REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

Peace - Work - Fatherland

MINISTRY OF BASIC EDUCATION

Department of Exams, Competitive Examinations and Certification

GOVERNMENT COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

INTO FORM ONE OF SECONDARY GENERAL AND TECHNICAL

COLLEGES - 2022 SESSION

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
NAME: _______________________________
EXAM. NO: ____________________________
CENTRE CODE: _________________________
CODE: _______________________________

For Official Use Only

Score: ___________________
Marked by: _______________
Checked by: _______________
(Name and Signature)

MATHEMATICS (100 marks)

Time Allowed: 90 minutes

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

This paper has three (3) Sections: A, B, and C.

Answer all questions in all the Sections.

SECTION A (30 marks)

Below are 30 problems. Work them out carefully and write the correct
answers in the spaces provided.
Use scrap papers for rough work. Each question carries 1 mark.
QUESTIONS:

1. 0.05 of 200 is 10. Find the value of 0.018 of 200,000 frs.

Answer:

3 7
2. Subtract from .
4 8
Answer:

3. If X = 5 and Y = 3, simplify X - Y.
Answer:

4. Arrange the following decimal fractions in ascending order: 0.045,

0.371, 0.375.
Answer:

5. The average weight of 7 pigs is 35 kg. What is their total weight?

Answer:

6. A wall clock loses 2 minutes every 3 hours. How many minutes does it
lose in 15 hours?
Answer:
7. Subtract 0.124 from 2.5.
Answer:

8. Seven books cost 2,100 frs. Find the number of books which can be
bought with 900 frs.
Answer:

9. Convert 4,500 g to kilograms.

Answer:

10. If A = (3, 6, 9, 12), B = (6, 8, 10, 12). Find A ∩ B.

Answer:

11. Add 344 and 235 in base 7.

Answer:

12. Increase 600 frs in the ratio 5:4.

Answer:

13. If 2=n−1, then n is equal to?

Answer:
14. Find the next number in the series 2, 5, 8...
Answer:

15. Find the average of 3, 8, 24, and 1.

Answer:

3
16. If of my money is 36,000 frs, what is the total amount?
4
Answer:

17. Round 3.256 to 3 significant figures.

Answer:

18. What is the value of 18218^2182?

Answer:

19. Find the simple interest of 72,000 frs for 2 years at 8% per
annum.
Answer:

20. The diameter of a circle is 14 cm. Find its circumference.

Answer:
21. Express 0.0075 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
Answer:

22. Write 8×8×8×5×5 in contracted form.

Answer:

23. The average of 3 numbers is 45. Find their sum.

Answer:

24. Twenty litres of kerosene were sold for 700 frs in 1972. What was
the cost per litre?
Answer:

3 1
25. A man spent of his salary on food and on rent. What
10 3
fraction is left?
Answer:

26. Write 72,295 in words.

Answer:

27. What is the value of 5 in the number 2.503?

Answer:
 28. Mr. Asah has a rectangular lawn with a perimeter of 24 cm. If the
width is 4 cm, what is its length?
Answer:

29. 23 + 42 = 65 in base 10. What is 23 + 42 in base 5?

Answer:

30. Peter was born in 1982. In which year was he 37 years old?
Answer:

SECTION B (30 marks)

INSTRUCTIONS:
Each question in this section has four possible answers marked A, B, C, and
D.
Look at them carefully. Only one answer is correct. Put an X on the letter
corresponding to the correct answer in the Answer Column.
Each correct answer carries 3 marks.

31) What is the product of 265 and 78?

A) 20 670
B) 20 665
C) 20 673
D) 20 677

Answer: _______
32) What is the sum of 6583 and 2542?
A) 9 125
B) 10 234
C) 90 125
D) 91 267

Answer: _______

33) What is the value of 181 - 64?

A) 1
B) 12
C) 10
D) 117

Answer: _______

34) Which is longer? 1 km or 500 m?

A) 1 km
B) 500 km
C) 1 km 500 m
D) 500 m

Answer: _______

35) What is the volume of a classroom 4 m by 3 m by 2 m?

A) 24 m³
B) 43 m²
C) 32 m²
D) 342 m²

Answer: _______

36) What is the name of point A?

A) Area
B) Center
C) Circle
D) Diameter

Answer: _______
37) What is the name of BC?
A) Area
B) Radius
C) Perimeter
D) Diameter

Answer: _______

38) If BC is 7 cm, what will be the area of the figure?

A) 54 cm²
B) 154 cm²
C) 145 cm²
D) 50 cm²

Answer: _______

39) A man saved 240,000 frs in a bank at 5% per annum simple

interest. He gets 24,000 frs as interest. How many years was his
money in the bank?
A) 3 years
B) 2 years
C) 1 year
D) 4 years

Answer: _______

40) If 18 men clear a piece of farmland in 6 days working very hard,

how long will 10 men working at the same rate do a similar job?
A) 10 days
B) 48 days
C) 10½ days
D) 9 days

Answer: _______

SECTION C (40 marks)

INSTRUCTIONS:
This section has 4 problems. Solve all the problems clearly showing all the
steps. Each problem carries 10 marks. Show full and clear statements.

1) Below is a Venn diagram with 2 subsets, A and B. List the elements of the
following:

a) The universal set =

{ ________________________________________________________}
b) A' =
{ _______________________________________________________________________ }
c) A U B =
{ __________________________________________________________________ }
d) A ∩ B = { ______________________________________________________________ }
e) B' = { ______________________________________________________________}

2) This is Mr Ojong's expenditure for the month of January 2021:

 1/3 was spent for feeding

 1/9 spent for electricity and water bills

  1/9 was spent for his brother's birthday gift.
After this expenditure, he had 27,000 frs left.

a) What is his total salary? (7 marks)

b) How much was spent on his brother's gift? (3 marks)

3) Your school farm is divided into three plots for crop rotation as shown in
the diagram below.

a) What is the total area of the three plots? (6 marks)

b) What is the cost of planting yams in plot A at 250 frs per square meter? (2
marks)

c) It takes 5 boys, 3 days to clear plot B. How long will it take 2 boys to clear
it, working at the same rate? (2 marks)
4) The diagram below shows the purchases of food items in ONO's restaurant
last week with the sum of 80,000 frs.

Sample Food Item Purchases:

 Meat: 20,000 frs

 Rice: 24,000 frs

 Palm oil: 12,000 frs

 Beans: 16,000 frs

 Fish: 8,000 frs

a) Calculate the angle of the meat sector. (4 marks)

b) What is the ratio of the money used to buy rice to that of palm oil in its
lowest term? (2 marks)

c) Calculate the percentage of beans bought. (2 marks)

d) Which food item was the least expensive? (2 marks)

MINISTRY OF BASIC EDUCATION

Department of Exams, Competitive Examinations and Certification

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

Peace - Work - Fatherland

GOVERNMENT COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO FORM ONE

OF SECONDARY GENERAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES - 2022 SESSION

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER I (Guided Writing &

Composition)

NAME: ___________________________________________
EXAM. NO: _______________________________________

(Do not write here.)

CENTRE CODE: _____________
CODE: ____________

(For Official Use Only)

Score: _____________
Marked by: ___________________ (Name and Signature)
Checked by: ___________________

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER I

GUIDED WRITING AND COMPOSITION

Time Allowed: 45 minutes
SECTION B: GUIDED WRITING (10 marks)

Time Allowed: 15 minutes

The passage below is about who a good citizen is and what is expected of
him or her. The passage is incomplete. Read it carefully and fill each blank
space with the correct word selected from the list below to make it complete.
Each correct answer carries 1 mark.

A good ____________________ is one who has ____________________ for his or her

country with good ____________________ and good values. He or she should be
____________________ of others and all the ____________________ and institutions,
by respecting all the ____________________ put in place. In addition, a good
citizen should be ____________________ and able to contribute to the
____________________ of his or her community. Everyone should take
____________________ for his or her actions and avoid things that will bring
____________________ to the country.

List of words:
dishonour, rules and regulations, respectful, citizen, private, morals,
productive, responsibilities, love, development

SECTION C: COMPOSITION (25 Marks)

Time Allowed: 30 minutes

Instructions:
A good composition requires good paragraphing, respect of grammatical
rules, proper punctuation and an orderly presentation of materials. Write a
composition of between 150 to 200 words on any one of the following
topics.
The following guidelines may be of help.

1. Write a letter to your friend describing your school.

Guidelines:

 Your address should be Ndi Jude from G. S. Tabeke.

  Your friend's name should be Ahmadou Mussa.

 Where is the school found?

 How many buildings are there?

 What are the activities that are carried out in your school?

 Are there playgrounds? If yes, name them. Say when you use them.

 How is the school compound arranged?

 Say if you like or dislike your school and why.

2. The Corona Virus Disease

Guidelines:

 What is the corona virus disease?

 When did it break out?

 What are its symptoms?

 How is it passed on from one person to another?

 What are the preventive measures to stop its spread?

MINISTRY OF BASIC EDUCATION

Department of Exams, Competitive Examinations and Certification

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

Peace - Work - Fatherland

GOVERNMENT COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO FORM ONE

OF SECONDARY GENERAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES - 2022 SESSION

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER I (Dictation)

NAME: ___________________________________________
EXAM. NO: _______________________________________

(Do not write here.)

CENTRE CODE: _____________
CODE: ____________

(For Official Use Only)

Score: _____________
Marked by: ___________________ (Name and Signature)
Checked by: ___________________

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER I

DICTATION
Instructions to Candidates:
You will listen carefully to the passage that will be read to you. Write it neatly
and correctly in the space provided below.

DICTATION PASSAGE:
(Leave space for the teacher to dictate and for students to write the text.)
MINISTRY OF BASIC EDUCATION
Department of Exams, Competitive Examinations and Certification

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace - Work - Fatherland

GOVERNMENT COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO FORM ONE

OF SECONDARY GENERAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES - 2022 SESSION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER II

Time Allowed: 1 Hour

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

 Read the instructions carefully before answering each question.

 Answer all the questions in Sections A and B.

SECTION A: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (30 marks)

When words are used appropriately, they are more meaningful and are better
understood in the context in which they have been used.

I. GRAMMAR (15 marks)

In class, you learnt to use prepositions, pronouns, tenses, adjectives,

adverbs, and punctuation marks.
Read each sentence carefully. From question 1 to 15, put an X on the letter
corresponding to the correct answer.
Each correct answer carries 1 mark.
N Answe
Sentence Options
o r

A) went B) go C) gone D) ☐☐☐

1 I (to go) late to school last Monday.
going ☐

Adama was not the first, ___ he ran A) because B) though C) as ☐ ☐ ☐

2
very fast. such D) also ☐

The map was (to draw) by the teacher A) drawing B) drawn C) ☐☐☐
3
on the chalkboard. drawing D) draw ☐

Yesterday, my father (to eat) his food A) eating B) ate C) eats D) ☐☐☐
4
alone. eat ☐

Put ___ the light and close the door ☐☐☐

5 A) off B) in C) of D) under
behind you. ☐

Sandrine is one of ___ who cleaned A) them B) that C) they D) ☐☐☐

6
the path. those ☐

The teacher shared the food ___ the A) among B) in C) on D) ☐☐☐

7
three of us. between ☐

☐☐☐
8 My books are ___ the cupboard. A) from B) to C) in D) along
☐

A) loaf B) loaves C) loave D) ☐ ☐ ☐

9 I eat two (loaf) of bread every day.
loavs ☐

A) flock B) choir C) bunch ☐☐☐

10 My father bought a big ___ of plantain.
D) bench ☐

My uncle is the ___ of the eight A) old B) oldest C) older D) ☐ ☐ ☐

11
children. very old ☐

There are many (mouse) ___ in our A) mice B) mouse C) mise ☐☐☐
12
school. D) mouses ☐

We brush our (tooth) ___ every

A) tooths B) teeths C) teeth ☐ ☐ ☐
13 morning and evening before we go to
D) tooth ☐
bed.

I like Mathematics but she ___ A) prefers B) preferred C) ☐☐☐

14
Educational Technologies. preferring D) prefer ☐
N Answe
Sentence Options
o r

There were many ___ during the A) hawkers B) spectators C) ☐ ☐ ☐

15
football finals. congregation D) team ☐

II. VOCABULARY (15 marks)

A. Antonyms (5 marks)

Complete the blank spaces with the correct antonym of the given words.
Each correct answer carries 1 mark.

N Antony
Word
o m

Chea _________
16
p _

_________
17 Tall
_

_________
18 High
_

Heav _________
19
y _

_________
20 First
_

B. Word Formation (5 marks)

Add appropriate prefixes or suffixes to the root words so that they form new
words.
Each correct answer carries 1 mark.

N
Word Prefix Suffix
o

Healt
21 healthy
h
N
Word Prefix Suffix
o

disagre
22 Agree
e

Punis punishabl
23
h e

Happ unhapp
24
y y

doubtabl
25 Doubt
e

C. Odd Sound Out (5 marks)

Below are sets of words. Three of the four words in each set have the same
vowel sound.
Circle the word with the odd sound.
Each correct answer carries 1 mark.

N
Words
o

26 life - leaf - leave - sea

pan - table - man -

27
happy

28 toy - boy - oil - hope

make - say - tall -

29
baby

like - sing - mind -

30
mine

SECTION B: READING COMPREHENSION (20 marks)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

Ayamba is a class six pupil in one of the schools in town. She is twelve years
old and speaks English, French, Kenyang and Douala. She is fortunate to have
always had her grandparents with her. They speak their local language with
her at home. While in school, she uses the official languages: English and
French. She used to visit her grandparents in the village during long holidays.
These visits did help her to speak the Kenyang language fluently and
exposed her to aspects of her culture. She also did farming and fetching of
water.

In school, Ayamba accepts and plays with her classmates no matter where
they come from. Manga is her best friend. She is from the Douala tribe and
speaks Douala fluently. Her closeness to Manga made her speak the Douala
language. This also encouraged Manga to speak Kenyang. During break one
can hear them discussing in either of the local languages. This has
encouraged their classmates to speak at least their different local languages.

Read the questions carefully and write the correct answers in the space
provided.

1. The passage is about somebody. State the name of the person and her
class.
(2 marks)

2. How many official languages does the person in the passage speak?
Write them down.
(2 marks)

3.

i) We are told the person in the passage speaks some local languages in the
house. Write them down.
(2 marks)

ii) Who were those who helped this person to speak the local language?
(1 mark)

4.

a) How would you describe the person in the passage? Place a tick beside
your answer.
(1 mark)
i) A good Cameroonian
ii) A bad Cameroonian

b) Write a reason for your answer in 4a above.

(2 marks)

5. What is a local language?

(1 mark)
A) A language spoken by local people.
B) A language spoken by people from the same village or tribe.
C) A language spoken within the country.
D) A language not known in the country.

6. What activities does the person in the passage do during holidays?

i)
ii)
(2 marks)

7. What is the meaning of the following underlined words as used in the

passage?
i) 'She is fortunate to have' (line 2)
ii) 'and speaks Douala fluently' (line 8)
(2 marks)

8. Write down the name of her best friend.

(1 mark)

9. What lesson did their friends learn from them?

(2 marks)

10. State two advantages of speaking many languages.

i)
ii)
(2 marks)