BNSS 4E5N PRELIM 2009 Maths P1 Question Papers.docVIP

Answer all the questions For Examiner’s Use 1 The population of a country is 2.7(107 . 9(106 of the population are above the age of 55 years. (i) What fraction of the population are above the age of 55 years ? Give your answer in its simplest form. (ii) Find the number of people who are 55 years and below. Express your answer in standard form. For Examiner’s Use Answer: (i)__________________ [1] (i)__________________ [1] 2 (a) Su Chern logged onto the Internet at 2210 on a Wednesday and logged off at 0245 the next day. For how long was she connected to the Internet? (b) On a typical day in a desert, the difference between the day and night temperatures is 54(C. If the day temperature is 47(C, find the night temperature. Answer: (a)____hours _____ min [1] (b)_______________ (C [1] 3 (a) An airliner has seats for 120 passengers. Calculate the number of empty seats when of the seats are occupied. (b) A trader buys 20 pencils at $y and sells them at 4 for $q. Find an expression for his total profit in terms of y and q. Answer: (a)__________________ [1] (b)_$________________ [1] For Examiner’s Use 4 Sixteen workers can build a house in 25 days. How many workers are needed if the house is to be built in 10 days? State one assumption you had made to answer the question. For Examiner’s Use Answer: ______________workers [1] Assumption: _____________________________________________ [1] 5 Alice, Barbara and Christina won a cash prize and shared it in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively. Barbara received $6,000 as her share of the prize money. (a) What was Christina’s share? (b) Barbara donated $1,000 from her share to charity. What fraction of the total cash prize was donated to charity? Answer: (a)_ $______________ [1]