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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 01 – General Proficiency
90 minutes

27 MAY 2004 (p.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

1. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

2. Calculators and mathematical tables may NOT be used for this paper.
3. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.
4. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them.
5. Each item in this test has four suggested answers, lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are
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about to answer, and decide which choice is best.

6. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and blacken the space having

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the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item
2a + 6a =
Sample Answer
(A) 8a
(B) 8a 2
B C D
(C) 12a
(D) 12a 2

The best answer to this item is “8a”, so answer space (A) has been blackened.

7. If you want to change your answer, erase your old answer completely and fill in your new choice.
8. 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, omit it and go on to the next one. You can return later to the item omitted. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
9. You may do any rough work in the booklet.
10. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items
in this test.

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LIST OF FORMULAE

Volume of a prism V = Ah where A is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.
Volume of a cylinder V = π r 2h where r is the radius of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
1
Volume of a right pyramid V = Ah where A is the area of the base and h is the perpendicular height.
3
Circumference C = 2π r where r is the radius of the circle.
Area of a circle A = π r 2 where r is the radius of the circle.
1
Area of Trapezium A= ( a + b ) h where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and h is
2
the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.
If ax + bx + c = 0 ,
2
Roots of quadratic equations

−b ± b 2 − 4ac
then x =
2a
opposite side
Trigonometric ratios sin θ =
hypotenuse
adjacent side
cos θ =
hypotenuse
opposite side
tan θ =
adjacent side
1
Area of triangle Area of = bh where b is the length of the base and h is the
2
perpendicular height
1
Area of ABC = ab sin C
2
Area of ABC = s ( s − a )( s − b)( s − c )
a+b+c
where s =
2
a b c
Sine rule = =
sin A sin B sin C
Cosine rule a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A

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1. 0.45 may be written as Item 4 refers to the following diagram

9
(A)
20

4
(B)
5

9
(C)
10

5
(D)
4
4. The fraction of the circle which has been shaded
2. The number 3.14063 written correct to is
3 decimal places is
5
(A) 3.140 (A)
24
(B) 3.141
(C) 3.146 8
(B)
(D) 3.150 24

3. The number 3076 written in standard form is 15

(C)
24
(A) 3.076 × 10 −3
(B) 3.076 × 10 −2 19
(D)
(C) 3.076 ×102 24
(D) 3.076 ×103
The EXACT value of 2 ÷ ( 0.01) is
2
5.

(A) 0.0002
(B) 0.0005
(C) 5000
(D) 20000

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6. In a school, the ratio of the number of pupils to 7. P = {52, 77, 91, 124, 217}
the number of teachers is 20 : 1. If the number of
pupils is 840, how many teachers are there? Three members of the set P have a common
factor which is
(A) 40
(B) 42
(A) 4
(C) 800
(B) 7
(D) 840
(C) 13
(D) 31

Item 8 refers to the diagram below.

8. In the figure above, OPQ is mapped to

OP ' Q ' .What type of transformation has
taken place?

(A) Reflection
(B) Shear
(C) Translation
(D) Rotation

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9. 301 can be written as Item 13 refers to the following Venn diagram

(A) 3 × 10 2 + 1
(B) 3 ×103 + 1
(C) 3 × 10 2 + 1× 10
(D) 3 ×103 + 1×10

10. If p = 3(a − q) , then 6a is equal to

(A) 2( p + 3 q )
(B) 2( p + q )
(C) p + 3q
(D) p+q

11. Which of the following sets is equivalent to 13. In the Venn diagram above
{a, b, c, d } ?
U = {students who play games}
H = {students who play hockey}
(A) {4} V = {students who play volleyball}
(B) {a, b, c}
The number of students in each set is indicated.
(C) { p, q, r, s} How many students do NOT play volleyball?
(D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(A) 2
12. If Q = {a, b, c, d , e} how many subsets can be (B) 3
(C) 5
obtained from the set Q?
(D) 8

(A) 2+5
(B) 2×5
(C) 52
(D) 25

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Item 14 refers to the following diagram. 17. During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the
marked price of clothing. What will a customer
pay for a dress with a marked price of $30 ?

(A) $10
(B) $20
(C) $24
(D) $30

18. A customer buys a table on hire purchase.

14. The two circles above represent set P and set Q . He makes a deposit of $306 and pays six
If P = {factors of 6} and Q = {factors of 4} , monthly installments of $60 each. The TOTAL
then the shaded region represents cost to the customer is

(A) $360
(A) {}
(B) $366
(B) {1, 2} (C) $666
(C) {4, 6,8,...} (D) $966
(D) {12, 24, 36,...}
19. A dinner in a hotel was advertised at $60 plus
15. A woman buys a pair of shoes at a sale. She pays 18% Tax. The total bill for one dinner was
$45, saving $15 on the normal price. The
percentage discount on the pair of shoes is (A) $60.00
(B) $70.80
(A) 25 (C) $78.00
(D) $81.60
(B) 30
1 20. The simple interest on $400 at 5% per annum
(C) 33
3 for 2 years is given by
(D) 80
400 × 5 × 2
16. Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain (A) $
100
20% on his cost price. How much money did he
gain? 100 × 5 × 2
(B) $
400
(A) $12
(B) $40
(C) $72 400 × 2
(C) $
(D) $80 5 × 100

400 × 100
(D) $
2×5

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21. If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is 26. John had x marbles and Max had twice as many.
$54 , what is the rate of interest per annum? Max gives Tom 5 of his marbles. How many
marbles does Max now have?
4
(A) % (A) x+5
9
(B) x −5
1 (C) 2x+5
(B) 2 % (D) 2x − 5
4
27. Given that p * q means 2 q − p , the value of
(C) 5%
1*2 is
(D) 44%
(A) 0
22. A plot of land is valued at $18 000. Land tax is (B) 2
(C) 3
charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 value. What
(D) 5
is the TOTAL amount of tax paid for the land?
3
28. The expression (2a) is the same as
(A) $110.00
(B) $126.00
(A) 6a
(C) $180.70
(B) 8a
(D) $257.15
(C) 6a 3
(D) 8a 3
23. The expression ‘y is equal to the square of x’ can
be written as 29. If 5(2 x − 1) = 35 ,then x =

(A) y = x2 (A) −4
(B) y2 = x 1
(B)
(C) y = 2x 4
(C) 3
(D) y= x
(D) 4

24. The expression −2( x − 4) is the same as 30. The sum of x and y is 18 and their difference
is 14. Which pair of equations describes the
(A) −2 x − 8 above statement?
(B) −2 x − 4 (A) 2( x + y) = 18
(C) −2 x + 4
2( x − y ) = 4
(D) −2 x + 8

(B) 2( xy ) = 18
25. “When 7 is added to 3 times a certain number n,
the result is 22”. 2( x − y ) = 4

The statement above may be represented by the (C) ( x + y ) = 18

equation
( x − y ) = 14
(A) 3n + 7 = 22
(B) 7n − 22 = 3 (D) ( x + y ) = 22
(C) 3n + 22 = 7 ( x − y ) = 14
(D) 7n + 3 = 22
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31. If 15 = 225 , then the square root of 0.0225 is
2 33. A function f is defined as f : x → 3 x − 1 .
The value of f ( −3) is
(A) 0.015
(B) 0.15 (A) -12
(C) 1.5 (B) -10
(D) 15.0 (C) -6
(D) 12

32. Which of the following diagrams illustrates a 34. Given f ( x ) = x 2 − 3 x + 1 , then f ( −1) is
function?
(A) -3
(B) 3
(A)
(C) 5
(D) 6

35. Which of the following represents the equation of

a straight line?
(B)

4
(A) y=
x
(B) y = 2x + 3
(C)

(C) y = x2 − 4

(D)
(D) y = x 2 + 2x − 5

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36.

From the graph above, the values of x when y = −1 are

(A) 1 and -1
(B) 2.2 and -2.2
(C) 2.5 and -2.5
(D) 2.8 and -2.8

Item 37 refers to the following diagram.

37. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, b and c are

constants and a > 0 , the equation of the graph could be

(A) y = ax 2 + c
(B) y = c − ax 2
(C) y = ax 2 + bx + c
(D) y = c + bx − ax 2

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38. The distance around the edge of a circular pond Item 40 refers to the following diagram.
is 88 m. The radius, in metres, is

(A) 88π

(B) 176π

88
(C)
π

88
(D)
2π

Item 39 refers to the following diagram.

40. The figure above, not drawn to scale, consists of

a triangle resting on a square of side 5 cm. The
height of the triangle is 4 cm. What is the
TOTAL area of the figure?

(A) 35 cm2
(B) 45 cm2
(C) 50 cm2
(D) 100 cm2

39. The area, in cm2, of the trapezium above 41. The area of a rectangle is 53.6 cm 2 . If the
(not drawn to scale) is length is multiplied by four and the width is
halved, the area would then be
(A) 21
(B) 27
(A) 26.8 cm 2
(C) 33
(D) 54 (B) 53.6 cm 2
(C) 107.2 cm 2
(D) 214.4 cm 2

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Item 42 refers to the following diagram. 45. A man started a journey at 09:30 hrs and arrived
at his destination in the same time zone at 13:30
hrs the same day. If his average speed was
30 km/h, then the distance in km for the journey
was

(A) 120
(B) 133
(C) 400
42. AOB is a sector of a circle such that angle (D) 430
AOB = 72 o and OB is r units long. The area
Item 46 refers to the following diagram.
of AOB is

1
(A) πr
5

2
(B) πr
5

1 2 46. The pie chart above (not drawn to scale)

(C) πr
5 represents the masses of ingredients in a cake.
The total mass is 288g. What is the combined
2 2 mass (in grams) of fat and sugar?
(D) πr
5
(A) 93
43. How many kilograms are there in one tonne? (B) 132
(C) 165
(A) 10 (D) 195
(B) 100
(C) 1000 47. The pie chart (drawn to scale) shows how a
student used 12 hours in studying English(E),
(D) 10000
Maths(M), French(F) and Geography(G).

44. If it took a speed-boat 9 hours to travel a distance

of 1080 km, what was its average speed in km/h?

(A) 12 km/h
(B) 102 km/h
(C) 120 km/h
(D) The amount of time spent studying Mathematics
1200 km/h
is APPROXIMATELY

(A) 1 hr
(B) 2 hrs
(C) 3 hrs
(D) 4 hrs
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Item 48 refers to the following scores below. 51. When three coins are tossed simultaneously the
possible outcomes are {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT,
10 15 4 7 THH, THT, TTH, TTT}, where H represents a
Head and T represents a Tail. What is the
8 8 1 4 probability of obtaining AT LEAST TWO heads?

48. The median of the eight scores presented above is 1

(A)
4
(A) 4
(B) 7.25 3
(C) 7.50 (B)
8
(D) 8
1
Item 49 refers to the following information. (C)
2

2 5 9 18 18 27 2
(D)
3
49. The mode of the numbers is
Item 52 refers to the following diagram.
(A) 7
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 25

50. Of 120 students writing an exam, 100 are

expected to pass. The estimated probability of a
student failing the exam is
52. In the figure above AB and CD are parallel.
Which of the following BEST describes the
1 relation between x and y ?
(A)
6
(A) x + y < 2x
1 (B) x= y
(B)
5 (C) x + y > 2x
(D) x< y
1
(C)
2

5
(D)
6

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Item 53 refers to the following diagram.

53. From the diagram above, sin β is

3 55. In the figure above, the line CD is the image

(A)
5 of AB after a

3 (A) a rotation through 90 o centre O

(B)
4

(B) a reflection in the y-axis

4
(C)
5 ⎛ −4 ⎞
(C) a translation by vector ⎜ −8 ⎟
⎝ ⎠
(D) 5
3 (D) an enlargement of scale factor -1

Item 54 refers to the following diagram.

54. A ' B ' C ' is the image of ABC under an

enlargement by a scale factor 2. The area, in
square units, of A ' B ' C ' is

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 8
(D) 12

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Item 56 refers to the following diagram. Item 59 refers to the following graph

56. In the right-angled triangle above, which

4
trigonometric ratio is equal to ?
8

(A) tan y
59. How many triangles congruent to Δ ADE would
(B) cos x
be needed to cover the square ABCD entirely?
(C) sin x
(D) tan x (A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
57. A rectangle has rotational symmetry of order (D) 8

(A) 1
(B) 2 Item 60 refers to the following diagram.
(C) 3
(D) 4

58. If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is

4 right angles, then the polygon is a

(A) triangle
(B) hexagon
60. In the figure above, ABC is a triangle in which
(C) pentagon
AD = BD = CD .
(D) quadrilateral
The angle ABC is

(A) 40o
(B) 50o
(C) 80o
(D) 90 o

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