Question 1-CXC Past Paper Questions: 1989-2011

May 1989
(a) Fnd the exact vaue of (42)- (1)
2
(5 marks)
(b) Wrte your answer to part (a) as a decma correct to 2 sgnfcant fgures. (2
marks)
(c) A sum of money s to be dvded among A,B, AND C n the rato of 2:3:5. The
argest share amounts to $1200.
Cacuate: () the tota sum of money to be shared
() As share () the percentage of the tota amount that B
receves (5 marks)
May 1990
Cacuators, sde rues and mathematca tabes must NOT be used to answer ths
queston. Show ALL steps ceary.
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of 4 - 1__
1 3/7x1 (3 marks)
(b) Cacuate the vaue of 0.023/0.351 gvng your answer correct to 2 sgnfcant
fgures (3 marks)
(c) () Some years ago, US$1.00 (one Unted States doar) was equvaent to |$3.50
(the doars and ffty cents, |amacan currency). Cacuate the amount n US
currency that was equvaent to |$8400.
() After the devauaton |$1.00 was worth 70% of ts orgna vaue. Cacuate the
new exchange rate for US$1.00 and hence cacuate the amount of |amacan doars
that woud be equvaent to US$2400.
(7 marks)
May 1991
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of : (2 - 1) 1 (4 marks)
(b)The smpe nterest on $15 000 for 4 years s $8100. Cacuate the rate per cent
per annum. (3 marks)
(c) The sum of $2500 s dvded among Peter, Oueen and Raymond. Raymond
receved haf, Peter receved $312.50 and Oueen receved the remander.
Cacuate () Raymonds share () Oueens share
() the rato n whch the $2500 was dvded among the three persons
(v) the percentage of the tota share that Peter receved (5 marks)
May 1992
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of 5 2/7 + 3 5/7
4 - 2 (4 marks)
(b) A pece of strng 64cm ong, s dvded n three peces n the rato 1:2:5.
Cacuate the ength of the ongest pece. (3 marks)
(c) A merchant sod a pen for $5.35, thereby makng a proft of 7% on the cost to
hm. Cacuate
() the cost prce of the pen to the merchant
() the seng prce the merchant shoud request n order to make a 15% proft.
(5 marks)
May 1997
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of
() 2.8 + 1.36
4- 2.7
() (27/8)
2
(6 marks)
(b) Cacuate 9.72 x 12.05
() exacty
() correct to 2 decma paces
() correct to 2 sgnfcant fgures
(v) n standard form (4 marks)
May 1998
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of 2 1/7-
1 6/7 (2 marks)
(b) Express 0.0402/0.71
() correct to 2 decma paces
() correct to 2 sgnfcant fgures
() n standard form (3 marks)
(c) () The basc wage rate for techncan for a 42-hour week s $36.40 per hour.
Cacuate the techncans weeky wage.
() For overtme work the techncan s pad one and a haf tmes the basc houry
rate. Cacuate the techncans tota wage for 58 hours of work.
() In a new wages agreement, the basc rate of payment s $1490.00 for 36 hours
of work. Cacuate:
- The techncans houry rate of pay
- The percentage ncrease n the houry rate (7 marks)
May 1999
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of + 1 2/7
3 - 2 2/7 (3 marks)
(b) Evauate 7.021/6.751 and express the answer correct to
() 3 decma paces () 3 sgnfcant fgures (3 marks)
(c) Pamea borrows $2500 at 12% per annum smpe nterest for 2 years. In
addton, a fee of $200 s charged for processng the oan.
Cacuate: () the sum of money, whch she w have to repay the bank at the end of
the 2 years
() the proft percent the bank makes on the oan
() the monthy nstament, f she s requred to repay the oan n 24 equa monthy
nstaments.
(6 marks)
January 2000
(a) Express n t sowest terms, the vaue of 8 - 2
2- (4 marks)
(b) Wrte 4768 correct to 3 sgnfcant fgures (2
marks)
(c) The hre purchase prce for a refrgerator s $6500. A depost of $500 s made
and the remander s pad n equa monthy nstaments of $250.
() Cacuate the number of monthy payments that must be made
() If the cash prce s $4000, express as a percentage of the cash prce, the extra
cost of buyng on hre purchase.
(5 marks)
May 2000
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of 1 - 3 5 1/9 (4
marks)
(b) Wrte the vaue of 0.428 x 2.75
() exacty n decma form
() to 2 decma paces
() to 2 sgnfcant fgures (3 marks)
(c) A company ses ts prnters to customers n order to make a proft of 25%.
Cacuate
() the prce a customer pays for a prnter whch the company bought for $1700.
() the prce the company pad for a prnter whch was sod to a customer for $2500.
(5 marks)
May 2001
(a) Express n fractona form, n ts owest terms, the exact vaue of
3 1/7 -
2 6/7 (3 marks)
(b) Wrte 0.08909
() n standard form () correct to 2 sgnfcant fgures
(c) A Budng Socety offers a rate of 11% per annum smpe nterest. Beth-Ann
deposted $24000 n the Socety for 15 months.
() Cacuate the amount of money due to her at the end of ths perod
The Budng Socety charged her a processng fee of $1500.
() Cacuate ths fee as a percentage of the money orgnay deposted. (5
marks)
May 2002
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of 3 V - 2
1 (3 marks)
(b) Wrte the vaue of (11.2)
2
- (0.375 3)
() exacty
() to 2 sgnfcant fgures
() n standard form (5 marks)
(c) A meta s made from copper, znc and ead n the rato 13:6:1. The mass of the
znc s 90 kg. Cacuate the mass of the meta.
(4 marks)
May 2003
(a) Usng a cacuator, or otherwse, determne the EXACT vaue of
() (1.7)
2
+ (1.3)
2
() 4.8 + 6.9
1.3 x 0.2 (5 marks)
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(b) Cara rents 48 vdeo games durng one year. What s the TOTAL cost f she
chooses
() Opton A? () Opton B? (3 marks)
3ption *
Membershp Fee for one year:
$80.00
Renta Fee: $3.00 per vdeo
game
3ption 5
No membershp fee
Renta Fee: $5.00 per vdeo
game
(c) Cara estmates that she w be abe to spend $215.00 for rentng vdeo games
durng the next year. How many vdeo games w she be abe to rent usng ()
Opton A? () Opton B? (3 marks)
January 2006
(a) Usng a cacuator, or otherwse, cacuate
() the exact vaue of 2 V x 4/5
3/5 - (4
marks)
() correct to 3 sgnfcant fgures, the vaue of 18.75- (2.11)
2
(3
marks)
(b) A oan of $12000 was borrowed from a bank at 14% per annum.
Cacuate
() the nterest on the oan at the end of the frst year (2 marks)
() the tota amount owng at the end of the frst year (1 mark)
A repayment of $7800 was made at the start of the second year.
Cacuate
() the amount st outstandng at the start of the second year (1 mark)
(v) the nterest on the outstandng amount at the end of the second year (1 mark)
May 2006
(a) Usng the cacuator, or otherwse, determne the vaue of (12.3)
2
- (0.2463)
and wrte the answer
() exacty
() correct to 2 sgnfcant fgures (2 marks)
(b) The tabe beow gves nformaton on the vaues and the rates of deprecaton n
vaue of two motor vehces
Motor 0ehi(#e 1nitia# 0a#ue -ear#y )ate of
,epre(iation
0a#ue after 3ne
-ear
Tax $40000 12% $p
Prvate Car $25000 q% $21250
Cacuate
() the vaues of p and q
() the vaue of the Tax after 2 years (6 marks)
(c) GUY $1.00= US $0.01 and EC $1.00 = US $0.37
Cacuate the vaue of
() GUY $60 000 n US $ (2 marks)
() US $925 n EC$ (2 marks)
May 2007
(a) Usng the cacuator, or otherwse, determne the exact vaue of (3.7)
2
- (6.24
1.3) (3 marks)
(b) A tota of 1200 students attend Top Vew Hgh Schoo. The rato of teachers to
students 1:30.
() How many teachers are there at the schoo?
(2 marks)
Two-ffths of the students own persona computers.
() How many students do NOT own persona computers? (2
marks)
Thrty percent of the students who own persona computers aso own pay statons.
() What fracton of the students n the schoo own pay statons? Express your
answer n ts owest terms.
(4 marks)
January 2009
(a) Cacuate the EXACT vaue of 3 __
2- gvng your answer as a fracton
(3 marks)
(b) BDS$ means Barbados doars and EC$ means Eastern Carbbean doars.
() Karen exchanged BD$2000.00 and receved EC$2700.00. Cacuate the vaue of
one BDS$ n EC$.
(2 marks)
() If Karen exchanged EC$432.00 for BDS$, cacuate the amount of BD$ whch
Karen woud receve.
(2 marks)
%*ssume that the "uyin an' se##in rates are the same&
(c) A credt unon pays 8% per annum compound nterest on a fxed deposts. A
customer deposted $24000 n an account. Cacuate the TOTAL amount of money n
the account at end of two years.
(4 marks)
May 2010
(a) Determne the EXACT vaue of:
() 1 - 2/5
4 x (3 marks)
() 2.5
2
- 2.89
17 gvng your answer to 2 sgnfcant fgures (3 marks)
(b) Mrs. |ack bought 150 t-shrts for $1920 from a factory.
() Cacuate the cost of ONE t-shrt. (1 mark)
The t-shrts are sod at $19.99 each. Cacuate
() the amount of money Mrs. |ack receved after seng ALL of the t-shrts. (1
mark)
() the TOTAL proft made (1 mark)
(v) the proft made as a percentage of the cost prce, gvng your answer correct to
the nearest whoe number. (2
marks)
January 2011
(a) Cacuate the exact vaue of
() (5.8
2
+ 1.02) x 2.5 (2 marks)
() 2 4/9 - 3/7 (3 marks)
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(b) A company pays ts empoyees a basc wage of $9.50 per hour for a 40-hour
week.
() Cacuate the basc weeky wage for ONE empoyee. (1 mark)
Overtme s pad at a rate of tme and a haf
() Cacuate the overtme wage for an empoyee who works 6 hours overtme n a
certan week.
(2 marks)
In a certan week, the company pad ts empoyees a tota of $12 084.00 n basc
and overtme wages. Cacuate for that week:
() The TOTAL pad n overtme wages (2 marks)
(v) The TOTAL number of overtme hours worked by empoyees (1 mark)
May 2011
(a) Usng a cacuator, or otherwse, determne the EXACT vaue of:
() 2 V + 1 expressng your answer as a fracton
2 (3 marks)
() 3.96 x 0.25 - v0.0256 (3 marks)
(b) The tabe beow shows Pameas shoppng b. Some of the nformaton was not
ncuded.
172M/ QU*+717- U+17 P)1C2 8 737*4 C3/7 8
Rce 6 KG 2.40 9
Potatoes 4 bags X 52.80
Mk - (artons 2.35 14.10
/U5 737*4 82:;0
< = 0*7 9.90
737*4 92:>0
Cacuate the vaues of W,X,Y and Z. (5 marks)