‘| resrcove 01234010 MAY/JUNE 2017 FORM TP 2017084 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIDDEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION MATHEMATICS Paper 01 ~ General Proficiency I hour 30 minutes 0 MAY 2 ©. READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1 This test consists of 60 items. You will have | hour and 30 minutes to answer them. 2. In addition to this booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 4. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item 5, On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space Sample Item 2a + 6a = Sample Answer wf e000 (B) 8a" (C) 12a (D) 12a? The best answer to this item is “8a”, so (A) has been shaded. 6. If you 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 that item later. 8. You may do any rough work in this booklet. 9. Calculators and mathematical tables are NOT allowed for this paper. DO_NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.‘Volume of a prism Volume of ‘cylinder Volume of a right pyramid Circumference of a circle Are length, ‘Area of a circle Area of a sector of a circle Area of trapezium Rants af quadratic equations Trigonometrie ratios Area of triangle Sine rule Cosine rule -2- LIST OF FORMULAE V = Ahwhere A is the area of the cross-section and his the perpendicular length. V =nrh where ris the radius of the base and his the perpendicular height. ¥ ~ 1 Alvwhere isthe area ofthe base and isthe perpendicular height (C= 2nr where r is the radius of the circle. s x 2nr where 0 is the angle subtended by the are, measured in degrees A= np where r is the radius of the circle. a A= 5Gq* 7 where @ is the angle in the sector measured in degrees. 1 A> 1 (1 2) howhere wand 6 are the lengths of the parallel cides and is the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides. Max? + bx + ¢ = 0. -pa Nb oaae then x 2a ing = opposite side sin © = “hypotenuse ow’ cos 9 = Slacentside y lUpposite hypotennse pot 4 oppositeside ‘Adjacent tan 0 = ee adjacent side ‘Area of AABC = 5bh where b is the length of the base and / is the perpendicular height ‘Area of AABC = Zab sin C 2 Area of AABC = ds (=a) (6-5) (6-9) B wheres = atbse 3 2 a an © eee eee Sind SinB SinC ce 4 a= B+ 2 — Dhecosd GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE(3) + (2) is equal to 713 (B10 © 2B () 25 1 ‘What number when added to 15 gives 2? 3 ay 4 M3 2 (B) 3 (©) 1 w) 3 ‘Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in the ratio 2:3. If Ann received $60 less than Betty, what was the total amount of money shared? (A) $72 (B) 3.80 (©) $180 (D) $300 If 235 « 48.7 = 11 444.5. then 23.5 * 0.487 7) 11.4445, (B) 114.445 (© 1144.45 (D) 114444 A test was marked out of 80. A boy scored 60% of the marks on the test. How many marks did he scare? (A) 20 (B) 48 © 6 @) 75 1f30% of a number is 45, whatis 4 of the number? 5 (A) 36 (B) 120 © 150 (D) . 180 ‘What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 48.621? 2 (A) — “a 100 w 2 10 © (D) 200 The highest common factor (HCF) of 12, 15 and 60 is (A 1 @) 3 © 2 @) 60 ‘The next term in the sequence 1, 6, 13, 22, 33 is, (A) 44 @) 45 © 4 © 32 By the distributive law, 49 « 17 +49 3 = (A) 52+66 (BY 52x 66 © 49+20 (Dp) 49« 20 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,12, 13, IEP = 2,3,5,7), Q= (2,3, 6} and S = (2,45) Then PA QOS= (A) 2) @) 23) (© {2,3,5) (D) (2.3.4.5, 6,7} Item 12 refers to the following Venn 14. diagram, Y UI Yi) 15, In the Venn diagram, the shaded area represents Pe B) (vay (©) QuP @) aor" 16, Inaclass of 32 students, 17 study Music and 20study Art. What is the LEAST numberof students who study BOTH Music and Art? @ 3 eee (yo () 15 17, Item 14 refers to the following Venn diagram. u P Q IfP= {Factors of 6} and Q={Factors of 4}, then the shaded region represents a {) (B) {1,2} (WC) 4,6,8..) (D) (12,24, 36...} A dress which costs $180 is being sold. ata discount of 10%. The amount of the discount is (A) S180 (B) $10.00 (© $ 18.00 (D) $170.00 ‘The value of plot of land is $18 000. Land tax is charged at the rate of $0.70 per $100 value. What is the TOTAL amount of tax paid for the land? (A) $110.00 (B) $126.00 (C) $180.70 (D) $257.15 ‘Atthe end ofany year a car is worth 5% less than what it was worth at the beginning of the year. Ifacaris worth $9 500 in December 2016, then its value in January 2016 was (A) $9995 (B) 310000 (Cc) $10025 (DB) $12000 GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE18. 19. 20. 2 Aman bought a mobile phone for $800 and sold it for $1 000, What was his profit as a percentage of the cost price? (A) 5% B) 15% ©) 20% (D) 25% ‘A man’s annual salary is $45 000. His tax- free allowances total $13 000. He pays tax of 35% on his taxable income. ‘The tax payable is (A) $4550 (B) $1200 (©) $15 750 (D) $20300 The simple mterest on a loan ot $6 WUU tor 3 years was $900. What was the rate of interest per annum? A) 2% ® 1% © 3% (D) 18% A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on hire-purchase, a deposit ot $3515 required, followed by 12 monthly payments of $30 each, How much is saved by paying cash? (A) $10 (B) $25 (c) $40 (D) 845 a134niae2017- 2, 23, 24, 2s. 26. How much does a customer pay for an article marked at $50 if a sales tax of 6% is charged? (ay saa @) 847 © $53 (D) $56 Seven times the product of two numbers, and b, may be written as (A) Tab (B) 49ab (©) Ta+b (@) a+b) Itx1s an integer that satishes the mequality 4<2x<6, then (A) 2 y Which of the following BEST describes the function? (A) flx)=x (BY) x=f)+3 (C) flx)=yt3 (D) fixy=xt3 Ifeach exterior angle of a regular polygon is 60°, then the polygon is a (A) quadrilateral (B) pentagon (C) hexagon (D) triangle GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEItem $3 refers to the following diagram of 4 pair of intersecting lines. 53. The measure of angle ABE is (A) (B) © @) 58° 122° 142° 58, 302° Lc 54 refers wo the following diagram of an isosceles triangle. S4. In the triangle, the value of x is (A) 30° @) Go (©) 120° (D) 150" 56. Item $8 refers to the following diagram of the straight line y What is the image of the line y=x when it is rotated anticlockwise about O through an angle of 90°? (A) y=0 (B) w) (D) y= Item 56 refers to the following pair of similar triangles. a oem BoM sem The length of MO, in centimetres, is (A) 25 (B) 3.0 (3.5 ) 70 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE avaaanrareo0ng37. “ile tem 57 refers to the following right-angled triangle, ABC. 4 ic Item 60 refers to the following diagram of a building. ‘A surveyor sets up his instruments 12 metres from the foot of a building, and records the angle of elevation of the top of, the building. In the triangle, not drawn to scale, angle BAC=30° and AB=40 m. The length BC, in metres, is (A) 40sin 30° (B) 40 tan 30° (C) 40sin 60° (D) 40 tan 60° t 16m | ci $8 refers ta the fallowing right-angled triangle, ABC. c 60. a Tem B In the triangle ABC, not drawn to seale, AB is 17 em, AC is 15 em and BC is.x em. ‘The value of x, in centimetres, is Cy (B) 8 © 9 © 2 Ina triangle, POR, angle P= x° and angle Q = 2x°. What is the size of angle R? A 60° 48 © (SJ 3x (>) 80-3") END OF TEST <—Ra—> An estimate of the height of the building is obtained by calculating (A) 12 tan aor (B) 12sin 40" (©) 1.6 12 cos 40° (D) 1.6 + 12 tan 40° SH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 01234010/F 2017