.

I. 1. y' means
5. (%)' is the same as
(A) a quarter of y
(B) y x y x y x y
4
(C) the fourth root of y (A)
6
(D) four timesy
4
(B)
3
2. 5x - 2y - 3x + 2y = (C)
2
9
(A) 2x
(B)
4
8x (D)
9
(C) 2x - 4y
(D) 8x + 4y
6. 0.386 x 0.06 =
3. (A) 0.02316
A B (B) 0.2316
(C) 2.316
(D) 23.16
c D

In the figure above, AB and CD are parallel. 7. Half of y added to three times the square of
Which of the following BEST describes the y may be written as
relation between x and y?
(A) .!.(3y)'
(A) x + y < 2x 2
(B) x =y (B)
y + 3y'
(C) x + y > 2x 2
(D) x * y (C)
(y + 3y)'
2
1
4. The image of a point P(I, 2) under a (D) -y+3y'
2
translation is P'(-5, -4). What is the
translation vector?
m'
8. If p = and m = -3, then Pis
(A) [;) 2 - m

(A) -6
(B)
[=;) (B)
6
5

(C) (·:) (C)

9
5
(D) 9
(D)
[=:)
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9. A speed-boat took 9 hours to travel a 12. An article costs $1424. It may be purchased
distance of 1080 km. .by depositing $560 and making monthly
What was its average speed? payments of $48. How many months are
required to complete payment?
(A) 12 km/h
(A) 18
(B) 102 km/h
(B) 24
(C) 120 km/h
(C) 30
(D) I 200 km/h
(D) 36

10. The heights measured in cm, of six students

are 153, 172, 150, 170, 160 and 155. 13. If x is an integer which satisfies the
The range is inequalities 4 < x - 2 < 8, then x may be
(A) 4
(A) 11
(B) 5
(B) 22 (C) 6
(C) 150 (D) 7
(D) 172

11. The quadrilateral whose diagonals bisect

one another at right-angles is a
(A) parallelogram
(B) rectangle
(C) rhombus
(D) trapezium

14. In a test marked out I 0, the marks obtained by 15 students are:

I4 9 o 3 9 2 2 2 3 7 ·o 4 8

The frequency table which BEST shows this information is:

Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(A) Frequency 2 3 2 2 0 0 I 1 2 0

Mark 0 I 2 3 4 7 8 9
(B)
Frequency 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2

Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(C)
Frequency 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0

Mark 4 9 0 3 9 1 2 2 2 1 3 7 0 4 8
(D)
Frequency 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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am x an 19. In a rectangular garden plot 15m long and

15. In simplified form, 1s
a' 12 m wide, an area of 80 m 2 is used for a
vegetable garden. What area of the plot is
left?
(B) a ' (A) 26m 2
(B) JOOm'
(C) 134m 2
(D) 260m 2
2
16. (x + 3y) =
20. 0.45 may be written as
(A) x 2 + 9y 2
9
(B) x' + 6y 2 (A)
20
2 2
(C) .,' + 3xy + 6y 4
(B)
(D) x' + 6xy + 9y 2 5
9
(C)
JO
17. 5
(D)
4

21. If x + y = 2 and y - x = 2, then (x, y)

IS

(A) (-!, 3)

The arrow diagram above describes the

relation (B) (~,%)
(A) xis greater than y (C) (0, 2)
(B) xis a multiple of y
(C) xis divisible by y (D) (I, I)
(D) xis a factorofy

22. If the universal set U = {I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

18. The number property applied in writing and H = { 3, 4, 6} , then H' =

(A) {3, 4, 6}

(B) {I, 3, 5}
is an exa)llple of the number property called
(C) {2, 4, 6}
(A) commutative property
(D) {I, 2, 5}
(B) associative property
(C) distributive property
(D) identity property

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23. 27.

Girls

D R c
The pie chart above shows the relationship
ABCD is a rectangle. The points P, Q, R of boys to girls in a class. Ifthere are 9 boys,
and S are the midpoints of the lines AB, BC, how many girls are there?
CD and DA respectively. Two lines of
symmetry are (A) 18
(B) 27
(A) ACandBD
(C) 30
(B) AC and PR
(D) 36
(C) SQandBD
(D) PR and SQ
28. U = { Integers }
24. What is the value of the digit '3' in the P = { Positive integers }
number 2341, N = { Negative integers }
(A) 3 x 8° Which of the Venn diagrams below
(B) 3x 8 1 illustrates the statement:
No positive integers are negative integers.
(C) 3 x 82
(D) 3 x 83
u
25. The next term in the sequence I, 6, 13, 22, 33 (A)
IS

(A) 44
(B) 45
(C) 46 u p N
(D) 52
(B)

26. Which of the following describes the set

that is shaded?
u u
(C)

(A) A n B
(B) B'
(D)
(C) Au B
(D) An B'

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29. A rectangle has rotational symmetry of 34. Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in the
order ratio 2 : 3 respectively. Ann received $120.
What was Betty's share?
(A)
(B) 2 (A) $ 72
(C) 3 (B) $ 80
(D) 4 (C) $180
(D) $300
30. If the mean of the numbers 2x, 3x, 4x and 3x
is 12, then the sum of the numbers is 35.
(A) 4
(B) 12
(C) 48
(D) 80
The edge of the cube above is 4 cm long. Its
surface area is
. .fy· 4x 3x
31. 1 - +-
S1mp1
7y Sy (A) 12 cm'

4lx (B) 24 cm 2
(A)
35y (C) 64 cm'
4lxy (D) 96 cm 2
(B)
12y
4hy Item 36 refers to the following diagram.
(C)
35y y
20x + 2ly
(D)
35y

32. If a customer spends more than $20, he

receives a 10% discount on his total bill.
What does a customer whose bill is $80
pay? 8 x
(A) $60
(B) $70
(C) $72
(D) $74

33. A man's annual salary is $45 000. His tax-

free allo)Vances total $13 000. He has to pay 36. The shaded region AOB in the diagram
a tax of 35% on his taxable income. The tax above is defined by
payable is
(A) { (x, y): y s 2x, y < - 2x, x s 4}
(A) $ 4550.00
(B) { (x, y): y > 2x, y 2-2x, x24}
(B) $11 200.00
(C) $15750.00 (C) {(x,y): ys2x, ys-2x, x24}
(D) $20 300.00 (D) {(x,y): ys2x, y2-2x, xs4)
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37. 41. An article bought for $125 was sold for

$ 175. The percentage pro fit was
(A) 28.6
(B) 40
Q (C) 50
In the figure above, 0 is the centre of the (D) 71.4
circle. Angle PQR is
(A) 90° 42. u
(B) 11 °
(C) 135°
(D) 150°

38.

D
The diagram above represents a circle
placed inside a square with side 14 cm. Find
In the Venn diagram above, the shaded
region represents the set
(A)
(B)
(X u Y)' n Z
(X n Y) u Z'
the area of the shaded region. (C) Zn X'
22
Use 7 r = - (D) Zn Y'
7
(A) 112 cm'
(B) 42 cm 2 43. A car was bought for $10000 in January
1997. If the car depreciates by I 0% every
(C) 12 cm 2 year, what is its worth in January 2000?
(D) 34 cm' (A) $3000
39. A bar of soap in the shape of a prism is (B) $7290
5 cm thick and has a volume of 200 cm'. A (C) $8000
slice 3 cm thick was taken away. What (D) $9000
volume remains?
(A) 80cm 3 44. A bag contains 2 red, 4 yellow and 6 blue
(B) 120cm' balls. The probability of drawing a blue ball
from the bag at random is
(C) 300cm'
I
(D) 400cm 3 (A)
6
40. Each exterior angle of a regular polygon (B)
measures 45~. How many sides has the 3
polygon?
(C)
(A) 4 2
(B) 6 6
(D)
(C) 8 11
(D) IO

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45. An article costs $161. !fa profit of 13% is 48. If p = 3(a - q), then 6a is equal to
to be made when selling, the selling price,
in dollars, is (A) 2(p + 3q)
(B) 2(p + q)
(A) 161(1 + J2_
100
J (C) p + 3q

(B) 13(1 + 161

100
J (D) p + q

3x - 2
(C) 161(13 + -
1
JOO
-J 49. If h(x) =

(A) -4
5
, then h(-6) =

(D) 13(161 + -
1
JOO
-J (B)
-16
5
16
(C)
5
46. The simple interest on $560 for 3 years at
(D) 4
12 .!_ % per annum is
2
50. If J8.2 = 2.86,
(A) $ 70
(B) $2JO what is ~ 8.2 x 10 2 ?
(C) $630 (A) 1.43 x 10
(D) $770
(B) 2.86 x 10
(C) 1.43 x 10 2
(D) 2.86 x 102
47.

Item 51 refers to the following diagram.

0 y

M
32cm

In the figure above, not drawn to scale, 0 is

the centre of the circle, AB is a chord and x
OM is perpendicular to AB. If OB = 20 cm
and AB = 32 cm, then OM= 51. The diagram above shows a graph. If a, b
(A) 8-cm and c are constants, the equation of the
graph could be
(B) JO cm
(C) 12 cm (A) y = ax' + c
(D) 16cm (B) y = c - ax 2
(C) y = ax' + bx + c
(D) y = c + bx - ax2
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52. .,.____ 8 cm

-6 .,I
t3
!Ocm
1 !

j
The diagram shows the floor of a room. All angles measure 90°. The perimeter of the room is
(A) 36
(B) 41
(C) 48
(D) 62

Items 53 - 54 refer to the following diagram.

y
' I
,P
8 .
I .

7
s. J
- - .........
r-.....
6
7
.
'

5
-....... )
r-.....
4 .........
/.__ '
3 -....... . '

2/
I r-.....
.....,,,
. '.'

. !"--.. . .
•·
. .

. . .. . -...,_ ..

i ' . ........:
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 - ifO I 2 3 4· 5 6 7 8 - x
. R
I -~ -
QI- -2

3
.

I
53. The equation of the line PQ in the diagram 54. What is the gradient of the line SR?
above is -2
(A)
(A) y=x+l
I
(B) y - 2x = I (B)
2
(C) y = 3x
(C)
(D) y + 2x =I 2
(D) 2
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55. .,___......_.._8 cm_________. 59.

s R

5 cm

p Q
18 cm c B

The area of the trapezium above is

In the figure above, . e = -.
Slll
4 What is the
2 5
(A) 45 cm
value of tan J3?
(B) 65 cm'
3
(A)
(C) 90 cm' 5
(D) 130 cm' 3
(B)
4
4
(C)
5
56. A toy was sold for $24.00, at a profit of 5
20%. The cost price was (D)
3
(A) $ 4.00
(B) $19.20
(C) $20.00 60.
x
(D) $28.00
6cm
5cm
57. Tony obtained the following scores in a
game. 8cm

7 3 8 4 5 6 9 8 9 The value of x in the diagram is

The median score is (A) Fs cm

(B) 9 cm
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 10 cm
(C) 8 (D) .Jl25 cm
(D) 9

58. Given that 3 • 6 = 12 and 2 • 5 = 9,

then a • b may be defined as
(A) 4(b - a)

(B) a' + b
(C) 6a - b
(D) 2a + b

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED. CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST

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