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2011 Bece Mathematics 2

The document is a mathematics examination paper for the 2011 BECE, consisting of six essay questions that cover various mathematical concepts such as Venn diagrams, inequalities, geometry, and basic arithmetic. Students are required to show all working, and calculators are not permitted. Each question carries equal marks, and students must answer four questions from the essay section.

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2011 Bece Mathematics 2

The document is a mathematics examination paper for the 2011 BECE, consisting of six essay questions that cover various mathematical concepts such as Venn diagrams, inequalities, geometry, and basic arithmetic. Students are required to show all working, and calculators are not permitted. Each question carries equal marks, and students must answer four questions from the essay section.

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2011 BECE MATHEMATICS 2

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
(α) both subjects?
(β) French?

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(b) Make h the subject of 𝑣 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ
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(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) triangle ABC such that │AB│ = 8cm, angle CBA = 45° and CAB = 60°.

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

(b) Measure
(i) │CT│;
(ii) angle CTB.
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(c) A boy spent of his money and had GH¢ 15.00 left. How much did he have?
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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 │AB│ = │BC│
- 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 cedis) and
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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-axis
x
draw the graph of the relation y = .
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(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 − 12 ac + 2ba

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