‘SBC23/Im.10m Index No: MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BOARD UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MSIDA SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE LEVEL MAY 2010 SESSION SUBJECT: Mathematics PAPER: I~ Section A (Mental Paper) DATE: 6" May2010 TIME: — 20 minutes ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the space available on the examination paper. ‘The use of ealeulators and protractors is NOT allowed. Itis not necessary to showt your working. ‘This paper carries total of 20 marks. 1 Write 3400 in standard form. - Ans 2 2 Find the number that is even, greater than 20, less than 30, and a multiple of 3. Ans 3 Calculate the value of x. NOT TOSCALE << ee Ans 4 Complete the sequence 32.000, 8000, 2000, May @o\0 Mentar, pe page AWESEC23/im.10m 5 What is 30% of half of 400? 4G Workout 2 |2S%6o%22 | ee 11x33x44" ey Ans 7 Awaiter is paid € 8.10 per hour. Calculate how many Euro he gets for 50 hours of work. selects a marble at random from this bag, what is the probability that it is not a red marble? Ans 9 What is the smaller angle between the hour hand and the } Ans i| : | 8 A bag contains 21 marbles, 7 of which are red. If Tom i] |) | | | ‘minute hand of a clock when the time is four o”clock? ‘Ans Hi il 10. Which two of the following numbers have the same value? | 5+ 33%, 0.3, 33 Ans Pagedaatat ANB May Zoo Mental paperSBC23/im.10m 13 Work out Aus 14 Find the value of y i three times y. Ans 15 What is the ratio between the corresponding sides of two ‘congruent shapes? Ans 16 ‘The mean of two numbers is 12. If one number is twiee the other, find the two numbers. Ans Page SER Ang May 2010 Mental paem eancasioeeae hime,17 Use this function machine to work out the value of 2x when y= 18, weon 9 dE oursur Doubles number and then subtracts 2 Ans 18 Decide whether the statement “A triangle has three acute angles” is A. Always tme B_ Sometimes true C Never true Ans 19 Find the value of t, as a fraction in its lowest terms, when p=5,q=3andr=2,if Ans 20 Write $ as a decimal number correct to two decimel places. Ans Page oR 450 May 2010 Mental pape: ecpeneetir Sha tea