THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY

EDUCATION 2006
(Level 1)

MATHEMATICS
PAPER II
TIME 90 MINUTES
Students Name _________________________________________________
Schools Name__________________________________________________
Schools ID
Student's Number

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.

6.

Write proper statements and show all working.

7.

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

8.

Remember to complete the following on the cover of your answer booklet:

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Students Name
Schools Name
Schools ID
Students Number

SECTION I
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
Write your answers for this section in the spaces provided for working.
1.

a. Find the value of

1
1
1
3
2
1
1
3

[3marks]

b. If 723x 24 = 17352
What is the value of 7.23 x 2.4?
i.
ii.
iii.

Exactly
To 1 decimal place
To 2 significant figures

[3 marks]

Working Space

2.

a. Simplify
2a x 4ab

[2 marks]

b. If m = 2 and n = 3
Calculate the value of
4m 3n
________
mxn

[4 marks]

Working Space

4 y axis

3.

B (2,3)

2
1 A (1,1 )
-3

-4

-2

-1

x axis

-1
-2
-3
-4
a. In the diagram above draw and label
i
ii

A/B/ which represents the image of AB after reflection in the x axis

[2 marks]
A//B// which represents the image of AB after reflection in the y axis
[2 marks]

b. Write down the coordinates of the points A/, B/, A// and B//.

Working Space

[2 marks]

4.

$ 1 US equals $ 6 TT

$ 1 Canadian equals $5 TT

Using the information above:

a. Convert $30 TT to US money

[3marks]

b. Will my answer be numerically more or less than the answer in (a) if I converted
the $30TT to Canadian money instead?
[1 mark]
c. How much money will I get if I changed $30 Canadian to TT dollars?
marks]

Working Space

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TICKETS
5.

MAT

Complete the diagram below to show how the tickets numbered 2 to 9 could be placed
on the mat.
[6 marks]

Working Space

A = Multiples of three.
B = Even numbers.

MAT

6.

a.

I ran 5 km. and my brother ran 5 miles. Who ran the longer distance?

[1mark]

One (1) lap around the field is 800m or mile.

800 m
or mile

b.

Field

How many miles would I run if I made 10 laps?

[2marks]

c. My brother took 1 hour to run 5 miles. How much time would he take to run 4
kilometers running at the same speed?

Working Space

[3marks]

SECTION II
ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
Write your answers to each question on the pages at the end of this booklet.
7.

a. Show how you would use the distributive law to calculate the value of
5 - 3(4 - 6)

[4marks]

b. Using the distributive law, or otherwise, calculate the value of

2 - 3(4 6) + 7

[4marks]

c. In each question, write numbers in place of the question marks (?) so that the
following statements are true:
(i) 2 + ?

= ?+2

= 2

(ii) 5 x ? = ? x 5 = 1

[2 marks]
[2 marks]

8.
x

Diagram 1
x

Diagram 2
a. In Diagram 1, the objects on the left side balance with the objects on the right side.
Use the information about the objects that balance in Diagram 1 to complete
Diagram 2 on your own paper.
Explain how you arrived at your answer.

[4marks]

b. If each object labelled x in Diagram 1 is reduced by 1kg, the total weight of the two
objects labelled x will be 6 kg. Write an equation in using x to represent this
information.

[4marks]

c. Solve the equation formed in part b above.

[4marks]

9.

20 cm
20 cm

20cm

20cm

20cm
20 cm

Each block in the picture is in the

shape of a six-sided polygon of
edge 20 cm.

This is a diagram of one block

a. The sum of all the angles in a polygon is given by:

(2 x number of sides - 4) x 900
Calculate
i. the sum of all the angles in a block.
ii. the size of each angle in degrees.

[5 marks]

b. A rectangular section is traced out on a block leaving two triangles at the sides as
shown in the diagram above.
What type of triangles are these?
[1 mark]
c. Calculate the size of the three angles of one of the triangles.
Explain the steps of your calculation.

[6 marks]

10. The calls made by a Customer on a home phone are shown in the table below.
CALL DATE

CALL TIME

TYPE OF CALL

LENGTH OF
CALL (IN MINS)

March 02

2 pm

Local

March 06

1 am

Overseas

March 06

5 pm

Overseas

March 10

7 am

Local

March 10

9 am

Local

March 10

1 pm

Local

March 10

4 pm

Local

March 12

7 am

Local

March 12

5 pm

Local

March 12

8 pm

Local

a. What is the mean length of all calls?

[4 marks]

b. Calculate the mean length of a local call.

[3 marks]

c. Would you say that a local call is usually longer than an overseas call?
Explain what you did to come up with your answer.
[3 marks]

d. On which day was the customer most likely at home for the entire day?
Give a reason for your answer.
[2 marks]

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11. A matchstick is 4 cm long.

4cm

In a class activity the model train shown above was built with matchsticks.
a. What was the total length of all the matchsticks used?

[3 marks]

b. Calculate the perimeter of the entire train.

[2 marks]

c. Explain why the value of X in the triangle shown in the diagram could not be 4cm.
[4 marks]
d. After adding some rectangular sections, the train had a perimeter of 44 cm. How many
rectangles were added? Explain how you arrived at your answer.
[3 marks]

12. Group B World Cup teams are shown below.

England

England

Paraguay

Paraguay

Sweden

Sweden
Trinidad
and Tobago

Trinidad
and Tobago

Each team in Group B plays every other team in the group exactly once.
a. Complete the diagram

[4 marks]

b. What is the largest number of games played by any team?

[1 mark]

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12.

Points
Win Draw Lose -

3
1
0

c. If Trinidad and Tobago were to end up with 9 points draw a diagram showing
the games the team would have played and won.
[4marks]
d. If the team had ended up with 5 points instead, show on a separate diagram, one way in
which this would be possible.
[3 marks]

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