KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

EDUCATION & TRAINING QUALITY AUTHORITY

Directorate of National Examinations

Grade 12 National Examinations

Mathematical Skills

Duration: 120 minutes

Read the following instructions:

Answer all the questions on the answer sheet.

Read the instructions on the answer sheet.

Use pencil only.

The use of dictionaries is NOT permitted during the exam.

You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.

At the end of the test, hand in your answer sheet.

Additional materials: Ruler and eraser. Students are

permitted to use calculators.

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1. The absences of employees at a factory were counted during a week. Examiner's
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It was found that the number of absent employees on Sunday was twice
the number of absent employees on Monday, the number of absent
empl oyees on Tues day was hal f the number of abs ent
employees on Wednesday, the number of absent employees on
Wednesday was half the number of absent employees on Monday, and
the number of absent employees on Thursday was the same as the
number of absent employees on Sunday.

Which day had the least number of employees absent?

A Sunday
B Monday
C Tuesday
D Wednesday

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2 During a weather forecast, the weatherman compared the mean Examiner's
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temperatures for the month of August in five previous years. He stated
that t h e m e a n temperature in 2 0 0 4 w a s l e s s t h a n t h e m e a n
temperature in 2006, but higher than the mean temperature in 2008 and
equal to the mean temperature in 2000, and that the lowest mean
temperature was in 2002.

Which one of the following charts could represent the mean

temperatures for the five years?

A B

C D

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3. Sami works in a motor car showroom as a part- t i m e job, where Examiner's
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he gets an incentive of BD 7 for a two-hour period of work per day.
On days when he does not work, he goes out with his friends and
spends out of his earnings from his work in the showroom an
amount of BD 5.

What is the minimum number of hours that Sami worked to save

exactly BD 50?

A 10
B 20
C 25
D 30

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4. The teacher put a square table next to a shaded circle drawn on the Examiner's
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floor, then she divided the table surface into nine squares and
numbered the squares as follows:

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Then she placed equal-sized cubes on top of the numbered squares

on the table as follows:

 Two cubes on square number 8.

 Three cubes on square number 2.
 One cube on square number 6.
 Four cubes on square number 1.

The teacher asked Shahad, a student, to stand on the shaded circle

facing the boxes and then asked her to draw the perspective she saw.

Which one of the following diagrams represents the perspective that

Shahad drew?

A B C D

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5. The image below shows some writing implements that are on a desk.

Which one of the following images is the correct reflection of

this image if you put a plane mirror to the right?

A B

C D

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6 The following table shows the rates for shipping packages via express Examiner's
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mail:

Express Mail Shipping

Country Weight (kg) Rate (BD)

First 0.5 kg 4.5
GCC countries
Every additional 0.5 kg 1
First 0.5 kg 5
Other Arab countries
Every additional 0.5 kg 1
Europe – India – Sri First 0.5 kg 5
Lanka – Pakistan –
Every additional 0.5 kg 2
Southeast Asia
Canada – North First 0.5 kg 7
America – South
Every additional 0.5 kg 2
America

A person wants to send two packages: one weighing 2.5 kg, to

Kuwait, and one weighing 3 kg, to India.

What will be the total cost for sending the two packages?

A BD 9.5
B BD 12.5
C BD 23.5
D BD 26.5

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7. Khalid is a 6th grade student at Al-Fateh Primary School. His marks in Examiner's
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his subjects at the end of the first and second semester of the academic
year 2013/2014 were as follows:

Subject Arabic English Mathematics Science

First semester 79 75 …. ….
Second semester 74 70 78 78

His marks average at the end of the second semester was 5 marks less
than his marks average at the end of the first semester, and, at the end
of the first semester, his marks in mathematics were 6 marks higher than
his marks in science.

What was the mark achieved by Khalid in science at the end of the first
semester?

A 60
B 70
C 80
D 83

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8. The figure below shows Osama’s local skateboard track. On one occasion, Examiner's
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just before setting off from the starting point, Osama dropped his skateboard,
and it went down the track without him. The points W, X, Y and Z represent
the skateboard at different heights on the track.

Which of the following graphs represents the skateboard’s speed at

the different heights?
A B

C D

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9 The following chart represents the marks achieved by Nader in Examiner's
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midterm exams of the first semester for five subjects:

Which of the following tables could represent Nader's marks in the five
subjects?

Subject History Physics English Mathematics Arabic

A
Mark 16 8 14 19 13

Subject History Physics English Mathematics Arabic

B
Mark 14 6 13 16 8

Subject History Physics English Mathematics Arabic

C
Mark 14 7 13 20 10

Subject History Physics English Mathematics Arabic

D
Mark 14 7 16 20 9

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10 An architect designed a building with the following specifications: Examiner's
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 The building consists of a basement, a ground floor, and 10

higher storeys.
 The height of the basement is 10 m.
 Starting from the ground floor, every 3 consecutive storeys have
the same height as each other.
 The height of each subsequent group of 3 storeys is 0.4 m less
than the group beneath.
 The height of the tenth storey is 3.2 m.

How high above the basement floor is the floor of the sixth storey?

A 23.2
B 25.2
C 34.4
D 35.2

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11 In the second semester of the academic year 2014/2015, students of Al- Examiner's
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Naser Primary School achieved the percentages represented in the
chart below in mathematics.

In the second semester of the academic year 2015/2016, pass rates in

mathematics increased from 2014/2015 and the percentage of students
who achieved good was 25%.

Which one of the following charts could represent the percentages

achieved by students in mathematics in the second semester of the
academic year 2015/2016?
A B

C D

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12 Shaima has BD 330 to spend. She has gone to a home appliances store Examiner's
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to buy some home appliances. She has decided to buy a TV costing BD
120, but is subject to a 20% discount, and a refrigerator for
BD 165, which the salesman says he will reduce by BD 25. Shaima also
wants to buy a washing machine, and she has found the following prices:

Washing Size
machine type Small Medium Large
Twin tub BD 57 BD 77 BD 102
Top loading BD 85 BD 99 BD 153
Front loading BD 120 BD 173 BD 200

Which washing machine will Shaima buy with as much as possible of

the remaining money she has with her?

A Large top loading

B Small twin tub
C Medium twin tub
D Small top loading

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13. Huda opened her money box in which she saves money from her Examiner's
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daily allowance. She found 85 coins, comprising 100 fils, 50 fils and 25
fils. coins. She found that the number of 100 fils coins was five
coins more than the number of 50 fils coins and the total amount was
BD 4.

Which of the following could explain the coins’ distribution inside the
money box?

A 30 coins of 100 fils, 25 coins of 50 fils and 30 coins of 25 fils

B 21 coins of 100 fils, 12 coins of 50 fils and 52 coins of 25 fils
C 20 coins of 100 fils, 15 coins of 50 fils and 50 coins of 25 fils
D 25 coins of 100 fils, 20 coins of 50 fils and 20 coins of 25 fils

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14 Yousif folded a rectangular-shaped piece of paper in the direction shown Examiner's
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by the arrows below in figure 1, and then he cut off the shaded part as
in figure 2.

Figure 2

Figure 1

Which shape is Yousif going to get when he opens the folded piece of
paper?
A B

C D

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15 Fatima wants to travel from Jeddah to Colombo. She asked her son to Examiner's
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provide her with departure times from Jeddah (JED) to Colombo (CMB)
via Dubai (DXB). He missed recording the details of some flights for an
airline company as shown in the following table:

Departure Arrival time Departure Arrival time

Itinerary time from at time from at
JED DXB DXB CMB
I 01:00 07:45 13:30
J 20:30 00:10* 03:30 09:15*
K 11:55 15:35 00:55*
L 21:15 00:45 06:30*

 Durations of all flights from Jeddah to Dubai are the same.

 Durations of all flights from Dubai to Colombo are the same.
 The symbol (*) indicates a time that is on the day after the
departure from Jeddah.

Which itinerary should Fatima select to give her the shortest waiting
time in Dubai?

A Itinerary I
B Itinerary J
C Itinerary K
D Itinerary L

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16 Yousif is going to the UK for his holidays. He wants to hire a car for 10
days. He knows that he will drive at least 600 miles. He has seen these
two adverts on the internet for the same model of car.
Zaid bought 20 pieces of clothing from three items that have offers and
paid BD 77. For
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Golden Car Best Cars

 GBP 80 each day  GBP 36 each day
 No mileage charge + GBP 0.15 per mile
 Price includes tax  Price excludes tax
 Special offer: 35% off  Value added tax 20%

If Yousif chooses one of these two companies, what is the least

amount that he will pay to hire the car he wants?

A 280
B 450
C 520
D 540

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17 Jassim joined a weight loss program which lasted for 5 days. Examiner's
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He paid BD 7 for the first day and paid BD 5 each for the next two
days. Further, he paid BD 4 for the fourth day. He paid nothing on the
fifth day. Nobody was allowed to join after the first day or rejoin after
missing a day, but at least one person dropped out after each of the
first four days.

Which one of the following charts represents the average cost per day
of the program depending on how many days a person took part?

A B

C D

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18 At the beginning of break period, a display refrigerator at a school Examiner's
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cafeteria had 42 sandwiches, distributed as follows:
13 chicken burger sandwiches, each at a price of 300 fils
14 cheese sandwiches, each at a price of 300 fils
15 egg sandwiches, each at a price of 250 fils

At the end of break period, the total income from selling sandwiches
was BD 6.100, BD 2.100 of which from the sale of cheese
sandwiches.

Which one of the following additional pieces of information would be

sufficient by itself to find the number of remaining sandwiches of each
kind?

A Total price of remaining sandwiches in the refrigerator

B Number of remaining sandwiches in the refrigerator
C Total price of sandwiches available for sale at the beginning of
break period
D Number of remaining cheese sandwiches in the refrigerator

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19 Salman wrote down the quantities of fish he had for sale, the cost and Examiner's
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the selling price for each type, as follows:

Quantity Cost Selling price

Type of fish
(kg) (BD/kg) (BD/kg)
Safi 80 2.000 3.000
Shary 60 2.400 3.500
Hamour 30 5.000 7.000

When half the original quantity remained for each type of fish, Salman
applied a 500 fils discount to the lowest priced type and a 10%
discount to the other two types.

At 2:00 pm, Salman had 33 kg of Safi, 27 kg of Shary and 14 kg of

Hamour remaining. At 4:15 pm, all the fish were sold out.

How much profit did Salman earn from the fish that he sold between
2:00 pm and 4:15 pm?

A BD 35.750
B BD 54.950
C BD 165.000
D BD 255.750

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20 Waseem is a cake supplier. He got an order to supply 26 large cakes Examiner's
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and 800 cupcakes for a birthday party. However, he faced certain
challenges. The kitchen was available only for 3 hours. Per hour, each
chef could make either 2 large cakes or 35 cupcakes.

He hired the minimum number of chefs needed to prepare the order.

How many chefs did he hire?

A 11
B 12
C 13
D 36

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21 Ahmad's car consumes between 20 and 28 litres of gas to travel Examiner's
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80 km, and its gas tank maximum capacity is 110 litres.

Ahmad has stopped to fill up the gas tank at a gas station that is
2350 km away from a friend’s home, which he wants to visit. However,
the fuel gauge in his car is broken, but he knows that the distance
between each gas station and the next one is 25 km.

What is the least number of additional stations that Ahmad will have to
stop at and fill up the gas tank to make sure he gets to his friend's
home?

A 5
B 6
C 7
D 8

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22 Yousif uses a package from one of the telecommunications companies Examiner's
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on phone calls, and the details of his package are as follows:

 Monthly fee BD 5
 First 200 local minutes (same carrier) free
 Additional local minutes (same carrier) 20 fils/min
 Local minutes (other carriers) 25 fils/min

Yousif was surprised that the amount due on his March bill was BD
10.000, which was not consistent with his package, because he made
local calls of 625 minutes, 75 of which were to other carriers.

Which of the following changes to his package details explains his bill
of BD 10.000?

A Increasing the rate of local minutes to other carriers by 15 fils

B Unifying the rate of additional local minutes to the same carrier

and to other carriers at 10 fils/min
C Reducing the rate of additional local minutes to the same carrier
by 15 fils and increasing it to other carriers by 5 fils
D Reducing the rate of additional local minutes to the same carrier
by 10 fils and to other carriers by 5 fils

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23 Hanan has found a recipe that makes a cake for 24 people. The table Examiner's
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below shows the ingredients and quantities required, together with the
cost.

Ingredient Quantity required Cost

Golden sugar 1.2 kg GBP 1.50 per kilogram bag
Flour 1.4 kg GBP 1.20 per kilogram bag
Eggs 20 GBP 2.70 per box of 12
Milk 160 ml GBP 0.90 per litre bottle
Vanilla 30 ml GBP 1.20 per 50 ml bottle

She wants to bake a cake like this one, big enough for the 36 people
that will be at her party. She has none of these ingredients in her
cupboard and can only buy them in the amounts shown in the cost
column in the table above.

How much will she have to pay to buy the ingredients she needs for the
cake she wants to bake?

A GBP 11.25
B GBP 15.60
C GBP 16.80
D GBP 18.30

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24 A company has a car park with 521 m2 of parking space, in addition to Examiner's
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space for the vehicles to move in the car park. The vehicles that park in
the car park are of different sizes, as described in the following table:

Space needed
Size
(m2)
Small car 7
Mid-size car 16
Bus 23

Today the whole of the parking space is occupied.

There are 40 small cars in the car park today. How many other
vehicles (mid-size cars and buses) are there?

A 11
B 12
C 13
D 26

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25 Ibrahim works for a courier company. He had to deliver 5 parcels. His Examiner's
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motorcycle covers 45 km per 3 litres of fuel. The motorcycle tank has a
capacity of 12 litres of fuel and was full when he started out.

The fuel consumed for the delivery of the first parcel was one quarter
of the tank capacity. For the second and third parcels together he
consumed half of the remaining fuel.

He recognized that the fuel left in the tank after delivering the third
parcel was only three fifths of what he needed to deliver the last two
parcels. He added what he needed and finished his deliveries.

How far did Ibrahim travel to deliver the 5 parcels?

A 180 km
B 210 km
C 225 km
D 270 km

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26 Mariam went to a party. She made a note of what people were Examiner's
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wearing, as shown in the table below.

Trousers or skirt Shoe colour Gender

Trousers 35 Black 14 Male 22
Skirt 11 Brown 19 Female 24
White 13

 No males wore a skirt.

 5 females wore skirts and white shoes.
 8 females wore black shoes.
 10 males wore brown shoes.
 5 females wore trousers and black shoes.

Mariam wore trousers and white shoes. How many other girls wore
trousers and white shoes?

A 1
B 2
C 7
D 8

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27 The table below shows the pass rates in five intermediate schools in Examiner's
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one of Bahrain's governorates at the end of the year 2012/2013.

School Al-Ethad Al-Huda Al-Abtal Al-Amal Al-Shurooq

Pass rate 75% 90% 80% 95% 85%

At the end of the year 2013/2014, the results of the same schools were
recorded. It was found that Al-Abtal school had the lowest fail rate and
Al-Shurooq school had the lowest pass rate. Al-Amal school maintained
the same pass rate as in 2012/2013, and Al-Ethad school’s pass rate
was 5% higher than Al-Huda school, whose pass rate declined from the
previous year by 10%.

Which one of the following charts could represent fail rates in both
academic years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014?
A B

C D

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28 Happy Family restaurant offers hot lunch meals. In the summer Examiner's
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vacation, it offered the following meals to its customers:

 Chicken plate, rice and soda at a price of BD 2.500

 Beef plate, fries and soda at a price of BD 2.500
 Chicken plate, fries and small salad at a price of BD 2.200
 Beef plate, rice and small salad at a price of BD 2.800

The restaurant also sells a large salad for BD 0.900 and a cup of juice
for BD 0.800.

Rashid decided to invite his friends Jasim, Osama and Ibrahim for lunch
at Happy Family restaurant. Rashid wanted a chicken plate, rice, a
large salad and a cup of juice, and Jasim wanted a beef plate, fries, a
small salad and a soda, while Osama wanted the same as Rashid and
Ibrahim wanted the same as Jasim.

By ordering carefully, Rashid paid the minimum possible, which was BD

14.750.

How much did the restaurant charge for the service?

A BD 1.350
B BD 2.950
C BD 3.150
D BD 4.750

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29 Sameer and his friends agreed to divide themselves into one-player Examiner's
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teams to play a PlayStation soccer game; each team plays one match
only against each of the other teams.

They also agreed to award points as follows:

Result Win Draw with goals Draw without goals Loss

Points 3 2 1 0

After all the matches ended, Sameer’s team had 10 points without
losing any matches.

Which one of the additional pieces of information is sufficient by itself

to find with certainty the number of teams participating in the
tournament?

A Number of Sameer's team’s wins = 2

B Number of Sameer's team’s wins + number of Sameer's team’s

draws with goals = 5
C Number of Sameer's team’s draws with goals = 3

D Number of Sameer's team’s draws with goals = number of

Sameer's team’s wins

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30 Amal left a bowl of toffees on the dining table intending them to be shared Examiner's
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out equally between her three daughters, Rawan, Abeer and Fatima.

Rawan arrived home first, and she ate her share, and then left again.
Abeer arrived home next. She thought she was the first one home, so
she ate what she thought was her fair share, before she too left again.
Finally, Fatima arrived home. She also thought she was the first one
home and ate what she thought was her fair share.

Later, they realized what had happened, and Amal distributed the
remaining 8 toffees fairly.

How many toffees did Amal give to Fatima?

A 3
B 4
C 5
D 6

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