Cxc Mathematics Past Papers May 20 Answers

Mathematics CXC Paper 1 Practice Questions

This quiz consists of 100 multiple choice questions, the questions obtained from paper 1 CXC past paper. The questions are mostly on percentage, ratio, multiples, and much more.

All questions repeatedly appear on different Csec Mathematics Paper one.

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A dress which costs $180 is being sold at a discount of 10%. The amount of the discount is

$170.00

$18.00

$10.00

$1.8

2 / 100

By the distributive law 49`x 17 +49 x 3=

3 / 100

A dinner at a restaurant was advised at $60 plus 18% tax. The total bill for this dinner was

$78.00

$81.60

$60.00

$70.80

4 / 100

How many lines of symmetry does a rhombus have?

5 / 100

How many inches are there in a foot?

6 / 100

Each of the letter of the word CHANCE is written on a slip of paper similar in size and shape. The slips of paper are then placed in a bag and thoroughly shaken. What is the probability of randomly drawing a letter "C"?

8 / 100

What is the largest share when $360 is divided in the proportion 2:7:9?

9 / 100

The FIRST three common multiples of 3, 4 and 6 are:

12,24,36

0,1,2

3,4,6

6,8,12

10 / 100

An aircraft leaves A at 16:00 hrs and arrives at B at 19:30 hrs, traveling at an average speed of 550 kilometers per hour. The distance from A to B in kilometers is

11 / 100

What is the cube root of 27?

12 / 100

Of a class of 32 students, 17 study music and 20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of students who study BOTH Music and Art?

13 / 100

All students in a class play scrabble or checkers or both. 36% of the students play scrabble only. 48% of the students play checkers only. What percentage of students play both games?

14 / 100

Transformation

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A company employs 12 gardeners at$26 per day, and 8 clerks at $17 per day. What is the mean daily wage in dollars, of the 20 employees?

$21.50

$22.40

$20.00

$31.50

16 / 100

2500 millimeters expressed in metres is

17 / 100

The HCF of 12, 15 and 60 is

18 / 100

How many centimeters are there in 1.5 metres?

19 / 100

How many factors are there in 71?

20 / 100

Althea usually saves x dollars each month ; but in June she saved $4 more than twice the usual amount. How many dollars did she save in June?

21 / 100

What is the square root of 108,900?

23 / 100

If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$1.00,then TT$15.00 in US dollars is

24 / 100

The cost of six pens is$37.20. What is the cost of eight similar pens?

$48.00

$48.68

$49.68

$49.60

25 / 100

A five metre-long ladder which rests on the horizontal ground is leaning against a vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 3m away from the wall. How far up the wall does the ladder reach

26 / 100

25×130 is the same as

25×100) +300

(25+30)×100

(100×30) + (100×25)

(25×30)+ (25×100)

27 / 100

Fifty guest each had 2 glasses of champagne. Each glass held 150 millimeters. How many litres of champagne were used?

28 / 100

When 8 is subtracted from a certain number and the result is multiplied by 3 the final answer is 21. What is the original number?

29 / 100

What is the least number of plum can be share equally among 6, 9 or 12 children

30 / 100

Enlargement

31 / 100

What is the square root of 100?

32 / 100

Venn diagram

33 / 100

The perimeter of a square is 48 cm, What is the area , in cm square ?

34 / 100

If it took a speed boat 9 hours to travel a distance of 1080km, what its average speed?

102km/h

1200km/h

12km/h

120km/h

35 / 100

The next term in the sequence 1,6,13,22,33 is

36 / 100

If $7000 is borrowed at the rate 5% per annum for 3 years, the simple interest is

37 / 100

Complete the sequence 13, 16, ……, 22.

38 / 100

A bag contains 60 marbles of different colours. The probability of choosing a red marble is 5/12. How many red marbles does the bag contain?

39 / 100

At a sale, each book was marked $3.00 off the original price. Daneil paid $46.00 for two books that had the same price. What was the cost of one of his books?

$24.50

$26.00

$20.00

$21.50

40 / 100

Betty and Ann shared a sum of money in the ratio 2:3 respectively. Ann received $120. what was Betty share?

41 / 100

The sum of two numbers, x and y is 18, and their difference is 14. which pair of equation below describes the above statement?

x +y=18 , x-y=14

xy=18 , x-y=14

x+y=32 , x-y=4

2x+2y=18 , 2x-2y=14

42 / 100

A number is greater than 3 but less than 8. Also the number is greater than 6 but less than 10. What is the number?

43 / 100

Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per annum. John invested $300 at the same rate. If they both received the same amount of money in interest, for how many years did john invest his money ?

44 / 100

Write 689.56 to the nearest whole number

45 / 100

Which of the following represents the graph of a function?

46 / 100

What number when added to 1 1/3 gives 2

47 / 100

John bought a book for $60 and sold it to gain 20% on his cost price. How much money did he gain?

48 / 100

What is 49,123 + 27,586?

67,709

76,709

86,709

76,079

50 / 100

A clock reads 4:30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point?

North-East

South-East

North

North-West

51 / 100

A toy was sold for$24.00, at a profit of 20%. The cost price was

$19.20

$28.00

$4.00

$20.00

52 / 100

If the means of the four numbers 4,8 x and 12 is 10, then x is

53 / 100

A shop keeper bought an article for $50 he sold it and gained 20% profit. How many dollars did he gain?

55 / 100

Sum of all interior angles of a parallelogram is

56 / 100

Simple interest

57 / 100

Which is the smallest fraction among the following?

58 / 100

Square unit

59 / 100

The area of a triangle is 30 cm its base is 10 cm. What is the perpendicular height in cm, of the triangle?

60 / 100

If ja$24.50 is equal to US$$1.00, then US$25 in Jamaican currency is

$600.00

$625.00

$612.50

$6,125.00

61 / 100

John has x marbles and max has twice as many. Max gives John 5 of his marbles. How many marbles does max now have?

62 / 100

if 5x-26=x+5, then the value of x is

63 / 100

What is the square root of 81?

64 / 100

f =

65 / 100

Susan bought a calculator for $120. She had to pay a sales tax of 10% on the price. How many change would she receive from $140?

$32.00

$12.00

$28.00

$8.00

66 / 100

The length of the sides of a triangle are x,2x and 2x centimeters. If the perimeter is 20 centimeters, what is the value of x?

67 / 100

If 5x-26 = x+50,then the value of x is

68 / 100

Mr. Duncan bought a table at a discount of 30% thus saving $42. what was the marked price of the table?

69 / 100

99 x 101 has the same value as

(99x100) - (99x )

(99x100) + 1

(99x100) ( 99x 1 )

(99x1)+ (99x100)

70 / 100

A man salary is $45000. His tax free allowance total is $13000. He has to pay a tax of 35% on his taxable income. The tax payable is

$4550.00

$23000.00

$15750.00

$11200.00

71 / 100

Sum of all interior angles of a polygon with (n) sides is given by

(N-2)×180°

N-2×180°

(Nt2)180°

N+2×180°

72 / 100

Relate to the set of scores shown below. 2 5 9 8 7 8 The modal score is

73 / 100

Which of the following represents the equation of a straight line?

y=4/x

y=x2-4

y=x2+2x-5

y=2x+3

74 / 100

What is the smallest composite number?

75 / 100

Seven times the product of two numbers, a and b, maybe written as

76 / 100

What is the term given to the perimeter around a circle?

Radius

Pie

The circumference

Diameter

77 / 100

All the sides of a regular polygon are

Parallel

Not parallel

Equal in length

Not equal

78 / 100

The number 3.14063 written correct to 3 decimal is

79 / 100

The square root of 191 lies between

11 and 12

45 and 46

11 and 13

13 and 14

80 / 100

How many seconds are in a hour ?

81 / 100

Books

82 / 100

A man leaves home at 22:15hrs and reaches his destination at 04:00 hrs on the following day, in the same time zone. How many hours did the journey take?

83 / 100

What percentage of 30 is 6?

84 / 100

In the triangle the value of x is

85 / 100

How many cents is equal to $ ¼?

86 / 100

Find the H.C.F of 12, 18 and 24

88 / 100

The cost of 14 articles is $28.14. What is the cost of 12 similar articles?

$25.20

$25.12

$24.12

$24.10

89 / 100

If 5% of a number is 20, then 35% of the number is

90 / 100

What is the highest common factor of the set of numbers{30,45 90}?

91 / 100

There are 40 students in a class. Girls make up 60% of the class. 25% of the girls wear glasses. How many girls in the class wear glasses?

92 / 100

Set

93 / 100

Area

94 / 100

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?

96 / 100

Simplify the algebraic expressions 5x+3x

97 / 100

On leaving Trinidad,the time on a pilots watch was 23:00hrs. When he arrived at his destination, in the same time zone, on the following day his watch showed 03:00hrs. How many hours did the flight take?

98 / 100

If 60% of a number is 90, what is the number?

99 / 100

Which of the following is more than 0.35 but less than 0.41

100 / 100

What is 1004 divided by 2?

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