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 PAPER 2
This paper is made up of 6 (six) questions. Candidates are to answer any
4(four) questions. All workings must be clearly shown. Marks will not be
awarded for correct answers without corresponding workings. All questions
carry equal marks.
1. The following were the marks scored by students in a maths test:
4, 10, 12, 2, 20, 30, 1, 9, 17, 27, 11, 2, 14, 21, 27, 29, 7, 12, 19, 26,
16, 15, 21, 30, 14, 17, 21, 20, 9, 20, 11, 14, 20, 30, 11, 21, 23, 24, 12,
and 25.
a. Copy and complete the table below
Marks Tally Frequency Mid point(x) Fx
1-5 4 3 12
6 – 10 4 8 32
11 – 15 - 13 -
16 – 20 - - -
21 – 26 - - -
26 – 30 7 -
Total Σf= Σfx=

i. How many students wrote the test?

ii. If the pass mark is 21, how many failed the paper?
iii. If an amount of GH¢ 80.00 was given to each of those who passed
the paper as a special prize, find the total amount spend on them.
iv. Calculate the mean mark.

b. If a student was selected to represent the school in an inter - school

quiz competition, find the probability that, that student came from
the highest passed class group.

2. a) Dr. B. Aseda, a business woman at Bronikrom, imported goods

valued at GH¢600,000.00.
At the clearing port, the following were charged on the goods:
i. NHIL = 2.5% iii. COVID 19 = 1%
ii. VAT = 12.5% iv. Other duties = 4%

Calculate
i. The total charges on the goods imported.
ii. Total cost of the goods imported.
iii. If Dr. wants 20% profit on the goods, how much should he sell the
goods.

b) A bag contains 6 black cards and 8 white cards. A card was selected
from the bag without replacement. A second card is then taken out.
Draw a probability tree for this.
Find the probability that:
i. both are black
ii. A white and a black.
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3. a. Copy and complete the table below using the given relations:
X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
Y₁ = x - 2 -4 1
Y₂ = 2 - x 4 -1

b. Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw 2 perpendicular

axes - OX and OY, mark on OX from -4 to 4 and on OY -6 to 6, draw
the graph for the above table.

c. Use the graph

i. to find the value of x when Y₁ = Y₂
ii. measure the acute angle at the point y₁ = y₂

d. At a breakfast table, a member of the household is permitted to eat

one-third of the bread served. If there are 9 people in the household,
how many loaves of bread are needed to serve this family?

4. A class is made up of 60 students writing an examination in English

and Mathematics. After marking the papers, the following results
were out: 20 more passed in Mathematics than English, 8 students
passed in both papers, and 10 students did not pass in any of the
papers.

a. Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the data above.

b. Use the diagram to find the number of students who passed in

i. only English
ii. only one paper.

c. One and a third of a number plus 1 is at least twice the same number
plus 2. What is the number? Show the number on a number line.

5. Nana Osei will be 50 years next week. As part of the celebration, a

class mate requested for the following items: 20 loaves of bread, 30
dozen of eggs and 50 crates of drinks. A nearby supermarket
attendant brought the price of the items selected as follows:
GH¢50.00 per loaf of bread, GH¢ 60.00 per dozen of egg and
GH¢20.00 per crate of drink.

a. Calculate the costs of the items needed for the party above.

b. If Nana's friend has only hundreds cedis notes and two hundreds
cedis notes available, and he decided to use both notes pay for the
items, what combinations can he use to pay for the items bought.

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 c. Given vector a = (4³) and b = (31 ), find
(i) ½a + 3b
(ii) the magnitude of vector (43 )

6. a) Onipaba drew a 5 – sided polygon as one of his presentations for his

project work.
(i) How many triangles can be drawn from this polygon?
(ii) In the above diagram, 2 of the angles are right angles each, and
the remaining angles are equal in value.
(iii) Find the value of the smallest angle.

(b) A ladder is placed against a wall which is 8meters high. The distant of
the foot of the ladder from the wall is 6meters, find the length of the
ladder.

(c)
The figure ABCD is a site allocated for a mega
stadium for the People of Domeabra. The inner
shape QRST is the playing field. Both figures (ABCD
and QRST) are square in shape.

i. The length of AB is 25meters and that of QR is 20meters. If the

space left after constructing the main playing field is to be designed
for spectators, calculate the area for the spectators.

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 PAPER 1
(OBJECTIVE TEST)
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option
for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the answer
space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give
only one answer to each question.

1. A = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, B = respectfully as soon as lesson

{prime numbers}, and C = {even begins at 8.00am. At what time
numbers}. If B and C are will these 3 students go out at
subsets of A, what is (B∪C) the same time?
A. {1} A. 10.00am
B. {1,9} B. 12noon
C. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8} C. 2.00pm
D. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} D. 4.00pm

2. In the figure 123.45, which of 7. At a birthday party, cakes were

these has the least value? divided into one – quarters. If
A. 1 there were 12 cakes available,
B. 2 how many people were served?
C. 4 A. 3
D. 5 B. 36
C. 48
3. What is the product of 15 and D. 60
1/5.
A. 5 8. A football match between team
B. 3 A and B. If A scored 4 goals and
C. 10 B scored 6goals. Find the ratio
D. 21 of goals scored by B to A.
A. 2:3
4. How many minutes are in B. 3:2
2hours and 20minutes? C. 4:10
A. 60 D. 6:10
B. 120
C. 140 9. A bag is to be filled with
D. 180 apples(a) and bananas(b). Five
(5) students put the following in
5. Find the sum of 2³ and 3². it: Kofi 3apples, Ali 4bananas,
A. 12 Esi 5bananas, Yaw 2apples and
B. 17 Divina 3apples. How many
C. 25 apples and bananas are in the
D. 32 bag.
A. 9a + 8b
6. Three students in a class B. 8a + 9b
normally go out every 2hours, C. 8a² + 9b2
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10. Two angles: 'a' and 'b' are 16. The price of a pen has been
complementary. If a = 46°, what increased by 20%. If Saint
is the value of angle b? Akokorsah bought a pen and
A. 44° paid GH¢6.00, find the cost
B. 144° price of the pen.
C. 90° A. GH¢1.20
D. 180° B. GH¢5.00
C. GH¢7.20
11. Angle k and angle h are D. GH¢4.80
alternate angles, which of these
is true about these two angles. 17. The wages of a salesgirl agreed
A. k + h = 90° upon is GH¢80.00 plus 10% of
B. k + h = 180° any sales made. In a particular
C. k = 2h week, she made a total sale of
D. k - h = 0 GH¢ 20,000.00. What was her
wages for the week?
12. The area of a square field is A. GH¢2,000.00
81m², find the distance around B. GH¢2,080.00
the field. C. GH¢2,800.00
A. 9cm D. GH¢2,80.00
B. 18m
C. 36cm 18. Find the modal mark.
D. 36m A. 11
B. 10
13. The bearing of Popokrom from C. 9
Tikrom is 070°, find the bearing D. 8
of Tikrom from Popokrom.
A. 110° 19. The median mark is
B. 250° A. 7
C. 310° B. 8
D. 020° C. 9
D. 6
14. If vector KP = (−4 3 ), find vector
PK. 20. How many scored at least 8?
A. (4 3 ) A. 6
B. (−4−3) B. 5
C. (4−3 ) C. 4
D. (−3−4 ) D. 2
15. The equation of a line is
y = -x + 2. What is the slope of 21. A bag contains black and white
the line? balls. The probability of
A. -1 selecting a black ball is 0.4,
B. 1 find the probability of Not
C. 2 selecting a black ball.
D. -2
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 A. 0.1 A. GH¢45,000.50 B.
B. 0.6 GH¢46,500.00 C.
C. 0.5 GH¢46,550.00 D.
D. 0.4 GH¢46,000.50

22. A taxi driver charges GI¢60.00 27. Kofi started a 9-and-a-half-

for every 3 kilometres journey hour journey on Monday at
travelled. Find the rate the 9.00pm from Befako to
driver charges per kilometre. Bedianko. When did the
A. GH¢180.00 journey end?
B. GH¢60.00 A. Monday, 6:30am
C. GH¢20.00 B. Tuesday, 6:30pm
D. GH¢30.00 C. Tuesday, 6:30am
D. Wednesday, 6:30am
23. Given that 2 < x ≤ 5, where x is
an integer. List the members of The stem and leaf plot below shows
x. the weights in kilogram(kg) of some
A. (3,4) people in a particular town selected
B. (3,4,5) for a sport activity.
C. {2,3,4} Use this to answer questions 28
D. (2,3,4,5) to 30

24. Kofi borrowed GHC20,000.00 Stem Leaf

at the rate 20% per annum 12 1 3 5 8 8 9
from Ohiayeya Rural Bank. 13 0 2 2 2 4 5 6 7
Find the interest Kofi paid for 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2years. 15 7 7 8 8 9 9
A. GH¢2,000.00
B. GH¢4,000.00 28. How many students were
C. GH¢6,000.00 selected for the activity?
D. GH¢8,000.00 A. 4
B. 27
25. Find the value of: 4-32 x 1⁄3 +5 C. 31
A. 0 D. 159
B. 5 29. What is the median weight?
C. 8 A. 17
D. 7 B. 136
C. 137
26. Alhaji Sule returned from D. 143
Mecca with $3000 (three
thousand dollars). He needs 30. How many students were at
Ghana cedis (GH¢) and the least 140 kilogram?
exchange rate was given as $1 A. 143
= GH¢ 15.50. If he decided to B. 13
exchange all the $3000, how C. 14
much will he get? D. 159
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 36. A material is 600metres long
31. Which of the options describe and a belt of 9metres long
the number line: should be made from this
material. How many pieces of
belts can be made from this
A. ¼ < x < ¾ material?
B. ¼ ≤ x ≤ ¾ A. 609
C. ¾ ≤ x < ¾ B. 591
D. ¼ < x ≤ ¾ C. 66
D. 5400
32. A die is thrown once, find the
probability that the number 37. Ama is 5 years younger than
appeared is at most 4. Saman. How old is Saman if
A. 4 Ama is k years?
C. 2/3 A. 5k
B. 2 B. k - 5
D. 1/3 C. k + 5
D. k² + 5
33. Given √2 = 1.2, √3 = 1.3 and √5
= 2.1. Find the value of: 5√5 + 38. Find the image Q of point A (-3,
4√3 + √2 4) under the translation by
A. 4.6 vector (2 -3).
B. 70.9 A. (-1, 1)
C. 16.9 B. (5, 7)
D. 74.5 C. (1, 1)
D. (1, -1)
34. How many significant figures
are in 54.00? 39. Take 4 from 3 and multiply the
A. 2 result by 10.
C. 4 A. 10
B. 3 B. -10
D. 9 C. 11
D. 17
35. The weight of a car when empty
is 5200kg. If the driver weighs 40. Simplify (-2.5 - 1.5 × 4) + 4
80kg, three passengers weigh A. -8.5
75kg and the fourth persons B. -4.5
weighs 95kg, find the weight of C. 12
the car together with the 5 D. -12
persons.
A. 400kg
B. 5600kg
C. 9200kg
D. 5520kg

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