THE GOVERNMENT OF TI{E, REPI'BLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2OI4
(Level 1)
MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
TIME: 90 MINUTES

Name of Student:

Name of School:

ID Number of School:

Student's Number
 INSTRUCTIONS

Read the following instructions carefully.

1. This paper consists of forty (40) multiple-choice questions.

2. You are required to answer ALL questions.

3. Record your answers on the Multiple-Choice Answer Sheets provided, by shading the letter which
corresponds to your answer to the question.

4. Fill in the following information on the Multiple-Choice Answer Sheet using aZHB pencil only (if it has
not already been completed):

- Name and ID Number of School

- Name of Student

- Student's Number

- Date of Birth

5. If you must change your answer, eftISe your first ansrver completely, and then shade your new answer.
6. On the answer sheet. DO NOT:

- Write any.thing on the top and sides

- Staple anything

- Punch holes

- Bend the corners

- Tear any part

- Make any stray marks

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

8. NO CALCULATORS are allowed.

NCSE 2014 - Mathematics - Paoer I

1) In the number 567.8 the digit with the greatest An item sells for $300. It originally cost $200.
value is t*At as a percentage of the original cost is
(A) s
(B) 6 (A) T )q"
(c) 7 (B) 5O7o

(D) )
8 (c) 66ivo
(D) 75 7o

2\ The number nine thousand and nine written in

figures is
6) A television for $860 cash or
set can be bought
(A) e00e on hire purchase with $l0O down payment and
-. 12 monthly instalments of $70 each. The
(B) e0e0
amount that may be saved by buying the
(c) ewe television for cash is
(D) eeoo (A) $80
(B) $too
3) The largest three digit number that can be (c) $e4o
formed using all the digits 7,9 and 4 is (D) $e60
(A) 47e -.
(B) 4n
(c) 74e
7) 5(x - y) - 5(y + x) =
(D) v74 (A) - loy
(B) 6x - 6y
4) (C) lOx - lOy
James eutt
fr of a cake, Jack eats I and Mary
eutr . The uneaten fraction is
(D) loy
f
(A) +, 8) If -12 - 4(-2x) = 4, thenx =
-.
(B) * (A) - l0
(c) # (B) -s
(D) +;
(c) -2
(D) 2

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9) When factorised completely the expression 12) A boy receives three times as much
ox - ay l bx - by canbe written as allowance as his sister. Together they
receive $240. The girl's share is
(A) (a-b)(x-y)
(A) $20
(B) (a+b)(x-y)
(B) $40
(c) (a-x)(b-y) (c) $60

(D) (a+y)(D-x) (D) $240

l3) The scores obtained in a spelling competition

10) are 5, t, 9, 61 9, 3, 5, 7, 91 9 and 8.
The modal score is

(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)

In this triangle, the value of x is

14) The difference between the highest and
lowest values in a distribution is called the
(A) l8o
(B) 36o

(c) eoo (A) mean

(D) lsoo (B) median

(c) mode

(D) range
1l) a2 - gb2 =

(A) (a -3b)(a -3b)

(B) (a-3b)(a+3b)
(c) (a-eb)(a+eb)
(D) (a-eb)(a-b)

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ls) r7) The diagram below shows a pie chart
representing how Joan spent her Easter
Day of vacation.
the Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri.
Week
Number
of 15 20 10 18 t7
Lunches
Fishing
Watching
The table shows the number of lunches given to
students in a class in a certain week. The mean
number of lunches given per day is _
(A) ls
(B) 16

(c) 17 What percentage of Joan's Easter vacation

was spent sleeping?
(D) 20
(A) 2s %
16) A census was conducted on the number of
children per family in an apartment building
(B) 7s %

in Trinidad. The data collected is shown in (c) e0 %

the histogram below. (D) 270 %

18) A class of 40 students sat a test, and32 were

.t)
6) .tE
successful. The probability of choosing a
student at random who was not successful is

+i
o5 (A)
I
z f
0
0123 (B) I
4
Number of children J
(c) 7
+
The total number of children is A
(D)
t
(A) 6

(B) 30 l9) From 01:30 to 0l:45, the minute hand of

a clock rotates through an angle of _.
(c) 40
(A) .rl
,, o
(D) 75

(B) 150

(c) 25"
(D) 900
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20) Square Crrcle 23) The diagram illustrates a trapezium of area
80 cm' with parallel sides of lengths 6 cm
13 cm
and 14 cm.
(
+ 6cm

Figure A Figure B

The difference between the areas of the two

figures is _. 14 cm

(A) area of A is larger by 6 cm2 The height, h, rs

(B) area of A is larger by 8 cm2
(c) areas of A and B are the same
(A) 4 cm

(D) area of A is larger by 15 cm2

(B) 8 cm
(C) 10 cm
(D) 20 cm
2r)

24) 1 litre of paint covers an area of 48 m2.

6cm How much paint will be required to
cover a rectangular wall 18 m by 8 m?

14 cm (A) 2 litres
(B) 3 litres
The triangle M is drawn in the rectangle as (C) 5 litres
shown. What is the area of triangle M? (D) 6 litres

(A) 20 cm2 2s) A 1-litre jug filled with water is used to fill
(B) 28 cmz two empty cups, each with a capacity of
(C) 42 cm2 420 cm3 . What is the volume of water left
(D) 84 cm2 in the jug?

(A) 160 cm3

22) A cubical tank of side 2 m is filled with water (B) 580 cm3
which is poured into another cubical tank of (C) 840 cm3
side 8 m. The number of times this must be (D) l42O cm3
done to fill the larser tank is

(A) 4
(B) 8
(c) 16
(D) 64

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26) The diagram below shows a flowerbed in 28)
the shape of a sector.

In this triangle, sin C :

What is the perimeter of the flower bed
witlr radius 42 m and sector angle 120"?
(A) 3
(A) 44 m (B) i
(B) (c)
(C)
88 m

130 m
i
(D) i
(D) r72 m

27) The diagram below shows two parallel lines,

2e)
Lr and L2, being intersected by the straight
line T.

Lr

L2

The diagram above shows the net of

(A) a cube
Angles h andf are called
(B) an open box
(A) alternate angles (C) an open cylinder
(B) co-interior angles (D) a pyramid
(C) correspondingangles
(D) vertically opposite angles

6
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 30)

13 units

Calculate the distance BC.

The quadrilateral ABCD has one axis of

(A) 8 units

symmetry. The quadrilateral is a _.

(B) lO units
(C) 12 units
(A) kite (D) 18 units
(B) parallelogram
(C) rhombus
(D) trapezium 33)

3l)

The diagram shows a straight line, /. Which

of the following points will lie on the line / ?
The point A, shown in the diagram, could be (A) (-3,2)
(B) (0,-3)
(A) (-1,-s) (c) (4, -2)
(B) (-1,5) (D) (5,0)
(c) ( 1,-5)
(D) ( 1,5)

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34) The set of multiples of 5 is 3e)

(A) {5,25, 125}

(B) {1,2,3,4,5}
(c) {-5, -4, ... , 4, 5}
(D) {5, 10, 15,20, ...}

35) The set of prime factors of 6 is

In this Venn diagram, n(A) : n(B).
(A) {1,3} The value of x is
(B) {2,3}
(c) {2,3,6} (A) 3
(D) {r,2,3,6) (B) 4
(c) 6
36) If A: {odd numbers from I to 10} and (D) 12
B : {prime numbers from I to 10}, then
AIB is
40)
(A) {3,5,7}
(B) {2,3,5,7}
(c) {1,2,3,5,7}
(D) {1,2,3,5,7,9}

37) If X: {b, d, f} andY: {b,c, d, e, f} then

(A) X:Y In the Venn diagram above, U represents

(B) Xc Y students in a class. T is the set of students
(c) Yc x who play tennis and F is the set of students
(D) xnY:o who play football.

The number of students who play only one

38) U game is

(A) 10
(B) 15
(c) 20
(D) 25
In the diagram above, the unshaded region
represents

(A) PuQ
(B) (PuQ)' END OF TEST
(c) PnQ
(D) (PnQ)'