1. The figure below-right shows two intersecting 9.
If 1000 kg = 1 tonne, how many kilograms are
sets A and B. The entries give the number of elements in in one thousandth of a tone?
each region. Find n(A). A) 0.001
A) 5 B) 0.01
B) 7 C) 1
C) 19 D) 1000
D) 24
10. If x = 22, then x2 is
2. G = {a, b, c}. The number of subsets of G is A) 2
A) 0 B) 4
B) 3 C) 8
C) 6 D) 16
D) 8
11. If 2 > x – 1, which of the following is true?
3. The gradient of the straight line y = 2x – 3 is A) x < 3
A) -3 B) x > 3
B) 2/3 C) x < 1
C) 1 D) x > 1
D) 2
12. If a = -4 and b = -3, then a x b =
4. The diagram below-right represents the mapping A) -43
A) f: x 3x B) -12
B) f: x 3x C) 12
C) f: x 3x2 D) 43
D) f: x 3x3
13. A certain quantity, x, is doubled and then
5. 0.00347 in standard form is reduced by two. This statement may be expressed as
A) 3.47 x 10-5 A) 2x - 2
B) 3.47 x 10-3 B) 2x/2
C) 3.47 x 10-2 C) x - 2
D) 3.47 x 103 D) x
6. 8 2/3%of $600.00 is 14. 5x + 2(-3x) =
A) $ 5. 20 A) -11x
B) $ 8. 66 B) -x
C) $52.00 C) –x2
D) $86.67 D) 11x
7. 3 1/8 in decimal form is 15. If v2 = u2 + 2as, then
A) 0.03125 v2 u 2
B) 0.3125 s
A) 2a
C) 3.125
D) 31.25 v2 u 2
s
B) 2a
8. The first four multiples of 5 are 2a
A) 1, 5, 15, 50 s
C) v u2
2
B) 5, 10, 15, 20
2a
C) 1, 5, 25, 125 s
D) 5, 50, 500, 5000 D) v u2
2
16. A fair coin has two faces called ‘heads’ and
‘tails’. In a single toss of a fair coin, the probability of 22. Ten students obtained the following marks on a
obtaining a tail is quiz: 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10. The median mark is
A) 0 A) 5
B) 0.25 B) 7
C) 0.5 C) 8
D) 1 D) 10
17. Based on experience, the probability that the sun 23. The pie-chart below-right shows the sizes of the
will rise tomorrow is angles representing corn and beans grown on a farm.
A) -1 The percentage of the land allocated to corn is
B) 1 A) 75%
C) 1.85 B) 50%
D) 2 C) 33%
D) 25%
18. A shirt marked at $50 has a 10% discount. The
discounted selling price is 24. In the right-angled triangle STR, below-right,
A) $45.00 the sine of angle RST is
B) $40.00 A) 6/z
C) $10.00 B) 10/z
D) $ 5.00 C) 6/10
D) z/6
19. The simple interest on $500 at 15% for six
months is given by 25. A ship is sailing on a bearing of 180. Its
A) 500 x 15 x 6 x 100 direction is
500 x15 A) North
B) 6 x100 B) South
C) 500 x 15 x ½ x 100 C) East
D) West
500 x15 x6
D) 12 x100 26. The point A (-5, 3) is reflected in the y-axis. The
coordinates of its image will be
20. For the following set of data {3, 4, 4, 8, 10} the A) (5, -3)
range is B) (5, 3)
A) 2 C) (-5, -3)
B) 3 D) (3, -5)
C) 4
D) 7 27. In triangle ABC, below-right, AB < AC < BC.
Which of the following is true about A, B and C?
21. Students asked 50 Lottery buyers what number A) A < B < C
or numbers they bought last Sunday. Which is the most
B) B < A < C
suitable measure of central tendency to take for the data
C) A > B > C
collected?
D) B > A > C
A) Mean
B) Median
28. Convert 40, 000 cm2 to square meters.
C) Mode
A) 0.4 m2
D) All are equally suitable
B) 4 m2
C) 40 m2
D) 400 m2 D) 2/9
29. A regular octagon has a side of length 2 cm. Its 36. Consider the numbers: 11, 21, 31, 77, 112.
perimeter is Three of these numbers have a common factor which is
A) 4 cm A) 2
B) 6 cm B) 7
C) 8 cm C) 11
D) 16 cm D) 14
30. The radius of the circle, below-right, is 14 cm. 37. What is the largest size of square tile that can be
The length of the minor arc AB is use 22/7 used to exactly cover a rectangular area 220 cm by 260
A) 7 cm cm without cutting any tile?
B) 14 cm A) 10 cm
C) 21 cm B) 11 cm
D) 22 cm C) 20 cm
D) 40 cm
31. The Venn Diagram, below-right, shows the
number of elements in each section. The number of 38. If g(x) =- 2x3 + 1, then g (-2) is
elements in (X Y) is A) -11
A) 4 B) -15
B) 6 C) -17
C) 12 D) -63
D) 18
(9 x 6 y 12)
32. In the figure, below-right, the shaded region 39. 3 =
represents A) 3x – 2y + 4
A) x 4 B) 3x + 2y - 4
B) x 4 C) -3x – 2y - 4
C) y 4 D) -3x + 2y + 4
D) y 4
40. If a * b = ab, then 2 * 5 =
33. A line has a gradient -2 and cuts the y-axis at A) 10
(0, 3). The equation may be written as B) 25
A) y = 2x - 3 C) 32
B) y = 2x + 3 D) 52
C) y = -2x + 3
D) y = -2x - 3 41. A bag contains three times as many yellow
marbles as green. If one marble is picked at random
34. If 40% of a number is 60, the number is from the bag, what is the probability of picking a green
A) 24 marble?
B) 60 1
C) 150
A) 4
D) 1200
1
35. Three men, X, Y and Z share a sum of money in B) 3
the ratio 3: 2: 4. The fraction that is Y’s share is 1
A) 1/12 C) 2
B) 1/2
C) 2/3
2
D) 3
48. A reflection in the x-axis followed by a
reflection in the y-axis is equivalent to
42. The compound interest on $1200 for 2 years at
A) a reflection in the line y = -x
10% is
B) a reflection in the line y = x
A) $240
B) $252 C) a rotation of 180 about O
C) $264 1
D) $360
1
D) a translation of
43. A salesperson receives $101.00 commission on
49. A rectangle is 3 times as long as it is wide. If its
sales of $2020.00. This represents a percentage of his
area is 27cm2, then its perimeter is
sales of
A) 24 cm
A) 1%
B) 36 cm
B) 2%
C) 54 cm
C) 5%
D) 81 cm
D) 20%
50. The surface area of a cube of sides 4 cm is
44. The mean of 100 scored in a distribution is 88.
A) 16 cm2
If each score in the distribution is increased by 2, the
B) 36 cm2
new mean of the distribution is
C) 64 cm2
A) 44
D) 96 cm2
B) 90
C) 188
D) 190
45. The following table shows the marks obtained
by 20 students in a quiz. The modal mark of the
distribution is
A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 8
46. Triangle WXY has sides WX = 12 cm, XY = 5 cm
and WY = 13 cm. The triangle WXY is
A) right-angled
B) equi-angular
C) isosceles
D) obtuse-angled
47. Which of the following statements must be true
for the triangle shown below-right
A) b2 = a2 + c2
B) cos x = sin(90 – x)
C) sin x = cos(90 + x)
D) tan x = b/a