CAMEROON GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD
Technical and Vocational Education Examinations
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 1
5020
JUNE XXXX INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Mobile phones and Calculators are NOT allowed in the examination room.
5020 BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER
1 hour 30 minutes
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6. Answer ALL the 50 questions in this Examination. All questions carry equal marks.
7. Each question has FOUR suggested answers: A, B, C and D. Decide which answer is correct. Find the number of the question on the Answer Sheet and draw a horizontal line across the letter to join the square brackets for the answer you have chosen.
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- From a cloth measuring 50m, a trader sold 9.85m, 15.95m and 13.95m. How many metres were left?
A 39.75m
B 11.25m
C 25.8m
D 10.25m
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- In a school of 102 students, there are 34 boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
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- The sum of 70,000FCFA is shared between MBAH and JOHN directly proportional to their ages 20 years and 15 years respectively. What is MBAH’s share?
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- From the seats reserved for a party, 5% were vacant. How many seats were occupied from a total of 80,000 seats?
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- A figure with all four sides equal is called ;
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- The formula of simple interest expressed in months is ;
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7. A bag contains 20 balls of three colours. The probability of selecting a green ball is and that of a red ball is. How many yellow balls are there?
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- In a party, 300 women paid 150,000FCFA and a total of 500,000FCFA was collected. How many men attended the party if a man is paying twice as a woman?
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- BOB bought a television set in Britain for £2,000 and spent 800,000FCFA for shipment. What will be the cost price of the television in FCFA if £1=900FCFA?
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- A bill of 360,000FCFA was negotiated on the 01/10/2018. If this bill had to run for 63 days before maturing, then the maturity date of this bill will be ;
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- Three partners; NGU, NJI and NDAH contributed 2,000,000FCFA, 3,000,000FCFA and 5,000,000FCFA respectively to a partnership. From a profit of 200,000FCFA, a reserve of 10% is kept and the balance shared proportionally to shares. NDAH received ;
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- The median of the following scores 8, 12, 5, 3, 2 and 15 is ;
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- The distance between two cars is 20km and the speed of the first car is 50km/h while that of the second car is 70km/h. How much time is needed for the second car to overtake the first?
- MBO is paid 28,000FCFA plus 3% of sales above 1,500,000FCFA. How much did he take home if he sold 2,100,000FCFA?
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- What is the future value of a capital of 200,000FCFA compounded at the rate of 10% for 2 years?
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- The length of a rectangle is 2cm more than the width. If the width is 20cm, then the area of the rectangle is ;
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17. From a credit balance of 350,000FCFA, a domiciled bill of 300,000FCFA was paid. The amount left in the account was;
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18. An electronic shop owner bought a television set for 60,000FCFA and later sold it for 75,000FCFA. His make-up on sales is;
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19. A businessman bought goods worth £10,000 and was granted a 10% discount. If £1=900FCFA, how much did he pay in FCFA?
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20. In a class of 50 students, their ages were recorded as shown in the table below:
The modal age of this class is;
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21. A card is chosen at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. The probability of it being a queen is;
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22. A damaged car was sold by Mr. NGANG at a less of 12% of the cost price. If he bought the car for 2,000,000FCFA, he finally sold the car for;
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23. To share 24,000FCFA to four students inversely proportional to the ratio 3: 10: 5: 6. The third student will receive;
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24. A bill of 350,000FCFA had the following: Discount: 12,000FCFA
Endorsement commission: 1,200FCFA
Service commission: 2,100.
Calculate the net amount.
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25. A man had 150,000FCFA to be shared between his two sons. The first son had twice as much money as the second son. How much did the second son receive?
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26. A transport agency bought a bus in Europe for €10,000, paid 1,000,000FCFA for shipment and 200,000FCFA for custom duties. What is the cost of the bus in FCFA if €1=650FCFA?
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27. Mr. EKO invested a certain capital C, in UBA bank at the rate of 5% for 8 months and obtained an interest of 12,500FCFA. What is the value of C?
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28. If there are 11 palm trees, each 10m from the other on a straight line, the distance from the first palm tree to the last palm tree is;
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29. An agent received a commission of 190,000FCFA for sales above 5,000,000FCFA. If he sold goods worth 8,800,000FCFA, the rate of commission was;
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30. A farmland is partitioned as follows:
What is the angle of sector for cassava?
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31. A man covered a distance of 90km in 1 hour 30 minutes. Calculate his speed.
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32. A trader bought goods priced at100,000FCFA. If he was given a trade discount of 10% and a cash discount of 2%, what is the cost of the goods if he paid 2,000FCFA for transport?
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33. AMBE bought goods for 2,000,000FCFA and was granted a rebate of 50,000FCFA and trade discount of 4%. How much did he end up paying?
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34. The proportional mean of 12 and 3 is;
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35. An end-of-year bonus of 370,000FCFA was shared amongst JOAN, JOHN and JANE inversely proportional to their errors of 5, 6 and 4. JANE received;
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36. The formula for the capacity of a cylindrical can is;
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37. A bill of 181,800FCFA having 60 days to run, was discounted with the following results:
Discount: 1,000FCFA
Endorsement commission: 500FCFA
Manipulation commission: 300.
The real rate of discount was;
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38. The probability of choosing a vowel from the subject BUSINESS MATHEMATICS is;
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39. What is the capital that will yield a compound interest of 21,000FCFA after 2 years at the rate of 10%?
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40. A man took 1,000,000FCFA to Nigeria and spent ₦200,000. If ₦1=4FCFA, how much did he bring back in FCFA?
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41. 22% of a certain capital is 1,100FCFA. What is the total capital?
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42. The deed of partnership stipulates that from the profit realized, a reserve of 5% is kept, 50,000FCFA is given to the manager and the rest of the profit shared to partners. How much was shared from a profit of 600,000FCFA?
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43. NZELLE worked for 48 hours where the normal hours of work is 40 hours. How much did he receive if overtime was paid at 120% for an hourly rate of 2,000FCFA?
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44. The sum of two capitals is 100,000FCFA and their difference is 20,000FCFA. The value of the bigger capital is;
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45. A reciprocal current account means that;
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46. A volleyball court measures 18m by 6m. The perimeter is;
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47. The range of the following averages; 6, 12, 9, 16, 18 and 13 is;
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48. The net cost factor of an article sold at 20% and 10% less the marked price is;
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49. What is the duration in days of a capital of 150,000FCFA invested at the rate of 9% simple interest whose interest is 1,500FCFA?
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50. In a class of 9 boys and twelve girls, two students are sent out of the class on after the other. The probability that one is a boy and the other a girl is;
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