# Mathematics CXC Paper 1 Practice Questions

This quiz consists of 100 multiple choice questions, the questions obtained from paper 1 CXC past paper. The questions are on percentage, ratio, multiples, and much more.

All questions repeatedly appear on several Csec Mathematics Paper one.

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Transformation

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Fifty guest each had 2 glasses of champagne. Each glass held 150 millimeters. How many litres of champagne were used?

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if 5x-26=x+5, then the value of x is

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Betty and Ann shared a sum of money in the ratio 2:3 respectively. Ann received $120. what was Betty share? 5 / 100 How many centimeters are there in 1.5 metres? 6 / 100 What is the largest share when$360 is divided in the proportion 2:7:9?

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What is the smallest composite number?

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Mary invested $200 for 3 years at 5% per annum. John invested$300 at the same rate. If they both received the same amount of money in interest, for how many years did john invest his money ?

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In the triangle the value of x is

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3/100 is the same as

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Enlargement

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Each of the letter of the word CHANCE is written on a slip of paper similar in size and shape. The slips of paper are then placed in a bag and thoroughly shaken. What is the probability of randomly drawing a letter ”C”?

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2500 millimeters expressed in metres is

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A shop keeper bought an article for $50 he sold it and gained 20% profit. How many dollars did he gain? 15 / 100 If the means of the four numbers 4,8 x and 12 is 10, then x is 16 / 100 Square unit 17 / 100 What is 49,123 + 27,586? 18 / 100 An aircraft leaves A at 16:00 hrs and arrives at B at 19:30 hrs, traveling at an average speed of 550 kilometers per hour. The distance from A to B in kilometers is 19 / 100 What is the value of 2^0 20 / 100 Relate to the set of scores shown below. 2 5 9 8 7 8 The modal score is 21 / 100 A number is greater than 3 but less than 8. Also the number is greater than 6 but less than 10. What is the number? 22 / 100 Which is the smallest fraction among the following? 23 / 100 Find the H.C.F of 12, 18 and 24 24 / 100 The square root of 191 lies between 25 / 100 John has x marbles and max has twice as many. Max gives John 5 of his marbles. How many marbles does max now have? 26 / 100 Susan bought a calculator for$120. She had to pay a sales tax of 10% on the price. How many change would she receive from $140? 27 / 100 How many factors are there in 71? 28 / 100 If$7000 is borrowed at the rate 5% per annum for 3 years, the simple interest is

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When 8 is subtracted from a certain number and the result is multiplied by 3 the final answer is 21. What is the original number?

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Which of the following represents the graph of a function?

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A man leaves home at 22:15hrs and reaches his destination at 04:00 hrs on the following day, in the same time zone. How many hours did the journey take?

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Sum of all interior angles of a parallelogram is

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If -2x+6=18,then x =

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What is 10% of 300?

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What is the square root of 108,900?

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If 60% of a number is 90, what is the number?

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What percentage of 30 is 6?

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How many cents is equal to $¼? 39 / 100 How many lines of symmetry does a rhombus have? 40 / 100 If 5x-26 = x+50,then the value of x is 41 / 100 All the sides of a regular polygon are 42 / 100 A toy was sold for$24.00, at a profit of 20%. The cost price was

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99 x 101 has the same value as

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A bag contains 60 marbles of different colours. The probability of choosing a red marble is 5/12. How many red marbles does the bag contain?

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Venn diagram

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The perimeter of a square is 48 cm, What is the area , in cm square ?

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What is the term given to the perimeter around a circle?

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The next term in the sequence 1,6,13,22,33 is

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There are 40 students in a class. Girls make up 60% of the class. 25% of the girls wear glasses. How many girls in the class wear glasses?

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What is the square root of 81?

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How many inches are there in a foot?

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How many seconds are in a hour ?

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A company employs 12 gardeners at$26 per day, and 8 clerks at$17 per day. What is the mean daily wage in dollars, of the 20 employees?

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John bought a book for $60 and sold it to gain 20% on his cost price. How much money did he gain? 55 / 100 What is the highest common factor of the set of numbers{30,45 90}? 56 / 100 25×130 is the same as 57 / 100 All students in a class play scrabble or checkers or both. 36% of the students play scrabble only. 48% of the students play checkers only. What percentage of students play both games? 58 / 100 The area of a triangle is 30 cm its base is 10 cm. What is the perpendicular height in cm, of the triangle? 59 / 100 A dinner at a restaurant was advised at$60 plus 18% tax. The total bill for this dinner was

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Simplify the algebraic expressions 5x+3x

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Mr. Duncan bought a table at a discount of 30% thus saving $42. what was the marked price of the table? 62 / 100 Complete the sequence 13, 16, ……, 22. 63 / 100 Of a class of 32 students, 17 study music and 20 study Art. What is the LEAST number of students who study BOTH Music and Art? 64 / 100 What is the least number of plum can be share equally among 6, 9 or 12 children 65 / 100 The cost of 14 articles is$28.14. What is the cost of 12 similar articles?

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A dress which costs $180 is being sold at a discount of 10%. The amount of the discount is 67 / 100 Sum of all interior angles of a polygon with (n) sides is given by 68 / 100 Area 69 / 100 What number when added to 1 1/3 gives 2 70 / 100 The sum of two numbers, x and y is 18, and their difference is 14. which pair of equation below describes the above statement? 71 / 100 A five metre-long ladder which rests on the horizontal ground is leaning against a vertical wall. The foot of the ladder is 3m away from the wall. How far up the wall does the ladder reach 72 / 100 What is 30% of$9000?

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Althea usually saves x dollars each month ; but in June she saved $4 more than twice the usual amount. How many dollars did she save in June? 74 / 100 If 5% of a number is 20, then 35% of the number is 75 / 100 During a sale, a shop allows 20% discount off the marked price of clothing. what will a customer pay for a dress with a marked price of$30?

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Write 689.56 to the nearest whole number

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Which of the following is more than 0.35 but less than 0.41

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Which of the following represents the equation of a straight line?

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The HCF of 12, 15 and 60 is

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The length of the sides of a triangle are x,2x and 2x centimeters. If the perimeter is 20 centimeters, what is the value of x?

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Seven times the product of two numbers, a and b, maybe written as

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By the distributive law 49`x 17 +49 x 3=

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A man salary is $45000. His tax free allowance total is$13000. He has to pay a tax of 35% on his taxable income. The tax payable is

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What is the square root of 100?

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If ja$24.50 is equal to US$$1.00, then US$25 in Jamaican currency is

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A clock reads 4:30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point?

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The cost of six pens is$37.20. What is the cost of eight similar pens? 88 / 100 Simple interest 89 / 100 The number 3.14063 written correct to 3 decimal is 90 / 100 At a sale, each book was marked$3.00 off the original price. Daneil paid $46.00 for two books that had the same price. What was the cost of one of his books? 91 / 100 f = 92 / 100 What is the cube root of 27? 93 / 100 If it took a speed boat 9 hours to travel a distance of 1080km, what its average speed? 94 / 100 On leaving Trinidad,the time on a pilots watch was 23:00hrs. When he arrived at his destination, in the same time zone, on the following day his watch showed 03:00hrs. How many hours did the flight take? 95 / 100 The HCF of 24, 60 and 96 96 / 100 Books 97 / 100 Set 98 / 100 If TT$6.00 is equivalent to US$1.00,then TT$15.00 in US dollars is

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The FIRST three common multiples of 3, 4 and 6 are:

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What is 1004 divided by 2?

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