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FORM SEA/2008 MARCH 2OO8

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATI'ONS COUNCIL

N9 20724 TRII\IIDAD AI\ID TOBAGO N9 20724
SECONDARY ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT

MATHEMATICS
75 minutes

PRIMARY
SCEOOL:

CENTRX, I\I[]MBER:

READ TEE FOLLOVYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test is divided into TIIREE sections.

2- Make sure that you understand the directions before you start to work on any section.

3. Write ALL your answerc in this test booklet. Show ALL your working in the working column.

4. DO NOT OPEN TIIIS BOOKLET I.'NTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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I What is the PLACE VALUE of the digit
7 in the number 643.7 5?

Answer 1

2 Write the numeral which represents

(5 x 10 000) + (6 x 1 000) + (4 x 10) + (3 x 1)

Aaswer 2

3. Express 2 as a.u IMPROPER fraction.

f
Ans'errer 3

4 Convert 0.45 to a fraction in its LOWEST

tcrms.

Answer 4

5. WhAt p€rcent of 2O is.L2?

Answer 5

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G The iliagrar'' below is a square.

What FRACTION of the diagram is

shaded?

Answer 6

7 What must be added to 30 to make 102?

Answer 7

A bottle of glue holds 250 ml.

GIuc
250 [tI

Alex used 4OVo of the glue to complete

an art project. How many ml of glue did
he use?

Answer ml 6

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9 l0:45 am

The clock above shows the tirne when

Anil got up on Sunday moroing. Show
tJris time on tJee clock below-

10.

1t3a667 aorourl

centirnetro (cm) ruler

T'he length of the leaf is EXACTLY

10.
cm.

11.
Toothprste bor
Storage Bor
720 cm3 -,rrt'lr
How many toothpaste boxes will fill the
storage box?

11.
Answer

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12. The perimeter of a square is 24 cm. What
is the Iength of ONE side?

Answer cm 12.

13. All the sugar from the 5 kg bag is put

into 200 g packets.

5Kg
SUGAR

How many packets of sugar were made?

Answer 13.

14. Ram bought a table for $1200.00 aad sold

it to make a profit of $300.00. Express
the profit as a percent of the cost price.

Answer *l
L5. Ven'dor A sells apples at 3 for $5.00
Vendor B sells apples at 5 for $8.00.

Which vendor sells cheaper apples?

Answer 15

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16. Write the name of the solid represented

in the drawing

16.
Answer

L7. Write the phrase from the box to

correctly complete the sentence below'

larger smaller the same

than thaa as

The angle shown above is

thaD 90".
t7.

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18. Adem is facing north. He made a quarter
of a turn in a clockwise direction. What
direction is he now facing?
N

w E

Answer 18

E-='s.*il :To.ral.(3)

19. I'he tally chart below shows the nu.m.ber

of studeDts who own bicycles in each
class.

cr"Ass NUMBEROF STT'DEI{TS

std. 1 t+l+ il t

std.2 t+ri ull ll

std.3 +t{

ffi represents 5 bicycles.

How many MORE students ir Std. 2

owned bicycles tJran in Std. 3?

Answer 19.

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20. The bar chart below shows the heights
of t,Le students in a class.

25

20

l6
Students
10

0
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.G 1.7
Height (Ixl)

IIow ma.ny students are TALT trlR THAN

1.5m?

Alswer 20,

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21. A child spent I of his allowance on a

movie and -} on school suPPlies. He
saves the remainder. What FRACfiON
of dis money did he save?

Answer 27.
(2 marks)

John left home and cycled a distance of

3750 m to Couva. He cYcled a furttrer
575 m to his friend's hous6. What is the
IOTAL fista-nce, in m, John cYcled?

Answer m 22.
(2 marks)

29.. A spogts master told a number of

children to stand ia a linq. Ifthey stand
3 metres apart and the distance between
the first child antl the last child is 21
metres, how maoY children were
standing in line?

23
Answer
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24 A roll of ribbon is cut into 28 pieces,

EACH{m long. Whatwas theTOTAL
length of ribboo on the roll?

24.
Answer
(2 marhs)

26. Marcel makes outfits (erseys and shorts)

for a football teom-

Marcel uses 0.6 m of cloth to make 1

of
5e""ey and 0.75 m to nake 1 Pair
shorts.

(a) IIow much material is needed to

make an outfit?

An-swer m
(1 mark)

(b) How much material is needed to

make 12 outfits for the football
team?
m 25
A.nswer
(2 marks)

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26. A restaura-nt can seat 80 persons. It has
tables that seat either 2 or 4 persons. If
there are 16 tables that seat 4 persons,
how many tables are there that seat 2
persons?

Answer 26.
(3 marks)

27. Marlon works for $120.00 a daY. He

spentb of this rnoney on transport.
f
(a) How much does he sPend on
transport per daY?

Answer $
(1 mark)
(b) Marlon works 5 daYs each week:
How much of his salarY is sPent
on transPort in 4 weeks?

Answer $ 27.
(2 marks)

2a If f, of a town's PoPulation is 243

persons, what is the population of the
town?

28.
Answer
(3 nrarks)

ai (1 T oTAL

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29. Ihe diagram below shows the cost ofa
bottle of vitamins. Senior citizens are
given a discount of lOVo.

@
How much will a senior citizea pay for a
bottle of vit"rnins?

A.nswer 29
(2 marks)

30. Draw a rectangle on the grid such that

the area of the rectangle is 24 square
units and the length ofone side is 3 units.

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30.
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31.

5 for $6.00

Oraages are sold as showo above.

(a) How much will BobbY PaY for 10

,- oranges?

Alswer $
(1 mark)
(b) How many oranges can ShellY buY
with $30.00?

Auswer 31.
(1 nark)

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32. A cinema has 280 seats.

(a) If 857o of tJ:e seats were occupied
for the earlY show, how manY
people were in the cinema?

Answer
(2 marks)

O)" th" cost of a ticket is $12.00. If

150 peoPle attended the late show,
how muc,h noneY did the cinema
make from the late show?

A.oswer $ oz.
(1 mark)

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33. The radius of a circle is 14 cm.

14 cm

(a) What is the dia'neter ofthe circle?

Ansrver cm
(1 mark)
(b) Calculate the circumference ofthe
circle.

Answer cm 33
(2 marks)

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s4. A family went for dinnsl s[ a Chinese
Restaurant a-ud received the following
bill at the end of their meal. A 1SVoYNI
is charged.

rIEM PRICE

1 portion chicken $25.00

1 pottion chow mein $15.00

2 portions ftied rice $2o.oo

4 soft drinks $ro.oo

vAT t5%

TOTAI

(a) Calculate the cost of the meal

before VAT was charged.

Answer $
(1 mark)
(b) Calculate the cost of the meal after
VAT was charged.

A.nswer $ 34.
(2 marks)

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a5 Daddy borrows $12 000 for 3 years from

8trtr
RBTL Bank. Ile pays 8% interest per
year.

(a) Caleulate tJre interest for 1year.

Answer $
(2 marks)
(b) Calculate the TOTAL amourt he
has to repay tJre bank.

Answer $ 35.
(1 mark)

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36. Draw the new position of the triangle

after it is flipped about 6hg mirr6r' line.

rIT IIII
II
IT
IIrI
II I IT
III \ line

36
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37. The diagram below shows the net of a
solid.

1000

(a) Wrat is the name of the solid?

Answer
(1 mark)

(b) If the angle formed at A is 100",

state the angle formed at B.

Answer 37.
(1 mark)

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38. The figure below shows the angles ia a
circle.

(a) If angle O i" + of a whole turn

what is the size of angle A in
degrees?

Answer
(1 mark)

O) What is the size of angle C in

degrees?

Answer 38.
(2 marks)

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39. The clock shows the time when recess
ends iu a school.

Recess begaa at 10:00 am.

(a) IIow maay minutes did recess last?

Answer
(1 mark)

O) Through how many degrees did

the long hnnd move from the start
of recess to the end of recess?

Anrrwer 39.
(2 lnarks)

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40 The table below shows the money Penny
saved for a week.

Day of the week Amount

Monday $r.zs

Tuesday $1.00

Wednesday $2.00

Tbursday $1.00

Friday $1.00

Caleulate her mean savings per day'

Answer $ 40.
(2 marks)

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4t. Marein sold 2OVo of his stamps from his
stamp collection. fle gave his fiend
Jercae 4OVo ef f,[g 1s6ainflsr. Marvin
remninerd with 60 stamps.
(a) Calculate how manY stamPs
Marvin had at the begioning-

Answer
(8 rnarks)

(b) How many stamPs did Jerome

receive from Marein?

Answer 41.
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42. Junior walks around a rectangular
shaped field. I'he length of the field is
80 m and the width is 45 m.
(a) What distance did Junior walk if
he went around the field once?

Answer m
(2 marks)

O) How many times must Junior walk

around the field to cover 1 k'n?

Answer
(2 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of the field in

m2.

Answer 42
(1 mark)

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48. DVD SAI,D

Buy 6 and Get I Free

QJIDs cost $10.00 each.

Daniel purchased $10O.00 worth of

DYDs.

(a) How many free DVDs did he get?

Answer
(2 marks)

(b) How many DVDs did he get

altogether for his $100.00?

Answer
(1 mark)
(c) Danisl's friend also bought DVDs
on sale. He received 30 DVDs , how
much money did he spend?

Answer 43.
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44 An aquarium measuies 80 cm by 60 cm @trtr

by 30 cm.

30 cm

50 cm
80 cm

a) Calculate in cma the volume of the

aquarium.

Answer
(2 marks)
(b) I{ow many LITBES of water are
needed to ffll the aquarium?

Answer litres
(1 mark)
(c) What is the HEIGIII of water in
the aquarium when 80 000 cms are
poured into it?

Answer cm 44.
(2 marks)

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45.

(a) Write the name of the tYPe of

triangle labelled A.

Answer
(1 mark)
(b)

Angles r, z andy are shown on the

triangle.

Arrange the angles in order of size

starting from the SMALLEST.

Answer
(2 marks)

(c) The lengths of all sides of the

tria-ngle are equal.

Draw ALL the lines of s}'mmetrY on

the triangle. (2 marks)
45

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46 The pie chart below shows the favourite

Ieisure time activities of studeats in a
class.

Playing
computer
gaEes

Wat4hiug
television
Reading

(a) Which leisure time activitY do

MOST pupils engage in?

A.uswer
(1 nark)
G) What FRACTION of the class
prefers to play computer games?

Answer
(1 mark)
(c) There are 60 students in the class.
How many students prefer to PlaY
cricket?

Answer 46
(8 marks)

DONOTWNXTEEERE C (1) AI (2) PS (2) TOTAL (5)

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