30.
25. If 22x = 64, then x =
(A) 2 (A)
(B) 3 (B)
(C) 4
(C)
(D) 6
(D)

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 ANSWERS
ALGEBRA 3

QUESTION NO KEY
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 A
11 D
12 B
13 C
14 A
15 D
16 C
17 A
18 D
19 D
20 B
21 B
22 A
23 B
24 C
25 B
26 B
27 D
28 C
29 A
30 C

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 TEST 18
RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 1

1. Which one of the following cannot 5. The relation f (x) = x 2 + 3x - 5 can

be used to represent a relation in best be described as:
mathematics? (A) quadratic
(A) graph (B) linear
(B) ordered pairs (C) inverse
(C) arrow diagram (D) exponential
(D) flow chart
2. For the relation ,
6. A function is given by y = −x + 4.
(A) −2 Which one of the suggested ordered
(B) −1 pairs is NOT an ordered pair of the
(C) 1 function?
(D) 2 (A) (4,0)
(B) (−2,−6)
3.
(C) (6,−2)
(D) (0,4)

7. The range of the relation {(1,2),

(1,3), (2,2)} is
(A) {1,3}
(B) {1,2,3}

The best suggested co-ordinates for (C) {2,3}

the point P is (D) {1,2}
(A) (3,0)
8. X 0 1 2
(B) (0,4)
Y 2 5 8
(C) (5,1)
(D) (2,3) The above table of values illustrate
4. Which of the following points lies on the relation,
the y – axis? (A) y = 2x – 2
(B) y = x + 2
(A) (3,0)
(B) (0,-3) (C) y = 2x
(C) (3,3) (D) y = 3x + 2
(D) (1,2)

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9. The length of the line that joins the (D)
points (3,4) to (8,4) is
(A) 3
(B) 4

(C) 5
(D) 11
10. In the function y = 2x − 6, which
12.
element in the domain is mapped
onto the same element in the range?
(A) 0
(B) 1

(C) 3
(D) 6

The mapping shown in the diagram

11. Which one of the following diagrams
may be expressed as
illustrates a 1 to 1 function?
(A) y = 2x −1
(A) (B) y = 2x −2

(C) y = 2x + 2
(D) y = 2x + 1

13.

(B)

(C) The diagram above represents the

mapping
(A) y = 2x
(B) y = x2
(C) y = 4x – 2
(D) y = 2x

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14. The function for which is f(2) = 7 16. On a distance-time graph, the
gradient at any point is a measure of
3  2x
(A) f  x   (A) acceleration
x (B) distance

f x  x3  2
(C) velocity
(B) (D) time

(C) f  x   x  3 x  2
2

(D) f  x   2 x  x  1 17.
2

15. Joe leaves home for school. The

graph illustrates his distance-time
graph.

The most likely suggested equation for

the line, L, is

(A) y  x  2

(B) y  2 x

(C) y  x  2

(D) y  2x 1
The sequence of events suggested by the
18. The function f x 
graph is 3 x
is not
2x
(A) he walks first, then runs to
valid for x =
school
(B) he walks, then stops to talk to a (A) 3
friend
1
(C) he runs first, then walks to school (B) 1
2
(D) he walks for a while, then
returned home (C) 0

3
(D) 
2

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19. 22. f x  x  2. f x2  

(A) x  2
2

(B) x2  2

(C) x2

(D) x  2
2 2

The point P may be

23. The point (3, a) lies on the line
(A) (4, 2)
2y 5x7, where a =
(B) (-4, 4)
(A) 1
(C) (2, 4)
(B) 4
(D) (3, 3)
(C) 8
20. The lines with equations
y  3x  2  0 and 2y  6x 1are (D) 11

(A) horizontal
24. The table describes the function:
(B) vertical
x f(x)
(C) parallel
1 2
(D) perpendicular
2 4

3 8
21. The line y 3x 12cuts the y – axis
at

(A) (0, -4) (A) f : x2x2 1

(B) (0, -12) (B) f : x  3x  2
(C) (0, 4) (C) f : x  2x  1
(D) (0, 12)
(D) f : x 2x

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 b 28.
25. If f x    , then f 
1

x  a 

b
(A)
a
b
(B) 
a
The diagram shows a relation from x to
a y. The value of y is
(C) 
b (A) 16
a (B) 35
(D)
b
(C) 64
26. Two equations in p and q are given
(D) 80
as:
29. f  x   x  4 and f x  6 for x =
5 p - 2q = 11
p-q =1 (A) – 2

The ordered pair (p, q) that satisfies (B) 0

both equations is: (C) 2
(D) 4
(A) (2, 3)
(B) (3, 2)
(C) (2, 1) 30. The lines with equation y  3 and
(D) (1, 2) x  4 intersect at
(A) (0, 0)
27.
(B) (3, -4)
(C) (-4, 3)
(D) (-3, 4)
The above line diagram illustrates

(A)  2  x  4

(B)  2  x  4

(C)  2  x  4

(D)  2  x  4

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 ANSWERS
RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS
1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 D
2 B
3 D
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 C
8 D
9 C
10 D
11 B
12 D
13 D
14 D
15 C
16 C
17 A
18 C
19 C
20 C
21 B
22 B
23 B
24 D
25 D
26 B
27 B
28 C
29 A
30 C

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 TEST 19
RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS 2

1. Which of the following does not refer to 5. In the equation of a straight line
the measure of the steepness of a c represents
straight line?
(A) the gradient
(A) Gradient (B) the x-intercept
(B) Slope (C) the y-intercept
(C) Rise:Run (D) the length of the line
(D) Tangent
6. The gradient of the line joining the
2. If the product of the gradient of two points (5, 9) and (12, 17) is;
lines is negative one, the lines must be:

(A)
(A) Perpendicular
(B) Parallel (B)
(C) Equal in length (C)
(D) Unequal in length
(D)

3. What can be said about the gradient of

the line shown? 7. The mid-point of the line joining the
points (3, 7) and (5, 9) is:
(A) (8, 16)
(B) (4, 8)
(C) (6, 6)
(D) (2, 2)

8. The length of the line joining the points

(7, 1) and (3, 4) is:

(A) It is negative (A) 1

(B) It is positive (B) √
(C) It is zero (C) √
(D) It is equal to one (D) 5

4. The gradient of a vertical line is 9. A line cuts the y-axis at (0, −7) and has
a gradient of 4. Its equation is
(A) Zero
(B) Infinite (A)
(C) Positive (B)
(D) Negative (C)
(D)
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 10. What is the value of the gradient of a 14. If , then is
line whose equation is (A)
(B)
(A) 3 (C)
(B) (D)
(C) 15. The function that describes „double the
value of x and diminish the result by 1‟
f x 
(D) −3
is

11. The y-intercept of the line

is: (A) x2 1

(B) 1  2 x
(A)
(C) x  21
(B)
(C) (D) 2 x  1
(D)

16. The arrow diagram shows a relation.

12. The solution of the inequality
, where ∈ is

(A) {3,2,1}
(B) {4,3,2}
(C) {3,4,5, …}
(D) {4,5,6, …}

The relation is
13. The solution of the inequality
, where ∈ is (A) one-to-one
(B) one-to-many
(A)  (C) many-to-one
4

  
(D) many-to-many
(B) 
5

17. The line with equation y  2 x  5 cuts
(C) the x-axis between

4
(A) – 1 and – 2
(B) – 2 and – 3
(D)
5 (C) 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 2

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18. The line joining (b,9) to (4,a) has a (C)
gradient of 2 .The value of a and of b are
respectively

(A) 5 and 6

1 1
(B) and 4
2 2
1
(C) 3 and 15
2 (D)
(D) 3 and 13
19. A car moves at a constant speed. The
distance (d) – time (t) diagram which
best illustrates this is

(A)

(B)

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Questions 20 to 23 are based on the speed – 23. The total distance covered, in m, is
time graph shown below
(A) 600
(B) 500
(C) 450
(D) 400

24. Which one of the ordered pairs satisfy

the relation, f : x  2x  3 ?

(A) (1, 1)
(B) (0, -2)
(C) (2, -1)
20. The vehicle accelerates for a period of (D) (2, 1)

(A) 15 s
25.
(B) 10 s
(C) 8 s
(D) 5 s

21. The vehicle decelerates for a period of

(A) 15 s
The relation, illustrated in the above
(B) 10 s diagram, describes
(C) 8 s
(D) 5 s (A) x  2x 1

x4
(B) x 
22. The vehicle had a constant speed for a 2
period of
(C) x  4 x

(A) 15 s x
(D) x  1 
(B) 10 s 2

(C) 8 s
(D) 5 s

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26. The relation x  3 x  6 has a positive 29.
range for X The relation shown above may be
(A) > - 2
(B) = 0
(C) = 2
(D) > 2

27. f x  2x 1 for x : 1  x  3.

The range of f is defined by
(A) 1  f x  3 (A) is less than

(B) 0  f x  7 (B) is a factor of

(C)  3  f x  5
(C) is a multiple of
(D) is the L.C.M. of
(D)  3  f x  7
30.
28.

The point P has

(A) a = 4 and b  0

(B) a < 4 and b  0

(C) a > 4 and b  0

The above diagram shows the distance
(D) a > 4 and b  0
covered by an athlete walking at a
constant speed. The estimated distance
covered in 60 minutes, in km, is

(A) 4

1
(B) 3
2
(C) 3

1
(D) 2
2

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 ANSWERS
RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS
2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 D
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 D
7 B
8 D
9 C
10 B
11 A
12 C
13 C
14 B
15 D
16 B
17 C
18 A
19 A
20 B
21 D
22 A
23 C
24 D
25 D
26 D
27 C
28 C
29 B
30 D

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 TEST 20
GEOMETRY 1

6. The complement of 350 is

1. A triangle with all its sides unequal
(A) 1450
is called
(B) 900
(A) obtuse-angled
(C) 550
(B) acute-angled
(D) 350
(C) scalene
(D) isosceles
7. The angles 450 and 1350 are
(A) supplementary
2. In an isosceles triangle
(B) obtuse
(A) all three angles are equal
(C) reflex
(B) exactly two angles are equal
(D) complementary
(C) one angle must be obtuse
(D) one angle is a right angle
8.
3. A plane figure bounded by four
straight lines is called a
(A) rhombus
(B) kite
(C) quadrilateral
(D) trapezium

In the above figure, the region AOB

4. A quadrilateral whose diagonals
is called
bisect each other and cut at right
angles is a (A) a sector
(A) rectangle (B) a segment
(B) trapezium (C) an arc
(C) kite (D) a chord
(D) rhombus
9. Which of the following sets of
5. A polygon with equal sides is called numbers could not represent the
(A) convex lengths of the sides of a right-angled
(B) pentagon triangle?
(C) regular (A) {5, 12, 13}
(D) octagon (B) {6, 8, 10}
(C) {7, 24, 25}
(D) {8, 15, 30}

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10. 14. If the sum of the interior angles of a
polygon is 7200. The polygon has
(A) 10 sides
(B) 8 sides
(C) 7 sides
(D) 6 sides

15. Which one of the figures has one

axis of symmetry?
(A) Rectangle
(B) Isosceles triangle
In the above figure, the region shown (C) Trapezium
shaded is called a (D) Pentagon
(A) major segment
16. In the triangle ABC, with the sides
(B) minor segment
opposite the angles A, B and C being
(C) major sector
a, b and c
(D) minor sector
(A) a2 = b2 + c2 – bc cos A
(B) a2 = b2 - c2 – 2bc cos A
11. The hands of a clock show 4 o’clock.
(C) a2 = b2 - c2 + 2bc cos A
The larger angle between the two
(D) a2 = b2 + c2 – 2 bc cos A
hands is
(A) 900
17. In the triangle ABC, with the sides
(B) 1200
opposite the angles A,B and C being
(C) 1800
a, b and c
(D) 2400
(A) a sin A = b sin B = c sin C
(B) a/sin B = b/sin C = c/sin A
12. Which of the following angles is
(C) a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sin C
reflex?
(D) a sin B = b sin C = c sin A
(A) 900
(B) 1800
(C) 2700
18. In the triangle ABC, with the sides
(D) 3600
opposite the angles A,B and C being
a, b and c, the area can be found by
13. In a polygon of ‘n’ sides, the sum of
the ‘n’ interior angles is (A) √ s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}
(A) {n – 4} x 1800 (B) {s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}
(B) {2n – 4} x 1800 (C) s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}2
(C) 2{n – 4} x 900 (D) {s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}
(D) {2n – 4} x 900
(where s = ½(a+b+c))

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19. The quadrilateral in which the 24. If one side of a triangle is greater
diagonals cut at right angles and only than another then
one diagonal is bisected is a (A) the angle opposite the
(A) kite greater side is smaller than
(B) rhombus the angle opposite the
(C) parallelogram smaller side
(D) trapezium (B) the angle opposite the
greater side is equal to the
20. In an isosceles triangle PQR, the size angle opposite the smaller
of angle P is 400. The size of the side
angle Q could be (C) the angle opposite the
(A) 1400 greater side is greater than
(B) 500 or 900 the angle opposite the
(C) 800, 900 or 1300 smaller side
(D) 400, 700 or 1000 (D) the remaining two sides are
equal
21. In any triangle, an exterior angle is
equal to 25. If one pair of opposite sides of a
(A) The supplement of its quadrilateral is both parallel and
interior opposite angles equal then the quadrilateral is a
(B) The sum of its interior (A) rhombus
opposite angles (B) parallelogram
(C) The complement of its (C) kite
adjacent interior angle (D) trapezium
(D) The sum of all its interior
opposite angles 26. Both pairs of opposite sides are NOT
equal in a
22. The figure with an infinite number of
axes of symmetry is (A) rectangle
(A) A polygon (B) parallelogram
(B) A scalene triangle (C) rhombus
(C) A circle (D) trapezium
(D) A kite

23. If one angle of an isosceles triangle

is 600, the triangle is
(A) Scalene
(B) Equilateral
(C) Right-angled
(D) Obtuse-angled

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27. Two similar figures have sides that 30. Which one of the following figures
are in the ratio of 2:3. If the area of does not have a net?
the smaller figure is 12 square units, (A) A cube
then the area of the larger figure, in (B) A triangular based pyramid
square units, is (C) A truncated cone
(A) 18 (D) A sphere
(B) 24
(C) 27
(D) 36

28. Triangle ABC is mapped onto

triangle PQR by an enlargement with
scale factor 2.5. If the length of PQ is
10 cm, then the length of AB, in cm,
is
(A) 4
(B) 7.5
(C) 12.5
(D) 25

29.

The above figure shows the net

of a
(A) Cone
(B) Cuboid
(C) Cylinder
(D) Pyramid

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 ANSWERS
GEOMETRY 1

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 C
6 C
7 A
8 A
9 D
10 B
11 D
12 C
13 D
14 D
15 B
16 D
17 C
18 A
19 A
20 D
21 B
22 C
23 B
24 C
25 B
26 D
27 C
28 A
29 D
30 D

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 TEST 21
GEOMETRY 2

1. A polygon with all equal sides is called 5. A quadrilateral has only one axis of
(A) symmetrical symmetry The figure is a
(B) congruent (A) trapezium
(C) regular (B) kite
(D) perfect (C) rhombus
(D) parallelogram

2. A ship sailing on a bearing of 270° is 6.

moving

(A) North
(B) East
(C) West
(D) South

3. From 2:15 pm to 4:15 pm the minute

hand of a clock rotates through an angle In the above circle with centre O, the
of measure of the reflex angle XOY in degrees
is

(A) 720°
(B) 270° (A) 80

(C) 90° (B) 100

(D) 60° (C) 280

(D) 360

4. A bearing of 210° is between

(A) South and West

(B) South and East
(C) North and West
(D) North and East

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 7.
10. Which of the following points is
invariant under reflection in the x-axis is

(A) (a, a)
(B) (0, a)
In the above diagram, (C) (a, 0)

(A) a2 b2 c2 (D) (-a, a)

(B) a2 c2 b2

11.
(C) c2 b2 a2
(D) a2 b2 c

8. The sum of the exterior angles of a

pentagon totals
(A) 540°
(B) 480°
(C) 360°
(D) 180°

PQ is mapped onto PQ by a reflection

9. in the line with equation

(A) x  0

(B) y  0

(C) x  1

(D) x  1

The above figure shows the net of a

(A) cube
(B) cuboid
(C) pyramid
(D) cone

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12. 15.

In the above diagram

(A) r 180   p  q

(B) p  r  q

(C) p q r 180


(D) p  q  r

13. Which of the following is not a

condition for congruent triangles?

(A) Three angles equal

(B) Three sides equal
(C) Right angle, hypotenuse and one
side
(D) Two sides and the included angle

14.

In the above, which, if any, of the

diagrams (i) and (ii), is (are)
enlargements of triangle ABC?

The size of  is
(A) (i) only
(A) 30°
(B) (ii) only
(B) 45°
(C) Both (i) and (ii)
(C) 60°
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
(D) 75°

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16. 18.

In the triangle shown, the length PQ, in

cm, is
In the above triangle, which of the
following suggested lengths can be the
length of PR?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(A) 14
(C) 9
(B) 13
(D) 10
(C) 12
(D) 8
17.
19.

In the above triangle, sin 

In the figure, cos  

4
(A) 6
3 (A)
8
3
(B) 10
5 (B)
8
3
(C) 10
4 (C)
6
1
(D) 6
4 (D)
10

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 20. Which of the following cannot be the 23. Triangle PQR undergoes an enlargement
value of sin  ? centre P, scale factor 3. The coordinates
of the image of Q are

1
(A)  (A) (12, 0)
2
(B) (10, 0)
2
(B)
3 (C) (7, 0)

(C) 1 (D) (6, 0)

1
(D) 1
2 24.
Questions 21-23 refer to the diagram below

In the above figure, the value of  is

(A) 180°
(B) 108°
(C) 72°

21. Triangle PQR undergoes a translation of (D) 36°

( ) . The coordinates of the image of R
are
(A) (9, 8)
(B) (6, 11)
(C) (3, 8)
(D) (6, 5)

22. Triangle PQR is reflected in the x-axis.

The coordinates of the image of R are

(A) (6, 8)
(B) (6, −8)
(C) (−6, 8)
(D) (−6, −8)

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25. 3
27. If sin  and  is acute, then
5
tan 

4
(A)
3
4
(B)
5
PQR is an enlargement of ABC
The length of QR, in cm, is 3
(C)
4
(A) 6
1
(B) 8 (D)
2
(C) 10
(D) 12
28. A shift of 4 units horizontally to the left
and 2 units vertically upwards is
26. denoted by T 

  4
(A)  
 2

 4 
(B)  
  2

 2 
(C)  
  4

  2
(D)  
 4 
29. The size of each exterior angle of a
regular hexagon is
PQ R is mapped onto PQR by a
translation. The coordinates of Q  are (A) 150°
(A) (6, 5) (B) 120°
(B) (5, 6) (C) 90°
(C) (6, 6) (D) 60°
(D) (5, 5)

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30.

The triangles, shown above, are best

described as

(A) congruent
(B) isosceles
(C) similar
(D) equilateral

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 ANSWERS:
GEOMETRY 2

QUESTION NO KEY
1 C
2 C
3 A
4 A
5 B
6 C
7 B
8 C
9 C
10 C
11 D
12 D
13 A
14 C
15 D
16 A
17 B
18 D
19 D
20 D
21 A
22 B
23 B
24 C
25 A
26 B
27 C
28 A
29 D
30 C

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 TEST 22
GEOMETRY 3

1. An angle whose measure is 2000 is 5. Which one of the following figures

called has one line of symmetry?
(A) Acute (A) rhombus
(B) Reflex (B) isosceles triangle
(C) Obtuse (C) scalene triangle
(D) Straight (D) trapezium

2. If the sum of the measures of two

angles is 900, the angles are said to
be
(A) complementary 6. Which letter does NOT have line
(B) supplementary symmetry?
(C) co-interior (A) H
(D) vertically opposite (B) R
(C) T
(D) C
3. The number of sides in a septagon is
(A) 5
(B) 6 7. The figure with an infinite number of
(C) 7 lines of symmetry is a
(D) 8 (A) trapezium
(B) square

(C) circle
4. At 9 o’ clock, the smaller angle (D) equilateral triangle
between the hands of a clock is
(A) 300
(B) 600 8. The quadrilateral with 2 axes of
symmetry and with rotational
(C) 900
symmetry of order 2 is a
(D) 1200
(A) rectangle
(B) kite

(C) parallelogram
(D) square

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 9. In triangle PQR, ̂ = 600 and PQ = 12. Two supplementary angles are in the
PR. The type of triangle is ratio 2:3. The size of the smaller
(A) Equilateral angle is
(B) Isosceles (A) 720
(B) 540
(C) Scalene
(D) Right angle (B) 360
(D) 180

10. The sum of the interior angles of a

pentagon is

(A) 360° 13.

(B) 480°
(C) 540°
(D) 720

11.
In the above figure, CA = CB. A set
of possible values of x and of y is
(A) x = 40° and y = 70°
(B) x = 55° and y = 55°
(C) x = 35° and y = 35°
(D) x = 20° and y = 5

In the above diagram, the length of x

is
(A) 12
(B) 11

(C) 8
(D) 2

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14. A ship starting at X sails 3 km due 15.
East and then 8 km due North.
This may be illustrated by the
diagram

Which of the following could not be the

length of PR?
(A) 12 cm
(B) 11 cm
(B) 10 cm
(D) 9 cm

16. A circular pizza is divided into 12 equal

slices. The angle in each slice is

(A) 12°
(B) 15°
(C) 30°
(D) 45°

17.

In the diagram,  
(A) 40°
(B) 50°
(C) 60°
(D) 70°

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18.
Questions 20 and 21 are based on the
diagram shown below.

In the diagrams shown above, which if

any, can be identified as a parallelogram?
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II
(D) Neither I nor II

19.
20. The figure(s) that illustrate a reflection
is (are)

(A) (i) only

(B) (ii) only
(C) (iii) only
(D) (i) and (iii)

21. The figure(s) that illustrate a translation

is (are)
In the above diagram, not drawn to scale (A) (i) only
(A) x = 40 and y = 20 (B) (ii) only
(B) x = 40 and y = 70 (C) (iii) only
(C) x = 80 and y = 40 (D) (i) and (iii)
(D) x = 80 and y = 70

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22. 25.

If sin3 0  0.5 , then x =

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
Triangle P is mapped onto triangle
(D) 5
Q by
(A) a reflection in the y-axis
(B) a reflection in the x-axis
(C) a horizontal translation 26. The triangle PQR, with P (0, 2), Q
(D) a vertical translation (-4, 3) and R (-1, 8) is reflected in the y-
axis. Which, if any of the points, will be
23. PQ R is reflected in the line, l, onto invariant?
PQR . The points P and P and Q (A) P
and Q  are invariant. This implies that (B) Q
the line l is (C) R
(D) none of the points
(A) the x-axis
(B) the y-axis
(C) the line joining P to Q 27.
(D) the perpendicular bisector of PQ

24.

The quadrilateral, shown above, is In the above diagram, AD = 2 cm

best described as and DB = 4 cm. DE is parallel to
BC. The ratio DE : BC is
(A) a trapezium
(A) 1: 2
(B) a parallelogram
(B) 1 : 3
(C) a rhombus
(C) 1: 4
(D) cyclic
(D) 2 : 3

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28.

The above figure is best described

as a

(A) rhombus
(B) trapezium
(C) parallelogram
(D) quadrilateral

29.

The above figure best describes a

(A) parallelogram
(B) kite
(C) rhombus
(D) square

30. The diagonals of a quadrilateral cut at

right angles. The figure could be a

(i) rhombus
(ii) kite
(iii) parallelogram

(A) (i) only

(B) (i) and (iii) only
(C) (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i) and (ii) only

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 ANSWERS
GEOMETRY 3

QUESTION NO KEY
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 C
5 B
6 B
7 C
8 A
9 A
10 C
11 C
12 A
13 B
14 D
15 A
16 C
17 D
18 C
19 B
20 A
21 C
22 C
23 C
24 D
25 B
26 A
27 B
28 D
29 B
30 D

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 TEST 23

1. The decimal, 0.125 written as a 5. If $450 is divided into two portions, in

common fraction is the ratio of 4 : 5 , the larger share is

(A)
7 (A) $45
8 (B) $50
1 (C) $200
(B)
2 (D) $250
1
(C)
4
1 6. If 50% of a number is 100, the number
(D)
8 is

(A) 250
2. The number 4.2619 expressed correct (B) 200
to three decimal places is (C) 150
(D) 50
(A) 4.263
(B) 4.262
(C) 4.261 7. The lowest common multiple of 3, 4
(D) 4.260 and 8 is

(A) 24
3. The exact value of 3  0.1 is (B) 12
(C) 8
(A) 300 (D) 3
(B) 30
(C) 0.3
(D) 0.03 8. The value of the digit 3 in the number
432.1 is

4. 0.48  0.2  3
(A)
10
(A) 0.096 (B) 10
(B) 0.96 (C) 30
(C) 9.6 (D) 100
(D) 96

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9. 99  99 can be rewritten as 13. If W  Whole numbers and
F  Fractions , then the statement
(A) 100  1100 1
‘no whole number is a fraction’ is
(B) 98  199 1 represented by

(C) 100 1100  1 (A)

(D) 101  2100 1

10. The least number of crayons that can be

shared equally among 4, 8 or 12 girls is
(B)
(A) 3
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 36

(C)

11. If P   p, q, r , R  r , s, t , then
n  P  R 

(A) 8
(B) 6
(C) 5 (D)
(D) 1

12. If S  Sports cars and

T  Red sports cars , then
14. If the number of subsets of a set P is 32,
(A) S T then the set P may be
(B) S T   (A) 1, 2, 3,..., 31, 32
S T
(C)
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
(D) T S
(C) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32
(D) 32

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15. The simple interest earned on $300 at 19.
the rate of 8% per annum for a period
of 2 years is

(A) $348
(B) $316
(C) $48
(D) $24 A television set costs $2 300 after 15%
V.A.T. is added. The price before V.A.T.
was
16. A man bought a bicycle for $200 and
later sold it for $180. His loss as a (A) $1 955
percentage is (B) $2 000
(C) $2 285
(A) 40%
(D) $2 645
(B) 20%
20. The exchange rate for US $1.00 is TT
(C) 10% $6.40. How much U.S dollars did Jan
(D) 5% change, to have received TT $40.96?

(A) $34.56
(B) $20.48
17. If
1 1 1
  , then  represents (C) $6.40
2 3 6
(D) $5.40
(A)  21. The interest rate at a bank drops from
(B)  only 6% per annum to 4% per annum. How
(C) + only much does a customer lose on a sum of
$7 500 over a one year period?
(D)  or -

(A) $600
(B) $450
18. A salesman earns 8% commission on
(C) $150
sales exceeding $5 000. In a particular
month, his sales total $23 000. His (D) $100
commission was 22. A car, originally valued at $20 000,
depreciates by 10% per year. Its value
(A) $400 after two years is
(B) $1 840
(A) $16 000
(C) $1 440
(B) $16 200
(D) $5 008
(C) $18 000
(D) $23 800

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 a
3
27. If a  b denotes 3b  2a , then 2 1 
23.   
2
(A) 4
3a (B) 1
(A)
2 (C) 4
(D) 8
a3
(B)
2 28. If
2x 4
 , then x
5 5
a3
(C)
6 (A) 8
(B) 5
a3
(D) (C) 4
8 (D) 2
a
29. If a  2 and b  1 , then 
2a  b
24. If 2a  4  ?  24ab , then ? is
(A) 0
(A) 3b 2
(B)
b 3
(B)
3 (C) 1
(C) 3b 3
(D)
(D) 24b 2
1
30. If 2 kg of butter costs $1.50, then 1
2
25. a  2b  c   b  2a  c  
kg costs

(A) $0.50
(A) 0 (B) $0.60
(B) ac  bc (C) $1.00
(C) 4ab  ac  bc (D) $1.25
(D) bc  ac
31. Five years ago Alfredo was x years old.
In five years from now, Alfredo’s age
will be
26. 2 y4  4 y2 
(A) x  10 years
(A) 6y 8
(B) x  5 years
(C) 2 x  5 years
(B) 8y 8
(D) 2 x  5 years
(C) 6y 6
(D) 8y 6

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32. If 2  x  4   4  x  2  , then x
(A) f  x   4x
(A) 8
(B) f  x    x2 1
(B) 4
4
(C) 0 (C) f  x 
x
(D) 2
(D) f  x   3x  1
36.
33. Which one of the following equations
does NOT represent the equation of a
straight line?

y
(A) 3
2x
2y x
(B)  1  0
3 2
3x
(C)  2
y
(D) y  2 x2  3
The above graph is a likely illustration of
the quadratic with equation
34. If f  x   2 , then f  3 
x

(A) y  x2  2x  3
(A) 5
(B) 6 (B) y  3  2 x  x2
(C) 8 (C) y  x2  4x  1
(D) 23
(D) y  x 2  3x  1
y x
37. The line with equation  1  0
35. 2 3
has a gradient

2
(A) 
3
1
(B) 
2
2
(C)
3
The arrow diagram drawn above 3
(D)
illustrates the function 2

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38. 40. Which of the following does NOT
represent a one to one mapping?

(A)

The line PQ, shown above, has midpoint

M. The coordinates of M are

 ps qr  (B)

(A)  , 
 2 2 
 pr qs
(B)  , 
 2 2 
 pq rs
(C)  , 
 2 2 
 pr qs
(D)  , 
 2 2 
(C)

39. The number of kilograms in a tonne is

(A) 1103
(B) 1102
(C) 1102
(D) 1103

(D)

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41. The cost of p apples is $q. The cost of r 44. Martin left home at 8:00 am and arrived
apples, in dollars, is at his destination 3 km away at 8:45
am. His average speed, in kmh-1, is
qr
(A) 3
p (A)
4
(B) pqr 4
(B)
pr 3
(C)
q (C) 3
(D) 4
q
(D)
rp
45. An aircraft left Piarco at 6:30 am flying a
total distance of 1 925 km at an average
42. speed of 550 kmh-1. Its time of arrival
was

(A) 10:15 am
(B) 10:00 am
(C) 9:30 am
(D) 9:25 am

46.
In the sector of the circle, shown above,
the length of the arc is 4.5 cm. The
circumference of the circle, in cm, is

(A) 49.5
(B) 45
(C) 36
(D) 22.7

43. A circular pond of circumference 200 A cylindrical block of cheese has a

metres has a radius, in metres, of radius of 7 cm and length 21 cm. A
uniform cylindrical slice, 7 cm thick, is
(A) 50 cut off. The volume of cheese
(B) 100 remaining, in cm3, is
(C) 200
(D) 400 (A) 3 234
(B) 2 156
(C) 1 078
(D) 1 029

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Questions 47 to 49 are based on the diagram 50. The table below shows the height,
below. measured to the nearest cm, of
seedlings in a box.

Height in cm (h) Number of

seedlings (f)

10 – 14 11

15 – 19 13

20 – 24 6

47. The incomplete bar chart shows the

ages of some of the 100 students in a The class, 10 – 14, may be better
school. The number of students who written as
are less than 10 years old is
(A) 9.5  h  14.5
(A) 65
(B) 9.5  h  14.5
(B) 55
(C) 9.5  h  14.5
(C) 27
(D) 9.5  h  14.5
(D) 17
48. If the students in the school are all
between 8 and 12 years old, the
number of students who are 12 years 51. Barton flips an ordinary fair coin and an
old is ordinary fair die. The probability he
(A) 100 obtains a ‘head’ and a ‘six’ is
(B) 85
(C) 15 1
(A)
(D) 12 12
49. The probability of choosing, at random, 1
(B)
a student who is ten years old or 6
younger is 1
(C)
2
1 2
(A) (D)
10 3
7
(B)
20
13
(C)
20
1
(D)
2

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52. 53. In the diagram

(A) x  2y
(B) x y
(C) 2y  x
(D) y  2x
54. If x  60 , then y 

(A) 30°
(B) 60°
The pie chart shows the preferences in
(C) 120°
drinks by a group of students during a
(D) 150°
survey. If 60 students preferred orange 55.
juice, the number of students in the
survey is

(A) 120
(B) 180
(C) 240
(D) 360
The point P is mapped onto P under
the translation, T, where T is
Questions 53 and 54 are based on the
diagram shown below.  3
(A)  
 3 
 3 
(B)  
 3
 7
(C)  
 5 
 3
(D)  
 5 

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56. (C)

(D)
The triangle OAB is mapped onto
triangle OAB by a 90° anti-clockwise
rotation about O.
The diagram which best illustrates
triangle OAB is

(A)

57.

(B)

Which of the suggested coordinates is

the point P most likely to have?

(A)  5, 2
(B)  4,  3
(C)  6,  3
(D)  7, 4

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 5
(A)
13
58.
(B)
3
(C)
4
5
(D)
7

60.

The line PQ with the equation y  x  2

is reflected in the y-axis. The image,
PQ , has equation Which of the following statement(s)
is/are true?
(A) y  x  2
(B) y  x2 i.       180
(C) y  x  2 ii.    
iii.     180
1
(D) y
x2
59. (A) i, ii and iii

(B) i and ii only

(C) ii and iii only

(D) i only

In the above triangle, tan  

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 23

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D 6. B
7. A 8. C 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. D
13. C 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. D 18. C
19. B 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A
25. D 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. B 30. B
31. A 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. D 36. B
37. A 38. D 39. D 40. B 41. A 42. C
43. B 44. D 45. B 46. B 47. B 48. C
49. C 50. D 51. A 52. B 53. D 54. C
55. A 56. D 57. B 58. A 59. B 60. A

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 TEST 24

1. 612.2 expressed in standard form is 5. A sum of money is divided into two

shares in the ratio 3: 5 . If the smaller
(A) 6.122 102 share is $45, then the larger share is
(B) 6.122 10
(A) $15
(C) 6.122 101
(B) $75
(D) 6.122 102
(C) $80
(D) $120
6. In a school the ratio of the number of
2. If 45  45  2025 , then 4.5  4.5  students to the number of teachers is
24 :1 . If there are 24 teachers, then
(A) 2.025 the number of students is
(B) 2025
(C) 20.25 (A) 24
(D) 202.5 (B) 240
(C) 480
(D) 576
1 1
3. 2 3 
3 5
7. The highest common factor of the
1 numbers 36, 54 and 72 is
(A) 5
15
2 (A) 36
(B) 5
15 (B) 18
8 (C) 9
(C) 5
15 (D) 2
11
(D) 5
15
8. If n is an even number, then 2n  1 is
always
4. 4.95 16.1 , expressed to two
significant figures is (A) even
(B) odd
(A) 79 (C) prime
(B) 80 (D) composite
(C) 81
(D) 82

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9. 60  65 has the same value as 13.

(A) 2  60  5  5 14  2 
(B) 60  5  60
(C)  65  5 65  5
(D)  60  5 65  5
In the Venn diagram, M = {Students
who study Mathematics} and C =
10. Which of the following is a common
multiple of 4, 5 and 6? {Students who study Chemistry}. The
number of students who study only one
(A) 456 of the mentioned subjects is
(B) 228
(C) 120 (A) 30
(D) 30 (B) 20
(C) 16
11. (D) 4

14. Each student in a class plays cricket or

football. If 60% of the students play
cricket and 65% play football, then the
percentage that plays both games is

(A) 25%
(B) 35%
From the above Venn diagram, which of (C) 65%
the following is true? (D) 100%

(A) PQ
(B) P Q U 15. After a sales tax of 12%, an item costs
(C) P Q   $336. Its price before tax was
(D) PQ
(A) $28
12. A and B are two sets. If n  A  6 and (B) $88
n  B   8 , then n  A  B  may be (C) $300
(D) $324
(A) 14
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 2

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16. If the simple interest on a sum of 19. A loan of $14 000 was repaid over three
money at the rate of 8% per annum for years in equal monthly installments of
5 years is given 6  5  8 , the sum of $480. The interest charged was
money is
(A) $17 200
(A) $60 (B) $14 480
(B) $100 (C) $6 000
(C) $240 (D) $3 280
(D) $600

20. At a sale, a 20% discount is given off the

17. A television set is paid for by an initial marked price of all items. If a customer
deposit of $180 and equal monthly pays $160 for an item, its marked price
installments for one year. If the total is
paid is $1 620, then each installment
was (A) $200
(B) $196
(A) $120 (C) $180
(B) $820 (D) $140
(C) $1 440
(D) $1 800
18. 21. An item of jewellery appreciates by 10%
Home Insurance each year. If its present value is $2 000,
40¢ per $100 value then in two years, its value is expected
to be
Contents Insurance
(A) $2 020
30¢ per $100 value
(B) $2 200
(C) $2 400
(D) $2 420
The table shows the rates charged by
an insurance company. The total
insurance paid for a house valued at
$100 000 and its contents valued at $60 22. A car originally valued at $72 000 is
valued at $63 000 after one year. Its
000 is
depreciation was

(A) $1 120 1
(B) $580 (A) 5 %
2
(C) $400 (B) 9%
(D) $180 1
(C) 12 %
2
(D) 15%

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 2
23. The reciprocal of is
p 28. If 3ab  2a  8 and a  2 , then b 

2 (A) 2
(A) 1
p (B) 1
2
p
(B) 2
2 (C)
3
(C) 2p
(D) 2
(D) 2 p
24. a  b  c   a  b  c  
29. If 6  x  8 and x is an integer, then
(A) ab  2ac x
(B) 2ab  ac
(C) 2ab  2ac (A) 5
(D) 2ac (B) 6
25. 2a  3b  c  (C) 7
(D) 8
(A) 6abc
(B) 6abc
(C) 23abc 30. If a  b  2ab , then 4  8 
(D) 23abc
(A) 64
(B) 48
26. If 6  2 x  3x  4 , then x (C) 32
(D) 8
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 5 31.  a m  
n

(D) 10

(A) am  n
(B) am  n
27. If 19  361 , then
2
0.0361  m
(C) an
(A) 0.019 (D) a mn
(B) 0.19
(C) 1.9
(D) 19

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32. 1 square metre expressed in square (A) 4
centimetres is (B) 16
1
(C) 22
(A) 1104 2
(B) 1102 1
(D) 41
(C) 1102 2
(D) 1104 36.

33. A car covers a distance of 15 km in 15

minutes. Its speed in kmh-1 is

(A) 15
(B) 60
(C) 90
(D) 120
1
A 2 litre filled bottle of soda is used
2
1 to fill glasses, each holding 125 ml. The
34. A road, 2 km long, is shown as cm
2 number of glasses that would be filled is
long on a map. The scale on the map is
(A) 15
(A) 1:40 000 (B) 20
(B) 1:100 000 (C) 25
(C) 1:200 000 (D) 40
(D) 1:400 000 37.

35.

The area of the trapezium, shown

above, is 24 cm2. The value of a  b is

(A) 6 cm
(B) 12 cm
(C) 18 cm
The sector OAB is removed from a circle (D) 24 cm
with circumference 64 cm. The length
of the arc AB, in cm, is

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38. A boy walks a distance of p km in q 40. In a class of 36 students, 12 are girls.
minutes. His average speed in kmh-1 is The probability that a student, chosen
p at random, is a boy is
(A)
q
1
(B) pq (A)
12
pq 1
(C) (B)
60 3
60 p 1
(D) (C)
q 2
2
(D)
39. 3

42. The mean of 4, x, y and 16 is 10. Which

of the following is a possible set of
value of x and of y?

(A) x  4, y  17
A cuboid with a square base and height (B) x  10, y  12
4 cm, has a volume of 144 cm3. The (C) x  15, y  8
length of one side of its base, in cm, is
(D) x  13, y  7

(A) 6
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 36

39.
Scores

6 7 7 9 9 10

The above scores were obtained by six

contestants in a competition. The
median score is

(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10

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 Questions 43 and 44 are based on the 45. Which of the following diagrams does
information given below. NOT illustrate a function?

(A)

(B)

A circular dart-board is divided into

unequal sectors of different colours. A
player is equally likely to hit any part of (C)
the board.

43. If the probability of hitting the green

3
sector is , the angle of the sector, in
8
degrees is (D)

(A) 38
(B) 60
(C) 135
(D) 225

44. If the other sectors on the board are

equal and are blue, white, red, yellow
and black, then the probability of
hitting the black sector is

1
(A)
8
3
(B)
8
1
(C)
2
5
(D)
8

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46. 49. If f  x   x  2 , then f  1 
3

(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 1
(D) 3
, then f  x  
3 1
50. If f  x  
The above diagram is an illustration of x
the function
3
(A)
(A) f : x  2x x
3
(B) f :x
2 (B) 
x x
(C) f :x  x2 x
(C)
3
(D) f : x  x2
(D) x
47. The length of the line joining the points
51. For the domain 1, 0, 1 , the range
P 1,  1 and Q  4, 3 is
of f  x   x is
3

(A) 5
(B) 4 (A) 1, 0, 1
(C) 3
(D) 2 (B) 3, 0, 3
(C) 3,  2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3
48. Which of the following lines are parallel (D) 0, 1, 2, 3,...
to each other? 52.

Line 1: y  2 x  1
Line 2: 2 y  4 x  3  0
y
Line 3:  x 1
2
y
Line 4:  2
x
AOB is a straight line. The size of  is
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 3 and 4 (A) 29°
(C) 3 and 4 (B) 32°
(D) 1 and 3 (C) 58°
(D) 90°

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53. 55.

In the above triangle, the value of x is

In the above diagram, tan  
(A) 20
(B) 40
1
(C) 60 (A)
4
(D) 70 1
(B)
2
(C) 1
54. (D) 2

56. If A is mapped onto A  4,  1 under

 1 
the translation   . The coordinates
 4
If O is the centre of the circle, the size of A are
of x is
(A) 5,  5
3,  3
(A) 60°
(B)
(B) 90°
(C) 120° (C)  5,  5
(D) 240°
(D)  0, 0

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 Cubes of side 2 cm are stacked in a box
Questions 57 and 58 are based on the
of sides 8 cm by 12 cm by 6 cm. The
following diagram.
number of cubes required to
completely fill the box is

(A) 72
(B) 48
(C) 36
(D) 8

60.
Triangle OAB is mapped onto OAB by
an enlargement, centre O and scale
factor 2.

57. If the area of triangle OAB = 4 cm2, the

area of triangle OAB , in cm2, is

(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 32
1
58. If OA  1 cm, then OA , in cm, is A man 1.6 m tall, looks at the top of a
2
tree 4.2 m away from where he stands.
1
(A) 1 The angle of elevation from his eyes
2
(assuming his head and eyes are at the
(B) 3
same level) to the top of the tree is 60°.
1
(C) 4 The height of the tree, in metres, is
2
(D) 6

59. (A) 1.6 tan 60  4.2

(B) 1.6  4.2cos 60
(C) 1.6  4.2 tan 60
(D) 4.2 tan 60 1.6

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 24

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. D
7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. C 12. A
13. C 14. A 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. B
19. D 20. A 21. D 22. C 23. B 24. D
25. B 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. D
31. D 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. B
37. B 38. D 39. A 40. B 41. D 42. D
43. C 44. A 45. C 46. C 47. A 48. B
49. C 50. A 51. A 52. B 53. A 54. C
55. C 56. A 57. B 58. B 59. A 60. C

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 TEST 25

1. If 3x  11 , then x 5. If 30 out of 40 people voted in an

election, the percentage who did not
(A) 3 11 vote is
1
(B) 3 (A) 10%
11
1 (B) 25%
(C) 11 (C) 30%
3
1 (D) 75%
(D)
11 3

6. A washing machine was bought by

paying a deposit of $240 and equal
2. The simple interest earned on $600 for
monthly installments of $60 for 2 years.
3 years at R% per annum is $180. R is
The price paid for the washing machine
was
180 100
(A)
600  3 (A) $960
180  3 (B) $1 440
(B)
600 100 (C) $1 680
600 180
(C) (D) $1 920
3 100
600  3
(D)
100 180
7. If N is an odd number, then 2 N  1 is
3. The best suggested approximation to
always
29.9  0.99 is
(A) odd
(A) 0.3
(B) even
(B) 3
(C) prime
(C) 30
(D) composite
(D) 300
8. Alfredo has 37 marbles, Brad has 43,
4. P  a, b, c . If P  Q   , then Q Carl has 18 and Shawn has 44. Who can
may be share their marbles equally among all
four of them?

(A) c, b, a (A) Alfredo

(B) a, b, c, d (B) Brad
(C) Carl
(C) c, d , e (D) Shawn
(D) d , e

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9.  2   2
3 3
 13. A square has an area of 16 cm2. Its
perimeter, in cm, is

(A) 8 (A) 4
(B) 6 (B) 8
(C) 0 (C) 16
(D) 16 (D) 64
10. An article marked at $80 is subjected to
a 10% V.A.T. and 5% sales tax at the
time of purchase. The cost price of the
article was 14. From a man’s salary of $4 200, 30% is
spent on rent, 25% on food and 20% on
miscellaneous expenses. If the
(A) $84
remainder is saved, then he saves
(B) $88
(C) $92 (A) $2 100
(D) $95 (B) $1 050
(C) $840
(D $420
11. In triangle ABC, Â  x , Bˆ  Cˆ  2  Aˆ
then x is

15. If the ratio 4 : 7 is equivalent to x : 21 ,

(A) 18
then x 
(B) 36
(C) 72 (A) 3
(D) 90 (B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 14

16. a  2b  c   2a  b  c  simplifies to

2 x
12.  expressed as a single fraction is (A) 4ab  2ac
x 2
(B) ab  3ac
1 (C) 4ab
(A) (D)
2x ac

2x
(B)
x2
x4
(C)
2x
4  x2
(D)
2x

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17. 20.

A parcel of land 4.2 hectares in area, is

cultivated as shown in the above pie
chart. The area of land cultivated in In a large factory, the number of
corn, in hectares, is workers absent on the 5 days of the
work week is shown in the above bar
(A) 0.6 chart. The number of absentees for the
(B) 0.7 week is
(C) 2.1 (A) 30
(D) 3.5 (B) 60
(C) 65
1 (D) 100
18. The missing term in the series 4 ,
4
1 3 1 21.
5 ,6 , ,9 is
2 4 4

1
(A) 7
4
1
(B) 7
2
(C) 8
1
(D) 8
4
19. A book which costs $120 is sold for $90.
The percentage loss is

(A) 20% In the above diagram, AB  BC and

ˆ , in degrees,
Bˆ  120 . The size of ADB
(B) 25%
(C) 30% is
1
(D) 33 %
3 (A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 60
(D) 90

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22. If P  Factors of 6 and 26. A fair unbiased coin is tossed twice. The
probability of obtaining two heads is
Q  Factors of 12 , then
1
(A)
(A) PQ 8
(B) PQ 1
(B)
4
(C) QP
1
(D) P Q  Q (C)
2
23. (D) 1

27. The point with coordinates  3, 4  lies

in quadrant

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
The diagram shows a rectangle PQRS
(D) 4
whose diagonals intersect at O. If
ˆ  20 , then
SRO ˆ 
QOR
28. In the general equation of a straight
(A) 20° line, y  mx  c , the constant c
(B) 40° represents
(C) 45°
(D) 70° (A) the intercept on the x-axis
24. In a triangle ABC, AˆB ˆ  120 . The (B) the gradient of the line
size of Ĉ , in degrees, may be (C) the intercept on the y-axis
(D) the angle (in degrees) at which
(A) 81° the line cuts the horizontal axis
(B) 73° 29. Which of the following is rational?
(C) 60°
(D) 48° (A) 2
(B) 
25. 47 638 expressed to four significant 1
(C)
figures is 3
3
(A) 4 763 (D) 3
(B) 4 764
(C) 47 630
(D) 47 640

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30. The set { -2, 0, -1, 0, 1, 2 }is a subset of 34. The number of factors of 18 is

(A) Z+ (A) 8
(B) W (B) 6
(C) N (C) 5
(D) Z (D) 4

31. In ascending order of magnitude, the

3 1 2 35. Under a reflection in the y-axis, the
fractions , and are written
point  3,  4  has coordinates
11 4 7

2 3 1
(A) , ,
7 11 4 (A)  4,  3
(B)
3 2
, ,
11 7
1
4
(B) 3,  4
(C)
3 1
, ,
2 (C)  3, 4
11 4 7
1 3 2
(D)  4,  3
(D) , ,
36. If f  x   x , then f is
2
4 11 7

(A) one to one

32. The square of x taken away from y is (B) one to many
expressed algebraically as
(C) many to one
(D) many to many
(A) y x
(B) x2  y
37.
(C) y  x2
(D) x y

1
33. expressed in standard form is
400
The diagram, shown above, illustrates
(A) 2.5 10 3
the function f : x  x3 . The value of a
(B) 2.5 102 is
(C) 4 102 (A) 512
3
(D) 4 10 (B) 256
(C) 64
(D) 2

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38. If P  a, b and Q  c, d , e , then 42. An importer buys an item for $140 and
pays 20% of the cost in tax. He wishes
n  P  Q  to make a profit of 50%. The selling
price should be
(A) 5
(B) 3 (A) $252
(C) 2 (B) $210
(D) 0 (C) $168
39. If x and y are variables and y varies (D) $164
directly as the root of x, then
43. A plot of land measures 800 m by 900
m. Its area, in hectares, is
(A) y  kx2
k (A) 0.72
(B) y
x2 (B) 7.2
(C) yk x (C) 72
(D) 720
k
(D) y
x
44. The set  x : 2  x  1 is illustrated on
the number line as
40. The mean of 6 numbers is 8. One of the
numbers is removed and the new mean
is now 7. The number removed, is (A)

(A) 13
(B) 8 (B)
(C) 7
(D) 6

(C)
41. When v  u  at , a

(A) t v  u 
(D)
uv
(B)
t
(C) uvt
v u
(D)
t

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45.
The height of Number of
47. The interquartile range of the scores 1,
seedlings in cm seedlings (f) 7, 7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 23 is
(x)
6 – 10 4 (A) 9
(B) 11
11 – 15 14 (C) 12
(D) 19
16 – 20 2 48.

The table above shows the heights of

seedlings in a nursery box. If the
measurements are taken to the nearest
centimetre, the class width, in cm, is
(A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 5 PQRS is a square whose diagonal is 32
(D) 4 units. The area of the square, in square
46. units, is
Score on the die Frequency, f
(A) 8
1 0 (B) 12
(C) 16
2 4
(D) 32
3 8 49. A circle has an area of 616 cm2. Its
radius, in cm, is
4 6
(A) 14
5 5 (B) 16
(C) 22
6 7 (D) 28
50. The triangle PQR is mapped onto
 f  30 PQR by an enlargement, center O
and scale factor 2. If P has coordinates
 6,  8 , the coordinates of P are
Kwame tossed a die 30 times and
tabulated the scores. The modal score is (A) 8,  6
(B) 12, 16 
(A) 3
(B) 5 (C) 3,  4
(C) 6 (D)  8, 6
(D) 8
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51.  4  6   3  4   6  3 illustrates the
(A) y  kx
(A) commutative property k
(B) y
(B) associative property x
(C) distributive property (C) ykx
(D) identity property (D) yk
52. Which of the following set of ordered 56.  78   22  
2 2

pairs, represents the relation,

f : x  2x 1 ?
(A) 2 000

 0, 1 ,  2, 3 ,  4, 9
(B) 2 500
(A) (C) 3 136
(B) 1, 1 , 3, 5 ,  6, 10 (D) 5 600

(C)  1,  3 ,  2,  5 , 1, 1 57. An article originally priced at $200 was
(D)  2, 5 ,  6, 7 , 1, 3 marked up by 10% before a sale. It was
then given a 10% discount at the sale.
53. Which of the following is NOT a The sale price of the article was
congruent transformation?
(A) Reflection (A) $190
(B) Translation (B) $198
(C) Dilation (C) $200
(D) Rotation (D) $210
54.
58. Dwayne has 2 white socks and 2 black
socks scattered in a drawer. He chooses
one sock at random from the drawer
and then he randomly chooses another.
The probability that he chooses both
socks of the same colour is

1
The shaded region in the above Venn (A)
2
diagram illustrates
1
(B)
3
(A) P Q
1
(C)
(B)  P  Q  4
1
(D)
(C)  P  Q  6

(D) P Q
55. If x and y are variables and y varies
inversely as x, then (where k is a
constant)

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59. The size of each exterior angle of a
regular polygon is 60°. The polygon is a

(A) pentagon
(B) hexagon
(C) octagon
(D) decagon

60. In which statement(s), if any, is (are)

the converse(s) true ?

(i) The opposite angles of a cyclic

quadrilateral are supplementary.

If the opposite angles of a

quadrilateral are supplementary,

then the quadrilateral is cyclic.

(ii) The angles of an equilateral

triangle are 600 each.

If the angles of a triangle are 600,

then the triangle is equilateral.

(A) (i) only

(B) (ii) only

(C) Both (i) and (ii)

(D) Neither (i) nor (ii)

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 25

1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. C
7. A 8. D 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. D
13. C 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. B 18. C
19. B 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D
25. D 26. B 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. D
31. D 32. C 33. A 34. B 35. B 36. C
37. A 38. D 39. C 40. A 41. D 42. A
43. C 44. D 45. C 46. A 47. A 48. C
49. A 50. B 51. B 52. C 53. C 54. C
55. B 56. D 57. B 58. B 59. B 60. C

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 TEST 26

1. 2.4571 written correct to 2 decimal 5. If 3 : 4  y : x , then

places is
(A) 4 y  3x
(A) 2.4
(B) 3 y  4x
(B) 2.45
(C) yx
(C) 2.46
(D) 2.5 (D) xy  34

2. 0.1 0.2  0.3  6. A sum of money is shared in the ratio

1: 2 . If the difference in the shares is
(A) 0.003 $30, then the smaller share is
(B) 0.006
(A) $10
(C) 0.123
(B) $20
(D) 1.23
(C) $30
(D) $90

1 1
3. 2 1 
3 4
7. X  Even numbers and
(A) 3
7 Y  Prime numbers . Which of the
12
following statements is true?
1
(B) 3
12
(A) X Y
7
(C) 1
12
(B) X Y
1 (C) YX
(D) 1
12 (D) X Y  

4. 16.236 expressed correct to 2 8. 2 x  1  3x  1 only if x

significant figures is

(A) 16 (A) 1
(B) 16.23 (B) 0
(C) 16.24
(C) 1
(D) 17
(D) 2

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  48   42
2 2
9. is equivalent in value to
(D)

(A) 2  48  2  42 
 48  42 
2
(B)
(C) 90 (48 - 42)
6  48  42 
2
(D)
10. The largest common multiple of 3 and
5, which is less than 100, is
12. If P and Q are sets then P  Q can be
illustrated by the Venn diagram
(A) 99
(B) 90
(A)
(C) 60
(D) 15

11. V  a, b, c and W   f , a, b, c is

best illustrated as
(B)
(A)

(C)
(B)

(D)
(C)

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13. 16. The sum of $100 amounted to $140
with simple interest at the rate of 4%
per annum. The time, in years, was
(A) 40
(B) 35
(C) 10
(D) 4

U  Students in a school
17. A television set is bought by paying 50%
S  6 form students
th
down payment of its cost price of $7
200. The remainder is to be paid in
P  Prefects equal monthly installments, for one
Which of the following statements is year, of
(A) $600
true?
(B) $300
(C) $150
(A) Mark is a 6th former who is a
(D) $50
prefect.
(B) Mark is a 6th former but not a
prefect.
18. Taxes of $560 per annum is required to
(C) Mark is a prefect who is not a
be paid on a parcel of land valued at
6th former.
$80 000. The rate, per $100 value, of
(D) Mark is neither a 6th former nor the land, is
a prefect.
14. In a class of 36 students, students play (A) 8¢
cricket or football or both. If 24 (B) 56¢
students play cricket and 18 play (C) 70¢
football, the most number of students
(D) 80¢
who do not play either sport is

(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(D) 24
15. Sarah paid $120 for a pair of shoes
marked at $150 during a sale. The
percentage discount was

(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 50

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19. The table below shows the cost of a
television set in various countries and (A) $8 000
the conversion rate in TT $. (B) $6 400
Country Cost of Conversion (C) $5 000
Television Rate (D) $1 600

U.S.A. $500 US $1.00 US ≡

$6.40 TT
4
22. The additive inverse of the number
St. Lucia $1 080 EC $1.00 EC ≡ 5
is
$3.00 TT
5
Trinidad $3 220 TT - (A)
4
Guyana $124 000 $40.00 Guy (B) 1
(C) 0
Guy ≡ $1.00 TT
4
(D) 
5
23. One kilogram, expressed in tonnes, is
The television set is least expensive in

(A) Guyana (A) 1103

(B) 1102
(B) U.S.A.
(C) 1102
(C) Trinidad and Tobago (D) 1103
(D) St. Lucia

24. 3  2 x  y   2  2 x  3 y  
20. At a store, a shirt is marked at $80.
There is a discount of 10% for cash
(A) 2x  9 y
purchases and then there is a 10% tax
to be charged on this price. The cash (B) 10 x  3 y
price paid for the shirt is (C) 4x  6 y
(D) 2x + 9y
(A) $88.00
(B) $80.00
(C) $79.20
25. 3a3  2a 2 
(D) $75.50

(A) 6a 6
(B) 6a 6
21. The owner of a vehicle pays 10% of the
(C) 6a5
value of the vehicle in insurance. A car
bought for $80 000, depreciates by 20% (D) 6a 5
after one year. The cost of insurance for
the second year is

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 31. 2  2 
26. 0.000144
1
(A) 1.2 104 (A)
2
(B) 1.2 102
(B) 2
(C) 1.2 101
(C) 1
(D) 1.2 102 (D) 2

1 1 32. 10 ms-1 expressed in kmh-1 , is

27. If x  1  x, x 
2 3
(A) 10
(A) 6 (B) 36
(B) 5 (C) 60
(C) 4 (D) 100
(D) 6 33. If 18  2 x  3x  7 , then x

(A) 5
28. If a  2, b  1 and c  1 , then 1
(B) 2
 cb  
a
5
(C) 5
(D) 11
(A) 2
(B) 1 34. A road measures 4 cm on a map drawn
(C) 1 to a scale of 1:200 000. The actual
(D) 2 length of the road, in km, is
29. 2 x  4  0, x W . The smallest x that
satisfies the inequation is (A) 0.8
(B) 2
(A) 2 (C) 4
(B) 1 (D) 8
(C) 0
(D) 2

30. If mn denotes m2  n2 , then

13  5 

(A) 18
(B) 16
(C) 12
(D) 8

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35. 37. From a 2-litre filled bottle of soda, 250
ml is poured into a glass. The fraction of
the original amount of soda that
remains in the bottle is

7
(A)
8
1
(B)
2
A slice of cake is shown in the above
1
diagram. The angle of sector AOB is 45°. (C)
4
The number of similar slices that can be
1
got from the cake is (D)
8
38.
(A) 12
(B) 8
(C) 6
(D) 4

36.
The diagram shows a block of wood 12
cm by 6 cm by 4 cm. The largest cube
that can be cut off from the block will
have a volume, in cm3, of

(A) 1 728
(B) 288
(C) 216
The triangle and the rectangle, shown (D) 64
above, have the same area. The height
of the triangle, in cm, is

39. Sean left home at 9:55 am and walks

across to Shanna’s home, arriving at
(A) 6 10:10 am. If Shanna lives 1 km away,
(B) 4 Sean’s average speed, in
kmh-1, is
(C) 3
(A) 2
(D) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 10

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 Questions 40 to 42 are based on the 43.
table below. 7 10 x 8 6

Number of goals Number of

The table shows the scores given by the
scored matches
five judges in a competition. If the
0 5 range of scores is 4, then x could be

1 4 (A) 10
(B) 5
2 0 (C) 4
(D) 3
3 3

4 3
44. Just before a Mathematics examination,
1
of the class of 32 were found to be
The table shows the number of goals 8
scored in 15 matches by ‘THE REAL suffering from ‘MATHS ANXIETY
VECTORS’ football team. SYNDROME’. The number of students
unaffected is
40. The modal score is

(A) 28
(A) 0
(B) 16
(B) 1
(C) 12
(C) 3
(D) 4
(D) 4

45. If the mean of 4, x, y and 8 is 6, then

41. The mean score per match is
which statement is always true?
(A) 0
(A) x y
(B) 1
(C) 2
(B) x y
(D) 3 (C) x  y  12
(D) x  0 and y  0

42. The median score is

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3

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46. 48.

The above diagram illustrates the

function
From the diagram above, the following
(A) f :xx statements are made.
1 A. The diagram does not illustrate
(B) f :x a function since no element(s)
x
from the domain map onto the
x
(C) f :x elements p and r in the co-
2 domain.
(D) f : x  x2 B. The diagram does not illustrate
a function since two elements,
47.
b and c, are mapped onto the
same element , n, in the co-
domain.
C. The diagram does not illustrate
a function since each element
of the domain is not mapped
onto one element in the co-
domain.
D. The diagram illustrates a
function since there are two
elements of the domain that
are not mapped onto any
element of the co-domain and
also two elements of the co-
In the pie chart, shown above, a sector domain are not mapped to
1 elements of the domain.
of angle 22 degrees illustrates 18
2
students from a school whose favourite
drink is orange juice. The number of The correct statement is
students in the school is

(A) 360 (A) A

(B) 288 (B) B
(C) 180
(C) C
(D) 100
(D) D

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49. 51.

In the above diagram, f  f 1 , hence

a

(A) 4 In the above diagram, the value of x is

1
(B) 
4 (A) 30
1 (B) 45
(C)
4 (C) 60
(D) 4 (D) 120

50.
52. f  x   x for  x : 2  x  2 . The
2

range of f is

(A) 4  f  x   4
(B)  f  x   4
(C)  f  x   4
(D) 0  f  x   4
In the above diagram, the value of p is

53. f  2   f  2  in the function

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 9 (A) f  x   2x
f  x   x2
(D) 11
(B)
x
(C) f  x 
2
(D) f  x  x  2

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54.
(A) 120
(B) 126
(C) 144
(D) 162

57.
AOB is a straight line. The measure of x
is
(A) 64
(B) 90
(C) 116
(D) 180
55.

Triangle ABC is mapped onto triangle

In the above diagram, PQR is a straight ABC by a translation, T. Which of
the following is the vector that
line and ˆ  120 .
PQS describes T?

(A) y  60  4
(B) y  60
(A)  
 3
(C) y  30
 4 
(D) y  30 (B)  
 3
56.
 4 
(C)  
 3 
 4
(D)  
 3 

In the above diagram, O is the center of

the circle ABC. AB is extended to D. The
size of angle CBD, in degrees, is

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58. 60.

Triangle PQR is mapped onto triangle In the triangle, shown above,

PQR by an enlargement with scale PQ  QR  PR . Therefore,

1
factor . If the area of triangle PQR is
3 (A) Pˆ  Qˆ  Rˆ
36 cm2, then the area of triangle
PQR , in cm , is
2 (B) Qˆ  Pˆ  Rˆ
(C) Rˆ  Qˆ  Pˆ
(A) 18
(D) Rˆ  Pˆ  Qˆ
(B) 12
(C) 4
(D) 3

59. The point  0, 3 reflected in the line

y  x has image

(A)  0,  3
(B)  3, 0
(C)  3, 0
(D)  0, 3

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 26

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. C
7. D 8. B 9. C 10. B 11. B 12. B
13. C 14. B 15. A 16. C 17. B 18. C
19. A 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. D 24. D
25. C 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. C
31. B 32. B 33. C 34. D 35. B 36. B
37. A 38. D 39. B 40. A 41. C 42. B
43. A 44. A 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. C
49. D 50. D 51. C 52. D 53. B 54. C
55. D 56. B 57. D 58. C 59. C 60. D

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 TEST 27

1. If 0.3x  3 , then x 5. If P  a, b, c, d  , Q  c, d , e, f 

(A) 30 and R  e, f , g , then P  Q  R is

(B) 10 (A) 
1
(C)
3 (B) c, d 
(D) 1 (C) e, f 
(D) a, b, c, d , e, f , g
2. The interest earned on $1 000 at the  1  1 
3 2
6.
rate of 5 percent per annum over 4
years is
(A) 3
(A) $50 (B) 0
(B) $100 (C) 1
(C) $200 (D) 3
(D) $400 7. A dishwasher can be bought by paying
$1 200 cash OR by paying an
installment of $120 per month for one
year. The amount saved by paying cash
3. The best suggested approximation to is
3.98  5.01 is
(A) $240
(A) 2 (B) $200
(B) 4 (C) $180
(C) 10 (D) $120
(D) 20

4. 180 out of 200 students attended

school on a particular day. The
percentage who attended was

(A) 90
(B) 80
(C) 20
(D) 10

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8. E  Even numbers and 10. The interest rate at a credit union
increased from 6% to 6.5%. How much
P  Prime numbers . The best more will Mr. Albernatty earn on a
suggested diagram that illustrates these deposit of $60 000, in one year?
sets is
(A) $300
(A) (B) $1 000
(C) $3 600
(D) $3 900

11. In triangle ABC, Bˆ  2 Aˆ and Cˆ  3 Aˆ .

(B) The size of the smallest angle of the
triangle, in degrees, is

(A) 15°
(B) 30°
(C) 45°
(D) 60°
4 2
12.  
(C) x x

6
(A)
x
(B) 6x
x
(C)
6
(D)
8
(D)
x2

13. The perimeter of a square is x cm and

its area is x cm2. The length of a side of
the square, in cm, is
9. Which set of numbers has the L.C.M of
4?
(A) 16
(B) 12
(A) 4, 6 (C) 8
(B) 3, 4 (D) 4

(C) 5, 6
(D) 4, 8

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14. A man’s salary was increased from $2 17.  a  b  a  b  
000 per month to $2 500 per month.
His wife’s salary of $3 000 per month
was increased by the same proportion, (A) a 2  b2
to the new monthly salary of (B) a 2  ab  b2
(C) a 2  2ab  b2
(A) $4 000 (D) a 2  b2
(B) $3 750 18.
(C) $3 600
(D) $3 500

15. Marlene receives $60 and Nikky

receives $40 in allowances per week.
The ratio of Nikky’s allowance to
Marlene’s allowance is
The quadratic graph, illustrated above,
(A) 5:2
has equation y 
(B) 3:2
(C) 2:3
(A) x2  x  6
(D) 3:5
16. (B) x2  x  6
(C)  x2  x  6
(D)  x2  x  6
19. The missing term in the series
1 1
…6, 7, 8 , 10 , , 16 … is
2 2

1
(A) 11
2
Farmer Joe cultivates all 16 hectares of
(B) 12
his garden with rice and beans. The
(C) 13
portion of the land used for rice and
1
beans is shown on the pie chart above. (D) 13
2
How many more hectares of rice than
20. Six equally priced books were bought
beans are cultivated? for a total of $150 and sold at a profit of
20%. The selling price of each book was

(A) 64 (A) $40

(B) $30
(B) 12
(C) $25
(C) 8 (D) $20

(D) 4

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21. (A) scalene
(B) isosceles
(C) right-angled
(D) equilateral

24.

PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. If

ˆ  60 , then R̂ 
P

(A) 60°
The triangle PQR , shown above, is
(B) 90°
(C) 120° isosceles. If x  4 , the perimeter of the
(D) 135° triangle, in cm, is
22. x 2  2 x  8 factorises to
(A) 8

 x  2 x  4
(B) 12
(A)
(C) 16
(B)  x  2 x  4 (D) 24

(C)  x  1 x  8
(D)  x  4 x  4 25. An ordinary fair die is tossed twice. The
probability of obtaining a 5 and 6, in
any order, is

23. 1
(A)
2
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
12
1
(D)
18

O is the center of a regular hexagon

ABCDEF. The triangle DOC is

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26. Which of the following numbers is 36, (C)
when expressed to two significant
figures?

(A) 36.50
(B) 36.48
(C) 35.49
(D) 34.99

(D)
27. P is mapped onto P under a reflection
in the line y  x . If P lies in quadrant
4, then P lies in quadrant

(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
28. Which of the following is the best 29. Twice x taken from three times y is
illustration of the graph with equation written as
y  4  3x  x 2 ?
(A) 2x  3 y
(A) (B) 3x  2 y
(C) 2 y  3x
(D) 3 y  2x

30. 2  p  q  means
2

(A) Twice the square of the

(B) difference of p from q.
(B) Twice the difference of the
square of q from the square of
p.
(C) The square of twice the
difference of q from p.
(D) Twice the square of the
difference of q from p.

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31. If P = {x : -2 ⋜ x < 3, x ⋴ Z }, then 34.
n  P 

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6

The diagram shows a right circular

32. Which of the following numbers has cylinder of radius r and height h open at
exactly two factors? one end. The surface area of the
cylinder, in square units, is
(A) 249
(B) 250
(A)  r 2h   r 2
(C) 251
(B)  rh  2 r 2
(D) 252
(C) 2 rh   r 2
33.
(D) 2 rh  2 r 2

35.

A square of side 2 cm has an area, in

m2, of

(A) 2 102
A bag has 6 red and x blue marbles. The
(B) 4 102
probability of choosing a red marble, at
(C) 2 104
1
(D) 4 104 random from the bag, is . The
4
number of blue marbles is

(A) 24
(B) 18
(C) 12
(D) 6

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36. If x and y are two variables and k is a 40. If f  x   x  2 and 0  x  2 , then
2

k
constant, then y  2 indicates that
x
(A) 0  f  x  2
2  f  x  4
(A) y is inversesly proportional to
(B)
the square root of x.
(B) y is proportional to the square (C) 2  f  x  6
root of x.
(D) 2  f  x  6
(C) y is inversely proportional to
the square of x.
(D) y is proportional to the square 41. After 15% of a man’s salary is deducted
of x. for tax, he received $680. His gross
salary is
37. Which of the following set of numbers
has the same value for its mean and its
median? (A) $680.00
(B) $695.00

(A) 4, 7, 9 (C) $787.50

(D) $800.00
(B) 9, 3, 6
(C) 0, 4, 12
(D) 1, 4, 2
38. X and Y are two sets and X  Y   .
n  X   n Y  

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 4

2x 1
39. If  , then
3y 2

(A) 4 y  3x
(B) 6x  3 y
(C) 3 y  4x
(D) x  3y

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42. Which of the following sets of values 43. The solution to 2x + 1 < 7 is illustrated
shows a direct proportion? as

(A) (A)

x y
(B)
2 3
(C)
4 5

6 7 (D)
(B)
44. The lower quartile of the set of
x y numbers 3, 4, 2, 6, 6, 8, 10 and 7 is

2 1 (A) 2
(B) 3
4 3 (C) 6
(D) 7
6 5

(C)
45. 1 hectare, expressed in m2, is
x y
(A) 1102
2 4 (B) 1103
(C) 1104
4 16 (D) 1105

6 36

(D)

x y

2 6

4 12

6 18

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46. 47. The mode of the distribution is

(A) 1
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 7

48. The median of the distribution is

(A) 2
In the diagram above, ABCD is a square
(B) 2.5
of side 10 cm. P, Q, R and S are the
(C) 3.5
midpoints of the sides shown. The area
(D) 4
of the un-shaded region, in cm2, is

49. The mean of the distribution is

(A) 100
(B) 50
(A) 3.35
(C) 25
(B) 3.40
1
(D) 12 (C) 4.10
2
(D) 4.15
Questions 47 to 49 are based on the
following distribution.

50. Which of the following points is furthest

Value, x Frequency, f from O?

1 4
(A)  3, 4
2 3
(B)  4, 1
3 3 (C)  2, 4
4 5 (D)  3, 3
5 3 51. P is the point  3,  1 . Under a
reflection in the line x  1 , the image
6 1 of P is

7 1
(A)  4,  1
(B)  1,  1
(C)  1, 2
(D) 1,  3
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52. If N is any real number, then 54.
N    N   0 illustrates

(A) A number added to itself is 0.

(B) A number added to its addition
identity is 0.
(C) 0 is the negative of a number.
(D) A negative number added to a
positive number is 0.
The diagram shows the point with
coordinates  a, 16  on the curve with
53.
equation y  x2  2 x  1. The value of
a is

(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 3
In the above Venn diagram, the shaded (D) 4
region illustrates
55.
(A) P  Q

(B)  P  Q 
(C)  P  Q 
(D) P Q

The length of PQ is

6sin 60
(A)
sin 55
6sin 55
(B)
sin 60
sin 60
(C)
6sin 55
sin 55
(D)
6sin 60

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56. 59.

From a point A, on ground level, the top

of a tree is 60 m away. The angle of
elevation from A to the top of the tree The diagram shown above illustrates
is 42°. The height of the tree, in m, is the construction of

(A) a 90° angle at P

(A) 42sin 60
(B) the perpendicular to a given
(B) 60sin 42
line from a point, P
(C) 60cos 42
(C) a 60° angle at P
(D) 60 tan 42
(D) the perpendicular bisector of a
straight line through P

57. If a  2 and b  1 , then

 a  2b  
2
60. A watch keeps perfect time but lost

its minute hand. The hour hand

(A) 0
(B) 2 points 2/5 of the distance from 4
(C) 4
towards 5. The time is
(D) 16

(A) 4:10
58.  a  b   4 is factorised to obtain
2

(B) 4:20

(A)  a  b  4 a  b  4 (C) 4:24

(D) 4:36
(B)  a  b  2 a  b  2
(C)  a  b  2 a  b  2
(D)  a  b  2 2  a  b 

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 27

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. B
7. A 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. A
13. D 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. A 18. B
19. C 20. B 21. C 22. B 23. D 24. C
25. D 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. D
31. C 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. B 36. C
37. B 38. A 39. C 40. C 41. D 42. D
43. D 44. B 45. C 46. B 47. B 48. C
49. A 50. A 51. B 52. B 53. C 54. C
55. B 56. B 57. D 58. D 59. B 60. C

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 TEST 28

7 the smaller portion to the larger portion

1. expressed as a decimal fraction is
8 is

(A) 0.7 (A) 5:2

(B) 0.8 (B) 7:5
(C) 0.87 (C) 5:7
(D) 0.875 (D) 2:5

6. If 60% of a number is 90, then 90% of

2. Which one of the following numbers is the number is
NOT 3.42 when written correct to two
decimal places? (A) 135
(B) 100
(A) 3.426 (C) 90
(B) 3.424 (D) 60
(C) 3.419
(D) 3.415
7. 36 apples can be shared equally among

3. 0.1  0.01  (A) 2, 3 or 5 children

(B) 3, 4 or 6 children
(A) 100 (C) 2, 5 or 7 children
(B) 10 (D) 3, 6 or 8 children
(C) 1
(D) 0.1
8. The place value of 4 in the number
543.2 is
4. 0.45  5 
(A) 4 tenths
(A) 0.225 (B) 4 tens
(B) 2.25 (C) tenths
(C) 22.5 (D) ten
(D) 225 9. The highest common factor of 4 and 5 is

(A) 1
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 20

5. $350 is divided into two portions. If the

larger portion is $250, then the ratio of
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10. The number of integers from 14 to 62
inclusive is (B)

(A) 62
(B) 49
(C) 48
(D) 47
11. X  Factors of 12 and
Y  Factors of 16 .
(C)

(D)

The set of elements in the shaded

region is

(A) 4, 8, 12, 16

(B) 12, 16
(C) 1, 2, 4 13.

(D) 4

12. P = {Non-positive integers}and

Q = {Non-negative integers}.

In the Venn diagram, n  X   6 ,

The most suitable Venn diagram which
illustrates the sets P and Q is
n Y   8 and n  X  Y   4 . If
(A)
n U   16 , then n  X  Y  

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

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14. The number of subsets of P is 16. The 18. A salesman receives 10% commission
set P may be on sales exceeding
$10 000. If his sales amounted to
(A) a, b $18 000, his commission was

(B) a, b, c (A) $1 800

(C) a, b, c, d (B) $1 000
(C) $800
(D) a, b, c, d , e (D) $60

19. An item marked at $50 costs $56 when

a sales tax was added. The percentage
15. The interest earned on $600 at 10% per
sales tax is
annum over n years is $300. The value
of n is
(A) 6
(A) 6 (B) 12
(B) 5 (C) 18
(C) 4 (D) 20
(D) 2
20. $1.00 EC ≡ $2.70 TT
How much in EC dollars was exchanged
to receive $121.50 TT?
16. An article costs $180 after given a 10%
discount. If instead, it was given a 20%
discount, it would have cost (A) $30
(B) $45
(A) $170 (C) $50
(B) $160 (D) $65
(C) $150
(D) $36
21. A similar coat is sold at four stores at
the following rates:
Store A: $88 and 10% discount
2 1
17. The sum of and is Store B: $72 and 10% sales tax
3 4
Store C: $100 and 20% discount
2 Store D: $81
(A) 2
3
11 The coat is most expensive at store
(B)
12
3 (A) A
(C)
7 (B) B
1 (C) C
(D)
6 (D) D

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22. Simple interest is earned on a sum of 33
money at the rate of 10% per annum 26. 0 
for four years. If the same interest is to 3
be earned on the same sum of money
over 2 years, the interest rate would be (A) 27
(B) 9
(A) 20% (C) 6
(B) 15% (D) 1
(C) 10%
(D) 5%
27. If 3  4  2 , then a  b denotes
23.  4a 
2 3

(A) 2a  2b
(A) 12a 5
(B) 2a  b
(B) 12a 6
(C) ab
(C) 64a 5
(D) a  2b
(D) 64a 6
x x
28. If 6    1 , then x
2 3

4a 2 b (A) 6
24. 
8ba (B) 5
(C) 1
(A)
b (D) 6
2a
2b
(B)
a 1
a 29. If a  2, b  2 and c  , then
(C) 2
2b 2a  3b
a 
(D) c
2
(A) 20
(B) 12
25. a  2b  c   a  b  2c   (C) 4
(D) 4
(A) ab  3ac
(B) ab  3ac
(C) 3ab  3ac
(D) ab  ac

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 34. The quadratic curve y  x  6 x  1
30. If 2p apples cost $6d, then the cost of q 2
apples, in dollars, is
has an axis of symmetry with equation
x
dp
(A) $
6q (A) 6
3dp (B) 3
(B) $ (C) 3
q
(D) 6
3dq
(C) $
p 35.
6 pd
(D) $
q
31.  a  b    p  q  factorises to
2 2

(A)  a  b  p  q  a  b  p  q 
(B)  a  b  p  q  a  b  p  q 
(C)  a  b  p  q  a  b  p  q 
(D)  a  b  p  q  a  b  p  q 
The quadratic curve shown has
32. The line with equation y  6 x  12 , equation y 
cuts the x – axis at

(A) x2  4 x  4
(A)  0,  12 (B) x2  4 x
(B)  12, 0 (C) x2  4 x  4
(D) 4 – x2
(C)  2, 0
(D)  0, 2

33. f  x   x  x  1 . When f  a   29,

2

a could be

(A) 5
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D) 9

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36. 38. Which of the following illustrates a one
to one function?

(A)

The curve y  x 2  1 cuts the line

y  8 at

(A)  0, 3 and  0,  3 (B)

(B)  0, 8 and  0,  8
(C)  9, 0 and  9, 0
(D) 3, 0 and  3, 0

37. Four lines have equations:

Line 1: y  2 x  1
Line 2: y  4
Line 3: y  2 x  3 (C)
Line 4: 2 y  x  1  0

The perpendicular lines are

(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
(D)

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 Questions 39 to 41 are based on the (A) 1.5 102
diagram shown below. (B) 2.5  102
(C) 2.5  103
(D) 1.5 104

Questions 43 to 44 are based on the

diagram shown below.

39. M  0, 1 is the midpoint of PQ. If P is

 4, 2 , then Q is

(A)  2, 4
(B)  4, 0
22
(C)  4,  2 Take  
7
.

 1
(D)  2, 1 
 2
40. The gradient of PQ is 43. The minor sector AOB is cut off from a
ˆ  90 ,
circle of radius 14 cm. If AOB
the area of the major sector AOB, in
(A) 4 cm2, is
1
(B) 
4 (A) 616
1 (B) 462
(C)
4 (C) 154
(D) 4 (D) 116
41. PQ cuts the x – axis at 44. The perimeter of the remaining figure,
in cm, is
(A)  0, 0
(A) 66
(B)  2, 0 (B) 80
(C)  4, 0 (C) 88
(D) 94
(D)  2, 0
42. A cube of side 0.5 m, has a surface area,
in cm2, of

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45. 47.

The cone and the cylinder both have

the same base and the same height. The bar chart shows the number of
The ratio of the volume of the cylinder patients attended to by a physician on
to the volume of the cone is five mornings of a week. The number of
patients seen for that week is
(A) 1:1
(B) 2:1 (A) 29
(C) 3:1 (B) 28
(D) 4:1 (C) 21
(D) 14
48. In a group 10 – 15, the mid class
interval is
46. An aircraft leaves Piarco at 8:15 am and
travelled 1 875 km at an average speed
of 625 kmh-1. The time of arrival is (A) 15.5
(B) 13.0
(A) 10:15 am (C) 12.5
(B) 10:45 am (D) 5.0
(C) 11:00 am 49. An ordinary fair coin is tossed twice.
(D) 11:15 am The probability of obtaining two tails is

1
(A)
4
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
2
3
(D)
4

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50. Which of the following sets of data is 53.
discrete?

(A) The age of students in a class.

(B) The gender of students in a
class.
(C) The weight of students in a
class.
(D) The height of students in a
class. In the above diagram, p and q are

(A) alternate angles

51. In a factory, 4 workers are paid $350 (B) co-interior angles
per week, 6 workers are paid $475 per
(C) corresponding angles
week and 2 workers are paid $675 per
(D) vertically opposite angles
week. The range of wages is

(A) $500
(B) $325
(C) $200
(D) $125
54.

52. The suggested statistical diagram which

best illustrates the display of a
household budget is a

(A) pie chart

In the above diagram, a
(B) bar chart
(C) line graph
8
(D) histogram (A)
sin 30
(B) 8sin 30
cos 30
(C)
8
(D) 8tan 30

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55. 57.

In the diagram, h 
P is mapped onto P by a reflection in
(A) 12 the x – axis and P is mapped onto P
(B) 5cos 12 by a reflection in the y – axis. P will lie
(C) 12  5sin  in quadrant
(D) 12  5tan 
(A) 4
(B) 3
56. (C) 2
(D) 1

58.

Under a transformation triangle ABC is

mapped onto triangle ABC . The
transformation is a
In the above diagram, x2 =
(A) Reflection
(B) Rotation  3   4   3 4 cos 60
2 2
(A)
(C) Translation
 3   4   2  3 4  sin 60
2 2
(D) Enlargement (B)

 3   4   2  3 4  cos 60

2 2
(C)

 3   4   2  3 4  cos 60

2 2
(D)

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59.
60.

1
Volume of Pyramid  (Area of base)
3
 Perpendicular height PQRS is a rhombus with diagonals 6 cm
and 8 cm. The area of the rhombus, in
A is a vertex of a cube of side 6 cm. M, cm2, is
N and P are the midpoints of the
respective edges of the cube, as shown. (A) 48
The volume of MNPA, in cm3, is (B) 36
(C) 24
(A) 3½ (D) 18
(B) 4½
(C) 6
(D) 9

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 ANSWERS TO TEST 28

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. A
7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. C 12. B
13. B 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. B 18. C
19. B 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. D 24. D
25. B 26. A 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. C
31. B 32. C 33. C 34. C 35. D 36. D
37. C 38. A 39. B 40. C 41. C 42. D
43. B 44. D 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. C
49. A 50. B 51. B 52. A 53. B 54. A
55. D 56. A 57. B 58. D 59. B 60. C

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