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April 2012
MATHEMATICS 1
Objective Test
1 hour

1.
A. {2}
B. {3}
C. {4}
D. {5}

2. Which of the following numbers is an integer?

A.

B.
C. 0.5
D. 1

3. Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 22× 3 × 52 and 23 × 32 × 5

A. 22 × 3 × 5
B. 22 × 33 × 52
C. 23 × 3 × 5
D. 23 × 32 × 52

4. How many diagonals are in a rectangle?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

5. Simplify 4 (3 5) + 10 3 (7 + 4) + 30
A. -1
B. 15
C. 56
D. 65

6. An iron rod 15 m long is divided into 12 equal parts. How long is each part?
A. 0.80 m
B. 1.25 m
C. 1.50 m
D. 3.00 m
7. Convert 42 to a base two numeral.
A. 1001010two
B. 1010010two
C. 1010100two
D. 101010two

8. Simplify
A. 57
B. 58
C. 59
D. 513

9. A tank contains 400 litres of water. If 100 litres is used, what percentage is left?
A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 75%

10. A

3 cm

B C
4 cm
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle. Find the length of AC.

A. 1 cm
B. 5 cm
C. 7 cm
D. 12 cm

11. Arrange the following fractions in descending order of magnitude:

A.

B.

C.

D.

12. Find the image of 3 under the mapping, x 2x

A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
 D. 16

13. Simplify
A.

B.

C.

D.

14. If 2x = 5(x 2) + 7, find the value of x

A.
B. 1
C. 1
D.

The table below shows the day and night temperatures of a town during a week.
Use it to answer Questions 15 and 16

Week day Temperatures (°C)

Day Night
Monday 33 24
Tuesday 29 25
Wednesday 32 23
Thursday 34 26
Friday 32 24
Saturday 30 24
Sunday 30 25

15. Find, correct to one decimal place, the average day temperature for the week
A. 24.4 °C
B. 30.2 °C
C. 31.4 °C
D. 32.2 °C

16. On which day was the change in temperature the least?

A. Monday
B. Saturday
C. Sunday
D. Tuesday

17. A box contains 30 identical balls of which 16 are white and the rest yellow. If a girl picks a ball at
random from the box, what is the probability that it is a yellow ball?
A.

B.
 C.

D.

18. Find the truth set of 1

A. {x: x 3}
B. {x: x 1}
C. {x: x
D. {x: x

19. The perimeter of the figure below is 71 cm. Find the diameter of the semi-circular portion.

25 cm

24 cm

NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

A. 1.0 cm
B. 3.5 cm
C. 7.0 cm
D. 14.0 cm

20. Simplify
A.

B.

C.

D.

21.
A. 4.8 kg
B. 5.0 kg
C. 6.0 kg
D. 7.2 kg

22. Find the volume of a cylinder of height 3 cm and radius 2 cm.

3
A.
3
B.
3
C.
3
D.

23. Given the points S(5, -2) and T(3, 2), calculate the gradient of the line ST.
A. -2
 B. -

C.
D. 2

24. Kofi invested GH¢ 150,000 at 2.5% per annum simple interest. How long will it take this amount to
yield an interest of GH¢11,250.00?
A. 2 years
B. 3 years
C. 4 years
D. 5 years

25. Express 3.75 as a mixed fraction.

A.

B.

C.

D.

26. A map is drawn to the scale 1:100,000. What distance in kilometres is represented by 5 cm on the
map?
A. 0.5 km
B. 5.0 km
C. 50.0 km
D. 500.0 km

27. Given that r = and s = , find r 2s

A.

B.

C.

D.

28. Esi went to the market and bought 500 g of meat, 850 g of fish and 900 g of eggs. What is the total
weight of the items she bought in kilograms?
A. 2.20 kg
B. 2.25 kg
C. 2.35 kg
D. 22.50 kg

29. A watch gains minutes per hour. What is the total time gained from 12 noon to 12 midnight in a
day?
A. 9 minutes
B. 15 minutes
 C. 18 minutes
D. 36 minutes

30. A printing machine prints 600 books in 3 hours. How many books will the machine print in 5 hours?
A. 360 books
B. 1000 books
C. 1800 books
D. 3000 books

31. The bearing of Atoru from Busase is 275°. What is the bearing of Busase from Atoru?
A. 180°
B. 175°
C. 095°
D. 075°

32. In a class of 24 pupils, 10 study French only and 8 study English only. If each pupil studies at least
one of the two subjects, how many study English?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18

33. Convert 84 to a base five numeral.

A. 4130five
B. 3014five
C. 314five
D. 114five

34. In the diagrams below, triangle A1B1C1 is an enlargement of triangle ABC. Determine the scale
factor.
A1

8 cm
4 cm

B C B1
3 cm 6 cm C1

NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

A. 0.50
B. 0.75
C. 2.00
D. 4.00

35. Find the least number that must be added to 308 to make it divisible by 19.
A. 4
B. 7
 C. 15
D. 18

36. In a school of 940 pupils, the number of girls exceeds the number of boys by 150. How many girls
are there in the school?
A. 620
B. 545
C. 470
D. 395

37. Which of the following fractions is equivalent to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

In the diagram below, line PQ is parallel to RS and UV is a line drawn through PQ and RS.
Use the diagram to answer Questions 38 and 39.
V

P a
Q
b

35°
R c
S

U
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE

38. Find angle a.

A. 35°
B. 55°
C. 135°
D. 145°

39. Angle b and angle c are

A. alternate angles
B. vertically opposite angles
C. corresponding angles
D. interior opposite angles

40. Expand x(3 2x)

A. 2x2 3x
 B. 2x2 3x
C. 2x2 + 3x
D. 2x2 + 3x

April 2012
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. A. {2}

2. D. 1

3. D. 23 × 32 × 52

4. B. 2

5. B. 15

6. B. 1.25 m

7. D. 101010two

8. C. 59

9. D. 75%

10. B. 5 cm

11. B.

12. A. 4

13. D.

14. C. 1

15. C. 31.4 °C

16. D. Tuesday

17. B.

18. C. {x: x
19. D. 14.0 cm

20. C.

21. B. 5.0 kg
3
22. B.

23. A. - 2

24. B. 3 years

25. D.

26. B. 5.0 km

27. B.

28. B. 2.25 kg

29. C. 18 minutes

30. B. 1000 books

31. C. 095°

32. B. 14

33. C. 314five

34. C. 2.00

35. C. 15

36. B. 545

37. B.

38. D. 145°

39. C. corresponding angles

40. B. 2x2 3x
April 2012
MATHEMATICS 2
Essay
1 hour

1. (a) Evaluate , leaving the answer in standard form.

(b) An amount of GH¢4,200.00 was shared between Aba and Kwame. If Aba had of the
amount,
(i) how much did Kwame receive?
(ii) what percen

(c) Find the value of x in the diagram below.

4x 30
x + 10
2x + 30

2. (a) A car consumes a gallon of petrol for every 30 km drive. The driver of the car set out on a
journey of 420 km with 10 gallons of petrol in the fuel tank.
(i) How many more gallons of petrol will be needed to complete the journey?
(ii) Find the cost of the petrol used for the journey of 420 km if a gallon of petrol costs
GH¢5.50

(b) The average number of spectators at a football competition for the first five days was 3,144.
The attendance on the sixth day was 3,990. Find the
(i) The total attendance on the first five days
(i) The average attendance for the 6 days

(c) The area enclosed by a square garden is 121 m2. What is the distance around the garden?
3. (a) The table below shows the number of students who scored more than 80% in the listed
subjects
Subject Number of students

Biology 26

Physics 30

Chemistry 32

French 38

Geography 24

History 30

(i) Draw a pie chart for the distribution

(ii) What is the probability that a student chosen at random from the distribution offers
Chemistry?

(b) A woman bought 210 oranges for GH¢7.50. She sold all of them at 3 for 15 Gp. Find the
(i) total selling price of the oranges
(ii) percentage profit

4. The marks scored by some students in a Mathematics test are as follows:

3 3 5 6 3 4 7 8 3 4
5 4 7 4 3 7 4 6 4 8
4 5 6 3 8 4 5 6 4 5

(a) Construct a frequency distribution table for the scores.

(b) Using the table, find for the distribution, the

(i) mode;
(ii) mean, correct to one decimal place
(iii) median

5. (a) (i) Find the least Common Multiple (L.C.M.) of 9, 18 and 16.
(ii) Arrange in ascending order of magnitude

(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(i) construct a triangle PQR with length PQ = 10 cm, angles QPR = 45° and PQR = 60°.
(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisectors of PR and RQ to meet at T.
(iii) Measure the length of TP.
6. (a) (i) Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes Ox and Oy
on a graph sheet.
(ii) Mark on the same graph sheet, the x-axis from -5 to 5 and y-axis from -6 to 6.
(iii) Plot the points P(4, 2), Q(2, 5) and R(2, 2). Join the points P, Q, R to form a triangle
PQR
(iv) Using the x-axis as a mirror line, draw the image P1Q1R1 of the triangle PQR such that
P P1, Q Q1, R R1
(v) Write down the coordinates of P1, Q1 and R1.
(vi) Translate triangle PQR by the vector such that P P2, Q Q2, R R2
(vii) Label the vertices of triangle P2Q2R2
April 2012
MATHEMATICS 2
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. (a)

Method 1 (Converting to common fractions)

NB:

Eg,
= (0.035 × 1.02) ÷ 0.00015
35 102 15
=
1000 100 100000
35 102 100000
=
1000 100 15
35 102
=
15
7 34
=
1
= 238 = 2.38 × 102

1. (a)

Method 2 (Converting to whole numbers)

Multiplying both numerator and denominator by 100000
(to convert to whole numbers)
NB
0.035 1.02 100000 Multiplying by 100,000 shifts the
0.00015 100000 decimal point 5 places to the right
(in both numerator and
denominator)
 35 102
=
15
7 34
=
1
= 238
= 2.38 × 102

1. (b) (i) Method 1

= of the amount,
NB:
5
= GHc 4,200
7 to give 600
= 5 × GHc 600
= GHc 3,000

Therefore share = GHc 4,200 GHc 3,000

= GHc 1,200

(i) Method 2
7 5 2
=
7 7 7
2
Therefore share = GHc 4,200
7
= 2 × GHc 600
= GHc 1,200

(ii)
Kwame' s share
= 100%
Aba' s share
1200
= 100%
3000
= 40%

1.(c) (4x 30°) + (2x + 30°) + (x +10°) = 360° NB:

4x + 2x + x 30° + 30° + 10° = 360° One complete revolution
7x + 10° = 360° (circle) = 360°
7x = 360° - 10°
7x = 350°
7x 350o
=
7 7
x = 50°
2. (a) (i) Let g = no. of gallons needed for the entire journey

Approach 1 (Equivalent Fractions)

Petrol
Distance (km)
(Gallon)
30 1
The entire journey 420 g

30 1
From the table above, 420 g

Cross multiplying, we have 30 g 1 420

30g 1 420
30 30
g 14
Amount needed for the entire journey = 14 gallons
He already has 10 gallons; therefore he needs 4 gallons more

2. (a) (i)
Approach 2 (The rule:
If 30 km 1
Then 420 km ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 30) divides; we have
420
1 = 14
30
Amount needed for the entire journey = 14 gallons
He already has 10 gallons, therefore he needs 4 gallons more

2. (a) (i)
Approach 3 (Equivalent ratios)
30 : 1 = 420 : g
30 420
1 g
30 x g = 420 x 1
 30 g 420 1
30 30
g 14
Amount needed for the entire journey = 14 gallons
He already has 10 gallons, therefore he needs 4 gallons more

2. (a) (ii) Let THE COST OF PETROL USED FOR THE JOURNEY = c

Approach 1 (Common Logic)

If 1 gallon GHc 5.50
Then 14 gallons 14 × GHc 5.50 = GHc 77.00

Approach 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Petrol
Cost (GHc)
(gallons)
1 5.50
The entire journey 14 c

1 5.50
From the table above, 14 c
Cross multiplying, we have 1 c 5.50 14
c 77
Cost of petrol needed for the journey = GHc 77.00

2. (b) (i) Total attendance on first five days =5 × average attendance

= 5 × 3144
= 15720 spectators

Total attendance for the 6 days

(ii) Average attendance for the 6 days =
No. of days
15720 3990
=
6
19710
=
6
= 3285 spectators
 2. (c)
121 m2

Area of the square = 121m2

L × L = 121m2
L2 = 121m2

L = 121m 2
L = 11 m

11m

11m 121 m2 11m

11m

The distance around the garden (perimeter) = 4 × 11 m

= 44 m

3. (a) (i)
No. of
Subject Angle of sector
students

26 o o
Biology 26 360 52
180

30 o o
Physics 30 180
360 60

32 o o
Chemistry 32 180
360 64

38 o o
French 38 180 360 76

24 o o
Geography 24 180
360 48

30 o o
History 30 180 360 48

TOTAL 180 360°

 Pie chart showing the number of students who scored more than 80% in the listed subjects

No. of students who offer Chemistry

3 (a) (ii) Probability =
Total no.
32
=
180
8
=
45

Approach 2 (using angle of sector)

Angle for Chemistry
Probability =
Total Angle.

64o
=
360o
8
=
45

3 (b) (i)
Approach 1 (Unitary Approach the value of one item)
If 3 oranges sell for 15 Gp,
15
then 1 orange sells for 5 Gp
3
hence, 210 oranges would sell for 210 × 5 Gp
= 1050 Gp = GHc 10.50
 Approach 2 (Equivalent Fractions)
No. of
SP (in Gp)
oranges
3 15
210 y
3 15
From the table above, 210 y

Cross multiplying, we have 3 y 15 210

3y 15 210
3 3
y 5 210
y = 1050 Gp
= GHc 10.50

Approach 3 (The rule:

If 3 15 Gp
Then 210 ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 4) divides; we have
210
15 Gp 70 15 Gp
3
= 1050 Gp = GHc 10.50

Approach 4 (Equivalent ratios)

3 : 15 = 210 : y
3y 15 210
3 3

= 1050 Gp = GHc 10.50

3. (b) (ii) Profit = Total SP Total CP

= GHc 10.50 GHc 7.50
= GHc 3.00

Profit
Percentage Profit = 100%
CP
 3
= 100%
7.50
300 3000
= % %
7.50 75
= 40%

4. (a) Frequency distribution table

Mark Frequency
Tally
(x) (f)

3 6

4 9

5 5

6 4

7 3

8 3

4. (b) (i) Mode = The mark with the highest frequency = 4

(ii) Mean
Mark Frequency
Tally
(x) (f) fx
3 6 18

4 9 36

5 5 25

6 4 24

7 3 21

8 3 24

f = 30 fx = 148
 f x 148
The mean mark = =
f 30

Mean = 4.9 (correct to 1 d.p.)

4.(b) (iii) Median

Approach1
Listing all the given marks in ascending order, we have
3,3,3,3,3,3, 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4, 4, 5, 5,5,55, 6,6,6,6, 7,7,7, 8,8,8

The middle marks are 4 and 5

4 5 9
The median = = = 4.5 or 4
2 2

Approach 2
The median
= the mark at the ½
the ½ (30+1)th position
= ½ (31) = 15½th position
The mark at the 15½th position
= the average of the marks at the 15th and 16th positions
4 5 9
= = = 4.5 or 4
2 2

5. (a) (i) LCM of 9, 18 and 16

Approach 1 (Successive division by prime factors)

2 9 18 16 NB
2 9 9 8 2 cannot )9
without a remainder, therefore, 9
2 9 9 4 is repeated.
2 9 9 2 = 9,
= 8
3 9 9 1
3 3 3 1 The process is repeated till we
1 1 1 obtain 1 for all.
 The LCM = 2×2×2×2×3×3
= 16 × 9 = 144

(a) (i) Approach 2 (Listing multiples)

9 = {9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99, 108, 117, 126, 135, 144
18 = {18, 36, 54, 72, 90, 108, 126, 144
16 = {16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144

Hence the Least Common Multiple (LCM) = 144

5. (a) (ii) in ascending order of magnitude

8 7 10
= , ,
9 18 16
16(8), 8(7), 9(10)
=
144
128, 56, 90
=
144
7 10 8
Therefore in ascending order, we have , ,
18 16 9

5. (b) (i), (ii)

The length of TP = 5.2 cm (approx.)

6. (a)
Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)

Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

(a) (iv) Reflecting (x, y) in the x-axis
x x
y y

4 4
OP OP1 , P1 (4, 2)
2 2
 2 2
OQ OQ1 , Q1 (2, 5)
5 5

2 2
OR OC1 , C1 (2, 2)
2 2

Plot and join P1(4, -2), Q1(2, -5) and C1(2, -2) as the image of triangle PQR
under a reflection in the x- axis
(as shown in the diagram above)

(a) (vi) Translating PQR by vector

a
Translating (x, y) by vector
b

x x a
y y b

4 4 1 3
OP OP2 , P2 (3, 1)
2 2 1 1

2 2 1 1
OQ OQ 2 , Q 2 (1, 4)
5 5 1 4

2 2 1 1
OR OR 2 , R 2 (1, 1)
2 2 1 1

Plot and join P2(3, 1), Q2(1, 4) and R2(1, 1) as the image of triangle PQR

1
under a translation by vector
1
April 2011
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour
1. Which of the following is the set of prime factors of 12?
A. {2, 3}
B. {1, 2, 3}
C. {1, 2, 4, 6}
D. {2, 3, 4, 6}

2. Expand 3a (a 4b)
A. 3a 12ab
B. 3a2 12ab
C. 3a2 12b
D. 3a2 12a

3. Express 5 as a percentage of 4
A. 125%
B. 120%
C. 25%
D. 20%

4. Express 2700 as a product of prime numbers.

A. 22 × 32 × 52
B. 2 × 3 3 × 52
C. 22 × 33 × 52
D. 2 × 3 2 × 53

5. The ratio of mangoes to oranges in a basket is 3:2. If there are 36 mangoes, how many oranges are in
the basket?
A. 90
B. 60
C. 24
D. 12

6. Express 0.125 as a fraction in its lowest form.

A.

B.

C.

D.

7. Convert 222five to a number in base ten.

 A. 30
B. 52
C. 60
D. 62

8. If A = {18, 19, 20} and B = {15, 16, 17}, find A B

A. {15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20}
B. {15, 16, 18, 19}
C. {18, 19}
D. {}

9. Simplify 39 ÷ 33
A. 327
B. 312
C. 36
D. 33

10. An article which costs GH¢ 25.00 was sold for GH¢ 35.00. Find the percentage profit made.
A. 10%
B. 28%
C. 40%
D. 70%

11. Factorize completely b2 + fb mb fm

A. (b f ) (b m)
B. (b + f ) (b m)
C. (b + f ) (m b)
D. (b + f ) (m + b)

12. Simplify: -13 (-3) + (-10)

A. -26
B. -20
C. -10
D. -6

13. Find the HCF of 33 × 52 and 32 × 54

A. 32 × 52
B. 33 × 52
C. 32 × 54
D. 35 × 56

14. State the rule for the mapping

x 1 2 3 4

y 15 30 45 60

A. x 15 x
B. x 15 + x
C. x
 D. x 10 + 5x

15. Solve the inequality

A.

B.

C.

D.

16. Find the area of a square, if its perimeter is 28 cm.

A. 784 cm2
B. 196 cm2
C. 49 cm2
D. 14 cm2

17. Simplify:

A.

B.

C.

D.

18. Make n the subject of the relation

A.

B.

C.

D.

19. If , find R when d = 8 and h = 6.

A.

B.

C.

D.

20. Eight copies of a book cost GH¢ 16.00. Find the cost of 5 copies.
 A. GH¢ 2.00
B. GH¢ 3.20
C. GH¢ 5.00
D. GH¢ 10.00

21. Solve the equation

A. -3
B.

C.

D. 3

22. The gradient of the straight line that passes through points A(3,2) and B(4,8) is
A.
B.
C. 2
D. 6

23. A car is travelling at 60 km per hour. How far does it travel in 2 ½ hours?
A. 30 km
B. 60 km
C. 120 km
D. 150 km

24.

A. 38°
B. 52°
C. 58°
D. 64°

25. Given that and . If , find the values of n.

A. 6
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1

26. Find the volume of a cube of side 5 cm.

A. 10 cm3
B. 15 cm3
C. 25 cm3
D. 125 cm3
27. In the diagram below, AB and CD are two intersecting straight lines. Find the value of the angle
marked y.

A. 130°
B. 115°
C. 65°
D. 60°

28. Kwame and Ama shared an amount of money in the ratio 5:4 respectively. If Kwame had GH¢ 9.00,
how much did they share?
A. GH¢ 16.20
B. GH¢ 36.00
C. GH¢ 45.00
D. GH¢ 81.00

29.

The area of the trapezium above is

A. 120 cm2
B. 180 cm2
C. 256 cm2
D. 360 cm2

30. If and , calculate 2r 3s

A.

B.

C.

D.

31. There are 10 red and 15 green balls in a bag. Find the probability of selecting at random a red ball
from the bag.
A.

B.
 C.

D.

The table below gives the distribution of ages of students in a class. Use it to answer Questions 32 34

Ages (years) 13 14 15 16 17

Number of students 3 10 6 7 4

32. How many students are in the class?

A. 20
B. 30
C. 45
D. 75

33. What is the modal age?

A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17

34. If a student is chosen at random from the class, what is the probability that the student is 15 years old?
A.

B.

C.

D.

35. A length of a ribbon is 16.8 m long. How many ribbons 0.36 m long can be cut from it?
A. 0.46
B. 4.60
C. 46
D. 460

36. A refrigerator was sold for GH¢ 200.00 at a loss of 10%. Find the cost price.
A. GH¢ 180.00
B. GH¢ 190.00
C. GH¢ 220.00
D. GH¢ 222.22

37. The diagram below is the net of a

A. cone
B. cuboid
C. rectangular prism
D. pyramid
38. What is the value of 7 in the number 832713?
A. Seven thousand
B. Seven hundred
C. Seventy
D. Seven

39. Write 3560 in standard form.

A. 3.56 × 10-4
B. 3.56 × 10-3
C. 3.56 × 103
D. 3.56 × 104

40. Correct 0.02751 to three decimal places

A. 0.027
B. 0.028
C. 0.03
D. 0.28
April 2011
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. A. {2, 3}

2. B. 3a2 12ab

3. A. 125%

4. C. 22 × 33 × 52

5. C. 24

6. A.

7. D. 62

8. D. {}

9. C. 36

10. C. 40%

11. B. (b + f ) (b m)

12. B. -20

13. A. 32 × 52

14. A. x 15 x

15. C.

16. C. 49 cm2

17. D.

18. C.
19. B.

20. D. GH¢ 10.00

21. D. 3

22. D. 6

23. D. 150 km

24. B. 52°

25. B. 3

26. D. 125 cm3

27. B. 115°

28. A. GH¢ 16.20

29. D. 360 cm2

30. C.

31. B.

32. B. 30

33. A. 14

34. A.

35. C. 46

36. D. GH¢ 222.22

37. D. pyramid

38. B. Seven hundred

39. C. 3.56 × 103

40. B. 0.028
April 2011
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Answer four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) In a school of 255 students, 80 of them study Arabic only and 125 study French only. Each
student studies at least one of the two subjects

(i) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the information

(ii) How many students study

both subjects?
French?

(b) Make h the subject of

(c) A bookseller bought 80 copies of books at GH¢ 3.50 per copy. He sold each of them at GH¢
4.20. Find

(i) the total cost price

(ii) his percentage profit

2. (a) The pie chart below shows the distribution of exercise books to six schools ABCDE and F in
a town. School D was given 8000 exercise books.
 (i) How many exercise books were given to each of the rest of the schools?

(ii) What is the average number of exercise books given to the schools?

(iii) How many schools had less than the average number of exercise books?

(b) Solve the inequality below and illustrate the answer on the number line

1 1 1
x 1 x (2 x)
3 2 4

3. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct

(i)

(ii) the bisector of angle ACB to meet AB at T

(b) Measure

(i)
(ii) angle CTB.

(c) A boy spent of his money and had GH¢ 15.00 left. How much did he have?

4. (a) The perimeter of a rectangular plot of land whose length is (2x+5) m and width (x 10) is 80
m. Find the

(i) value of x;
(ii) area of the plot;
(iii) cost of weeding the plot at GH¢ 0.24 per m2.
 (b) Find the value of x and w in the
diagram below if

-3 4
5. (a) Given that a and b , calculate
3 -6

(i) a + 2b;
(ii) 1
2 (2a - b)

(b) The number of pupils in a primary school is given in the table below:

Class One Two Three Four Five Six

Number of pupils 24 35 35 20 21 45

(i) Find the number of pupils in the school

(ii) What is the mean number of pupils in a class?
(iii) What percentage of pupils is in class six?

(c) Convert 312five to a base ten numeral

x
6. (a) Copy and complete the table for the relation y , where y is the cost (in Ghana
20
cedis) and x is the weight (in grammes) of rice sold in a market.

x (weight in
50 100 150 200 250 300
grammes)
y (cost in GH¢) 5.00 12.50

(b) (i) On a graph sheet, draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY.
 (ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to 50 grammes on the x-axis and 2 cm to GH¢ 2.00 on the y-
x
axis draw the graph of the relation y .
20

(c) Using the graph, find

(i) the cost of 175 grammes of rice

(ii) the weight of rice that can be bought with GH¢14.00

(d) Factorize: 3a 2 8bc 12ac 2ba

April 2011
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS
1. (a) (i) Let U = Number of students in the school
b = Number of students who study both Arabic and French

The Venn diagram is shown below

U = 255

Arabic
French

80 b 125

(ii) From the Venn diagram above,

80 + b + 125 = 255

b + 205 = 255
b = 255 205 [Subtracting 205 from both sides (carrying + 205 to the other side)]

b = 50
50 students study both Arabic and French.

Number of French students = b + 125

= 50 + 125
= 175

(b)
 [Multiplying both sides by 3 (to clear fraction)]

[Simplifying]

[Dividing both sides by ]

(c) (i) Total cost price = 80 × GHc 3.50

= GHc 280.00

(ii) Profit on each book = GHc 4.20 GHc 3.50

= GHc 0.70 (or 70 Gp)
Cost price of each book = GHc 3.50 (or 350 Gp)

Percentage profit = [NB: 100%, not 100]

= [Substituting values (of profit and original cost)]

= [Simplifying]

= 20%

2. (a) (i) = 80° 8000 books

By inspection of the above correspondence, it is obvious that

there is a factor of 100 (ie, 80 × 100 = 8000). Hence,

= 60° 6000 books

= 50° 5000 books

= 42° 4200 books

= 70° 7000 books

= 360° - (80°+42+50°+60°+70°)
 = 360° - 302°

= 58°

= 5800 books

(ii) Average number of books given

= books

= books

= 6000 books

(iii) Schools B, C and E had less than 6000 books

Therefore 3 schools had less than the average number of books.

(b)

Multiplying through by 12 (the LCM of the denominators)

Simplifying

Grouping like terms on one side

3. (a)
 (b) (i) 5.1 cm

(ii) angle CTB 97° (or 98°)

(c)

Amount
Fraction NB: Fraction left
(GH¢)
3 = Fraction spent
Spent 8 ?
=
Left 5 15
8
Total 8
8 m
(M. salary)

From the above table, we have [From the Left and Total rows]

[Cross-multiplying]

[Multiplying both sides by (to remove )

[Simplifying]

Therefore he had GHc 24.00

4. (a)
(2x + 5) m

(x 10) m
 (i) Since Perimeter = 80 m

2 (Length) + 2 (width) = 80 m
2 (2x + 5) + 2 (x 10) = 80 Substituting the values of length and width
4x + 10 + 2x 20 = 80 Expanding
4x + 2x + 10 20 = 80 Grouping like terms
6x 10 = 80 Simplifying
6x = 80 + 10 Adding 10 to both sides (carrying -10 to the other side)

6x = 90

Dividing both sides by 6 (the co-efficient of x)

x = 90 ÷ 6

x = 15

(ii) Area of the plot = Length × Width

= [ 2x + 5] × [x 10] Substituting the expressions of length and width

= [ 2(15) + 5] × [15 10] Substituting the value of x (15)

= [30 + 5] × [15 10] Simplifying
= 35m2 × 5m2
= 175 m2

(iii) If 1m2 costs GHc 0.24

Then, 175 m2 costs 175 × GHc 0.24
175 m2 costs GHc 42.00
The cost of weeding the plot is GHc 42.00

(b) ABC = 180° 134° (Sum of angles at a point on a straight line = 180°)

= 46°
Since
BCA = x = BAC (Base angles of isosceles triangle equal)

Now, BCA + BAC + 46° = 180° (Sum of angles in a triangle = 180°)

x + x + 46° = 180° (Substituting: BCA=x, BAC=x)

2x + 46 = 180° [Simplifying]
 2x = 180° 46° [Grouping like terms]
2x = 134°

[Dividing both sides by 2 (the co-efficient of x)

x = 134° ÷ 2
x = 67°

Therefore BAC = 67°

BAC + w = 180° (Sum of angles at a point on a straight line)
67° + w = 180°
w = 180° 67°
w = 113°

5. (a) (i) a+ 2b

= Substituting

= Simplifying

(ii)

=
 =

(b) (i) The number of pupils in the school

= 24 + 35 + 35 + 20 + 21 + 45

= 180

There are 180 pupils in the school

(ii) The mean number of pupils in a class

= 30 pupils

(iii) The percentage of pupils in class six

= 25%

(c) 312five to a base ten numeral

3 1 2
52 51 50
 ( 3 × 52 ) + ( 1 × 51 ) + ( 2 × 50 )
= ( 3 × 25) + (1 × 5) + (2 × 1)
= 75 + 5 + 2
= 82 (or 82ten)

6. (a)

x (weight in grammes) 50 100 150 200 250 300

y (cost in GHc) 2.50 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.50 15.00

(b) (i)
(c) (i) The cost of 175 grammes of rice = GHc 8.75

(ii) The weight or rice that can be bought with GHc 14.00 = 280 grammes

(d)

= [Re-arranging terms]

= [Factorizing]

=
April 2010
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Which of the following sets is well defined?

A. {Man, Kofi, Red, 14}
B. {Ink, Mango, Green, Nail}
C. {Car, Road, Glass, Book}
D. {Seth, Mary, Jacob, Evelyn}

2. If set B is a subset of set A, then

A) sets A and B have the same number of elements
B) some members of set B can be found in set A
C) no member of set B is in set A
D) all the members of set B are in set A

3. The least common multiple (LCM) of 16, 30 and 36 is

A) 3 B) 6 C) 240 D) 720

4. The sum of 5 and x divided by 4 is equal to 3.25. Find the value of x.

A) 8 B) 7 C) 2¼ D) 3 134

5. The numbers
Find the missing numbers
A) 35, 36 B) 30, 31 C) 40, 41 D) 31, 41

6. Write down all the integers in the set A = {-10, -4, 0, ¼, 2½, 45, 100}
A. {-10, -4, 0, 45, 100}
B. {-10, - 4}
C. {0, 45, 100}
D. {¼, 2½}
7. Find the total cost of 25 pens and 75 books if each pen costs GH¢ 0.20 and each book costs GH¢
0.30.
A) GH¢22.50 B) GH¢23.50 C) GH¢27.50 D) GH¢50.00

8. Simplify - 27 + 18 (10 14) (-2)

A) 3 B) 7 C) 11 D) 35

9. Arrange the following numbers from the lowest to the highest: 0.5, 3, -5, 0.
A) 0, 0.5, -5, 3 B) 0, -5, 0.5, 3 C) -5, 0, 0.5, 3 D) -5, 0.5, 0, 3

10. Find how many pieces of cloth 5½ m long that can be cut from a roll of cloth 121 m long.
A) 665½ B) 115½ C) 66 D) 22

11. Find the value of 124.3 + 0.275 + 74.06, correcting your answer to one decimal place.
A) 198.6 B) 198.7 C) 892.0 D) 892.4

12. Esi and Kwasi are 12 and 8 years old respectively. They share 60 mangoes in the ratio of their ages.
How many mangoes does Esi get?
A) 42 B) 40 C) 36 D) 18

13. It takes 6 students 1 hour to sweep their school compound. How long will it take 15 students to
sweep the same compound?
A) 24 minutes B) 12 minutes C) 3 hours D) 2 hours

14. A housing agent makes a commission of GH¢ 103,500 when he sells a house for GH¢ 690,000.
Calculate the percentage of his commission.
A) 15.0% B) 10.0% C) 7.5% D) 5.0%

15. A simple interest of GH¢ 37,500.00 is earned on an amount of GH¢ 500,000.00 for 3 years. Find the
rate of interest per annum.
A) 20.0% B) 10.0% C) 5.0% D) 2.5%

16. Simplify: (8 x 2 y 3 )( 83 xy 4 )

A) 3x3y7 B) 3x2y7 C) 3x3y4 D) 3xy

17. The scores of 10 students in an examination are given as follows:
45, 12, 75, 81, 54, 51, 24, 67, 19 and 39.

What is the median of the scores?

A) 39 B) 48 C) 51 D) 54

18. A pie chart is to be drawn from the data in the following table:
Cassava 20%

Yam 17%

Plantain 28%

Maize 35%

What will be the value of the angle of the sector for maize?

A) 126.0° B) 100.8° C) 72.0° D) 61.2°

19. Eighteen cards are numbered from 11 to 29. If one card is chosen at random, what is the probability
that it contains the digit 2?
3 7 5 11
A) 9 B) 18 C) 9 D) 18

x
20. Find the value of x, if 1 5.
4
A) 24 B) 20 C) 19 D) 16

21. Factorize: xy + 5x + 2y + 10
A. (x + 5)(2y + 10)

B. (x + 2)(y + 10)

C. (x + 5)(y + 2)

D. (x + 2)(y + 5)

22. If x {2, 3, 4, 5}, find the truth set of 2x + 1 < 8

A. {2,3,4} B. {2,3} C. {3,4} D. {4,5}
23. Solve the inequality: 7x -9
A) B) C) D)

24. Find the rule of the mapping:

1 2 3 4 5 x

7 11 15 19 23 y

A) x x-3 B) x -4x C) x x+3 D) x x+5

2
25. Find the circumference of a circle .
2 2 2 2

26. Which of the following geometric figures is the plane shape of a cube?
A) Circle
B) Rectangle
C) Square
D) Triangle

27. How many lines of symmetry has a rectangle?

A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1

28. A rectangular box has length 20 cm, width 6 cm and height 4 cm. Find how many cubes of side 2 cm
that will fit into the box.
A) 120 B) 60 C) 30 D) 15

29. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 120°. How many sides has this polygon?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

30.
 In the diagram above, length of PS = length of SQ and angle SQR = 112°. Find the value of x.

A) 68° B) 56° C) 46° D) 44°

31. XYZ is a right-angled triangle with length of sides as shown.

Which of the following equations gives the value of z2?

A) z2 = (x2 + y2)

B) z2 = (x y)

C) z2 = (y2 x2)

D) z2 = (x2 y2)

32. Express 7 min. 30 sec. as a percentage of 1 hour.

A) 2.5% B) 7.5% C) 11.7% D) 12.5%

33. The point (4,5) is translated to the point (3,1). What is the translation vector?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
4 4 4 4

34. In the diagram below, triangle QRT is the enlargement of QST.

Which side of triangle QRT corresponds to side QT of triangle QST?

A) TS B) TR C) QR D) SR
35.
F

12 cm
F
E
E

5 cm G
20 cm G

H
Fig. II

Fig. I

Not drawn to scale

In the diagrams above Fig. I is an enlargement of Fig. II.

Find the side EF of Fig. II

A) 20 cm B) 5 cm C) 4 cm D) 3 cm

36. Express 4037 in standard form

A) 4.037 × 10-4
B) 4.037 × 10-3
C) 4.037 × 103
D) 4.037 × 104

37. Which of the following angles can be constructed by using the arcs at point C in the diagram below?
A) 30° B) 45° C) 60° D) 75°

A O B
38. Given that vector a = and b = find the value of x if a = b.

A) -2 B) -½ C) ½ D) 2

39.
A

40°

B
Not drawn to scale

In the diagram above, the bearing of point B from A is

A) 340° B) 220° C) 140° D) 50°

40. Ama is 9 years older than Kwame. If Kwame is 18 years old, find the ratio of the age of Kwame to
that of Ama.
A) 3 : 2 B) 1 : 3 C) 2 : 3 D) 2 : 1
April 2010
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D. {Seth, Mary, Jacob, Evelyn}

2. D) all the members of set B are in set A

3. D) 720

4. A) 8

5. C) 40, 41

6. A. {-10, -4, 0, 45, 100}

7. C) GH¢27.50

8. A) 3

9. C) -5, 0, 0.5,

10. D) 22

11. A) 198.6

12. C) 36

13. A) 24 minutes

14. A) 15.0%

15. D) 2.5%

16. A) 3x3y7
17. B) 48

18. A) 126.0°

11
19. /19 (NB: Not included in given options)

20. D) 16

21. D. (x + 2)(y + 5)

22. B. {2,3}

23. D) x

24. C) x x+3
2
25. B)

26. C) Square

27. C) 2

28. B) 60

29. D) 6

30. D) 44°

31. C) z2 = (y2 x2)

32. D) 12.5%

1
33. D.
4

34. B) TR

35. D) 3 cm

36. C) 4.037 × 103

37. B) 45°

38. B) -½

39. B) 220°
40. C) 2: 3
April 2010
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Answer four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Factorize: (m + n)(2x y) x(m + n)

(b) A and B are subsets of a universal set

U = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18}
Such that A = {even numbers} and B = {multiples of 3}

(i)
(ii) Illustrate the information in (i) on a Venn diagram

(c) Find the values of x and y in the vector equation

5 x 1
2 0
3 y 7

2. (a) Find the sum of 2,483.65, 701.532 and 102.7, giving your answer to one decimal place.
 (b) In the quadrilateral ABCD above, |AB| = 3 cm, |BC| = 4 cm, |CD| = 12 cm and angle ABC =
90°. Calculate:

(i) the perimeter of ABCD

(ii) the area of ABCD

2 7 34 53
3. (a) Evaluate: , leaving your answer in standard form.
2 3 32 5 2

(b) Kwame rode a bicycle for a distance of x km and walked for another ½ hour at a rate of 6
km/hour. If Kwame covered a total distance of 10 km, find the distance x he covered by
bicycle.

(c) A rectangular tank of length 22 cm, width 9 cm and height 16 cm is filled with water.
The water is poured into a cylindrical container of radius 6 cm.
Calculate the :
(i) volume of the rectangular tank
(ii) depth of water in the cylindrical container.

22
/7]

4. (a) Simplify: 7 23 4 65 2 83

(b) The area of a trapezium is 31.5 cm2. If the parallel sides are of lengths 7.3 cm and 5.3 cm,
calculate the perpendicular distance between them.

(c) The marks scored by four students in a Mathematics test are as follows:
Esi - 92
Seth - 85
 Mary - 65
Efe - x

(i) Write down an expression for the mean (average) of the marks.

(ii) If the mean is less than 80, write a linear inequality for the information

(iii) Find the possible marks Efe scored in the test. Represent your answer on the number line.

4x 3 8 x 10
5. (a) Solve: 2 34
2 8

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular lines OX and OY on a
graph sheet for the x axis from -5 to 5 and the y axis from -6 to 6.

(i) Plot the points A(2, 3) and B(-3, 4) and join them with a long straight line

(ii) Plot on the same graph sheet, the points C(4, 2) and D(-2, -3) and join them with a long
straight line to meet the line through AB

(iii) Measure the angle between the lines through AB and CD.

(iv) Find the coordinates of the point at which the lines through AB and CD meet.

6. The table below shows the frequency distribution of the number of letters in the surnames of some
students in a school.
No. of letters 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No. of students 7 3 2 8 5 3 1

(a) From the distribution, determine

(i) the mode
(ii) the mean

(b) If a student is selected at random, find the probability that his/ her name will contain more than
7 letters.

(c) Draw a bar chart for the distribution

April 2010
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1. (a) (m + n)(2x y) x(m + n)

Method 1

= (m + n) [2x y x] Factorizing (m + n) out

= (m + n) (2x x y)

= (m + n) (x y) NB: (m + n) (x y) = (x y)(m + n)

Method 2
(m + n)(2x y) x(m + n)
Expanding
= 2mx my + 2nx ny mx nx
= 2mx mx + 2nx nx my ny Grouping like terms & simplifying
= mx + nx my ny
Factorizing
= x (m + n) y(m + n)
= (m + n) (x y) Factorizing (m+n) out

1 (b) (i) A = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18}

B = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18}

= {6, 12, 18}
A B = {2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18}
(A = {1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17}

1(b) (ii) U
A B
 5 x 1
1 (c) 2 0
3 y 7

Using the horizontal (x) component, we have

5 + 2x 1 = 0
2x = 1 5 Solving for x
2x 4
2 2
x = -2

Using the vertical (y) component, we have

3 + 2y (-7) = 0
3 + 2y + 7 = 0 Solving for y
2y + 10 = 0
2y = 10
10
y
2
y = 5

2. (a) 2,483.65 + 701.532 + 102.7

2483.65
Ensure that the places of the
701.532 addends are in line
102.7
3287.882

3287.9 (one decimal place)

2 (b)
 (i) Side AC is the hypotenuse of triangle ABC.
From the Pythagorean theorem,
2 2 2
AC AB BC
2
AC (3cm)2 (4cm)2
2
AC 9cm2 16cm2
2
AC 25cm 2

AC 25cm 2
AC 5 cm

Now, side AD is the hypotenuse of triangle ACD

From the Pythagorean theorem,
2 2 2
AD AC CD

AD (5cm) 2 (12cm) 2

AD 169cm 2

AD 13cm

Hence the perimeter of ABCD

= AB BC CD DA
= 3 cm 4cm 12cm 13cm
= 32 cm
The perimeter of ABCD is 32 cm

2 (b) (ii) Area of (ABCD = +

= ½ (b1h1) + ½ (b2h2)
1
= 2
(3cm)(4cm) 1
2
(5cm)(12cm)
 = 6cm 2 30cm 2

= 36cm 2

The area of ABCD is 36 cm2

27 34 53
3. (a) 23 32 52

27 34 53
=
23 32 52
= 24 32 5

= 8 9 5
= 360

= 3.6 102

3 (b) Distance ridden = x km

1
Distance walked = 2 h × 6km/h = 3km
Total distance = 10 km

Dist. ridden + dist. walked = total dist.

x km + 3 km = 10 km
x km = 10 km 3km
x km = 7 km
The distance Kwame covered by bicycle is 7 km

3 (c) (i) 16cm

9cm
22cm

Volume = length × width × height

=
= 3168cm3
 6cm

16cm
d
9cm
22cm
Not drawn to scale

Let d = the depth of water in the cylinder

3 (c) (ii) Method 1 (Using calculated volume of rectangular tank)

Vol. of water in rectangular tank = Vol. of water in cylinder

3168cm3 = 2
×d
3168cm3 = 22
/7 × (6cm)2 × d Substituting

3168cm3 = 22
/7 × 36cm2 × d

Dividing both sides by

= d 22
/7 × 36cm2

= d Simplifying

cm = d

You may avoid the tedious

cm = d
simplification here by using
Method 2 below
28 cm = d

Hence the depth of water in the cylindrical container = 28cm

3(c)(ii) Method 2 (Using the given dimensions of rectangular tank)

Vol. of water in cuboid = Vol. of water in cylinder

2
l × w×h cuboid × d cylinder
[22cm × 9cm] × 16cm = [22/7 × (6cm)2] × d Substituting and solving for d

[22cm × 9cm] ×16cm = ( 227 6cm 6cm) d

 22cm 9cm 16cm
= d Simplifying
22
7 6cm 6cm
22cm 9cm 16cm 7
d
22 6cm 6cm
28 cm = d

The depth (d) of water in the cylindrical container = 28cm.

4. (a)
Method 1 (Evaluating whole number and fractions separately)
7 23 4 56 2 83
7 4 2 2
3
5
6
3
8

16 20 9
5 24

5 5
24

= 5 245

4 (a) Method 2 (Changing mixed fractions to improper fractions)

7 23 4 56 2 83
23 29 19
3 6 8

184 116 57
24

125
24

= 5 245
4 (b)
7.3cm

h 31.5cm2

5.3cm

Let h = perpendicular dist. between parallel sides

Method 1 (Substituting first)

Area = ½ (sum of parallel sides) × h

31. 5 cm2 1
2
(7. 3cm 5. 3cm) h Mulitiplying both sides
by 2 to remove fraction
2 31. 5 cm 2 2 1
2
(7. 3 cm 5. 3 cm) h

63cm2 12. 6cm h

63 cm 2 12.6cm h Dividing both sides by
12.6 cm to find
12.6 cm 12.6cm
Multiplying both numerator
630cm2
h and denominator by 10 and
126cm breaking down by cancellation

5 cm h

4 (b) Method 2 (Making h the subject first)

Let A = Area of trapezium
c+d = sum of parallel sides
h = perpendicular dist. between parallel sides

A 1
2
(c d) h
1 Mulitiplying both sides
2 A 2 2
(c d) h
by 2 to remove fraction

2A (c d) h
 2A
h
c d
2A
h Switching positions
c d
2 31.5 cm 2 Substituting values to
h
7.3 cm 5.3 cm

63 cm 2
h = 5 cm
12.6 cm
The perpendicular distance between the parallel sides is 5 cm.

4 (c)
92 85 65 x
(i) The mean mark =
4

92 85 65 x
(ii) If the mean is less than 80 then 80 , {x: x
4

92 85 65 x
(iii) 80
4
242 x
80
4
242 x
4 4 80
4

242 x 320
x 320 242
x 78 {x: x < 78, x

The possible marks (x) that Efe scored in the test

= x < 78
5. (a)
Method 1 (Clearing fractions first)
4x 3 8 x 10
2 34
2 8
4x 3 8 x 10 11 Changing mixed fraction
2 8 4 to improper fraction

4x 3 8 x 10 11 Multiplying through by 8 (to

8 8 8
2 8 4 clear fractions):

4 (4 x 3) 8 x 10 2 (11) Expanding and Simplifying

16x 12 8 x 10 22
16x 8 x 12 10 22 Grouping like terms on one side

8x 24 Dividing both sides by 8 to find x

24
x = 3
8

5 (a)
Method 2 (Grouping and simplifying terms containing the variable first)

4x 3 8 x 10
2 34
2 8
4x 3 8 x 10 Grouping the terms
2 34
2 8 containing the variable

4(4 x 3) (8 x 10) 11
Simplifying
8 4
16x 12 8 x 10 11
8 4
16x 8 x 12 10 11
8 4
8x 2 11
8 4

4(8 x 2) 8(11) Cross multiplying

32x 8 88
32x = 88 + 8 Simplifying and
finding x
 32x 88 8 96
=
32 32 32

x 3

5 (b)

5 (b) (iii) The acute angle between lines AB and CD 50°

5(b) (iv) The coordinates of the point at which the lines through AB and CD meet

(4.6, 2.5)
6.
(a) (i) The Mode = The most-occurring number of letters
(the number of letters with the highest frequency)
The mode = 7 letters

(ii)
No. of letters
No. of students (f) fx
(x)
4 7 28
5 3 15
6 2 12
7 8 56
8 5 40
9 3 27
10 1 10
= 29 =188

f x 188
The mean = =
f 29

= 6 14
29 6.483

6 (b) P(surname has more than 7 letters)

Number of students with more than 7 letters in surname
= Total number of students

5 3 1
= 7 3 2 8 5 3 1
9
= 29

The probability that a student selected at random has a surname with more than 7 letters
9
= 29

6 (c)
Vertical AxisScale: 2cm to 1 student
April 2009
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Given that A = {1,2,3,4,5,6} and B = {3,6,9,12}, find A B

A. {3,6} B. {6,12} C. {2,3,4,5,9,12} D.{1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12}

2. Write 2340000 in standard form.

A) 2.34×10-6
B) 2.34×10-5
C) 2.34×106
D) 2.34×107

3. How many faces has a cuboid?

A) 12 B) 8 C) 6 D) 4

4. Subtract 125.47 from 203.90

A) 78.57 B) 78.43 C) -121.57 D) -122.38

5. Simplify (5m+3n) (2m-n)

A) 5m-4n B)3m+4n C)3m-2n D)7m+4n

6. Which of the following sets is equal to {1,2,3,4} ?

A. {2,4,1,5} B. {2,1,4,3,} D. {2,

7. In a town of 42,800 inhabitants, 48% are male. The rest are female. How many more females are
there than males?
A) 22,256 B) 20,544 C)1,712 D)1,612
8. What set does the following graph represent?

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
3 4

A. {x: x<2} B. C. {x: x>2} D.

The pie chart below shows the performance of Kate in her final examination.
Use the diagram to answer Questions 9 and 10

9. What is the angle for French?

A) 120° B) 100° C) 70° D) 35°

10. If Kate scored 60% in Social Studies, what was her score in Economics?
A) 45% B) 54% C) 72% D) 90%

11. A teacher is to be chosen at random from a group of 6 male and 2 female teachers for a patron of a
Mathematics Club. What is the probability that a female teacher is chosen?
A) ¾ B) D) ¼

12. Solve the equation 2x 3(x-1) = 6

A) 3 B) -3 C) -7 D) -9

13. If m = 3 and n = -3, evaluate ½(3m-n)

A) 6 B) 3 C) 0 D) -6

14. Which of the following sets of angles form the interior angles of a right angled triangle?
A. {20°, 50°, 90°}
 B. {80°, 60°, 90°}
C. {45°, 45°, 90°}
D. {65°, 90°, 35°}

15. State the rule for the mapping

x x 3x 1
A) x 4 B) x 2 C) x 4 D) x 2x

16. A rectangle has an area of 36 cm2 and a width of 3 cm. Find its perimeter.
A) 12 cm B) 18 cm C) 24 cm D) 30 cm

17. Find the value of 4 + xo

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

18. A van travels 154km in 1¾hours. Find its speed in km/h.

A) 77km/h B) 88km/h C) 100km/h D)269.5km

19. In the figure below, PQ and RS are straight lines. Find the value of the angle marked wo.

A) 27° B) 53° C) 63° D) 127°

20. If x + 5 = -7, find the value of

A) -5 B) -2 C)- D) 2

In the diagram below, rectangle OABC is enlarged into rectangle OA1B1C1 from centre O.
 |OC|=5cm, |OA|=2cm and |AA1| = 1cm

Use the diagram to answer Questions 21 and 22

21. Find the scale factor of the enlargement.

A) 1 B) 1.5 C) 2 D) 2.5

22. Calculate OC1

A) 7.5cm B) 8cm C) 9cm D) 12cm

23. The height of a flag pole in a scale drawing is 5cm. If the scale is 1cm to 3m, what is the actual
height of the pole?
A) 10 m B) 15 m C) 8 m D) 5 m

24. Factorize: ax + 3x + a + 3
A. x(a+x) B. (x-a)(x+3) C. x(a-x) D. (a+3)(x+1)

x 8
25. If y = , find the value of y when x=2
x 4
A) 5 B) -5 C) 4 D) -4

26. Find the greatest common factor (GCF) of 90, 126 and 72.
A) 6 B) 9 C) 18 D) 24

27. Given that 1 : 3 = x : 21, find the value of x.

A) 4 B) 5 C) 7 D) 63
28. Find the difference between 432five and 143five
A)234five B) 334five C) 1130five D) 1310five

7
29. Simplify: - /12
A) 6 3/8 B) 7 5/12 C) 17 5/12 D) 17 13/24

30. Nine bottles of equal capacity hold 4½ litres of water. How much do x bottles hold?
A) ½ x litres
B) 2x litres
C) 20½ x litres
D) 40½ x litres

31. A sales girl receives a 5% commission on all she sells. Find how much she has to sell to receive
GH¢15.00
A) GH¢750.00 B) GH¢300.00 C) GH¢75.00 D)GH¢30.00

32. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order: 7/12 , 3/5, 7/15, 3/4
3
A) /5, 7/15, 7/12, ¾
7
B) /12, 7/15, 3/5, ¾
7
C) /15, 7/12, 3/5, ¾
3
D) /5, ¾, 7/12, 7/15

33. Add 2.5 to the product of 4.2 and 0.2

A) 13.4 B)10.9 C)3.34 D)1.34

34. What is the value of four in the number 7073.48?

A) four tenth B) four C) forty D) four hundred

The table below shows the ages of children at a birthday party.

Ages (yrs) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No. of children 3 4 2 5 4 4 6 4 2 1

Use this table to answer Questions 35, 36 and 37

35. What is the modal age?
A) 10 B) 7 C) 5 D) 4

36. A child is selected at random. What is the probability that he or she is 4 years old?
A) 4/35 B) 1/7 C) 2/5 D) 4/5

37. How many children are 7 or more years old?

A) 28 B) 22 C) 13 D) 6

6cm W
38. Write the vector using Cartesian components.
4cm S

6 4 6 6
A. B. C. D.
4 6 4 4

39. Simplify: 5 7 + 2(3 8)

A) -12 B) -8 C) -5 D) -4

10 8
40. If r = and n = , find n+r
3 6

2 2 18 2
A. B. C. D.
9 9 9 3
April 2009
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS
1. D. {1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12}

2. C) 2.34×106

3. C) 6

4. B) 78.43

5. B) 3m+4n

6. B. {2,1,4,3,}

7. C)1,712

8. B. {x: x

9. C) 70°

10. A) 45%

11. D) ¼

12. B) -3

13. A) 6

14. C. {45°, 45°, 90°}

x
15. A) x 4

16. D) 30 cm

17. C) 5
18. B) 88km/h

19. B) 53°

20. B) -2

21. B) 1.5

22. A) 7.5cm

23. B) 15 m

24. D. (a+3)(x+1)

25. B) -5

26. C) 18

27. C) 7

28. A) 234five

29. D) 17 13/24

30. A) ½ x litres

31. B) GH¢300.00
7
32. C) /15, 7/12, 3/5, ¾

33. C)3.34

34. A) four tenth

35. B) 7
1
36. B) /7

37. C) 13

6
4
38. A.

39. A) -12
 2
A.
9
40.
April 2009
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Answer four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1200 1260
1. (a) Simplify: and write your answer in standard form
800
(b) A plot of land measures 25m by 12m. A portion of this plot measuring 8m by 8m is used for
the cultivation of vegetables. Find the area of the plot not cultivated

(c) The table below shows the performance of Aisha in her final examination.

Subject Score

English Language 54%

Mathematics 36%

Ga 68%

Science 50%

Social Studies 32%

Draw a pie chart to represent this information

2. The table below shows the scores of some students in an examination.

Scores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 Frequency 3 5 3 2 7 6 5 4 2 2 1

From the table find

(a) how many students wrote the examination
(b) the modal score
(c) the number of students that scored 7 or more
(d) the mean score correct to one decimal place

3. (a) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and
OY on a graph sheet.
(ii) Mark on the same graph sheet the x-axis from -5 to 5 and y-axis from -6 to 6

(iii) Plot the points A(2,5), B(2,2) and C(4,2). Join the points A, B and C to form a triangle
ABC

(iv) Using the y-axis as mirror line, draw the image triangle A1B1C1 of the triangle ABC such
1 1 1. Write down the coordinates of A1, B1 and C1

(v) Draw the image triangle A2B2C2 of triangle ABC under anticlockwise rotation of 180o
2 2 2. Write down the coordinates of A2, B2
and C2

3 5 4
(b) Given that a , b and c
2 7 1

Evaluate 2a 3c + b

4. (a) The ratio of sheep to goats on a farm is 4:7. If there are 1,428 sheep, find how many goats are
on the farm.

(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a triangle ABC with |AB| = 6cm, |AC| =
8cm and angle BAC = 30°.
Construct the bisector of angle ACB to meet line AB at D.
(i) Measure |AD| and |BD|
(ii) Write down the ratio |AD|:|BD|.

5. (a) The diagram is a triangle ABC with the side AC produced to D.

 Find:
(i) The value of x
(ii) angle ACB

PTR
(b) The simple interest formula I gives the interest, I on a principal, P invested at a rate, R
100
per annum for time, T years.
(i) Find the simple interest on GH¢3,600.00 at 15% per annum for 2 years.
(ii) Make R the subject of the simple interest formula.
(iii) At what rate per annum will GH¢6,000.00 earn GH¢2,400.00 simple interest in 2 years?

6. (a) Given that ¢10,000.00 = GH¢1.00.

Complete the following table relating cedis (x) to Ghana cedis (y)

¢ (x) 10,000 50,000 150,000 250,000 350,000 450,000

GH¢(y) 1 45

(b) (i) On a graph sheet draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY.

(ii) Using a scale of 2cm to ¢50,000.00 on the Ox axis and 2cm to GH¢5.00 on the Oyo axis.
Mark the Ox axis from 0 to ¢450,000 and OY axis from 0 to GH¢50.00

(c) Plot the points and join them with a straight line

(d) From your graph find the value of

(i) GH¢8.00 in cedis (¢)
(ii) GH¢35.00 in cedis (¢)
(iii) ¢260,000.00 in Ghana Cedis (GH¢)
April 2009
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) =

= 1890
= 1.89 × 103

1 (b) 8m

8m
12m

25m

Total area of land = 25 m × 12 m = 300 m2

Area cultivated = 8m × 8m = 64 m2

Area not cultivated = Total area Area cultivated

= 300 m2 64 m2
= 236 m2
1 (c)
Subject Score Angle of sector
English 54 o o
54% 360 81
Language 240

36 o o
Mathematics 36% 240 360 54

68 o o
Ga 240 360 102
68%
 50 o o
Science 50% 240 360 75

32 o o
Social Studies 32% 240 360 48

TOTAL 240 360°

Pie chart showing the performance of Aisha in her final examination

2 (a) 3+5+3+2+7+6+5+4+2+2+1 = 40
40 students wrote the examination

2(b) The modal score is the score that occurs most

(i.e., has the highest frequency)
Modal score = 4

2(c) 4+2+2+1 = 9
9 students scored 7 or more.

2(d) Method 1

The sum of scores

The Mean = The total number of students
( 0 3) (1 5) ( 2 3) ( 3 2 ) ( 4 7 ) ( 5 6) ( 6 5) ( 7 4 ) (8 2) ( 9 2 ) (10 1)
= 3 5 3 2 7 6 5 4 2 2 1
 0 5 6 6 28 30 30 28 16 18 10
= 40

177
= 40 = 4 17
40 or 4.425

2(d) Method 2
Scores Frequency
(x) (f) fx
0 3 0
1 5 5
2 3 6
3 2 6
4 7 28
5 6 30
6 5 30
7 4 28
8 2 16
9 2 18
10 1 10
x=177

f x 177
The mean = f = 40 = 4 17
40 or 4.425

3(a)
Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)
3(a)

Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

3 (a) (iv) Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis
 x x
y y

2 2
OA OA1 , A1 ( 2, 5)
5 5

2 2
OB OB1 , B1 ( 2, 2)
2 2

4 4
OC OC1 , C1 ( 4, 2)
2 2

Plot and join A1(-2,5), B1(-2,2) and C1(-4,2) as the image of triangle ABC under a
reflection in the y axis as shown above.

3 (a) (v) Rotating (x, y) through 180° about the origin

x x
y y

2 2
OA OA2 , A2 ( 2, 5)
5 5

2 2
OB OB2 , B2 ( 2, 2)
2 2

4 4
OC OC2 , C2 ( 4, 2)
2 2

Plot and join A2(-2,-5), B2(-2,-2) and C2(-4,-2) as the image of triangle ABC under a
rotation through 180° about the origin as shown above.

3 (b)
2a 3c + b
3 4 5
2 3 +
2 1 7

2 ( 3) 3 ( 4) 5
+
2 2 3 ( 1) 7

6 12 5
+
4 3 7

6 ( 12) ( 5)
4 ( 3) ( 7)
 6 12 5
4 3 7

1
0

4 (a) Method 1 (Unitary Approach the value of one item)

If the sheep ratio, 4, corresponds to 1428,
1428
then ratio, 1, corresponds to 357
4

hence, goat ratio, 7, corresponds to 7 357 = 2499 goats

4 (a) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Ratio Actual no.
Sheep 4 1428
Goats 7 g

4 1428
From the table above, 7 g
Cross-multiplying
4 g 1428 7
Dividing both side by 4 to
4g 1428 7
find g
4 4
g 357 7
= 2499 goats

4 (a) Method 3 (The rule:

If 4 1428
Then 7 ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 4) divides; we have
7
1428 7 357 = 2499 goats
4
4 (a) Method 4 (Equivalent ratios)
4:7 = 1428 : g
4g 7 1428
4 4
g 2499
2499 goats

4(b)

(i)
(ii) |AD| : IBD| = 4cm : 2cm
= 2:1

5 (a)(i) Method 1 (Exterior angle = two opposite interior angles)

From the diagram,
( x 17) o ( 2 x 7) o (9 x) o Exterior angle (9x)° = two
opposite interior angles
x o 17o (2 x) o 7o (9 x) o (x+17)° and (2x+7)°

17o 7o (9 x) o xo (2 x) o
Solving for x
24o (6 x ) o
24 6x
6 6
 4 x

x 4

5 (a)(i) Method 2 (Sum of interior angles of triangle = 180°)

From the diagram, ACB + (9x)° = 180° Sum of angles at a point

on a straight line = 180°
ACB = 180° - (9x)°
180° - (9x)° + (x+17)° + (2x+7)° = 180° Sum of interior angles
180° -180° + (x+17)° + (2x+7)° = (9x)° of triangle = 180°

x o 17o (2 x) o 7o (9 x) o

17o 7o (9 x) o xo (2 x) o

24o (6 x ) o
24 6x
6 6

4 x

x 4

5 (a)(ii) ACB + (9x)° = 180° Sum of angles at a point

on a straight line = 180°
ACB + (9×4)° = 180°
ACB + 36° = 180°
ACB = 180° - 36°
Angle ACB = 144°

PTR 3,600 2 15
5 (b) (i) I =
100 100

= 36 × 2 × 15 = 1080
Simple interest = GH¢1,080.00

5 (b) (ii) Method 1

 PTR
I
100
Multiplying both sides by 100
PTR
100 I 100 to clear fraction
100
100 I PTR
Dividing both sides by PT to
100 I PTR make R the subject
PT PT
100 I
R
PT
Switching positions
100 I
R
PT
100 I
R
PT

5 (b) (ii) Method 2

PTR
I
100
100 I PTR
Cross-multiplying
100 I PTR
PT PT
Dividing both sides by PT
100 I
R
PT
Switching positions
100 I
R
PT
100 I
R
PT

5 (b) (ii) Method 3

100
PTR Multiplying both sides by
I PT
100 PT
to remove 100
100 100 PTR
I
PT PT 100
100 I
R
PT Switching positions
100 I
R
PT
 100 I
R
PT

5 (b) (iii) Approach 1 (Substitute values in the expression for R)

Using the result obtained in (ii) above
100 I
R
PT Substituting and
simplifying to find R
100 2,400
R
6,000 2

100 2,400
R = 20
6,000 2

The rate = 20%

Approach 2 (Substitute values in the given expression for Simple

Interest)
PTR
Substituting in I , we have
100
Substituting and
6,000 2 R solving for R
2,400
100
2,400 100
R Simplifying to find R
6,000 2

R = 20
The rate = 20%

NB:
In actual fact, the simple interest, I, on a principal, P, at a rate, R, over a time,
T, is given by I = PTR, (not PTR 100 )

[the 100
is on account of the rate being usually expressed as a percentage]

Hence, if for instance, P = GH¢6000, T = 3 years and R = 15%

Then Simple interest = P T R

= 6000 3 15%
15
= 6000 3
100
= GH¢ 2700

P T R
Not ,
100
6000 3 15%
100
6(a) Using the idea of simple proportion, the table is completed as shown below:
¢ (x) 10,000 50,000 150,000 250,000 350,000 450,000
GH¢(y) 1 5 15 25 35 45

6 (b), (c) The straight line graph is shown below

6 (d) From the graph, the value of
(i) GH¢8.00 = ¢ 80,000.00
(ii) GH¢35.00 = ¢350,000.00

(iii) ¢260,000.00 = GH¢26,000.00

April 2008
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Q = {3,4,5,6,7,8} and R = {2,3,5,7}

A. {3,5} B.{5,7} C.{3,5,7} D.{,2,3,5,7}

2.
A.{2,5} B.{2,3,4} C.{2,3,5} D.{2,3,4,5}

3. Round 8921465 to the nearest hundred

A) 8921000 B) 8921400 C) 8921460 D) 8921500

4. Write 98 as a product of its prime factors

A) 2×7 B) 22×7 C) 2×72 D)22×72

5. Evaluate 4(8-2) + 5(3-8)

A) -31 B) -1 C) 37 D) 49

6. Arrange the following in descending order of magnitude: 0.32, 2/5, 27%, 1/3
A) 0.32, 2/5, 27%, 1/3
B) 0.32, 1/3, 2/5,27%
C) 27%, 0.32, 1/3, 2/5
2
D) /5, 1/3, 0.32,27%

7. The ratio 8:12 is equivalent to y:9. What is the value of y?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7

8. Write 0.55 as a fraction in its lowest term

A) 11/200 B) 11/20 C) 11/2 D) 11/5
9. Which solid figure can be made from the net below?

A) Triangular prism
B) Square pyramid
C) Triangular pyramid
D) Cuboid

10. Simplify 5w + 7p2 4w + 3p2

A) 9w+10p2 B) w+10p2 C) w+4p2 D) 9w+4p2

11. Osei bought a hat for GH¢5.00. He sold it to Yaovi at a profit of 20%. How much did Yaovi pay for
the hat?
A) GH¢4.80 B) GH¢5.50 C) GH¢6.00 D)GH¢7.00

12. Simplify 2 9 ÷ 23
A) 23 B) 26 C) 212 D) 227

13. Find the image of -3 under the mapping x x+3)

A) 0 B) 2 C) 6 D) 12

14. A football field is 120 m long and 75 m wide. What is the perimeter of the field?
A) 195 m B) 390 m C) 780 m D) 900 m

15. A tank holds 240 litres of water. How much water is in the tank when it is 4/5 full?
A) 60 litres B) 132 litres C) 192 litres D)240 litres

16. A man has 6x sheep and 5y goats. He sells 3x sheep and 2y goats. How many animals are left after
the sales?
A) 3x-3y B) 3x+3y C) 9x-5y D) 9x+5y
 The table below shows the average rainfall in a town from March 2003 to August 2003.

Month Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Rainfall (mm) 96 147 281 452 265 139

17. What was the total amount of rainfall in May, June and July?
A) 696mm B) 930mm C) 998mm D) 1020mm

18. What was the mean rainfall in the town over the six months?
A) 230mm B) 281mm C) 366mm D) 452mm

19. A trader buys a dozen pens at GH¢4.80 and sells them at 48Gp each. Find her percentage profit.
A) 5% B) 10% C) 15% D) 20%

20. Find the angle through which the minute hand of a clock moves from 5:15pm to 5:25pm
A) 30° B) 45° C) 60° D) 120°

21. If E = {prime numbers between 10 and 20} and F = {odd numbers between
A. {11} B. {11,13} C. {3,11,13} D.{3,11,13,15}

22. Write 17ten as a base two numeral.

A) 1001 B) 10001 C) 11001 D) 11011

23. What fraction of a revolution is 72°°

A) 1/6 B) 1/5 C) 2/5 D) 5/8

24. Express 6 days is to 3 weeks as a ratio in its simplest form

A) 1:2 B) 2:1 C) 2:7 D) 7:2
25. The letters in the word HIPPOPOTAMUS are placed in a box. What is the probability of taking out a
letter that is a vowel?
A) 1/12 B) 3/12 C) 5/12 D) 7/12

26. Find the perimeter of the kite below.

A) 38cm B) 64cm C) 76cm D) 88cm

27. Illustrate 3 < x < 5 on the number line, where x {rational numbers}

28. How many lines of symmetry has an equilateral triangle?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

4 2
29. If p = and q = , find 4p 2q.
3 7

12 12 20 20
A. B. C. D.
2 2 2 2

30. Which of the following is not a quadrilateral?

A) Hexagon
B) kite
C) Rectangle
 D) Trapezium

Use the figure below to answer Questions 31 and 32

31. Find the value of x

A) 20° B) 30° C) 40° D) 50°

32. What is the value of f?

A) 10° B) 20° C) 40° D) 80°

4k
33. Solve 12
9
A) 23 B) 25 C) 27 D) 29

34. Expand (a + 4) (a + 6)
A) 2a+24 B) a2+6a+10 C) a2+10a+10 D)a2+10a+24

35. Find 12½ % of GH¢80.00

A) GH¢8.00 B) GH¢10.00 C) GH¢12.00 D)GH¢12.50

36. Write the number 34.1 in standard form

A) 3.41×10-2
B) 3.41×10-1
C) 3.41×100
D) 3.41×10

30
37. Simplify
5( 2)
 A) -10 B) -6 C) -3 D) 3

38. Find the highest common factor of 15 and 21.

A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7

39. The difference between two numbers is 168. If the smaller number is 113, find the other number
A) 223 B) 271 C) 281 D) 291

2 2
40. If r = and t = , evaluate r + t.
5 3

0 0 4 4
A. B. C. D.
2 2 2 8
April 2008
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. C. {3,5,7}

2. D. {2,3,4,5}

3. D) 8921500

4. C) 2×72

5. B) -1
2
6. D) /5, 1/3, 0.32, 27%

7. C) 6
11
8. B) /20

9. B) Square pyramid

10. B) w+10p2

11. C) GH¢6.00

12. B) 26

13. A) 0

14. B) 390 m

15. C) 192 litres

16. B) 3x+3y

17. C) 998mm
18. A) 230mm

19. D) 20%

20. C) 60°

21. B. {11,13}

22. B) 10001

23. B) 1/5

24. C) 2:7
5
25. C) /12

26. C) 76 cm

27.

28. C) 3

20
C.
2
29.

30. A) Hexagon

31. A) 20°

32. C) 40°

33. C) 27

34. D) a2+10a+24

35. B) GH¢10.00

36. D) 3.41×10

37. C) -3

38. B) 3

39. C) 281
 0
B.
40. 2
April 2008
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Answer four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) E and F are subsets of the universal set U such that

U = {natural numbers less than 15},
E = {even numbers between 1 and 15} and
F = {multiples of 4 between 9 and 15}.

(i) List the elements of U, E and F

(ii) Draw a Venn diagram to show the sets U, E and F

(b) In a school, 7/10 of the pupils like Mathematics. Half of those pupils who like Mathematics are
girls. If there are 240 pupils altogether in the school, how many girls like Mathematics?

(c) A typist charges 28Gp for the first five sheets and 8Gp for each additional sheet she types. How
much will she earn, if she types 36 sheets?

2.
 The diagram AEBCD shows
portion ABCD and a triangular portion AEB.

|AB| = |DC| = 90m, |AD|=|BC|=70m, |AE|=48.5m and |EB|=50m. The height of the triangle is 20m.

(a) Find the

(i) Area of ABCD
(ii) Area of AEB
(iii) Total area of the garden
(iv) Perimeter of the garden.

3x 2 1 4x
(b) Find the value of x if is greater than by 5.
5 10

3. (a) A traffic survey gave the results shown in the table below.

Vehicle Car Lorry Bus Bicycle

Frequency 15 12 8 25

(i) Represent the information on a pie chart.

(ii) What percentage of the vehicles were lorries?

(b) Akosua was granted a loan of GH¢96.00. The interest rate was 24% per annum.
Calculate the
(i) Interest at the end of the year
(ii) Total amount she had to pay at the end of the year.
(iii) Amount she still owes, if Akosua was able to pay only GH¢60.00 at the end of the year

4. (a) Copy and complete the table of values for the relations
 y1 = 2x+5 and y2 = 3-2x for x from -4 to3

x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y1=2x+5 -3 3 7 11
y2=3-2x 11 9 5 -3

(b) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x - axis and 2cm to 2 units on the y-axis, draw two
perpendicular axes OX and OY on a graph sheet.

(ii) On the same graph sheet draw the graphs of the relations
y1 = 2x+5 and y2 = 3-2x

(c) Find the coordinates of the point where y1 and y2 meet.

2 2
(d) The vectors p = ,q= and r = ½ (q + p). Find the vector r
3 5

5. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(i) construct triangle ABC with sides |AB|=7cm, |BC|=8cm and |AC|=9cm;
(ii) draw the perpendicular bisectors of the three sides;
(iii) locate the point of the intersection, O, of the perpendicular bisectors;
(iv) With centre O and radius OA, draw a circle to pass through the vertices of the triangle.

(b) Measure and write down the radius of the circle you have drawn in a) (iv)

(c) Find the product of (2x 3) and (x 1)

6. (a) The marks obtained by 20 pupils in a test were as follows:

4 8 7 6

2 1 7 4

3 7 6 4

7 5 2 7

5 4 8 3

(i) Construct a frequency distribution table for this data

(ii) What is the mode of the distribution?
 (iii) Calculate the mean mark
(iv) What percentage of the pupils passed, if the pass mark is 6?
(v) What is the probability that a pupil selected at random scored not more than 5 marks?

(b) Simplify 7 23 4 56 2 83
April 2008
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS
1 (a) (i) U =
E = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14}
F = {12}

(ii)

1 (b) Method 1

7
/10 of 240 pupils like Mathematics
7
/10 × 240 pupils like Mathematics

= 7 × 24 = 168

168 pupils like Mathematics

But half of 168 pupils who like Mathematics are girls

½ of 168 pupils are girls who like Mathematics

½ × 168 pupils

84 girls like Mathematics

 1 (b) Method 2

Half of pupils who like Mathematics are girls

½ of 7/10 of 240 pupils

½ × 7/10 × 240
7
/20 × 240

84

84 girls like Mathematics

1 (c) Charge for: First 5 sheets = 28 Gp

remaining 31 sheets = 31 × 8 Gp = 248 Gp

Charge for typing 36 sheets = first 5 sheets + remaining 31 sheets

= 28Gp + 248Gp

= 276 Gp or GH¢2.76

2 (a) (i) Area of ABCD (rectangle)

= Length × width

= 90m × 70m

= 6300 m2
 (ii) Area of AEB (triangle)

= ½ × base × height

= ½ × 90m × 20m

= 900 m2

(iii) Total area of the garden

= ABCD area + AEB area

= 6300 m2 + 900 m2

= 7200 m2

(iv) Perimeter of garden (Distance around garden)

From the base in the anticlockwise direction,

Perimeter = 90m + 70m + 50m + 48.5m +70m

= 328.5 m

3x 2 1 4x
2 (b) If is greater than by 5, then
5 10

3x 2 1 4x
5
5 10

Approach 1 (Simplifying the LHS first)

2(3x 2) (1 4 x)
5
10

6x 4 1 4x
5
10

6x 4x 4 1
5
10
 10x 5
5
10

10x 5 5 10

10x 50 5

10x 55
10 10

x 5.5 or 5 12

2 (b) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 10 to clear fractions first)

3x 2 1 4x
10 10 10 5
5 10

2 (3x 2) (1 4 x) 50

6x 4 1 4x 50

6x 4x 1 4 50

10x 5 50

10x 50 5

10x 55
10 10

x 5.5 or 5 12

3 (a) (i)
Vehicle Frequency Angle of sector
Car 15 15 o o
60 360 90

Lorry 12 12 o o
60 360 72

Bus 8 8 o o
60 360 48
 Bicycle 25 25 o o
60 360 150

TOTAL 60 360°

Pie chart showing results of a traffic survey

No. of lorries
3 (a) (ii) Percentage of lorries = Total no. of vehicles 100%

12
= 60 100%

= 20%

20% of the vehicles were lorries

3 (b) (i) Simple interest = Principal × Rate × Time

= 96 24% 1

24 96 24
= 96 1 =
100 100

2304
= = 23.04
100

The simple interest is GH¢23.04

 (ii) Total amount to pay = Principal + S. Interest

= GH¢96.00 + GH¢23.04

= GH¢ 119.04

(iii) Amount still owed = Total amount amount paid

= GH¢ 119.04 GH¢60.00

= GH¢ 59.04

4 (a) (i) By substitution of the x values in the given relations, the table is completed as shown

below:

x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y1 = 2x+5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11

y2 = 3-2x 11 9 7 5 3 1 -1 -3

4 (b) The straight line graph is shown below

4 (c) y1 and y2 meet at (- 0.5, 4)

4 (d) r = ½ (q + p)

2 2 1
2 2
= ½ = 2
5 3 5 3

1
4 1
2 4 2
= 2 = =
8 1
2 8 4
5 (a)

5 (b) Radius of circle 4.7 cm

5 (c) The product of (2x-3) and (x-1)

Approach 1 (Distributive property)

(2x 3) (x 1)

2x (x 1) 3(x 1)

= 2x2 2x 3x + 3

= 2x2 5x + 3

Approach 2 (Smiley face)

1st: 2x x x = 2x2
1st 2nd
2nd: -3 x -1 = +3

(2x 3 ) ( x 1) 3rd: 2x x -1 = - 2x

4th 4th: -3 x x = -3x

3rd
 2x2 +3 2x 3x Grouping like terms

2x2 2x 3x +3
-2x -3x = - 5x
2
2x 5x + 3

Approach 3 (Moon shape)

2nd
1st
1st: 2x x x = 2x2

(2x - 3 ) ( x 1) 2nd: 2x x -1 = - 2x
3rd
3rd: -3 x x = - 3x
4th
4th: -3 x -1 = + 3
2x2 2x 3x + 3

2x2 5x + 3

6 (a) (i)
Mark Tally Frequency
1 1
2 2
3 2
4 4
5 2
6 2
7 5
8 2

6 (a) (ii) Mode = The most occurring quantity

Mode = 7 marks
6 (a) (iii) Method 1 (Using the raw data)

The sum of marks

The mean mark = The total number of pupils

(1 1) ( 2 2) (3 2) ( 4 4) (5 2) ( 6 2) ( 7 5) (8 2)
= 1 2 2 4 2 2 5 2

1 4 6 16 10 12 35 16
= 20

100
= 20 = 5

6 (a) (iii) Method 2 (Using the frequency table)

Mark Frequency
Tally
(x) (f) fx
1 1 1
2 2 4
3 2 6
4 4 16
5 2 10
6 2 12
7 5 35
8 2 16

f x 100
The mean = f = 20 = 5

6 (a) (iv) Percentage of pupils who passed

No. of pupils who passed (obtained 6 or more)

= Total no. of pupils 100%

2 5 2
= 20 100%
 9
= 20 100%

= 45%

45% of the pupils passed

6 (a) (v) Not more than 5 marks 5 or less

Therefore, P (not more than 5 marks)

Number of pupils that obtained 5 or less marks

= Total number of pupils

1 2 2 4 2
=
1 2 2 4 2 2 5 2

11
=
20

6 (b) Method 1 (Evaluating whole number and fractions separately)

7 23 4 56 2 83
7 4 2 2
3
5
6
3
8

16 20 9
5 24

5 5
24

= 5 245

6 (b) Method 2 (Changing mixed fractions to improper fractions)

7 23 4 56 2 83
23 29 19
3 6 8

184 116 57
24
 125
24

= 5 245
April 2007
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. List the members of the set P = {factors of 30 which are odd}

A) P = {2,3,5}
B) P = {1,2,3,5}
C) P = {1,3,5,15}
D) P = {2,6,10,30}

2. M = {g,o,q,s} and W = {h,p,r,t}. Find M W.

A. {q,r,s,t} B. {g,h,o,q,r} C. {g,h,o,p,q,r,t} D. {g,h,o,p,q,r,s,t}

3. Name the geometrical figure shown in the diagram below

A) Cuboid
B) cone
C) pyramid
D) sphere

4. Express 5/16 as a decimal fraction

A) 0.3333 B) 0.3125 C) 0.2667 D) 0.2500

5. If y = 1
2 x 6 , find y when x = 4
A) -2 B) 2 C) 4 D) 8
 The marks obtained by 13 candidates in a test are 5, 7, 2, 9, 11, 10, 2, 12, 2, 9, 3, 18 and 2.
Use this information to answer Questions 6 and 7

6. What is the mode?

A) 2 B) 5 C) 9 D) 18

7. Find the median

A) 9 B) 7 C) 5 D) 2

The pie chart above shows the distribution of 360 pupils to various houses in a school.

Use this information to answer Question 8 and 9.

8. Find the value of the angle marked X°

A) 30° B) 40° C) 100° D) 150°

9. How many more students are in Yellow house than in Blue house?
A) 30 B) 40 C) 70 D) 100

10. Express 242 as a product of prime factors

A) 22×112 B) 2×112 C) 22×11 D) 2×11

11. Change 110011two to a number in base ten

A) 51 B) 50 C) 48 D) 32

12. A boy throws a die once. What is the probability of getting the number 4?
A) 1/6 B)1/3 C) ½ D) 5/6
13. Arrange the following fractions from the highest to the lowest 5/6, 4/5 and 4/7
4
A) /7, 4/5, 5/6
4
B) /5, 5/6, 4/7
5
C) /6, 4/5, 4/7
4
D) /7, 5/6, 4/5

14. Solve the inequality -2

A) B) C) D)

15. If 8x 3(2x 4) = 4, find the value of x

A) -8 B) -4 C) 4 D) 8

Use the diagram below to answer Questions 16 and 17

16. Find the size of angle y

A) 75° B) 80° C) 100° D) 105°

17.
A) alternate angles
B) corresponding angles
C) complementary angles
D) supplementary angles

18. Factorize
1
4 px 2 1
8 px
A) 1
4 px ( x 2)
 B)
1
4 px ( x 1
2 )

C)
1
8 px ( 12 x 2)

D)
1
8 px ( x 2)

19. Jojo and Fiifi shared an amount of money in the ratio 3:4 respectively. If Fiifi had ¢140,000 how
much was shared?
A) ¢200,000.00
B) ¢220,000.00
C) ¢245,000.00
D) ¢280,000.00

20. Simplify 6(7a+4) 3(8a+9)

A) 18a 3 B) 18a+51 C) 42a 27 D) 66a 3

21. A man invested ¢500,000.00 at 15% simple interest per annum for 2 years. Calculate the amount at
the end of the period
A) ¢350,000.00 B) ¢650,000.00 C) ¢750,000.00 D) ¢800,000.00

3m 1
22. Make m the subject of p
m

A) m 3p 1

B) m p 3

1
m
C) p 3

3p 1
m
D) p

23. Simplify 200 × 0.01 × 372 leaving your answer in the standard form.
A) 74.4×101 B) 7.44×101 C) 7.44×102 D) 7.44×103
24. What percentage of 5 is 0.25?
A) 4% B) 5% C) 20% D) 25%

25.

Calculate the area of the figure ABCD above

A) 72cm2 B) 90cm2 C) 108cm2 D) 126cm2

26. In which of the following constructions is P equidistant from the points A and B?

27. If a:27 = 6:18, find a

A) 4 B) 9 C) 51 D) 81

28. The diagram below shows a circle with centre O. If A and B are points on the circle, what name is
given to the shaded region?

A) Chord B) Segment C) Sector D) arc

29. An amount of ¢5,400.00 is shared among three sisters in the ratio of their ages. Their ages are 10
years, 6 years and 2 years. Find the share of the youngest sister.
A) ¢300.00 B) ¢600.00 C) ¢1,200.00 D) ¢1,800.00

30. Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 4,5 and 6.

A) 20 B) 24 C) 30 D) 60

31. Expand (a+2b)(a-2b)

A) a2 4ab 4b2 B) a2 + 4ab 4b2 C) a2 4b2 D) a2 + 4b2

32. If a woman was paid ¢180,000.00 for working for 4½ days, how much would she be paid for one
day?
A) ¢40,000.00
B) ¢45,000.00
C) ¢54,000.00
D) ¢81,000.00

33. Express 0.68 as a fraction in its lowest term

A) 7/25 B) 17/25 C) 3/5 D) 7/15

34. Write down all the integers within the interval

A. {21,22,23,24,25,26,27}
B. {22,23,24,25,26,27}
C. {21,22,23,24,25,26}
D. {22,23,24,25,26}

35. Simplify (26 × 34) ÷ (24 × 32)

A) 22×32 B) 22×36 C) 210×32 D) 210×36

36.
 Which of the following is represented by vector AB in the diagram above?
A. (5cm, 045°) B. (5cm, 135°) C. (5cm, 180°) D. (5cm, 225°)

37. Solve for y, if 3 + 3y = 1 13y

A) - B) - ¼ D) ¼

38. Convert 37ten to a base two numeral

A) 100101 B) 100111 C) 101101 D) 110101

39. The length of a rectangular playing field is 5 metres longer than its width. If the perimeter of the field
is 150 metres, find its width.
A) 30 m B) 35 m C) 40 m D) 45 m

3 1
40. If the vector m = and n = , find m 2n
2 3

1 1 5 5
A. B. C. D.
4 4 4 4
April 2007
MATHEMATICS 1
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. C) P={1,3,5,15}

2. D. {g,h,o,p,q,r,s,t}

3. B) cone

4. B) 0.3125

5. C) 4

6. A) 2

7. B) 7

8. B) 40o

9. A) 30

10. B) 2×112

11. A) 51
1
12. A) /6
5
13. C) /6, 4/5, 4/7

14. D) x

15. B) -4

16. D) 105o

17. D) supplementary angles

18. B) 1
4 px ( x 1
2 )

19. C) ¢245,000.00

20. A) 18a 3

21. B) ¢650,000.00

1
22. C) m
p 3

23. C) 7.44×102

24. B) 5%

25. B) 90 cm2

26.

27. B) 9

28. B) Segment

29. B) ¢600.00

30. D) 60

31. C) a2 4b2

32. A) ¢40,000.00
17
33. B) /25

34. B. {22,23,24,25,26,27}

35. A) 22×32

36. B. (5cm, 135o)

37. A) -

38. A) 100101
39. B) 35 m

5
D.
4
40.
April 2007
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Answer four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) In a class of 39 students, 19 offer French and 25 offer Ga. 5 students do not offer any of the two
languages. How many students offer only French?

(b)

In the diagram above, AC is parallel to DG, angle BFG = 118° and angle ABE = 83°. Find the
value of
(i) Angle CBF
(ii) x

(c) A fair die is thrown once,

(i) Write down the set of all the possible outcomes
(ii) Find the probability of obtaining a multiple of 2
(iii) What is the probability of obtaining a prime number?
2. (a) A water tank in the form of a cuboid of height 22cm and a rectangular base of length 7cm and
width 5cm is filled with water. The water is then poured into a cylindrical container of diameter
14cm. Calculate the height of the water in the cylindrical container.
22
/7)

(b) A trader is given 15% discount on goods bought from a factory. If the original price of an item
in the factory is ¢45,000,000, calculate
i) the discount on the item
ii) the amount the trader paid for the item
x 3 1
(c) Find the truth set of x and illustrate your answer on the number line.
3 2

3. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a) Construct triangle PQR such that the length of PQ = 10cm, angle QPR = 90° and angle PQR =
30°

Measure the length of PR.

(b) Bisect the angle QRP to meet PQ at M.

(c) With M as centre, and radius MP draw a circle.

(d) Measure the radius of the circle

4.

The Bar Chart above is for the distribution of marks in a class test

(a) i) Write down the frequency table for the distribution

ii) Use the table to find the mean mark
 (b) If the pass mark is 4, how many pupils failed the test?

5. (a) Mr. Jones used 173 units of electricity last month. If the charge for the first 110 units was ¢150
per unit and ¢200 per unit for the rest, calculate the total bill for Mr. Jones.

(b) Express 4 hours in seconds leaving your answer in the standard form

3 7
(c) Given the vectors r = and p = , if q = 2p r, find q
5 9

6. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 2units on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY on a
graph sheet. On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from -10 to 10 and the y-axis from -10 to
10.
(i) Plot A(2,2), B(6,2) and C(4,6). Join AB, BC and AC

(ii) Draw the image triangle A1B1C1 of triangle ABC under a clockwise rotation of 90o about
the origin, where A 1 1 1.

(iii)Draw the image triangle A2B2C2 of triangle ABC under a reflection in the y-axis, where
2 2 2

(b) When 12 is added to a certain number and the sum is multiplied by 4, the result is 60. Find the
number
April 2007
MATHEMATICS 2
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS
1 (a) Method 1
Let n(U) = No. of students in the class
n(G) = No. of Ga students
x = No. of students that offer only French

From the Venn diagram above,

x + 25 + 5 = 39
x + 30 = 39
x = 39 30
x = 9

Number of students that offer only French = 9

1 (a) Method 2

Let b = No. of student that offer both French and Ga

 From the above diagram,

19 b + b + 25 b + 5 = 39

19 + 0 + 25 b + 5 = 39

19 + 25 + 5 b = 39

49 b = 39

49 39 = b

b = 49 39

b = 10

But French only = n(F) b

= 19 10 = 9

Therefore the number of students who offer only French = 9

1 (b) (i) Method 1

Since CBF and BFG are Supplementary angles

CBF + BFG = 180°

CBF + 118° = 180°

CBF = 180° 118°

Angle CBF = 62°

1 (b) (i) Method 2

Since angles BFE and BFG lie on a straight line

BFE + BFG= 180°

 BFE + 118° = 180°

BFE = 180° 118°

BFE = 62°

But CBF = BFE (Alternate angles)

CBF = 62°

1 (b) (ii) Since ABE, x and CBF lie on a straight line,

ABE + x + CBF = 180°

83° + x + 62° = 180°

x = 180° 83° 62°

x = 35°

NB: Triangle BEF could also be used to find the value of x

1 (c) (i) The set of all possible outcomes

= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

1 (c) (ii) Multiples of 2 within the set = 2, 4, 6

Number of multiplesof 2
P(multiple of 2) = Total number of possibleoutcomes

3 1
= 6 2

The probability of obtaining a multiple of 2 = ½

1 (c) (iii) Prime numbers within the set = 2, 3, 5

Number of prime numbers

P(prime number) = Total number of possibleoutcomes
 3 1
= 6 2

2 (a) Volume of water in cuboid = Volume of water in cylinder

=
Let h cyl = the height of water in the cylindrical container

and h cub = the height of water in the cuboid

Method 1 (Substituting values and solving for hcyl)

Volume of water in cuboid = Volume of water in cylinder

Area of base cuboid × height cuboid = Area of base cylinder × height cylinder
2
l × w × h cuboid = × h cylinder

[7cm × 5cm] × 22cm = [22/7 × (7cm)2] × h cyl

22
7cm × 5cm × 22cm = 7 7 cm 7 cm × hcyl

7 cm 5cm 22 cm 7
22 7 cm 7 cm
hcyl

5cm = hcyl

The height of the water in the cylindrical container = 5cm

2 (a) Method 2 (Making hcyl the subject first, then substituting and

evaluating)

Volume of water in cuboid = Volume of water in cylinder

2
l × w × hcub = ) × hcyl

l w hcub
2 hcyl
r
 7 cm 5cm 22 cm
hcyl
22
7
( 7 cm ) 2

7 cm 5cm 22 cm 7
22 7 cm 7 cm
hcyl

5cm = hcyl

The height of the water in the cylindrical container = 5cm

2 (a) Method 3 (Finding the volume of water in cuboid first, then equating)

Volume of water in cuboid = l × w × h cuboid

= 7cm × 5cm × 22cm

= 770 cm3

But Volume of water in cuboid = Volume of water in cylinder

770 cm3 = 154 cm2 × hcyl

770 cm 3
hcyl
154 cm 2

5 cm = hcyl

The height of the water in the cylindrical container = 5cm

2 (b) (i) The discount = Discount rate × Original price

= 15% ¢45,000,000

15
= ¢45,000,000
100

= 15 ¢450,000
 = ¢6,750,000

(ii) Amount paid = Original amount discount

= ¢45,000,000 ¢6,750,000

= ¢38,250,000

x 3 1
2 (c) x
3 2

Approach 1

x 3 1 x
3 2 1

x 3 1 2x
3 2

x 3 1 2x
6 6
3 2

2 ( x 3) 3(1 2 x)

2x 6 3 6x

2x 6x 3 6

4x 9

4x 9
4 4

x 2 14

2 (c) Approach 2

x 3 1
6 6 x
3 2
 2 (x 3) 6( 12 ) 6x

2x 6 3 6x

3 6 6x 2x

9 4x

9 4x
4 4

2 14 x

x 2 14

The number line is shown below:

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-2¼ 2¼

3(a),(b),(c)

3(a) |PR| 5.8 cm

3(d) Radius of circle 3.3 cm

4(a) (i) The frequency table is shown below

 Mark Tally Frequency
2 3
3 2
4 1
5 4
6 5
7 4
8 1
9 2
10 3

4(a) (ii)

Mark Tally Frequency

(x) (f) fx
2 3 6
3 2 6
4 1 4
5 4 20
6 5 30
7 4 28
8 1 8
9 2 18
10 3 30

fx 150
The mean mark = = = 6
f 25

4(b) If the pass mark is 4, pupils who scored 2 or 3 failed

Frequency of 2 + Frequency of 3

= 3 pupils + 2 pupils

= 5 pupils

Therefore 5 pupils failed the test

5(a) Charge for:

First 110 units = ¢150 × 110 = ¢16,500

Remaining (173 110 = 63) units = ¢200 × 63 = ¢12,600

Total charge = ¢12,600 + ¢16,500

= ¢29,100.00

5(b) Method 1

4 hours = 4 × 60 minutes
= 240 minutes
Now, 240 min = 240 × 60 seconds
= 14400 seconds
= 1.44 × 104 seconds

5(b) Method 2

Since 1 hour = 60 minutes and

1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 × 60 seconds = 3600 seconds

Now, if 1 hour = 3600 seconds

then 4 hours = ? (more)
If more, less divides
4 hours
3600 s
1 hour
4 × 3600 s = 14400 s
= 1.44 × 104 seconds

5(b) Method 3

If 1 hour = 3600 seconds

then 4 hours = x
1 3600
4 x
 x = 3600 × 4
x = 14400
4 hours = 14400 seconds
= 1.44.× 104 seconds

5(c) q = 2p r

7 3
= 2
9 5

14 3
=
18 5

14 3
=
18 ( 5)

14 3 17
q = =
18 5 13

6 (a) Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)

 Approach 2 (Using the rule / formula)

6 (a) (ii) Rotating (x, y) through 90° clockwise about the origin
x y
y x

2 2
OA OA1 , A1 (2, 2)
2 2
6 2
OB OB1 , B1 (2, 6)
2 6
4 6
OC OC1 , C1 (6, 4)
6 4
 Plot and join A1(2,-2), B1(2,-6) and C1(6,-4) as the image of triangle ABC under

a rotation through 90° clockwise about the origin as shown above.

6 (a) (iii) Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis

x x
y y

2 2
OA OA2 , A2 ( 2, 2)
2 2
6 6
OB OB2 , B2 ( 6, 2)
2 2
4 4
OC OC2 , C2 ( 4, 6)
6 6

Plot and join A2(-2,2), B2(-6,2) and C2(-4,6) as the image of triangle ABC under

a reflection in the y axis as shown above

6 (b) Let n = the number, then (12 + n) × 4 = 60

Approach 1 (Expanding first)

4 (12+ n) = 60

48 + 4n = 60

4n = 60 48

4n = 12

n = 12 ÷ 4

n = 3

6 (b) Approach 2 (Dividing through by 4 first)

4 (12+ n) = 60

4(12 n) 60
4 4

12 + n = 15

n = 15 12
 n = 3

Therefore the number is 3

April 2006
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. If Q = {1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15}

A. {1,3,5,7,11}
B. {1,3,5,7,9,11}
C. {2,4,8,9,13,14}
D. {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12}

2.
A. {3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
B. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
C. {3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
D. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910}

3. Simplify:
4
3 x 2
9 x

A)
2
9 x B)
2
3 x C)
10
9 x D)
14
9 x

4. The number of boys in a school is 120. If the ratio of boys to girls is 5:7, find the total number of
students in the school.
A) 240 B) 288 C) 600 D) 840

22
5. Find the circumference /7)
A) 11 cm B) 22 cm C) 35 cm D) 38.5 cm
6. Which of the following are the prime factors of 12?
A. {1, 3} B. {2, 3} C. {2, 4, 6, 12} D. {2, 3, 4, 6}

7. The base of an isosceles triangle is 7cm long. Each of the other two sides is x cm long. What will be
the expression for its perimeter?
A) x+7 B) x+14 C) 2x-7 D) 2x+7

8. Correct 0.003858 to three significant figures

A) 0.00385 B) 0.00386 C) 0.0039 D) 386

9. Find the value of a 3ab when a = -2 and b = 3

A) -20 B) -16 C) 16 D) 20

10. A boy sold some oranges at three for ¢500.00. If his total sales was ¢100,000.00, how many oranges
did he sell?
A) 300 B) 400 C) 500 D) 600

11. A train travels at a speed of 80km per hour. How long will it take to travel a distance of 320km?
A) 2 hours B) 3 hours C) 4 hours D) 5 hours

12. Which of the following figures is a rhombus?

13. Three children share an amount of ¢910,800.00 in the ratio 2:3:4. What will be the highest share?
A) ¢202,400.00
B) ¢303,600.00
C) ¢404,800.00
D) ¢455,400.00
14. The next term in the sequence
A) 27 B) 30 C) 36 D) 48

15. Express 350 as a product of prime factors

A) 2 × 5 × 7 B) 2 × 52 × 7 C) 2 × 5 × 72 D) 22 × 5 × 7

16. Express 962 in standard form.

A) 96.2 x 10
B) 9.62 x 102
C) 0.962 x 103
D) 0.0962 x 104

17.

Which of the following inequalities is shown on the number line above, where p {real numbers}

A) -2 < p < 3 B) -2 C) - D) -

x 2
18. Solve the equation 2 x 10 .
3
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

19. Arrange the fractions ¾ , 2/3, 4/5 in ascending order of magnitude.

A) ¾, 2/3, 4/5
4
B) /5, 2/3, ¾
4
C) /5, ¾, 2/3
2
D) /3,3/4,4/5

20. Express 87ten as a base five numeral.

A) 302five B) 322five C) 3022five D) 3202five

21. A bag contains 6 blue and 5 black balls. What is the probability of picking a black ball at random?
A) 1/11 B) 1/5 C) 5/11 D) 6/11
 2 3 3 4 33
22. Evaluate
2 2 2 35
A) 6 B) 9 C) 12 D) 18

The table below gives the ages of members of a juvenile club.

Use it to answer Questions 23 and 24

Age in years 8 9 10 11

Frequency 5 10 6 9

23. How many people are in the club?

A) 15 B) 20 C) 30 D38

24. What is the modal age of the members of the club?

A) 8 years B) 9 years C) 10 years D) 11 years

25. In an examination, 154 out of 175 candidates passed. What percentage failed?
A) 6% B) 12% C) 13% D) 18%

26. Expand (6 x)(6 + y)

A) 36 6x + 6y xy
B) 36 6x 6y + xy
C) 36 6x xy
D) 36 + 6y xy

27. Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 20, 12 and 28.
A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 12

28. If F = 9
5 c 32 find F when C = 40.
A) 49 B) 78.4 C) 104 D) 129.6

29. Evaluate 2/3 (27 12) 6.

A) 4 B) 6 C) 14 D) 16
30.

In the figure, PQR is a straight line. Angle TQP = x°, angle TQS = 102° and angle SQR = 2x°. Find
the value of x.
A) 78 B) 39 C) 34 D) 26

31. Factorize 22ab 11ac + 6rb 3rc.

A. (2b c) (11a + 3r)
B. (2b + c) (11a 3r)
C. (2b c) (11a 3r)
D. (2b + c) (11a + 3r)

32. Find the sum of 124.3, 0.275 and 74.06. (Correct your answer to one decimal place)
A) 198.6 B) 198.7 C) 892.0 D) 892.4

33. Simplify 6p3 × p2 ÷ 3p4

A) 2p B) 3p C) 18p D) 2p2

34. Mr. Nkrumah saved ¢75,000.00 at a simple interest rate of 20% per annum for 3 years. Calculate the
interest he earned on his savings
A) ¢15,000.00 B) ¢30,000.00 C) ¢45,000.00 D) ¢60,000.00

35. Find the rule for the mapping:

1 2 3 4 5 n

10 21 32 43 54 -

A) n 10n
B) n (10n + 1)
C) n (11n - 1)
D) n (7n + 3)
36. What is the value of the digit 9 in the number 624.93 ?
A) 9 hundreds B) 9 tens C) 9 units D) 9 tenths

37. The marks obtained by 5 girls in a test are: 10, 15, 8, 18, 12.
Find the median mark.

A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 15

3
38. The point P(3, 4) is translated by the vector to a new position Find the coordinates of the
2
image
A. (0, 2) B. (6, -2) C. (6, 2) D. (6, 6)

39.

In the diagram above, KGM is a right-angled triangle and angle GKM = 62°. Find the angle of
elevation of K from M.
A) 28° B) 62° C) 90° D) 118°

2 2
40. Given that vector a = and vector b = , find a + 2b
3 5

6 2 2 2
A. B. C. D.
13 13 7 7
April 2006
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. A. {1,3,5,7,11}

2. B. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

3. C)
10
9 x

4. B) 288

5. B) 22 cm

6. B. {2, 3}

7. D) 2x+7

8. B) 0.00386

9. C) 16

10. D) 600

11. C) 4 hours

12. C.

13. C) ¢404,800.00

14. D) 48
15. B) 2 × 52 × 7

16. B) 9.62 × 102

17. C) -

18. B )4

2
19. D) /3,3/4,4/5

20. B) 322five
5
21. C) /11

22. B) 9

23. C) 30

24. B) 9 years

25. B) 12%

26. A) 36 6x + 6y xy

27. B) 4

28. C) 104

29. A) 4

30. D) 26

31. A. (2b c) (11a + 3r)

32. A) 198.6

33. B) 3p

34. C) ¢45,000.00

35. C) - 1)

36. D) 9 tenths

37. C) 12

38. C. (6, 2)
39. A) 28°

2
D .
7
40.
April 2006
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) A trader sold 250 articles for ¢525,000.00 at a profit of 25%.

(i) Calculate the cost price of each article
(ii) If the trader had wanted 45% profit on the cost price, how much should he have sold
each of the articles?

(b) Find the simple interest on ¢880,000.00 for 2 ½ years at 3 ¼ % per annum

2. (a) The ratio of men to women in a village is 12:25. If there are 120 men,
(i) how many women are there?
(ii) what is the total number of men and women?

(b) A bag contains 70 pencils out of which 15 are green and 30 blue.
(i) How many pencils of other colours are in the bag?
(ii) A pencil is selected from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is blue?

(c) Solve 1
3 ( x 1) 1
2 ( x 3) 1 14 and illustrate your answer on the number line.
3. (a) (i) Using a pair of compasses and ruler only, construct triangle XYZ with
XZ = 12cm, XY = 10cm and angle XYZ = 90°.

(ii) Measure YZ.

(iii) Calculate the area of triangle XYZ

(iv) Measure angle ZXY.

(b) An isosceles triangle has a perimeter of (9y 15) cm.

What is the length of each of the two equal sides, if its third side is (3y 7) cm?

4. The mapping below has the rule, y = 2x + 3.

x 0 1 2 3 4

y - 5 7 - -

(a) (i) Copy the mapping and fill in the missing numbers

(ii) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes on a graph sheet, choose the origin O and
draw the perpendicular axes OX and OY.

(iii) On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 0 to 5 and the y-axis from 0 to 12.

(iv) Plot on the graph sheet the ordered pairs (x, y) from the mapping and join all the points
using a straight edge.

(b) From your graph, find:

(i) y when x = 3.5;

(ii) x when y = 8;

(iii) the gradient of the line y = 2x + 3.

5. (a) A man spent ¼ of his monthly salary on rent, 2/5 on food and 1/6 on books. If he still had
¢55,000 left, what was his monthly salary?
 (b) The average age of a family of eight is 30 years.

The average age of the six children in the family is 19 years.

If the mother is four years younger than the father, calculate the age of the father.

6. The following table shows the distribution of grades obtained by 120 students in an examination.

Grade A B C D

No. of students 14 30 52 24

(a) Draw a pie chart for the distribution.

(b) (i) Evaluate: 5 157 2 23 1 125

(ii) Factorize: xy xz + 5y 5z
April 2006
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) (i) METHOD 1 [Formula-(Finding CP of all 250 articles first, then CP of 1)]

CP = Percentage of CP SP
Percentage of SP

100% ¢525,000
CP of 250 articles =
100 % 25%

= 100 ¢525,000
125
= ¢ 420,000

Therefore CP of 1 article = ¢ 420,000 ÷ 250 = ¢ 1,680

1 (a) (i) METHOD 2 [Formula (Finding SP of 1 article first, then CP of 1)]

SP of 1 article = ¢ 525,000 ÷ 250 = ¢ 2100
Percentage of CP
CP = SP
Percentage of SP

Therefore, CP of 1 article = 100 ¢2100

100 25

= 100 ¢2100
125

= ¢ 1,680
 Simple Proportion (S. Prop) / Equivalent Fractions (E.Frac) METHODS

1 (a) (i) METHOD 3 [S. Prop / E.Frac (Finding CP of all 250 articles first, then CP of 1)]
Amount
Percentage
(250 articles)
100% + 25%
SP
= 125% ¢ 525,000
CP 100% x

125 ¢ 525, 000

From the table above, 100 x
Cross multiplying, we have 125 x ¢ 525,000 100

¢ 525,000 100
x
125

x ¢ 4200 100
= ¢420,000
CP of all 250 articles = ¢ 420,000
CP of 1 article = ¢ 420,000 ÷ 250 = ¢ 1,680

1 (a) (i) METHOD 4 [S. Prop / E. Frac (Finding SP of 1 article first, then CP of
1)]
Amount
Percentage
(1 article)
100% + 25% ¢525,000 ÷ 250
SP
= 125% = ¢2100
CP 100% x

From the table above,

125 % ¢ 2100 125 ¢ 2100
100 % x 100 x

Cross multiplying, we have

125 x ¢ 2100 100
 ¢ 2100 100
x = ¢ 1,680
125

Simple Proportion (S. Prop) (IM, LD,...)

1 (a) (i) METHOD 5 [S. Prop / IM, LD,... (Finding CP of all 250 articles first, then CP of 1)]
Amount
Percentage
(250 articles)
100% + 25%
SP
= 125% ¢ 525,000
CP 100% x

If 125% ¢ 525,000
Then 100% ? (less)
If less, more (i.e., 125%) divides; therefore we have
100% 100
¢525,000 = ¢525,000
125% 125

= ¢420,000
CP of all 250 articles = ¢ 420,000
CP of 1 article = ¢ 420,000 ÷ 250 = ¢ 1,680

1 (a) (i) METHOD 6 [S. Prop / IM, LD,... (Finding SP of 1 article first, then CP of 1)]

Amount
Percentage
(1 article)
100% + 25% ¢525,000 ÷ 250
SP
= 125% = ¢2100
CP 100% x

If 125% ¢ 2,100
Then 100% ? (less)
If less, more (i.e., 125%) divides; therefore we have
 100% 100
¢ 2100 = ¢ 2100
125% 125

= ¢ 1,680

1 (a) (ii) Selling price of each article to make 45% profit

METHOD 1 (Formula)
SP of 1 article = Percentage of SP × CP of 1 article
= 145% × CP of 1article

= 145 ¢ 1680
100

¢ 243600
= 100 = ¢ 2436

1 (a) (ii) METHOD 2 (Formula)

SP of 1article = Profit on 1article + CP of 1article
= (45% × CP of 1article) + CP of 1article
45
= ¢ 1680 ¢1680
100

= ¢756 + ¢1680
= ¢ 2436
NB: .
Simple Proportion, using the ideas of equivalent
ss divides; If less,
more divides , could also be used [as in Methods 3 6
in Solution to 1 (a) (i) above] to solve the problem.

1 (b) Simple interest = Principal × Rate × time

Approach 1 (common fractions)

= 880,000 × 3¼% × 2½

= 880,000 ×
13
4 % × 5
2
 880,000 13 5
=
1 4 100 2
880,000 13 5
=
4 100 2
= 1100 × 13 × 5
= ¢ 71,500

1 (b) Approach 2a (decimal fractions)

= 880,000 × 3¼% × 2½
= 880,000 × 3.25 % × 2.5
3.25
= 880,000 2.5
100
= 880,000 0.0325 2.5

= ¢ 71,500

1 (b) Approach 2b (decimal fractions)

= 880,000 × 3¼% × 2½
= 880,000 × 3.25 % × 2.5
3.25
= 880,000 2.5
100
880,000 325 25
=
1 10000 10
88 325 25 715,000
= =
10 10
= 71,500

The simple interest = ¢ 71,500

2(a) (i) Method 1 (Unitary Approach the value of one item)

Since the men ratio, 12, corresponds to 120 persons,
120
ratio 1 corresponds to 10
12
women ratio, 25, corresponds to 25 × 10 = 250 women
2(a) (i) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)
Ratio Actual no.
Men 12 120
Women 25 w
12 120
From the table above, 25 w

Cross multiplying, we have NB:

Alternatively,
12 w 120 25
it can be deduced from the
12 w 120 25 table (by simple logic) that
12 12 w = 250

w 10 25

w = 250

2(a) (i) Method 3

If 12 120
Then 25 ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 12) divides; we have
25
12 120 = 25 10 = 250 women

2(a) (i) Method 4 (Equivalent ratios)

12 : 25 = 120 : w
12w 25 120
12 12
w 250

2(b) (i) Number of pencils of other colours

= 70 (15+30) = 70 45
= 25

Number of blue pencils

(ii) P(Blue pencil) = Total number of pencils
 30 3
= 70 = 7

2(c)
1
3 ( x 1) 1
2 ( x 3) 1 14

Method 1 (Simplifying expression on LHS first)

x 1 x 3 5
3 2 4
2(x 1) 3( x 3) 5
6 4
2x 2 3x 9 5
6 4
x 7 5
6 4
x 7 5
24 24
6 4
4( x 7) 6 (5)

4x 28 30
4x 30 28
4x 2
4 4

x 1
2

2(c) Method 2 (Eliminating fractions first, by multiplying through by 12)

12 1
3
( x 1) 12 1
2
( x 3) 12 ( 54 )
4 ( x 1) 6(x 3) 3 (5)
4x 4 6x 18 15
4x 6x 15 4 18
2x 1
 2x 1
2 2
1
x
2

3(a)

(ii) |YZ| 6.6 cm

(iii) Area of triangle XYZ

= ½ bh
= ½ ×
= ½ × 10cm × 6.6cm
= 10cm × 3.3cm
= 33cm2

(iv) Angle ZXY 34°

3(b)
? ? Perimeter = 9y - 15

3y - 7

Method 1
 Length of each of the two equal sides
= [ (9y 15) (3y 7) ] ÷ 2
( 9 y 15) (3 y 7 )
= 2

9 y 15 3 y 7
= 2
9y 3 y 15 7
= 2

6y 8
= 2

= ½ (6y 8)
= 3y 4
The length of each of the two equal sides = 3y 4

3(b) Method 2
Let x = length of each of the other two sides
Then x + x + 3y 7 = Perimeter
x + x + 3y 7 = 9y 15
2x + 3y 7 = 9y 15
2x = 9y 15 3y + 7
2x = 9y 3y 15 +7
2x = 6y 8
6y 8
x = 2
6y 8
x = 2 2

x = 3y 4
The length of each of the two equal sides
= 3y 4

4(a) (i)
By substitution of the x values in the given relation, the mapping is completed
as shown below:
x 0 1 2 3 4

y 3 5 7 9 11

(ii), (iii) The straight line graph is shown below

4(b) From the graph,
(i) When x = 3.5, y = 10
(ii) When y = 8, x = 2.5
(iii) the gradient of the line :
 y = 2x + 3 is in the form y = mx + c, where m = 2,
gradient = 2 (by inspection)
y2 y1
Or by the rule x2 x1
, Using the points (2, 7) and (1, 5)
7 5 2
Gradient = 2 1 = 1 = 2

5(a) Total fraction spent = Fractions spent on Rent + food + books

1 2 1
= 4 5 6

15 24 10 49
Fraction spent = 60 = 60
49 60 49 11
Fraction left = 1 60 = 60 60 = 60

Method 1 (Formula)

Total amount Fraction of Total amount Amount left

Fraction left
60
Total amount (M. Salary) 60 ¢ 55,000
11
60

60 11 ¢55,000
= 60 60
60 60 ¢55,000
= 60 11
60 ¢55,000
= 11

= 60 ¢5,000

= ¢300,000

5(a) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Fraction Amount (¢)

 49
Spent 60 ?
11
Left 60 55,000
Total 60
60 ? (x)
(M. Salary)

11
60 55,000 11 55,000
60
60 x 60 x
Cross-multiplying, we have
11 x 55,000 60

11 x 55,000 60
11 11
= 5,000 60

x 300,000
The monthly salary is ¢300,000.00

5(a) Method 3
11
If 60 55,000
60
Then 60 ? (more)
If more, less (11/60) divides, hence we have
60
60
55,000 60 11 ¢55,000
11
= 60 60
60

60 60 ¢55,000
= 60 11
60 ¢55,000
= 11

= 60 ¢5,000

= ¢300,000

5(a) Method 4 (Equation)

 1 2 1 49
If Monthly Salary = M, Fraction spent = 4 5 6 60

Fraction left =

Fraction left × Total amount (M) = Amount left

11
or /60 of M = ¢55,000 (Left)
11
/60 × M = ¢55,000

M = ¢55,000 × 60/11
M = ¢300,000

5(b) Method 1 [Expression in terms of the father (f)]

Let the age of the father = f,
then = f 4
Sum = 6 × 19yrs = 114 yrs
Now, since the average age of the family = 30 years
Ages of (children father mother)
Average age = 8 people
30
114 f f 4
30
8
114 4 f f
30
8
110 2f
30
8
110 2f 30 8

2f 240 110

2f 130

f 130 2

f 65

Therefore the father is 65 years old

 5(b) Method 2 [Expression in terms of the mother (m)]
Since average age of the 8 family members = 30yrs,
Sum of ages of family members = 8 × 30 years = 240 years
Ages of children + (father) + mother = 240 years
(6 × 19) + (4 + mother) + mother = 240

age = m
(6 × 19) + (4 +m) + m = 240
114 + 4 + 2m = 240
118 + 2m = 240
2m = 240 118
2m = 122
m = 122 ÷ 2
m = 61
= 61 years
Therefore, the = 61years + 4years
= 65 years

6 (a)

Grade Frequency Angle of sector

A 14 14 o o
120 360 42

B 30 30 o o
120 360 90

C 52 52 o o
120 360 156

D 24 24 o o
120 360 72
 TOTAL 120 = 360°

Pie chart showing the distribution of grades obtained by 120 students in an examination

6 (a) (i) Method 1 (Evaluating whole numbers and fractions separately)

5 157 2 23 1 125
5 2 1 7
15
2
3
5
12

28 40 25
4 60

4 13
60

4 13
60

6 (b) (i) Method 2 (Changing mixed fractions to improper fractions)

5 157 2 23 1 125
82 8 17
15 3 12
 328 160 85
60

253
60 = 4 13
60

6 (b) (ii) xy xz + 5y 5z
= x (y z) + 5 (y z)
= (y z) (x + 5)
April 2005
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1.

In the diagram above, A and B are two intersecting sets. How many members are in the set B?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7

2. Which of the following is not a factor of 18?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 9

3. Multiply 0.014 by 0.2

A) 0.00028 B) 0.0028 C) 0.028 D) 0.28

4. Given that A = {b, c, i}

A. {a, b, c, e, f, i} B. {f, i} C. {a} D. {i}

5. If a = 64 and b = 22, find a/b.

A) 32 B) 16 C) 1/16 D) 1/32

2
6. Arrange the following numbers from the highest to the lowest: /3, -7, 0.
A) -7, 0, 2/3
B) -7, 2/3, 0
C) 0, 2/3, -7
2
D) /3, 0, -7

7. Simplify 22 × 32 × 23 × 34
A) 22 × 36 B) 24 × 37 C) 25 × 36 D) 26 × 38
8. In an examination 40% of the students failed. The number of students that passed was 180. How
many students failed?
A) 120 B) 270 C) 300 D) 450

9. Evaluate 1/3 [ (5 1) (2 7)]

A) -3 B) -1 C) 1 D) 3

10. If 6n + 4 = 16, find the value of n.

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6

11. What is the next term in the following set of numbers: {1, 3, 7,
A) 35 B) 39 C) 47 D) 63

12. Find the mean of the following set of numbers 10, 12, 14 and 16.
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D)15

13. Simplify 3a2 × 2ab × 4bc

A) 9a3b2c B) 12a2b2c C) 24a2b2c D) 24a3b2c

14. Expand 3 (2a + 3b)

A) 2a +9b B) 5a + 6b C) 6a + 3b D) 6a + 9b

15. Find the area of a circle whose diameter is 28 cm.

22
/7)

A) 44 cm2 B) 88 cm2 C) 352 cm2 D) 616 cm2

16. In sharing 95 oranges with Dede, Fofo kept 45 of them and shared the rest equally with Dede. How
many oranges did Dede get?
A) 20 B) 25 C) 40 D) 55

b 2 4r
17. If c , find c when b = 3, r = 4 and a = 5.
2ar
A) 19/40 B) 11/20 C) 3/8 D) 5/8
18. A woman bought a sewing machine for ¢800,000.00 and sold it for ¢920,000.00. Find the percentage
profit
A) 12% B) 13% C) 15% D) 16.4%

19. What is the rule for the following mapping?

x 0 1 2 3 4

y 5 9 13 17 21
-
A) y=x+5 B) y = 4x + 5 C) y = 5x+4 D) y = 6x+1

20. Find the volume of a cuboid of sides 15 m by 12 m by 3 m.

A) 36 m3 B) 45 m3 C) 180 m3 D) 540 m3

21. A bag contains 4 blue and 8 red balls. What is the probability of picking a blue ball at random from
the bag?
A) 1/3 B) ½ C) 2/3 D) 3/4

22.

Find the size of the angle marked y in the diagram.

A) 35° B) 45° C) 55° D) 90°

23. An equilateral triangle has side 16cm. A square has the same perimeter as the equilateral triangle.
What is the area of the square?
A) 48 cm2 B) 96 cm2 C) 144 cm2 D) 256 cm2

24. Kofi deposited ¢500,000.00 with a bank for 2 years at a rate of 10% per annum. Find the simple
interest
 A) ¢10,000.00 B) ¢20,000.00 C) ¢50,000.00 D) ¢100,000.00

4 2T
25. Make T the subject of the relation l2
g
gl gl 2
T T
A) 2 B) 2

l2 gl 2
T 2 T
C) 4g D) 4 2

0.54 0.7
26. Evaluate
9
A) 0.0042 B) 0.042 C) 0.42 D) 4.2

27. Eric and Ebo are to

share?
A. ¢30,000.00

B) ¢50,000.00

C) ¢300,000.00

D) ¢500,000.00

28. How many faces has a rectangular pyramid?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7

29. The perimeter of a rectangle is 24cm. If the breadth of the rectangle is 4 cm, find the area of the
rectangle.
A) 32 cm2 B) 48 cm2 C) 64 cm2 D) 144 cm2

30. Factorize 4ab2 20ba2.

A. 4a(b2 5b)

B. 4b(b 5a)
 C. 4ab(b-5a)

D. 4ab(a-5b)

2 5
31. Solve the equation ( x 3) ( x 6)
3 6
A) -42 B) -12 C) 18 D) 42

32. Kofi had 100 mangoes and sold 80 of them. What is the percentage of mangoes left?
A) 12.5% B) 18% C) 20% D) 25%

33. Find the median of the following marks: 2, 4, 10, 3, 6, 12.

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 10

In a class of 20 pupils, 8 pupils read Mathematics, 13 read English and 3 read both Mathematics and
English.
Use this information to answer Questions 34 and 35

34. How many pupils read English only?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 10

35. How many pupils do not read either Mathematics or English?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7`

36. Calculate 82.5 ÷ 0.25, expressing the answer in the standard form
A) 3.3 x 10-3 B) 3.3 x 10 C) 3.3 x 102 D) 3.3 x 103

37. The price of a gas cooker costing ¢450,000.00 was increased by 10%. Find its new price.
A) ¢45,000.00 B) ¢49,000.00 C) ¢405,000.00 D) ¢495,000.00

38. What is the number of all possible outcomes of tossing a die?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6

39. In the diagram, QRS is a triangle. Angle QRS = 50° and angle RST = 120°. Find angle RQS.
 A) 60° B) 65° C) 70° D) 80°

40.
2 4
If r and s , find r 2s
3 1
10 10 6 6
A. B. C. D.
1 1 1 2
April 2005
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. C) 5

2. B) 4

3. B) 0.0028

4. D. {i}

5. B) 16
2
6. D) /3, 0, -7

7. C) 25 × 36

8. A) 120

9. D) 3

10. A) 2

11. D) 63

12. B) 13

13. D) 24a3b2c

14. D) 6a + 9b

15. D) 616 cm2

16. B) 25
17. D) 5/8

18. C) 15%

19. B) y = 4x + 5

20. D) 540m3

21. A) 1/3

22. C) 55°

23. C) 144cm2

24. D) ¢100,000.00

gl 2
D) T
25. 4 2

26. B) 0.042

27. C) ¢300,000.00

28. B) 5

29. A) 32 cm2

30. C. 4ab (b 5a)

31. A) -42

32. C) 20%

33. B) 5

34. D) 10

35. A) 2

36. C) 3.3 x 102

37. D. ¢495,000.00

38. D) 6

39. C) 70°
 10
A)
40. 1
April 2005
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) A boy has enough money to buy 14 pencils at ¢450.00 each. How many erasers costing
¢300.00 each can he buy with the same amount of money?

22
(b) A circle has a circumference of 44cm. Calculate its radius if /7.

(c) Simplify 2 14 1 85 3 167

5(n 6)
(d) If 1 find n.
n

2. (a) Copy and complete the table below for the relation; x + y = 180

X 0 30 60 90 120 150 180

Y 180 90

(b) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 20 units on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and
OY.
 (ii) Mark both axes from 0 to 180.
(iii) Plot all the seven points. Use a ruler to join all the points.

(c) Using your graph, find

(i) y when x = 100;
(ii) x when y = 70.

3. (a) There are 30 boys in a sporting club. 20 of them play hockey and 15 play volley-ball. Each boy
plays at least one of the two games.
(i) Illustrate the information on a Venn diagram
(ii) How many boys play volley-ball only?

(b) Factorize xy + 3x + 6y + 18

(c) Multiply (3 + x) by (5 2x)

4. (a) A woman borrowed ¢2,000,000.00 from a bank at a rate of 15% per annum simple interest for
2 years.
Find

(i) the interest for the 2 years

(ii) how much she paid in all to the bank after the 2 years.

(b) A woman borrowed ¢2,000,000.00 from a bank. She used the ¢2,000,000.00 to purchase a
fridge and sold it at a profit of 45%. Find the selling price of the fridge.

5. (a) Using a pair of compasses and ruler only, construct

(i)
(ii) a perpendicular from the point C to meet the line AB at P.

(b) (i) Extend line CP to the point D such that

(ii) Join A to D and B to D.
(iii) .
(c) What type of quadrilateral is ADBC?
6. The following marks were obtained by pupils in a test.
6 4 8 2 8

6 8 8 8 10

8 9 8 6 10

2 2 6 6 6

(a) Construct a frequency distribution table for the data.

(b) What is the modal mark?

(c) Calculate the mean mark.

(d) How many pupils scored more than 6 marks?

(e) What is the probability that a student chosen at random obtained 2 marks?
April 2005
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1(a) Method 1 (Simple logic)

Total amount = 14 × ¢450.00 = ¢6300.00

Now, ¢ 6300 ÷ ¢300 = 21

He can buy 21 erasers with the same amount

1(a) Method 2 [Simple Proportion (indirect)]

If @ ¢450 each, he can buy 14 pencils

Then @ ¢300 each, he can buy ? (more) erasers

If more, less (i.e., ¢300) divides,

¢450
14 = 21
¢300

He can buy 21 erasers with the same amount

1(b) Method 1 (Substituting first)

C = 2 r

44 = 2 × 22/7 × r

44
44 = /7 × r

7
44 × 44 = r

7 = r

Radius = 7 cm

1(b) Method 2 (Making r the subject first)

C =

C
2 = r

44
2 22
7 = r

44
44 = r
7

44 44
7 = r

44 7
44 = r

7 = r

Radius = 7 cm

1(c) 2 14 1 85 3 167

( 94 13
8 ) 55
16
 ( 18 8 13 ) 55
16

5 16
8 55

2
11

5(n 6)
1(d) 1
n

Multiplying both sides by n

5(n 6)
n 1 n
n

5(n + 6) = n

5n + 30 = n

5n n = - 30

4n = - 30

4n 30
4 4

15
n =
2

n = 7 12

2 (a) By substitution of the x values in the given relation, the table is completed as shown below:

X 0 30 60 90 120 150 180

Y 180 150 120 90 60 30 0

2(b) The straight line graph is shown below

2(c) From the graph,

(i) When x = 100, y = 80

(ii) When y = 70, x = 110

3(a) (i) Let n(U) = No. of boys in the club
n(H) = No. of boys that play hockey
n(V) = No. of boys that play volleyball
a = No. of boys that play both hockey and volleyball

3(a) (ii) From the above diagram,

20 a + a + 15 a +0 = 30
20 + 0 + 15 a+0 = 30
20 + 15 a = 30
35 a = 30
a = 5

No. that play volleyball only

= n(V) a
= 15 5
= 10

10 boys play volleyball only

3(b) xy + 3x + 6y + 18

= x (y + 3) + 6 (y + 3)

= (y + 3) (x + 6)

3(c) (3 + x) (5 2x)

Approach 1 (Distributive property idea)

3 (5 2x) + x (5 2x)
 15 6x + 5x 2x2

15 x 2x2

3(c) Approach 2 (Smiley face)

(3 +x)(5 2x)

15 2x2 + 5x 6x

15 + 5x 6x 2x2

15 x 2x2

3(c) Approach 3 (Moon shape)

(3 +x)(5 2x)

(3 +x)(5 2x)

15 6x + 5x 2x2

15 x 2x2

4(a) (i) Simple interest = Principal × Rate × Time

= 2,000,000 × 15% × 2

15
= 2,000,000 × × 2
100

= 20,000 × 15 ×2

= 600,000
 The simple interest is ¢600,000.00

(ii) Amount paid to bank = Principal + S. interest

= ¢2,000,000 + ¢600,000

= ¢2,600,000

She paid ¢2,600,000 to the bank after the 2 years

4(b) Method 1 (Formula 1)

SP = CP + Profit

= ¢2,000,000 + (45% of ¢2,000,000)

45
= ¢2,000,000 + ( × ¢2,000,000)
100

= ¢2,000,000 + 45 × ¢20,000

= ¢2,000,000 + ¢900,000

= ¢2,900,000

4(b) Method 2 (Formula 2)

SP percentage
SP CP
CP percentage

145 % NB
= 100 % 2,000,000 The Percentage of the Original
(Cost) Price is always 100%

=
145 2,000,000
100

145 20,000

= ¢2,900,000
4(b) Method 3 (Equivalent Fractions)

Percentage Amount
CP 100% 2,000,000
100% + 45%
SP = 145% x

100 % From the above table

2, 000, 000
145 % x
Cross multiplying,
100 x 2,000,000 145

2,000,000 145 Dividing both sides by 100

x
100

x 20,000 145

x 2,900,000

4(b) Method 4

If 100% 2,000,000

Then 145% ? (more)

If more, less (i.e., 100) divides; therefore we have

145 2,000,000
100

= 145 20,000

= ¢ 2,900,000

5 (a), (b)
 (b) (iii) 5 cm, 5 cm

(c) ADBC is a kite.

6 (a) Frequency Table

Mark Tally Frequency

2 3

4 1

6 6

8 7

9 1

10 2

6(b) The modal mark is the most occurring mark

The modal mark = 8

6(c) Method 1 (Using raw data)

The sum of marks

The mean mark = The total number of pupils

(2 3) (4 1) (6 6) (8 7) (9 1) (10 2)
= 3 1 6 7 1 2
 6 4 36 56 9 20
= 20

=
131
20 = 6 11
20 or 6.55

6(c) Method 2 (Using frequency table)

Mark Tally Frequency

(x) (f) fx

2 3 6
4 1 4
6 6 36
8 7 56
9 1 9
10 2 20
f = 20 fx = 131

fx 131
The mean mark = =
f 20

= 6 11
20 or 6.55

6 (d) Sum of frequencies of 8, 9 and 10

7+1+2 pupils = 10 pupils

Number of pupils that obtained 2 marks

6 (e) P(2 marks) = Total number of pupils

3
= 20
April 2004
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. If the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the set B = {2, 4, 6}, find the number of members in the set A B.
A) 8 B) 6 C) 5 D) 2

2. How many faces has a cuboid ?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

0.036
3. Evaluate
0.02
A) 0.018 B) 0.18 C) 1.8 D) 18.0

4. The angle formed by one complete revolution is equivalent to

A) one right angle
B) two right angles
C) three right angles
D) four right angles

5. If the set P = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} which of the following statements best describes P?

A) Set of whole numbers up to 6.
B) Set of counting numbers less than 6
C) Set of counting numbers greater than 6
D) Set of integers less than 6.

6. Which of the following numbers is the next prime number greater than 23 ?
A) 17 B) 24 C) 25 D) 29

7. Simplify -35 (-15) + (-30)

A) 10 B) 20 C) 50 D) -80
8. Write 78910 correct to the nearest thousand
A) 70,000 B) 78,000 C) 79,000 D) 80,000

210 3 2
9. Simplify
36 2 8
22 34 32 24
A) 34 B) 22 C) 24 D) 34

10. Which of the following inequalities is represented on the number line below?

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

A. -2 < x < 3
B. - x<3
C. - x
D. -2 < x

11. Factorize completely the expression 4xy - 16x + 10y 40.

A.. (y + 4) (4x 10)
B. (y 4) (4x + 10)
C. (4 y) (10 4x)
D. (y + 4) (4x + 10)

12. What is the image of 2 in the mapping x x+5?

A) 7 B) 9 C) 12 D) 20

13. Simplify 3a2b3 × 4a3b

A) 12a5b4 B) 12a4b5 C) 7a5b4 D) 7a4b5

14. Find the solution set of 2x + 1 < 5 in the domain {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3}.
A. {-1, 1, 3,} B. {-1, 0, 1} C. {-1, 1, 2} D. {0, 1, 2}

15. Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 48, 60 and 96.
 A) 12 B) 24 C) 36 D) 48

16. P = {odd numbers between 20 and 30} and Q = {23, 29}. Which of the following is true?
A) P Q B) Q P C) P=Q D)

17. Find the rule for the following mapping

x 0 1 2 3 4

y -1 1 3 5 7

A) y = 2x + 1 B) y = 2x 1 C) y = x2-1 D) y=x2+1

2 3
18. If a = and b = find 2a b.
4 2

1 7 1 7
A. B. C. D.
6 6 10 10

19. Find the value of x in the polygon below.

A) 12° B) 36° C) 60° D) 72°

20. An article costs ¢60,000.00. The price was increased by 10%. Find the new price.
A) ¢54,000.00 B) ¢61,000.00 C) ¢66,000.00 D) ¢70,000.00

21. Solve for x in the equation 15 2x = 6

A) 10.5 B) 4.5 C) 4.5 D) 10.5

22. The population of Ghana was 5,000,000 in 1957. The population in 1998 was estimated to be
17,000,000. Find the percentage increase in population from 1957 to 1998.
A) 2.4% B) 24% C) 240% D) 2400%
23. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3:2:1. Find the value of the smallest angle.
A) 30° B) 45° C) 60° D) 90°

24. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 4, 6 and 10

A) 10 B) 24 C) 30 D) 60

25. Convert 134five to a base ten numeral

A) 16 B) 40 C) 44 D) 220

26. A circle has radius 7cm; find its area.

22
/7)

A) 22 cm2 B) 44 cm2 C) 145 cm2 D) 154 cm2

27. Simplify : ½ - 2/3 + ¾

A) 11/12 B) 7/12 C) 2/3 D) 5/12

28. Solve for x, if

1
2 x 4 x > 20
A) x < -13 1/3 B) x < -5 5/7 C) x > 5 5/7 D) x > 13 1/3

29. Which of the following is equivalent to 22 × 63?

A) 26 × 33 B) 25 × 33 C) 24 × 3 D) 23 × 33

30. The volume of water in a rectangular tank is 30 cm3. The length of the tank is 5 cm and its breadth is
2 cm. Calculate the depth of water in the tank.
A) 4.0 cm B) 3.0 cm C) 5.0 cm D) 6.0 cm

31. The following temperatures in oC were recorded in 10 cities in Europe;

-4, 5, 2, 0, -6, -4, 3, -6, -4, 7.

Find the modal temperature.

A) 2°C B) 4°C C) 0°C D) 6°C

32. The ratio of the ages of two sisters is 4:3. The elder sister is 3 years older than the younger one. How
old is the younger sister?
A) 9 years B) 12 years C) 15 years D) 18 years

33. If n2 + 4 = 40, find n

A) 6 B) 18 C) 22 D) 44

34. An angle which is more than 90° but less than 180° is
A) an acute angle
B) a right angle
C) an obtuse angle
D) a reflex angle

35. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order: 4 ¼ , 4 ½ , 4 1/3

A) 4 ¼ , 4 1/3 , 4 ½
B) 4 1/3 , 4 ½ , 4 ¼
C) 4 ½ , 4 ¼ , 4 1/3
D) 4 ½ , 4 1/3 , 4 ¼

36. Prices of items in a shop were reduced by 10% during a reduction sale. If a customer bought an
electric fan for ¢81,000.00, what was its original price?
A) ¢72,900.00
B) ¢73,900.00
C) ¢89,100.00
D) ¢90,000.00

37. The marks scored by 8 pupils in a science test are: 3, 7, 8, 8, 5, 4, 8, 4.

What is the median mark?

A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8

38. The marks scored by 8 pupils in a science test are: 3, 7, 8, 8, 5, 4, 8, 4.

What is the probability that a pupil chosen at random scored 4 marks?

A) ½ B) ¼ C) 1/8 D) 2/47
39. If y = k + ax2, find y when and x = 2

A) 30 B) C) 6 D) 4

40. Which of the following dimensions of a triangle form the sides of a right angled triangle ?
A) 3cm, 4cm, 6cm
B) 3cm, 5cm, 7cm
C) 5cm, 12cm, 13cm
D) 5cm, 13cm, 17cm
April 2004
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. B) 6

2. D) 6

3. C) 1.8

4. D) four right angles

5. B) Set of counting numbers less than 6

6. D) 29

7. C) 50

8. C) 79,000

22
9. A)
34

10. D. -2 < x

11. B. (y 4) (4x + 10)

12. B) 9

13. A) 12a5b4

14. B. {-1, 0, 1}

15. A) 12
16. B) Q P

17. B) y = 2x 1

7
B.
18. 6

19. B) 36o

20. C) ¢66,000.00

21. C) 4.5

22. C) 240%

23. A) 30o

24. D) 60

25. C) 44

26. D) 154 cm2

7
27. B) /12

28. B) x < -5 5/7

29. B) 25 × 3 3

30. B) 3.0cm

31. B) 4oC

32. A) 9 years

33. A) 6

34. C) an obtuse angle

35. A) 4 ¼ , 4 1/3 , 4 ½

36. D) ¢90,000.00

37. B) 6

38. B) ¼
39. C) 6

40. C) 5cm, 12cm, 13cm

April 2004
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) (i) Factorize completely the expression 2xy 8x + 3y 12

(ii) Evaluate the expression in (i) if x = 5 and y = 7

1 1
(b) Make q the subject of the equation t
p q

5 8
(c) Given that U = and V = , find 3(U + ½ V)
9 12

2. (a) Ama and Kofi shared the profit earned from their business in the ratio 3:4. The profit was
¢1,743,000.00
(i) Find how much of the profit each person received.

(ii) Kofi lent out his share of the profit at a rate of 20% per annum for 2 years. Find the
interest on his share.

(iii) What will be

(b) Change 243five to a base ten numeral.

3. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct,
(i) triangle PQR such that | PQ | = 8cm, angle QPR = 60° and angle PQR = 45°.

(ii) Measure | QR |.

(b) A rectangular water tank has length 60cm, width 45cm and height 50cm.
Find
(i) the total surface area of the tank when closed
(ii) the volume of the tank
(iii) the height of the water in the tank, if the tank contains 81,000cm3 of water.

4. (a) A car runs on the average at 45 km to 5litres of fuel. Calculate how many litres of fuel are
required for a journey of 117km.

(b) (i) Solve for x in the inequality

2
3
(2 x 5) 8 23

(ii) Illustrate the solution on the number line

(c) A factory increased its production by 22 ½% and produced 49,000 tonnes. How many tonnes
was it producing before?

5. (a) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY on a
graph sheet.
(ii) On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6.

(b) Plot the points,

(i) P (1, -2) and Q (4, 5)

(ii) image of P under a translation by the vector 5

0

vector.
5 5
(NB: The original given vector 0 , which was an error, is corrected to 0

(c) (i)

(ii) Measure

(d) (i) Find the vectors and

 (ii)

6. (a) The following are the ages in years of members of a group:

8, 11, 8, 10, 6, 7, 3x, 11, 11. If the mean age is 9 years, find

(i) x
(ii) the modal age
(iii) the median age.

(b) Draw a bar chart for the distribution

April 2004
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1(a) (i) 2xy 8x + 3y 12 1. Factorize 2xy 8x and 3y 12

separately
2x(y 4) + 3(y 4)
2. Factorize (y 4) out
(y 4) (2x + 3)

(ii) Approach 1 (Using 2xy 8x + 3y 12)

since x = 5 and y = 7, we have
2(5)(7) 8(5) + 3(7) 12
70 40 + 21 12
= 39

(ii) Approach 2 [Using (y 4) (2x + 3)]

since x = 5 and y = 7, we have
[7 4] [2(5) + 3]
[3] [10 + 3]
3× 13
= 39

1 (b)
 1 1
t , making q the subject
p q

Method 1 (Removing fractions first)

Multiplying through by pq
pq (t ) pq ( ) 1
p
pq ( )
1
q
(LCM of the denominators)
to remove fractions
pqt q p

Grouping all terms

pqt q p containing q on one side

q ( pt 1) p Factorizing q out

q ( pt 1) p Dividing both sides by (pt 1)

( pt 1) ( pt 1)

p
q
pt 1

1 (b) Method 2 (Separating term(s) containing q on one side first)

1 1
t Separating term(s) containing q
p q
on one side and simplifying
1 1 both sides
t
p q
t 1 1
1 p q
pt 1 1
p q
Cross multiplying
q ( pt 1) p
p
q
pt 1
1 (c) 3 (U + ½ V)

Method 1 (Evaluating within the bracket first)

5 1
8
= 3 9 2
12

5 1
2 8
= 3
9 1
2 12
5 4
= 3
9 6

5 4
= 3
9 6

1 3
= 3 =
15 45

1 (c) Method 2 (Expanding / Removing brackets first)

3 (U + ½ V)
3
= 3U + 2 V
5 3
8
= 3 + 2
9 12

3 5
3
2 8
= +
3 9 3
2 12
15 12
= +
27 18

3
=
45
2 (a) (i) Method 1 (Formula)
Person's ratio
P = Total ratio Total amount

3
share: = ¢1,743,000
7
= 3 × ¢249,000 = ¢747,000

share:
Approach 1
= ¢1,743,000 ¢747,000
= ¢996,000
Approach 2
4
= 1,743,000
7
= 4 × 249,000 = ¢996,000

2 (a) (i) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Ratio Amount
3+4
Total = 7 1,743,000
Ama 3 a
Kofi 4 k

From the table above - using

7 1, 743, 000
3 a

Cross multiplying
7 a 1,743,000 3
1,743,000 3 Dividing both sides by
a
7 a
a 249,000 3
 a 747,000

= ¢747,000

= ¢1,743,000 ¢747,000
= ¢996,000

NB: Other approaches using the idea of Simple Proportion could

also be used to solve the problem

2(a) (ii)
= Principal × Rate × Time
= 996,000 × 20% × 2
20
= 996,000 × × 2
100

= 9,960 × 20 ×2
= GH¢398,400.00

(iii) = Principal + S. interest

= 996,000 + 398,400
= GH¢1,394,400

2 (b) Changing 2 4 3 five to a base ten numeral.

2 4 3
52 51 50

( 2 × 52 ) + ( 4 × 51 ) + ( 3 × 5 0 )
 = ( 2 × 25) + (4 × 5) + (3 × 1)
= 50 + 20 + 3
= 73

3 (a) (i)

(ii) |QR| 7.1 cm

3 (b) (i) 50cm

45cm
60cm

Total surface area of a cuboid of length l, width w and height h

= Sum of all 6 faces areas of the cuboid

= 2(l × w) + 2(l × h) + 2(w + h)

= 2(60cm × 45cm) + 2(60cm × 50cm) + 2(45cm × 50cm)

= 2 (2700cm2) + 2(3000cm2) + 2(2250cm2)

= 5400cm2 + 6000cm2 + 4500cm2

= 15900 cm2

3 (b) (ii) The volume = area of base × height

= (length × width) × height

 = (60cm × 45cm) × 50cm

= 2700 cm2 × 50cm

= 135,000 cm3

3 (b) (iii) Method 1 (Substituting first, then finding height)

If the tank contains 81,000cm3 then

Volume of water in the tank = 81,000cm3

Volume .= Area of base × height

81,000 cm3 = 2700 cm2 × height

81, 000 cm 3
2700 cm 2 = height

30 cm = height (of water in the tank)

The height of water in the tank = 30 cm

3 (b) (iii) Method 2 (Making height the subject first, then substituting)

Length × width × height = Volume (of water)

= 30 cm
The height of water in the tank = 30 cm

4 (a) Method 1 (Unitary Approach the value of one item)

Since 45km requires 5 litres

 5 1
1 km requires litre = litre
45 9

1
117 km requires litre 117 = 13 litres
9

4 (a) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Distance (km) Fuel (litres)

45 5
117 f

45 5 From the table above,

117 f

45 f 5 117 Cross multiplying,

45 f 5 117 117
45 45 9

f 13

A journey of 117 km requires 13 litres of fuel

4 (a) Method 3 (

If 45 km 5 litres

Then 117 km ? (more)

If more, less (i.e., 45km) divides; therefore we have

117
117 km
5 litres = 45 5 litres
45 km

= 13 litres
 4 (b) (i) 2
3
(2 x 5) 8 23

2 26
3
(2 x 5) 3

26
3 2
3
(2 x 5) 3 3

2 (2 x 5) 26

4x 10 26

4x 26 10

4x 16

x 16 4

x 4

4 (b)(ii)

-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8

4 (c) Method 1 (Equivalent Fractions)

Percentage Production
After 100% + 22½%
= 122½% 49,000
Before 100% x

122 1 2 % 49, 000

From the table above, 100 % x
 122 12 49, 000 122.5 49, 000
100 x 100 x

122.5 x 49000 100

Cross-multiplying, we have:

122.5 x 49000 100 Dividing both sides by 122.5

122.5 122.5 to find x

49000 100 10 Multiplying both numerator and denominator

x
122.5 10 by 10 (to convert 122.5 to 1225)

49000 1000
x 40,000
1225

The factory was producing 40,000 tonnes before.

4 (c) Method 2

If 122½% 49,000 tonnes

Then 100 % ? (less)

If less, more (i.e., 122½%) divides; therefore we have

100 % 100
49, 000 tonnes = 122. 5 49, 000 tonnes
122 1 2 %

= 40,000 tonnes

4 (c) Method 3 (Equation)

= 122½ % of Origina = 49,000 tonnes

122.5
100 Original q' ty 49,000
Multiplying both sides by
(to remove
100
Original q' ty 49,000 122.5 To find original quantity

Multiplying both numerator

and denominator by 10 (to
 49, 000 1000
= 1225

= 40,000

It was producing 40,000 tonnes before

5 (a), (b) Approach 1 (Inspection / Construction)

5
[NB: Translating PQ by vector simply means moving PQ 5 units to the left (-5),
0

and 0 units downwards [i.e., no movement downwards (0).

-1,5)

NB: Horizontal direction movement first; Vertical direction movement second (always)

5 (a), (b) Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

a
Translating (x, y) by vector
b

x x a
y y b

1 1 5
OP OP
2 2 0
1 4
OP OP , P ( 4, 2)
2 2

4 4 5
OQ OQ
5 5 0
4 1
OQ OQ , Q ( 1, 5)
5 5

-4,-2) a -1,5) as the image of PQ under a translation by

5
the vector
0
5 (c) (ii) 67°

Angle PP Q 67°

5 (d) (i) Vectors PQ and P Q

Method 1 (Inspection)
 From P to Q, we move 3 units to the right (horizontal),

followed by 7 units upwards (vertical)

3
Vector PQ ( ) =
7
NB:
From P to Q , we move 3 units to the right (horizontal), Horizontal direction
movement first; Vertical
followed by 7 units upwards (vertical) direction movement
second (always)
3
Vector P Q ( ) =
7

5 (d) (i) Method 2 (Calculation / Rule)

Vector PQ = OQ OP

4 1 4 1
= =
5 2 5 ( 2)

4 1 3
= =
5 2 7

Vector P Q = OQ OP

1 4 1 ( 4)
= =
5 2 5 ( 2)

1 4 3
= =
5 2 7

(ii)

6 (a) (i) If the mean age = 9 years, then

 8 11 8 10 6 7 3x 11 11
9
9
72 3x
9
9
72 3x 9 9
72 3x 81
3x 81 72
3x 9
x 9
3
x 3

6 (a) (ii) The modal age is 11 years

6 (a) (iii) Since x = 3, 3x = 3(3) = 9

Therefore, the ages in years of the members are

8, 11, 8, 10, 6, 7, 9, 11, 11.

Hence re-arranging in ascending order, we have

6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 11

The middle ages (in years) are 9 and 10; therefore

9 10
The median age =
2

or ½ (9+10) = 4.5 or 4½ years

6 (b) Hence the frequency table and bar chart are shown below

Age
6 7 8 9 10 11
(in yrs)
 No. of
1 1 2 1 1 3
members
Vertical AxisScale: 4 cm to 1 member
April 2003
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. P = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}. Which of the following best describes the set P?
A) The set of multiples of 3 less than 18
B) The set of multiples of 3
C) The set of odd numbers
D) The set of odd numbers less than 16

2. If
A. {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
B. {7, 10}
C. {10}
D. {7}

3.

Find the set of missing numbers on the number line above.

A. {-21, -6, 11} B. {-21, -10, 11} C. {-25, -6, 15} D. {-25, -10, 15}

4. If 7.2 and 7.9 are two points on a number line, find the number in the middle of these points.
A) 7.35 B) 7.45 C) 7.55 D) 7.65

5. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 12 and 20.

A) 24 B) 48 C) 60 D) 80
6. Express 72 as a product of prime factors.
A) 2×3 B) 22×32 C) 22×33 D) 23×32

7. If 3t 2 (t + 12) = 11, find the value of t.

A) 35 B) 13 C) 13 D) 35

8. What is the value of the digit 8 in the number 78000 ?

A) 8 ten thousands B) 8 thousands C) 8 hundreds D) 8 tens

9. Find the product of 17 and 121.

A) 968 B) 1,751 C) 2,057 D) 8,591

10. Araba owes ¢550,000.00 at the bank. She goes to pay ¢150,000.00. How much does Araba owe the
bank now?
A) ¢700,000.00 B) ¢600,000.00 C) ¢500,000.00 D) ¢400,000.00

37 7
11. Evaluate
100 10
A) 0.259 B) 2.590 C) 25.900 D) 259.000

12. Express 1.25 as a mixed fraction in its lowest form.

A) 1 25 B) 1 25
1 4
C) 1 ¼ D) 1 ¾

13. The total number of match sticks in 6 match boxes was 270. Find the total number of sticks in 20
similar boxes.
A) 710 B) 800 C) 810 D) 900

14. A car travels at an average speed of 45 km per hour. What distance does it cover in 12 hours?
A) 450km B) 480km C) 500km D) 540km

15. Calculate the simple interest on ¢130,000.00 for 2 ½ years at 12% per annum.
A) ¢78,000.00 B) ¢39,000.00 C) ¢36,000.00 D) ¢31,200.00

16. Express 2 as a percentage

5
 A) 20% B) 25% C) 40% D) 80%

17. Kwame gets a commission

¢45,000.00. How much bread did he sell during that week?
A) ¢205,000.00
B) ¢220,000.00
C) ¢225,000.00
D) ¢235,000.00

18. Write 83000 in standard form.

A) 8.3x10-4
B) 8.3x10-3
C) 8.3x103
D) 8.3x104

19. The following marks are the marks obtained by pupils in a test:
2, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 3.

What is the mode?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D)5

20. The following marks are the marks obtained by pupils in a test:
2, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 3. Calculate the mean

A) 3.0 B) 3.2 C) 4.0 D) 4.2

21. There are 12 red and 8 blue balls in a bag. If a ball is selected at random from the bag, what is the
probability that it is red?
A) 2/5 B) 2/3 C) 3/5 D) 4/5

22. If y 1
3 ( x 2) express x in terms of y.

A) x 3y 2

B) x 3y 2
 x 3
2 y
C)

x 3
y
D) 2

23. Simplify 6a2 × 4a2b2

A) 10a4b2 B) 24a2b2 C) 24a4b2 D) 24a2b4

24. Change 17ten to a base two numeral.

A) 101 B) 1001 C) 1000 D) 10001

25. Which of the following statements is true?

A) 8+4 < 10 B) 7+4 < 10 C) 6+4 < 10 D) 5+4 < 10

26. Find the set of integers within the interval -2 < x < 2
A. {-2,-1,2} B. {-2,-1,0} C. {-1,0,1} D. {-1,1,2}

27. Use the mapping below to answer question 27

x 1 2 3 4 5

y -4 -2 0 2 m

What is the rule for this mapping ?

-3) -5 -2) -3

28.

x 1 2 3 4 5

y -4 -2 0 2 m

Find m

A) 4 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
29. Which of the following represents the net of a pyramid?

A B C D

30. A rectangular tank has dimensions 2.5 m by 4 m by 5 m. It is filled with water to the brim. If 35 m3
of the water is used, how much water is left in the tank?
A) 50 m3 B) 35 m3 C) 25 m3 D) 15 m3

31.

In the triangle XYZ, angle XZY = 90o, |XY| = 13cm and

|YZ| = 5cm. What is the length of XZ ?

A) 4cm B) 8cm C) 12cm D) 65cm

32. How many lines of symmetry has an equilateral triangle ?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

33. The value of an obtuse angle lies between

A) 0° and 90°

B) 90° and 180°

C) 90° and 270°

D) 180° and 360°

34.
 In the diagram above, AB is parallel to CD. Angles x and y are

A) alternate angles
B) corresponding angles
C) vertically opposite angles
D) co-interior angles

2 3
35. If a = and b= , find 2a + b.
1 4

7 5 8 1
A. B. C. D.
2 3 7 6

36.

Find the size of the angle marked f, in the diagram above.

A) 56° B) 72° C) 108° D) 128°

37. The dimensions of a cuboid are 2cm, P cm and 5cm. Which of the following is an expression for the
volume of the cuboid?
A. 7P cm3

B. (7+P) cm3

C. 10P cm3

D. (10+P) cm3
38. Simplify 5(3t + 1) 6(t 1).
A) 9t + 11 B) 9t + 7 C) 9t + 1 D) 9t 5

39. Simplify: ( 2/3 ½ ) ÷ 1/6

A) 1/36 B) 1/12 C) 1 D) 6

40. The point P moves in a plane such that it is always at equal distance from two fixed points, A and B
in the same plane. Which of these is the locus of the point P?
A) The bisector of angle PAB
B) A circle centre B and radius AB
C) A circle with AB as the diameter
D) The perpendicular bisector of line AB.
April 2003
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. A) The set of multiples of 3 less than 18

2. B. {7, 10}

3. D. {-25, -10, 15}

4. C) 7.55

5. C) 60

6. D) 23×32

7. C) 2,057

8. D) 35

9. B) 8 thousands

10. D) ¢400,000.00

11. A) 0.259

12. C) 1 ¼

13. D) 900

14. D) 540km

15. B) ¢39,000.00
16. C) 40%

17. C) ¢225,000.00

18. D) 8.3×104

19. B) 3

20. B) 3.2
3
21. C) /5

22. B) x 3y 2

23. C) 24a4b2

24. D) 10001

25. D) 5+4 < 10

26. C. {-1,0,1}

27. A) x x-3)

28. B) 4

29. B

30. D) 15m3

31. C) 12cm

32. C) 3

33. B) 90o and 180o

34. B) corresponding angles

7
A.
2
35.

36. D) 128°

37. C. 10Pcm3
38. A) 9t + 11

39. C) 1

40. D) The perpendicular bisector of line AB.

April 2003
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. = }
A = {Prime numbers}
B = {Odd numbers greater than 3}

(a)
(b) Find the set
(i)
(ii) A B
(c) (i)
(ii) Shade the region for prime factors of 18 on the Venn diagram

2. (a) If 2n 5m + 10 = 0, find
(i) m, when n = 2;
(ii) n, when m = 5.
 6.4 0.25 16
(b) Simplify leaving your answer in standard form
0.08 0.5

(c) A number of sweets were shared among 8 children and each child received 30. If 12 children
shared the same number of sweets, how many will each receive?

3. The table below shows the distribution of the ages (in years) of children in a nursery school.
Age (years) 1 2 3 4 5
Number of children 6 4 2 3 5

(a) Find
(i) the modal age
(ii) the mean age

(b) Draw a bar chart for the distribution.

(c) What is the probability that a child chosen at random from the school is 4 years old?

4 0 3
4. (a) If p= , q= and r = , find p + 2q + r
5 2 7

(b) Find the solution set of the inequality x

4 1
5 5 , if the domain is the set {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2}.

(c) A rectangular sheet of metal has length 44cm and breadth 10cm. It is folded to form a cylinder
with the breadth becoming the height.

Calculate

(i) the radius of the cylinder formed;

(ii) the volume of the cylinder.

22
/7)

5. (a) Using a pair of compasses and ruler only,

(i) construct the triangle ABC with |AB| = 8 cm, |BC| = 8cm and |AC| = 7cm.
 (ii) Bisect angle ABC and let the bisector meet AC at D. Produce |BD| to P such that |BD| =
|DP|. Join AP and CP.

(b) Measure (i) angle ADB; (ii) |AP|.

(c) What kind of quadrilateral is ABCP?

April 2003
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) A = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17}

B = {5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17}

(b) (i) A B = {5, 7, 11, 13, 17}

(ii) A B = {2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17}

(c)(i), (ii)

A B
5, 7, 11,
2, 3 9, 15
13, 17

1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

2 (a) (i) When n = 2, we have

 2(2) 5m + 10 = 0
4 5m + 10 = 0
4 + 10 = 0 + 5m
14 = 5m
14
= m
5
14
m =
5

m = 2 54

(ii) When m = 5, we have

2n 5(5) + 10 = 0
2n 25 + 10 = 0
2n 15 = 0
2n = 15
15
n =
2

n = 7 12

6.4 0.25 16
2 (b)
0.08 0.5

Method 1 (Converting Decimals to Common Fractions)

= (6.4 × 0.25 × 16) ÷ (0.08 × 0.5)

64 25 16 8 5
=
10 100 1 100 10
64 25 16 100 10
=
10 100 1 8 5

64 25 16
=
8 5
8 5 16
=
1 1
= 640 = 6.4 × 102
 2 (b) Method 2 (Converting Decimals to Whole Numbers)
Multiplying both numerator and denominator by 1000
(to convert to whole numbers)
6.4 0.25 16 1000
0.08 0.5 1000
64 25 16
=
8 5

8 5 16
=
1 1
= 640 = 6.4 × 102

2 (c) Method 1 (Simple Sharing)

Total no. of sweets = 8 × 30 sweets = 240 sweets
Now, 240 ÷ 12 = 20
If 12 children shared 240 sweets, each gets 20 sweets

2 (c) Method 2 (Simple Proportion)

In sharing the same number of sweets,
If for 8 children, each receives 30 sweets,
then for 12 children, each receives ?(less) sweets
If less, more (i.e., 12 children) divides,
8 children
30 sweets = 20 sweets
12 children

3 (a) (i) The modal age is the age that occurs most

The modal age = 1 year

3 (a) (i) Approach 1

T he sum of ages
The mean age = T he total number of children

(1 6 ) ( 2 4 ) ( 3 2 ) ( 4 3) ( 5 5)
= 6 4 2 3 5
 6 8 6 12 25
= 6 4 2 3 5

57
= 20

= 2 17
20 years or 2.85 years

3 (a)(i) Approach 2

Age (years) No. of Children

(x) (f) fx
1 6 6
2 4 8
3 2 6
4 3 12
5 5 25
x = 57

fx 57
The mean age = =
f 20

= 2 17
20 years or 2.85 years

3 (b)
Vertical AxisScale: 3 cm to 1 child
 Number of children aged 4 years
3 (c) P(4 years old) = Total number of children
3
=
20

4 (a) p + 2q + r

4 0 3
= +2 +
5 2 7
 4 2 0 3
= + +
5 2 2 7

4 0 ( 3)
=
5 ( 4) 7

4 0 3
=
5 4 7

1
=
8

4 (b) Method 1

x 4
5
1
5 , domain = {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2}

x 1
5
4
5 Grouping constants

x 1
Truth set = {-2, -1, 0, 1}

4 (b) Method 2

x 4
5
1
5 domain = {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2}

Multiplying through by 5
to remove fractions
5x 4 1
5x 1+4

x 1
Truth set = {-2, -1, 0, 1}
4 (c) (i) METHOD 1 (Length of rectangle = Circumference of circle)

L = 44cm

Approach 1 (Substituting first, then finding r)

L = 2 r
44cm = 2 × 22/7 × r
Dividing both sides by
to find r

44cm 7
2 22 = r

7cm = r
Radius of the cylinder formed = 7 cm

4 (c) (i) Approach 2 (Making r the subject first, then substituting)

L =

2
L
r
44 cm
2 22 7
r
44 cm
44
7
r
44 cm 44
7 r

7cm = r
Radius of the cylinder formed = 7 cm

4 (c) (i) METHOD 2 (Area of rectangle = Curved surface area of cylinder)

w h
 Approach 1 (Substituting first)
l w =

= 2 r 10cm
22
44cm × 10cm 7

44cm 10cm
r
2 22
7
10cm

44 cm 10 cm 7
2 22 10 cm r
7cm = r
Radius of the cylinder formed = 7 cm

4 (c) (i) Approach 2 (Making r the subject first)

l w =
l w
2 h r
44 cm 10 cm
2 22 10 cm
r
7

44 cm
44 r
7

44 cm 44
7 = r
7
44 cm 44 = r
7cm = r
Radius of the cylinder formed = 7 cm

4 (c) (ii) Volume of cylinder = Area of base × height

2
= × h
22
= /7 × (7cm)2 × 10cm
= 22 × 7cm × 7cm × 10cm
7

= 22 × 7cm2 × 10cm
= 1540 cm3
5 (a)

(b) (i) Angle ADB 90°

(ii) |AP| 8 cm

(c) ABCP is a rhombus

July 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. State the property used in the operation a(b+c) = ab + ac.

A) Associative B) Distributive C) Commutative D) Universal

2. Simplify 0.1 x 0.02 x 0.003

(leaving your answer in standard form)

A) 6x10-7 B) 6x10-6 C) 6x105 D) 6x106

3. Express 1/25 as a decimal fraction.

A) 0.4 B) 0.04 C) 0.004 D) 0.0004

4. In an examination, 25% of the candidates failed to obtain the pass mark. The number of candidates
who passed was 150. How many candidates failed?
A) 113 B) 100 C) 50 D) 38

5. How many faces has a cube ?

A) 8 B) 6 C) 5 D) 4

6. Simplify 28 ÷ 23
A) 224 B) 210 C) 25 D) 23
 The Venn diagram above shows the number of pupils in a class of 40, who speak Twi or Ga or
neither.

7. How many pupils speak both Twi and Ga?

A) 17 B) 11 C) 7 D) 5

8. How many pupils speak neither Twi nor Ga?

A) 17 B) 11 C) 7 D) 5

9. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 10, 15 and 25.
A) 30 B) 60 C) 120 D) 150

10. Which of the following expressions is illustrated on the number line below?

A) x < -3 -3 C) x > -3 -3

2a a b
11. Simplify
3 2
a 3b a 3b a b 7 a 3b
A) 6 B) 6 C) 6 D) 6

12. Correct 0.00025 to one significant figure.

A) 0.2 B) 0.003 C) 0.0002 D) 0.0003

13. If y : 28 = 5 : 7, find y.
A) 5 B) 20 C) 31.2 D) 37.5

14. Convert 121five to a base ten numeral.

A) 21 B) 35 C) 36 D) 40

15. In the mapping

x = 1 2 3 4 5

y = 4 7 10 k 16
-

Find the image of 4 under the mapping.

 A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14

16. The point K (3,4) is rotated through 180° about the origin. Find its image.
A. (-3, 4) B. (-4, 3) C. (-3, -4) D. (3, -4)

17. Arrange the following fractions in descending order of magnitude: ½ , 17/20 , ¾

A) ¾ , 17/20 , ½
17
B) /20 , ¾ , ½
C) ½ , ¾ , 17/20
D) ½ , 17/20 , ¾

18. Which of the following best describes the construction below?

A B

A. Constructing an angle of 60°

B. Constructing the perpendicular bisector of AB
C. Constructing a circle about the midpoint of AB
D. Constructing an angle of 180°

19. Find the image of the point K (3, 5) when it is reflected in the x-axis.
A. (3, 5) B. (5, 3) C. (3, -5) D. (-3, -5)

20. A set of furniture was sold for ¢300,000.00 at a profit of 20%. Find the cost price.
A) ¢250,000
B) ¢240,000
C) ¢200,000
D) ¢180,000
21. Make x the subject of the relation, v2 = u2 + 2ax.

A) x u2 2av 2

v2 u2
x
B) a2

u2 v2
x
C) 2a

v2 u2
x
D) 2a

22. Three baskets contain 95 oranges, x oranges and 2x oranges. How many oranges are in the three
baskets?
A) 96x B) 95 + 3x C) 95 + 2x2 D) 98x

The pie chart shows the distribution of programmes offered by 720 students at Kofikrom.

Use this information to answer Questions 23 and 24

23. Find the value of the angle marked y.

A) 90° B) 100° C) 110° D) 120°

24. How many more students offered Science subjects than Arts subjects?
A) 40 B) 80 C) 160 D) 240

25. Kofi is two years older than Ama. If the sum of their ages
 A) 7 yrs B) 9 yrs C) 14 yrs D) 18 yrs

26. J = ½ mv2. If v = 4 and J = 12, find m.

A) 1.5 B) 3.0 C) 3.6 D) 6.3

27. PQR is a right-angled triangle. The area of the triangle is 6cm2 and |QR| = 3cm. Find |PQ|.

A) 2cm B) 3cm C) 4cm D) 6cm

28. A rectangle has a length of 8cm and a breadth of 6cm. How long is its diagonal?
A) 10 B) 14 C) 28 D) 50

1
29. Simplify /3 (2 2/3 + 5/6).
A) 13/4 B) 7/6 C) 13/18 D) 31/18

30. A man divided his 360 cattle among his three sons in the ratio 7:6:5. How many cattle did the one
who had the smallest share receive?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 140 D) 160

31. The marks obtained by 9 students in a test are 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8.

Find the median

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7

32. The marks obtained by 9 students in a test are 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8.

What is the mode?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 7

33. What is the fifth term of the sequence

1
3 , 52 , 73 , ... ?
 A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
9 11 13 15

34. 30 men dig a pit in 21 days. How many days will 14 men take to dig the pit, working at the same
rate?
A) 20 B) 25 C)30 D) 45

35. A bag contains 6 white and 8 red balls. What is the probability that a ball picked at random will be a
white ball?
A) 1/7 B) 3/7 C) 4/7 D) 6/7

36. The figure below is a cuboid with dimensions x cm by y cm by z cm. Find the area of the face PQRV.

A) xy cm2 B) yz cm2 C) x2 cm2 D) xz cm2

37. A rod 200cm long is broken into two parts. The shorter part is one-quarter of the length of the rod.
Express the shorter part as a percentage of the longer part.
A) 25% B) 30% C) 33.33% D) 66.67%

38. In the figure below, MN and PQ are straight lines. Find the value of the angle marked x in the figure.

A) 65° B) 75° C) 85° D) 155°

39. Find the value of x in the equation x/4 = 2

A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
 22
40. /7)
A) 4.9 m B) 22 m C) 24 m D) 24.5 m
July 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. B) Distributive

2. B) 6x10-6

3. B) 0.04

4. C) 50

5. B) 6

6. C) 25

7. A) 17

8. D) 5

9. D) 1311five

10. D) 150

11. C) x > -3

a 3b
12. A) 6

13. D) 0.0003

14. B) 20

15. C) 36
16. C. (-3, -4)
17
17. B) /20 , ¾ , ½

18. C. (3, -5)

19. A) ¢250,000

v2 u2
20. D) x
2a

21. B) 95 + 3x

22. B) 100°

23. B) 80

24. A) 7 yrs

25. A) 1.5

26. C) 4cm

27. C) 13

28. A) 10
7
29. B) /6

30. A) 100

31. C) 6

32. D) 7

B) 5
33. 11

D) 45
34.
3
35. B) /7

36. D) x z cm2

37. C) 33.33%

38. B) 75°
39. D) 8

40. A) 4.9 m
July 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Simplify 2 ¾ ÷ (3 3/8 1 ½)

(b) There are 50 pupils in a class. Out of this number, speaks French only and of the

remainder speak both French and English. If the rest speak English only,

(i) find the number of students who speak

both French and English
only English

(ii) draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the above information

2. A shop sells a pencil at ¢500.00 and a pen at ¢2,000.00

a) If Afua bought 8 pencils and 5 pens, how much did she pay together for them?

b) The price of a pencil is increased by 20% and a pen by 10%. Find how much Otu will pay for
10 pencils and 8 pens.
3. a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct
(i) triangle ABC such that AB = 12cm, AC = 8cm and BAC = 30°;

(ii) a perpendicular from C to meet AB at M.

b) Measure

(i) angle ABC; (ii) |CM|.

c) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

5x 3 2x 4
4. (a) Solve the inequality 2
6 4

(b) (i) Copy and complete the table of values for the relation, y = 2x + 1.

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -5 -3 1 7

(ii) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2cm to 2units on the y-axis, plot the
ordered pairs (x, y) on a graph sheet.

(iii) Use a ruler to join the points plotted.

(iv) Use your graph to find

x, when y = 4 ;
y, when x = -2.5

5. The table shows the number of students in a JSS class who prepared various dishes for their practical.
Dishes No. of students

Fufu and light soup 5

Banku and Okro stew 20

Fried Rice 30

Fried Plantain and Beans 25

Boiled yam and palaver sauce 10

(a) (i) Draw a pie chart for the distribution above.

 (ii) What dish was prepared most?

(iii) What percentage of students prepared Fried Rice?

(b) What is the probability that a student chosen at random cooked Fried Plantain and Beans?
July 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) 2 34 (3 83 1 12 )
11
4 ( 278 3
2 )
11
4 ( 27 8 12
)
11 15
4 8

11 8
4 15

22
15 =
1 157

1 (b) (i)
) If (1/10 of 50) pupils speak French only
1
10 50 = 5 speak French only
The remainder = 50 5 = 45
But 4/5 of the remainder speak both French and English
4
5 of 45 speak both French and English
4
5 45 = 36
36 pupils speak both French and English
 ) If the rest speak English only
Total no. (F only + both F and E)
50 (5 + 36)
50 41
9
9 students speak only English

(ii) Let n(U) = No. of pupils in the class

n(F) = No. of French speakers
n(E) = No. of English speakers

2 (a) Cost of 8 pencils = 8 × ¢500 = ¢4,000

Cost of 5 pens = 5 × ¢2,000 = ¢10,000
Total cost = ¢4,000 + ¢10,000
= ¢ 14,000

(b) New (increased) price of pen

= Original price + Increase
= ¢2,000 + (20% × ¢2,000)

= ¢2000 20
100 ¢2000 NB:

= ¢2,000 + ¢400 We also could have used the

= ¢2,400 idea of Simple Proportion

)
New (increased) price of a pencil
= Original price + Increase
= ¢500 + (10% × ¢500)
= ¢500 + ¢50
 = ¢550

New price of 10 pencils = 10 × ¢550 = ¢5,500

New price of 8 pens = 8 × ¢2,400 = ¢19,200
The total price = ¢5,500 + ¢19,200 = ¢24,700

3 (a)

(b) (i) angle ABC 39°

(ii) |CM| 4.0 cm

(c) Area of triangle = ½ bh

Area of ABC = ½ × |AB| × |CM|
= ½ × 12cm × 4cm
= 6cm × 4cm
= 24cm2

4 (a)
5x 3 2x 4
2
6 4

Approach 1
2 (5 x 3) 3 (2 x 4)
2
12
2 (5 x 3) 3 (2 x 4)
2
12
10x 6 6 x 12
2
12
 10x 6 x 6 12
2
12
4x 6
2
12
4x 6 12 2

4x 24 6

4x 18
4 4
x 4 12 or x 4 .5

4 (a)
Approach 2
5x 3 2x 4
2
6 4
5x 3 2x 4
12 12 12 2
6 4
2 (5 x 3) 3 (2 x 4) 12 2

10x 6 6 x 12 24

10 x 6x 6 12 24

4x 6 24

4x 24 6

4x 18
4 4
x 4 12 or x 4 .5

4 (b) (i) By substitution of the x values in the given relation, the table is completed as shown
below:
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9

(ii), (iii) The straight line graph is shown below

 (iv) From the graph,

) When y = 4, x = 1.5

) When x = -2.5, y = -4

5 (a) (i)
 Grade Frequency Angle of sector
Fufu and light soup 5 o o
5 360 20
90

20 o o
Banku and Okro stew 20 360 80
90

30 o o
Fried Rice 30 360 120
90
Fried Plantain and 25 o o
25 90 360 100
Beans
Boiled yam and palaver 10 o o
10 90 360 40
sauce
TOTAL 90 360°

Pie chart showing the distribution of students in a JSS class who prepared various dishes

(a) (ii) Fried Rice was prepared most

No. of students who prepared fried rice

(iii) Total no. of students 100%

30
= 90 100%

(b) P(Fried Plantain and Beans)

No. of students for Fried Plantain and Beans

= Total number of students
 25 5
= 90 = 18
April 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. If P = {multiples of 4 less than 16}, find P.

A. {4,8,10} B. {4,8,12} C. {1,4,8,12} D. {4,8,12,16}

2. The addition below was carried out in base x. Find x.

243
221
1014x

A) four B) five C) six D) seven

3. A farmer left home at 4:35 am and arrived on his farm at 6:18 am. How long did he take to get to his
farm?
A) 1 hour 23 minutes
B) 1 hour 43 minutes
C) 2 hours 43 minutes
D) 10 hours 53 minute

4. Express 2474.5 in standard form

A) 2.4745 x 102
B) 2.4745 x 103
2
C) 2.4745 x 10
D) 2.4745 x 10-3

5. Simplify 1 ½ + 2 ¼ - 3 5/8
A) 1/8 B) 3/8 C) 3/16 D) 5/16
6. Find the next two numbers in the sequence 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, _ , _ .
A) 26, 34 B) 26,35 C) 27,34 D) 27,35

7. The sum of three numbers is 28,542. Two of the numbers are 10,250 and 9,750. Find the third
number.
A) 8,452 B) 8,542 C) 9,452 D) 9,542

8. 135 pencils were to be packed into boxes. Each box could take 12 pencils. Find the number of boxes
that were fully packed.
A) 10 boxes B) 11 boxes C) 12 boxes D) 13 boxes

13
9. Which of the fractions /20 , 3/5 , ¾ and 7/10 is the greatest ?
A) 3/5 B) ¾ C) 7/10 D) 13/20

10. Out of ¢550,000.00 given to a school, an amount of ¢325,000.00 was used. What fraction of the total
amount was used?
A) 4/13 B) 9/13 C) 9/22 D) 13/22

11. Kofi bought four pencils at ¢200.00 each and five pens at ¢350.00 each. How much did he pay
altogether?
A) ¢2,400.00 B) ¢2,450.00 C) ¢2,550.00 D) ¢2,650.00

12. sent him ¢120,000.00 through a bank which charges 5% commission. How much
commission was paid ?
A) ¢5,000.00 B) ¢6,000.00 C) ¢7,000.00 D) ¢7,200.00

13. 8 girls can weed a plot of land in 10 days. How many days will 5 girls take to weed the same plot of
land, working at the same rate?
A) 6 days B) 8 days C) 12 days D) 16 days

14. A mapping is defined by x x2 1. What is the image of 3 under the mapping?

A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8

15. A typist charges ¢2,000.00 for the first 5 sheets typed and ¢600.00 for any additional sheet. How
much will Barbara pay, if she presents 20 sheets for typing ?
A) ¢8,000.00 B) ¢11,000.00 C) ¢12,000.00 D) ¢19,000.00
16. Ama covered a distance of 100m in 12 seconds. Express her speed in kilometres per hour.
A) 5km/h B) 10 km/h C) 20 km/h D) 30 km/h

17. Yakubu, Seidu and Amina shared an amount of money in the ratio 3:4:5. Find how much was shared,
if Amina received ¢40,000.00
A) ¢72,000.00
B) ¢80,000.00
C) ¢96,000.00
D) ¢120,000.00

18. Abban paid ¢630,000.00 for a bicycle at a discount of 10%. Find the actual selling price of the
bicycle
A) ¢567,000.00
B) ¢573,000.00
C) ¢693,000.00
D) ¢700,000.00

19. The population of a town in 1990 was 88,000. The population increased by 20% in 1998. Find the
population in 1998.
A) 70,400 B) 94,600 C) 96,800 D) 105,600

20. If a * b = 2a b, find 3 * 2
A) 1 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

m 1
21. If r , express m in terms of r.
m 2
2r 1
m
A) r 1

2r 1
m
B) r 1

2r 1
m
C) r 1
 2r 1
m
D) r 1

Use the information below to answer questions 22 and 23

Forty per cent of students in a class speak Ga and seventy-five per cent speak Twi. Each student
speaks at least one of the two languages.

22. What percentage of the class speaks both Ga and Twi?

A) 5% B) 10% C) 15% D) 30%

23. If there are 40 students in the class, how many of them speak Twi?
A) 10 B) 16 C) 24 D) 30

24. A point (2, 1) is reflected in the y-axis. Find its image.

A. (-1, 2) B. (1, -2) C. (-2, 1) D. (2, -1)

25. Expand (2a + b)(a b).

A) 2a2 3ab b2
B) 2a2 ab b2
C) 2a2 + ab + b2
D) 2a2 +3ab + b2

1 3
26. If s = and r = , find 3s + r.
4 2

0 0 6 6
A. B. C. D.
14 6 6 14

27. Solve for y in the equation

1
3 y 1
5 y 8
A) 15 B) 30 C) 45 D) 60

28.
 Which of the following statements best describes the construction above?
A) Constructing 30°
B) Constructing 60°
C) Constructing 120°
D) Constructing 135°

29.

If |TQ| = 8cm, |QR| = 4cm and |PQ| = 2.4cm, find |ST|.

A) 4.8cm B) 7.2cm C) 8.4cm D) 9.6cm

Use the following information to answer questions 30 to 32

The pie chart below shows how a man spends his monthly salary.

30. Find the value of a

A) 75° B) 78° C) 117° D) 120°

31. If the man earns ¢720,000.00 monthly, find how much he spends on food.
A) ¢120,000.00
B) ¢180,000.00
C) ¢210,000.00
D) ¢240,000.00
32. What percentage of his salary does he save?
A) 16.7% B) 21.7% C) 25.0% D) 29.2%

33.

In the diagram, XYZ is a triangle. YW is a straight line. Angle XYZ = 52° and angle XZW = 125°.
Find angle YXZ.

A) 35° B) 55° C) 73° D) 107°

34. There are 18 girls and 22 boys in a class. A prefect is to be chosen at random from the class. What is
the probability that the prefect will be a girl?
A) 1/18 B) 9/20 C) 11/20 D) 9/11

35. The length of a rectangle is three times its width. If its perimeter is 24cm, find its width.
A) 3 cm B) 4 cm C) 6 cm D) 8 cm

36. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 135°. How many sides has the polygon ?
A) 6 B) 8 C) 9 D) 12

37. A square of side 4cm is enlarged by a scale factor of 3. Calculate the area of the enlarged square.
A) 36cm2 B) 72cm2 C) 96cm2 D)144cm2

38. A rectangular tank has length 3m, width 2m and height 1.5m.
If the tank is filled calculate the volume of water in the tank.

A) 4.5m3 B) 6.0m3 C) 7.5m3 D) 13.5m3

39. A rectangular tank has length 3m, width 2m and height 1.5m.
The Alpha Water Company charges ¢40,000.00 for every 1 m3 of water. Find how much it will cost
to fill the tank completely.
A) ¢180,000.00
 B) ¢240,000.00
C) ¢300,000.00
D) ¢360,000.00

40. Express 34m 5cm 6mm in millimetres.

A) 3,456 mm B) 34,056 mm C) 34,506 mm D) 340,506 mm
April 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. B. {4,8,12}

2. B) five

3. B) 1 hour 43 minutes

4. B) 2.4745 × 103
1
5. A) /8

6. D) 27,35

7. B) 8,542

8. B) 11 boxes

9. B) ¾
13
10. D) /22

11. C) ¢2,550.00

12. B) ¢6,000.00

13. D) 16 days

14. D) 8

15. B) ¢11,000.00

16. D) 30 km/h
17. C) ¢96,000.00

18. D) ¢700,000.00

19. D) ¢105,600

20. B) 4

2r 1
A) m
21. r 1

22. C) 15%

23. D) 30

24. C. (-2, 1)

25. B) 2a2 ab b2

0
A.
14
26.

27. A) 15

28. A) Constructing 30°

29. B) 7.2cm

30. 30. C) 117°

31. 31. C) ¢210,000.00

32. 32. A) 16.7%

33. C) 73°

34. B) 9/20

35. A) 3 cm

36. B) 8

37. B) 6.0m3

38. D) 144cm2

39. D) ¢360,000.00
40. B) 34,056 mm
April 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Simplify 2 ¾ ÷ (3 3/8 1 1/12)

(b) A ribbon of length 3m is to be cut into strips of length 14cm.

(i) How many strips of length 14cm were cut?
(ii) What length of ribbon remained?

(c) One-fourth of a number is added to one-fifth of the same number. If the result is 18, find the
number.

2. A trader took a loan of ¢1,800,000.00 at an interest of 12 ½ per cent per annum. It was agreed that
the loan and the interest must be paid in one year in equal monthly instalments.
(a) Calculate
(i) the interest on the loan
(ii) the amount to be paid at the end of the year;
(iii) the monthly instalment.

(b) Another trader took a loan at the same rate of interest and conditions. If she had to pay
¢200,000.00 monthly instalment, find to the nearest cedi how much loan she took.
3. A teacher conducted a class test and the result is displayed in a frequency table below.
Marks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frequency 2 4 2 2 10 5 6 7 2

(a) Using the frequency table, find

(i) the modal mark for the class
(ii) the number of candidates who wrote the test
(iii) the mean mark for the test.

(b) If the teacher decides that the pass mark is 4, what is the probability that a student chosen
at random from the class failed the test?

(c) Draw a bar chart for the distribution

4. (a) Three numbers are in the ratio 2:3:4 and their average is 36.
(i) Calculate the sum of the three numbers
(ii) Find the greatest number.

(b) If costs ¢875,000.00 to tile a rectangular floor measuring 7m by 5m.

How much does it cost to tile a floor measuring 8m by 4m if the same types of tiles are used?

(c) It is estimated that the population of a village increases by 10 per cent every five years. If the
population of the village is 150,000 this year, what would be the estimated population ten years
from now?

5.
The above diagram is a plane figure made up of a rectangle of sides 50cm by 28cm and an equilateral
triangle of height 24.25cm. A circle is cut out of the rectangle as shown. If the circle touches three
sides of the triangle,

Calculate

(a) the perimeter of the figure

(b) the area of the remaining portion of the figure.

22
/7]
April 2002
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) 2 34 (3 83 1 121 )
11
4
( 278 13
12
)
11
4 ( 81 24 26 )
11 55
4 24

11 24
4 55

6
5 = 1 15

1 (b) (i) No. of strips = 3m ÷ 14cm

= 300 cm ÷ 14cm

= 21 73
21 strips of length 14 cm were cut

(ii) Method 1
3
/7 of 14cm remained
3
7
14cm
6 cm
 Remaining length = 6 cm

(ii) Method 2
Total length cut = 21 × 14cm = 294cm
Remaining length = 300 cm 294cm
= 6 cm

1 (c) Let the number = n, then

1
4
n 1
5
n 18
Approach 1 (Simplifying the LHS first)
n n
18
4 5
5n 4n
18
20
9n
18
20
9n = 18 × 20
9n = 360
n = 360 ÷ 9
n = 40

1 (c) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 20 first to clear fractions)

20 ( 14 n) 20 ( 15 n) 20 18
5n + 4n = 20 × 18
9n = 360
9n 360
9 9
n = 40

2 (a) (i) Simple interest = Principal × Rate × Time

= 1,800,000 × 12½% × 1

= 1,800,000 × 2
25
% ×1
 25
= 1,800,000 × 2 100 × 1

= 9000 × 25 × 1
= 225,000

(ii) The amount to be paid = Principal + S. Interest

= 1,800,000 + 225,000
= 2,025,000

Amount to be paid
(iii) The monthly instalment = No. of months

2,025,000
= 12
= 168,750

Total amount
2 (b) Monthly instalment = No. of months

Principal Simple interest

= No. of months

P PRT
= No. of months

P P 12.5% 1
200,000
12
Solving for P by cross multiplying, we have:
200,000 12 P P 12.5%
12.5P
200,000 12 P
100
200,000 12 P 0.125 P
2,400,000 P (1 0.125)
2,400,000 P (1.125)
2,400,000
P
1.125
¢2,133,333.33 P
¢2,133,333 (to the nearest cedi)
3 (a) (i) The modal mark
= the mark with the highest frequency
The modal mark = 5

(ii) Total number of candidates

= 2 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 10 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 2
= 40 pupils

3 (a) (iii) Using the frequency table,

Approach 1
The sum of marks
The mean = The total number of candidates
(1 2) (2 4) (3 2) (4 2) (5 10) (6 5) (7 6) (8 7) (9 2)
= 2 4 2 2 10 5 6 7 2

2 8 6 8 50 30 42 56 18
= 40
220
= = 5 12 or 5.5
40

3 (a) (iii) Approach 2

Marks Frequency
(x) (f) fx
1 2 2
2 4 8
3 2 6
4 2 8
5 10 50
6 5 30
7 6 42
8 7 56
9 2 18
x= 220

fx 220
The mean mark = =
f 40
 = 5 12 or 5.5

3 (b) Probability that a student chosen at random failed the test

= =

= =

Probability that a student chosen at random failed the test = 1/5

3 (c)
Vertical AxisScale: 2cm to 1 student / pupil
4 (a)
Method 1 (Unitary Approach the value of one(1) item)
2 3 4 9
The average ratio = 3
3 3
Now, if the average ratio, 3, 36,
Then ratio 1 36 ÷ 3 = 12,
The sum of ratios, 9, (i.e., 2+3+4)
The sum of the three numbers = 108
4 (a) Method 2 (Equivalent Fractions)

Ratio Actual no.

Average
2 3 4
3 3 36

Sum 2+3+4 = 9 x

3 36
From the table above, 9 x

Cross multiplying, we have 3 x 36 9

3x 36 9
3 3
x 108
The sum of the three numbers is 108

4 (a) Method 3
If the average ratio, 3 36
Then sum of ratios, 9 ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 3) divides;
9
3 36 = 108

4 (b) Approach 1 (Equivalent Fractions)

Area Cost
7m by 5m
1st floor = 7m × 5m
= 35 m2 ¢875, 000
8m by 4m
2nd floor = 8m × 4m
= 32 m2 x

35 875, 000
From the table above, 32 x

Cross multiplying, we have

35 x 875,000 32
 35 x 875,000 32
35 35
x 25,000 32
x 800,000
The cost of tiling a 8m by 4m floor = ¢800,000.00

4 (b) Approach 2

Area Cost
7m by 5m
1st floor = 7m × 5m
= 35 m2 ¢875, 000
8m by 4m
2nd floor = 8m × 4m
= 32 m2 ?

If 35 m2 area costs ¢875,000

Then 32 m2 area costs ? (less)
If less, more (i.e., 35m2) divides, therefore we have

32 ¢875, 000
35 = ¢800,000

The cost of tiling a 8m by 4m floor = ¢800,000.00

4 (c) METHOD 1 (Formula 1)

New population percentage

New population Old population
Old population percentage

110 %
Population in 5 yrs = 150,000
100 %

= 110 1,500 = 165,000

110 %
Population in 10 yrs = 165,000
100 %
= 110 1,650 = 181,500
4 (c) METHOD 2 (Formula 2)
e
= Current population + Increase
= 150,000 + (10% ×150,000)
10
= 150,000 + ( × 150,000)
100
= 150,000 + 15,000
= 165,000

= Current population + Increase

= 165,000 + (10% × 165,000)
= 165,000 + 16,500
= 181,500

4 (c) METHOD 3 (Equivalent Fractions)

[NB: The percentage of the original quantity is always 100%]

Percentage Population
This year
100% 150,000
(original)
100% + 10%
= 110% x

100 % 150, 000

From the table above, 110 % x

Cross multiplying, we have 100 x 150,000 110

150,000 110
x 1,500 110 165,000
100

Similarly,
Percentage Population

100% 165,000
(original)
100% + 10%
 time = 110% y

100 % 165, 000

From the table above, 110 % y

Cross-multiplying, we have 100 y 165,000 110

165, 000 110
y 100 = 1,650 110

y = 181,500
The estimated population 10 years from now = 181,500

4 (c) METHOD 4
If this year: 100% 150,000
Then in 5 years: 110% ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 100%) divides; we have
110 %
150,000 = 110 1,500 = 165,000
100 %

If in 5 years: 100% 165,000

Then in 10 yrs 110% ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 100%) divides; we have
110
100 165,000 = 110 × 1,650 = 181,500

The estimated population 10 years from now = 181,500

5 (a)
Perimeter of the figure (distance around the figure)

28cm 28cm
NB:

The triangle is equilateral

50cm 50cm
( all sides = 28cm)

28cm
 Taken from the base, in the anticlockwise direction,
Perimeter = 28cm + 50cm + 28cm + 28cm + 50cm
= 184 cm

5 (b)
Area of remaining portion (after circle is cut out)

24.25cm

28cm

14cm 50cm

28cm

Approach 1
= Area of entire figure Area of circle
= [rectangle + triangle] [circle]
2
= [(l × w) + (½ × b × h)] ]
= [(50×28) + (½×28×24.25)] [22/7 × (14)2]
= [(50×28) + (14 × 24.25)] [22/7 × 14×14]
= [1400+ 339.5] [616]
= 1739.5 616
= 1123.5
Area of the remaining portion = 1123. 5 cm2

5 (b)
Approach 2
= Area of triangle + Area of [rectangle circle]
2
= (½ × b × h) + [(l × w) ]
22
= (½ × 28 × 24.25) + [(50×28) /7 × (14)2]
= 339.5 + (1400 616)
= 339.5 + 784
= 1123.5
Area of the remaining portion = 1123. 5 cm2
April 2001
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. R = {1, 3, 5, 7} and S = {2, 4, 6, 8}. Find R S.

A. {}
B. {1,2,3,5,6,8}
C. {1,2,3,4,5,7,8}
D. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
E. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

2. Find the missing members in the set {5, 10, 15, _ , 25, _ , _ ,40}
A) 20 and 30
B) 30 and 35
C) 20 and35
D) 20, 30 and 35
E) 30, 35 and 45

3. What property of addition is defined by (a+b)+c = a+(b+c) ?

A) Union
B) Inverse
C) Commutative
D) Distributive
E) Associative

4. Find the highest (greatest) common factor of 63 and 81.

A) 3 B) 7 C) 9 D) 21 E) 27

5. Change 124five to a base ten numeral.

A) 24 B) 35 C) 39 D) 42 E) 55
6. Kofi bought 4 books at an average price of ¢2,500.00. If the total cost of 3 of the books was
¢6,500.00, find the cost of the fourth book.
A) ¢3,500.00
B) ¢4,000.00
C) ¢4,500.00
D) ¢6,500.00
E) ¢10,000.00

7. Find the sum of all even numbers between 70 and 80.

A) 200 B) 223 C) 280 D) 300 E) 375

8. By how much is 5/6 greater than 3/4 ?

A) 1/12 B) 1/6 C) 5/12 D) 2/3 E) 4/5

9. Evaluate 0.25 x 0.006, correct to three decimal places.

A) 0.001 B) 0.002 C) 0.015 D) 0.075 E) 0.105

10. Express 5/8 as a decimal fraction

A) 0.125 B) 0.375 C) 0.625 D) 0.750 E) 0.875

11. The following are the angles formed at the centre of a circle:
30°, 70°, 120°, 2x and 5x. Find the value of x.

A) 20 B) 40 C) 70 D) 100 E) 140

12. On a map 1cm represents 4.5km. What is the actual distance between two towns which are 4cm apart
on the map?
A) 9km B) 16km C) 18km D) 19km E) 21km

13. If 2y = 6 3x, find y when x = 0

A) 3 B) 2 C) 0 D) 2 E) 3

14. How many lines of symmetry has an isosceles triangle ?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

15. in the next ten years will be four times his age five years ago. How old is Kofi now?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 10 D) 15 E) 20
16. A point P (3, 4) is rotated through an angle of 90o anticlockwise about the origin O. Find the image
P1 of rotation
A. (3, -4) B. (4, -3) C. (-3, 4) D. (-4, 3) E. (-4, -3)

17. Which of the following is not quadrilateral?

A) square
B) rectangle
C) rhombus
D) triangle
E) parallelogram

18. Express 2345 in standard form.

A) 2.345 x 101
B) 2.345 x 102
C) 2.345 x 103
D) 2.345 x 104
E) 2.345 x 105

19. Solve the inequality 3 (x

13
-5 -3 /3

20. Kofi and Ama shared an amount of money in the ratio 3:2 respectively. If Kofi had ¢60,000.00, how
much was shared?
A) ¢36,000.00
B) ¢40,000.00
C) ¢90,000.00
D) ¢100,000.00
E) ¢120,000.00

21.
¢120,000.00. How much does he pay into the educational fund?
A) ¢5,332.00
B) ¢5,400.00
C) ¢6,000.00
 D) ¢10,800.00
E) ¢11,500.00

22. Araba bought an electric cooker for ¢540,000.00 at a discount of 10%. Find the actual price of the
electric cooker.
A) ¢469,000.00
B) ¢496,000.00
C) ¢594,000.00
D) ¢600,000.00
E) ¢605,000.00

23. Given that p2 q 2 = p q, find the value of a, if a = 132 152

A) 28 B) 175 C) 195 D) 247 E) 494

24. A mapping is defined by n n 3. What is the image of 2 under the mapping?

A) 1 B) 5 C) 7 D) 7 E) 1

25. Simplify 4p + 6p2 2p + 2p2

A) 2p + 8p2
B) 6p + 8p2
C) 2p 8p2
D) 6p 8p2
E) 4 + 10p2

n q
26. Make q the subject of the relation W
q
n 1 n 1 n 2
q q q
A) w B) w C) 1 w

n n
q q
D) 1 w E) w 1

27. Given that E = ½ mc2, find E when m = 10 and c = 4

A) 20 B) 40 C) 60 D) 80 E) 160

28. The scores obtained by 8 pupils in a test are 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 8 and10.

 What is the median score?

A) 3 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8

29. Find the mean score.

A) 4.50 B) 5.75 C) 6.00 D) 8.75 E) 10.00

30. The scores obtained by 8 pupils in a test are: 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 8 and10.

What is the probability that a pupil chosen at random scores 8 marks?

A) 1/8 B) 4/23 C) ¼ D) 1/3 E) ½

The graph of the straight line MN is shown below. Use it to answer questions 31 and 32

31. Determine the value of x when y is 3

A) ½ B) 1 ½ C) 2 D) 3 E) 8

32. Find the gradient of line MN.

A) 2 B) 1 C) 1 D) 3/2 E) 2
33. State the rule for the mapping

x 1 2 3 4 5

y 1 4 9 16 25

A) x x B) x x C) x x D) x x2 E) x x3

34. The area of a rectangle is 18cm2. One of its sides is 9cm long. Find its perimeter.
A) 11cm B) 18cm C) 22cm D) 36cm E) 54cm

35. Calculate the area of figure PQRST

A) 112.5 cm2
B) 135.0 cm2
C) 180.0 cm2
D) 215.0 cm2
E) 315.0 cm2

36. In an enlargement with scale factor k, which of the following statements is not true?
A) Each length is multiplied by k
B) Each angle remains the same
C) The shape of the figure does not change
D) The size of the figure does not change
E) Corresponding lines are parallel

Use the diagram below to answer questions 37 and 38

 Line MP is parallel to line QNO. Angle NMO = 57° and angle MNQ = 105°

37. Find the angle MON

A) 48° B) 52° C) 58° D) 65° E) 75°

38. Angle MON and PMO are

A) Alternate angles
B) vertically opposite angles
C) Corresponding angles
D) adjacent angles
E) Complementary angles

1 4
39. If u = and v = , find 2u+3v.
3 2

5 11 11 14 14
A. B. C. D. E.
1 5 13 0 12

40.

Which of the following statements best describes the construction above?

A) Construction of a horizontal line CD

B) Construction of a line parallel to AB
C) Construction of the bisector of AB.
D) Construction of a top line
E) Construction of a vertical line.
April 2001
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

2. D) 20, 30 and 35

3. E) Associative

4. C) 9

5. C) 39

6. A) ¢3,500.00

7. D) 300

1
8. A) /12

9. B) 0.002

10. C) 0.625

11. A) 20

12. C) 18km

13. E) 3

14. A) 1

15. C) 10
16. D. (-4, 3)

17. D) triangle

18. C) 2.345 × 103

19. D) x

20. D) ¢100,000.00

21. B) ¢5,400.00

22. D) ¢600,000.00

23. C) 195

24. C) 7

25. A) 2p + 8p2

n
26. D) q
1 w

27. D) 80

28. C) 6

29. B) 5.75

30. C) ¼

31. A) ½

32. E) 2

33. D) x x2

34. C) 22 cm

35. C) 180.0 cm2

36. D) The size of the figure does not change

37. A) 48o

38. 38. Alternate angles

 14
D.
0
39.

40. B)construction of a line parallel to AB

April 2001
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) M is a set consisting of all positive integers between 1 and 10. P and Q are subsets of M
such that
P = {factors of 6}, Q = {multiples of 2}

(i) List the elements of M, P and Q

(ii) Represent M, P and Q on a Venn diagram
(iii) Find

2x 2 2x 1
(b) (i) Solve the inequality: 1
4 3

(ii) Illustrate your answer on the number line

2. (a) Express 131five as a binary numeral

(b) Three children, Kwabena, Esi and Yaw were given 160 oranges to share. Kwabena gets ¼ of
the oranges. Esi and Yaw share the remainder in the ratio 3:2 respectively.
 (i) Find how many oranges Esi received

(ii) How many more oranges did Yaw receive than Kwabena?

3. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle XYZ, such that |XY| = 6cm, |XZ|
= 8cm and |YZ| = 10cm.
(b) (i) Construct the mediator of line YZ
(ii) construct the mediator of line XZ
(iii) Locate O, the point of intersection of the mediators of lines YZ and XZ.
(iv) With centre O and radius OY, draw a circle.
(c) Measure the radius of the circle you have drawn in (b) (iv) above and hence calculate the
circumference of the circle. [ Take

4. a) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and
OY on a graph sheet.
(ii) On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axes from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6.

b) On the same graph sheet, plot the points A (2, 5), B(4, 3) and C (1, 1). Join the points A,B
and C to form a triangle.

c) Reflect triangle ABC in the y- 1 1 1. Label the vertices of

triangle A1B1C1

d) Translate triangle A1B1C1 by the vector 3 such that A1 2, B1 2, and C1 2. Label

4

the vertices of triangle A2B2C2

e) Join the vertices A1 B1 B2 and C. Name the figure formed.

f) Find A1B1

5. (a) A cylinder closed at one end has radius 7 cm and height 20 cm.
(i) Find its total surface area.
(ii) If the cylinder is filled with water to a depth of 5cm, calculate the volume of the water in
it.
22/
7]
 0.07 0.6
(b) Evaluate , leaving your answer in standard form
0.014 0.03
April 2001
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) (i) M = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

P = {2, 3, 6}

Q = {2, 4, 6, 8}

(ii)

(iii) = {2, 6}

2x 2 2x 1
1 (b) (i) 1
4 3

Approach 1 (Simplifying the LHS first)

 3 (2 x 2) 4(2 x 1)
1
12

6x 6 8x 4
1
12

6x 8x 6 4
1
12

2x 2
1
12

2x 2 12 1

2x 12 2

2x 14
2 2

x 7

1 (b) (i) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 12 to clear fractions)

2x 2 2x 1
12 12 12 1
4 3

3 (2 x 2) 4 (2 x 1) 12

6x 6 8x 4 12

6x 8x 6 4 12

2x 2 12

12 2 2x

14 2x
2 2

7 x

x 7
 1 (b) (ii)

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1

2 (a) First change to base ten, then change from base ten to base two (binary numeral)

Changing 1 3 1 five to a base ten numeral.

1 3 1
52 51 50

( 1 × 52 ) + ( 3 × 51 ) + ( 1 × 50 )
= ( 1 × 25) + (3 × 5) + (1 × 1)
= 25 + 15 + 1
= 41ten

Changing 41ten to base two (binary numeral)

Base Number Remainder

2 41
20 1

10 0
5 0
2 1
1 0
0 1

Reading the remainder column upwards, we have 101001two

131 five expressed as a binary numeral = 101001two

2 (b) (i) Kwabena gets ¼ of 160 oranges

 he gets ¼ × 160 oranges = 40 oranges

The remainder = 160 40 = 120 oranges

Since Esi and Yaw shared the remainder in the ratio 3:2 respectively,

3 3
Esi received 120 oranges = 120 oranges
3 2 5

= 3 × 24 oranges

Esi received 72 oranges

(ii) Yaw received (120 72) oranges = 48 oranges

= 48 oranges 40 oranges

= 8 oranges

Yaw received 8 more oranges than Kwabena

3 (a), (b)

(c) Radius of circle = 5 cm

Circumference =

= 3.14 × 10 cm
 = 31.4 cm

4 (a) (e) Approach 1 (Inspection / Construction)

3
[NB 1B1C1 by vector simply means
4

1B1C1 3 units to the right (3), and then 4 units downwards (-4).

So, e.g., the point A1(-2,5) moves to A2(1,1)

NB: Horizontal direction movement first; Vertical direction movement second (always)
4 (c), (d) Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

c) Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis

x x
y y

2 2
OA OA1 , A1 ( 2,5)
5 5

4 4
OB OB1 , B1 ( 4,3)
3 3
 1 1
OC OC1 , C1 ( 1,1)
1 1

Plot and join A1(-2,5), B1(-4,3) and C1(-1,1) as the image of triangle ABC under a
reflection in the y axis.

a
d) Translating (x, y) by vector
b

x x a
y y b

2 2 3 1
OA1 OA2 , A2 (1, 1)
5 5 4 1
4 4 3 1
OB1 OB2 , B2 ( 1, 1)
3 3 4 1

1 1 3 2
OC1 OC2 , C2 (2, 3)
1 1 4 3

Plot and join A2(1,1), B2(-1,-1) and C2(2,-3) as the image of triangle
3
ABC under a translation by vector
4

4 (f)
Method 1 (By inspection)
From A1 to B1, we move 2 units to the left [horizontal] (-2),
then 2 units downwards [vertical] (-2), hence
2
Vector A1B1 =
2

NB: Horizontal direction movement first;

Vertical direction movement second (always)

4 (f) Method 2 (By calculation / the rule)

Vector A1B1 = -
 4 2
=
3 5

4 2 2
= =
3 5 2

5 (a) no top

(i) Total surface area of cylinder closed at one end

= Areas of (Curved surface+ bottom)

2
= +

= 2 × 22/7 × 7cm × 20cm + 22

/7 ×(7cm)2

= 2 × 22/7 × 7cm × 20cm + 22

/7 × 7cm×7cm

= 2 × 22 × 20cm2 + 22 × 7cm2

= 880 cm2 + 154cm2

= 1034cm2

(ii)

Not drawn to scale

Volume of water = Area of base × depth

 2
= × d

22
= /7 × (7cm)2 × 5cm

22
= /7 × 7cm × 7cm × 5cm

= 22 × 7cm2 × 5cm

= 770 cm3

The volume of water in the cylinder = 770cm3

0.07 0.6
5 (b)
0.014 0.03

Method 1 (Converting to common fractions)

= (0.07 × 0.6) ÷ (0.014 × 0.03)

7 6 14 3
= 100 10 1000 100

7 6 1000 100
= 100 10 14 3

7 6 100
= 14 3

= 100 = 1 × 102

5 (b) Method 2 (Converting to whole numbers)

Multiplying both numerator and denominator by 100,000

(to convert to whole numbers)

0.07 0.6 100,000

×
0.014 0.03 100,000

7 600
=
14 3
= 100 = 1 × 102
August 2000
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. M = {1, 2, 3, 8, 10} and N = {8, 1, x, 3, 2}.

If M is equal to N, what is the value of x?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 8 E) 10

2. In the Venn diagram Q is the set of numbers inside the circle and R is the set of numbers inside the
triangle.

Find
A. {1, 5}
B. {2, 3, 4}
C. {6, 7, 8}
D. {1,2,3,4,5}
E. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

3. Simplify: 11 (11 4) + 13.

A) 7 B) 17 C) 9 D) 17 E) 31

4.
A) Forty
B) Four hundred
C) Four thousand
D) Forty thousand
 E) Four hundred thousand

5. Which of the following is true?

A) {0, 2, 6, 9, 12} is a subset of even numbers
B) {-1, 0, 2, 3, 5} is a subset of odd numbers.
C) {-2, -1, 1, 3, 9} is a subset of integers.
D) {2, 3, 5, 7, 27} is a subset of prime numbers
E) {9, 18, 21, 27, 36} is a subset of multiples of 9.

6. If (23 ×82) × 79 = 148,994, find the exact value of (2.3 ×82) × 7.9
A) 1.48994 B) 14.8994 C) 148.994 D) 1489.94 E) 14899.4

7. Convert 206 to a base five numeral.

A) 411five B) 4011five C) 3321five D) 1311five E) 1131five

8. Which of the following inequalities is represented by the number line?

-3 -3 C) x < -3 D) x > -3 E) x = -3

9. The product of three numbers is 1197. Two of the numbers are 3 and 21. Find the third number
A) 19 B) 57 C) 63 D) 399 E) 1134

2 1
10. Simplify:
3 5

1 1 3 1 3
A. B. C. D. E.
2 8 8 2 2

11. A pencil sells at ¢180.00 and an eraser sells at ¢120.00. how much will you pay if you buy three
pencils and four erasers ?
A) ¢1,020.00
B) ¢1,080.00
C) ¢1,200.00
D) ¢1,280.00
 E) ¢2,100.00

0.12 0.08
12. Simplify
2.40
A) 0.4 B) 0.04 C) 0.004 D) 0.0004 E) 0.00004

13. How many lines of symmetry has a square ?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6 E) 8

14. In the diagram, MNO is a right-angled triangle. |MO| = 13cm and |MN| is 5cm.

Find the value of x.

A) 3 B) 4 C) 8 D) 12 E) 18

15. Amina spends 17/35 of her pocket money on transport and food. If she spends 2/7 on transport only,
what fraction does she spend on food ?

A) ¼ B) 1/5 C) 5/7 D) 15/28 E)18/35

16. If x x 4, what is the image of 2 ?

A) 10 B) 2 C) 1 D) 2 E)10

17. Simplify: (2ab2) (3a2b)

A) 5a2b2 B) 6a2b2 C) 5a2b3 D) 6a3b2 E) 6a3b3

18. It takes 15 men, 48 days to weed a plot of land. How many men can weed the same plot of land in 16
days, if they work at the same rate?
A) 5 B) 18 C) 32 D) 45 E) 48
19. The ratio 9:x is equivalent to 36:20. What is the value of x ?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 8 E) 10

20.
enlargement.
A) 1/5 B) 2/3 C) 5 D) 10 E) 45

21. Simplify: 7a 3(b a)

A) 4a 3b B) 6a 3b C) 8a 3b D) 10a 3b E)10a+3b

22. A man deposited an amount of money in his savings account for 5 years. The rate of interest was
14% per annum. If the interest was ¢35,000.00, find the amount deposited.
A) ¢85,000.00
B) ¢50,000.00
C) ¢39,900.00
D) ¢24,500.00
E) ¢15,000.00

23. Arrange the following fractions from the lowest to the highest: ¾ , 2/3 and 3/5.
3
A) /5 , 2/3 , ¾
3
B) /5 , ¾ , 2/3
C) ¾ , 2/3 , 3/5
D) ¾ , 3/5 , 2/3
2
E) /3 , 3/5 , ¾

24. The marked price of a radio set is ¢450,000. A discount of 5% of the marked price is allowed. What
is the selling price of the radio set?
A) ¢427,000
B) ¢427,500
C) ¢428,571
D) ¢472,500
E) ¢473,684

25. If 60% of the pupils in a school is 240, find the total enrolment in the school.
A) 144 B) 160 C) 360 D) 384 E) 400
26. If a * b = 2a b, evaluate 4 * 3
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

The bar chart shows the mark distribution of pupils in a test. Use it to answer questions 27 and 28

27. What is the modal mark?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8

28. How many pupils took the test?

A) 5 B) 20 C) 25 D) 30 E) 37

29. A school has a population of 600. Out of this, 120 are girls. What is the probability of meeting a pupil
in the school who is a boy?
A) ¼ B) 1/5 C) 3/5 D) 4/5 E) 12/25

1 1 1
30. If , find k when k1 = 1 and k2 = 2.
k k1 k2

A) ½ B) 2/3 C) 3/2 D) 2 E) 3
31. Solve the equation 13x 2 (3x + 4) = 22.
A) 2 B) 4 C) 18/7 D) 26/7 E) 30/7

32. A rectangular tank is 4m long, 3m wide and 2.5m high. What is the volume of the tank?
A) 24m3 B) 30m3 C) 36m3 D) 48m3 E) 60m3

33. Write the rule for the mapping:

x 1 2 3 4

y 1 3 5 7

A) x x+1 B) x x-1 C) x x+1) D) x x-1) E) x x2 - 1

2 3
34. If r = and s = , calculate 2r 3s
1 2

5 5 13 13 13
A. B. C. D. E.
12 8 3 8 8

35. Name the geometrical figure shown in the diagram.

A) parallelogram
B) triangle
C) cone
D) tetrahedron
E) pyramid

36. A car travels 72 kilometres in an hour. Find its speed in metres per second.
A) 5 m s-1 B) 20 m s-1 C) 50 m s-1 D) 200 m s-1 E) 1200 m s-1

37. The circumference of a circular track is 154m. Find the diameter of the track.
 22
/7)

A) 22.0 m B) 24.5 m C) 49.0 m D) 242.0 m E) 484.0 m

38. Find the value of the angle marked y in the diagram.

A) 35° B) 43° C) 67° D) 78° E) 137°

39. Which of the following best describes the construction in the diagram?

A) Constructing a 30° angle

B) Constructing a 60° angle
C) Bisecting a line segment
D) Bisecting a given angle
E) Drawing a perpendicular from a given point.

40. Ama is N years old now. How old will she be in 10 years?
A. (N 10) years
B. (N + 10) years
C. (10 N) years
D. 10 N years
10
E. / N years
August 2000
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. E) 10

2. A. {1, 5}

3. D) 17

4. D) Forty thousand

5. C. {-2, -1, 1, 3, 9} is a subset of integers

6. D) 1489.94

7. D) 1311five

8. D) x > -3

9. A) 19

3
E.
2
10.

11. A) ¢1,020.00

12. C) 0.004

13. C) 4

14. D) 12

15. B) 1/5
16. A) 10
17.
E) 6a3b3

18. D) 45

19. B) 5

20. C) 5

21. D) 10a 3b

22. B) ¢50,000.00
3
23. A) /5 , 2/3 , ¾

24. B) ¢427,500

25. E) 400

26. E) 5

27. C) 6

28. C) 25
4
29. D) /5

30. B) 2/3

31. E) 30/7

32. B) 30m3

33. B) x x-1

13
D.
8
34.

35. E) pyramid

36. B) 20 m s-1

37. C) 49.0 m

38. B) 43°
39. D) bisecting a given angle

40. B. (N + 10) years

August 2000
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Simplify: 2/3 of 6 ¾ ÷ (2 4/15 1 2/3).

(b) Solve the equation 1

3 ( x 3) 2( x 5) 4 13

(c) If 3y = 2x2 3x + 7, find y, when x = 5.

2. (a)
angle ABR = 50°.

(i) Calculate the angle BDC

(ii) Calculate angle ABD
(iii) Find angle BAD
 (iv) What type of triangle is triangle ABD ?

(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle XYZ, with |YZ| = 8cm, angle
XYZ = 60° and |XY|=9cm.

Measure (i) angle YZX; (ii) |XZ|

3. Ama was granted a loan of ¢800,000.00 by a bank. The rate of interest was 42% per annum.
(a) Calculate
(i) the interest at the end of the year;
(ii) the total amount Ama had to pay at the end of the year.

(b) Ama was able to pay only ¢700,000.00 at the end of the year.
(i) Find how much Ama still owed the bank
(ii) Express the amount Ama owed after paying the ¢700,000.00 to the bank as a
percentage of the loan she took from the bank.

4. The following is a record of scores obtained by 30 JSS form 2 pupils in a test marked out of 5.
5, 3, 2, 4, 5, 2,
4, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3,
4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3,
4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1,
2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4.

Score (x) Tally Frequency

(f) fx
1
2
3
4
5
Total

a) Copy and complete the table.

b) Find the mean of the distribution.

c) If a pupil is selected at random from the form, what is the probability that he / she scored 4
marks ?
5.

The diagram shows a running track ABCDEFA. AB and ED are the straight sides. The ends AFE and
BCD are semi-circular shapes.

|AB| = |ED| = 90m and |AE| = |BD| = 70m.

Find
a) the total length of the two semi-circular ends, AFE and BCD;
b) the perimeter of the running track ABCDEFA;
c) the total area of the running track ABCDEF.
22
/7)
August 2000
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS
1 (a) 2
3 of 6 34 (2 154 1 23 )
2
3 of 27
4 ( 15
34 5
3 )
2
3 of 27
4 ( 34 15 25 )
2 27 9
3 4 15

2 27 15
3 4 9

15
2

7 12

1 (b) 1
3 ( x 3) 2( x 5) 4 13
1 13
3
( x 3) 2( x 5) 3

13
3 1
3
( x 3) 3 2 ( x 5) 3 3

( x 3) 6 ( x 5) 13
x 3 6x 30 13
x 6x 13 3 30
5x 20
5x 20
5 5
 x 4

1 (c) When x = 5, we have

3y = 2(5)2 3(5) +7
3y = 2×25 3×5 +7
3y = 50 15 +7
3y = 42
42
y =
3
y = 14

2(a) (i) CBD = ADB = 65° (Alternate angles)

Also, BCD = CBD = 65°

BDC + CBD + BCD = 180°

BDC + 65° + 65° = 180°
BDC + 130° = 180°
BDC = 180° 130°
BDC = 50°

(ii) Since ABR, ABD and CBD lie on a straight line,

ABR + ABD + CBD = 180°

50° + ABD + 65° = 180°
ABD + 115° = 180°
ABD = 180° - 115°
ABD = 65°

(iii)
BAD + ABD + ADB = 180°
BAD + 65° + 65° = 180°
 BAD + 130° = 180°
BAD = 180° - 130°
BAD = 50°

(iv) Triangle ABD is isosceles (since it has two equal interior angles)

2(b)

(i) angle YZX 67°

(ii) |XZ| 8.5 cm

3(a)(i) Simple interest = Principal × Rate × Time

= 800,000 × 42% × 1
42
= 800,000 ×
100
= 8000 × 42
= 336,000
The simple interest at the end of the year = ¢336,000.00

(ii) The amount to be paid

= Principal + S. Interest
= ¢800,000 + ¢336,000
= ¢1,136,000

(b) (i) Amount still owed

= Total amount amount paid
= ¢1,136,000 ¢700,000
 = ¢436,000

(ii) Amount still owed as a percentage of loan taken

= Amount still owed 100%

Loan taken (Principal)

¢436,000
= 100%
¢800,000

= 436 %
8
= 54.5% or 54½%

4(a)

Score Tally Frequency

(x) (f) fx
1 3 3
2 7 14
3 10 30
4 7 28
5 3 15
Total 30 90

fx 90
4(b) The mean = = = 3
f 30

Number of pupils that obtained 4 marks

4(c) P(4 marks) = Total number of pupils

7
= 30

5(a)
 a) Total length of two semi-circular ends AFE and BCD

Approach 1
Total length = 2 semi-circular arcs of diameter 70m
= 2 × length of semi-circular arc
= 2 ×
=
22
= /7 × 70m
= 22 × 10m
= 220 m

5(a) Approach 2
Total length = AFE length + BCD length
= +
= (½ × 22/7 ×70m) + (½ × 22/7 × 70m)
= 11 × 10m + 11 × 10m
= 110m + 110m
= 220 m

(b) Perimeter of running track ABCDEFA

Distance around the track

= AB + BCD + ED + AFE
= 90m + 110m + 90m + 110m
= 400 m

(c) Total area of the running track ABCDEF

Approach 1
Total area = Two semi-circles area + rectangle area
2
= ) + l w
 2
= + l w
22
= /7 × (35)2 + 90 × 70
22
= /7 × 35×35 + 90 ×70
= 22 × 5 × 35 + 90 × 70
= 3850 + 6300
= 10150
Total area of the running track ABCDEF = 10150 cm2

(c) Approach 2
Total area = Area of ( AFE + ABDE + BCD)
2 2
= + lw +
= [½×22/7×(35)2] + [90×70] + [½×22/7×(35)2]
= 1925 + 6300 + 1925
= 10150
Total area of the running track ABCDEF = 10150 cm2
August 1999
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1.
A) the universal set
B) the union set
C) the null set
D) a subset
E) an empty set

2. M = {multiples of 3 between 10 and 20}

N = {even numbers between 10 and 20}.

A. {12, 18}
B. {12, 15, 18}
C. {12, 14, 16, 18}
D. {12, 14, 15, 16, 18}
E. {10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20}

3. Express 24 as a product of prime factors.

A) 2 × 3 B) 22 × 3 C) 23 × 3 D) 22 × 32 E) 22 × 33

4. Write in standard form 1342.

A) 0.1342 x 10-3
B) 0.1342 x 10-4
C) 13.42 x 102
D) 1.342 x 103
E) 1.342 x 104
5. Change 10111two to base ten.
A) 15 B) 17 C) 23 D) 25 E) 29

6. If Y = 595 and Z = 7071, find the sum of Y and Z.

A) 6466 B) 7566 C) 7666 D) 12,021 E) 13,021

7. Simplify: ½ - ¼ + 1/8
A) 1/8 B) 1/6 C) 3/8 D) 5/8 E) 7/8

8. A ribbon is 4 m long. How many pieces, each 30 cm long, can be cut from the ribbon?
A) 7 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 E) 14

9. Find the integers within the interval 5<x<9

A. {5,6,7} B. {5,6,7,8} C. {5,6,7,8,9} D. {6,7,8} E. {6,7,8,9}

10. Calculate, correct to two decimal places, 0.61 ÷ 0.8

A) 0.07 B) 0.08 C) 0.76 D) 0.83 E) 7.62

The diagram below shows a circle with centre O, S and T are points on the circle.
Use it to answer questions 11 and 12

11. What name is given to the shaded region ?

A) sector
B) segment
C) radii
D) arc
E) cone

12. The line ST is called

A) an arc
 B) a chord
C) a diameter
D) a radius
E) a segment

13. Simplify: 2 × 32 × 34
A) 2 × 35 B) 2 × 36 C) 2 × 38 D) 2 × 96 E) 2 × 98

1
14. Which of the following fractions is the greatest? /6 , ¼ , ½ , 1/3 , 1/5
A) 1/6 B) 1/5 C) ¼ D) 1/3 E) ½

15. The sum of the ages of a man and his wife is 81 years. The ratio of their ages is 5:4. Find the age of
the younger person.
A) 30 years B) 36 years C) 45 years D) 51 years E)65 years

16. A car is travelling at 40km per hour. How far does it travel in 2 ½ hours?
A) 16km B) 80km C) 90km D) 100km E) 140km

17. There are 6 girls and 18 boys in a class. What percentage of the class are girls?
A) 14.40% B) 25.00% C) 33.33% D) 66.67% E) 75.00%

18. Find the missing numbers in the sequence 4, 8, 12, _ , _ , _ , 28

A) 14, 16, 22
B) 14, 18, 22
C) 6, 18, 22
D) 16, 20, 24
E) 16, 22, 24

19. A shop increased all its prices by 10%. Calculate the new price for an article which previously sold
for ¢7,500.00
A) ¢6,750.00
B) ¢7,575.00
C) ¢7,800.00
D) ¢8,250.00
E) ¢8,350.00
20. Simplify: 7(y + 1) 2(2y + 3)
A) 3y 5 B) 3y 2 C)3y +1 D) 3y + 4 E) 3y + 13

The table below shows the average monthly rainfall at Nankese from March, 1996 to August, 1996.
Use it to answer question 21 and 22

Month Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Rainfall (mm) 99 145 277 450 267 142

21. Which month recorded the highest amount of rainfall?

A) March B) April C) May D) June E) July

22. What was the total amount of rainfall recorded in April, May and July ?
A) 422mm B) 689mm C) 72mm D)994mm E) 1,139mm

23. Find the median of the following numbers: 1, -1, -5, 3 and -4
A) 1 B) 4 C) 5 D) 1 E) 3

24. There are 15 red and 25 black balls in a bag. Find the probability of selecting a black ball from the
bag.
A) 1/25 B) 1/15 C) 3/8 D) 3/5 E) 5/8

In the diagram below, K is an enlargement of J. Use it answer questions 25 and 26

25. Calculate the scale factor

A) 1/3 B) ½ C) 2 D) 3 E) 9

26. Find the value of x.

A) 3.0m B) 3.5m C) 4.5m D) 6.0m E) 9.0m
27. A trader received a commission of 25% on the sales he made in a month. His commission was
¢180,000.00. Find his total sales for the month.
A) ¢135,000.00
B) ¢150,000.00
C) ¢240,000.00
D) ¢540,000.00
E) ¢720,000.00

28. Kwame travelled from Accra to Kumasi. He travelled 3/10 of the journey by lorry, 2/5 of the journey
by taxi and the rest by train. What fraction of the journey did he travel by train ?

A) 3/10 B) 3/5 C) 7/10 D) 3/25 E) 22/25

29. If 4 (m + 4) = 18, find the value of m.

A) ½ B) 3/2 C) 5/2 D) 7/2 E) 17/2

Use the mapping below to answer questions 30 and 31

x 1 2 3 4

y 3 5 7 9

30. What is the rule for the mapping ?

A) x -x B) x x-2 C) x x D) x x+1 E) x x

31. Find the value of y when x is 7.

A) 3 B) 9 C) 14 D) 15 E) 21

32. A square of side 6cm has the same area as a rectangle of length 9cm. Find the breadth of the
rectangle.
A) 3cm B) 4cm C) 6cm D) 24cm E) 36cm

33. Factorize 3r2s 9rs2

A. rs (3r s)
B. 3rs(s 3r)
C. 3rs(r - 3s)
D. r2s2 (3r 9s)
E. 3r2s2(s 3r)
34. The average mass of 4 boys is 45 kg. When a fifth boy joins them, the average mass changes to 40
kg. What is the mass of the fifth boy?
A) 5 kg B) 10 kg C) 15 kg D) 20 kg E) 25 kg

35. E is the point (4, 2) and F the point (2, 1). Calculate the gradient of the straight line EF.
A) ½ B) 2 C) 2 D) ½ E) 0

3 4
36. l = and k = . Find l + k.
1 2

1 1 1 7 7
A. B. C. D. E.
1 1 1 1 1

37.

In the diagram, ML and PQ are parallel lines. Find the value of v

A) 32° B) 40° C) 58° D) 140° E) 180°

1 1 1
38. Given the relation which of the following expressions is equal to y?
y c x

A) c x

2
B) cx

c x
C) 2

cx
D) c x
 c x
E) cx

39.

The figure above is the net of

A) a cylinder
B) a triangle
C) a pyramid
D) a cone
E) a sphere

40. In the diagram below, MNO is a triangle. Angle MON = 72° and angle OMN = 68°. Find angle ONP

A) 40° B) 68° C) 72° D) 112° E) 140°

August 1999
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D) a subset

2. A. {12, 18}

3. C) 23 × 3

4. D) 1.342 × 103

5. C) 23

6. C) 7666

7. C) 3/8

8. D) 13

9. D. {6,7,8}

10. C) 0.76

11. A) sector

12. B) a chord

13. B) 2 × 36

14. E) ½

15. B) 36 years
16. D) 100km

17. B) 25.00%

18. D) 16,20,24

19. D) ¢8,250.00

20. C)3y +1

21. D) June

22. B) 689mm

23. A) 1

24. E) 5/8

25. D) 3

26. C) 4.5m

27. E) ¢720,000.00

3
28. A) /10

29. A) ½

30. D) x x+1

31. D) 15

32. B) 4 cm

33. C. 3rs(r - 3s)

34. D) 20 kg

35. D) ½

1
B.
1
36.

37. A) 32o
 cx
38. D)
c x

39. D) a cone

40. E) 140°
August 1999
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Kofi and Kojo were given ¢38,000.00 to share. Kojo had ¢7,500.00 more than Kofi. Find
(i)
(ii)

(b) A trader paid ¢1500.00 for 6 drinking cups. One of the cups got broken. He sold the remaining
5, making a profit of 10%. Calculate
(i) the cost price of each of the six cups;
(ii) the selling price of each of the five cups;
(iii) the profit made on each cup sold.

2x 1 x 2
2. (a) Solve the inequality 1
4 3

(b) Find the value of the expression 2x 3y, if x = and y = - ½

(c) 25 students in a class took an examination in Mathematics and Science. 17 of them passed in
Science and 8 passed in both Mathematics and Science. 3 students did not pass in any of the
subjects.
 Find
(i) how many passed in Mathematics
(ii) the probability of meeting a student who passed in one subject only.

3. (a) Using a pair of compasses and a ruler only,

(i) construct triangle ABC such that |AB| = 10cm, angle ABC = 30° and |BC| = 8cm. Measure
angle ACB.

(ii) Construct a perpendicular from C to meet line AB at D. Measure |CD|.

(b) Calculate the area of triangle ABC.

4. a) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 2 units on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY
on a graph sheet.
(ii) On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 10 to 10 and the y-axes from 12 to 12.

(iii) Plot the points A(0, 10), B(-6, -2), C(4, 3) and D(-3,-11).

Use a ruler to join the point A to B and also point C to D.

b) (i) Draw the line x = -2 to meet AB at P and CD at Q.

(ii) Use a protractor to measure angles BPQ and PQC.

(iii) What is the common name given to angles BPQ and PQC ?

(iv) State the relationship between lines AB and CD.

5. The table below shows the marks scored out of 10 by some candidates in a test.

Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of
2 3 5 7 8 13 7 5
candidates

a) From the above table, find

(i) the modal mark;
(ii) how many candidates took the test;
(iii) the mean mark for the test
b) If 20% of the candidates failed,
(i) how many failed?
(ii) What is the least mark a candidate should score in order to pass?
August 1999
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) Since Kojo had ¢7,500 more than Kofi,

= (¢7,500 + ----------------[1]
also = ¢38,000 ----------------------------[2]
Then, from equations [1] and [2],
= ¢38,000 ---------------[3]

(i) Let f = then from [3],

f + (¢7,500 + f) = ¢38,000
2f + ¢7,500 = ¢38,000
2f = ¢38,000 ¢7,500
2f = ¢ 30,500
2f 30,500
2 2

f = ¢15,250

(ii) Method 1
Since Kojo had ¢7,500 more than Kofi,
= ¢7,500 + ¢15,250
= ¢ 22,750.00
 (ii) Method 2
= Total amt
= ¢38,000 ¢15,250
= ¢ 22,750.00

1 (b) (i) If CP of 6 cups = ¢1500.00,

then CP of 1 cup = ¢1,500 ÷ 6
= ¢250

1 (b) (ii) METHOD 1 (Formula 1)

SP =

= 11 × ¢ 25
= ¢ 275

1 (b) (ii) METHOD 2 (Formula 2)

SP = CP + Profit
= ¢250 + 10% of ¢250
10
= ¢250 + × ¢250
100

= ¢ 250 + ¢25
= ¢275
The selling price of each of the five cups = ¢ 275

1 (b) (ii) METHOD 3 (Equivalent Fractions)

 Percentage Amount (¢)
CP of 1
100% 250
cup
SP of 1 100% + 10%
cup = 110% ? ( x)

100 250
From the table
110 x

Cross-multiplying, we have 100 x 250 110

250 110
x = 275
100
The selling price of each of the five cups = ¢ 275

1 (b) (ii) METHOD 4

From the table above,
If 100% 250
Then 110% ? (more)
If more, less (i.e., 100%) divides; hence we have
110
250 = 11 × 25 = ¢275
100
The selling price of each of the five cups = ¢ 275

1 (b) (iii) Profit made on each cup sold

= SP CP
= ¢275 ¢250 = ¢25

2 (a) Approach 1 (Simplifying the LHS first)

2x 1 x 2
1
4 3
3 (2 x 1) 4( x 2)
1
12
 6x 3 4x 8
1
12
6x 4x 3 8
1
12
2x 5
1
12

2x 5 12

2x 12 5

2x 7
2 2

x 3 12 or x 3.5

2 (a) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 12 to clear fractions)

2x 1 x 2
12 12 12 1
4 3

3 (2 x 1) 4 (x 2) 12

6x 3 4x 8 12

6x 4x 8 3 12

2x 5 12

2x 12 5

2x 7
2 2

x 3 12 or x 3.5

2 (b) 2x 3y, if x and y = - ½

2( 13 ) 3( 1
2 )
2 1
3 3 1
2

3
2
3
( 2
)
2 3
3 2
 4 9
6

13
6 = 2 16

2 (c) (i) Method 1

Let n(U) = No. of students in the class

n(M) = No. of students that passed in Maths
n(S) = No. of students that passed in Science = 17
x = No. of students that passed in Science only (= 17 8) = 9

From the diagram above,

n(M) + 9 + 3 = 25
n(M) + 12 = 25
n(M) = 25 12
n(M) = 13

2 (c)(i) Method 2
Let n(U) = No. of students in the class
n(S) = No. of students that passed in Science
m = No. of students that passed in Maths only
 From the above diagram,
n(S) + m + 3 = 25
17 + m+ 3 = 25
20 + m = 25
m = 25 20
m = 5

But n(Maths)
= n(Maths only) + n(both Maths and Science)
= 5 + 8
= 13

2 (c) (i) Method 3

Let n(U) = No. of students in the class
n(M) = No. of students that passed in Maths
n(S) = No. of students that passed in Science
x = No. of students that passed in Science only

From the diagram above,

17 8 + 8 + n(M) 8+3 = 25
17+ 0 + n(M) 8 + 3= 25
17 8 + 3 + n(M) = 25
12 + n(M) = 25
n(M) = 25 12
n(M) = 13
No. of students that passed in Maths is 13
2 (c) (ii) p(one subject only)
No. of students who passed one subject only
= Total No. of students

No. of Science only No. of Maths only

= Total No. of students
9 5
=
25

= 14
25

3 (a)

(i) Angle ACB 98°

(ii) |CD| 3.9 cm

(b) Area of triangle = ½×b×h

Area of ABC = ½ × |AB| × |CD|
= ½ × 10cm × 3.9cm
= ½ × 39 cm
= 19.5 cm2

4 (a), (b)
 4(b) (ii) angle BPQ = 25°
angle PQC = 25°

(iii) angles BPQ and PQC are alternate angles

(iv) Lines AB and CD are parallel

5 (a)(i) The mark with the highest frequency is 6

 The modal mark = 6

(ii) 2 +3 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 13 + 7 + 5
= 50 candidates

(iii) Approach 1
The sum of marks
The mean mark = Total number of candidates

(1 2) (2 3) ( 3 5) ( 4 7 ) ( 5 8) ( 6 13) ( 7 7 ) (8 5)
2 3 5 7 8 13 7 5
=
2 6 15 28 40 78 49 40
= 50
258
= 50 = 5 254 or 5.16

(iii) Approach 2
Marks No. of candidates
(x) (f) fx
1 2 2
2 3 6
3 5 15
4 7 28
5 8 40
6 13 78
7 7 49
8 5 40
x= 258

fx 258
The mean mark = =
f 50

= 5 254 or 5.16

5 (b)(i) Number of candidates who failed

Total No. of candidates = 2+3+5+7+8+13+7+5 = 50
 Since 20% of the candidates failed
20% × 50 candidates failed

=
20
100 50
= 10 candidates failed

(ii) From the given table, the 10 candidates who failed scored 3 or
less, therefore the pass mark is 4
August 1998
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1.
A) Equal sets
B) Equivalent sets
C) Empty sets
D) Disjoint sets
E) Union

2. P = {0, 2, 4, 6} and
A. {0, 6}
B. {2, 4}
C. {0, 4}
D. {0, 2, 6}
E. {0, 1, 2, 4, 5}

3. Evaluate ½ [(4 1) (5 6)]

A) 4.0 B) 1.0 C) 2.0 D) 3.0 E) 4.0

4. Find the highest(greatest) common factor of 35 and 70.

A) 5 B) 7 C) 10 D) 35 E) 70

5. Write 1101101two in base ten

A) 31 B) 43 C) 108 D) 109 E) 218

6. State the property used in the statement: p (q+r) = pq + pr

A) Associative
B) Commutative
C) Distributive
 D) Identity
E) Universal

7. If n2 + 1 = 50, find n
A) 7 B) 24.5 C) 25 D) 49 E)

0.63 0.70
8. Evaluate
9.00
A) 0.0049 B) 0.049 C) 0.49 D) 4.9 E) 49

1 1 1
9. In the relation if R1 = 1 and R2 = 3, find R
R R1 R2

A) ½ B) 2/3 C) ¾ D) 3/2 E) 4/3

10. Arrange the following from the highest to the lowest: 2/3 , -9 , 3/5 and 0
A) 9 , 3/5 , 2/3 , 0
B) 9 , 0 , 3/5 , 2/3
3
C) /5 , 2/3 , 0 , -9
3
D) /5 , 2/3 , -9 , 0
2
E) /3 , 3/5 , 0 , -9

11. The total numbers of goals scored each month by a football team are:
3, 4, 8, 2, 4, 6, 4, 8, 7 and 6. What is the mode?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 8

12. A trader sold 90 oranges at 3 for ¢50.00. How much did she get from selling all the oranges?
A) ¢1,500.00
B) ¢4,500.00
C) ¢6,000.00
D) ¢15,000.00
E) ¢45,000.00

13. A man bought a car for ¢5.5million and sold it for ¢6.5million.
Find the percentage gain.

A) 1.54% B) 1.82% C) 15.38% D) 18.18% E) 84.44%

14. On a map, two towns P and Q are 15.5 cm apart. The scale of the map is 1cm: 4km. Calculate the
actual distance between P and Q.
A) 15.5km B) 31km C) 46km D) 60km E) 62km

15. Expand the expression 2(3a + 2b)

A) 6a + 2b B) 5a + 4b C) 6a + 4b D) 10ab E) 12ab

16. Mansah obtained 150 marks out of 240 marks in an English test. What was her percentage score?
A) 33.33% B) 37.5% C) 41.67% D) 62.5% E) 79.1%

17. The marks obtained by six boys in a test are: 14, 20, 25, 15, 28 and 16. Find the mean mark.
A) 19.66 B) 22.00 C) 23.20 D) 26.40 E) 28.00

18. Which of the following is equivalent to 22 × 62

A) 2 × 34 B) 22 × 32 C) 22 × 34 D) 24 × 3 E) 24 × 32

19. Kwaku had 300 mangoes. He sold 240 of them. What is the percentage of the mangoes left?
A) 8% B) 20% C) 25% D) 26% E) 80%

20. A bag contains 5 black and 6 white balls. What is the probability of picking a white ball?
A) 1/11 B) 1/6 C) 1/5 D) 5/11 E) 6/11

21. Solve for h in the equation 15 2h = 6

A) 10.5 B) 9.0 C) 4.5 D) 4.5 E) 10.5

22. What is the image of 3 in the mapping

A) 10 B) 13 C) 16 D) 24 E) 34

23. How many faces has a closed cylindrical object?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 34
 The graph of a straight line AB is shown above.

Use it to answer questions 24 and 25

24. Find the gradient of the line AB

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

25. Find the coordinates of the point at which the line cuts the y-axis.
A. (1,0) B. (0,1) C. (-1,0) D. (0,-1) E. (0,0)

26. A man deposited an amount of ¢50,000.00 at a bank for 2 years at a rate of 20%. Find the simple
interest.
A) ¢1,000.00
B) ¢2,000.00
C) ¢10,000.00
D) ¢20,000.00
E) ¢200,000.00

27. Kofi received ¢800.00 commission on the sales he made on a particular day. This commission is 20%
of sales he made. Calculate his total sales for the day.
A) ¢1,200.00
B) ¢2,400.00
 C) ¢3,200.00
D) ¢4,000.00
E) ¢4,800.00

28.

Calculate the bearing of town P from town K in the diagram below.

A) 005° B) 085° C) 095° D) 265° E) 275°

29. In the diagram below, PQR is an isosceles triangle. |PQ| = |PR|, QPR = 40° and QRS is a straight
line. Find angle PRS.

A) 40° B) 70° C) 100° D) 110° E) 140°

30. Factorize completely the expression 2xy 8x + 5y - 20

A. (2x+5)(y 4)
B. (2x 5)(y+4)
C. (2x 5)(y 4)
D. (2x+5)(y+4)
E. (x+5)(y 4)

31. Ama is facing east. Through how many degrees should she turn clockwise to face north?
A)90° B)135° C)180° D)225° E)270°

32.
 In the triangle RST, < RST is 90o, |RS| = 4cm and |ST| = 3cm. What is the length of RT ?

A) 2cm B) 3cm C) 4cm D) 5cm E) 7cm

33. How many lines of symmetry has a rhombus ?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6

3 1
34. Given that a = and b = , find b a.
4 2

2 4 3 2 4
A. B. C. D. E.
6 2 8 2 2

3 6
35. If u = and v = , find 2u + v
1 1

12 12 6 6 6
A. B. C. D. E.
0 1 1 0 1

36. The volume of water in a cuboid is 9m3. The length of the cuboid is 3m and the breadth is 2m.
Calculate the depth of water in the cuboid.
A) 0.15m B) 0.18m C) 1.5m D) 1.8m E) 6.0m

37.
 In the diagram above, rectangle AEFG is an enlargement of the rectangle ABCD. If |AB| = 5cm and
|AE| = 15cm. What is the scale factor of the enlargement?

B) ½ C) 2 D) 3 E) 10

38.

In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle and r is its radius. Calculate the area of the shaded region.

A) 1/6 2
B) 1/5 2
C) 1/3 2
D) 5/6 2
E) 7/12 2

39. Which of the following best describes the statement:

A) A parallel line 6cm from O
B) A vertical line 6cm from point O
C) A horizontal line 6 cm from point O
D) An equilateral triangle of side 6cm
E) A circle with centre O and radius 6cm.

40.

OPQR is a trapezium whose height is 20cm. What is the area?

A) 460cm2 B) 600cm2 C) 920cm2 D) 960cm2 E)1000cm2

August 1998
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D) Disjoint sets

2. B. {2, 4}

3. C) 2.0

4. D) 35

5. D) 109

6. C) Distributive

7. A) 7

8. B) 0.049

9. C) ¾

10. E) 2/3 , 3/5 , 0 , -9

11. B) 4

12. A) ¢1,500.00

13. D) 18.18%

14. E) 62km

15. C) 6a + 4b
16. D) 62.5%

17. A) 19.66

18. E) 24 × 3 2

19. B) 20%
6
20. E) /11

21. D) 4.5

22. C) 16

23. C) 3

24. B) 2

25. B. (0,1)

26. D) ¢20,000.00

27. D) ¢4,000.00

28. E) 275o

29. D) 110°

30. A. (2x+5)(y 4)

31. E) 270o

32. D) 5cm

33. A) 2

4
E.
2
34.

12
B.
1
35.

36. C) 1.5m
37. D) 3

5
38. D) /6 2

39. E) A circle with centre O and radius 6cm

40. D) 960 cm2

August 1998
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour

1. (a) Simplify the expression 3x2 + 6xy 3y2 + 4x2 + 8xy + 2y2

(b) (i) Solve 3x 3)

(ii) Illustrate your answer on the number line

( a b)
(c) If P = 7, a = 16, b = 4 and c = 3, evaluate p 2
C

2. a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(i) construct a triangle PQR such that |PQ| = 8cm, angle RPQ = 90° and angle PQR = 30°.
Measure |RQ|

(ii) construct the perpendicular bisector (mediator) of RQ. Let it meet RQ at O.

b) With O as centre and radius OP, draw a circle. Measure |OP|.

c) What is the special name for the chord RQ?

3. (a) A man travelled from Bakwa to Pabam. The distance between the two towns is 510km. At
Pabam he covered additional 40km on official duties. He returned to Bakwa the next day.
(i) Find the total distance covered by the man

(ii) If the car used one litre of petrol to cover 20km, find the amount of petrol used for the
whole journey.

(iii) If a litre of petrol cost ¢522.00, calculate the total cost of petrol used for the whole
journey.
 (b) A woman sold an article for ¢200,000.00. She made a profit of 25%. Find the cost price of the
article

4. (a) The pie chart shows angles representing the number of candidates who applied for admission
into four programmes at a senior secondary school. The number of pupils who applied were
1080.

Find:

(i) the angle xo representing the Vocational programme.

(ii) the number of candidates who applied for Business programme.

(iii) correct to the nearest whole number the percentage of the number of applicants who
applied for General Programme.

(b) The data below shows the distribution of the masses of pupils in a school. On a graph paper,
draw a bar chart for the distribution.

Masses
19 20 21 22 23 24
(in kg)
Frequency 5 9 19 25 18 4

5. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 2units on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes OX and OY on a
graph sheet. On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 8 to 8 and the y-axis from 8
to 8
(i) Plot P(-2, 3) and Q (6, 4). Join PQ

(ii) Draw the image P1Q1 of PQ under an anticlockwise rotation through 90o about the origin,
1 1. Indicate clearly all the co-ordinates.
 (iii) Draw the image P2Q2 of PQ under a clockwise rotation through 90o about the origin where
2 2. Indicate clearly all the co-ordinates

(b) The base radius of a closed cylinder is 4 m. The height of the cylinder is 7 m. Calculate its total
22
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August 1998
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) 3x 2 6 xy 3y2 4x 2 8 xy 2y2

= 3x 2 4x 2 6 xy 8 xy 3y2 2y2

= 7x2 14xy y2

1 (b) (i) 3x 9 12 ( x 3)

3x 9 12 x 36

Approach 1
36 9 12x 3x
27 9x
27 9x
9 9
3 x Turning the x around
reverses the
x 3

1 (b) (i) Approach 2

3x 12x 9 36
9x 27
 9x 27
[NB: Division by a negative
9 9
quantity reverses the ]
x 3

(ii) The number line illustration is shown below:

( a b)
1 (c) p2 , if P = 7, a = 16, b = 4 and c = 3
C
(16 4)
72 3 49 12
3

49 4 = 45

2 (a), (b)

(a) (i) |RQ| 9.2 cm

(b) |OP| 4.6 cm

(c) The special name for chord RQ is diameter

3(a) (i)
 Total distance covered
Alternatively, by expansion,
= 2 (510km + 40km)
2 (510km + 40km)
= 2 × 550km
= 1020km + 80km
= 1100 km
= 1100 km

(ii) Method 1 (Simple logic)

1100 ÷ 20 = 55
The amount of petrol used for the whole journey = 55 litres

(ii) Method 2 (Proportion)

Distance (km) Amount of petrol (¢)
20 1
1100 ?

From the table above, If 20 km 1 litre

Then 1100 km ? (more)
If more, less (20km) divides, hence we have
1100km
1 litre = 55 litres
20 km
The amount of petrol used for the whole journey = 55 litres

(iii) Method 1 (Simple logic)

522 × 55 = 28,710
total cost of petrol for the whole journey = ¢28,710.00

(iii) Method 2 (Proportion)

Amount of petrol (litres) Cost of petrol (¢)
1 522
55 p

From the table above,

Approach 1 (Equivalent Fraction)
 522 55
p = = 28,710
1
total cost of petrol for the whole journey = ¢28,710.00

(iii) Approach 2 (if more, less divides ...)

If 1 litre ¢522
Then, 55 litres ? (more)
55 litres
If more, less (1 litre) divides, hence we have ¢522
1 litre
= ¢28,710.00

3(b) Method 1 (Formula / Equation)

CP percentage
CP SP
SP percentage

100 %
¢ 200,000
125 %
100
¢ 200,000
125
¢ 160,000.00

3(b) Method 2 (Equivalent fractions)

Percentage Amount (¢)

100% + 25%
SP = 125% 200,000
CP 100% ?

From the table above,

125% ¢200,000
100% x
125 x ¢200,000 100

¢200,000 100
x
125
= ¢160,000
The cost price of the article is ¢ 160,000.00
3(b) Method 3
If 125% ¢200,000
Then 100% ? (less)
If less, more divides, hence we have
100%
¢200,000 = ¢160,000
125%
The cost price of the article is ¢ 160,000.00

4 (a) (i) x° + 90° + 156° + 64° = 360°

x° + 310° = 360°
x° = 360° 310°
x° = 50°

(ii) Method 1 (Formula)

No. of candidates for business
= fraction of business × Total no. of candidates

90o
= 1080
360o
= 270
270 candidates applied for the business programme

(ii) Method 2 (Simple Proportion)

Angle Number
Total 360o 1080
Business 90o x

Approach 1 (Equivalent Fractions)

From the table above,

360 1080
90 x
Cross multiplying, we have
360 x 1080 90
 1080 90
x
360
x 270
270 candidates applied for the business programme

(ii) Approach 2
If 360o 1080
Then 90o ? (less)
If less, more (i.e., 360o) divides; therefore we have

90o
1080
360
= 270
270 candidates applied for the business programme

4 (a) (iii) Percentage of applicants who applied for Gen. Prog.

Angle for Gen. Prog

= Total angle 100%

156
= 360 100%

= or 43.3 %

4 (b)
Vertical Axis Scale: 4 cm to 5 pupils
5 (a)
Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)
5 (a)
Approach 2 (The rule / formula)
(ii) Rotating (x, y) about the origin through 90°anticlockwise
x y
y x

2 3
OP OP1 , P1 ( 3, 2)
3 2

6 4
OQ OQ1 , Q1 ( 4, 6)
4 6
Plot and join P1(-3,-2) and Q1(-4,6) as the image of line segment PQ under a rotation
about the origin through 90° anticlockwise

(iii) Rotating (x, y) about the origin through 90°clockwise

x y
y x

2 3
OP OP2 , P2 (3, 2)
3 2

6 4
OQ OQ2 , Q2 (4, 6)
4 6

Plot and join P2(3,2) and Q2(4,-6) as the image of line segment PQ under a rotation
about the origin through 90° clockwise
(as shown in the diagram above)

5 (b)
top
2

Curved surface

2
bottom

Total surface area of closed cylinder:

Approach 1
 = Area of (Curved surface + 2 circular surfaces)
2
= + )
= 2 × 22/7 × 4cm × 7cm + 2 × 22/7 × (4cm)2

= 2 × 22 × 4cm2 + 2 × 22/7 × 16cm2

704
= 176 cm2 + 7 cm
2

= 176 cm2 + 100 74 cm2

= 276 74 cm 2 or 276.57 cm2

5 (b) Approach 2
= curved surface + top + bottom
2 2
= + +
= [2 × 22/7 × 4cm × 7cm] + [22/7 × (4cm)2] + [22/7 × (4cm)2]

352 352
= 176cm2 + 2
7 cm + 7 cm
2

= 176 cm2 + 50 72 cm2 + 50 72 cm2

= 276 74 cm 2 or 276.57 cm2

5 (b) Approach 3
= Areas of (Curved surface + 2 circular surfaces)
2
= +
= + r)
22
= 2 × /7 × 4cm (11cm + 4cm)

176
= 7 cm (11cm)

176 cm 11 cm 1936 cm 2
= 7 = 7

= 276 74 cm 2 or 276.57 cm2

August 1997
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Convert 320five to a base ten numeral

A) 25 B) 77 C) 85 D) 86 E) 90

2. P = {2, 4, 6, 8} and Q = {even counting numbers less than 12}.

What is the relationship between P and Q?
A) P = Q B) P Q C) P < Q D) Q P E) P Q

3. In the diagram below, P is the set of numbers in the circle and Q is the set of numbers in the triangle.

A. {1, 2, 4}
B. {5, 6}
C. {7}
D. {1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7}
E. {}

4. The product 6287 x 543 = 3,413,841. What is the value of 628.7 x 5.43 ?

A) 3,413,841
B) 342,384.1
C) 34,138.41
 D) 3,413.841
E) 341.3841

5. Express 30cm as a percentage of 2m.

A) 0.5% B) 1.5% C) 6.7% D) 15% E) 66.7%

6.

What solid can be made from this net ?

A) triangle
B) rectangular pyramid
C) triangular prism
D) rectangular prism
E) triangular pyramid

7. Simplify 3(6b 9a) + 7(6a 5b)

A) 17b + 6a
B) -17b + 6a
C) 17b+48a
D) 15a 17b
E) 17b 15a

9
8. Arrange the following fractions in descending order /16 , 5/8 , 0.62

9
A) /16 , 0.62 , 5/8
B) 0.62 , 5/8 , 9/16
5
C) /8 , 9/16 , 0.62
5
D) /8 , 0.62 , 9/16
E) 0.62 , 9/16 , 5/8

9. Find the LCM of 18, 42 and 90.

A) 2×32
B) 2×3×7
 C) 2×32×5
D) 2×3×5×7
E) 2×32×5×7

10. What is the HCF of 18, 42 and 90 ?

A) 21 B) 18 C) 9 D) 6 E) 3

4 2 1
11. Simplify + +
5 2 6

2 3 5 6 7
A. B. C. D. E.
13 13 13 13 13

12. If R 1
2 (a b)k , find k in terms of R, a and b.

a b
A)
2R

2R
B)
a b

2R a
C)
b

2R b
D)
a

R
E)
2( a b )

In the figure below, triangle

13. Find the scale factor of the enlargement

A) 9 B) 3 C) 2 D) 2 E) 3

14. Find |OM|

A) 9 B) 6 C) 4.5 D) 3 E) 1.5

15. Find the image of the point (6, 3) when translated by the vector 4
1

A. (-2,-2) B. (2,-2) C. (-2,2) D. (2,2) E. (10,4)

16. A student spends 17/35 of his pocket money on transport and fruits. He spends 5/6 of the remainder on
sweets. What fraction of his pocket money does he spend on sweets?

A) 4/7 B) 3/7 C) 17/35 D) 18/35 E) 17/42

In the diagram above, PQ is parallel to RS and |PR| = |QR|.

Use the diagram to answer questions 17 to 19

17. What is a ?

A) 29 B) 46 C) 75 D) 88 E) 134

18. Find b.
A) 29 B) 46 C) 88 D) 92 E) 105
19. Find the value of c.

A) 29 B) 46 C) 75 D) 88 E) 105

20. If p = 7, q = 5 and r = 3, find the value of p2 + q r3

A) 10 B) 27 C) 51 D) 57 E) 81

21. Simplify 35x5y3 7xy2

A) 5x6y5 B) 5x4y C) 5x6y D) 5x4y5 E) 5x4y2

22. The sum of two numbers is 240. If one of them is y, find the other number.

A) 120y B) 240 + y C) 240 y D) 240y E) 240/y

23. Make n the subject of the relation 2n + 5 = 7a

A) n = ½ (7a+5)
B) n = ½ (7a-5)
C) n = 2(7a+5)
D) n = 2(7a-5)
E) n = 7a-5

24.

Find the bearing of Q from P in the diagram above.

A) 030° B) 060° C) 070° D) 090° E) 150°

25.

8cm

6cm 3cm

The figure above is made up of a rectangle and a triangle. The dimensions of the rectangle are 8cm
and 6cm. The triangle has 6cm as its base and 3cm as its height.

Find the area of the figure.

A) 33cm2 B) 48cm2 C) 51cm2 D) 57cm2 E) 66cm2

26. The marks obtained by ten boys in a test are: 0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9 and 9.

Find the median score.

A) 3 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8

27. The marks obtained by ten boys in a test are: 0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9 and 9.

Calculate the mean score.

A) 4.4 B) 5.4 C) 6.0 D) 6.4 E) 9.0

28. The marks obtained by ten boys in a test are: 0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9 and 9.

What is the probability that a boy chosen at random scored 3?

A) 1/27 B) 1/18 C) 1/10 D) 1/5 E) 1/3

29. Express 57ten as a base two (binary) numeral.

A) 101011two
B) 100111 two
C) 11010 two
D) 110111 two
E) 111001 two
30. The scale of a map is 1: 100,000. What is the distance (in km) between two towns 4cm apart on the
map?

A) 0.04 B) 0.4 C) 4.0 D) 40 E) 400

31. If 22% of a rope is 55m long, find the full length of the rope.

A) 12.1m B) 25m C) 121m D) 250m E) 2500m

32. Adwoa and Ama share

A) ¢2,000.00
B) ¢2,400.00
C) ¢3,000.00
D) ¢3,600.00
E) ¢4,000.00

33. Find the truth set of 5x

-4} -4} E. {x = 4}

34. The diameter of a circular tray is 28cm. Find the area of the tray.

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A) 44 cm2 B) 88 cm2 C) 154 cm2 D) 616 cm2 E) 2464 cm2

3 5
35. If a = and b = , find a + b
3 5

2 8 2 8 8
A. B. C. D. E.
8 8 2 8 2

36.
x 0 1 2 3 4

y 0 1 4 9 16
 What is the rule for the mapping above ?

A) x x+3 B) x x+1 C) x x-1 D) x x+2 E) x x2

37. If 50 oranges cost ¢2,500.00 how many oranges can be bought for ¢15,000.00?

A) 3 B) 30 C) 60 D) 300 E) 360

38. A farmer has 1853 pineapple suckers. He plants 17 pineapples in a row. How many rows can he
plant?

A) 17 B) 19 C) 91 D) 109 E) 190

39.

In triangle PQR, |PQ| = |QR|, and angle PQR = 90°. Find x

A) 30° B) 45° C) 60° D) 90° E) 180°

40. If a × b × c = 1197 and a = 21, b = 3, find c.

A) 19 B) 49.9 C) 57 D) 63 E) 399
August 1997
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. C) 85

2. B) P Q

3. B. {5, 6}

4. D) 3,413.841

5. D) 15%

6. E) triangular pyramid

7. D) 15a 17b
5
8. D) /8 , 0.62 , 9/16

9. E) 2×32×5×7

10. D) 6

3
B.
13
11.

2R
B)
12. a b

13. D) 2

14. C) 4.5
15. D. (2, 2)

3
16. B) /7

17. E) 134

18. C) 88

19. E) 105

20. B) 27

21. B) 5x4y

22. C) 240 y

23. B) n = ½ (7a-5)

24. B) 060o

25. D) 57cm2

26. C) 6

27. B) 5.4
1
28. D) /5

29. E) 111001 two

30. C) 4.0

31. D) 250m

32. D) ¢3,600.00

33. C. {x

34. D) 616 cm2

8
E.
2
35.

36. E) x x2

37. D) 300
38. D) 109

39. B) 45°

40. A) 19
August 1997
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

( a b)
1. (a) If P = 4, a = 16, b = -5 and c = 3, evaluate p 2
C

(b) Solve the inequality 5x 3(x Illustrate your answer on the number line.

3 4
(c) If x = and y =
2 1

Find (i) x + 2y (ii) 3 x y

2. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

a) (i) construct a triangle ABC such that |AB| = 8cm, angle ABC = 60° and |BC| =
8cm.

(ii) What type of triangle is triangle ABC?

b) construct the bisector of angle BAC to meet |BC| at D. Measure |AD|.

c) construct the perpendicular bisector of |BA| to meet |AD| at O.

d) Using O as centre and radius OD, draw a circle to touch the three sides of the triangle.
3. (a) If 2y 5x + 10 = 0, find:
(i) y, when x = 2; (ii) x, when y = 5

(b) (i) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular lines OX and OY
on a graph sheet.

(ii) On the same graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6.

(iii) Plot on the same graph sheet, the points A (0,-5) and B(4, 5). Join AB using a ruler.

(iv) Find the gradient of the line AB

(v) Measure the acute angle that the line AB makes with the x-axis, using a protractor.

4. (a) The table below shows the distribution of the ages (in years) of children who were treated in a
clinic in a day.

Age (in years) 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency 6 4 2 3 5
Find

(i) the mean age

(ii) the modal age

(b) Draw a bar chart for the distribution.

5. (a) The volume of a cylinder is 220cm3. The radius of the cross-section is 2.5cm. Find the height of
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(b) Each of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 140°. How many sides does it have?
August 1997
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a)
( a b)
p2 , if P = 4, a = 16, b = -5 and c = 3
C
[16 ( 5)]
42 3 42 (16
3
5)

16 21
3 16 7

= 9

(b) 5x 3 ( x 1) 39
5x 3x 3 39
2x 3 39
2x 39 3
2x 36
2x 36
2 2
x 18

The number line illustration is shown below:

(c) (i) x + 2y

3 4
= + 2
2 1

3 2 4
= +
2 2 1

3 8
= +
2 2

3 8
=
2 ( 2)

3 8 5
= =
2 2 0

(ii) 3x y

3 4
= 3
2 1

3 3 4
=
3 2 1

9 4
=
6 1

9 4
6 ( 1)
=
9 4 13
= =
6 1 7

2.
 a) (ii) ABC is an equilateral triangle

b) |AD| 6.9 cm

3 (a) (i) When x = 2, we have

2y 5(2) + 10 = 0
2y 10 + 10 = 0
2y + 0 = 0
2y = 0
0
y = /2
y = 0

(ii) When y = 5, we have

2(5) 5x + 10 = 0
10 5x + 10 = 0
20 5x = 0
20 = 5x
20
= x
5
4 = x
x = 4
3 (b)

(iv) The gradient of line AB

y2 y1 5 ( 5) 10
= x2 x1 = 4 0 = 4 = 2.5

or
y1 y2 5 5) 10
= x1 x2 = 0 4 = 4 = 2.5
 (v) The acute angle that the line AB makes with the x-axis 69°

4 (a) (i) Approach 1

The sum of ages

The mean age = The total number of children

(1 6 ) ( 2 4 ) ( 3 2 ) ( 4 3) ( 5 5)
= 6 4 2 3 5

6 8 6 12 25
= 6 4 2 3 5

57
= 20 = 2 17
20 years or 2.85 years

4 (a) (i) Approach 2

Age (years) Frequency

(x) (f) fx
1 6 6
2 4 8
3 2 6
4 3 12
5 5 25
x = 57

fx 57
The mean age = =
f 20

= 2 17
20 years or 2.85 years

(ii) The modal age = the most-occurring age

= 1 year

4 (b)
Vertical AxisScale: 3 cm to 1 child
5 (a) Volume of cylinder = Area of base × height

Approach 1 (Substitution first)

 2
V = × h

220cm3 =
22
7 (2.5cm) 2 h

220cm3 =
22
7 2.5cm 2.5cm h
220 cm 3 7
22 2.5 cm 2.5 cm = h

10 cm 3 7
2.5 cm 2.5 cm = h

70 cm 3
6.25 cm 2 = h

70 cm 3
6 14 cm 2 = h

70 cm 3
25
4 cm 2 = h

4 70 cm 3
25 cm 2 = h

4 14 cm 3
5 cm 2 = h

56 cm 3
5 cm 2 = h

11 15 cm = 11.2 cm = h

The height of the cylinder = 111/5 cm or 11.2cm

Alternatively, from the 5th step

70 cm 3
6.25 cm 2 = h

7000 cm 3
625 cm 2 = h

56 cm 3
5 cm 2 = h

11 15 cm = 11.2 cm = h
 The height of the cylinder = 111/5 cm or 11.2cm

5 (a) Approach 2 (making h the subject first)

2
V = × h

V
2
r = h

220 cm 3
22
7
( 2.5 cm ) 2 = h

7 220 cm 3
22 2.5cm 2.5 cm = h

7 10 cm 3
2.5 cm 2.5 cm = h

70 cm 3
6.25 cm 2 = h

7000 cm 3
625 cm 2 = h

56 cm 3
5 cm 2 = h

11 15 cm = h or

11.2 cm = h
The height of the cylinder = 111/5 cm or 11.2cm

5 (b) METHOD 1 (Using relation between exterior angle and no. of sides)
Since interior angle = 140°,
Exterior angle = 180° - 140° = 40°

Therefore Number of sides (n) =

= 9 sides.
5 (b) METHOD 2 (Using relation between interior angle and no. of sides)

For a regular polygon, each interior angle = , where n = no. of

sides

140° =

140° n = 180° (n 2)
140° n = 180°n 360°
360° = 180° n 140°n
360° = 40° n

= n

9 = n
The polygon has 9 sides
August 1996
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. U = {0, 1}. How many subsets have U?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

2. The following addition is done in base ten. What number represents ABC?
225
343
ABC
1000

A) 324 B) 242 C) 423 D) 432 E) 234

Use the mapping below to answer questions 3 and 4

23 8

22 4

21 2

20 a

2-1 b

3. The value of a is
A) 0 B) ½ C) 1 D) 16 E) 32

4. What is the value of b ?

A) 2 B) ¼ C) ½ D) 1 E) 2
5. Write two hundred thousand and fifty seven in figures
A) 20,057
B) 200,057
C) 2,000,057
D) 20,000,057
E) 200,570

6.

What time is the clock above showing?

A) 4:30 B) 4:15 C ) 3:40 D) 3:20 E) 3:04

7. Kojo, Ebo and Ama share ¢14,000.00 among themselves. Kojo had twice as much as Ebo and Ebo
also had twice as much as Ama. How much did Ebo get?
A) ¢8,000.00
B) ¢6,000.00
C) ¢4,000.00
D) ¢3,000.00
E) ¢2,000.00

8. At what rate of simple interest will ¢5,000.00 amount to ¢ 7,500 if saved for 5 years ?
A) 5% C) 7 ½ % D) 10% E) 12 ½ %

1
9. Simplify /3 - ½ + 2/5
A) 17/30 B) 13/30 C) 7/30 D) 7/30 E) 17
/30

10. If 2x = 8, what is the value of x ?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4
 The relation between the Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F) scale of temperature is given by:
C 5
9 ( F 32)

11. If C is 40, F will be

A) 104.0 B) 78.4 C) 72.0 D) 65.6 E) 40.0

12. If C is 40, find the value of F

A) 104.0 B) 78.4 C) 72.0 D) 65.6 E) 40.0

13. The ages in years of 9 children at a birthday party are:2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5 and 6.

What is the mean age?
A) 3.0 B) 3.5 C) 4.0 D) 4.5 E) 5.0

14. The ages in years of 9 children at a birthday party are:

2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5 and 6. What is the median age?

A) 2.0 B) 3.0 C) 3.5 D) 4.0 E) 5.0

15. The ages in years of 9 children at a birthday party are: 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5 and 6.

If a child is picked at random, what is the probability that he is 5 years old?

A) 2/9 B) 1/3 C) 4/9 D) 5/9 E) 2/3

16. P (2, 5) and Q (-2, 3) are points in the Cartesian plane, find the vector PQ
4 4 4 4 0
A. B. C. D. E.
2 2 2 2 2

3 3 3
17. Find K in the vector equation + K =
4 4 4
A) -3 B) -2 C) -1 D) ¾ E) 2

18.
 In the above diagram, |RS| = |RT|. Find a
A) 146° B) 81° C) 73° D) 65° E) 34°

19. If a2 b2 = (a + b)(a b), evaluate 9.322 0.682

A) 87.32 B) 86.4 C) 74.65 D) 10.0 E) 8.64

62
20. Simplify
22 3
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 6 E) 9

21. The sum of the ages of Kwaku and Kojo is 30 years. Kwaku is 4 years older than Kojo. How old is
Kojo?
A) 19 B) 17 C) 13 D) 11 E) 9

22. What type of triangle is PQR?

A) Equilateral
B) Isosceles
C) scalene
D) right-angled
E) obtuse-angled

Use the equation y = (x + 2) (x 2) to answer questions 23 and 24.

23. If x = -1, find y.

A) 4 B) 3 C) 3 D) 4 E) 9
24. Find the set of values of x for which y is zero.
A. {0} B. {0,2} C. {0,-2} D. {-2,2} E. {2}

Use the information below to answer questions 25 to 27

In the diagram above, the cylinder has diameter 4cm and length 14cm.

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25. Find the circumference of the base.

A) 44/7 cm B) 88/7 cm C) 176/7 cm D) 44 cm E) 176 cm

26. The area of the base is

A) 176cm2 B) 44cm2 C) 176/7 cm2 D) 88/7 cm2 E) 44/7cm2

27. What is the volume of the cylinder?

A) 176cm3 B) 44cm3 C) 176/7 cm3 D) 88/7 cm3 E) 44/7cm3

28. A woman bought 210 oranges for ¢650.00. She sold all of them at 3 for ¢20.00. How much profit did
she make?
A) ¢350.00
B) ¢450.00
C) ¢550.00
D) ¢650.00
E) ¢750.00
29. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 9:11. If there are 400 pupils in the school, how many boys are
there?
A) 80 B) 120 C) 180 D) 220 E) 280

30. Express the product of 162.5 x 0.5 in standard form.

A) 81.25 x 10-1
B) 81.25 x 10
C) 8.125 x 10-1
D) 8.125 x 10
E) 0.8125 x 10-2

31. What is 16% of ¢500,000.00?

A) ¢80 B) ¢8,000 C) ¢80,000 D) ¢420,000 E) ¢492,000

0.24 14.3
32. Simplify
5. 2
A) 66 B) 6.60 C) 0.70 D) 0.66 E) 0.60

33. The product of 2x and 3 is 138. Find x

A) 23 B) 33 C) 68 D) 69 E) 138

Use the graph below to answer questions 34 to 36

The travel graph describes the journey of a cyclist from town X to town Y
34. What was the average speed for the return journey from town Y to town X
A) 100 km h-1
B) 50 km h-1
C) 33.33 kmh-1
D) 25 km h-1
E) 20 km h-1

35. State the period within which he travelled to town Y after his first rest?
A) 1:00 2:00 pm
B) 1:00 4:00 pm
C) 1:15 1:30 pm
D) 1:30 2:00 pm
E) 2:00 4:00 pm

36. How many minutes did the cyclist spend at town Y?

A) 15 min B) 20 min C) 30 min D) 45 min E) 60 min

37. 200 bottles of equal capacity hold 350 litres of water. How much water does each bottle hold ?
 A) 1750 litres
B) 175 litres
C) 17.5 litres
D) 1.75 litres
E) 0.17 litres

38. Find the solution set of 2x 4 > -6

A. {x = -5} B. {x < 5} C. {x > 5} D. {x < -5} E. {x > -5}

39. A rectangular field 50 meters wide and x metres long requires 260 meters of fencing. Which of the
following statements is true?
A) x + 100 = 260
B) 2x + 50 = 260
C) 4x + 200 = 260
D) 2x + 100 = 260
E) 4x + 100 = 260

40.

P Q

R S

In the diagram above, PQSR is a trapezium. PQ is parallel to RS. PQR = QRS. What type of triangle
is triangle RQS?
A) Isosceles
B) scalene
C) equilateral
D) Right angled
E) obtuse-angled
August 1996
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D) 4

2. D) 432

3. C) 1

4. C) ½

5. B) 200,057

6. D) 3:20

7. C) ¢4,000.00

8. D) 10%

9. C) 7/30

10. D) 3

11. A) 104.0

12. E) 40.0

13. C) 4.0

14. D) 4.0
1
15. B) /3
 4
16. B.
2

17. B) -2

18. B) 81°

19. B)86.4

20. C) 3

21. C) 13

22. A) Equilateral

23. B) 3

24. D. {-2,2}

88
25. B) /7 cm
88
26. D) /7 cm2

27. A) 176 cm3

28. E) ¢750.00

29. C) 180

30. D) 8.125 x 10

31. C) ¢80,000

32. D) 0.66

33. A) 23

34. D) 25 km h-1

35. C) 1:15 1:30 pm

36. C) 30 min

37. D) 1.75 litres

38. E. {x > -5}

39. D) 2x + 100 = 260

40. B) scalene
August 1996
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Kofi is n years old now

(i) How old was he 5 years ago?
(ii) How old will he be 10 years from now?
(ii) If his age in 10 years time will be four times his age 5 years ago, how old is he now?

(b) Convert 2342five to a base ten numeral

vu
(c) Given that f , find v, if f = 20 and u = 5
v u

2. (a) A man deposited ¢350,000.00 in his account in a bank. A simple interest of 4% per annum was
paid on his deposit. Calculate the total amount at the end of 4 years.

(b) The cost of sending a telegram is ¢500 for the first 12 words and ¢25.00 for every extra word.

Find the cost of sending a telegram containing 20 words.

3. The table below shows the distribution of pupils in a JSS form one (1) class who speak some of the
Ghanaian languages.
Ghanaian No. of students who
Language speak the language

Nzema 5

Ga 20

Twi 30

Ewe 25

Fante 10

(a) (i) Draw a pie chart for the distribution.

(ii) What is the modal Ghanaian language?

(b) If a pupil is selected at random from the form, what is the probability that he speaks Ga?

4. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

a) Construct triangle ABC such that |AB| = 6cm, |AC| = 10cm and |BC| = 8cm.
Measure angle ABC.

b) Construct the perpendicular bisectors (mediators) of |AB| and |BC|. Let the bisectors meet at O.

c) Construct a circle with centre O and radius OA. Measure the radius of the circle.

5. a) Using a scale of 2cm to 2 units on both axes draw two perpendicular axis, OX and OY on a
graph sheet.
b) On this graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 4 to 10 and the y-axis from 6 to 12

c) Plot on the same graph sheet the points A (2, 1), B(3, 4) and C(4, 2). Join the points to form a
triangle ABC.
d) Draw an enlargement A1B1C1 of triangle ABC with scale factor 2 from the origin O(0, 0), such
1 1 1. Indicate the co-ordinates of triangle A1B1C1. Show all lines of
transformation.

e) Using the x-axis as mirror line, draw the image A2B2C2 A2 2

2. Indicate the co-ordinates of triangle A2B2C2.

August 1996
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS
1 (a)
(i) = n 5
(ii) = n + 10
=
n + 10 = 4 × (n 5)
n + 10 = 4n 20
20 + 10 = 4n n
30 = 3n
30 ÷ 3 = n
10 = n
Therefore Kofi is 10 years old now

(b) Converting 2342five to a base ten numeral

2 3 4 2
53 52 51 50

(2 × 53) + (3 × 52) + (4 × 51) + (2 × 50)

= (2 × 125) + (3 × 25) + (4 × 5) + (2 × 1)

= 250 + 75 + 20 + 2

= 347

(c) If f = 20 and u = 5, we have

 v (5)
20
v 5
20 (v + 5) = 5v
20v + 100 = 5v
20v 5v = - 100
15v = - 100
15v 100
15 15
20
v =
3
v = 6 23

2 (a) Total amount = Principal S. Interest

= P P R T

= 350, 000 ( 350, 000 4% 4)

4
= 350, 000 ( 350, 000 100 4)

= 350, 000 ( 3, 500 4 4)

= 350, 000 56 , 000

= ¢ 406,000

(b) Cost of the first 12 words = ¢500

Remaining 8 words = 8 × ¢25 = ¢200

Cost of sending 20 words = ¢500 + ¢200 = ¢700

3(a) (i)
 Ghanaian
No. of students Angle of sector
Language
5 o o
Nzema 5 90 360 20

20 o o
Ga 20 360 80
90

30 o o
Twi 30 90 360 120

25 o o
Ewe 25 360 100
90

10 o o
Fante 10 360 40
90
TOTAL 90 360°

Pie chart showing the distribution of pupils in JSS form 1 who speak some of the Ghanaian
Languages

(a) (ii) The modal Ghanaian Language is Twi

Number of students who speak Ga

(b) P (student speaks Ga) = T otal number of students

20
= 5 20 30 25 10

20 2
= 90 = 9
 4.

(a) Angle ABC 90°

(c) Radius of circle 5 cm

5. Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)

 Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

(d) Enlarging (x, y) from (0,0) by scale factor k

x x kx
k
y y ky

2 2 2 4
OA OA1 , A1 (4, 2)
1 2 1 2
 3 2 3 6
OB OB1 , B1 (6, 8)
4 2 4 8

4 2 4 8
OC OC1 , C1 (8, 4)
2 2 2 4

Plot and join A1(4,2), B1(6,8) and C1(8,4) as the image of triangle ABC under an
enlargement by scale factor 2 from the origin (0,0)

(e) Reflecting (x, y) in the x-axis

x x
y y

2 2
OA OA2 , A2 (2, 1)
1 1

3 3
OB OB2 , B2 (3, 4)
4 4

4 4
OC OC2 , C2 (4, 2)
2 2

Plot and join A2(2,-1), B2(3,-4) and C2(4,-2) as the image of triangle ABC
under a reflection in the x- axis
August 1995
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. P = {prime numbers less than 20} and Q = {odd numbers less than 10}.
Find
A. {2, 3}
B. {1, 3, 5, 7, 11)
C. {3, 5, 7, 9}
D. {3, 5, 7}
E. {3, 5, 7, 11}

2. Convert 104ten to a binary numeral

A) 1101000
B) 1010100
C) 1101100
D) 1011010
E) 1110100

3. What is the HCF of 48, 30 and 18 ?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6 E) 9

4. Express 34m 5cm 6mm in millimetres

A) 340506 mm
B) 342506 mm
C) 34056 mm
D) 30456 mm
E) 34565 mm
5. Write 356.07 in standard form

A) 35.607 x 10
B) 35.607 x 102
C) 3.5607 x 102
D) 3.5607 x 10-2
E) 0.35607 x 103

6. Divide (1 ½ + ¼) by (1 ½ - ¼)
A) 5/7 B) 1 C) 1 2/5 D) 1 ¾ E) 3

7. Which property is illustrated by the statement a × (b+c) = a×b + a×c

A) Inverse
B) Identity
C) Commutative
D) Distributive
E) Associative

8. How many edges has a cube?

A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 12 E) 18

9. What is the mode of the following numbers:

4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4 and 1 ?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7

10. What is the rule for the mapping below ?

x 1 2 3 4 5

y 2 4 8 16 32

A) y = 2x+2 B) y = 2x C) y = x+2 D) y = x+1 E) y = 2x

11. Solve 4x 6 < -2

A) x < 1 B) x > 1 C) x < -1 D) x > -1 E) x < 4

12. In a school, 80 pupils wrote an examination and 64 of them passed. What is the percentage of pupils
who passed?

A) 8% B) 16% C) 20% D) 64% E) 80%

13. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 120°. How many sides has the polygon?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 8

14. Kofi throws a die. What is the probability that he throws the number 2?

A) 1 B) 2/3 C) ½ D) 1/3 E) 1/6

15. What is the image of - 4 under the mapping x 1

2 x 2?

A) 4 B) 2 C) 0 D) 2 E) 4

16.

Find the value of P in the diagram above

A) 110 B) 90 C) 70 D) 50 E) 40

17. Make a subject of the relation P = 2(a + b)

P 2b
a
A) 2

P 2b
a
B) 2
 2b P
a
C) 2

P b
D) a
2

P 2
a
E) b

18. What is the value of x in the relation 5x = 125?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6

19. Calculate the length of QR in triangle PQR.

A) 11 B) 14 C) 16 D) 17 E) 25

20. Five cards are numbered 1 to 5. A card is picked at random. What is the probability that it has
an even number?

A) 1 B) 4/5 C) 3/5 D) 2/5 E) 1/5

2 1
1 3
21. If u = and v = , find 3u + 2v

8 4 4 4 4
A. B. C. D. E.
9 2 0 9 9

22. Arrange the following fractions in descending order ¾ , 5/8 , 4/5 , 13/20
4
A) /5 , ¾ , 13/20 , 5/8
4
B) /5 , 5/8 , ¾ , 13/20
5
C) /8 , 4/5 , ¾ , 13/20
 4
D) /5 , 5/8 , 13/20 , ¾
13
E) /20 , 5/8 , 4/5 , ¾

23. How many lines of symmetry has a square?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4

24. If (x, y) (x, 2y), find the image of (2 ½, - ¼) under the same mapping.

A. (2 ½, -2)
B. (2 ½, - ½)
C. (2, 2)
D. (2, - ¼)
E. (2, 2 ½)

25. The ages (in years) of eight boys are:

14, 14.5, 15, 12, 11.5, 13, 10.5 and 13.5.

What is their average age?

A) 14 B) 13 C) 12 D) 11 E) 10

26. Convert 133five to a base ten numeral.

A) 23 B) 25 C) 31 D) 40 E) 43

27. Find the simple interest on ¢15,000.00 at rate of 20% per annum for 5 years.

A) ¢10,000.00
B) ¢15,000.00
C) ¢30,000.00
D) ¢50,000.00
E) ¢90,000.00

28. List all members of the set {x: 2<x<8, x is an integer}

A. {3,4,5}
B. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
 C. {2, 2 ½,3,4,5,6,7,8}
D. {3, 3 ½,3,4,5,6,7,8}
E. {3,4,5,6,7}

29. Simplify 348.94 - 188.34

A) 60.60 B) 60.68 C) 160.60 D) 200.60 E) 206.60

30. Find the difference between the values of (2d)2 and 2d2 when d=3

A) 16 B) 18 C) 24 D) 28 E) 54

31. The heights of two boys are in the ratio 4:5. The shorter boy is 80cm. What is the height of the taller
boy?

A) 100cm B) 150cm C) 164cm D) 180cm E) 200cm

32. Factorize completely 5xy + 10ny

A. 5y(x + n)
B. 5y(x + 2n)
C. 5xy(1 + 2n)
D. 5(xy + 2ny)
E. x (5x + 10n)

33. If 13x 12 = 5x + 60, find x

A) 9 B) 6 C) 4 D) 6 E) 9

34. The length of a spring when a mass of n kg is hung on it is L = (74+15n) mm. What is the length of
the spring when a mass of 1.20kg is hanged on it?

A) 75.20 mm
B) 89.00 mm
C) 92.00mm
D) 97.00 mm
E) 104.00mm
35. In the figure below, triangle ABC is an enlargement of triangle ADE. If |AE| = 20cm and |EC| =
10cm. What is the scale factor of the enlargement?

A) ½ B) 3/2 C) 2 D) 5/2 E) 3

36.

22
37. /7)

A) 132cm3 B) 264cm3 C) 294cm3 D) 792cm3 E) 924cm3

38.

The angles a and b in the figure above are

A) interior opposite
 B) corresponding
C) vertically opposite
D) acute
E) alternate

39. A man travelled a distance of 1.2km in 30 minutes. What distance can he cover in 55 minutes
travelling at the same speed?

A) 1.375km B) 2.02km C) 2.2km D) 12.02km E) 13.25km

40.

ABD is 108°. Find the value of y.

A) 72 B) 60 C) 48 D) 36 E) 24
August 1995
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. D. {3, 5, 7}

2. A) 1101000

3. D) 6

4. C) 34056 mm

5. C)3.5607 × 102

6. C) 1 2/5

7. D) Distributive

8. D) 12

9. B) 4

10. B) y = 2x

11. A) x<1

12. E) 80%

13. D) 6
1
14. E) /6

15. E) 4
16. E) 40

P 2b
17. A) a
2

18. B) 3

19. B) 14
2
20. D) /5

4
21. D.
9

4
22. A) /5 , ¾ , 13/20 , 5/8

23. E) 4

24. B. (2 ½, - ½)

25. B) 13

26. E) 43

27. B) ¢15,000.00

28. E. {3,4,5,6,7}

29. C) 160.60

30. B)18

31. A) 100cm

32. B. 5y(x + 2n)

33. E) 9

34. C) 92.00 mm
3
35. B) /2

36.
37. D) 792 cm3

38. B) corresponding

39. C) 2.2km

40. D) 36
August 1995
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) There are 20 students in a hostel. 16 of them are fluent in French and 10 of them are fluent in
English. Each student is fluent in at least one of the two languages

(i) Illustrate this information on a Venn diagram

(ii) How many students are fluent in both English and French?

(b) The sum of the ages of two brothers: Kofi -thirds of

2. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only

(i) construct triangle ABC such that |AB| = 9cm, angle BAC = 60° and angle ABC = 45°.

(ii) construct a line from the point C perpendicular to line AB and let it meet AB at P. Measure
|CP| and |AP|

(b) What is the value of angle ACP?

3. (a) Mansah earns a salary of ¢10,000.00 per month as a sales girl. In addition to the salary, she is
given a commission of 1.5% of whatever sales she makes in a month.
In January this year, she made sales of ¢7,500,000.00. What was the total amount Mansah
earned at the end of January?

(b) The diagram below shows a circle with centre O and radius 14cm. The shaded region AOB is a
sector with angle AOB = 72°.

Find:

(i) The length of the minor arc AB

22
(ii) The area of the shaded sector AOB /7]

4. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular axes, OX and OY on a
graph sheet.
(b) On the graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6

(c) Plot on the same graph sheet the points A(1, 1 ½), B(4, 1 ½) and C ( 1, 4). Join the points to
form a triangle. What type of triangle have you drawn ?

(d) Draw the image triangle A1B1C1 of ABC under a reflection in the y- 1 1

1. Label the vertices and the co-ordinates clearly.

(e) Draw the image triangle A2B2C2 of triangle ABC under an enlargement with scale factor 1
2 2 2. Show all
lines of enlargement. Label the vertices and co-ordinates clearly

(f) What single transformation maps A1B1C1 onto A2B2C2 where A1 2, B1 2 and C1 2 ?
5. (a) The data below shows the distribution of the ages of workers in a factory.

Age (in No. of

years) workers
19 3
24 7
29 8
34 4
39 5
44 3

(i) How many workers are there in the factory?

(ii) What is the modal age of the distribution?

(iii) Calculate the mean age of the workers, correct to one decimal place.

P T R
(b) (i) Make T the subject of the relation I
100

(ii) If I = ¢40,000.00, P = ¢64,000.00 and R = 25%, find the value of T in years

August 1995
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1(a) (i) Let n(U) = No. of students in the hostel

n(F) = No. of students who are fluent in French
n(E) = No. of students who are fluent in English
x = No. of students who are fluent in both French and English

(ii) From the Venn diagram in (i) above,

16 x + x + 10 x+0 = 20
16 + 0 + 10 x+0 = 20
26 x = 20
26 20 = x
x = 26 20
x = 6
6 students are fluent in both English and French

1(b)
+ = 35 -----------[1]
2
= 3
Kweku' s -----------[2]
 Putting [2] in [1], we have
2
( 3 Kweku' s 35 ----------[3]

w, [3] becomes
2
3
w w 35

Approach 1 (Multiplying through by 3 to clear fractions first)

3 ( 23 w) 3 ( w) 3 (35)

2w 3w 105
5w = 105
w = 105 ÷ 5
w = 21
Therefore Kweku is 21 years old

= two-thirds of 21 years
2
= 3
21 years
= 2 × 7 years
= 14 years

1(b) Approach 2 (Simplifying the LHS first)

2
3
w w 35
2w w
3 1
35
2w 3w
3
35
5w
3
35
5w = 35 × 3
5w = 105
5w 105
5 5
w = 21
Therefore Kweku is 21 years old

and Ko = two-thirds of 21 years

 2
= 3
21 years
= 2 × 7 years
= 14 years

2 (a)

(a) (ii) |CP| 5.7 cm

|AP| 3.3 cm
(b) angle ACP 30°

3 (a) Total amount earned = Salary + Commission

= ¢10,000 + 1.5% of Sales
1 .5
= ¢10,000 + ( × ¢7,500,000)
100
= ¢10,000 + ¢112,500
= ¢ 122,500

3 (b) (i) Length of minor arc = fraction of circumference

= Minor arc AB fraction × Circumference.

= 360
2 r

=
72
360
2 22
7 14cm
 =
1
5 2 22 2cm
88
= 5 cm

= 17 3 5 cm or 17.6 cm

(ii) Area of the shaded sector AOB = fraction of area

= Minor area AOB fraction × area

= 360
r2

=
72
360
22
7 (14cm) 2

=
72
360
22
7 14cm 14cm

=
1
5 22 2cm 14cm

616 cm 2
= 5

= 123 15 cm 2 or 123.2 cm2

4 (a) Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)

 Approach 2 (The rule / formula)

4 (d) Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis

x x
y y

1 1
OA OA1 , A1 ( 1, 1 12 )
1 1
2
1 12

4 4
OB OB1 , B1 ( 4, 1 12 )
1 1
2
1 1
2
 1 1
OC OC1 , C1 ( 1, 4)
4 4
Plot and join A1(-1,1½), B1(-4,1½) and C1(-1,4) as the image of triangle ABC
under a reflection in the y axis.

4 (e) Enlarging (x, y)from (0,0) by scale factor k

x x kx
k
y y ky
1 1 1 1
OA 1
OA2 1
, A2 ( 1, 1 12 )
1 2
1 1 2
1 12

1 1 4 4
OB 1
OB2 1
, B2 ( 4, 1 12 )
1 2
1 1 2
1 12

1 1 1 1
OC OC2 , C2 ( 1, 4)
4 1 4 4

Plot and join A2(-1,-1½), B2(-4,-1½) and C2(-1,-4) as the image of triangle ABC
under an enlargement by scale factor -1 from the origin (0,0)

4(f) The single transformation that maps A1B1C1 onto A2B2C2 is reflection in the x-axis

5 (a) (i) Total no. of workers = 3+7+8+4+5+3

= 30

(ii) Modal age = the most occurring age

= 29 years

(iii) Finding Mean age using the table,

Age in years No. of workers
(x) (f) fx
19 3 57
24 7 168
29 8 232
34 4 136
39 5 195
44 3 132
x= 920
 fx 920
The mean age = =
f 30

= 30 23 years 30.67 years

5 (b) (i)
P T R
I , making T the subject
100

100 I PT R Cross-multiplying

100 I PT R
PR PR

100 I
T
P R

100 I
T
PR

(ii) T =

= 2 ½ years
August 1994
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Which of the following is the set of factors of 12?

A. {12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1}
B. {12, 6, 4, 3, 2}
C. {12, 6, 4, 2}
D. {6, 4, 2, 1}
E. {6, 4, 3, 2}

2. Which of the following describes the relationship between the sets A and B in the Venn diagram
below?

A) A B
B)
C)
D) A B = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
E) B A

3. Mark is 30 years old. Yaw is half as old as Mark. Paul is 10 years older than Yaw. How old is Paul?
A) 30 years
B) 25 years
C) 20 years
D) 15 years
E) 10 years
4. How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle have ?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 9 E) 11

5. Which of the following is not a prime number ?

A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9 E) 11

6. If x = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, find the truth set of 2x + 1 < 7

A. {1, 2} B. {2, 3} C. {1, 2, 3} D. {3} E. {2}

7. In how many years will ¢5,000.00 yield a simple interest of ¢1,000.00 at a rate of 5% per annum.

A) 4 years
B) 5 years
C) 10 years
D) 25 years
E) 30 years

t
8. Make m the subject of the relation f m
s

t
m f
A) s

t
m f
B) s

fs t
m
C) s

t
m f
D) s

t
m f
E) s

9. Which property of arithmetic operation is illustrated by the statement:

 a × (b+c) = ab + ac ?

A) Addition
B) Association
C) Commutative
D) Multiplication
E) Distributive

10. Simplify 159 ÷ 157

A) 30 B) 63 C) 225 D) 240 E) 625

11. If 1/x = 1 ½, find x.

A) 3 ½ B) 3/2 C) 4/3 D) 2/3 E) 1/3

12. Calculate the size of an exterior angle of a regular pentagon.

A) 72° B) 90° C) 108° D) 360° E) 540°

13. Factorize x2 5x + 6

A. (x + 3)(x 2)

B. (x 2)(x 3)

C. (x + 1)(x 6)

D. (x + 2)(x + 3)

E. (x + 6)(x 1)

14. Kwame, Atsu and Kojo shared a profit of ¢500,000.00 in the ratio 1:4:3 respectively. How much did
Atsu get?

A) ¢62,500.00

B) ¢125,000.00

C) ¢187,500.00
 D) ¢250,000.00

E) ¢312,500.00

15. Use the identity a2 b2 = (a + b)(a b) to evaluate 832 - 172

A) 660 B) 6,600 C) 7,178 D) 7,600 E) 8,317

16. What is the probability of obtaining a prime number when a fair die is thrown once?

A) B) ½ D) 1/6 E) 5/6

17. The following are the scores obtained by girls in a beauty contest:

12, 16, 19, 14, 17, 8, 11, 19.

What is the probability of obtaining a score of 19?

A) 1/9 B) 1/8 C) ¼ D) 19/53 E) 19/108

18. Express 25 as a percentage of 75.

A) 300% B) 100% C) 50% D) 33.3% E) 25%

19. Find the value of m given that m = (36 ÷ 34) × 27

A) 31 B) 32 C) 35 D) 36 E) 313

20. Express 0.0043216 in standard form

A) 4.3216 x 10-4
B) 4.3216 x 10-3
C) 4.3216 x 10
D) 4.3216 x 103
E) 4.3216 x 104

21. Given that a = 2 and b = 3, evaluate (2a + b) (a 2b)

A) 28 B) 8 C) 7 D) 8 E) 28
22.

Which of the following is illustrated on the number line above?

A) 1 < x < 3/2

3
B) /2

3
C) /2

3
D) /2

3
E) /2 -1

23.

In the diagram above, A is the centre of the circle with radius 20cm. If angle BAC is 90°, find the
perimeter of the shaded sector.

A) 31.4cm B) 31.8cm C) 40.0cm D) 51.4cm E) 71.4

24. In triangle ABC, |AB| = |BC| = 5cm, and |AC| = 8cm.

Find |BD|.
 A) 3cm B) 4cm C) 9cm D) 33cm E) 41cm

25. Write ¢35,632.00 correct to the nearest thousand cedis.

A. ¢40,000.00
B. ¢36,000.00
C. ¢35,600.00
D. ¢35,000.00
E. ¢30,000.00

26. Solve for x if 2x + 5 = 3x 7

A) 12 B) 2 C) 2/3 D) 2 E) 12

27. Evaluate ( 2/3 ¼) ÷ 5/6

A) ½ B) 1/5 C) 2/3 D) 2 E) -12

28. A boy walked 7km on a bearing 060°. Which of the following diagrams shows his direction.

29.

In the diagram
 5 3 2
A) /2 B) /2 C) /5 D) 2/3 E) 3/2

30. If 14x = 9ten, find x.

A) Nine B) Eight C) Seven D) Six E)Five

31. How many faces has a cuboid ?

A) 6 B) 8 C) 12 D) 16 E) 32

32. Which of the following is a factor of the expression ac 2bc + ad 2bd?

A) c d B) a 2b C) a + b D) a + 2b E) c + 2d

33. Three boys weeded a piece of land in 4 hours. How long would it take 18 boys to weed the same
piece of land weeding at the same rate?

D) 22 h E) 24 h

34.

Find the size of the angle marked a in the diagram above.

A) 30° B) 60° C) 90° D) 120° E) 180°

35. Which of the following is the net of a cube?

A B C

D E
36. Use the mapping below to answer question 36

Find the value of x

A) 30five B) 100five C) 110five D) 120five E)130five

37.

In the diagram above, find the size of the angle marked eo.

A) 52° B) 56° C) 72° D) 108° E) 128°

38.

If the area of the figure below is 60cm2, find x.

A) 8cm B) 9cm C)12cm D)16cm E) 20cm

39. The mean of the numbers 4, 3, 3, x is 5, find x

 A) 20 B) 10 C) 5 D) 4 E) 3

40. If a number is selected at random from the table below, what is the probability that the number
is 5?

Number 1 3 5 7 9

Frequency 25 15 8 10 2

A) 8/25 B) 4/25 C) 1/12 D) 2/15 E) 5/8

August 1994
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. A. {12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1}

2. C) =

3. B) 25 years

4. B) 2

5. D) 9

6. A. {1, 2}

7. A) 4 years

t
8. B) m f
s

9. E) Distributive

10. C) 225
2
11. D) /3

12. A) 72o

13. B. (x 2)(x 3)

14. D) ¢250,000.00

15. B) 6,600
16. B) ½

17. C) ¼

18. D) 33.3%

19. B) 32

20. B) 4.3216 x 10-3

21. E) 28

22. B) x < 3 /2

23. E) 71.4 cm

24. A) 3cm

25. B. ¢36,000.00

26. A) 12

27. A) ½

28.
3
29. B) /2

30. E) Five

31. A) 6

32. B) a 2b

33. A)

34. B) 60°

35. B.
36. E) 130five

37. E) 128°

38. A) 8cm

39. B) 10
2
40. D) /15
August 1994
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
The use of calculators is not allowed
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Multiply (a b) by (2b a)

(b) Find the truth set of 2x x).

Illustrate your answer on a number line.

2 2
(c) Given that u= and v = , find 1
3 (u 1
2 v)
3 6

2. (a) A ladder leans against a wall. The end of the ladder touches the wall 12m from the ground. The
foot of the ladder is 9m away from the foot of the wall.

(i) What is the length of the ladder?

(ii) Calculate the angle that the ladder makes with the wall.

(b) Given that = 3.14 and g = 20. Find the value of F in the relation F =
3
4 g2

3. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

 a) construct triangle PQR in which |PQ| = 8cm, angle QPR = 45° and angle PQR = 90°. Measure
|QR|

b) construct the mediator of line PQ to meet line PR at the point S.

c) With S as the centre and radius 3cm, construct a circle.

4. Using a scale of 2cm to 1unit on both axis, draw two perpendicular lines OX and OY on a graph
sheet. Mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6. Mark the origin O. Draw on the same
graph sheet, indicating in each case, the co-ordinates of all the vertices,

(i) The square ABCD where A(1,2), B(4, 2), C(4,5) and D(1,5)

(ii) Using the y-axis as a mirror line draw the image A1B1C1D1 1,

1 1 1

(iii) Draw an enlargement A2B2C2D2 of the square ABCD with scale factor 1 from O, such that
2 2 2 2

(iv) What single transformation maps A2B2C2D2 onto the square A1B1C1D1 ?

5. The following table gives the distribution of sales of soft drinks sold by the Akrokyere JSS
canteen in one week.

Number of
Soft Drink
bottles sold

Fanta 13

Pepsi 21

Mirinda 14

Coca-cola 17

Sprite 7

Draw a pie chart to illustrate the sales.

August 1994
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) (a b) (2b a)
2ab a2 2b2 + ab
2ab + ab a2 2b2
3ab a2 2b2

(b) 2x 6 5(3 x)
2x 6 15 5x
2x 5x 15 6
7x 21
7x 21
7 7
x 3
The number line illustration is shown below:

(c) (u+ ½v)

2 1
2
= 2
3 6
 1
2 1
2 2
= 3
3 1
2 6

1
2 1
= 3
3 3

1
2 1 1
1
= 3 = 3
3 3 6
1
1
3 1 3
= =
1
3 6 2

2 (a) (i) From the Pythagorean Theorem, if h is the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle and
a and b are the other two sides, then h2 = a2 + b2

12m
h

9m

From the diagram above, if h = length of ladder, we have

h2 = (12m)2 + (9m)2
h2 = 144m2 + 81m2
h2 = 225m2

h = 225m 2
h = 15 m
The length of the ladder is 15m

(a) (ii)

h
12m
 Opposite side
tan
adjacent side

From the diagram above,

tan 9m
12 m
tan 3
4

tan -1 3
4

36.87o (Using tables or a scientific calculator)

(b) F = 4
3
g2 ,
given that = 3.14 and g = 20

=
3
4 3.14 202
=
3
4 3.14 400

= 3 3.14 100
= 3 × 314
= 942

3.
 (a) |QR| = 8 cm

4. Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)

4. (ii) Approach 2 (The rule / formula)
Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis
x x
y y

1 1
OA OA1 , A1 ( 1, 2)
2 2
 4 4
OB OB1 , B1 ( 4, 2)
2 2

4 4
OC OC1 , C1 ( 4, 5)
5 5

1 1
OD OD1 , D1 ( 1, 5)
5 5

Plot and join A1(-1,2), B1(-4,2), C1(-4,5) and D(-1,5) as the image of ABCD
under a reflection in the y axis.

(iii) Enlargement from (0,0) by scale factor k

x x kx
k
y y ky
1 1 1 1
OA OA2 , A2 ( 1, 2)
2 1 2 2

4 1 4 4
OB OB2 , B2 ( 4, 2)
2 1 2 2

4 1 4 4
OC OC2 , C2 ( 4, 5)
5 1 5 5

1 1 1 1
OD OD2 , D2 ( 1, 5)
5 1 5 5

Plot and join A2(-1,-2), B2(-4,-2), C2(-4,-5) and D2 (-1,-5) as the image of
triangle ABCD under an enlargement by scale factor -1 from the origin (as shown
above)

(iv) The single transformation that maps A2B2C2 D2 onto A1B1C1D1 is

reflection in the x-axis

5.
Number of
Soft Drink Angle of sector
bottles sold

13 o o
Fanta 13 360 65
72

21 o o
Pepsi 21 360 105
72
 14 o o
Mirinda 14 72 360 70

17 o o
Coca-cola 17 360 85
72

7 o o
Sprite 7 72 360 35

TOTAL 72 360°

Pie chart showing the distribution of sales of soft drinks sold

by the Akrokyere JSS canteen in one week
August 1993
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Expand (2a + b) (a + 2b)

A) 2a2 + 2b2
B) 2a2 + b2
C) 5a2 + 2a2
D) 2a2 + 2a + 4ab2
E) 2a2 + 5ab + 2b2

2. Find the missing number in the following binary operation:

1100110
- xxxxxxx
111011

A) 111011 B) 101001 C) 100011 D) 101110 E)101011

3. If x = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15}, find the truth set of x

A. {15}
B. {13,15}
C. {11,13,15}
D. {9,11,13,15}
E. {7,9,11,13,15}

4. Which of these has the least number of lines of symmetry ?

A) an equilateral triangle
B) a rectangle
C) a square
 D) a circle
E) an isosceles triangle

5. Find 2% of ¢2,000.00

A) ¢40.00 B) ¢50.00 C) ¢100.00 D) ¢800.00 E) ¢5,000.00

6. Find the highest common factor of 18, 36 and 120.

A) 22×33×5 B) 2×3×5 C) 2×3 D) 23×22 E) 32×22

7. Arrange the fractions ¾, 2/3 , 3/5 in ascending order.

2
A) /3 , ¾ , 3/5
B) ¾ , 2/3 , 3/5
3
C) /5 , 2/3 , ¾
3
D) /5 , ¾ , 2/3
E) ¾ , 3/5 , 2/3

1 1
8. Make b the subject of the relation c
a b

ac 1
b
A) c

a
b
B) a ac

c
b
C) 1 ac

a
b
D) 1 ac

1 ac
b
E) a

9. A man has three children whose ages are 9 years, 12 years and 24 years. Find the ratio of their ages.

A) 1:2:3 B) 1:2:4 C) 2:3:6 D) 3:4:8 E)3:6:8

10. Ten students in Kwamekrom JSS took 9 days to weed the school compound. How long would 15
students take to weed the compound if they worked at the same rate?

A) 5 days B) 6 days C) 13 ½ days D) 14 days E) 16 days

11. Which of the following inequalities is / are true?

5 3 3 3 3 1
I: 6 4 II: 4 5 III: 8 2

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. I and III only

12. Find the image of P in the mapping below

1 2 3 P

3 5 7 ?

A) P2+2 B) P2+1 C) 2P+1 D) P+2 E) p2-2

13. A car travelled a distance of 50km in an hour. What distance did it travel in 30 minutes at the same
speed?

A) 1,500km B) 100km C) 80km D) 25km E) 20km

14. In an enlargement, the area of the object was multiplied by 144 to get the area of the image. Find the
scale factor of the enlargement.

A) 12 B) 36 C) 48 D) 72 E) 144

15. Mr. Yevu saved ¢2,500.00 at a simple interest rate of 25% per annum for 4 years. Calculate the
interest he earned on his savings.

A) ¢625.00
B) ¢2,500.00
C) ¢3,125.00
 D) ¢5,000.00
E) ¢10,000.00

The table below gives the number of goals scored by a football team in a league season.

No. of goals scored

0 1 2 3 4 5
in a match
Frequency 1 7 6 4 1 1

16. Find the number of goals scored by the team.

A) 41 B) 40 C) 20 D) 19 E) 15

17. What is the mean number of goals scored by the team?

A) 7 B) 6 C) 4 D) 2 E) 1

18. What is the total number of matches played in the league season?

A) 6 B) 7 C) 19 D) 20 E) 40

19. The probability of obtaining a head when a coin is tossed is 1/3. What is the probability of
obtaining a tail?

A) 1 C) ½ E) 0

2 2
3 5 ,
20. Given that a = and b = find a + 2b

2 2 0 6 2
A. B. C. D. E.
3 13 2 13 7

21. Find in base ten the value of 4 in 143five.

A) 48 B) 40 C) 25 D) 20 E) 9
22. If the interior angle of a regular polygon is 120°, how many sides does it have?

A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9

23. Simplify (3 ½ + 7) ÷ (4 1/3 3)

A) 6 7/8 B) 7 C) 7 7/8 D) 10 ½ E) 14

n 2 1
n
24. Find the solution set of 3 > 3

A. {n: n > -1/6}

B. {n: n = 0}

C. {n: n > 1/3}

D. {n: n > ½}

E. {n: n > 1}

25. In the diagram below, |AE| = |ED| = |DC| = |CE|. Calculate the size of the angle marked x.

A) 150° B) 120° C) 90° D) 60° E) 30°

26. Five times a number is four more than the number. Find the number.

A) 3/2 B) 1 C) 2/3 D) ½ E) 1

27. A basket contains 450 oranges, if each orange costs ¢15.00, find the total cost of the oranges.

A) ¢30.00 B) ¢465.00 C) ¢435.00 D) ¢675.00 E) ¢6,750.00

28. A bottle of soft drink costs ¢200.00. The commission paid on one bottle is 2% of the cost price. Find
the commission paid on 24 bottles of the soft drink.

A) ¢96.00 B) ¢296.00 C) ¢400.00 D) ¢4,704.00 E) ¢4,800.00

9 1 x
29. If is equivalent to , find the value of x.
21 7
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6

30. Write 39.975km correct to three significant figures

A) 39km B) 39.975km C) 49km D) 40.0km E) 40.9km

1 1
31. Find x if /x + /3 = 1

A) 3/2 B) 2/3 D) ¾ E) 3/2

32. The bearing of Aboku from Bebeka is 055°. What is the bearing of Bebeka from Aboku?

A) 035° B) 055° C) 125° D) 235° E) 305°

33.

A O B

The diagram above shows the construction of :

A) the perpendicular bisector of the line

B) an angle of 45° at the point A
 C) an angle of 45° at the point B
D) an angle of 90° at the point O
E) an angle of 90° at the point B

34. The dimensions of the rectangle are given in base two. Find its perimeter.

10twocm

11twocm

A) 100two cm
B) 101two cm
C) 110two cm
D) 1001two cm
E) 1010two cm

35.

The area of circle, centre O, is 120cm2. Angle AOB is 60°. Find the area of sector AOB.

A) 2cm2 B) 3cm2 C) 6cm2 D) 20cm2 E) 60cm2

36. In the diagram, ABCD is a parallelogram; EC and AF are straight lines. Angle ABC = 110° and angle
 A) 30° B) 40° C) 50° D) 70° E) 110°

37. In the diagram below AC // DF. Angle CBT is 40° and angle DET is 140°

Find the value of the reflex angle marked y.

A) 320° B) 280° C) 220° D) 100° E) 80°

38.

In the diagram above, the angle of elevation of K from M is

A) 17° B) 73° C) 90° D) 107° E) 163°

39. In the diagram below, ACD is an isosceles triangle in which |AD| = |AC| and DC is parallel to BE,
find the value of the angle marked x.

A) 55° B) 62.5° C) 110° D) 117.5° E) 125°

40. Three girls Ama, Adjoa and Abena measured the length of the sides of 3 right-angled triangles as
follows.

measurements measurements were 50mm, 120mm,

measurements were 20mm, 30mm and 40mm.
Whose measurement(s) was / were correct ?

A) only
B)
C) and
D) ly
E)
August 1993
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. E) 2a2 + 5ab + 2b2

2. E) 101011

3. B. {13,15}

4. E) An isosceles triangle

5. A) ¢40.00

6. C) 2×3
3
7. C) /5 , 2/3 , ¾

c
8. C) b
1 ac

9. D) 3:4:8

10. B) 6 days

11. D. I and II only

12. C) 2P+1

13. D) 25km

14. A) 12

15. B) ¢2,500.00
16. B) 40

17. D) 2

18. D) 20

19. B)

2
B.
20. 13

21. A) 48

22. B) 6

23. C) 7 7/8

24. D. {n: n > ½}

25. C) 90°

26. B) 1

27. E) ¢6,750.00

28. A) ¢96.00

29. B) 2

30. D) 40.0km

31. E) 3/2

32. D) 235o

33. D) an angle of 90° at the point O

34. E) 1010two cm

35. D) 20 cm2

36. A) 30°

37. B) 280°

38. A) 17°
39. D) 117.5°

40. E) only
August 1993
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

2a 4b 3(a b)
1. (a) Simplify 3 2

(b) Solve 5 (a 5) ½ (2a + 6) = 4

3 2
(c) If r = and q = , calculate 6(r + 2q)
1 1

2. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

a) construct a triangle ABC such that |BA| = 10cm, angle ABC = 90° and angle BAC = 30°.
Measure the length BC.

b) (i) Bisect the angle ACB to meet BA at D.

(ii) What type of triangle is CDA?

c) Calculate the area of triangle ABC

3. Olu bought a radio for ¢65,000.00. After one year the radio was valued at 75% of the cost price.

(a) What was the price of the radio after one year?

(b) If he sold the radio for ¢55,700.00, calculate his profit or loss over the cost price.

4. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 1unit on both axes, draw two perpendicular lines OX and OY on a
graph sheet.

(b) On this graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6.

(c) Plot on the same graph sheet the points A(-2, 4) and B(4, -5). Join the points A and B with the
help of a ruler.

(d) Using the graph , find

(i) the gradient (slope) of the line AB;

(ii) the value of x, when y = 0;

(iii) the value of y when x = 2

(e) Plot on the same graph sheet the points C(-3,-1) and D(3,3). Join the points C and D. with the
help of a protractor, measure the angle between the lines AB and CD. What is the gradient of
the line CD?

5. The ages of 20 school children were recorded as follows:

13, 9, 15, 17, 13, 9, 11, 9, 11, 15,

17, 15, 11, 9, 9, 11, 15, 11, 11, 11.

(a) Make a frequency table

(b) Use your table to calculate the mean age

(correct to the nearest whole number)

August 1993
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

2a 4b 3(a b)
1 (a)
3 2
2a 4b 3a 3b
3 2
2 ( 2 a 4b ) 3( 3 a 3b )
6

4a 8b 9a 9b
6

4a 9a 8b 9b
6

5a 17 b
6

17 b 5a
= 6 or

Or

1 (b) 5 (a 5) ½ (2a + 6) = 4

Approach 1 (Expanding first)

 5a 25 a 3 = 4
5a a = 4 + 25 +3
4a = 32
4a 32
=
4 4
a = 8

1 (b) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 2 first to clear fractions)

2 × 5(a 5) 2 × ½ (2a + 6) = 2 (4)
10 (a 5) (2a + 6) = 2 (4)
10a 50 2a 6 = 8
10a 2a = 8 + 50 + 6
8a = 64
a = 64 ÷ 8
a = 8

1 (c) 6 (r + 2q)

3 2
= 6 2
1 1

3 2 2
= 6
1 2 1

3 4
= 6
1 2

3 ( 4)
= 6
1 2

3 4 1
= 6 = 6
1 2 3

6 1 6
= =
6 3 18

2 (a)
 (a) |BC| 5.7 cm

(b) (ii) CDA is an isosceles triangle

(c) Area of triangle = ½ × base × height

57
= /2 cm2
= 28 ½ cm2 or 28.5 cm2

3 (a) Price after one year = 75% of the cost price

75
= ¢65,000
100
= 75 × ¢650
= ¢48,750

(b) Since price (value) after one year = CP = ¢48,750

Profit = SP CP
= ¢55,700 ¢48,750 = ¢6,950

He made a profit of ¢6,950

4.
4 (d) From the graph, using the points A (-2, 4) and B (4, -5),

(d) (i) The gradient of line AB

y2 y1 5 4 9 3
x2 x1 = 4 ( 2) = 6 = 2

= 1 12 or -1.5

(d) (i) Approach 2

 y1 y2 4 ( 5) 9 3
x1 x2 = 2 4 = 6 = 2

= 1 12 or -1.5

(d) (ii) When y = 0, x 0.7

(d) (iii) When x = 2, y = -2

(e) From the graph, the gradient of line CD

y2 y1 3 ( 1) 4 2
x2 x1 = 3 ( 3) = 6 = 3

(e) Or:

y1 y2 1 3 4 2
x1 x2 = 3 3 = 6 = 3

5 (a) Frequency Table

Age Tally Frequency

9 5

11 7

13 2

15 4

17 2

5 (b)
Age Tally Frequency
(x) (f) fx
 9 5 45
11 7 77
13 2 26
15 4 60
17 2 34

From the frequency table,

fx 242
The mean age = =
f 20

= 12 101 years or 12.1 years

August 1992
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour

1. Find the set of prime factors of 12

A. {3} B. {2, 3} C. {3, 4} D. {2, 6} E. {2,3,4,6,12}

2. If P = {7, 11, 13} and Q = {9, 11, 13}. Find P U Q.

A. {7}
B. {9}
C. {7, 9}
D. {7, 9, 11}
E. {7, 9, 11, 13}

3. In the diagram, set Q ha members. Find the

number of members of Q U T.

A) 35 B) 45 C) 55 D) 65 E) 75

6 14
4. Find the value of

A) 5.0 B) 4.9 C) 2.5 D) 2.4 E) 1.2

5. Convert 39ten to a base five numeral.

A) 100111 B) 1110 C) 234 D) 124 E) 103

6. Find the least whole number which must be added to 207 to make it divisible by 17
 A) 0 B) 3 C) 13 D) 14 E) 15

7. Simplify 2 x (3 1/3 + 1 1/6)

A) 2 1/3 B) 4 ¼ C) 6 2/3 D) 8 E) 9

8. If 8.51 ÷ 2.3 = 3.7, find the value of 85.1 ÷ 2.3

A) 0.037 B) 0.37 C) 3.7 D) 37 E) 370

9. Express 0.625 as a fraction in its lowest term.

A) 7/8 B) ¾ C) 5/8 D) ½ E) 1/3

10. An amount of money is shared between Kofi and Ama in the ratio 3:5. If Ama received ¢4,650.00,

A) ¢930.00 B) ¢1,550.00 C) ¢1,743.75 D) ¢2,790.00 E) ¢2,906.25

11. If $1.00 = ¢340.00, what was the cedi value of an article which cost $6.50?

A) ¢6,630.00
B) ¢2,380.00
C) ¢2,210.00
D) ¢346.50
E) ¢333.50

12. Find the simple interest on ¢28,000.00 at 3 ½ % per annum for 6 months.

A) ¢490.00
B) ¢560.00
C) ¢980.00
D) ¢4,000.00
E) ¢5,880.00

The bar chart shows the distances of 5 villages, P, Q, R, S and T from a market town. Use it to answer
questions 13 and 14
13. Which village is farthest from the market town?

A) P B) Q C) R D) S E) T

14. How much farther is village Q than village R from the market town?

A) 2 km B) 3 km C) 4km D) 5km E) 6km

15. There are 20 beads in a box. Some are red and some green. The chance that one bead taken at
random from the box is red is ¼. Find the number of red beads in the box.

A) 16 B) 15 C) 10 D) 5 E) 4

16. A bag contains 12 mangoes of which 4 are not ripe. What is the chance of picking at random a
ripe mango from the bag?

B) ¼ D) ½

17. Find the value of p2 6p + 9 when p = -2

A) 7 B) 1 C) 12 D) 13 E) 25

18. If x = 2, find the value of q in the equation 3x 4=x+q

 A) 8 B) 1 C) 0 D) 1 E) 8

19.

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Which of the following inequalities is shown on the number line above, where P is a real number.?

B) p > 2 C) p = 2 E) p < 2

Use the mapping below to answer questions 20 to 21

-2 -1 0 2 3 4 x

y -1 1 5 7 9 21

20. Find the value of x

A) 7 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 10

21. Find the value of y

A) 3 B) 1 C) 1 D) 3 E) -5

22. In the diagram, find the bearing of P from Q.

A) 045° B) 090° C) 135° D) 180° E) 270°

23. A polygon has 10 sides. Which of the following gives the sum of its interior angles?

A) 2 x 180°
 B) 4 x 180°
C) 6 x 180°
D) 8 x 180°
E) 10 x 180°

The diagram shows the conversion graph for miles and kilometres.

24. Find in kilometres, the equivalent of 4 miles

A) 2.5 B) 3 C) 3.5 D) 6 E) 6.4

25. Express 4 kilometres in miles

A) 6.4 B) 6 C) 3.5 D) 3 E) 2.5

The diagram below is a right-angled triangle.Use it to answer questions 26 and 27

26. Find |XZ|

A) 2.4cm B) 7cm C) 13cm D) 17cm E) 60cm

27. Find tan YXZ

A) 5/13 B) 5/12 C) 12/13 D) 12/5 E) 13/5

28. The diagram below shows two points P and Q in the number plane. Find the vector PQ.

6 6 6 4 4
A. B. C. D. E.
4 4 4 6 6

5
29. Find the length of the vector P =
12

A) 7 B) 10 C) 13 D) 17 E) 25

30.
S R

S R

O
 In the diagram, square
is 4cm2 2
. Find the scale factor of the enlargement.

A) 2/3 B) 4/9 C) 1½ D) - 2/3 E) - 9/4

31. The volume of a cube is 27cm3. Find the area of one of its faces.

A) 3cm2 B) 6cm2 C) 9cm2 D) 18cm2 E) 54cm2

32. A cylinder is of height 3 cm and radius 2 cm. Find its curved surface area.

A) 7 cm2 B) 12 cm2 C) 18 cm2 D) 38 cm2 E) 54 cm2

33.
12cm
S R

4cm

P 5cm Q

Find the area of the parallelogram PQRS

A) 20cm2 B) 21cm2 C) 48cm2 D) 60cm2 E) 240cm2

34. If one-third of a number is added to one-fifth of the same number, the result is 8. Find the number.

A) 3 B) 5 C) 15 D) 40 E) 45
35. If 1: x is equivalent to 6 ¼ :25, find x.
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6.25 D) 24 E) 100

36. Express 3/8 as a percentage.

A) 0.373% B) 12% C) 25% D) 37 ½% E) 40%

37. Akosua buys 480 pineapples for ¢24,000.00. She sells all the pineapples for ¢28,000.00. Find her
profit percent.

A) 13.9% B) 16.7% C) 20% D) 40% E) 83.3%

38. How many edges has a cuboid ?

A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10 E) 12

The pie chart shows the distribution of crops on a farm of area 250 hectares.

39. Find the area of the plot with corn.

A) 48.6ha B) 55.3ha C) 62.5ha D) 83.3ha E) 125.0ha

40. What fraction of the farm is planted with pepper?

B) ¼ C) 1/5 D) 2/9 E) 7/32

August 1992
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. B. {2, 3}

2. E. {7, 9, 11, 13}

3. B) 45

4. C) 2.5

5. D) 124

6. D) 14

7. E) 9

8. D) 37
5
9. C) /8

10. D) ¢2,790.00

11. C) ¢2,210.00

12. A) ¢490.00

13. E) T

14. D) 5km

15. D) 5
16. E)

17. E) 25

18. C) 0

19. D)

20. E) 10

21. D) 3

22. A) 045o

23. D) 8 × 180°

24. E) 6.4

25. E) 2.5

26. C) 13cm
12
27. D) /5

6
28. B.
4

29. C) 13

30. C) 1½

31. C) 9cm2

32. D) 38cm2

33. C) 48 cm2

34. C) 15

35. A) 4

36. D) 37 ½%

37. B) 16.7%

38. E) 12
39. C) 62.5ha

40. A)
August 1992
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

Attempt four questions only from this section

All working must be clearly shown.
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.
All questions carry equal

1. (a) Solve 5 2x > x + 2, where x is a real number.

Illustrate your result on the number line.

(b) Find the truth set of the equation: 2

3
(3 y 1) (y 2) 1
3

(c) Factorize completely: mp + np mt nt

(d) Make t the subject of the relation v = u + at

2. A landlady rented out her house for ¢240,000.00 for one year. During the year she paid 15% of the
rent as income tax. She also paid 25% of the rent as property tax and spent ¢10,000.00 on repairs.

Calculate:

a) The total expenses.

b) The remainder of the rent

c) The percentage of the rent she spent on repairs.

3. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw perpendicular lines OX and OY on a graph
sheet.

(b) On this graph sheet, mark the x-axis from 5 to 5 and the y-axis from 6 to 6

(c) Plot on the same graph sheet the points A(1,1), B(4,3) and C(2,5). Join the points A,B and C to
form a triangle.

(d) Using the y-axis as the mirror line, draw the image A1B1C1 of the triangle ABC, such that
1 1 1. Write down the co-ordinates of A1, B1 and C1.

(e) Using the x-axis as the mirror line, draw the image A2B2C2 2,

2 2.

4. The table below gives the frequency distribution of the marks obtained in a class test by a group of 64
pupils.

Marks
Frequency
(out of ten)
2 9
3 14
4 13
5 10
6 5
7 8
8 2
9 3

(a) Draw a bar chart for the distribution

(b) A pupil is chosen at random from the class. What is the probability that the pupil obtained 7
marks?

5. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a) draw |PQ| = 9 cm

(b) construct a perpendicular to PQ at Q

(c) construct angle QPS = 60° at the point P on PQ such that |PS| = 6.5cm

(d) construct a line parallel to PQ through S. let the perpendicular through Q and the parallel
through S, meet at R. Measure |PR|.
August 1992
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a) 5 2x x 2
5 2 x 2x
3 3x
1 x
Turning the 1 x
x 1 around reverses the >

The number line illustration is shown below:

1 (b)
2
3
(3 y 1) ( y 2) 1
3

Approach 1 (Expanding and grouping first)

y 2 =
2y y 2 =
2y y =
y = 1 + 2
y = 3

1 (b) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 3 first to clear fractions)

 3 2
3
(3 y 1) 3 ( y 2) = 3 1
3

2 (3 y 1) 3( y 2) = 1
6y 2 3y 6 = 1
6y 3y = 1+2+6
3y = 9
y = 9 ÷ 3
y = 3

1 (c) mp + np mt nt
= p (m + n) t(m + n)
= (m + n) (p t)

1 (d) v u at , making t the subject

Placing terms containing t on one side:

v u at
v u at
a a
v u
t
a
v u
t
a

2 (a) Total expenses = Income tax + property tax + repairs

= (15% of ¢240,000) + (25% of ¢240,000) + ¢10,000
15 25
= ¢240, 000 + ¢240, 000 + ¢10,000
100 100

= ¢36,000 + ¢60,000 + ¢10,000

= ¢106,000
= ¢106,000.00

2 (b) The remainder = Total Amount Expenses

= ¢240,000.00 ¢106,000.00
= ¢134,000.00
2 (c) Percentage of the rent spent on repairs

Amount on repairs
= T otal income from rent 100 %

10, 000
= 240,000 100 %

=
25
6 %
= 4 16 % or 4.167%

3.
Approach 1 (By Inspection / Construction)
3 (d) Approach 2 (The rule / formula)
Reflecting (x, y) in the y-axis
x x
y y

1 1
OA OA1 , A1 ( 1, 1)
1 1
4 4
OB OB1 , B1 ( 4, 3)
3 3

2 2
OC OC1 , C1 ( 2, 5)
5 5

Plot and join A1(-1,1), B1(-4,3) and C1(-2,5) as the image of triangle ABC under a
reflection in the y axis.

3 (e) Reflection in the x-axis

x x
y y

1 1
OA OA2 , A2 (1, 1)
1 1
4 4
OB OB2 , B2 (4, 3)
3 3

2 2
OC OC2 , C2 (2, 5)
5 5
Plot and join A2(1,-1), B2(4,-3) and C2(2,-5) as the image of triangle ABC under a
reflection in the x- axis
(as shown in the diagram above)

4 (a) Bar chart

Vertical Axis Scale: 2 cm to 2 pupils (1cm to 1 pupil)
 Number of pupils that obtained 7 marks
4 (b) P (7 marks) = Total number of pupils

8
= 9 14 13 10 5 8 2 3

8 1
= 64 = 8

5.
5 (d) |PR| = 10.6 c m
August 1991
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour
1. P = {1, 2, 3, 8, 10}, Q = {8, 1, x, 3, 2}. If P = Q, what is the value of x?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 8 E) 10

2. If Y = {house, tree} and V = {cat, house, tree} which of the following is true of Y and V?
A) Y = V B) Y V C) V Y D) V Y E) Y V

3. The following addition is in base ten. Find the missing addend.

2345
1045
****
5110

A) 1300 B) 1720 C) 2765 D) 4065 E) 9500

4. Given that 22 × 32 × 7 = 252, find the least number that should be multiplied by 252 to make the
product a perfect square.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 6 D) 7 E) 252

5. Write 4687.02 in standard form

A) 46.8702 x 103
B) 46.8702 x 104
C) 4.68702 x 105
D) 4.68702 x 103
E) 0.468702 x 104

6. Convert 11001two to a decimal numeral

A) 6 B) 7 C) 14 D) 25 E) 50
7. A boy spent 2/7 of his pocket money on transport and 1/5 on sweets. What fraction of his pocket
money does he spend on transport and sweets?

A) 2/35 B) 3/35 C) 1/7 D) 17/35 E) 18/35

8. The product of three numbers is 1197. Two of the numbers are 3 and 19. Find the third number.
A) 21 B) 54 C) 210 D) 544 E) 1175

9. Find the GCF (HCF) of 23 × 32 and 23 × 34.

A) 8 B) 9 C) 72 D) 81 E) 648

10. Find the value of a°

A) 68° B) 75° C) 105° D) 112° E) 124°

11. What is the value of b° ?

A) 68° B) 75° C) 105° D) 112° E) 124°

12. What is the value of c° ?

A) 68° B) 75° C) 105° D) 112° E) 124°

13. Simplify 2ab2 × 3a2b

A) 5a3b3 B) 5a2b2 C) 6a3b3 D) 5a2b2 E) 36ab

14. In the relation v = u + at, find v when u = 6, a = 10 and t = 2

A) 18 B) 26 C) 32 D) 48 E) 120

15. The marks obtained by 10 children in a mental drill are:

0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9. What is the modal mark?
A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9
16. The marks obtained by 10 children in a mental drill are:
0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9. Find the median mark.
A) 3 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8

17. The marks obtained by 10 children in a mental drill are:

0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9. Calculate the mean mark.
A) 54 B) 5.4 C) 10 D) 54 E) 540

18. The marks obtained by 10 children in a mental drill are: 0, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9.

What is the probability that a child chosen at random scored 3 marks?
A) 2/54 B) 3/54 C) 2/10 D) 3/10 E) 1/3

19. A trader received a commission of 12 ½ % on sales made in a month. His commission was
¢35,000.00. Find his total sales for the month.
A) ¢36,250.00
B) ¢59,750.00
C) ¢245,000.00
D) ¢280,000.00
E) ¢315,000.00

20. A map of a large town is drawn to the scale of 1:100,000. What is the distance in kilometres (km)
represented by a line segment 4cm along the map?
A) 0.04km B) 0.4km C) 4km D) 40km E) 400km

21. Adjoa and Ama share ¢600.00 between them in

A) ¢200.00 B) ¢240.00 C) ¢300.00 D) ¢360.00 E)¢400.00

2a a b
Simplify: 3 2
22.
A) a 3b B) a 3b C) a 3b D) a + 3b E) a b
6 6

23. If a6 ÷ a4 = 64. Find a

A) 8 B) 10 C) 16 D) 20 E) 24
24. Find one-hundredth of 1.0756
A) 107.56 B) 10.756 C) 0.01756 D) 0.010756 E) 0.001756

25. What is the rule for this mapping

x 1 2 3 4 5

y 1 3 5 7 9
x
A) x x-1 B) x x-1) C) x x+1 D) x x+1) E) x -1

26. The circumference of a circular track is 440m. Find the diameter of this track.
22
/7]
A) 70m B) 140m C) 280m D) 690m E) 1400m

3 2
27. If r = and s = , calculate 6(r + 2s)
1 1

1 1 7 6 6
A. B. C. D. E.
3 3 3 18 18

28. Which of the following would you use to measure an angle?

A) Ruler
B) A pair of compasses
C) A set square
D) A protractor

29. Express the ratio of 64cm to 48cm in its simplest form.

A) 3:4 B) 4:3 C) 16:12 D) 12:16 E) 64:48

30.

What is the scale factor of this enlargement?

A) 2 B) 1/3 C) ½ D) 2 E) 3
31. If |PR| = 3.6m, what
A) 7.2m B) 1.8m C) 1.2m D) 1.8m E) 7.2m

32. Find the tangent of the angle marked Y in the diagram

A) 3/5 B) ¾ C) 4/5 D) 4/3 E) 5/3

33. Kojo paid ¢270,000.00 for a TV set after he had been given a discount of 10%. Find the marked
price.
A) ¢300,000.00
B) ¢297,000.00
C) ¢280,000.00
D) ¢260,000.00
E) ¢243,000.00

In a secondary school class, 23 pupils study Economics, 6 pupils study both Government and
Economics. 48 pupils study either Government or Economics or both.
34. What is the total number of pupils who study Government?
A) 17 B) 23 C) 24 D) 25 E) 31

35. How many pupils study only Government?

A) 17 B) 23 C) 24 D) 25 E) 31

36. How many pupils study only Economics?

A) 17 B) 23 C) 24 D) 25 E) 31

37. When a certain number is subtracted from 10 and the result is multiplied by 2, the final result is 4.
Find the number.
A) 8 B) 12 C) 16 D) 24 E) 32

38. From the diagram below, calculate the bearing of point X from Y
 A) 035° B) 045° C) 135° D) 145° E) 225°

39. If 22% of the length of a rope is 55cm, find the full length of the rope.
A) 12.1cm B) 25cm C) 121cm D) 250cm E)2500cm

40. Which of these best describes the given construction?

A) Bisecting a line
B) Constructing the bisector of a line segment.
C) Constructing the perpendicular to a line
D) Constructing a perpendicular to a given line from a point outside the line.
E) Constructing a perpendicular to a given line through a point on the line.
August 1991
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. E) 10

2. B) Y V

3. B) 1720

4. D) 7

5. D) 4.68702 × 103

6. D) 25

17
7. D) /35

8. A) 21

9. C) 72

10. E) 124°

11. A) 68°

12. C) 105°

13. C) 6a3b3

14. B) 26

15. E) 9
16. C) 6

17. B) 5.4
2
18. C) /10

19. D) ¢280,000.00

20. C) 4km

21. D) ¢360.00

a 3b
C)
22. 6

23. A) 8

24. D) 0.010756

25. A) x x-1

26. B) 140 m

6
D.
18
27.

28. D) A protractor

29. B) 4:3

30. D) 2

31. D) 1.8m
4
32. D) /3

33. A) ¢300,000.00

34. E) 31

35. D) 25

36. A) 17

37. A) 8

38. E) 225o
39. D) 250cm

40. D) Constructing a perpendicular to a given line from a point outside the line.
August 1991
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

1. (a) If X = {Prime numbers less than 13} and Y = {odd numbers less than 13}
(i) List the members of X and Y
(ii)

(b) Three school children share some oranges as follows: Akwasi gets 1/3 of the total, and the
remainder is shared between Abena and Jantuah in the ratio 3:2. If Jantuah gets 24 oranges,
how many does Akwasi get?

2. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

a) construct the triangle XYZ, in which |YZ| = 6cm, angle XYZ = 60° and |XZ| = 9cm. Measure
|XY|
b) (i) construct the mediator of YZ.
(ii) draw a circle, centre X and radius 5cm. Measure |YA|, where A is the point of
intersection of the mediator and the circle in the triangular region XYZ

2x 1 x 2
1
3. (a) Solve the equation: 3 4

(b) Given that m = -2 and n = ¾, find the value of

3
(i) m2 (n 1) (ii) n 2
m
(c) Factorize completely 2ap + aq + bq 2bp
4. (a) The following table shows the distribution of votes in an election for class prefect.
Number of
Name
votes
Acquaye 6
Borquaye 12
Commey 18

(i) Draw a pie chart to illustrate the distribution.

(ii) What fraction of the votes was cast for Borquaye?

(b) The heights in cm of 10 school children are as follows:

165, 165, 155, 159, 174,
154, 169, 155, 155, 150
Make a frequency table for this data
Use your table to find the mode and median of the distribution.
August 1991
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a)
(i) X = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11}
Y = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11}

(ii) = {3, 5, 7, 11}

XUY = {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11}

1 (b) Since =1 =

the remainder = of total

= of total

Abena Jantuah
Ratio 3 2
No. of oranges a 24

3 2
From the table above,
a 24
3 × 24 = 2 × a 2 a 24 3 ,
24 3
a = 36
2
Abena gets 36 oranges
Hence, of the total (36 + 24) oranges = 60 oranges

Fraction No. of oranges

36 + 24
Abena + Jantuah
= 60
Akwasi ?

Approach 1

Now, if 60 oranges

Then ? (less)

If less, more (i.e., ) divides, hence we have

1
3 60 oranges 1 2
2 = 60 oranges
3 3 3

1 3
= 60 oranges
3 2
= 30 oranges
Akwasi gets 30 oranges

Approach 2
2 60 oranges
3
1 x
3
2 1
Cross-multiplying, we have x 60 oranges
3 3

Multiplying both sides by 3/2 (to remove 2/3) :

3 2 3 1
x 60 oranges
2 3 2 3
3 1
x 60 oranges
2 3
x = 30 oranges
Akwasi gets 30 oranges

Approach 3

Let the total no.= T, then of T = 60 oranges

2
T 60
3
 3
Solving for T by multiplying through by 2 , we have
3
2
2
3 T 3
2 60 T 3
2 60 = 90
The total no. of oranges = 90 oranges

= of total

= × 90 oranges
= 30 oranges
Akwasi gets 30 oranges

2)

(a) |XY| 10.3 cm

(b) |YA| 5.7 cm

3 (a)
2x 1 x 2
1
3 4
 Approach 1 (Simplifying the LHS first)

4(2 x 1) 3( x 2)
= 1
12
8x 4 3x 6
= 1
12
5x 2
= 1
12
5x + 2 = 1 × 12
5x = 12 2
5x = 10
5x 10
=
5 5
x = 2

3 (a) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 12 to clear fractions)

2x 1 x 2
12 12 12 1
3 4
4 (2x 1) 3(x 2) = 12
8x 4 3x + 6 = 12
8x 3x = 12 + 4 6
5x = 10
x = 10 ÷ 5
x = 2

3 (b) Given that m = 2 and n = ¾

(i) m2 (n 1)
(-2)2 (¾ 1)
= 4 (- ¼)
= -1

3
(ii) n2
m
2
3 3
4 2
 9 3
=
16 2
9 24
=
16

=
23
= 1 7 16
16

3 (c) 2ap + aq bq 2bp

= a (2p + q) b (q + 2p)
= (2p + q) (a b)

4 (a) (i)

Name Number of votes Angle of sector

6 o o
Acquaye 6 360 60
36

Borquaye 12 o o
12 360 120
36

18 o o
Commey 18 360 180
36

TOTAL 36 360°

Pie chart showing the distribution of votes in an election for class prefect
 4 (a) (ii)
Approach 1

4 (a) (ii) Approach 2

4 (b) (i)
Frequency table
Height
Tally Frequency
(in cm)
150 1
154 1
155 3
159 1
165 2
169 1
174 1
(ii) From the table, the mode = 155 cm

(ii) Finding the median

Approach 1
Listing all the given heights, we have
150, 154, 155, 155, 155, 159, 165, 165, 169, 174
The middle heights (in cm) are 155 and 159
155 cm 159 cm
The median =
2
314
= cm = 157 cm
2
(ii) Approach 2
The median
=
the ½ (10+1)th position
= ½ (11) = 5½th position
The height at the 5½th position
= the average of the heights at the 5th and 6th positions
155cm 159cm
= = 157cm
2
August 1990
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST
1 hour
1. If
A. {1, 7, 13}
B. {1, 9, 13}
C. {7, 13}
D. {7, 9, 13}
E. {13}

2. In the diagram, Q is the set of numbers inside the circle and T is the set of numbers inside the
triangle. Find Q U T.

A. {5}
B. {6, 7}
C. {3, 4, 5}
D. {5, 6, 7}
E. {3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

3. Given that (23 × 82) × 79 = 148,994, find the exact value of (2.3 × 82) × 7.9

A) 14.8994 B) 148.994 C) 1489.94 D) 14899.4 E) 148994.0

4. Convert 25ten to a base two numeral

A) 1000 B) 100111 C) 10101 D) 11001 E) 11100

5. If (3.14 × 18) × 17.5 = 3.14 × (3a × 17.5). Find the value of a.
A) 3.0 B) 5.8 C) 6.0 D) 9.0 E) 18.0

6. If 26039 oranges are shared equally among 13 women, how many oranges does each woman receive?
A) 23 B) 1203 C) 230 D) 2003 E) 2300

7. Mr. Mensah withdrew

If he had ¢500.00 left, how much did he take from the bank?

A) ¢600.00 B) ¢750.00 C) ¢1500.00 D) ¢2000.00 E) ¢3000.00

8. Simplify ½ (1 ½ + ¾ ÷ ¼)
A) 1 ½ B) 2 ¼ C) 2 ¾ D) 4 ½ E) 6

9. If 21:2x = 7:10, find x.

A) 3 B) 2 ¼ C) 15 D) 35 E) 50

10.
A X B

X is a point on the line segment AB such that |AB| = 10cm and |AX| = 4cm. Find the ratio |AX| : |XB|

A) 5:3 B) 3:2 C) 5:4 D) 1:1 E) 2:3

11. In an examination, 60% of the candidates passed. The number that passed was 240. How many
candidates failed?

A) 140 B) 160 C) 360 D) 400 E) 600

12. A table which cost ¢2,400.00 to manufacture was sold for ¢3,000.00. Find the profit percent.

A) 80% B) 25% C) 24% D) 20% E) 11.1%

13. If a = 22 × 23 ÷ 24, find the value of a

 A) 29 B) 25 C) 22 D) 2 E) 20

14. The distance between two towns is 12875km.

Express this distance in standard form.

A) 1.2875 x 103 km

B) 1.2875 x 104 km

C) 12.875 x 103 km

D) 128.75 x 102 km

E) 12.875 x 104 km

The pie chart shows the monthly expenditure of Mr. A

whose monthly income is ¢18,000.00.

15.

A) 1/6 B) ¼ C) 1/3 D) 2/5 E) ½

16. How much does Mr. A spend on rent?

A) ¢90.00

B) ¢450.00

C) ¢4,500.00

D) ¢9,000.00

E) ¢16,200.00
17. What is the size of the angle that represents savings?

A) 40° B) 60° C) 130° D) 230° E) 320°

18. Find the missing addend

2 0 .4 5
****
1 9 .1 8
44 . 3 0

A) 83.39 B) 19.69 C) 25.12 D) 23.85 E) 4.67

19. Remove the brackets: a 2(b 3c)

A) a 2b 3c

B) a 2b - 6c

C) a 2b+6c

D) a+2b+6c

E) a 2b+3c

2a a b
20. Simplify 3 2

A) a 3b B) a 3b C) a 3b D) a + 3b E) a b
6 6

21. If q = ut + ½ ft, find q when u = 20, t = 10 and f = 15

A) 350 B) 275 C) 237.5 D) 55 E) 42.5

3 45
22. If 15 is equivalent to a , find a

A) 225 B) 150 C) 135 D) 30 E) 9

23. Find the least common multiple of 7, 14 and 18
A) 71418 B) 1764 C) 252 D) 126 E) 98

24.

In triangle XYZ, |XZ| = 13cm, |XY| = 12cm and angle XYZ = 90°. Find |YZ| if the area of the
triangle is 30cm2.

A) 25 cm B) 14 cm C) 12.5 cm D) 5 cm E) 1 cm

25. Write 1204five as a number in base ten.

A) 9996 B) 179 C) 39 D) 35 E) 19

26. Multiply (2x + y) by (2x y)

A) 4x2 4xy y2

B) 4x2+xy y2

C) 4x2 xy y2

D) 4x2+y2

E) 4x2 y2

27. A watchman was paid a basic wage of ¢250.00 a day. If he worked every day in the month, calculate
his basic wage for February 1988.

A) ¢6250.00

B) ¢7200.00
 C) ¢7250.00

D) ¢7750.00

E) ¢8750.00

28. A tank contains 250 litres of water. If 96 litres are used, what percentage of the original quantity is
left?

A) 61.6% B) 60.5% C) 59.0% D) 54.2% E) 38.4%

10 3 12 1 15
29. Evaluate

A) 2 476 B) 2 16 C) 4 D) 4 352 E) 4 107

30. A bag contains 24 marbles, 10 of which are blue and the rest green. A boy picks a marble at
random from the bag. What is the probability that he picks a green marble?

A) 1/14 B) 7/17 C) 5/12 D) 7/12 E) 7/10

31.

Which of the following inequalities is represented on the number line, where n is a real number?

-3 B) n < -3 -3 D) n > -3 E) n = 3

32. What is the name of the line segment drawn to join any two points on the circumference of a circle?
A) arc B) chord C) radius D) sector E) segment

Use the mapping to answer questions 33 and 34

½ 1 3.14

1 2 6.28

2 4 12.56

3 6 x
33. Find the value of x

A) 9.42 B) 12 C) 18 D) 18.84 E) 25.12

34. Find the value of y

A) 2 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9 E) 10

35. The area of a square is 49cm2. Find the perimeter of the square.

A) 7cm B) 14cm C) 28cm D) 49cm E) 196cm

36. The least number in a set of real numbers is 24 and the greatest is 30. Which of the following is the
correct interpretation of the statement?

A)

B) 24 < x < 29

C) 23 < x < 29

D) 24 < x < 30

E)

37.
12cm N
M

4cm

P O
18cm

Find the area of the trapezium MNOP.

A) 120cm2 B) 72cm2 C) 60cm2 D) 48cm2 E) 38cm2

38. The length of a field, 1.2 km long is represented on a map by a line 40 mm long. What is the scale of
the map?
A) 1:100 B) 1:300 C) 1:1000 D) 1:3000 E) 1:30000

39.

The diagram shows the construction for:

A) Copying a given angle

B) Bisecting a line segment

C) Drawing a perpendicular to a given line

D) Bisecting a given angle

E) Drawing an angle of 30°

2 1
3 5
40. Simplify

3 3 3 3 3
A. B. C. D. E.
8 8 8 8 2
August 1990
MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
OBJECTIVE TEST

SOLUTIONS

1. C. {7, 13}

2. E. {3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

3. C) 1489.94

4. D) 11001

5. C) 6.0

6. D) 2003

7. E) ¢3000.00

8. B) 2¼

9. C) 15

10. E) 2:3

11. B) 160

12. B) 25%

13. D) 2

14. B) 1.2875 × 104

15. C) 1/3
16. C) ¢4,500.00

17. A) 40o

18. E) 4.67

19. C) a 2b+6c

a 3b
C)
20. 6

21. B) 275

22. A) 225

23. D) 126

24. D) 5cm

25. B) 179

26. E) 4x2 y2

27. C) ¢7250.00

28. A) 61.6%

29. A) 2 476

7
30. D) /12

31. D) n > -3

32. B) chord

33. 33. D) 18.84

34. 34. B) 5

35. C) 28cm

36. A) x

37. C) 60 cm2

38. E) 1:30000
39. D) bisecting a given angle

3
40. B.
8
August 1990
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY
1 hour
[60 marks]

1. List the members of each of the sets

B = {Whole numbers from 20 to 30}. D = {factors of 63}
(a) List the members of (i)
(ii) B U D

(b) In a class of 60 students, 46 passed Mathematics and 42 passed English language. Everybody
passed at least one of the two subjects.

(i) Illustrate this information on a Venn diagram

(ii) How many students passed in both subjects?

2. (a) Factorize completely 3a2 + 2ab 12ac 8bc

x 3 3x
(b) Solve 2
4 5 5

(c) Find the solution set of x + 3 > 19 3x, where x is a real number.
Illustrate your answer on the number line.

3. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only

(i) Construct triangle PQR such that |PQ| = 6cm, |QR| = 4cm and angle PQR = 90°

(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisectors of PQ and QR. Name the intersection O.
 (iii) Draw a circle O as centre and OQ as radius

(b) Measure (i) |PR| (ii) angle QPR

4. The following is the result of a survey conducted in a class of a junior secondary school to find the
favourite soft drink of each pupil in the class.
Number of
Soft Drink
pupils
Coca-cola 6
Pepsi-cola 5
Pee-cola 8
Fanta 3
Muscatella 5
Mirinda 4
Club cola 6
Sprite 3

(a) Draw a bar chart showing this information, using a scale of 2cm to 1unit on the vertical axis.

(b) How many pupils are in the class?

(c) What is the percentage of pupils who prefer club-cola?

August 1990
MATHEMATICS
SECTION B
ESSAY

SOLUTIONS

1 (a)
B =

D = {1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63}

(i) B = {21}

(ii) BUD = {1, 3, 7, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 63}

1 (b) (i) Let n(U) = No. of students in the class

n(M) = No. of students that passed Maths

n(E) = No. of students that passed English

b = No. of students that passed both Maths and English

(b) (ii) From the diagram above,

46 b + b + 42 b+0= 60
 46 + 0 + 42 b+0 = 60

46 + 42 b = 60

88 b = 60

88 60 = b

b = 28

28 students passed in both subjects

2 (a) 3a2 + 2ab 12ac 8bc

= a(3a + 2b) 4c(3a + 2b)

= (3a + 2b) (a 4c)

2 (b)
x 3 3x
2
4 5 5

Approach 1 (Grouping and simplifying first)

3 3x x
2
5 5 4
10 3 12 x 5x
5 20
13 7x
5 20
13 20 7x 5
13 20 7x 5
7 5 7 5
52
x
7
x 7 73 or

x 7.429
2 (b) Approach 2 (Multiplying by 20 first to clear fractions)

x 3 3x
2
4 5 5
x 3 3x
20 20 2
4 5 5
x 3 3x
20 20 20 20 2
4 5 5
5 x 4 3 4 3x 20 2
5x 12 12 x 40
40 12 12 x 5x
52 = 7x
7x = 52
x = 52 ÷ 7
x 7 73 or

x 7.429

2 (c) x 3 19 3 x
x 3x 19 3

4x 16

x 16 4

x 4

The number line illustration is shown below:

3 (a)
 (b) (i) |PR| 7.2 cm

(ii) angle QPR 34°

4 (a)
Vertical AxisScale: 2 cm to 1 pupil
4 (b) Total number of pupils

= 6+5+8+3+5+4+6+3

= 40

(c) Percentage of pupils who prefer Club-cola

No. of pupils who prefer club-cola

= Total no. of pupils 100%

6
= 40 100% = 15 %
15% of the pupils prefer Club-cola