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MATHEMATICS
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JUNE 2020 MATHEMATICS 2 & 1 2 hours

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 MATHEMATICS 1 hour
[60 marks]
Answer four questions in all. All questions carry equal marks.

1. (a) If U = {x ∁ N; x ≤ 20}
A = {x: 1 ≤ x ≤ 10, where x is a composite number} B= {prime factors of 40},
C = {x: 1 ≤ x ≤ 20, where x is a square number}
(i) List the member of
α. A1 U B1
β. (A n B1) u C1
γ. (A1uC)1
δ. U1
(ii) Prove that union (u) is associative with respect to set A, B and C.

0.05 ×0.48
(b) Evaluate leaving your answer in a standard form.
0.062 ×0.10

(c) Express 2517 as a product of prime factors

𝑥+2 6−(8+𝑥)
(d) Simplify -
5 6

3 5
2. (a) A student multiplied a number by 5 instead of 3. Calculate the percentage error.

(b) Kojo wants to fill up his car’s petrol tank. The tank holds 21 liters and is currently a third empty.
How many millimeters of petrol will it take to fill the tank?

(c) Three interior angles of a pentagon are 900, 1150, and 1230. Find the size of the remaining angles if
one of them is three times the other.

(d) On selling a carpet for GH¢371, Dorcas gains 6%. For how much should she sell the carpet to make a
profit of 8%?

3. (a) The number of books given to some students after the school’s open-day ceremony is as follows
5 6 4 5 3
8 7 5 9 2
5 4 6 2 4
3 6 7 8 2
3 6 5 6 2

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 (i) Draw a bar graph for the data.
(ii) Calculate
(α) Median
(β) Mode
(γ) Mean

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(b) If = 3125, find x
5−(2𝑥−1)

(c) The HCF of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their LCM are 13 and 14.
Find the larger of the two numbers.

4. (a) Abena bought 8 pens at 50Gp each, 5 pencils at 28Gp each and 7 erasers at 10Gp each. How much
change did she get from GH₵ 8.00, leaving your answer in;
(i) GH¢
(ii) Gp
1 2
−3 [2(5 −4 )]
2 3
(b) Simplify 3 3 1
( + × )
5 6 3

(c) (i) Factorize 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥𝑦 − 6𝑦 2

(ii) Evaluate the expression in (c) (i) above if x =- 4 and y = 3

(d) A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 14 cm and a height of 35 cm. Calculate the total surface
area if it is opened at one end.

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

(i) Construct triangle FDP with length FD= 8cm, Length FP =7cm and angle DFP=600
(ii) Construct a perpendicular to FD which passes through the point P.
(iii) Construct the perpendicular bisector to PD and label the point of intersection of the two
perpendiculars O.
(iv) With O a center and radius OF, draw a circle.

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(b) If a ( −12 ), b =(−46 ) and c =(11 ), 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 − 2 b + c

(c) Fred is five times as old as Grace. In eight years’ time, Fred will be three times as old as Grace. Find
their ages.

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6. (a) (i) Copy and complete the table of volume for the relation
y1= 2x + 1 and y2= 2 - x for x form -3 to 4.

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

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

(iii) On the same graph sheet draw the graph of the relation y1=2x+1 and y2=2-x

(iv) Find the coordinates of the points where y1 and y2 meet

1 1 1
(b) (i) Find the truth set of (10 + 4𝑦) ≤ 6 ( − 𝑦) − 7
2 3 2

(ii) Illustrate your answer above on a number line.

(c) Find the difference between the product of 3.8 and 5.4 and the sum of 6.9 and 8.3

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OBJECTIVE TEST
Write your name and index number in ink in the spaces provided above
1. Use 2B pencil throughout.
2. On the pre-printed answer sheet, check that the following details are correctly printed:
Your surname followed by your other names, the subject Name, your Index Number, Centre Number and the Paper Code.
3. In the boxes marked Candidate Name, Centre Number and Paper code, reshade each of the shaded Spaces.
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Answer all the questions.
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 space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question.
1. What is GH¢ 640.62 rounded to the nearest Ghana cedi? 8. Which value of x is in the solution set of the inequality? -
A. GH¢ 640 2x + 5 > 17
B. GH¢ 600 A. x < -6
C. GH¢ 641 B. x > 11
D. GH¢ 640 C. x>6
D. x < -11
2. What is the image of -2 under the mapping x → x3 + 8
A. 2 9. Faustina slept from 9:00pm until 7:00am. She had a bad
B. 0 dream and could not sleep from 2:45am until 3:30am.
C. 4 How many hours did she sleep?
D. -2 A. 10 and a half hours
B. 11 hours 45 minutes
3. A rectangle has a width of x cm. If the length is twice its C. 9 hours 15 minutes
width, find the perimeter of the rectangle. D. 9 hours 45 minutes
A. 6x
B. 2x 10. For what value of x will the mode of the
C. 3x following data be 27?
D. 12x 25, 26, 27, 23, 27, 26, 24, x, 27, 26, 25, 25
A. 24
4. One fourth of one third of two fifth of a number is 15. B. 25
What will be 40% of that number? C. 26
A. 120 D. 27
B. 350
C. 270 11. For this set of data: 5, 5, 6, 7, 7 which statement is true?
D. 180 A. mean = mode
B. median = mode
5. If the perimeter of a regular polygon with one side 8cm is C. mean = median
48cm, find its number of sides. D. mean < median
A. 5
B. 6 12. If 8y = 3x – 11, then x is
88
C. 7 A. y
3
D. 8 8
B. 3
y + 11
6. If 0.75: x =5:8. Find x 8𝑦−11
C. 3
A. 1.12 8𝑦+11
D.
B. 1.2 3
C. 1.25
13. Agyarko has 12 football tickets. He gave Martha 3 tickets,
D. 1.30
Abigail 3 tickets and Millicent 3 tickets, what is the
7. The measures of sectorial angles A, B and C of a pie chart fraction of tickets he gave away?
1
are in the ratio 3:4:5 what is the measure in degree of the A. 9
largest angle? 3
B. 4
A. 90°
3
B. 100° C. 12
C. 120° 1
D. 3
D. 150°

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14. Write 5176.06 in standard form, correct to A. GH¢ 12
three significant figures. B. GH¢ 17
A. 5.176 × 10−3 C. GH¢ 14.80
B. 5176× 103 D. GH¢ 5
C. 5.176× 103
D. 5176 × 10−3 22. Justice stands on a wall that is 28ft above the ground. He
descends 13ft, climbs 6ft and then jumps down 11ft. how
15. If m and n are w hole numbers such that Mn = 121, find far off the ground is Justice now?
the value of (m-1) n+1 A. 2ft
A. 1000 B. 8ft
B. 121 C. 10ft
C. 10 D. 15ft
D. 1
23. Make 𝑦 the subject of the relation
16. Simplify (2x2y – 3xy2) (-2xy). 𝑝 = 2(𝑦 + 𝑥)
A. - 4x3y2+ 6x2y3 A.
𝑝−2𝑥
2
B. - 2x2y2+ 4x2y2 𝑝+2𝑥
C. 2xy + 6xy B.
2
2𝑥+𝑝
D. 4x2y2 + 6x2y2 C.
2
𝑝−2
17. Find the whole quantity if 5% of it is 600 D. 2𝑥
A. 300
B. 12000 Use the given data to answer question 24 - 25
C. 30000
Final Course
D. 60000 Pass Fail
2 Pass 142 34
18. One side of a square is , find its perimeter Fail 89 56
𝑎
4
A.
𝑎
4 24. What is the probability that a student taken at
B. 𝑎2 random from the class, passed in the course?
23
C. A. 0.72
𝑎
8 B. 0.61
D. 𝑎2 C. 0.44
D. 0.55
19. The range of a set of data is 3091. The highest value is 7009.
Find the lowest value of the set of data. 25. What is the probability that a student chosen at
A. 2991 random from the class passed the final?
B. 3918 A. 0.72
C. 4022 B. 0.61
D. 5128 C. 0.44
20. If n-7 is an odd integer, what is the next larger D. 0.55
consecutive odd integer?
26. Given that √𝐴2 + 𝐵2 = A x B. find the value of a if a=
A. n-9
√122 + 172
B. n-5
A. 276
C. n-6
B. 208
D. n+4
C. 204
21. The original price of a toy was GH¢ 15.00, if the price is D. 267
reduced by 20%, what is the new price of the toy?

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27. Solve for x, the mean of 2x+4, 5, x+2, 6 and 4 is 6 34. A map scale is 1cm = 50km. What is the
A. 3 distance between two places that are 5cm
3
B. 2 apart on the map?
3
C. - A. 5km
2
D. -3 B. 10km
C. 50km
28. What is the H.C.F of 18, 42, and 90? D. 250km
A. 21
B. 18.
35. If x is an integer, list the members of the set, {2 ≤ x < 10}
C. 19
D. 6 A. {3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
B. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
−1 3 C. {3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
29. If s= ( ) and r = ( ), find 3s+r
4 2 D. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
0 36. The mean height of six basketball players is 170cm. when
A. ( )
14 two players of the same height is added, the average of all
0
B. ( ) the players became 165cm. find the height of the two
6
6 players added?
C. ( ) A. 1320 cm
0
6 B. 300cm
D. ( ) C. 30 cm
14
D. 48.5cm
30. Express 72 as a product of prime factors.
A. 2x3 37. Simplify 1⅔ - (1¾  2⅝)
B. 22 x 32 A. 1
C. 22 x 33 B. 2
D. 23 x 32 C. 3
D. 4
31. Five added to two times a certain number is greater than
two added to the number 38. Two coins are tossed, find the probability that two heads
A. 5 + y2 > 2 + y are obtained?
B. 5 + 2 > 2y A. ⅛
C. 2y + 5 > y+ 2 B. ⅔
D. 7+y>2+y C. ½
D. ¼
32. The universal set u= {2, 3, 5, 7}, p= {2, 5} and q= {5, 39. Find the sum of interior angles of a regular polygon with
7}. Find (P n Q)1
7 sides
A. {2, 3, 7} A. 128
B. {5} B. 900
C. {2, 3}
C. 450
D. {3, 5, 7} D. 360
33. Find the rule for the mapping 40. Find the equation of the line passing through the points P
X 0 1 2 3 4
(2, -5) and X (-2, 5)
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
A. 2y = 5x + 10
Y -1 1 3 5 7
B. 2y =5x + 0
A. y = 2 x+1 C. 2y =5x -20
B. y = 2 x-1 D. y = 4x+6
C. y = x2 – 1
D. y = x2+1

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