DIVIŻJONI TA’ L-EDUKAZZJONI EDUCATION DIVISION

FLORIANA FLORIANA
MALTA MALTA

DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT

MEMORANDUM

Information: X Date: 20th November 2006

Action Required: X Ref: DCM 26/2006

To: All Heads of State Secondary Schools and Sections

From: Rosario Gatt Tel: 2558 7202 / 2558 7149

Anna Maria Gilson E-Mail: rosario.gatt@gov.mt
Education Officers (Mathematics) anna-maria.gilson@gov.mt

Subject: Sample Mathematics Annual Examination Paper for Form I

___________________________________________________________________________

Kindly bring the following to the attention of Teachers of Mathematics.

Attached to the memo is a sample paper for Form I Junior Lyceums and Area Secondary
Schools. The paper is not suitable to one particular Scheme. The contents of the actual paper
will be suitable to the Scheme for which it is set.

Please note the following:

• Paper I questions will not carry more than 4 marks each.
• Paper I will carry 40 marks.
• Paper II will carry 60 marks.

Raymond J. Camilleri
Director, Curriculum Management

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Ministeru ta’ l-Edukazzjoni, Żgħażagħ u Xogħol – Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment
 SECONDARY SCHOOL ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS 2007
Educational Assessment Unit – Education Division

FORM 1 MATHEMATICS Scheme ( ) TIME : 45 minutes

PAPER 1 (Non-Calculator)

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 TOTAL

Mark

DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE

Name : ___________________________________ Class : ________

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Answer all questions.

• This paper carries 40 marks.

• Calculators and protractors are not allowed.

1. Bill buys a book costing Lm8.75, a magazine costing Lm3.50 and a pencil box
costing Lm3.45.

(a) How much does he spend at the shop?

Ans: Lm __________
(b) What change does he receive from Lm20?

Ans: Lm __________
(4 marks)

2. Angle x is about
(A) 30° (B) 80° (C) 45° (D) 110°.

Ans: __________
(1 mark)

3. The total cost of my holiday in Spain was Lm540 for 18 days. How much was
this per day?

Ans: __________
(2 marks)

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4. Simplify:

8(2a + 7) − a – 19

Ans: __________
(3 marks)

5.

x5 +3
Input Output

(a) In the above function machine the input is 1. What is the output?

Ans: __________
(b) The input is now a. What is the output?

Ans: __________
(4 marks)

6. Work out:
(a) 40 000 × 80 (b) 15 000 ÷ 500

(c) 32 × 23 (d) 65 ÷ (–5)

Ans: __________
(4 marks)

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 BAG:
7. BOOKS:
560 g
370 g each

A book weighs 370 g.

(a) Find the weight of 5 such books.

An empty bag weighs 0.560 kg.

(b) What is the weight of the bag (in kg ) when it contains these 5 books?

Ans: __________
(4 marks)

8. Choose the best estimate:

21× 9.8
4 .1
(A) 200 (B) 500 (C) 20 (D) 50

Ans: __________
(2 marks)

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9. a) Find the missing lengths x and y.

5.5 m

x x = m
10.7 m
11.9 m y = m
5.3 m

b) Calculate the perimeter.

Perimeter = m
(4 marks)

10. (a) What fraction of the figure is shaded?

Ans: __________

2
(b) There are 20 blocks in a box. 5 of these are red.

i) What fraction are not red? Ans:__________

ii) How many blocks are not red? Ans:__________

(3 marks)

11. The temperature inside a freezer is –10°C. The temperature of a kitchen is 22°C.
What is the difference in temperature?

Ans:__________°C
(2 marks)

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12. (a) A T.V. programme started at 6.35 p.m. The programme finished at 8.45 p.m.
How long was the programme? (Give your answer in hours and minutes).

Ans: _______hours _______ minutes

(b) The same programme will be shown the following day at 10.00 a.m. At what
time will it finish?

Ans:__________
(4 marks)

64
13. (a) Reduce to its lowest terms.
80

Ans: __________
1
(b) Write as a percentage.
8

Ans: __________%
2 5
(c) Work out: of .
5 6

Ans: __________

(3 marks)
END OF PAPER

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 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS 2007
Educational Assessment Unit –Education Division

FORM 1 MATHEMATICS Scheme () Time : 1 hour 15 minutes

PAPER 2 ( Main Paper )
Global
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Paper 2 Paper 1 Mark

Mark

DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE

Name : ______________________________ Class : __________

• Answer all questions.

• This paper carries 60 marks.
• Calculators and mathematical instruments are allowed but all necessary working must be
shown.

1. From the set of numbers 5, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 write down:
(a) the square number ______________

(b) the factor of 20 ______________

(c) the smallest even number ______________

(d) the LCM of 4 and 7 ______________

(e) the multiple of 6 ______________

(f) the smallest prime number ______________

(6 marks)

2. The following are patterns made up of bricks:

The first pattern has one brick. The second has three bricks and so on.

a) Draw the fourth pattern.

b) Complete the following table:

(4 marks)

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3. a) The figure shows a kite.
Draw the line of symmetry.

b) Complete the drawing below so that the broken line is the line of symmetry.

(3 marks)

4. A is the point (1, 2) and B is the point (4, 6).

a) Plot the points A and B.

b) Draw the line segment AB.

A′B′ is the reflection of AB in the y-axis

c) Draw the line segment A′B′.

d) Write down the co-ordinates of A′ and B′.

x

A′ ( , ) B′ ( , )

(6 marks)
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 y
5. This is the graph of y = x + 3.

a) What is the value of x when y = 7?

x = _________

b) What is the value of y when x = 5?

y = _________

c) What will be the value of y when x = 9?

x
y = _________
(5 marks)

6. (a) ABCD is a square.

Angles A, B, C and D are each _______ degrees.

(b) On the square use arrows to mark a pair of parallel sides.

(c) Find the size of the marked angles., y° and z°.

x° = _________ °, y°=_________ ° and z° = _________ °

(5 marks)

7. The students in a class were asked to say which was their favourite dessert from cake (C),
icecream(I), and fruit salad (F). The following is the data obtained:

C F F C I I
F C C I I C
I I F I C I

(a) Complete the frequency table (b) Use the frequency table to draw and label
a bar-chart

(6 marks)
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8. This is a rough diagram of triangle ABC.
C

6 cm 4 cm

A B
8.5 cm

(a) Use ruler and compasses to draw the triangle accurately.

Start at point A on the given line.

(b) Use a protractor to measure angle C.

Angle C = _________º

(c) Angle C is: (acute, obtuse or reflex) ________________

(6 marks)

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9. The net of a shape is made up of 6 squares.
Each square is of side 7.8 cm.

a) This is the net of a ____________________. 7.8cm

b) What is the perimeter of the net?

c) What is the volume of the shape formed by the net?

(4 marks)

10. Simone has differently-coloured shapes.

She picks a shape at random.
Work out the probability that she picks:
3 1
a) a round shape =
12 4

b) a square shape

c) a shape that is not square

d) a blue shape

(e) a red triangular shape

(4 marks)

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11. Here is a picture of a screw-driver.

handle
blade

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

a) What is its total length in cm? cm.

b) What is the length in mm of the blade? mm.

c) What is the length in cm of the handle? cm.

d) Express the length of the handle to the nearest cm. cm.

(5 marks)

12. This is a scale drawing of John’s pool area.

Scale: 1cm to 2 m.

a) The diameter of the pool is _______ m.

b) The radius of the pool is _______ m.

Pool
Lawn

c) Find the area of the lawn.

Lawn
Area = _______m2.

(6 marks)
END OF PAPER

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