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SYLLABUS
SPECIMEN PAPER
CSEC® SYLLABUS,MARK SCHEME
SPECIMEN PAPER,
MARK SCHEME AND SUBJECT REPORTS
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY LEVEL COMPETENCE ®

MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS
Effective for examinations from May–June 2012
CCSLC /M/03/12
CARIBBEA EXAMI AT I O SCOU CIL

CARIBBEA CERTIFICATE OF SECO DARY LEVEL


COMPETE CE EXAMI ATIO

SPECIME
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIO S
FOR

MATHEMATICS

READ THE FOLLOWI G I STRUCTIO S CAREFULLY.

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.

Sample Item

10% of 250 = Sample Answer

(A) 2.5 (A) (B) (C) (D)

(B) 25

(C) 260

(D) 2500

The best answer to this item is “25”, so you should blacken answer space (B).

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1. The digit which has a value of tenth in 35.427 is

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5

2. What is the missing number in the sequence: 2, 5, 8, ___, 14?

(A) 10 (B) 11
(C) 12
(D) 13

3. If □+ 2 × 7 = 18, the value of □ is:


(A) 4
(B) 9
(C) 13
(D) 32

4. What is the sum of 12 and 32?

(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 16

5. If ‘a’ is an odd number, which of the following is also odd?

(A) a + 1 (B) a+2


(C) 2a
(D) a/2

6. The table below shows the number of boys and the number of girls in Class 2.
Boys Girls

12 16
What is the ratio of boys to girls?

(A) 3:4 (B) 3:7


(C) 4:3 (D) 4:7
7. When expressed to the nearest hundred, 458 becomes

(A) 400 (B) 450

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(C) 460
(D) 500

8. A sum of money is divided between Ken and Rose in the ration 2:3. If Rose receives
$90.00, find the sum of money shared.

(A) $ 54.00 (B) $ 60.00


(C) $135.00 (D)
$150.00

The sign below shows the cost of fuel at a service station. Use the information to answer
item 9.

FUEL COST (per litre)

Diesel -------------- $5.50

Gasoline ----------- $6.35

9. The tank of a truck holds 15 litres of diesel when full. The tank is 1/3 full of diesel. How
much money is required to fill the tank?

(A) $11.84 (B) $27.50


(C) $55.00 (D
$82.50

Item 10 refers to the following pattern.

*
* *
* *** *****
* *
*
1st 2nd 3rd

10. How many asterisks (*) are needed for the 4th pattern?

(A) 13 (B) 15
(C) 17 (D) 18

Use the
information
below to
answer
item11.

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$1.00 US = $90.00 Jamaica

11. What is the value of US$5.00 in Jamaican dollars?

(A) $ 18.00 (B) $ 85.00


(C) $ 95.00
(D) $450.00

12. What is 5% of $40.00?

(A) $ 2.00 (B) $ 8.00


(C) $20.00
(D) $35.00

13. The simple interest on $600.00 at 5% per year for two years is

(A) $600.00 ×100 ×2


5

(B) $600.00 × 5 × 2
100

(C) $600.00 × 5
2 x 100

(D) $600.00 ×100 × 5


2

14. Which of the following is the largest amount?

(A) 5% of 500
(B) 10% of 200
(C) 15% of 150
(D) 20% of 50

15. There are 150 shops in a mall, 30% of them sell clothes. How many shops do NOT sell
clothes?

(A) 20 (B) 45
(C) 105 (D)
130

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A restaurant displays the sign below

DI ER
SPECIAL

$120.00 per person

+ 10% tax

16. The total bill for one dinner is:

(A) $108.00 (B) $110.00


(C) $130.00 (D)
$132.00

Use the information below to answer item 17.

17. How much does the customer pay for the I-Phone?

(A) $ 200.00 (B) $ 800.00


(C) $1200.00
(D) $1980.00

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18. A dress costs $75.00. There is a 60% discount on all items. What is the discounted price of
the dress?

(A) $ 30.00 (B) $ 45.00


(C) $105.00
(D) $120.00

US $1 = EC$2.70

19. Noah bought a Blackberry for US$300.00. He sells it for EC$540.00. What is his loss in
US dollars?

(A) $100.00 (B) $240.00


(C) $270.00 (D)
$271.00

Use the information below to answer item 20.

Prices at a local grocery store:

1 kg rice $1.30
1 tin milk $2.00
1 pack kool-aid $0.50

20. What is the total cost of 2kgs of rice, 1 tin milk and 5 packs of kool-aid?

(A) $3.80 (B) $6.60


(C) $7.10
(D) $8.80

21. What is ¾ as a percentage?

(A) 0.75%
(B) 7.5%
(C) 75%
(D) 750%

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Use the information below to answer items 22 – 23.

A group of 30 students is planning a New Year’s Eve party. The table below shows the items
needed and the cost of each item.
Item eeded Cost

Hats $2.50 each


Noisemakers $4.00 per pack of 5
Balloons $5.00 per pack of 10
22. How many packs of noisemakers can be bought with $35.00?

(A) 2 (B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 8

23. The group has a budget of $165.00. Each student will get 1 hat and 1 noisemaker. How
many balloons can the group buy?

(A) 33 (B) 130


(C) 190 (D)
300

Items 24 – 25 refer to the table below which gives details of a special offer for a weekend
holiday.

Adults $75.00
Airfare Children under 15 years – $40.00

Accommodation $100.00 each or


$350.00 for family of 4

24. A man, his wife and two children aged 17 years and 13 years, wish to have a weekend
holiday. What is the LEAST cost to the family for the holiday?

(A) $585.00 (B) $615.00


(C) $635.00
(D) $665.00

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25. The children invited their 16- year- old cousin to come along with them and their parents on
the vacation. What is the new cost of the trip?

(A) $615.00 (B) $665.00


(C) $690.00
(D) $790.00
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26. The diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect at right angles. What type of quadrilateral is this?

(A) Rectangle
(B) Square
(C) Trapezium
(D) Parallelogram

Item 27 refers to the diagram below, where AB is paralled to CD.

27. The value of x is:

(A) 75˚ (B) 85˚


(C) 95˚ (D) 105˚

Use the information below to answer items 28 – 29.

W E

28. John is facing East. He turns 270˚ anti-clockwise. John is now facing

(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West

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29. John turns clockwise from East to a South-West direction. What is the size of the angle
through which he turns?

(A) 90˚
(B) 135˚
(C) 180˚
(D) 225˚
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Item 30 refers to the diagram below which shows a triangle with 3 unequal sides.

30. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship among the angles.

(A) a=b
(B) b = a + 50
(C) a + b = 50˚
(D) a + b = 130˚

Use the information on the diagram below to answer item 31.

1kg flour

31. What is the mass in grams of the package of flour?

(A) 10 (B) 100


(C) 1 000 (D) 10 000

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32. Which of the following gives the value of pi (π)?

(A) circumference
diameter

(B) circumference
radius

(C) diameter
circumference

(D) radius
circumference

Item 33 refers to the diagram below which shows a cuboid.

33. The volume of the cuboid is given by:

(A) l +w+h)
(B) 2(l +w+h)
(C) l ×w×h
(D) 2 (l ×w×h)

Use the information below to answer item 34.

2.2 lbs = 1 kg

34. A bag of potatoes has a mass of 44 lbs. How many kg does the bag of potatoes weigh?

(A) 20.0
(B) 41.8
(C) 46.2 (D)
96.8
35. Which of the following tables list the most appropriate unit for measuring the length of each
of the objects?

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Object Unit (B) Object Unit
Pencil cm Pencil cm
(A)

Highway km Highway m

Netball court m Netball court km


Object Unit (D) Object Unit
Pencil m Pencil km
(C)

Highway km Highway m

Netball court cm Netball court cm

Item 36 refers to the following rectangle.


4cm

pcm

36. What is the perimeter of the rectangle in cm?

(A) p + 4
(B) p+8
(C) 2p + 4
(D) 2p + 8

37.

1 lb = 16 ozs

A recipe requires 3lbs of sugar to make two dozen cupcakes. How many ounces of sugar
will be needed to make half dozen cupcakes?

(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 9 (D) 12
38. Clock Q is ten minutes faster than Clock P. Which of the following BEST represents this
information?

Clock Q Clock P Clock Q Clock P

(A) (B) 8:00 7:50 8:00 8:10

Clock Q Clock P Clock Q Clock P

7:50 8:00 7:50 8:10


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(C) (D)

Use the information below to answer item 39.

The area of the rectangle PQRS is 8 cm.

4 cm
2 cm

39. Which of the rectangles below has an area which is twice that of the rectangle PQRS?

(A) (B)

8 cm 2 cm
4 cm 4 cm (C) (D)

6 cm 2 cm
4 cm 8 cm
Item 40 refers to the diagram below which shows Mark’s stride.

40. Mark travels a distance of 300 m. How many strides does he make?

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(A) 60 (B) 150


(C) 600 (D) 1
500

Item 41 refers to the following information.

The local video store conducted a survey on the type of movies people rented from the
store. The data is shown below.

41. Which type of movie was MOST rented?

(A) Comedy
(B) Science Fiction
(C) Action
(D) Mystery

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Use the information below to answer items 42 – 43.

The School’s Drama Club held a T-shirt sale to raise funds for the purchase of a computer.
The graph below shows the number of T-shirts sold during the period January to April.

Month umber of T-shirts

January

February

March

April

equals 10 T-shirts

42. How many T-shirts were sold during the months of January and February?

(A) 50 (B) 70
(C) 80
(D) 85

43. During which month were the MOST T-shirts sold?

(A) January
(B) February
(C) March
(D) April

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Items 44 – 46 refer to the numbers below which represent the heights in cm of seedlings.

10, 20, 43, 30, 10, 10

44. What is the median height of the seedlings?

(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 30

45. What is the modal height of the seedlings?

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30


(D) 43

46. What is the mean height of the seedlings?

(A) 10.0 (B) 20.5


(C) 36.5
(D) 43.0

Item 47 refers to the spinner below which is divided into six equal sections.

47. What is the probability that the arrow will land in the space labeled with an odd number?

(A) 1/6 (B) 1/3


(C) 1/2
(D) 2/3

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Item 48 refers to the diagram below which shows the scores for four batsmen on a cricket
team.

48. The cricket team made a total of 120 runs. How many runs were scored by the rest of the
team?

(A) 15 (B) 30
(C) 50
(D) 75

49. There are four teams in a competition. Each team plays each other once. How many games
are played in the competition?

(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 10
(D) 16

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Item 50 refers to the graph below which compares the rainfall in St. Kitts and Trinidad
during a rainy season.

50. How much more rain does St. Kitts get than Trinidad during the rainy season?

(A) 30 (B) 65
(C) 95
(D) 160
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY LEVEL COMPETENCY

MATHEMATICS

SPECIMEN PAPER 2010


Key Skill Key Skill
Question Syllabus Question Syllabus
No. Objective No. Objective

1 1.A.1 C C/K 26 3.B.4 B C/K


2 1.B.10 B C 27 3.A.2 A C
3 1.C.13 A C 28 3.A.3 B C
4 1.E.18 B C 29 3.A.3 B R/A
5 1.A.3 B C 30 3.B.6 D R/A
6 1.D.15 A C/K 31 4.A.4 C C/K
7 1.A.7 D C/K 32 4,A.6 A C/K
8 1.D.17 D R/A 33 4.C.8 C C/K
9 1.A.8 C R/A 34 4.A.5 A C
10 1.C.9 A R/A 35 4.A.2 A C
11 2.B.7 D C/K 36 4.B.6 D C
12 2.A.1 A C/K 37 4.A.5 D C
13 2.D.21 B C/K 38 4.E.14 A R/A
14 2.A.3 A C/K 39 4.B.6 D R/A
15 2.A.3 C C/K 40 4.A.3 C R/A
16 2.D.14 D C 41 5.D.10 D C/K
17 2.D.14 B C 42 5.D.10 D C/K
18 2.D.14 A C 43 5.D.10 A C/K
19 2.D.16 A C 44 5.C.7 B C
20 2.C.9 C C 45 5.C.7 A C
21 2.A.2 A C 46 5.C.7 B C
22 2.C.9 D R/A 47 5.E.24 B C
23 2.C.9 B R/A 48 5.D.10 C R/A
24 2.C.10 B R/A 49 5.D.12 B R/A
25 2.C.10 D R/A 50 5.D.12 A R/A

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