RSC SEA Math YEAR 2012 Section | Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here RC [AT [PS 847 1. | ADD: eas 847 1349 + 502 Answer 1349 349 204 2. | pivine: agi — 204 Bi 4)816 016 — 016 Answer: 204 0 210 000=20 000 3. | Write the mumerat which | 6. 1900 6 000 represents: (2 x 10 000) + (6 x 1000) + (3 x 10)+(71) pe Me ar Tx Answer: 26 037 4. | What FRACTION of the whole | The shape is composed of 8 equal triangles shape is shaded? of which 3 are shaded and 5 are left un- shaded. ‘Therefore the fraction of the shape that is shaded ‘Number of shaded triangles Total number of triangles 3 8 Page | 57Year 2012 No. TEST ITEMS, WORKING COLUMN, Do Not Write Here KC [AT | PS Express, 5 as an IMPROPER fiaction, ‘when expressed as improper fraction 6. | Kemy has 120 oranges. He sells 5 of them 8 How many oranges does Kerry ‘Total number of oranges = 120 5 Fraction of oranges sold = 8 ‘The number of oranges sold = 3x 120 sell? =15 Answer: 75 oranges 7. | Complete the number patter the pattern to be: below. (a 4 [9 16 [a =(2)'| -@) | =@F 16 J 58[PageRSC SEA Math ‘Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here RC | aT ] PS & | Write the coreet number in the oO circle to find the result shown. 0 @ u Reverse to-=3 U Reverse to- 12 w : We can work backwards to reverse this gu process in order to find the number. ae ‘The frst step is 2 42-12=30 The 2" step is Answer : 10 30+3=10 ‘The number in the circle should therefore be 10. 9. | Nikki has z total of $7.00 in her | $1.00= 100¢ piggy bank. If she only saves 25¢ x25¢ coins, how many 25¢ coins does | One dollar is equivalent to four 25¢ coins she have? Total that Nikki has in her piggy bank is =7 dollars Anawrers:28 con Number of 25¢ coins in 7 dollars =Gx7) =28 Number of 25¢ coins Nikki saved is 28 10, | The shape below has sides that | The figure has 4 sides. are all equal. ? i What is the perimeter of this shape? Answer: 60 cm. Alll sides are equal and 15 cm each, ‘Therefore the perimeter of the shape = 15 em» or (15+15415+15)em = 60cm Page | 59Year 2012 Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here RC [AT [FS 11, | The area of a square is 121 em. Calculate the longth of ONE ofits —_ sides. 2 Answers LL em Area of a square —SidexSice side x side=121 Lxtt121 Length of one side =I] em 12, | Karen's jowney fiom Rio Claro | Time of the joumey in minutes = 205 to Port-of-Spain took 205) 60 minutes = 1 hour ‘minutes. How many HOURS did 1 fotlocney iat Vminite = hour 205 minates = 225 hours Answer: 35. hours 25 . DR 2 hours, which reduces to oo Ss R 13, | Lisle has $6.00, Pencils are sold | The cost of each peneil = $1.25 at $1.25 each, What is the GREATEST number of pencils that Lisle cam buy? Answer: 4 pencils Lisle has $6.00 The number of pencils Lisle can buy is found by calculating how many $1.25 make up $6.00 We can discard the remainder 4 (which represents, : of a pencil) since Lisle cannot buy a fraction of a pencil, ‘The greatest number of pencils that ean be bought is 4 60|PageRSC SEA Math ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Do Not Write 14. Ron purchases 4 mangoes from Stall A and Mac purchased 5 ‘mangoes from Stall B, DOD 2DD Seat {sa storsoo | Who bought the mangoes at a cheaper rate? Answer: Ron Ron bought 4 mangoes for $3.00. $3.00 ‘The cost of one mango at Stall = $0.75 Mac bought 5 mangoes for $4.00. $4.00 ‘The cost of one mango at Stall B= 5 = $0.80 ‘The mangoes are therefore less expensive at Stall A where Ron bought his mangoes. Therefore, Ron bought mangoes at a cheaper price. ‘Two containers are shown below. Which container holds more? Answer: The ean ‘The bottle of soft dink holés + 1 tre = 1000 ml J itte 10 a 4 4 = 250 ml 275 ml is more than 250 ml ‘Therefore the can of orange juice holds more or has a greater capacity than the bottle of soft drink. Page | 61Year 2012 No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Do Not Write Here KC | AT | PS 16. | What is the name of the solid that will be formed when the net When the shape is folded to form a solid, all the vertices of the triangles will meet at below is folded? point. This point is now the apex of a square based pyramid (assuming that the base is « square). t—- The completed solid would look like: Answer: A square based pyramid 17. | Complete the shape below so that XY is a line of symmetry. ‘The image is the same distance from the line of symmetry, XY, and on the opposite side of XY as the object. When folded along the line X¥ the object and image match exactly with no overlap. | 1 18. | The diagram below shows an angle labelled 2°. PQ is a straight line. Calculate the value of x. Answer: 32° ‘The sum of the angles on a straight line = 180" There are three angles shown and two values are given, ‘The sum of the known angles is 10 + 58° 48° ‘The remaining angle, x” = 180° 148° Hence, x = 32 62|PageRSC SEA Math ‘Do Not Write No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here [KC | AT | PS 19, | The pictograph below is to be | Each picture represents 2 students completed to show the fayourite brand of cell phones for 30 students in a class ut represents. 2 _ students, complete the pictograph to show ‘how many students prefer Nokia. mororona| NOKIA The number of students who prefer Motorola 4x 2=8. ‘The number of students who prefer Sony 5x2=10, Hence the total number of students. who chose Motorola and Sony = 8 + 10 = 18, Total number of students in the class = 30 Number of students who prefer Nokia =30-18 =12 since 8 presets 2 students ‘The mmber of, needed to complete the diagram 12 +2=6 20, ‘The mean of 20 and 10 is the same as the mean of 16 and [_] ‘What number does [] represent? Answer: 1 ‘The total of the numbers 20 and 10 = 20410 =30 Total The mean of 20 and 10 = =15 The mean of 16 and [is also. Then the total of 16 and [is also 30. 16+{ ]=30 |=30-16 =14 Page | 63Year 2012 length 0.3 m can be cut from a piece 10,5 m long? Answer: 35 pieces ‘The length of 1 piece of string = 0.3 m The number of 0.3 m long pieces of string that can be cut from the piece 10.5 m long 105 _10.5%10 03 03x10 3 Section It Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here Ke | AT | PS 21. | How many pieces of string of | Total length of string = 10.5 m 22, Three-quurters of number is 60, Whatis 7 ofthe SAME number? ‘Which of the following fractions is the LARGEST? Let the rectangle below represent the whole number, divided into quarters, 20 20 ‘Three quarters of the number = 60 One quarter of the number = 60+3 0 Four quartets or the whole number 0x4 0 of he mambors therfore = 80 +5 = 16 We can use a common denominator of 24 to express all three fractions (8, 3 and 12 are factors of 24). Converting each fraction to an equivalent form with denominator 24, The largest fraction is the one with the 6 2 largest numerator. This is © or = ae 24 3 64|PazeNo. 24. ‘TEST ITEMS ‘What are the next TWO numbers in the sequence 16, 19, 23, 28, Answer: 34 and 41 ‘Tia is required to multiply 579 by 31. Instead she multiplies 579 by 21 correctly. a) What is Tia’s answer? Answer: 12159 b) Complete the statement below. The difference between the required answer and Tia’s answer is equal to 579x[_10 | ©) What is the CORRECT answer that was required WORKING COLUMN ‘The numbers in the sequence are: RSC SEA Math Do Not Write Here 16 | 19 | 23 | 28 16+3=19 19+4=23 (4is one more than 3) 23 +5=28 (Sis one more than 4) ‘One more than 5 is 6 The next term is expected to be 284+ 6=34 ‘One more than 6 is 7 ‘The term after 34 is expected to be 3447=41 ‘The next two numbers in the sequence are 34 and 41 a) Tia multiplies 579 by 21 579 x21 11580 + 579 12139 b) Tia was supposed to multiply $79 by 31 Since 31-21 = 10 ‘The difference between the required answer and Tia’s answer =579 {10} ©) The correct answer required is 57931 =579x 21 +579 x 10 12159 +5790 7.949 oR Tia’s answer can be found by dircetly KC | AT | PS Page | 65Year 2012 Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN | Here Ke [AT [PS 26. | Lisa buys some sweets for a] a). Lisa ills 14 bags with 20 sweets party. She fills 20 bags with 14 each sweets each. She has 10 sweets ‘Number of sweets in the bag left over. 14x20 80 a) How many sweets did Lisa buy? ‘Number of sweets left over = 10 Total number of sweets that Lisa Answer: 290 sweets ought = Number sweets im the bags + b) How many bags could Number of sweets left over she fill if she puts 12 = 280 +10 sweets in EACH bag? = 290 Answer: 24 bags b) Lisa puts 12 sweets in each bag. Number of bags = 290 + 12. aa 12)290 — Ea 50 - 4g 2 Lisa can fill 24 bags with 2 sweets left over. Therefore Lisa would be able to completely fill 24 bags. 27, | Calculate: Converting to improper fractions: 2 4,2.9,2 0 66|PageRSC SEA Math No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN 28, | A team eams2 points for a win, | | Points earned for each game won point for a draw and no points for | The team eared a total of 16 points in aloss. ‘games won Number of games won The table below shows the points | 16 cared by the team, 2 Results Points _ ‘Woe ae Points earned for each game drawn ‘The team earned a total of 10 points for Draw 10 each game drawn _ i Number of games drawn 10 The team played 25 games. How | 7 ‘many games did the team lose? | = 10 games Number of games in which team either Answer: 7 games swon or drawn +10 =18 Total number of games played Number of games lost 25-18 29, | Gina buys the blouse below | The marked price of the blouse = $180 which is priced at $180.00. Duden =| ea After discount, how much money does she pay for the blouse? Answer: $153 Discount percent = 15% Discount = 15% of $180 =$27 Price Gina pays ‘Marked price ~The discount = $180 -$27 OR Gina pays (100-15) % of $180 85/100) x $180 153. Page | 67Year 2012 No. TEST ITEMS, WORKING COLUMN 30, | An examination began at 8:30 am. and was done in two parts, ‘The first part lasted for | hour 50 minutes, The second part lasted for L hour 15 minutes, At what time did the examination finish if there was a 20-minute break after the first part? Answer: 11:55 a.m. is 8 Starting time of the examin: Duration of the 1* exam 1:50. 1 part of the exam ends at: 1 8:30 + 1:50 50 min + 30min 10:20 hr 20 min Duration of the break period is 0:20. Break ends that: 1 20 + 20 i Duration of the 2" examination is 1:15 Examination ends at: 10:40 + 1s 11:55 ‘Examination ends at 11:55 a.m, 31, |The semi-circle PQRT with radius 7 cm fits inside the rectangle PRSU as shown in the diagram below. r s mm) Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle PRSU. Pe R Tem: Answer: 42 em, ‘The distance from Q to T =7 em, since it is the length of the radius of the circle. ‘The width of the rectangle PU = 7 em, since itis the same length as QT. Diameter PR =7x2=14 em andis the length of the rectangle. Perimeter of the rectangle =2(Length+ Width) =2(14+7) =2(21) =42.em 68 | PageRSC SEA Math ‘Do Not Write No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here KC | AT | PS 32.| a) Ram’s garden plot is 12 long and 8 m wide, What is the area of the garden’? 16 m’ b) Ram makes a path 1m wide around the garden as shown below. Calculate the area of the path (shaded). Answer: 44 m* a) Area of the rectangular garden plot =LengthxWidth mx8m b) Ri lii= im Length of the path = (Length of garden +1 + 1)m =l4m ‘Width of the path = (Width of garden + 1+ 1m = 10m ‘Area of path = Area of outer rectangle ~ Area of garden 4x10) m? 96 m* = (140-96) m? =44m? Page | 69Year 2012 bank for a period of 3 years at rate of 8% per annum. a) Calculate the simple interest that Ali must repay. Answer: $1200 b) How much money must ‘Ali repay the bank at the end of 3 years? Answer: $6200 $5000 (Principal) The time of the loan = 3 years ‘The rate of interest = 84% per Simple interest _ PrincipalxRatexTime ~ 100 3500083 “100 =81200 b) The amount of money to be repaid = Principal + Interest $5000 + $1200 = $6200 Do Not Write No. ‘TEST [TEMS WORKING COLUMN Here KC | AT | PS 1a) Jane has an equal number of $20, 33, | Jane has an EQUAL number of $10, $5 and $1 bills $20, $10, $5 and $1 bills. Jane would have at least one of each bill. a) What is tho LEAST Total money would be: amount that Jane could $20x1=$20 have? $1ox1=S10 Answer: $36 Sxl =$ 5 Sixt =$ 1 b)_TFane has $144.00, how = many of EACH type of #8. Dill does she have? b). Jane has a total of $144. Answer: 4 of $20 bills, 4 of § 10 Notice $144 = 4x $36 bills, 4 of $5 bills and 4 of $1 Tn $144 Jane has 4 times the bills ‘number of bills that she may have had in $36. Jane would have 4 x $20 bills = $80 4x $10 bills = $40 4x $5 bills =$20 4 of $1 bills =8.4 Total sid4 34. | Ali borrowed $5000.00 fiom the | a) ‘The amount of money borrowed = 1|PageRSC SEA Math ‘Do Not Write No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here KC | AT] PS 35. | Karie’s father promised to give| a) Karie saved $60 her $4.00 for every $10.00 she S60=S10x6 saved. Karie saved $60.00, For every $10.00 saved, Karie receives $4.00 from her father a) How much money does Since Karie saved $10 six times her father have to give She will receive four dollars six her? times $46 Answer: $24.00 b) ‘The amount of money Karie has b) How much money would aktogether will be the amount that she have she saved on her own + amount that ALTOGETHER? her father gave to her = $60 + S24 = $84 Answer: $84.00 36, | Sheldon has the following plane | We assume that the two given triangles are shapes. Draw a diagram to show how Sheldon can fit the three shapes together to form a new rectangle. right-angled and congruent, That is, ‘The above rectangle is placed alongside the given rectangle, The new rectangle formed is ET] C+) OR Page | 71Year 2012 Faces | Corners | J Cornero} a circular based cone. >) The number of faces =2 (The circular base and the curved surface) ©) The number of comers = 1, also called and apex or vertex. ‘Do Not Write No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here [Ke | AT | Ps a) 37. | Sushu is facing SE, She turns in a Clockwise direction to face NW. x mf se we +n sw se would rotate through 180° or 1 of 5 2 «turn since 1 complete tara is a) What fraction of a whole ;,/8 I tum does Sasha make? Soa a b) Answers Tun nde fom NWoon b) How many MORE dogrees must she tum in wee 88 oe order to face Nowth? | Answer: 45° of The turn made from NW to N 1 = of a complete tum =t360° 8 4° (This is assuming dha Se turns im a clockwise direction) 38, | Complete the table below. a) The name ofthe solid isa cone or W2|PageRSC SEA Math No. 2. TEST ITEMS Study the diagram below and ‘answer the questions that follow andr, b) Circle the term which best describes the triangle POR. Equilateral —_-Right-angled Gooscelesy Scalene WORKING COLUMN = L \~ on —_ A _#)-\ 2) Angle qi one angle of triangle PQR ‘The sum of all the angles in a triangle = 180°. Tn the triangle POR PASAT Angle g=108 110 =7P ‘The value of g is 70 The angle ris part of a straight angle at the point R. A straight angle = 180°, 55°41? =180° r= 180°—55° b) In triangle PQR only two angles are equal, Therefore, exactly two sides are also equal. Hence, the triangle is isosceles and we circle “Tsosceles’. Do Not Write Here Ke | AT [PS Page | 73Year 2012 No. TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Do Not Write Here KC | AT | PS. 40. | The pie chart below shows how ‘Mr. Samuel spends his salary for ‘the month, Calculate his monthly salary ifhe spends $1800.00 on food. Answer: $7200 The angle of the sector representing “food” on the pic chart is 90°. ‘The fraction of the pie chart that represent ‘The amount spent on food is i of Mr. Samuel's salary. ; ‘of Mr, Samuel’s monthly salary = $1800 Hence, Mr, Samuel's monthly salary 518004 7200 74|PageRSC SEA Math Section Ill ‘Do Not Write No. ‘TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Here KC | AT | PS ‘a) The total marks obtained in the 41. | Richie's marks for the three examination subjects in an examination are shown on his report below, Richie's Report Subject | Maximum) Marks Marks. | Obtain Mathers ce co a a) Calculate the TOTAL marks Richie obtained for examination, Answer: 210 marks b) Express the total marks that Richie obtained as a pereentage of the ‘maximum marks for the test. Answer: 70% ©) How many MORE marks did Richie need in order 10 get 80% on the test? Answer: 30 marks = Mark for essay + Mark for ‘Mathematics + Mark for Language Arts 70+ 80 +60 =210 b) Maximum marks on test = 300 ‘The marks obtained by Richie for Essay + Mathematics + Language Ants =70+80+60 =210 Richie's mark as a percentage of the maximum marks 2 10 100 300 =10% ©) To get 80% on the test Richie ‘would have had to score 80 805% of 300 = 5 x 300 =240 Richie scored only 210, Richie would have needed 240 — 210 = 30 more marks, Page | 75Year 2012 2. TEST ITEMS ‘Ata fair, four plastic bottles with ‘numbers on them are lined up as shown below. O68 For every tum, a person is given three bails to knock down three bottles. The numbers are added and a toy is given for some EXACT scores as shown on the table below. ‘Toy Score (Rabbit 49 [Bear 46 Parrot 40 Monkey 39 a) Candy knocks down three bottles marked 18, and 12. ‘Which toy does she win’? Answer: Monkey b) Candy wants to win the bear. Which THREE bottles should she knock down? Answer: 9, 19 and 18 ©) Candy knocks down the bottle marked 9. Which toy will she NOT be able to win’? Answer: Rabbit WORKING COLUMN a) Candy" sores were 18, 9 and 12. Total score = 18 +9 + 12 =39 Candy wins a monkey according to the given table. b) To win a bear Candy requires a score of exactly 46. ‘The sum of three of the four numbers 9, 19, 12 and 18 must, total 46. ‘These arc 9, 19 and 18, since 9419+ 18=46 ©) Candy knocks down the bottle marked 9. Candy’s three scores could be: 9,19, 12 — which totals 40 and would give a parrot. OR 9, 19 and 18 which totals 46 and would give a bear. OR 9, 12 and 18 which totals 39 and would give a monkey. ‘We can see that Candy would not be able to win a rabbit, Do Not Write Here K¢ | AT | PS wpaRSC SEA Math ‘TEST ITEMS 43, | The shape of a floor shown below has two portions, as equilateral triangle (A) attached to one side of a square (B) with sides 12 m. a) Complete the following statement: ‘The perimeter of the ENTIRE floor is 60 m. b) The square portion (B) ONLY is to be covered with tiles i, The area of Bis 144 mw, ii, B is to be covered using square tiles with sides measuring 30 cmHow many tiles are needed? Answer: 1600 tiles iii, One of the tiles to be used for covering B costs $4.00. How much will the tiles cost if 10 extra ones are added in case any break? Answer : $6440 WORKING COLUMN a) lm Rm 1am Ta Each side of the square B is of length 12 1m, Each side of the equilateral triangle, A is 12m. The perimeter of the floor is the sum of the lengths of 3 sides of the square, B and 2 sides of the triangle, A 12+ 124 12+12+12 =60m b) i) Area of the square B is Side » Side=(12 12)? = 144 m? ii) Length of the side of each square tile 30em = 9.3m 100 Area of each tle = (0.30.3) m? ‘Number of tiles to be used to cover B __ Area of B “Area of 1 ti 4s daa 0.30.3" 0.09 1600 tiles are needed =1600 iii) Number of tiles required to cover B = 1600 + 10 = 1610 Cost of 1 tile $4.00 Cost of 1610 tiles, =1610xS4.00 = $6440 ‘Do Not Write Here KC | AT | PS Page | 77Year 2012 TEST ITEMS WORKING COLUMN Do Not Write Here KC | AT | PS ‘Complete Akeem’s shopping bill below. wee, |[ns pies wastg ltmnta| eal ‘Total a) ‘The cost of 3 boxes of crayons at $4.50 b) per box =H4.50%3, =$13.50 The cost of the crayons and the stickers is $21.50. Cost of the stickers only ‘otal cost of crayons and stickers ~ Cost of crayons $21.50 - $13.50 8.00 Cost of 1 sticker = $0.40 ‘The number of stickers bought _ Cost of all stickers Cost of 1 sticker _ $8.00 ~ $040 7B | Page‘TEST ITEMS "The shaded triangle at Pis moved to various positions Q, R and S. Describe CLEARLY the movements in EACH of the following: a) PtoQ Answer: Translation of 2 units ‘upwards and 3 units to the right. by Ros Answer: Rotation of 180” about C ©) Pwos Answer: Translation of 2 units downwards and a reflection in the vertical mirror line through C. a) » ° WORKING COLUMN 2 PtoQ ‘Triangle Q has the same orientation as P, that is, it is not flipped or rotated. The movement from P to Q is a translation, The movement was 2 units vertically upwards and 3 units horizontally to the right. Rios. S is turned with respect to R. ‘The movement from R to $ is a half turm or rotation about C. PtoS Firstly P is moved to a new position, shown by a translation of 2 units downwards. The image is then reflected in the vertical dotted line shown to obtain S. RSC SEA Math Do Not Write Here Ke | AT | PS Page | 79Year 2012 No. ‘TEST ITEMS 46. | Six boys ran a 100 m race, The time (in seconds) taken by each boy is shown in the graph below. a) Who won the race? Answer: Eze b). For which position were two boys tied? Answer: Third place ©) Who was the SLOWEST runner? Answer: Che d) How long did the race last? Answer: 14 seconds ©) How much longer than the first-place runner dict the slowest boy take to run the race? Answer: 4 seconds a) b) ° a ° WORKING COLUMN ‘The person who won the race is the ‘one who took the shortest time. The shortest bar indicates the shortest time. The shortest bar is scen at Eze’s and so, Eze won the race. If two boys tied, they would have ran the race in the same time, Both Ben and Don ran the race in the same time and the bars that indicate their time is the third tallest and equal in height. Therefore, both Ben and Don tied for third place. ‘The slowest runner took the longest time and would correspond to the tallest bar. This corresponds to Che Therefore, Che was the slowest The race would have lasted for the Jength of time taken for the slowest runner to complete it. The slowest runner was Che. Che took 14 seconds, Therefore, the race lasted 14 seconds, ‘The fastest boy, Eze, took 10 seconds, ‘The slowest boy, Che, took 14 seconds. Therefore, the slowest runner took (14 — 10) seconds = 4 seconds more than the first-place runner to run the race, Do Not Write Here KC | AT [PS 80] Page