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This document is an examination paper for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics exam, administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council. It consists of 60 multiple-choice questions that test various mathematical concepts and skills, with a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Instructions for answering the questions and a sample item are provided, along with a list of formulae.
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MAY/JUNE 2020,
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 ~ General Profic
1 hour 30 minutes
13 MAY 2020 (p.m.)
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
This test consists of 60 items, You will have | hour and 30 minutes to answer them,
In addition to this booklet, you should have an answer sheet
A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best
‘On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having
the same letter as the answer you have chosen, Look at the sample item below
‘Sample ttem
2a + 6a = Sample Answer
(Ay 8a @eHOO
(By 8a -
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(D) Ra
‘The best answer to this item is “Sa”, so (A) has been shaded
Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
When you are told to begin. turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, Ifyou
cannot answer an item, go on to the next one, You may return to that item later,
You may do any rough work in this booklet
are NOT allowed for this paper.
Calculators and mathematical tables
) NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
ions Council
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2. What is the value of the digit 2 in the
number 48.621?
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(D) 200
Using the distributive property
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@ 2-0
a 49+ 20
«cy 52 « 66
(dD) 52+ 66
4. A total of $40 beads are shared in the ratio
4:5, The LARGER share of beads is
(A) 60
) 240
300 1.
(D) 432 7
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simplest form, is
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Dan sold 40 concert tickets in 5 days
Each day he sold 3 tickets MORE than the
previous day. The number of tickets he
sold on the third day is
2 3 HS
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on
‘tem 7 refers to the following Venn diagram
which shows the number of members of a
sports club who play rugby or basketball.
v
‘Rughy Basketball
‘The number of members who play rugby
but NOT basketball is
(A) 12
15
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(D) 40
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9.
ceferstothe folowing Venn diagram. 10,
‘The shaded region represents
Pe
(B) (PUG
«© = Pug’
@) onr"
u.
ems 9-10 refer to the following Venn
diagram which shows the universal set
(U), and two sets. T and C. that represent
the students in a class who play tennis (7)
and chess (C).
£ 12.
13.
Doug
How many students play BOTH games?
@ 2
(B) 3
« 4
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How many students play EXACTLY one
game?
aan
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©
©)
refers to the following information
‘on the description of 3 sets.
{prime numbers}
odd numbers}
‘even numbers}
Which of the following sets is empty?
(A) POR
(B) PUQ
6B
If n(A) = 14, n(B) = 15, and n(ANB) = 6,
then n(4UB) is
(A) 2
(B) 19
me 23
(DB) 29
A dress which costs $180 is being sold
at a discount of 10%, ‘The amount of the
discount is
(A) S$ 180
S$ 10.00
S$ 18.00
(D) $170.00
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S60 plus 18% tax. The total bill for this
dinner was
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$60.00
$70.80
$78.00
$81.60
NOTE
15, Thecost price of a refrigerator is $1 850 00.
A buyer who is given a discount of §% for
‘a cash purchase will pay
A)
(By
$1942.50
$1845.00
$1757.50
$1350.00
16. The annual interest rate on a mortgage on
a house assessed at a value of $450 000 is
5 cents on every SI
paid on the mortgage for the first y
(A) $8 11750
$ 22500
$107 500
$117 500
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17. The simple interest on a sum of money
invested at 5% per annum for 3 years was
$90.
‘The sum of money invested was
(Ay S54
(B) $ 150
) S$ 600
(D) $1350
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19.
20.
At the end of any year a car is worth 5%
Jess than what it was worth at the beginning
of the year. If a car is worth $9 500 in
December 2016, then its value in January
2016 was
(ay $9028
(B) $ 9995
a@y 510000
(Dy S10025
A television set costs $350 cash. When
bought on hire purchase. a deposit of $35 is,
required, followed by 12 monthly payments
‘of $30 each. How much is saved by paying,
cash?
(A) S10
(B) S25
«cy S40
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‘A man’s regular pay is $3 per hour up to
40 hours. Overtime is twice the payment
for regular time, If he was paid $216, how
many hours of overtime did he work?
w= 216
(A) 8
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(48 =Qe-129)[o
3x—4(r + 6) = eaten
+6
ou
® Ix+6
(D) -7x-24
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23.
24.
25.
ses(oe 1) = 35. then x 26.
a -4 0x-5 238
1
(B) a 19 40
G8 of = HIcd~
@ +
Ifxis an integer that satisfies the inequalit
4<2x <6, then “em
@ 2 perimeter of B
(D) Perimeter of A> perimeter of B
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not drawn to scale, which consists of
triangle resting on a square of side 5 em,
tem
38. If the height of the triangle is 4 om, what
is the TOTAL area of the figure?
G sem
(B) 45cm’
(Cc) S0em 3%
(D) 100m"
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Licms 39-40 refer to the following
histogram which shows the number of
children aged 4, 5,6, 7 and 8 who took part
ina survey
5
ee
23
7
a
1 WW
owas 6
‘Age in years
What was the modal age?
© >
(D) 8
(A) 3
1s,
(D) 87
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(B)
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©
Range
Median
‘The pie chart below. drawn to scale, shows
how a student used 12 hours in studying
English (E), Mathematics (Mf), French (F)
and Geography (G).
The amount of time spent studying
Mathematics is APPROXIMATELY
(A) hour
B) hours
© 3 hows
4 hours
* 2020
43.
zp
%
a
If the mean of the 4 numbers 4, 8,xand 12
is 10, then xis
4
(B) 10
@ i
em 44 refers to the following table
which shows the results ofa survey of 100
persons, from 2 major ethnie groups. Pand
R. Respondents were interviewed about
their attitude towards Mathematics
Attitude Towards | Ethnicity) |
Mathematics | pg) [ttl
Positive 25 [12 | 37
Neutral nf] 9] 20 |
“Negative mj! 3
A respondent is selected at random. What
is the probability that he has a positive
attitude towards Mathematics?
(A) 020
@ 037
© 043
(D) 0.60
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45, Which of the following diagrams BEST
itlustrates a funetion? sma refers wo the ftowing graph of a
straight line
°
é E=3)
46, The straight line AB cuts the y-axis at
5 i] A) 0.3)
had PI (B) (0.2)
» G2
2)
tem 47 refers to the following graph of a
® rt straight line
¥
n
ot
LAS
r2s4s 67 8
>x
47. The gradient of AB in the graph above is
~
2
© 2
() 2
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sh.
tpfay = 22 = Bo then f-3)= :
(A) 32
@ -9
» 7
wo 35
refer to the following graph
of a quadratic function.
‘The values of rat the points where the curve
y= 4x— x intersects the line y = O are
82.
x=Oandx=4
fi x=Oandx=2
(©) x=Oandx=~4
() nd x=4
‘The maximum point of y= 4x —
(Ay (4.4) 53.
(B) (0.4)
« (4,2)
(2.4)
®
A parking lot charges $1.00 plus $0.25 for
every hour (/) or part thereof in which 3
vehicle is parked. A function, C(h), that
represents the parking cost is
(A) CU) =0.25h
(B) CU) 1.008 + 0.25
(C) Cth) =0.25h + 1.00
(D) CA)= &
Item $2 refers to the following arrow
diagram which shows a function, /
S.
x > ’
2 s
s > 8
8 > "
n 4
Which of the following BEST describes
the function?
®
©
(Dd)
yoxt3
xt+y=3
If the sum of the interior angles of a
polygon is 4 right angles, then the polygon
isa
(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
(C) pentagon
QB) suadiateral
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refers to the following diagram
ehich shows a transformation.
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tf
466
‘A(2,5) we
Item $8 refers to the following diagram
which shows a transformation
7
57. Inthe diagram, the translation by which AB
is mapped onto 4’B" is represented by
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" [!
(i
ul
5 - [3]
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py [3]
™ (5)
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58.
OAA', OBB’ and OCC’ are straight lines.
AABC is mapped onto Ad’B'C’ by an
enlargement with centre O. What is the
scale factor of the enlargement?
a) 2
(B)
©
@
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Lem $9 refers to the fj
10 the fallo
similar triangles, following pair of tem 60 refers to the following diagram,
ic Zz
We,
59. The length of YO, in centimetres, is
60. The diagram above, not drawn to scale,
(A) 25 shows that the angle of depression of a
B) 3.0 point ¥ from Z is 30°. If. is 10 metres
@& 3s from ¥, the height of YZ, in metres. is
(D) 7.0 @
10 tan 30°
(B) 10 sin 30°
(©) 10c0s 30°
(D) 10 cos 60°
ND OF TEST i
IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON ‘THIS TEST.
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