SEC23/1m.09m Index Nos, MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL MAY 2009 SESSION SUBJECT: ‘Mathematies PAPER NUMBER: 1 Section A (Mental Paper) DATE: 9 May 2009 TIME: 20 minutes ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the space available on the examination Inis not necessary to show your working. ‘The use of calculators and protraciors is nos allowed, All questions carry I mark, This paper carries a total of 20 marks, paper. PQuestionand Answer All answers carry one mark, “NT Space forrough 7) rk lif necessary 1, Find the value of x. A oO NOT TO SCALE Ans, 2, The list below shows the height of five boys in metres. 1.65, 1.57, 1.73, 1.57, 1.68 Determine their median height. Ans, 3. Find the cost of 21 books each costing @.99. Ans, May 2009 A439 page Menta. aru4. Find the value of x, if 26410) =3, Ans NOT TO a SCALE ABCD is @ rhombus. Find angle DAB. Ans. J A fair coin and a feir dice are tossed together. What is the probability of obtaining a head and a six? Ans, 7 Which of these hus the largest value? 5%, 2.579%, 2, o4 25 Ani bn 8 ° Use x Br work out the volume of a cylinder with sadius.2cm-and height Jem. Ans, » What is the order of rotational symmetry of the shape shown? Ans, Y0::. ‘Fill inthe missing signs (+, -, xor +) in the empty P isqluiifes below. @8[]83) [1 @ x 83) = 8300 May 2009 Menrar Paper page 440 | |NOT TO SCALE In the figure, PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. AB is a tangent to the circle touching it at S. Use the information in the figure to find the value of x. Ans, 12, Acar travels at 90km/h, What is its speed in ra/s? Ans. aclecehe 13, The figure shows a cross with four equal arms. the missing command in the LOGO program below that draws this cross. FD 100 BK 50 " RT9O BK 100 “SSsiart here 14. Write the number 0.0061 in standard index form, Ans, = 15. There are 5000 birds in an animal reserve. Tt is estimated that this number will decrease by 10% in the next five years. How many birds are expected to be living in the reserve in five years’ time? Ans, Mey 2003 fag Abt Mena. PapaD Triangles ABC and DEC, shown above, are congruent. Use the measurements given in the figure to find the length of EB. Peeps ieee cetera ee fee 17, Pecorino cheese is priced at €12.50 per kilogram. What is the weight of a piece of Pecorino costing 8.75? Bna eE ATEE 18. Which numbers greater than 36 and smaller than 50 are prime? apes Pir erp reer 19. 20, Work out the value of the expression below givin, 1.387 x536 = 1408.646592 Use the information in the box above to determine the value of 13,89 x536. Ans, 8 your answer as an ordinary number. 5 x1250 2 Ans, Mav 200% Mentor Pape puye 442 ah co ahmetomreetcnnmnne ncaa meren eed ASE sania ar iar StS EERO SS ae ioe ecm