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May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

This document provides the solutions to the May 2010 CSEC Math exam. It includes solutions to 11 multi-part questions covering a range of math topics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. The solutions are intended to help students verify their own work, but showing the steps is important for earning full marks on exam questions.

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May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

This document provides the solutions to the May 2010 CSEC Math exam. It includes solutions to 11 multi-part questions covering a range of math topics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. The solutions are intended to help students verify their own work, but showing the steps is important for earning full marks on exam questions.

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May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

NOTE: This document only provides the solutions to this exam. It is provided to students so that they can verify
their own solutions after they have worked through the exam independently. In order to earn full marks on exam
questions, students must show all of the work that goes into the solutions, so only providing the solutions is
NOT acceptable. To get a sense of the kinds of shown work that will be required on the exam, watch the
instructional videos at bit.ly/alphamaths.

1. a. i.

1
3

ii. 6.1
b. i. $12.80
ii. $2998.50
iii. $1078.50
iv. 56%

2. a. i. 2
ii. 5
b. i. 7(x + y)
ii. y(y + 1)
c. x = 3 ; y = 1
d. i. (2y + z)(2y z)
ii. (2a b)(x y)
iii. (3x 2)(x + 4)

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

3. a. i.

U(40)
A(28)

B(30)

28 -3x 3x 30 -3x
x
ii. 58 2x
iii. x = 9
b. i. EF = 3 cm
ii. DF = 4 cm
iii. Area = 42 cm2

4. a. i. k = 0.5
ii. y = 450

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

4. b. i.

G
ii. EF = 12 cm
iii.

5. a. i. a. f (4) = 3
b. gf (4) = 12
ii.

( )

b. i. Two centimetres to one unit on the x-axis.


ii. y - 3.8
iii. x = - 3 and x = 1
iv. 4 y 5
3

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

6. a. i. x = 54 because it is an opposite interior angle with


. Opposite interior
angles formed by a transversal intersecting parallel lines are congruent.
ii. y = 65 because it is a same-side interior angle with
. Same-side
interior angles formed by a transversal intersecting parallel lines are
supplementary, hence y = 180 - 115 = 65.
b. i. a. (0, 0)
b. 90
c. anti-clockwise
ii. congruent, similar
iii. (2, 1)
7. a.
Distance (m) Frequency
20-29
3
30-39
5
40-49
8
50-59
6
60-69
2
b. 19.5 m
c.
10

Frequency
8

19.5

29.5

39.5

49.5

59.5

69.5
Distance (m)

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

d. i. 8
ii.

or

8. a.

Fig. 4

b.
Figure Area of Figure Perimeter of
(cm2)
Figure (cm)
1
1
162=4
2
4
2 6 2 = 10
3
9
3 6 2 = 16
4
16
4 6 2 = 22
5
25
5 6 2 = 28
15
225
15 6 2 = 88
n
n2
6n - 2

9. a. i. a. 12 m/s
b. 4
c. 102 m
ii. a. 0s - 6s
b. 10s 13s
c. 6s 10s

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

9. b. i. x + y 12
ii. and iii.
y (melons)
12

10

10

15

x (pumpkins)

iv. x = 3 and y = 3

10. a. i.

.
, the angle formed by the tangent line PQ and the chord PR, must
be half the angular measure of the arc . Therefore, if O is the centre of the
circle,
. Since
is given as 46, then
.
is an inscribed angle and
is a central angle, and
and

stand on the same arc,


, therefore
.

ii.

. The three angles in PQR have a sum of 180, therefore


(
)
.
is a straight angle measuring 180,
therefore
. The three angles in PRT have a sum of
(
)
180, therefore
.

May 2010 CSEC Math Exam Solutions

iii.

. Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, therefore


.

10. b. i. FT = 8.57m
ii. EG = 12.2m
iii. 47.0

11. a. i. AB = (

ii.

iii. ( )

)( )

iv. x = 8; y = 19
b. i.

JM =

1
3

K
JK

M
J

N
JN =

L
1
3

JL

ii. a.
b.
c.

iii. The length of KL is three times the length of MN; and is parallel to .

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