THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2006
(Level 1)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
MULTIPLE CHOICE

TIME 60 MINUTES
INSTRUCTIONS

Read the following carefully:

1. This paper consists of forty (40) Multiple-Choice questions.

2. You are required to answer all questions on the Multiple-Choice answer sheet
provided.

3. Fill in the following information on the Multiple-Choice Answer sheet using a 2HB
pencil only:
- School’s Name and ID
- Student’s Name
- Student’s Number
- Date of Birth

4. Record your answers on the Multiple - Choice answer sheets provided by shading in
the selected letter which corresponds to the question.

5. If you must change in your answer, erase your first answer completely, and then
shade your new answer.

6. Do not:

- Write anything on the top and sides of these sheets with a pencil or a pen
- Staple
- Punch holes
- Bend the corners
- Tear
- Or make stray marks on the Answer sheets paper

7. If you have finished before time is called, go back and check your work.

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 PAPER 1 – MULTIPLE CHOICE
Answer ALL Questions

1) In the numeral 31410 the place value of the 4) When 2158 is converted to a base 10
digit 1 is numeral, the answer is

(A) 100 (A) 8

1
(B) 10 (B) 18
2
(C) 10 (C) 45
(D) 103 (D) 141

5) Mrs. Jones shared a sum of money among her

2) Which of the following is not equal to three nieces, Jane, Kim and Sarah. Jane
9–5–2 ? received 2 of the whole sum and Kim got 1 of
5 2
(A) 4–2 the remainder. Sarah’s share was $180. How
much money was shared?
(B) 9–7
(C) (9 – 5) – 2 (A) $360

(D) 9 – (5 – 2) (B) $540

(C) $600
(D) $1800
3) Approximate the number 12.098752, as shown
on the calculator, to 4 significant figures.
6) Granny decided to clean every 2nd day, wash
every 3rd day and bake every 4th day. If on the
eleventh of the month she had to do all three
chores, on what date will she have all three
chores to do together again?

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

NM-12 FQ-18 FM-26 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(A) 12.09 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
(B) 12.10 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 LQ-6
(C) 12.0988
(D) 12.0990 (A) 15th
(B) 17th
(C) 20th
(D) 23rd

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7) Which Venn Diagram below 9) Which one of the following sets of ordered
represents A∩B ? pairs represents a one-to-one relation?

(A) {(0, 1), (2, 3), (4, 5)}

(B) {(0, 1), (2, 3), (2, 4)}
(C) {(0, 1), (0, 3), (2, 4)}
(D) {(2, 1), (2, 3), (4, 3)}

10) In a survey, a group of shoppers was asked

whether they bought brown sugar or white
sugar. 10 said that they bought only brown
sugar, 15 bought only white sugar, 12 bought
both and 3 bought neither. Which Venn
Diagram below represents this data?

(A) (B)
B W B W
8) The Venn Diagram below shows the number 3 10
of elements in each subset of three 12 12 15
10
intersecting sets A, B and C. How many
15 3
elements are there in A∪B∪C ?
U (C) (D)
A B B W B W
6 2 3
15 10 12
10 3 15
1
3 4 12 3
4

C 5
11) Which of the following best represents the
solution to the linear inequality 2x + 1 > 3 ?
(A) 1
(A) x>1
(B) 5
(B) x≥1
(C) 23
(C) x<1
(D) 28
(D) x≤1

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12) A bicycle wheel with centre O turns once for 15) Which graph below best represents the
every 3 metres rolled. The length, in metres, of linear relation y = 2x ?
the minor arc AB, shown on the wheel in the
diagram below is given by (A) 2 (B) 2

1 1
80
(A) x3 0 0
180 -2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
80 -1
(B) x3 O -1
360 -2 -2
80 80o
(C) x 2π x 3
360
80 A B
(D) x 2π x 3
180
(D)
(C) 2 2

1 1

0 0
13) The circular lid of a paint container has a -2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
circumference of 60π mm. The area of this lid -1 -1
in mm2 is -2 -2

(A) 900π
PAINT
(B) 1200π
16) When the radius of a circle is doubled, the area
(C) 1800π of the circle is
(D) 3600π (A) unchanged
(B) doubled (2 times)
(C) quadrupled (4 times)
14) A square has the same area as a rectangle with
(D) squared
sides of length 9 centimetres and width 4
centimetres. What is the perimeter of the
square? 17) A cylinder has a volume of 28π cubic
centimetres. If the radius, r, of the circular face
9 cm
is 2 cm, then the height of the cylinder, in cm,
Square
Rectangle
is
4 cm
r (A) 2

(B) 7
(A) 12 cm h
(C) 14
(B) 24 cm
(C) 26 cm (D) 28
(D) 36 cm

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18) Joe’s hourly rate of pay was increased from 21) During the school vacation, Jason worked at a
$8 last year to $10 this year. The percentage Supermarket for 2 weeks. If his salary per
increase in pay is week was $250. and he received a bonus of
2 $200. at the end of the 2-week period, how
(A) x 100 much money did he earn altogether?
8
2
(B) x 100 (A) $450
10
8 (B) $500
(C) x 100
10 (C) $700
10
(D) x 100 (D) $900
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22) When speed remains constant, which one of

19) A computer valued at $10,000.00 on January the following statements is true?
1st 2005, depreciates at a rate of 10% per
annum. What will be its value on December (A) distance = speed + time
31st 2006? speed
(B) distance =
time
(A) $2,000 (C) speed = distance + time
distance
(B) $8,000 (D) speed =
time
(C) $8,100
(D) $9,000
23) Sham’s age is six years less than twice his
sister’s age. If his sister is x years old today,
then Sham’s age is
20) A car took 8 hours to travel a distance
of 840 km. What was its average speed? (A) x + 6
(B) x – 6
(C) 2x + 6
(D) 2x – 6

(A) 15 km/h
(B) 105 km/h
(C) 150 km/h
(D) 1500 km/h

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24) 1 kg of chicken cost $x and 1 kg of fish cost 29) The graph below shows two intersecting lines.
twice as much as that for chicken. If Dad paid The simultaneous solution to the equations
$100 for 2 kg of chicken and 4 kg of fish, what representing the pair of lines is
is the cost of 1 kg of chicken, to the nearest
dollar? y - axis
5 -
(A) $ 2. y=2x+1
4 -
(B) $ 8.
(C) $ 10. 3 -
(D) $ 20.
2 - y=4-x

1 -
25) If p * q = 2p – 3q, what is the value of 3 *–1?

(A) –11 O 1 2 3 4 5 x - axis

(B) 3
(A) ( 1, 3 )
(C) 9
(B) ( 3, 1 )
(D) 11
(C) ( 0, 4 )
26) 4x – 3x – 5x is equal to: (D) ( 4, 0 )

(A) – 8x
(B) – 4x
30) What is the size of angle x in the diagram
(C) – 1x below? (Diagram is not drawn to scale)
(D) 6x

45o
2 3
27) 3(x y) is equal to:

(A) 3x6y3
(B) 3x5y3 30°
2 3
(C) 9x y
x
(D) 27x6y3
(A) 30°

28) If 2x + 4 = 12, the value of x is (B) 75°

(C) 90°
(A) 2
(D) 105°
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
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31) A rectangular field measures 20 m by 15 m as 33) In which of the following quadrilaterals
shown in the diagram below. Find the length are all the sides equal?
of the diagonal AC.
20 m (A) Kite
A B (B) Rhombus
(C) Rectangle
15 m
(D) Trapezium

D C
34) The diagram below shows a triangle ABC and
its image A’B’C’ under a transformation.
(A) 15 m
Which transformation is used?
(B) 20 m
(C) 25 m y - axis
C C’
(D) 35 m
B A A’ B’

x - axis
32) The triangle ABC is an enlargement of triangle
DEC. What is the scale factor for the
enlargement?
(A) translation parallel to x-axis
A
(B) translation parallel to y-axis
(C) reflection in the x-axis
9 cm D
(D) reflection in the y-axis
3 cm

B C 35) What are the coordinates of the image of the

E point P (3, 1) under a reflection in the
y – axis? y - axis
1
(A) 2–
6
3
(B) 1– x P (3,1)
9
6 x - axis
(C) -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
9
9 -1 –
(D)
3
-2 –

(A) (-3, 1)
(B) (3, 1)
(C) (-1, 3)
(D) (1, 3)
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36) If a die is tossed once, what is the probability Questions 38 and 39 refer to the information
that the number coming up is 4? presented in the diagram below.
1
(A)
6
1 40 -
(B)
3 No.
1 of 30 -
(C) Students
2 20 -
2
(D)
3 10 -

37) A teacher conducted a survey among students 1 2 3 4 5

to find out which jobs they were interested in. No. of Pets
The table shows the results. Which Pie Chart
below best represents this data? The diagram above shows the results of a
survey carried out on children in a school to
JOB SURVEY find out the number of pets that each child had.
No. of
Field students 38) How many children were surveyed?
Computers (C) 20
Education (E) 10 (A) 15
Business (B) 30
Health Care (H) 10 (B) 40
Other (O) 10
(C) 100
(D) 110

39) How many students had at least 3 pets?

(A) 20
(B) 30
(C) 80
(D) 100

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40) The Pie Chart shows the favourite movie
channels viewed by students of Form 3.
What fraction of the class viewed MAX as
their favourite?

Favourite Channel

USA

TNT

SHO

MAX

1
(A)
4
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
2
3
(D)
4

END OF TEST