MATH REVIEW CXC TOPICS 3

FRACTION & DECIMAL

2 1 3
1 (a) 1 +2 ÷
3 8 4

(b) Find the value of

7.5
2.55 × 6.5 −
1.25

(i) Exactly
(ii) Correct to 1 decimal place
(iii) In standard form
(iv) Correct to 2 significant figures

CONSUMER MATH

2 (a) A sum of money was to be divided among Aaron, Beth and Charles in the
ratio 2 : 3 : 5. The largest share amounts to $1200.

Calculate

(i) The total sum of money to be shared

(ii) Aaron’s share
(iii) The percentage of the total amount that Beth receives

(b) (i) Some years ago US$1.00 was equivalent to J$3.50. Calculate the
amount in US$ that was equivalent to J$ 8 400.

(ii) After devaluation J$1.00 was worth 70% of its original value.

(a) Calculate the new rate of exchange for US$1.00 and hence

(b) Calculate the amount of J$ that would be equivalent to

US$ 2 400.

(c) In a sale the normal prices were reduced by 30%. Linda bought a
mountain bike. The sale price of the bike was $1400. Work out the normal
cost of the bike.
 (d) James has a Job for which the basic rate is $25 per hour and the overtime
rate of pay is time-and-a-half the basic rate of pay. This week James
earned $1175. He worked 8 hours overtime.

(i) Calculate the amount he earned at the basic rate.

(ii) Calculate the number of hours that he worked at the basic rate.
(iii) James noticed that his earnings of $1 175 showed a decrease of
20% of his last week’s earnings. Calculate his earnings last week.

(e) In a certain country electricity charge is based on the following table

Fixed Charge used Charge per Kwh

$40.00 52 cents

(i). Calculate the electricity charges for a customer who used 1003
Kwh.

There is a government tax of 15% on the electricity charges.

(ii) Calculate the tax on the customer’s electricity charges, giving your
answer to the nearest cent.

(iii) Calculate the total amount paid by the customer.

METRICS

3 A scale of 1:15 000 is used to draw the map of a city

(i) Calculate the actual distance, in km, between two points in the city which
lies 86 cm apart on the map.

(ii) The actual length of the playground in the city is 225 m. Calculate, in cm,
the length on the map.
COORDINATE GEOMETRY

4 On the sheet sheet provided, triangle ABC is mapped onto triangle A’B’C' under
a reflection.

(i) Write down the equation of the mirror line.

Triangle A’B’C' is mapped onto triangle A'’B'’C'’ by a rotation of 180" about the
point (5,4).

(ii) Determine the coordinates of the vertices of triangle, A’’B’'C".

(iii) State the transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle A'’B’’C".
FUNCTION ANS RELATIONS

5 The functions f and g are defined as follows

f (x) = 2x2 − 5
g(x) = 3x − 2

Evaluate
(a) (i) f (–3)
(ii) gf (–3)

(b). Write an expression for g-1(x)

(c) Determine the value of x for which g-1(x) = 4

(d) Write an expression for gf (x)

GEOMETRY

6 In the trapezium DEFG below, not drawn to scale, DE = 10 cm, DG = 13 cm and

GX = 5 cm. Angle EFX and DXF are right angles.

Calculate
(i) the length of DX
(ii) the area of trapezium DEFG.
STATISTICS

7 (a) The table below shows a frequency distribution of the scores of 100
students in an examination.

(i) Copy and complete the table above to show the cumulative frequency for
the distribution.

(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent a score of 5 on the horizontal axis and

a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 students on the vertical axis, draw a
cumulative frequency curve of the scores. Start your horizontal scale at
20.

(iii) Using the cumulative frequency curve, determine the median score for the
distribution.

(iv) What is the probability that a student chosen at random has a score
greater than 40?

(b) (i) list the class interval of the modal score

Calculate
(ii) the upper boundary of the modal score
(iii) The class width of the modal score
(iv) the mean score of the distribution
DISTANCE / VELOCITY TIME GRAPHS

8 The graph below shows how the speed of an athlete varies during a race

Calculate:
(i) The acceleration of the athlete during the first 4 seconds
(ii) What was the athlete doing during between the 4th and 14th second
(iii) Calculate the deceleration of in the final stage of the race
(iv) How far has the athlete moved in the first 4 seconds?
(v) What is the total distance travelled by the athlete?
LINEAR PROGRAMMING

9 Pam visits the stationery store where she intends to buy x pens and y pencils.

(a) Pam must buy at least 3 pens.

(i) Write an inequality to represent this information.

The TOTAL number of pens and pencils must NOT be more than 10.

(ii) Write an inequality to represent this information.

EACH pen costs $5.00 and EACH pencil costs $2.00. More information about the
pens and pencils is represented by:

5x + 2y < 35

(iii) Write the information represented by this inequality as a sentence

in your own words.

(b) (i) On the answer sheet provided below, draw the graph of the TWO
inequalities obtained in (a) (i) and (a) (ii) above.

(ii) Write the coordinates of the vertices of the region that satisfies the
four Inequalities (including > 0).

(c) Pam sells the x pens and y pencils and makes a profit of $1.50 on EACH
pen and $1.00 on EACH pencil.

(i) Write an expression in x and y to represent the profit Pam makes.

(ii) Calculate the maximum profit Pam makes.

(iii) If Pam buys 4 pens, show on your graph the maximum number of
pencils she can buy.
BEARINGS

10 A boat leaves a dock at point A and travels for a distance of 15 km to point B on

a bearing of 135°. The boat then changes course and travels for a distance of
8 km to point C on a bearing of 060o.

(a) Illustrate the above information in a clearly labelled diagram.

The diagram should show the

(i) north direction
(ii) bearings l35o and 060"
(iii) distances 8 km and 15 km.

(b) Calculate

(i) the distance AC

(ii) angle BCA
(iii) the bearing of A from C.

QUADRATIC / COMPLETING THE SQUARE

11 Given f(x) = 2x2 + 4x − 5

(i) write f(x) in the form f(x) = a(x + b)2 + c where a, b, c € R

.
(ii) state the equation of the axis of symmetry

(iii) state the coordinates of the minimum point

(iv) sketch the graph of f(x)

on the graph of fix) show clearly

(a) the minimum point
(b) the axis of symmetry.
(c) the y-intercept
VECTORS

12 The points O(0, 0), A(-1, 3), B(-5, 4) and C(7, p) are plotted on square paper

(d) Using a vector method, prove that the points A, B and D are collinear
MATRICES

1 9𝑝
13 (a) Given that D = ( ) is a singular matrix, determine the value(s) of p
𝑝 4

Given the linear equations

2x + 5y = 6
3x + 4y = 9

(i) Write the equations in the form AX = B where A, X and B are matrices
(ii) Calculate the determinant of the matrix A.
−4 5
7 7
Show that A-1 = ( 3
(b) −2)
7 7

(c) Using the matrix method solve for x and y

CIRCLE GEOMETRY

14 In the figure above, not drawn to scale, ABCDE is a pentagon inscribed in a

circle centre O. Angle CDF = 136° and angle BAD = 72°

(a) Calculate, giving reasons for your answer the magnitude of angles
(i). CDA
(ii). BCD
(iii). AED

(b) Given that OA = 15 cm and angle EAD = 35°, calculate the length of AE.
FIGURE PATTERN AND SEQUENCE

15 A large equilateral triangle is subdivided into a set of smaller equilateral triangles

by the following procedure:
The midpoints of the sides of each equilateral triangle are joined to form a new
set of smaller triangles.
The procedure is repeated my times.
The table below shows the results when the above procedure has been repeated
twice, that is,
When n = 2.

(i) Calculate the number of triangles formed when n = 3.

(ii) Determine the number of triangles formed when n = 6.
A shape has 65 536 small triangles.
(ii) Calculate the value of n.
(iv) Determine the number of small triangles in a shape after carrying out the
procedure m times
ALGEBRA

16 (a) Aaliyah, Sean, and Trevor were playing a card game.

Aaliyah scored x points
Sean scored 3 points fewer than Aaliyah
Trevor scored twice as many points as Sean
Together they scored 39 points

(i) Write down in terms of x an expression for the number of points

scored by Trevor.

(ii) Write an equation which may be used to find the value of x.

(iii) Calculate the number of points scored by Sean

(b) Factorise the following completely:

(i) 3𝑥2 − 21𝑥

(ii) 6 𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 2
(iii) 6nx − 9mx − 4ny + 6my

(iv) 9 𝑥2 − 1

(c) Solve the following equations:

(I) 5x − 3(x−1) = 39

(II) 4𝑥2+ 7𝑥 − 15 = 0 correct to 2 decimal places

(d) Solve the pair of simultaneous equations

(i) 3x – 8y = 5
2x + 4y = 8

(ii) y = x2 + 4x + 3
y = 2x + 6
(e) If m varies directly as v2, and m = 2 when v = 3, calculate the value of m when
v = 6.