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1. 29.94  0.5 is approximately equal to 6. A square has the same area as a

rectangle with sides measuring 9
(A) 0.15 centimetres and 16 centimetres. What
(B) 1.5 is the length of the side of the square?
(C) 15
(D) 150 (A) 9 cm
(B) 12 cm
2. If P ={3,4,5,6}, Q = (5,6,7,8} (C) 12.5 cm
R = {2, 3, 7, 9} then P  Q  R may (D) 72 cm
be represented by
7. If TT$2.40  US$1.00. How much
(A) { } approximately in $TT should one get
(B) {3, 7} for US$6.50?
(C) {5, 6}
(A) $ 2.71
(D) {7 }
(8) $ 15.60
(C) $ 27.10
3. If 3n is an odd number, which of the (D) $156.00
following is an even number?

(A) 3n  2 8. The sum of $3 500.00 was borrowed

(B) 3n + 2 at the rate of 5% for 3 years. The
(C) 3n  1 simple interest
(D) 3n + 2n
(A) $ 52.50
4. (9.8)  (0.2) =
2 2 (B) $105.00
(C) $185.00
(A) 96.00 (D) $525.00
(B) 92.16
(C) 81.60 7 cm
(D) 9.60
3 cm
5. $75.00 is divided among 3 people in
the ratio 3: 5: 7. How much is the
middle share? 11cm
(A) $25.00 9. The area of the trapezium above (not
(B) $37.50 drawn to scale) in cm
(C) $45.00
(D) $53.56 (A) 54
(B) 33
(C) 27
(D) 21

10. Which arrow diagram represents a

one-to-one relation?

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11.

12. The pie chart shows how 100 children

spend their leisure time. The number
of children who spend it at games is
approximately

(A) 25
(B) 40
(C) 50
(D) 75

13. By selling an article for $80 a

shopkeeper made 25% profit on the
cost price. How much did it cost him?
(A) $48
(B) $60
(C) $64
(D) $68

14. $600 invested at simple interest for 2

years earns $96. What is the rate of
interest per annum?
(A) 12½ %
(B) 8%
If a car runs 160 kilometres
on 16 litres of gas, then on a full 40- 1
(C) 3 %
litre tank it should run 8
1
(D) %
(A) 200km 8
(B) 216km
(C) 400km 15. 3076 in standard form is
(D) 640km (A) 3.076  10-3
(B) 3.076  10-2
(C) 3.076  102
(D) 3.076  103
16. The mean of a set of five numbers is
13.2. The number 18 is added to the
set. The new mean is

(A) 16.8
(B) 15.6

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(C) 14.5 (A) 5x + 8

(D) 14.0 (B) -5x  24
(C) x+8
17. 520 is approximately equal to (D) -x 24

(A) 6.9 10 P

(B) 7.2  10
(C) 2.3  10
(D) 2.1  10

18. Each of the letters of the word

'CHANCE' is written on a slip of
paper. The slips are then placed in a
bag. What is the probability of drawing Q R
a letter 'C'? 22. In the triangle above, which ratio
1 expresses cos P?
(A)
6
1 QR
(B) (A)
5 PR
1 QR
(C) (B)
3 PQ
2 PQ
(D) (C)
3 PR
19. The coordinates of the image of PQ
(D)
QR

 2
 
23. The point P(2, 3) is reflected in the
y-axis. What are the coordinates of
Q (3, -5) under a translation T are the image of P?

 3 (A)
(B)
(C)
(3, 2)
(2, -3)
(-2, -3)
(A) (1, -2)
(B) (6, 15) (D) (-2, 3)
(C) (0, -3)
(D) (5, -8)

20. If a * b = 2a + b, then 1 *3 is

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 13
(D) 23 24. lf 50  3x = x  26, then x =
(A) -12
21. 2x  3(x + 8) = (B) -6
(C) 6

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(D) 19
29. The median of the numbers
1, 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8 is
25. Which of the following words BEST (A) 5.4
describes a quadrilateral with all its
sides equal? (B) 6
(C) 6.5
(A) Rhombus (D) 7
(B) Rectangle
(C) Parallelogram
(D) Kite 30. Which of the following tables of values
shows that there is a direct variation
between x and y?

(A) x y
1 1
2 4
3 6
4 16

(B) x y
1 3
2 6
3 9
4 12
26. In the triangle MNO above, angle (C) x y
MOQ = 130o and MN = MO. The 1 1
angle PMO is
2 3
(A) 50o 3 5
(B) 80o 4 7
(C) 100o
(D) 130o (D) x y
1 2
27. 324five when written in base ten is 2 3
3 4
(A) 9 4 5
(B) 45
(C) 89
(D) 95
31. If a circle has radius F, diameter d, and
area S, then S =
28. 301eight =
(A) r2
(A) 3  83 +18 (B) d2
(B) 3  82 +18 (C) d
(C) 3  83 +1 (D) r
(D) 3  82 +1
32. 2a3 + (2a)3 =

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(A) 16a3
(B) 4a6
(C) 10a3
(D) 10a6

Items 33 - 34 refer to the f'6llowing 36. The triangle ABC above is right-
histogram which shows the allowance angled at C. Angle ABC = 40o and
received per week by a group of AC = 20 cm. The length of BC, in
students. cm, is
(A) 20 sin 40o
20
(B)
sin 40 o
(C) 20 tan400
20
(D)
tan 40 o

37. A man bought a car for $22 400.

After one year, it was worth $18 480.
The depreciation, as a percentage of
33. The total number of students is the cost price was

(A) 12 (A) 9.6

(B) 20 (B) 17.5
(C) 50 (C) 21.2
(D) 75 (D) 39.2

34. The mode is 38. The curved surface area of a cylinder

of height b units and radius c units is
(A) 6
(B) 7 (A) cb
(C) 8 (B) c2b
(D) 20 (C) 2c (b +c)
(D) 2cb

35. The heights in cm of ten students are

150, 152, 155, 153, 170, 160, 156,
165, 158,155. The range is
(A) 5
(B) 20
(C) 150 39. The diagram above represents the
(D) 155 mapping
(A) x  2x
(B) x  x  2
(C) x  2x

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(D) x  x2

43. In the figure above AB and CD are

parallel. Which of the following
BEST describes the relation between
x and y?

(A) x + y < 2x
(B) x=y
(C) x + y > 2x
(D) xy
40. In the rhombus ABCD above (not
drawn to scale) the lengths of the 44. The length of a lake is 8 km. The lake
diagonals are 6cm and 8cm is represented on a map by a length of
respectively. The length of AB in cm 2 cm. The scale is

(A) 5 (A) 1: 4
(B) 7 (B) 1: 2 000
(C) 10 (C) 1 : 200 000
(D) 14 (D) 1 : 400 000

41. 2  4 =

(A) (4) (+ 1)

(B) ( + 4) (  1)
(C) ( 2) (  2)
(D) ( 2) ( + 2)

8
42. If sin A0 = and A is acute, what is
17
the value of tan A0?

8
(A)
15
15 45. In the diagram above, if O is the
(B) center of the circle, then y =
17
17 x
(C) (A)
15 2
15 (B) 2x
(D) (C) 180 – x
8
(D) 360  x
¼ 46. What is the gradient of the line
2x + y = 7?

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(A) 2 50. y(y + b)  b(y  b)

2
(B)  (A) (y + b)2
3
3 (B) y2  b2
(C) (C) y2 + b2
2
7 (D) (y + b)2 (y  b)
(D)
3

51. In the Venn diagram above, the

47. The diagram above shows the shaded region represents the set
cumulative frequency curve for
marks obtained by 200 pupils in (A) ( X  Y )  Z
an examination. (B) (X Y)  Z
The estimated median mark is (C) Z  X
(D) Z Y
(A) 44 52. At two o’clock the hands
(B) 50 of a clock make an angle of
(C) 55
(D) 75 (A) 10o
4 2 (B) 20o
48. x = and y =
5 3 (C) 30o
yx= (D) 60o

8 53. A television set costs

(A)
15 $350 cash.
5 When bought on hire purchase, a
(B) deposit of $35 is required, followed
6
6 by 12 monthly payments of $30. How
(C) much is saved by paying cash?
5
15
(D) (A) $10
8
(B) $25
49. A straight line passes through the point (C) $40
(3, 5) and has a gradient of –2. Which of (D) $45
the following points lies in the line?
54. The value which occurs
(A) (2, -5) most frequently in a distribution is
(B) (2, -2) the
(C) (5, 3)
(D) (2, 7) (A) median
(B) mean
(C) mode

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(D) range

55. The least number of pencils which

can be shared equally among either 6, 3 0
9 or 12 children is
(A)  
1 2 
(A) 27
(B) 36
(C) 54
(D) 72

56. The factors of 6x2 + 5x  4 are

3
(A) (6x  2)(x + 2) (B)  
7
(B) (6x + 2)(x  2)
(C) (3x + 4)(2x  1)
(D) (3x  4)(2x  1)
(C) 6 4
57. The statement. ‘Thirteen is twenty

1 2 
less than x’ written in algebraic form
is

(A) 13 = x – 20 (D)  
5 2
(B) 13 = x + 20
(C) 13x – 20
(D) 13 = 20 – x

59. An article was sold for $375 at a

2 1
profit of 25% on the cost price. The
cost price was

58. Given that P =   and (A) $300.00

3 2
(B) $350.00
(C) $400.00
(D) $468.75

1 1 
60. Given that a = 3 and ab = 6, then
( a  b) 2  ( a 2  b 2 ) 

Q=   , then P + Q = (A) 0

 2 0
(B) 8
(C) 12
(D) 20

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