THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2007
(Level 1)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER II

TIME 90 MINUTES

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School’s Name__________________________________________________

School’s ID

Student's Number
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INSTRUCTIONS

Read the following instructions carefully:

1. This paper consists of two (2) sections – Sections I and II.

2. There are six (6) questions in Section I and six (6) questions in Section II.

3. Attempt ALL six (6) questions in Section I.

4. Answer TWO (2) questions in section II.

5. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this test booklet.

6. Show all working.

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

8. Write the following on the cover of this booklet:

- Student’s Name
- School’s Name
- School’s ID
- Student’s Number

9. Candidates are permitted to use the following materials:

- Calculators (Non-Programmable)
- Geometry Set
- Graph Paper

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 SECTION I

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

Write your answers in the spaces provided. Remember to show ALL working.

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1. a) Calculate the value of + , stating your answer as an improper fraction. [2 marks]
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b)
(i) Determine the value of 562 × 53 [1 mark]

(ii) State your answer to b (i) above to the nearest hundred. [1 mark]

c) Express 0 .000402 in standard form. [2 marks]

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 15 p 2 q
2. a) Simplify: , giving your answer in the lowest form. [2 marks]
3p

b) Solve for x:
3x – 5 = x + 7 [4 marks]

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3.
40 cm

180 cm

40 cm

200 cm

This diagram (not drawn to scale) shows a counter top.

a) Calculate the surface area of the counter top shown. [3 marks]

b) The counter top has to be tiled using square tiles of side 5 cm. [3 marks]
How many tiles will be needed to completely cover it?

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4. a) The diagram shows the net of a solid.

i) Name the solid formed from the net shown above. [1 mark]

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ii) Complete the table below for the solid named in part (a). [3 marks]

Number of Edges Number of Faces Number of vertices

b) Draw all the lines of symmetry on the shape below. [2 marks]

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5. a) In a class of 25, students bought tickets for two competitions, the Soca Monarch and the
Chutney Monarch. Given that

10 students bought tickets for the Soca Monarch only,

4 bought tickets for both events and
12 bought tickets for the Chutney Monarch.

Complete the Venn diagram below to show this information. [3marks]

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Soca Monarch Chutney Monarch

b) What was the total number of tickets bought by students of the class? [2 marks]

c) How many students did not buy tickets for either event? [1 mark]

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6. Angelina had a fever and her temperature was recorded every hour from 1:00 PM to
4:00 PM.

Temperature Chart

39.0
T 38.8
E
M 38.6
P
E 38.4
R 38.2
A
T 38.0
U
37.8
R
E
0 37.4
C
37.2
37.0
1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00

Time

a) What was her temperature at 1:00 P.M.? [1 mark]

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b) Her temperature at 5:00 P.M. was 0.20 C lower than her temperature at [3 marks]
4:00 P.M. Complete the line graph to show the temperature at 5:00 P. M.

c) Estimate the temperature at 6:00 P.M. if her temperature continues to drop at the same
rate. [1 mark]

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d) During which one-hour period was there the greatest drop in temperature? [1 mark]

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 SECTION II

ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

Write your answers in the spaces provided. Remember to show ALL working.
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7 a) Maria and Harry visited a fast food restaurant to buy a meal.

MAIN MENU
ITEM COST
1 piece chicken $6.25
1 portion fries $2.75
salad $3.75
medium soft drink $1.25

(i) Calculate the cost of Maria’s meal if she ordered the following items from the Main Menu:

1 piece chicken,1 portion fries and 1 soft drink. [2 marks]

(ii) After buying her meal, Maria noticed that the fast food restaurant offered the following
special.
COMBO MEAL $ 9.25

1 piece chicken
1 portion fries
1 Soft drink

How much money would she save if she had bought the Combo Meal instead? [2 marks]

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7 a)
(iii) Harry wants to buy a meal from the Main Menu.
He buys 2 pieces of chicken.
What other items can he buy so that his total cost is exactly $20.00. [2 marks]

b) D. J.’s Music World bought 100 music CDs for $ 2 000.00 and sold them at $28.00 each.

(i) Calculate their total profit if all the CDs were sold? [2 marks]

(ii) What is the percentage profit? [2 marks]

(iii) After the first week the company made a profit of $632.00. How many CDs were sold in
the first week? [2 marks]

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8. a) Ken’s cellular phone rates and the balance on his account are shown below.

TELESMART
CELL PHONE RATES

Account $100.00
Balance

Text Messages 20c per text

Calls 40c per min.

(i) Ken used his cell phone and made calls lasting 3 hours.
What is the total cost of these calls? [3 marks]

(ii) Telesmart deducted the cost of the calls from Ken’s account. What is the new balance after
the deduction?
[1 mark]

(iii) How many text messages can he now send with the money left? [2 marks]

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8 b) Keisha’s parents put $6 000.00 in a fixed deposit account that earned Simple Interest at a
rate of 6% per annum interest.

What is the total of the interest and the deposit after 5 years? [3 marks]

c) Kyle wants to buy a computer for US$350.00. The rate of exchange from US to TT
dollars is
US $1.00 = TT $6.30

What is the cost of the computer in TT dollars? [3 marks]

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9. A drawing of an advertising Billboard is shown in the diagram below.

(x – 3) m

(2x – 4) m

Using the dimensions shown in the diagram above

a) Write an expression in x for the perimeter of the Billboard.

[3 marks]

b) Simplify your expression in part (a) [3 marks]

c) If the perimeter of the Billboard is 70 metres, calculate the value of x. [4 marks]

d) Calculate

(i) the length of the Billboard [1 mark]

(ii) the width of the Billboard.

[1 mark]

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10. The equation y = 2 x + 1 gives the relationship between two variables, x and y .

a) Complete the table given below.

[3 marks]

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 3 7 11

b) On the grid provided (page 15)

(i) Draw the X and Y - axes using a scale of 1 centimetre to represent one unit on each axis
(ii) Use the values in the table to plot the points
(iii) Draw the graph of y = 2x+1.

[5 marks]

c) Using your graph, determine

(i) the value of x when y = 0 [2 marks]

(ii) the value of y when x = −2 [2 marks]

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11 a) Only a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses should be used for the following exercise.

(i) Draw a line segment AB such that AB = 5.2 cm. [1 mark]

(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisector of AB. Let the bisector cut AB at M. [3 marks]

(iii) Locate the points P and Q on the bisector such that PM = MQ = 4 cm. [2 marks]

(iv) Draw the quadrilateral APBQ. [1 mark]

(v) What type of quadrilateral is ABPQ? [1 mark]

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11 b)
13 cm
h cm x

12 cm

Calculate the value of h in the right angled triangle shown above.

[4 marks]

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12. The Bar Chart below shows the average monthly rainfall in Trinidad for the first half
of a certain year. The Bar representing the amount of rainfall for the month of May is
missing.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Trinidad

200

180
160

Rainfall 140
(mm) 120

100

80

60
40

20
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Month

a) Use the data in the above graph to complete the table below.
[3 marks]

Month Amount of rainfall (mm)

Jan 90

Feb

Mar

Apr

Jun

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b) If the total rainfall for the first half of the year was 540 mm, calculate the amount of
rainfall for the month of May. [2 marks]

c) On the Bar Chart on page 18, draw the Bar to represent the rainfall for the month of
May.
[2 marks]

d) Which month had the least rainfall? [1 mark]

e) Calculate the mean monthly rainfall for the period January to June? [2 marks]

f) What percentage of the total rainfall occurred in the month of June? [2 marks]

END OF TEST

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