CXC CSEC May 2014 solutions

1. Number

a. ..

350

2.55

15.7

b. ..

i. 24 buckets of gravel ii. ..

5 buckets of cement

30 buckets of gravel

c. ..

Hire purchase price is $1550

Money saved if bought cash is $251

2. Algebra

a.
7x 5

12
b. ..

i.
4 x
1
x 10

ii.
x
2
6
2x 9
c. ..

i.
y 3x 5

ii.
y 17

iii.
x 1

iv.
x
y 5
3

2x 3y 9

d.
3xy8 x3

y 1
Venn Diagram

3. Sets and construction a. ..

i.
14 elements
ii.
A {12,14,16,18,
20, 22, 24}
B {12,15,18, 21,
24}
esents 50,000 cm on the ground

ii.
1cm2 on the map represents
50000cm
2

on the map

Mea
sure
men
t
iii.
a. ..
1 cm on the ground represents 0.5km
on the ground
i.
1 cm
on
b. ..
the
Part b is
map
intentionally 8 cm
repr
omitted
4 km squares
15
c. .. cm 3.75km2
5. Geometry and trigonometry a. ..

i. The enlargement is shown in red

ii. The transformation than maps triangle ABC unto triangle A" B "C" is a

translation T
5

b. ..
 FP
80
95.3m

tan 40

400 , angle TPF

Using the tangent ratio

iii. FQ = 95.3 118 213.3 so angle

TQP tan
1 213.3
80
20.6
0

6. Functions and graphs

ii.
y 1

a. ..

b. ..

i.
x 3

y
2
y
9 1
c.

i.
Gradient of MN, using m

1
,m

x
x
3

d.
The
2
1
gradie
nt is 4

y 2x
The equation of the line is y 2 x 3

The line parallel to MN and passing through the origin is

Statistics

a. Copy and complete the table

Number of books
tally
frequency
f x

1
II
2
2

2
III
3
6

3
IIIII
5
15

4
IIIII I
6
24

5
IIIII II
7
35

6
IIII
4
24

7
III
3
21

b. The modal number of books is 5 c. .

i. Total number of books 127

ii.
mean 30
127
4.2
iii.
P X 4 n
10

1
Investigation 3
30
a. Part a is
intentionally left b. .

o
ut
c.
5f
d. f 145
5 f 29

9. Functions and relations a. .

i.
x1 b. ..

ii.
gf (5) 14

iii.
f
1
( x)
x

2
 13
i.

7x

D 40 40 m / s T 2
ii. To find the average speed we use

To find the average speed we need to

draw the tangent at t = 3 and calculate
its gradient as shown in the diagram the
exact gradient is 0m/s. it is not moving

10. .Geometry and trigonometry a. .

0
=22
0
0 BFE =110 , EDB =
BOE = 140 , Isosceles 0
triangle 70 , EFB is
supplementary to
0 0 EDB
OED = 22 , BED=42 , 40 20


0
The bearing of P from Q is 54 +66 = 120
Calculate PR using the cosine rule = 83.6km

0
Calculate angle QPR using the sine rule QPR = 75.4

11. .vectors and matrices

M
7

2
,

p
1
a.
M 07 2 p 0

p
7

b.
4
2
x

0
2

3
y

c. ..

i. OP is a position vector ii. ..

a.

OP

b.

OQ

PQ PO OQ
c.

PQ
2

OR

iii.

OR OQ
QR

6 2

ogram,
iv OP=RQ and
. OR = PQ
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