CSEC Mathematics Paper 1 January 2017 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

( $\frac{2}{3}$ ) $^2$ is equal to

If $4.3 \times 0.37 = 1.591$ , then $0.43 \times 370$ is

In standard notation, 208.06 is written as

$2.0806 \times 10^2$

$20.806 \times 10^1$

$2.0806 \times 10^{-1}$

$0.20806 \times 10^3$

If $560 is shared in the ratio 2:3:9, the difference between the largest and the smallest shares is

If 60% of a number is 90, what is $\frac{4}{5}$ of the number?

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

If $3n$ is an even number, which of the following is an odd number?

$99 \times 101$ has the same value as

$(99 \times 100) + 1$

$(99 \times 100) - (99 \times 1)$

$(99 \times 100) + (99 \times 1)$

$(99 \times 100) (99 \times 1)$

What is the LEAST number of apples that can be shared equally among either 6, 8 or 9 children?

What is the value of the digit 2 in the number 48.621?

If $X$ and $Y$ are two finite sets such that $n(X) = 9$ , $n(X \cap Y) = 4$ and $n(X \cup Y) = 15$ , then $n(Y)$ is

Item 12 refers to the following Venn diagram.

In the Venn diagram, the shaded area represents

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

Item 14 refers to the following Venn diagram.

In the Venn diagram $U = \{ \text{students who play games} \}$ $H = \{ \text{students who play hockey} \}$ $V = \{ \text{students who play volleyball} \}$ The number of students in each set is indicated. How many students do NOT play volleyball?

The cost of a calculator exclusive of sales tax is $120. Susan bought a calculator and paid sales tax of 10%. How much change would she receive from $140?

At the end of any year a car is worth 5% less than what it was worth at the beginning of the year. If a car was worth $9500 in December 2016, then its value in January 2016 Was

An article bought for $125 was sold for $175. The profit as a percentage of the cost price was

A television set costs $350 cash. When bought on hire purchase, a deposit of $35 is required, followed by 12 monthly payments of $30. How much is saved by paying cash?

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?

Item 20 refers to the following table which shows the rates charged by an insurance company.

House Insurance 25¢ per $100 Contents Insurance 50¢ per $100

How much will a person pay for insurance, if his house is valued at $50 000, and the contents at $10 000?

If the simple interest on $800 for 3 years is $54, what is the rate of interest per annum?

Tom bought a pen for $60 and sold it to gain 20% on the cost price. How much money did he gain?

If x is an integer that satisfies the inequality 6 < 2x ≤ 8, then

If $x = 4$ and $y = 2$ , what is the value of $\frac{x^2 + 3y}{xy}$ ?

The expression $-2(x-4)$ is the same as

If $m * n = \sqrt{m^2 - n^2}$ then $5 * 3 = $

James saves $x$ each month, but in March he saved $5 less than twice his usual amount. In March, James saved

If $3(x-1) - 2(x-1) = 7$ , then the value of $(x-1)$ is

Two tonnes, 54 kilograms is the same as

If the circumference of the circle is 15 cm, then the length of the minor arc AB, in centimetres, is

$\frac{360}{120} \times 15$

$\frac{120}{360} \times 15$

$\frac{360}{360-120} \times 15$

$\frac{360-120}{360} \times 15$

The volume, in cm³, of the cylinder is

In the diagram, the length of the minor arc, PQ, is 8 cm. What is the circumference of the circle, in cm?

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

The area of a triangle is 60 cm² and its base is 12 cm. What is the perpendicular height, in cm, of the triangle?

The perimeter of a square is 52 cm. What is the area, in cm²?

The circumference of a circle is 132 cm. Given that $\pi = \frac{22}{7}$ , the radius of the circle, in centimetres, is

Item 40 refers to the following pie chart which shows the popular games played by 720 students.

How many students play cricket?

The median of the numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10 is

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

When three coins are tossed simultaneously the possible outcomes are {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}, where H represents a head and T represents a tail. What is the probability of randomly obtaining at LEAST TWO heads when the three coins are tossed simultaneously?

Item 44 refers to the following table which shows the frequency of scores obtained by students in a test.

Each of the letters 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'?