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MAURITIUS EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
The Certificate of Primary Education Examination
October 2014
MATHEMATICS
(Subject Code No. 120)
Time:
1 hour 45 minutes
For Markers' Use Only
Section /
Question
1-7
Instructions to Candidates
1.
2.
MARKING
Marks
Check that this question paper
contains 55 questions printed on
13 pages numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 13 and 14.
8 - 15
16 - 21
22 - 29
A
30 - 37
Write your Index Number on the
question paper in the space
provided above.
38 - 45
46 - 48
3.
You should not use red ink in
answering questions.
4.
All working must be clearly shown
in the space provided for each
question.
49 - 50
51
B
52
53
5.
Diagrams are not drawn to scale.
54
6.
Attempt all questions.
55
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CONTROL
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SECTION A (60 MARKS)
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1.
What number is represented on the abacus?
H
T
U
Answer :
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2.
Write in figures: Four hundred and eighteen
Answer :
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3.
Work out:
324
+ 512
...................................................
Answer :
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4.
What fraction of the diagram is shaded?
Answer :
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5.
Work out:
759

134
...................................................
Answer :
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6.
Write the next term in the sequence.
7, 17, 27, ………………………
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7.
How many sides does a kite have?
Answer :
sides
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8.
Work out:
x
321
3
...................................................
Answer :
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9.
Arrange the numbers 524, 452, 542 and 425 in order, starting with the smallest.
Answer :
…………....…… , ………….……… , ……..……..…… , …………....……
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A
B
10. Find the perimeter of the square ABCD.
cm
Answer :
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D 7 cm C
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11. Convert 15 kg into grams.
grams
Answer :
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P
12. Find the area of the rectangle PQRS.
Q
6 cm
2
cm
Answer :
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S
R
9 cm
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2
13. Express
as a decimal.
10
Answer :
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14. The cost of 6 bananas is Rs 18. Find the cost of 1 banana.
Answer : Rs ....................................................
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15. Calculate the average of 4 and 10.
Answer :
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For each question from numbers 16 to 45 circle the letter which shows the correct
answer. An example has been done for you.
16.
6
x 2 =
A
8
B
10
C
12
D
14
The value of 3 in 8324 is
A
3 units
B
3 tens
C
3 hundreds
D
3 thousands
17.
18.18.
144 9 2 =
20.
19.
A
B
C
D
(4 x 100)
A
92
A
2405
B
81
B
2450
C
18
C
4205
D
11
D
4250
7•53 x
+ (2 x 1000) + 5 =
21. Which one of these numbers is a prime
number?
= 7530
A
10
A
9
B
100
B
29
C
1000
C
39
D
10000
D
49
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Which one of the following shapes has
no line of symmetry?
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22.
Which one of the following fractions is
2
not equivalent to ?
3
4
6
A
C
24.
26.
28.
20
30
B
40
60
6
8
D
5•07  2•5 =
A
18
B
136
C
152
D
1152
25. What percentage of the figure is
shaded?
A
2•57
A
9%
B
3•2
B
11%
C
3•57
C
45%
D
7•57
D
55%
27.
In a class there are 18 boys. There
are 7 girls fewer than boys. What is
the number of girls in the class?
1
of a straight angle =
3
A
11
A
180o
B
25
B
120o
C
29
C
60o
D
43
D
30o
Express 300 mL as a fraction of 1 L.
A
C
1
3
3
100
B
D
29. 7 pencils cost Rs 63.
What is the cost of 21 pencils?
3
10
3
1000
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23. 144 is 8 times
A
Rs 9
B
Rs 30
C
Rs 147
D
Rs 189
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30.
What is the highest common factor
(H.C.F.) of 28 and 42?
31. The perimeter of the triangle XYZ is
16 cm. What is the length of XY?
A
2
A
7 cm
B
7
B
9 cm
C
14
C
11 cm
D
84
D
12 cm
Y
4 cm
X
32.
Q
P
A
5
B
20
R
What is the area of PQRS?
A
12 cm2
B 16 cm2
C
180
C
14 cm2
D 18 cm2
D
200
34. The total surface area of a cube is
96 cm2. What is the area of one face
of the cube?
35. The 31st May 2010 was a Monday. On
which day was the 21st May 2010?
A
4 cm2
A
Monday
B
6 cm2
B
Thursday
C
16 cm2
C
Friday
D
24 cm2
D
Saturday
36. Which one of these numbers is a
factor of 12?
37.
210 minutes =
A
4
A
2 hours 10 minutes
B
8
B
2 hours 30 minutes
C
16
C
3 hours 10 minutes
D
24
D
3 hours 30 minutes
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33. A rope is 6 m long. What is the
maximum number of pieces of 30 cm
long that can be cut from the rope?
1 cm2
S
5 cm
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38. After buying a pen for Rs 10•50 and an
eraser for Rs 2, Paul has Rs 16•50 left.
How much money did he have at first?
40.
39. In which year did the month of February
have 29 days?
A
Rs 4•00
A
1946
B
Rs 12•50
B
1952
C
Rs 14•50
C
1954
D
Rs 29•00
D
1962
5
18
+
A
9
27
C
4
=
9
41. The size of angle x is
B
9
18
42. 5 kg 615 g
D

13
27
13
18
2 kg 375 g =
20º
B
110º
C
250º
D
270º
160º
x
43. Zaynab watched a film which lasted for
2 hours 15 minutes. The film ended at
9.30 p.m. At what time did the film begin?
A
3 kg 340 g
A
7•15 p.m.
B
3 kg 330 g
B
7•45 p.m.
C
3 kg 240 g
C
11•15 p.m.
D
3 kg 230 g
D
11•45 p.m.
44. Alice has 14 stickers. Béatrice has
twice as many stickers as Alice. How
many stickers do they have altogether?
45. Yash buys a cap for Rs 200.
He sells the cap making a profit of 25%.
What profit does he make?
A
7
A
Rs 25
B
21
B
Rs 50
C
28
C
Rs 225
D
42
D
Rs 250
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46.
47.
(a) Write down the missing term in each of the following sequences:
(a)
(i)
1
,
2
(ii)
190,
180, 160,
130, .......................
(iii)
81,
27,
3,
3
,
4
.......................
9,
.......................
Work out:
(i)
Answer :
(ii)
Answer :
(b)
2
,
3
73•9
 94•8
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10

1
2
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91 x 29 =
x 29 
29
What is the missing number?
Answer :
48.
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Ashna is 17 years old.
Ravi is 6 years older than Ashna.
How old was Ravi 4 years ago?
Answer :
years old
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49. Diksha works 7 hours a day.
She works 5 days a week.
In how many weeks will she work 280 hours?
Answer :
50.
weeks
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Ah Choy has 136 red beads and 112 blue beads.
He mixes the beads together and packs them equally into 8 boxes.
How many beads are there in each box?
Answer :
beads
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SECTION B (40 MARKS)
y - axis
51. (a)
6
5
A
4
3
2
1
0
(i)
(b)
3
2
4
5
x - axis
6
State the coordinates of the point A shown on the graph.
Answer :
(ii)
1
(……………… , ………………)
Point B has coordinates (0,1). Plot the point B on the graph.
In the diagram below ABCD is a rectangle.
AEB is an isosceles right-angled triangle.
BFC is an equilateral triangle.
Find the size of angle x.
E
x
A
B
F
D
Answer :
Angle x =
….........................................................................................
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Marks
52.
Aleeyah, Brinda, Chen and Divya are each given 15 biscuits.
The bar chart below shows the number of biscuits that each girl eats.
16
Number of biscuits
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
(a)
Girls
….........................................................................................
biscuits
….........................................................................................
What is the total number of biscuits left?
Answer :
biscuits
….........................................................................................
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How many biscuits do Aleeyah and Divya eat altogether?
Answer :
(c)
Chen
Brinda
Who eats the greatest number of biscuits?
Answer :
(b)
Aleeyah
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53.
The heights of container A and container B shown below are in the ratio 5 : 4.
Container B
Container A
(a) The height of container A is 15 cm. Find the height of container B.
Answer :
cm
….........................................................................................
(b) Container B is one quarter full of water.
When 400 mL of water is added to container B, the height of the water
increases by 2 cm.
After the 400 mL of water has been added, how much more water must be
added to container B to fill it completely?
1 full
4
Answer :
mL
….........................................................................................
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54. (a)
Robin shared Rs 18 000 among the members of his family.
The shares are represented in the pie chart below.
His daughter received
1
of the amount of money
3
Daughter
received by his wife.
How much money did his wife receive?
Son
o
144
Answer :
(b)
Wife
Rs
….........................................................................................
Nita and Asha have the same amount of money.
Nita buys 4 pears at Rs 8 each and 16 oranges. She has Rs 3 left.
Asha buys 23 oranges. She has no money left.
How much money did Nita and Asha each have at first?
Answer :
Rs
….........................................................................................
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55.
Shakeel and Tarun start a bicycle journey at the same time. Shakeel rides at a speed
of 30 km/h and completes the journey in 5 hours.
(a) What is the distance covered by Shakeel?
Answer :
km
….........................................................................................
(b) Tarun covers the first 96 km of the journey at a speed of 32 km/h.
How much time does he take to cover the 96 km?
Answer :
h
….........................................................................................
(c) Tarun completes the remaining part of the journey at an average speed of 36 km/h.
What is the distance between Shakeel and Tarun at the moment Tarun completes
the journey?
Answer :
km
….........................................................................................
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