TIIE GOVERNMENT OF TI{E REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

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

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Name of School:

ID Number of School:

Student's Number:
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Section I

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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 three (3) questions in Section II.

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

4. Answer ANY TWO (2) questions in Section IL

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

6. Wnte proper statements and show all necessary working.

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

8. Remember to complete the follorving on the cover of your answer booklet:

- Name of Student
- Name of School
- ID Number of School
- Student's Number
9. Candidates are permitted to use the following materials:

- Calculators (non-programmable)
- Geometry Set
- Graph Paper (provided)

NO PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS MUST BE USED.

NO CELLPHONE CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED.

 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 'r3
L4 T 8, expressing your answer as a fraction. [3 marks]

(b) Convert 2+ to decimal form correct to 1 decimal place. [2 marks]

(c) Express 14.995 correct to 2 significant figures. [1 mark]

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2. ln a class, there are 4O students.

17 students do Scrence.

15 students do Art.

5 students do both Science and Art.

(a) l-abel and complete the Venn diagram to show the above information. [3 marks]

(b) How many students do only one subject? [2 mark]

(c) What is the probability that a student chosen at random does both subjects? [1 mark]

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 3 (a) Simplify the expressions

(i) 8a-4b+5b [1 mark]

(ii) ?s,(3x+5) -6x2 [2 marks]

(b) Factorizecompletely

(i) 2a + 4b [1 mark]

(ii) 5ab2 t5a2b3

[2 marks]

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4. In the cafeteria, two different sizes of canned soft drinks are sold, Can A and Can B, not drawn
to scale.

Can A Can B

Radius: 2cm Radius: 4 cm

Height: 14 cm Height: 14 cm

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(a) What is the volume of Can A in cm3 f (ur" : +) [2 marks]

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(b) Convert the volume of Can A from c-' to litres. [2 marks]

(c) Calculate the ratio of the volume of Can A to the volume of Can B. [2 marks]

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5. The quadrilateral ABCD is shown in the diagram

(a) ABCD is reflected in the y - axis to produce its image A'B'C'D'

Draw and label the imase A'B'C'D'on the diasram below. [4 marks]

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(b) Draw the lines of symmetry for ABCD on the diagram above. [2 marks]

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6 . The calendar below shows the number of texts Ria sent during the month of April. The numbers
oftexts sent are bold and underlined (e g , 3 represents three texts sent on that day).

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(a) How many texts were sent on Thursday 19m April? [1 mark]

(b) Using the data given, complete the frequency table below. [2 marks]

Number of texts Tally Frequency

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(c) What is the total number of texts Ria sent? [1 mark]

(d) Calculate the mean number of texts Ria sent per day' [2 marks]

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 SECTION II
ANSWER TWO (2) OUESTIONS ONLY FROM THIS SECTION

7 . (a) Lewis pays US $120.00 as a l}Yo down payment for his family's Caribbean vacation
The exchanse rate is US $1.00 = TT 56.50.

(i) What is lrwis' down payment in TT dollars? [1 mark]

(ii) What is the total cost for the vacation in TT dollars? [2 marks]

(b) Mrs. Gift puts $7 200.00 in a fixed deposit account earning simple interest at a rate of
gYo per annum, for 7 years.

(i) Calculate the interest earned on her investment.

[2 marks]

(ii) what is the total amount she will receive from her investment? [1 mark]

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7 (c) For this question, you are required to show all construction lines.

Using a pair of compasseso ruler and pencil onlyo

(i) Construct the triangle LMN, with lengths LM: MN : LN: 5cm [3 marks]

(ii) Bisect the angleXYZ [3 marks]

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 8 (a) The diagram shows an airplane, a cruise ship, and a jet skier, not drawn to scale.
The plane is 330 m above sea level and the cruise ship is 560 m from the jet skier.

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Cruise Ship 330 m

Jet Skier

(i) What is the distance between the airplane and the cruise ship? [3 marks]

(ii) Calculate the size of the angle x as shown in the diagram [3 marks]

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8. (b) Paul goes to Rita's house to study. He leaves home at 3:55 p.m. and arrives at Rita's
house at435 p.m. Paul lives 800 m away from Rita. Paul and Rita's homework
assignment is to drarv a map of the neighbourhood, using a scale of I cm to represent
200 m.

Paul's House Rita's House

(i) How many centimetres are used to represent the actual distance between Paul's
house and Rita's house on the scale drawing for the map? [1 mark]

(ii) What is the distance from Paul's house to Rita's house, in kilometres? [1 mark]

(iii) How many minutes did Paul take to arrive at Rita's house? [1 mark]

(iv) How long did Paul take to arrive at Rita's house, in hours? [1 mark]

(v) What is Paul's average speed while walking from his house to Rita's house,
in kilometres per hour? t2 marksl

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 9. (a) The number of pens and pencils Raj and Ann bought and the amounls each spent are show'n.

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pcncil.

(i) Write an cquation using x and ,v to represent the total cost of the pens and pencils Raj
bought.

[2 marks]

(ii) Using a pair of simultaneous equations, determine the cost of I pen and I pencil.
[4 marks]

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9 (b) The equation y : 2x + | gives the relationship between x andy.

(i) Use the equation to complete the table. [2 marks]

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(ii) Using the grid provided, draw the graph of .y : 2x + 1 [3 marks]

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(iii) Statethey intercept forthegraph y: 2x + 1. [1 mark]

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