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FORM TP 2012017

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JANUARY 2012

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Paper 02 - General Proficiency
2 hours 40 minutes
04

JANUARY 2012 (a.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1.

This paper consists of TWO sections.

2.

There are EIGHT questions in Section

3.

Answer ALL questions in Section I, and any TWO questions from Section II.

4.

Write your answers in the booklet provided.

5.

All working

6.

A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this booklet.

and THREE questions in Section

must be clearly shown.

Reouired Examination Materials

Electronic calculator
Geometry set
Graph paper (provided)

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LIST OF F'ORMULAE
Volume of a prism

Ah where

is the area of a cross-section and h is the perpendicular

length.

Volume of cylinder

Y: nf h where r is the radius of the base and & is the perpendicular

Volume of a right pyramid

Circumference

C:2nr

Arc length

S: *

: !m
3

height.

where A is the area of the base and h is theperpendicular height.

where

x2nr

is the radius of the circle.

where 0 is the angle subtended by the arc, measured in

degrees.

Area of a circle

A: nf where r is the radius of the circle.

Area of a sector

A:

Area of trapezium

Roots of quadratic equations

If

ax2

360

where 0 is the angle of the sector, measured in degrees.

+
+ @ b) ft where a and b are the lengths of the parallel sides and ft is
the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.

+bx+c:0,

-b+"16'i;

then x

Trigonometric ratios

nl

sin 0

2a

opposite side
aypotenuse
Opposite

cos

adjacent side
^ : -l-------;u
nypotenuse
Adjacent

tan

Area of triangle

oDDosite side
^ : -++-.::
0

adlacent srde

Area of A

U, where b is the length of the base and ft is

the perpendicular height.

Area of L,ABC

Areaof

wnere

: ;I

MBC :

ab sin C

s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

a+b+c
2

Sine rule

Cosine rule

*b

abc
sinA sinB
sin C
a2 : b2 * c2 - 2bccosA
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SECTION

AnswerALL the questions in this section.

All working must

1.

(a)

Using a calculator, or otherwise, calculate the EXACT value of

(i)
(ii)
(b)

be clearly shown.

/ t\2

[t;,,)

^l
-- 31

Jaos29

'

( 3 marks)

expressing vour answer as a fraction

0.216, expressing your answer in standard form.

( 3 marks)

A typist is paid a basic wage of $22.50 per hour for a 4O-hour week.

(i)

( l mark)

Calculate the typist's basic weekly wage.

Overtime is paid at one and a half times the basic hourly rate.

(iD

Calculate the overtime wage for ONE hour of overtime

work.

( l mark)

To earn some extra money, the typist decided to work overtime.

Calculate

(iiD

the wage she would earn for overtime

during

(i")

agivenweek.

if

she worked

for a TOTAL of 52 hours

( 2marks)

the number of overtime hours she must work during a given week to eam a
( 2marks)
TOTALwage of $1440.

Total 12 marks

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(a)

Solve the pair of simultaneous equations

3x +

2Y:

13

x - 2Y: -1.

(b)

3 marks)

Factorise completely

(i)
(ii)
(c)

x2

2x2

(1mark)
( 2 marks)

16

3x + 8x

12.

Tickets for a football match are sold at $30 for EACH adult and $15 for EACH child.
A company bought 28 tickets.

(i)

Ifx of these tickets

a)
b)
c)

(iD
(iiD

were for adults, write in terms

ofx,

( lmark
( lmark
( lmark

the number of tickets for children

the amount spent on tickets for adults

the amount spent on tickets for children.

)
)
)

Show that the TOTAL amount spent on the 28 tickets is $(15x + 420).

( lmark

Given that the cost of the 28 tickets was $660, calculate the number of adult
( 2 marks)
tickets bought by the company.

Total12 marks
3.

(a)

A universal set, U, is defined as:

U

51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,58, 59 }

A andB are subsets of U, such that:

(b)

I:

{ odd numbers }

.B:

{ prime numbers }

(i)
(ii)
(iiD
(i)

List the members of the setl.

(lmark)

List the members of the set B.

( lmark )

Draw a Venn diagram to represent the sets A, B and U.

Using a pair of compasses, a ruler and a pencil

a)

construct a triangle CDE in which DE

10 cm, DC

Z CDE:45".

b)
(ii)

3 marks)

:
(

8 cm

and

4 marks)

construct a line, CF, perpendicular to DE such that F lies on DE.

( 2 marks)

Using a protractor, measure and state the size of

I DCE.

( 1 mark )
Total 12 marks

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4.

(a)

The following is an extract from a bus schedule. The bus begins its journey at Belleview,
travels to Chagville and ends its journey at St. Andrews.

Town

Arrive

Depart

Belleview

6:40 a.m.

Chagville

7:35 a.m.

St. Andrews

8:00 a.m.

7:45 a.m.

( 1 mark )

Chagville?

(i)

How long did the bus spend at

(ii)

How long did the bus take to travel from Belleview to Chagville?

(iiD

( lmark

The bus travelled at an average speed of 54 km/hour from Belleview to Chagville.

Calculate, in kilometres, the distance from Belleview to Chagville.

2 marks)

(b)

Water is poured into a cylindrical bucket with a base area of 300 cm2. If 4.8 litres of
water was poured into the bucket, what is the height of the water in the bucket?
( 3 marks)

(c)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a cuboid with length 13 cm, width 4 cm
and height ft cm.

thcm

t_

ryl.
(i)

State, in terms of ft, the area of the shaded face of the

cuboid. ( 1 mark )

(ii)

Write an expression, in terms of h, for the volume of the cuboid.

(iiD

If

the volume of the cuboid is 286 cm3 calculate the height, h,

( 1 mark )

of the cuboid.
( 2 marks)

Total

ll

marks

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5.

(a)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows TWO triangles, JKL and, MLP,with
LM: MP, KLP is a straight line, angle JLM: 22" and angle

JK parallel to ML.

LMP:36.

Calculate, giving reasons for your answers, the measure of EACH of the following:

(i) z MLP
(iD t rJK
(iiD z JKL
(iv) z KLJ
(b)

4 marks)

2 marks)

The diagrambelow shows atriangle, PQR,andits image, P'e,R,.

(D

State the coordinates of

and,

Q.

(ii)

Desciibe fully the transformation that maps triangle PQRonto triangle P,Q,R,.
( 2 marks)

(iiD

Write down the coordinates of the images of P and Qunder the translation

I ',l.
[-6]

2 marks)

Total 10 marks
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Thetablebelowshowscorrespondingvaluesofxandyforthefunctiony:f-2x-3,for
integer values ofx from -2to 4.

6.

x
v

.|

-1

-J

-4

a
J

( 2marks)

(a)

Copy and complete the table.

(b)

Using a scale of 2 cm to represent I unit on thex-axis, and 1 cm to represent L unit

on they-axis, plot the points whose x andy values are recorded in your table, and draw
( 4 marks)
a smooth curve through your points.

(c)

Using your graph, estimate the value ofy when

value was obtained.

(d)

x:3.5.

Show on your graph how the

( 2 marks)

Without further calculations,

(D
(iD
(iiD

write the equation of the axis of symmetry of the

estimate the minimum value of the

graph

( 1 mark )

functiony

state the values of the solutions of the equation: x2

( I mark )
-

2x

- 3 : 0. ( I mark )
Total

ll

marks

(
(

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7.

in a sample.
The histogram below shows the distribution of heights of seedlings
ia:r
ir:l
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{requ enclT
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copy and complete the frequency table for the data in the sample.
Height in cm

Mid-point

tr'requency

1-10

5.5

18

11 - 20

15.5

25

2t-30
-40
41-50
31

(
(b)

3 marks)

Determine

(i)

the modal class interval

( lmark

2 marks)

4 marks)

(ii)

the number of seedlings in the sample

(iiD

the mean height of the seedlings

(iv)

that is GREATER
the probability that a seedling- chosen at random has a height

than3o"-''

(2marks)

Total 12 marks
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8.

An answer sheet is proyided for this question.

Sarah is making a pattern of squares using straws. She uses four straws for the sides and two
longer straws for the diagonals. The first three figures in her sequence of shapes are shown

below:

Figure

(a)

Figure

Figure 3

On your answer sheet, draw Figure 4,the FOURTH shape in the pattern.
( 2 marks)

(b)

On your answer sheet, complete the TWO rows in the table for

(D
(ii)

Figure 4

Figure 10.

tr'igure

(i)

Total Number of Straws

Formula
Number
1(6)

2(6)

1l

3(6)

16

tll
ttt
F------+
ttt
ltt

+---

(ii)
( 4 marks)

straws?

( 2 marks)

(c)

Which figure in the sequence uses 106

(d)

Obtain an expressi on in n, for the total number of straws used in the nth pattern.
( 2marks)

Total l0 marks
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SECTION

II

Answer TWO questions in this section.

ALGEBRAAND RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

9.

(a)

(D

Make

the subject of the formula

'
(ii)

-r-4

Hence,determinetheinverseof

(iii)
(b)

2x +3

Find the value ofx for which/(:r)

2x+3

f(x\ =
x-4' "

where

2 marks)

(
(

2 marks)

x*4.

0.

2 marks)

The diagram below shows the graphs of three lines and a shaded region defined by three
inequalities associated with these lines.
The inequality associated with the line

3y: * is

3y >

_r.

lY'
iii

x-

) ".'i-:'-i'

+i30

.i-.j-

:!5i

[H

J--;-rn

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+;i ii!

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+,"-i-l
*..i_.i_.1

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Fffi
1"1"

f-

I
--i
F..i

*E !n-FEEi.

i+10
-i-i-l
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ffifi
ffi
fr
Ilni-';'

i;-*

10

(D

20

N
>rfr
'.1...i .:.i.''.i,

30

N40 -x

State the other TWO inequalities which define the shaded region.

The function

regron.

2 marks)

4x + 3y satisfies the solution set represented by the closed triangular

(ii)

Identi$' the three pairs of (x, y) values for whichp has a maximum or a minimum
value.
( 3 marks)

(iii)

Which pair of (x, y) values makesp a maximum? Justify your answer.

( 4 marks)

Total 15 marks
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MEASUREMENT, GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY

10.

(a)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a regular hexagon with centre, O, and

AO:

(i)
(iD
(b)

5 cm.

( 2 marks)

Determine the size of angle AOB.

Calculate, to the nearest whole number, the area of the hexagon.

( 3 marks)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a vertical pole, PL, standing on
a hoizontal plane, KLM. The angle of elevation of P from K is 28", KL: 15 M,

LM:19mand ZKLM:115".
P

M
(D

Copy the diagram. Show the angle of elevation ,28" and ONE right angle.
( 2 marks)

(iD

Calculate, giving your answer to 2 significant figures, the measure

of

a)

PL

2 marks)

b)

KM

3 marks)

c)

the angle of elevation of P from M.

( 3 marks)
Total 15 marks
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11. (a)

The diagram below shows two position vectors

&

dg.

una

'i-i-i ir |y ij.
'i-' f' I i_
.'....i...+...i..

4
-i.--f-t--?-'

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ii

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i.,l-ir
'i-i-i-

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i:i

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(iD

Write

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as a

.::| i".i

f iii il

i:.itii

1...i....i...:

(i)

iij

ri-i-i

'''i''."\
t....i...1...:...i...

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:.i
i

ii6

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for- [t]
\Y)

il

;:..1:
?--i- i-1

i"

a---t-1

a)

dt

b)

ota

( l mark )

c)

3A

( 2 marks)

( lmark )

Given that G is the mid-point of the line AB, write as a column vector in the

/x\
\v)

forml l:

(b)

and

are

(lmark)

ic
ic

a)
b)

(lmark)

two matrices where

(-t
(t 2\
anaM:[o
4)
':['

3)
2)

Evaluate

(c)

(i) L+2M

(2marks)

(iD LM

(2marks)

The matrix, Q, is such that

(+

2)

[l

t)
(2marks)

(i)

FindQ-1.

(iD

Using a matrix method, find the values of x andy in the equation

(+

2\

/x\

/s\

[' ')l;: [,J

3 marks)

Total 15 marks

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