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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

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

19 MAY 2010 (p.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

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

2. Calculators and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper.
3. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.
4. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them.
5. Each item in this test has four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are
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about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

6. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and blacken the space having

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the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item
2a  6 a 
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2

The best answer to this item is “8a”, so answer space (A) has been blackened.

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

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LIST OF FORMULAE

Volume of a prism V  Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.
Volume of a cylinder V   r 2 h where r is the radius of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C  2 r where r is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A   r 2 where r is the radius of the circle.
1
Area of Trapezium A  a  b  h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.
Roots of quadratic equations If ax 2  bx  c  0 ,

b  b 2  4ac
then x 
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin  
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos  
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan  
adjacent side

Area of triangle Area of  12 bh where b is the length of the base and h is the
perpendicular height

Area of ABC  12 ab sin C

Area of ABC  s( s  a)( s  b)( s  c)
abc
where s 
2
a b c
Sine rule  
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A

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1. The number 3.14063 written correct to 37.26  1.8

6. The EXACT value of is
3 decimal places is 1000

(A) 3.140 (A) 0.207

(B) 3.141 (B) 0.0207
(C) 3.146 (C) 20.7000
(D) 3.150 (D) 20 700

  3    2 
2 2
2.  7. The H.C.F. of 12, 15 and 60 is

(A) 13 (A) 3

(B) 10 (B) 5
(C) 13
(C) 12
(D) 60
(D) 25
8. The number 301 can be written as
3. In scientific notation, 170.04 is written as
(A) 3 103  110
(A) 0.17004  10 3
(B) 3 102  1 10
(B) 1.7004 102
(C) 3 103  1
(C) 17.004 101
(D) 3 10 2  1
(D) 1.7004  10 2
9. If 3n is an odd number, which of the following
is an even number?
4. 0.386  0.06 
(A) 3n  1
(A) 0.02316 (B) 3n  2
(B) 0.2316 (C) 3n  2
(C) 2.316 (D) 3n  2n
(D) 23.16
10. 25 130 is the same as
1
5. What number when added to 1 gives 2 ?
3 (A)  25 100   30
(A)
1 (B)  25  30  100
3 (C)  25  30    25 100
2
(B)
3 (D) 100  30   100  25
(C) 1

(D) 3

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Item 11 refers to the Venn diagram below. Item 14 refers to the Venn diagram below.

11. In the Venn diagram above, the shaded area

represents 14. If P  Factors of 6 and Q  Factors of 4 ,
(A) P'
then the shaded region represents
(B)  P  Q '
(C) QP' (A) 
(D) QP' (B) 1, 2
12. In a class of 32 students, 17 study Music and
(C) 4,6,8,...
20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of (D) 12, 24,36,...
students who are studying BOTH Music and Art?
15. If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$1.00, then
(A) 3 TT$15.00 in U.S. dollars is
(B) 5
(C) 12 (A) $0.25
(D) 15 (B) $0.40
(C) $2.50
(D) $4.00
13. If P  a, b, c then the number of subsets
of P is 1
16. 3 % of $500 is
4
(A) 8
(B) 6 (A) $ 1.62
(C) 4 (B) $15.52
(D) 3 (C) $16.00
(D) $16.25

17. If p sweets cost q cents, then the cost of one

sweet is
q
(A) cents
p
(B) pq cents
p
(C) cents
q
(D)  q  p  cents
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18. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as 23.  8a 
2

commission. His sales for last month were
$2 020 . How much commission was he paid?
(A) 16a
(A) $ 11.00 (B) 64a
(B) $ 20.20 (C) 16 a 2
(C) $101.00
(D) 64 a 2
(D) $110.00

19. How much does a customer pay for an article

marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is Item 24 refers to the expansion below
charged?
 x  a  x  b   x 2   a  b  x  ab
(A) $56.00
(B) $53.00
(C) $47.00 24. The middle term in the expansion of
(D) $44.00  x  3 x 1 is
20. A table is sold on hire purchase. The sale price
consists of a deposit of $306 and six monthly (A) 2
installments of $60 each. How much does a (B) 3
customer pay for the table? (C) 2x
(D) 4x
(A) $360
(B) $366
25. 5 x  y   3 x  y  
(C) $666
(D) $966 (A) 2x
(B) 2x  2 y
21. A loan of $8000 was repaid in 2 years in
(C) 2x  8 y
monthly payments of $400.00 . The interest on
the loan, as a percentage, was (D) 8x  8 y

(A) 5% 4 x 3x
(B) 8% 26.  may be written as
7 y 5y
(C) 16%
(D) 20%
41x
(A)
22. 3
A man pays 60 cents for every 200 m of gas 35 y
used, plus a fixed charge of $13.75 . How much 41x 2
3
does he pay when he uses 55000 m of gas? (B)
35 y
(A) $178.75 41xy
(C)
(B) $175.25 35 y
(C) $165.00 20 x  21y
(D) $151.25 (D)
35 y

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b 31. The values of x and y which satisfy the equations
27. If a * b   1 , then 7*28 
a x  2 y  27 and 2 x  y  19 are respectively

3 15 and 10
(A)  (A)
4 (B) 10 and 15
1 (C) 7 and 13
(B)
4 (D) 13 and 7
(C) 3
(D) 4 32. The volume of a cube of edge 10 cm is

28. Given 2 x  3  9 , the range of values of x is (A) 30 cm3

(A) x6
(B) 100 cm 3
(B) x6
(C) 300 cm 3
(C) x 3
(D) 1000 cm 3
(D) x3

t 33. 2500 millimetres expressed in metres is

x
29. If x  2 , y  3 , t  2 , then   
 y (A) 0.25
4 (B) 2.5
(A) 
9 (C) 25
4 (D) 250
(B)
9
4 34. A boy leaves home at 09 :15 hours and arrives at
(C) school at 10 : 05 hours. If he travels non-stop at
3
9 an average speed of 6 kmh 1 , what is the
(D) distance, in km, of his home from school?
4

30. When 6 is added to a number and the sum is (A) 2 km

divided by three, the result is four. This statement (B) 5 km
written in mathematical symbols is (C) 6 km
(D) 9 km
6 x
(A) 4 35. The distance around the edge of a circular pond
3
6 is 88 m . The radius, in metres, is
(B) x4
3
(A) 176
6 x 4
(C)  (B) 88
3 3
88
x (C)
(D) 6  4 
3
88
(D)
2

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36. A man leaves home at 22 :15 hrs and reaches 38. Which of the figures below, not drawn to scale,
his destination in the same time zone at 04 : 00 1
has an area equal to  3  4   5 square units?
hrs on the following day. How many hours did 2
the journey take?
(A)
(A) 5
3
(B) 5
4
(C) 6
(B)
1
(D) 6
4

Item 37 refers to the diagram below (C)

(D)

39. The area of a triangle is 30 cm 2 and its base is

10 cm . What is the perpendicular height, in cm,
37. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle of the triangle?
AOB  60o and OB is r units long. The area
of AOB is
(A) 6
(B) 12
1 (C) 13
(A) r (D) 17
3

1
(B) r 40. The median of the numbers:
6
1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
1 2
(C) r (A) 5.4
3
(B) 6
1 2 (C) 6.5
(D) r (D) 7
6

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41. Six hundred students write an examination. The 44. Each of the letters in the word ‘CHANCE’ is
probability of a randomly selected student failing written on a slip of paper similar in size and
1 shape. The slips of paper are then placed in a bag
the examination is . How many students are
5 and thoroughly shaken. What is the probability of
expected to pass? drawing a letter ‘C’?
1
(A)
(A) 120 6
(B) 480 1
(B)
(C) 500 5
(D) 600 1
(C)
3
42. The lengths of 30 cabbage leaves were 2
(D)
measured, to the nearest cm, and the information 3
grouped as shown in the table below.
Item 45 refers to the following diagram
Length of
10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29
Leaf (cm)
Frequency 3 8 12 7

The limits of the class intervals are

(A) 3,8,12, 7
(B) 5,5,5,5
(C) 9.5,14.5,19.5, 24.5, 29.5
(D) 10,14,15,19, 20, 24, 25, 29

Item 43 refers to the following bar chart 45. The pie chart above shows the preference in
drinks of a group of students. If 12 students
prefer chocolate, then the TOTAL number of
students is

(A) 48
(B) 72
(C) 180
(D) 360

46. Which of the following represents the equation of

a straight line?
43. The bar chart above shows the number of books
read by the children who took part in a survey. (A) y  2x  3
How many children took part in the survey?
4
(A) 5 (B) y
x
(B) 15
(C) 75 (C) y  x2  4
(D) 87 (D) y  x2  2x  5
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Item 47 refers to the graph below 49. Which of the following diagrams illustrates a
function?

(A)

(B)

47. The straight line AB cuts the Y axis at (C)

(A) (0, 3)
(B) (0, 2)
(C) (3, 2)
(D)
(D) (0, 2)

Item 48 refers to the following graph

If f ( x)  x  x  1 , then f (5) 
2
50.

(A) 31
(B) 19
(C) 24
(D) 29

The values of x for which y  4 x  x intersects

2
48.
y  0 are

(A) x  0 and x  4
(B) x  0 and x  2
(C) x  0 and x  4
(D) x  2 and x  4

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Item 51 refers to the following diagram of a function. 54. A ship sailed 8 km due east from A to B then
sailed 6 km due north to C . Which diagram
below BEST represents the path of the ship?

(A)

51. Which of the following best describes the

function?
(B)
(A) f ( x)  3  x
(B) yx
(C) f ( x)  x  3
(D) x  y3

Item 52 refers to the diagram below.

(C)
52. AC and DE are straight lines intersecting at B
.
Angle DBA  58o

(D)

The measure of angle ABE is

(A) 58o
(B) 122o
(C) 142o
(D) 302o

53. If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is

4 right angles, the polygon is a

(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
(C) pentagon
(D) quadrilateral

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55. o
A plane is heading in a direction of 045 and 58. A ladder 5 metres long is leaning against a
changes course in a clockwise direction to 135o . vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 3 m away
The angle through which the plane turns is from the wall. How far up the wall does the
ladder reach?
(A) 45o
(A) 4m
(B) 90o
(B) 6m
(C) 135o (C) 8m
(D) 270o (D) 15 m

56. The image of the point P( 3, 2) under the Item 59 refers to the diagram below
 2
translation   is
1

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

Item 57 refers to the following diagram. 59. The diagram above, not drawn to scale, shows
that the angle of depression of a point X from Z
is 30o . If X is 10 metres from Y , the height of
YZ , in metres, is

(A) 10 tan 60o

(B) 10 cos 60o
(C) 10 tan 30o
(D) 10sin 30 o

60. In a triangle ABC , angle A  x o and angle B ,

57. In the diagram above, if the line y  x is rotated
o
2 x o . What is the size of angle C ?
anti-clockwise about O through 90 , what is its
image?
(A) 60 o
(A) y0 (B) 45o
(B) x0 (C) (180  3x)o
(C) yx  180 
o

(D)  
(D) y  x  3x 

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