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SPECIMEN CXC CSEC PAPER 1 EXAM

1. Which of the following is a subset of {b, c, d}? 6. Which of the following is the Highest Common
Factor of 18, 24 and 36?
(A) { }
(B) {a} (A) 6
(C) {1 , 2 , 3} (B) 18
(D) {a, b, c} (C) 36
(D) 72

2. The value of 5 in the number 357.21 is 1

7. If 2< x < 4 , then
(A) 5 tenths 2
(B) 5 ones
(C) 5 tens (A) 4 > x < 8
(D) 5 hundreds (B) 4 < x > 8
(C) 4 < x < 8
(D) 4 > x > 8
3. In coordinate geometry, the equation of the x-axis is
(A) y = x
8. Items bought by a trader for $80 are sold for $100.
(B) y = 0
The profit expressed as a percentage of cost price is
(C) x = 0
(D) y = 1 (A) 2.5%
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
4. 3x 4(x + 6) = (D) 50%
(A) x + 6
(B) x 24
9. Given that a and b are integers, which of the
(C) 7x + 6 following is not necessarily an integer?
(D) 7x 24
(A) 2a 5b
(B) a7
a
4 (C) b
5. 3 expressed as a decimal is
5 (D) ab
(A) 3.40
(B) 3.45 10. How many subsets does the set {a, b, c, d, e} have?
(C) 3.50
(D) 3.80 (A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 32

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11. Which of the following is NOT a prime number? 15. Profits in the partnership of Bess, Bill and Bob are
shared in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If Bill's share of the
(A) 11
profits is $300, what is Bob's share?
(B) 21
(C) 31 (A) $150
(D) 41 (B) $450
(C) $600
(D) $900
12. A contractor completed five-ninths of a job before a
second contractor completed an additional one-third.
What fraction of the job is left undone? 16. The figure, not drawn to scale,
shows a triangle of height 4 cm
(A) one-ninth 5 cm
cut from a shaded square of
(B) four-ninths 4 cm
sides 5 cm.
(C) two-thirds
(D) eight-ninths What is the area, in cm2 of the
remaining shaded region of the square?
(A) 5
13. 2p2 15p + 25 =
(B) 10
(A) (p 5)(2p 5) (C) 15
(B) (p 5)(2p + 5) (D) 20
(C) (p + 5)(2p 5)
(D) (2p 15)(p + 5)
17. Which of the following represents numbers
greater than 3 but less than 6 ?
14. In the diagram, not T (A) {x : 3 > x > 6}
drawn to scale, 45 (B) {x : 3 x 6}
TF is a vertical pole
20 m (C) {x : 3 < x < 6}
standing on horizontal
(D) {x : 3 x 6}
ground PF. The angle
of depression of point
P from the top of the P F
18. A man's regular pay is $3 per hour up to 40 hours.
pole is 45 .
Overtime is twice the payment for regular time.
What is the distance PF ?
If he was paid $168, how many hours overtime
(A) 10 m did he work?
(B) 20 m
(A) 8
(C) 42 m
(B) 16
(D) 90 m
(C) 28
(D) 48

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19. What is the value of u in the sequence 22. U
2 , 7 , 14 , 23 , 34 , u ? M P
C
(A) 45
(B) 46 a
(C) 47
(D) 53
Which of the following is valid for the diagram?
(A) C M and a M, therefore a C
(B) M C and a M, therefore a C
20. B B' B" x (C) M C and a C, therefore a M
(D) C M and a C, therefore a M

23. A man bought a shirt at a sale. He saves $30 on

the normal price when he paid $120 for the shirt.
x
A C C' C" What was the percentage discount on the shirt?
In the diagram above, triangle ABC is stretched (A) 20
along the x direction to form triangle AB’C’ and (B) 25
then triangle AB”C”. AC = CC’ = C’C”. (C) 33 1
3
What is the ratio of the areas of the three triangles? (D) 80
(A) 1 : 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 1 : 2
24. Given f : x 3x 1, and g : x x2, then fg( 2) =
(C) 1 : 2 : 2
(D) 1 : 2 : 3 (A) 28
(B) 3
(C) 11
21. The number 0.0417 in standard form is (D) 49
4
(A) 4.17 10
3
(B) 4.17 10
2 25. The bases and heights of a cylinder and a cone are
(C) 4.17 10
1 the same. The volume of the cylinder is V cm3.
(D) 4.17 10 What is the volume of the cone in cm3 ?
1
(A) V
4
1
(B) V
3
1
(C) V
2
(D) V

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26. The average of a set of numbers reduces from 30. What is the simple interest earned on $10 000
14 to 11 when the number 35 is removed. How invested for 3 months at a rate of 5% per annum?
many numbers were in the original set?
(A) $100
(A) 8 (B) $125
(B) 11 (C) $500
(C) 21 (D) $1 500
(D) 25

31. The expression a2 + b2 is equivalent to

Items 27 29 refer to the pie chart which shows the time a
(A) (a + b)(a + b)
student spends on various activities over a 30 hour period.
(B) (a + b)(a b)
27. What is the angle on (C) (a + b)(a + b) 2ab
the pie chart that (D) (a + b)(a b) 2ab
Languages Computer
represents the time
spent on Science? Studies
108 72 32. The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 cm. The rectangle
(A) 18 (B) 54 72 54 is converted to a square by tripling the width and
(C) 72 (D) 108 Maths taking a quarter of the length. What is the perimeter
Sports of the resulting square?
Science
(A) 9 cm
28. How many hours does
(B) 12 cm
the student spend on
(C) 20 cm
Sports, Science and
(D) 26 cm
Maths combined?
(A) 4.5
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 15

29. One hour in the 30 hours is chosen at random.

What is the probability that the student is doing
Languages or Computer Studies?
(A) 0.06
(B) 0.2
(C) 0.3
(D) 0.5

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33. 35. The points P and Q have coordinates (4 , 3)
y Graph of Lines
and (2 , 1) respectively. What is vector PQ ?
4
2x 3y = 3
(A) ( 2 , 2)
3 (B) (2 , 2)
2 Shaded 2
(C)
Region 2
1
2
0 (D)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x 2
1
x+y=4
Items 36 38 refer to the table below, which shows the
Which of the following pairs of inequalities time, in minutes, taken by 35 students to solve a problem.
satisfies the shaded region on the graph above?
Time (min) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(A) 2x 3y 3 and x+y 4 Students 1 10 4 0 2 7 0 5 6
(B) 2x 3y 3 and x+y 4
36. The range of the time, in minutes, taken is
(C) 2x 3y 3 and x+y 4
(D) 2x 3y 3 and x+y 4 (A) 1
(B) 5
(C) 8
34. Some girls play netball. (D) 9
Tall girls are over 1.8 meters in height.
All netball players are tall girls.
Lee is 1.9 meters tall and does not play netball. 37. The modal time, in minutes, is
Which Venn diagram below represents the (A) 2
statements above? (B) 5
(C) 9
U = Girls P = Plays Netball (D) 10
D = Does Not Play T = Tall Girls

T D P D
(A) (B)
P Lee T Lee
U U

T P P T
(C) (D)
D Lee D Lee

U U

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38. What is the probability that a student chosen at 42. Which of the following objects is NOT symmetrical?
random took 3 minutes to solve the problem?
(A) (B)
3
(A)
35
4 (C) (D)
(B)
35
3
(C)
7
2 1
4 43. If is a singular matrix, then m =
(D) m 1
7
(A) 2
(B) 1
39. If an increase of 20% will change the price of an (C) 1
item to $480, what is the original price of the item? (B) 2
(A) $384
(B) $400
(C) $432 44. The expansion of (x 2)2 is
(D) $576 (A) x2 4
(B) x2 + 4
(C) x2 + 4x 4
40. If 3(4 x) 4x + 5, then
(D) x2 4x + 4
(A) x 1
(B) x 1
(C) x 6 45. In the diagram, y
(D) x 6 the equation of the
line PQ could be P

(A) y = 2x 3
41. The equation of the line which passes through the (B) y = 2x + 3 x
O
point (0 , 3) and has a gradient of 12 is (C) y = 2x 3
(D) y = 2x + 3 Q
1
(A) y = x 3
2
1 46. A boat travelled 5 km on a bearing of 140 .
(B) y = x 3
2 How far east has the boat travelled?

1 (A) 5 tan 40
(C) y = x +3 (B) 5 sin 50
2
1
(C) 5 cos 40
(B) y = x +3 (D) 5 cos 50
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47. A man bought a watch for $60. How much will 51. Paul's weekly allowance was increased from $210
he gain if he sold the watch to make a 20% profit? to $280. His sister's weekly allowance was increased
by an equal proportion. If her allowance is now
(A) $12
$200, what was her allowance before the increase?
(B) $40
(C) $72 (A) $130
(D) $80 (B) $140
(C) $150
(D) $270
48. The diagram, not drawn to scale,
shows a quadrilateral inscribed
inside a circle. 52. In the diagram, A B
45 O is the centre of the circle, 50
Angle ABC is and AOC is a straight line.
(A) 45 A C If angle ABO = 50 ,
O
(B) 90 then angle BOC =
(C) 120 B (A) 40
(D) 135
(B) 50 C
(C) 80
49. The equation of a parabolic curve is (D) 100
y = 2(x 3)2 4. The minimum point is
(A) ( 3 , 4) 53. A store owner paid 30% commission on sales
(B) ( 3 , 4) exceeding $400. If he paid $120 as commission,
(C) (3 , 4) what was the total sales?
(D) (3 , 4) (A) $400
(B) $412
(C) $600
50. In the diagram, a circle P Q (D) $800
of radius r is inscribed
inside a regular pentagon.
What is the shortest distance
between P and R along the T R
circumference of the circle?
S
2 πr 4 πr
(A) (B)
5 5

2 2
2 πr 4 πr
(C) (D)
5 5

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54. Extract from graph of y = 2x2 3x 2 56. In triangle PQR, Q
the length of PQ,
y in cm, is
5 sin 20 48 20
20 (A)
sin 112 P 5 cm R

15
5 sin 20
(B)
sin 48
10
Tangent 5 sin 48
5 (C)
at x = 2 sin 112

5 sin 48
3 2 1 1 2 3 4 x (D)
sin 20
5

57. In the triangle, =

The diagram is a graph of the curve y = 2x2 3x 2, 2y cm
and it shows the tangent to the curve at x = 2. (A) 30 y cm
(B) 45
What is the gradient of the curve at x = 2 ? (C) 60
(D) 75
(A) 5
(B) 0
(C) 2
(D) 5 58. "502 to base 7" is written 5027. 5027 =
2
(A) 5 7 + 2
3
(B) 5 7 + 2
55. If y = 2x2 x + 5, then when x = 3, y = 2
(C) 5 7 + 2 7
(A) 20 3
(D) 5 7 + 2 7
(B) 26
(C) 38
(D) 44

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Items 59 60 refer to the Velocity-time graph below.
Velocity-time graph
1
V ms SPECIMEN PAPER 1 ANSWERS
30
Q Ans. Q Ans. Q Ans. Q Ans.
25
P Q 1 A 16 C 31 C 46 D
20
2 C 17 C 32 B 47 A
15 3 B 18 A 33 C 48 D
10 4 B 19 C 34 A 49 C
5 5 D 20 D 35 C 50 B
R 6 A 21 C 36 C 51 C
O 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 t sec. 7 D 22 D 37 A 52 D
8 C 23 A 38 B 53 D
9 C 24 C 39 B 54 D
59. In the Velocity-time graph above, what is
the total distance travelled from O to R?
10 D 25 B 40 B 55 B
11 B 26 A 41 A 56 A
(A) 160 m 12 A 27 B 42 B 57 C
(B) 260m
(C) 280 m
13 A 28 D 43 A 58 A
(D) 320m 14 B 29 D 44 D 59 B
15 B 30 B 45 B 60 A

60. In the Velocity-time graph above, what is

the acceleration from P to Q.
2
(A) 0 ms
2
(B) 2 ms
2
(C) 10 ms
2
(D) 20 ms

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