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I. The number 0.0346 written in standard 6. John, Peter and Mary shared a sum of money
form is in the ratio 2 : 4 : 9. John and Peter together
received $360. How much money was
(A) 3.46 x 10·2 shared altogether?
(B) 3.46 x 1O·'
(C) 3.46 x 10 (A) $480
(D) 3.46 x 102 (B) $540
(C) $600
(D) $900
2. The value of0.386 x 0.06 is

(A) 0.02316 7. The value of the digit 2 in 425 .3 is

(B) 02316
(C) 2.316 (A) 2 tens
(D) 23.16 (B) 2 ones
(C) 2 tenths
(D) 2 hundreds
3. The number 3.14063 written to 3 decimal
places is
8. 25 x I 30 is the same as
(A) 3.140
(B) 3.141 (A) (25 x 100)+30
(C) 3.146 (B) (25 + 30) x JOO
(D) 3.150 (C) (25 x 30) + (25 x 100)
(D) (100 x 30)+(100 x 25)

4. If 60% of a number is 90, what is the

number? 9. The largest prime number that is less than 100
IS
(A) 30
(B) 54 (A) 91
(C) 150 (B) 93
(D) 180 (C) '77
(D) 99

5. What number when added to 131 gives

.
2?
10. What is the LEAST number of plums that
I can be shrn·ed equally among either 6, 9 or I 2
(A) -
3 children?
2 (A) 27
(B)
3 (B) 36
(C) 54
(C) I~ (D) 72
3

(D) 3~.
3
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11. Of a class of 32 students, 17 study Music 15. 3~ % of$500 is

and 20 study Art. What is the LEAST
number of students who study BOTH Music (A) $ 1.62
and Art? (B) $15.52
(C) $16.00
(A) 3 (D) $16.25
(B) 5
(C) 12
(D) 15 16. A dress which costs $180 is being sold at a
discount of 10%. The discount is

12. Which of the following sets is equivalent to (A) $ 1.80

{a, b, c, d}? (B) $ 10.00
(C) $ 18.00
(A) { 4} (D) $170.00
(B) (a, b, c}
(C) {p, q, r. s}
(D) {l,2,3,4,5} 1'7. If $7000 is borrowed at the rate of 5% per
annum for 3 years, the simple interest is

Item 13 refers to the following information. (A) $ 105

(B) $ 210
13. P= {prime numbers} (C) $ 370
Q= {odd numbers} (D) $1050
R= {even numbers}

Which ofthe following sets is empty? 18. The exchange rate for one United States
dollar (US$ l .OO) is two dollars and seventy
(A) Q nR cents in Eastern Caribbean currency
(B) PnR (EC$2.70). What is the value ofUS$4.50 in
(C) PnQ EC currency?
(D) PuQ
(A) $1.67
(B) $6.00
14. IfU= {l,3,5,6,8} andA= {3,6},thenthe (C) $7.20
number of elements in A' is (D) $12.15

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 8
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19. How much does a customer pay for an article 23. 2a3 + (2a)3 =
marked at $50.00 if a sales tax of 6% is
charged? (A) lOa'
(B) 10a6
(A) $44.00 (C) 16a3
(B) $47.00 (D) 16a6
(C) $53.00
(D) $56.00
Item 24 refers to the information below.

20. Asalesmansellsacarfor$11000. Ifheis

paid a commission of 4.5% for the first
$10 000 and 7 .5% on the remainder, then the
commission he receives is

(A) $. 495
(B) $ 525
(C) $ 825
(D) $1320
24. The total cost of3 pens and 2 boxes is

21. A company employs 12 gardeners at $26 (A) 5 xy

per day, and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What (B) 5 (x+ y)
is the mean daily wage of the 20 employees? (C) 2.x + 3y
(D) 3x+2y
(A) $20.00
(B) $21.50
(C) $22.40 25. Given that2x+ 3:::. 9, the range of values of
(D) $31.50 XIS

(A) x:::_ 3
22. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is (B) x> 3
$54, what is the rate of interest per annum? (C) x:::_ 6
(D) x> 6

(A) 4%
9 b
26. If a *b=- -1 , then 7 * 28 =
1 a
(B) 2-%
4
3
(A)
(C) 5% 4
l
(D) 44% (B)
4

(C) 3

(D) 4
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27. Althea saves $x each month; but in June Item 32 refers to the circle below, with
she saved $4 more than twice her usual centre 0.
amount. In June Althea saved
----B
(A) $4x
(B) $ 6x
60°
(C) $ (x + 4) o-~----1A
(D) $(2x+4)

28. 5(x+y)-3(x-y)=
32. The circumference of the circle is 20 cm.
(A) 2-.: The length ofthe minor arc AB, in centimetres,
(B) 2x+2y is
(C) 2x+8y
(D) 8x+8y
1
(A) - x 20
60
29. If x is an integer which satisfies the 60
(B) x 20
inequalities 4 < x - 2 < 8, then the 360
SMALLEST possible value ofx is
360 - 60) x 20
(C) (
(A) 7 360
(B) 6
(C) 5 (D) 60x20
(D) 4

33. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a

30. Think of a number. Subtract 8 from it. distance of 1080 km, what was its average
Multiply the difference by 3. The result is speed?
21. What is the original number?
(A) 12km/h
(A) 1 (B) 102kmlh
(B) 3 (C) 120kmlh
(C) 10 (D) 1200krrvh
(D) 15

34. The volume of a cube whose edge is 6 cm

31. Forallaandb,3a(a+2b)-b(2a-3b) = long is

(A) 18 cm 3
(A) 3a2 + 4ab + 3/T
(B) 3a 2 - ab+ 3b 2 (B) 36cm3
(C) 72cm3
(C) 3a 2 + 4ab - 3b 2
(D) 216cm'
(D) 3a 2 + 8ab - 3b 2
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Item 35 refers t~ the trapezium below. 38. A man leaves home at 22: 15 lu·s and reaches
his destination, in .the same time zone, at
<'------12 cm------'!> 04:00 hrs on the following day. How many
hours did the journey take?

(A) 5
3
(B) 5-
4
35. The area of the trapezium is (C) 6
(A) 24cm2 1
(D) 6-
(B) 28cm2 4
(C) 30cm2
(D) 36cm2
39. The area ofa rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 • If the
36. The distance around the edge of a circular length is multiplied by 4 and the width is
pond is 88 m. The radius, in metres is divided by 2, the area would then be

(A) 176ir (A) 107.2cm2

(B) 53.6cm2
(B) (C) 26.8 cm2
88ir
(D) 13.4 cm2
88
(C)
40. The median ofthe numbers
88
(D) 1,1,5,5,6,7,7,7,7,8is
2ir
(A) 5.4
Item 37 refers to the following diagram. (B) 6
(C) 6.5
(D) 7

Tu;m.Al refers to the table below which

shows the frequency of scores obtained by
students in a test.
A
37. A OB is a sector of a circle such that angle
AOB=72°and0Bisrunitslong. Thearea
ofAOBis
41. The range of scores is
1
(A) -nr' (A) 2
5
(B) 7
2 (C) 8
(B) -nr' (D) 10
5
.1
(C) -nr
5
2
..... (D) -nr
5
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Item 42 refers to the bar chart below which 45. A bag contains 60 marbles of different.
shows the ages of children who took part in colours. The probability of choosing a red
a survey.
5
marble is J2. How many red marbles does

the bag contain?

(A) 25
(B) 17
(C) 12
(D) 5

Item 46 refers to the diagram below.

-<(I e
Age Jn years -3 -2 -1 0 2 3 4

42. How many children took part in the survey? 46. The graph of the inequality in the diagram
above is defined by
(A) 5
(B) 15 (A) -2 <x:,; 3
(C) 75 (B) -2:s;x<3
(D) ITT (C) -2:,;x,,;3
(D) -2<x<3

43. If the mean of the four numbers 4, 8, x and

12 is 10, thenx is Item 47 refers to the arrow diagram below.

(A) 4 x ---y
(B) 10
2+---+>-ll
(C) 12
(D) 16

4 10

44. A bag contains 2 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue

balls. The probability of drawing a blue ball 47. The arrow diagram above describes the
at random from the bag is relation

(A) xis a factor ofy

1
(A) (B) xis less thany
6 (C) xis a multiple ofy
1 (D) xi~ greater than y
(B) -
3
1
(C) -
2
6
(D) -
11
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48. If h(x) = x- , then h(-6) = 51. The range off : x ~ x 3 for the domain
5 {-2,-1,0, 1,2} is

(A) (0, !, 8}
(A) -4 (B) {-2,-1,0, 1,2)
(C) (-6,-3,0,3,6)
-16 (D) (-8,-1, 0, 1, 8)
(B)
5

(C)
16
Item 52 refers to the right-angled triangle
5 below.
(D) 4 B

49. Which of the following points lies on the line

y=2x-3? c
(A) (2, 3)
(B) (-2,-1)
(C) (4, I)
A
(D) (0, -3)
52. In the right-angled triangle, tan e is
5
Item 50 refers to the arrow diagram below, (A)
which shows a function. 13
5
x ___,,.
f
y (B)
12
2--"~---+-~5 12
(C)
5 B 5
8 11 13
11 14
(D)
5

50. Which of the following BEST describes the

function?

(A) Jlx)=x+3
(B) Jlx)=y+3
(C) x=y+3
(D) y=x
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Item 53 refers to the diagram below.

-· .. ·-··+· .. ··········-······-·· ---:_ . _- -~ ·:· ·_ . . :' -_ ": . -__· ··4' .

. ·.+.
.. _ -i-·" -- .. - -·i·- ·- ·-- -~-
............... ,...... .,. ,-- ----- -

53. In the figure above, t:.0PQ is mapped onto

t:.OP' Q'. What type of transformation has
taken place?

(A) Reflection
(B) Enlargement
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation

Item 54 refers to the diagram below. 55.

D
....:r::: ~ :: :: ..
. .. .. _..i....r- :: : ..

d..... . .. .
.- - , .
- .. ·-
"

.. .. : ::.i:..... . :~' ::::-.. ·::

E

54. The measure of angle ABE is In the figure above, the line CD is the image
of AB after
(A) 58°
(B) 122° (A) a rotation through 90° centre 0
(C) l42°
(D) 302° (B) a reflection in the y-axis

(C) a translation by vector ( =;)

(D) an enlargement of scale factor- I
 Item 56 refers to the diagram below. 58. A plane is heading in a direction of045° and
•
changes course in a clockwise direction to
135°. The angle through which the plane
turns is

(A) 45°
(B) 90°
(C) 135°
M (D) 270°

56. In the diagram above, AB is parallel to CD,

Item 59 refers to the diagram below.
and LJKB= 125°.

The measure of angle MLD is ···+· ., . . -.. .. . :tJ · · · -·Jltt

•'1••· •• :..••.•• l'1•·•!Jll!l.j.:
· · · ·+··1·1Ch+1·
(A) 125°
(B) 90° · + JH+ +r1"'··
(C) 75° •.;. •'i·t
······
1
·,!!+t •·i•r
-·il+:
(D) 55°

Item 57 refers to the diagram below.

n'
JJ (7, 8)

A
(2, 5)
A'
/
(4, 6)
59. How many triangles congruent to MDE are
needed to cover the rectangle ABCD
entirely?

(A) 2
x (B) 4
57. (C) 6
The translation by which AB is mapped onto
A'B' is represented by
(D) 8

(A)
CJ 60. In a triangle ABC, angle A = x 0 and angle
B = 2x0 • What is the size of angle C?

(B) (D (A) (180- 3x) 0

(~)
(B) 600

(C)
(C) 45°

(D) -(~) (D)

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