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FORM TP 2014088
MAY/JIJNE 2OI4
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATEO
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 0l - General Proficiency
I hoar 30 minules

2l MAY 2014 (p.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFTJLLY

1. This test consists of60 items. You will have I hour and 30 minutes to ansurer them.

2. ln addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

-t- A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of thk booklet.

Each item in this test has four suggested answerc, lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each
item you are about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

5. On your answer sheet, find the number which conesponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the samDle item below.

Sample Item

2a+$a= Samole Answer

(A) 8a
(B) 8az
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(C) r2a
(D) t2d

The correct answer to this item is "8rJ', so answer space (A) has been shaded.

6. Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.

7. 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, go on to the next one. You may return to this item later. your
score will be the total number of correct answers.

8. You may do any rough work in the booklet.

9. Calculators and mathematical tables are NOT allowed for this paper.

DO NOT TURII THIS PACE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

Copyright,O l0l2 Caribbean Examinations Council

All riehts reserveo.
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LIST OFFORMULAE
V = Ah wherc A is the area of a cross-section and & is the perpendicular
Volume of a prism
length.

Volume of cylinder V= nfh where r I

is the radius of the base and is the perpendicular height.
1

Volume of a right PYramid f = |J eh wnercl is the area ofthe base and I is the perpendicular height.

Circumference C -- 2nr wherc r is the radius of the circle.

o r 2nr where 0 is the angle subtended

A
S=360 by the arc, measured in
Arc length
degrees.

Area ofa circle I = nl where r is the radius ofthe circle.

I
Area of a sector A= *JOU x nl where 0 is the angle of the sector, measured in degrees.

I
Area of traPeziurn 1 =! 1a + b) lr where a and D are the lengths of the parallel sides and ft is

the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.

Roots of quadratic equations lf a:t + bx + c : 0,

then .r = -b ! Jb' - 4""

1^
oppositeside
Trieonometric ratios sln u = -:------:- Opposite
nyporcnuse

_ adjacent side
cos 0 Adjacent
hypotenuse

tan 0 = opposite side

adjacent side
I
Area oftriangle Area of MBC= bh wherc b is the lengthof the
1
base and I is the perpendicular height.

Area of MBC =:_ab sin C

Area of MBC = s(s-a) (s-b) (s -c)

rvhere s= a+b+c

Sine rule

Cosine rule a2=b2+d-ZbccosA

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L In standard form 0.0325 is written as 6. There are 40 students in a class. Gids make
up 60% of the class. 25% ofthe girls wear
(A) 3.25 x l0-' glasses. How many girls in the class wear
(B) 3.25 x lO-2 glasses?
(c) 3.25 x ltr'
(D) 3.25 x 100 (A) 6
(B) 8
, Express 0.12 as a fraction in its lowest
(c) 10

terms.
(D) 15

(A) I
9 7. The next term in the sequence

J
(B) 1,6,13,22,33is
;
(A) 44
I
(c) (B) 45
8
(c) 46
(D) 52
(D) :=
2>

What is the value of the digit 2 in the

3. 540 beads are shared in the ratio 4:5. The number 48.621?
LARGER share ofbeads is
rA\
(A) 60 100
(B) 24O
(c) 300 (B)
2
(D) 432 l0
(c)
4. lf :
235 x 48.7 11 444.5, (D)
then 23.5 >< 0.487 =

(A) t1.444s 9. The square root of l8l lies between

(B) 1r4.44s
(c) | r44.4s (A) 13 and 14
(D) r1 444.4 (B) 45 and46
(C) 12 and 13
I oZ
(D) ll and 13
12 of a sum of money is $40. What is
2'
the sumofmoney? tO. By the distributiv e law 49 x 17 + 49 x 3 =

(A) s 4s (A) 52 + 66
(B) S 320 (B) 52x 66
(c) $ 500 (c) 49 + 20
(D) 54 500 (D) 49 x 20

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11. Which of the following sets is defined by Item 13 refers to the Venn diagram below.

lx eZ:-2< x <4\
?

(A) {0, 1,2,3,4}

(B) {1,2,1,4\
(c) {-1,0, 1,2,3}
(D) {-2, -1,0, r,2,3,41

Item 12 refers to the Venn diagram below'

13. In the Venn diagram

U = {students who PlaY games}

H = {students who play hockeY}
V = {students who play volleYball}

The number of students in each set is

12. The shaded region represents indicated. How many students do NoT
play volleyball?
(A) P'
(B) (Pw Q^) (A) 2
(c) PwQ' (B) 3

(D) Q r':' P' (c) 5

(D) 8

14. IfQ = {a, b, c} how manY subsets can be

obtained from the set Q?

(A) 2+3
(B) 2x3
(c) 32
(D) 21

15. A dress which costs $180 is being sold

at a discount of 1O%.. The amount ofthe
discount is

(A) $ 1.80
(B) s 10.00
(c) s 18.00
(D) s170.00

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16. An article bought for $125 was sold for 20. Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per
$175. The profit as a percentage ofthe cost annum. John invested $300 at the same
price was rat€. Ifthey both received the same amount
of money in simple interest, for how many
(A) 28.6 years did John invest his money?
(B) 40
(c) s0 (A) lyz
(D) 7r.4 (B) 2
(c) 3
(D) 10
17. IfTT$6.00 is equivalent to US$I.00, then
TT$15.00 in US dollars is
21. A salesman is paid 5% of his sales as
(A) $0.2s commission. His sales for last month were
(B) 50.40 $2 020. How much was he paid?
(c) $2.50
(D) $4.00 (A) S 11.00
(B) $ 20.20
(c) $10r.00
18. A dinner at a restaurant was advertised at (D) $110.00
560 plus l8% tax. The total bill for this
dinner was
22. If the simple interest on $900 for 3 years
(A) $60.00 was $ I 08, what was the rate of interest?
(B) $70.80
(c) s78.00 (A) 3%
(D) $81.60 (B) 4%
(c) 12%
(D) 2s%
Item 19 refers to toothpaste which is sold
in tubes containing four different amounts.
Jfrrs=s.,then3r2=
(A) 8
(B) e
(c) 12
(D) 27

;.f
19. Which amount is the BEST buv?

(A) t00 ml
(B) 150 ml
(c) 200 ml
(D) 250 ml

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l2 lf 5(2x - l) = lJ, thsn 5 =

fr Jr
(A) -4
.'
(A)
8; (B) I
(B)
J (c) 3
8t (D) 4

l3
(c) -"-=
l5"r' 29. Given that 2: + 3 2 9, the range of values
of .r is
l3
(D)
l5.r
(A) x>3
(B) x> 3
(C) x>6
(D) x>-6
25. tf !- :20, then p =
l
If a = 3 and ab = 6,then d- b2 =
(A) z0-s (A) I
(B) 20+s (B)
(c) 20: s
(c)
2
s
(D) 2Ox5 (D) 13

zrl
lf x = -2, y = 3, t = 2, then lll
\Y)
= 31. When 6 is added to a number and the sum
is divided by three, the result is four. This
+ statement written in mathematical symbols
(A) -; is

t
(A) 6+
- -=4
,l
(B)^ 9 J
6
(c)
(B) l+x=4
5
J
tLt
6+x 4

(D)
9
;
33
(D) 6+L=4
J

27. (Sa)'z=

(A) l6a
(B) 64a
(C) 16a1
(D) 64a'

PA(]E
 Item 32 refers to thg figure below. Item 36 refers to the diagrams below.

12m
t--'l
lel 9m B

tl12m
l6m
Square Rectrngle
32. The figure above, not drawn to scale,
shows a sector ofa circle, centre O. The Which of the following statements is true
length of the minor arc PQ is 8 cm. What about the perimeters of the figures ,4 and
is the circumference of the circle? B?

(A) 16 cm (A) Perimeter ofI : Perimeter of I

(B) 24cm (B) Perimeter ofI > Perimeter of I
(C) 48 cm (C) Perimeter ofI > Perimeter of .B
(D) 64 cm (D) Perimeter ofl < Perimeter of B
33. How many kilograms are there in one
tonne?
37. A man started a joumey at 09:30 h and
arrived at his destination, in the same
(A) time zone, at 13:30 h on the same day. If
10
(B) 100
his average speed was 30 kr/h, then the
(c) distance, in km, for the joumey was
I 000
(D) l0 000
(A) t20
(B) 133
2500 millimetres expressed in metes is (c) 400
(D) 430
(A) o.25
(B) 2.5
(c) 25
(D) 250

35. The volume, in cmr, of a cube of edge

3cmis

(A) 9
(B) t8
(c) 27
(D) 54

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40. On leaving Trinidad, the time on a pilot's

Item 3E refers to the diagram below'
watch was 23:00 h. When he arrived at his
destination in the same time zone on the
I next day, his watch showed 03:00 h' How
I
many hours did the flight take?
lr
I
(A) 4
(B) 15
(c) 20
(D) 26

Item 41 refers to the following information'

4710 18 1827
The figure above, not dnwn to scale'
consists of a triangle resting on
a square
is The mode of the numbers is
of side 5 cm' The height of the triangle
+ cm. What is the TOTAL area of the (A) l0
figure? (B) 14

(A) (c) lE
(B)
35 cmz
45 cm2
(D) 27

(C) 50 cnr?
(D) 100 cm'z
Item 42 refen to the bar chart below'

Item 39 refers to the diagram below'

6s
.!
E4
I E3
Ecm
Ez
I 2r
- 4 s 6 7
0
8
39. The diagram, not drawn to scale' shows Agc in Years
8 cm'
a cylinder ofradius 3 cm and height
The volume is
42. The bar chart shows the ages of children
who took Part m a survey'
(A) 12 n cnt'
(B) 48 r cnC
How many children took part in the survey?
(C) 72 n cr:,f
(D) 192 x cd
(A). s
(B) ls
(c) 7s
(D) 87

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43. In a class of20 students, l2 are girls. What 45. Each of the letters of the word 'CHANCE'
is the probability that a student chosen at is written on a slip of paper similar in size
random is a boy? and shape. The slips of paper are then
placed in a bag and the bag thoroughly
(A) I shaken. What is the probability of drawing
20 a letter 'C'?

(B) 8
20 (A)
;
(c)
n t
8
(B)
5
(D) !,'

(c)
I
6
The pie chart below, drawn to scale, shows
how a student used 12 hours in studying
English (E), Maths (M), French (F) and (D)= ,
J
Geography (G).

The amount of time spent studying

Mathematics is APPROXMAIELY

(A) I hour
(B) 2 hours
(C) 3 hours
(D) 4 hours

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Which of the following represents the graph

of a function?

47. The sfaight line AB cuts the y axis at

(B)
(A) (0,3)
(B) (0,2)
(c) (3,-2)
(D) (0, -2)

Item 4E refers to the graPh below.

(c)
sl
I

'l
1

(D)
The gradient ofAB in the graph above is

(A) 2

(B)I .z
(c) -I 2

(D) -'2

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Item 49 refers to the diagram below.

Item 52 refers to the diagram below of a
construction.
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With centre l, an arc BC is drawn. With
49. The inequality above is defined by
cente B, and the same radius, the arc pCO
is drawn.
(A) -2<x<3
(B) -2<x<3
(c) -2<x<3
(D) -2<x <3

50. If (r) = 2I, - l, then (3) =

(A) 12
(B) -le
(c) t7
(D) 3s st What is the measure of <8,4C?

(A) 3oo
51. What is the gradient of the straight line (B) 45"
2Y=-3x-8? (c) 60.
(D) 75o

(A) -3
Item 53 refers to the isosceles hiangle
(B)
below.
2

(c) 2
(D) 3

53. In the triangle, the value of.r is

(A) 40
(B) 80
(c) t00
(D) 140

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 Which of the following statemenB BEST
describes the properties of an equilateral
triangle?

I. Allsides are equal.

il. Allangles are equal.
lII. Two sides are equal.
IV. Two angles are equal.

(A) I and II only

(B) II and III only )1. In the rightangled triangle above, which
(c) III only 4
(D) IV only trieonometric ratio is equal to -E ?

(A) sin r
Item 55 refers to triangle IBC below. (B) tall y
(C) cos r
(D) tan r

Item 58 refers to the following graph.

17 cm

5J. In the hiangle lBG not drawn to scale, l8

is 17 cm,,4C is l5cm,8Cis-rcmandangle
BCA is 9O". The value of .r is

(A) 7
(B) 8
(c) 9
(D) tz

In the graph above, the line CD is the image

56. The image of a point P(-2, 3) under a of AB after

transtation [3)
4,/
is (A) a rotation through 90" centre O
\
(A) (-4, 12) (B) a reflection in the _v-axis
(B) (-5, -l)
(c) (s,l) | -.r\
f
(D) (1,7) tL, '
a translation bv vector
t-8l
|

(D) an enlargement of scale tactor -l

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Item 59 refers to the diagram below. In a triangle ABC, angle A = x" and
an$e B = 2f . What is the size of angle C?
v
(A) 60"
4
(B) 45"

(c) ( r so)'
l-:-l
', \Jr,/
(D) ( 180 - 3x)o
I

59. The line segment l.B is rotated through 90

clockwise about the point C.

The coordinates of/{' , the irnage ofl, are

(A) (1, l)
(B) (1,2)
(c) (1,4)
(D) (:2,2)

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