CHRIST AMBASSADORS SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
TIME: 1 HOUR

Answer all questions

1. A straight line passes through 𝑃(1,2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄(5,8). Calculate the gradient of the line.
A. 3⁄5
B. 2⁄3
C. 3⁄2
D. 5⁄3

5 2
2. If of a number is 5 greater than of the number, find the number.
6 3
A. 60
B. 36
C. 30
D. 18

3. In a class of 50 students, 30 students offer Mathematics, 17 offer Economics and 7 offer neither of the subjects,
how many students offer both subjects?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

4. Multiply 6.4 × 10−2 𝑏𝑦 8.0 × 104 and leave the answer in standard form.
A. 5.12 × 103
B. 5.12 × 102
C. 5.12 × 10
D. 5.12 × 10−3

5. List all the members of the set {𝑥: −4 < 𝑥 ≤ 2} where x is an integer.
A. {-3,-2,-1,0,1,2}
B. {-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2}
C. {-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1}
D. {-3,-2,-1,0,1}

6. If 𝑝 = (12), 𝑞 = (−2
3
) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 = (11), 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 2𝑝 − 𝑞 + 𝑟
A. (06)
B. (18)
5
C. (−2 )
D. (52)
7. If 4𝑥 − 𝑦 = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 5, 𝑏𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 7𝑥 greater than 20?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 7
D. 17

3𝑥+1
8. Given that 𝑚 = (−2𝑦+3 ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = (−8
5
) 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 (𝑥, 𝑦) 𝑖𝑓 𝑚 = 𝑛
A. (-3,-1)
B. (-1,-3)
C. (1,3)
D. (3,1)

1 1
9. Solve for 𝑥: 2 (1 − 𝑥) < (3 + 𝑥)
2 3
3
A. 𝑥 > 4
3
B. 𝑥 < 4
1
C. 𝑥 < 2
D. 𝑥 < 3

10. Find the size of the angle MNO in the diagram.

M

4x 8x
N P
o
A. 60°
B. 90°
C. 120°
D. 130°

11. Simplify 3𝑦 − (𝑥 − 𝑦) − (𝑘 − 𝑥)
A. 2𝑦 − 𝑘
B. 2𝑦 + 𝑘
C. 4𝑦 − 𝑘
D. 2𝑦 − 2𝑥 − 𝑘
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12. Find the image of the point (5,-3) when translated by the vector 𝑟 = (−4 )
A. (0,-7)
B. (-7,5)
C. (-7,0)
D. (5,-7)

13. In triangle PQR with RQ produced to N, ∠NQP = 70° , ∠QPR = x° and ∠PRQ = y°. find the value of (x+y)
P
x

70° y
N R
Q
A. 70°
B. 100°
C. 110°
D. 140°

14. Find the product of 2.03 and 1.4

A. 0.2842
B. 2.842
C. 3.43
D. 28.42

1 1 1
15. Find the value of k in the sequence 1, , , …
4 9 𝑘
A. 16
B. 14
1
C. 14
1
D. 16
22
16. Given that the circumference of a circular farm land is 308m, find the diameter of the land (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 7
)
A. 49m
B. 89m
C. 98m
D. 120m

17. Calculate the simple interest on GHS 1,200.00 for 2 years 6 months at 15% per annum.
A. GHS 450.00
B. GHS 550.00
C. GHS 55.00
D. GHS 45.00
18. Evaluate 4𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = −3
A. -27
B. 15
C. 33
D. 45

19. In the diagram, reflex angle POS = 200°, ∠POQ = ∠ROS = x and ∠QOR = 92°. Find the value of x.

O 200°

x x
92°
S
P

Q R
A. 30°
B. 42°
C. 34°
D. 68°
20. A rope 30m long is divided into three pieces in the ratio 3:7:5 find the length of the longest piece.
A. 6m
B. 7m
C. 10m
D. 14m

21. Calculate the average speed in km/h, of a car which travels 60km in 45min.
A. 80km/h
B. 70km/h
C. 60km/h
D. 50km/h

22. The mean of three numbers is 12 and the mode is 15. Find the least of the three numbers.
A. 4
B. 6
C. 10
D. 11
23. What is range of the values of x shown in the diagram?
x

-3 0 3
A. 𝑥 < −3
B. 𝑥 > −3
C. 𝑥 ≤ −3
D. 𝑥 ≥ −3
24. If the bearing of X from Y is 120°, what is the bearing of Y from X?
A. 200°
B. 260°
C. 300°
D. 320°
25. A fair die with faces numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6 is tossed once, what is the probability of gathering a prime number?
1
A. 6
1
B. 3

1
C. 2
2
D. 3

26. Given that y is an integer, what is the smallest value of y which satisfies the inequality 4 + 3𝑦 > 24
A. -7
B. -6
C. 6
D. 7
27. If V is indirectly proportional to T. when V=6, when T=2. Find V when T= 4.
A. 3
B. 8
C. 12
D. 14

28. The curve surface area of a cylinder is 31𝑐𝑚 2 . Find the surface area of a similar cylinder 3 times the high.
A. 279𝑐𝑚 2
B. 124𝑐𝑚 2
C. 93𝑐𝑚 2
D. 62𝑐𝑚 2
 3𝑥 3𝑥−𝑦
29. Simplify −
4 3
4𝑦−3𝑥
A. 12
3𝑦−4𝑥
B. 12
C. 4𝑥 − 3𝑥
4𝑦+3𝑥
D. 12

2 7 5
30. Arrange e following fractions in ascending order of magnitude. , ,
5 30 6
2 7 5
A. , ,
5 30 6
7 5 2
B. , ,
30 6 5
7 2 5
C. , ,
30 5 6
5 2 7
D. , ,
6 5 30

31. If 0.68 is expressed as a fraction in its lowest term, its denominator will be
A. 17
B. 25
C. 35
D. 50

32. Simplify (3𝑥𝑦 2 )2

A. 6𝑥𝑦 4
B. 9𝑥𝑦 4
C. 3𝑥 2 𝑦 4
D. 9𝑥 2 𝑦 4
33. A lorry is loaded with 600 boxes. If each box contains 215 pencils, express the total number of pencils in
standard form.
A. 1.29 × 105
B. 1.029 × 105
C. 1.29 × 104
D. 1.029 × 104

34. Find the highest common factor of 12𝑎2 𝑦 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8𝑎𝑥𝑦

A. 4𝑎𝑥𝑦
B. 4𝑎2 𝑦 3
C. 4𝑎𝑦
D. 4𝑎𝑥𝑦 2

35. What is the coefficient of x in the expansion of (x-2) (x+9)?

A. -18
B. -2
C. 7
D. 9
36. Find the product of the square of 1⁄4 and the sum of 13 and 19?
A. 64
B. 8
C. 4
D. 2
37. In the diagram |𝑋𝑄| = 3𝑐𝑚 , |𝑋𝑅| = 6𝑐𝑚, |𝑅𝑍| = 2𝑐𝑚 and QR parallel YZ. Calculate |𝑌𝑍|.
X

6cm

Q R
3cm
2cm

Y Z
A. 3cm NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
B. 4cm
C. 5cm
D. 6cm

38. If X= {1,3,5,2} and Y= {1,2,6,7,8} are subsets of U= {1,2,3…,10} find the number of members that cannot be
found in X or Y but in U.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

5 7
39. Given that = 4 − 𝑥 , find the value if x
𝑥
1
A. 3
1
B. 2
C. -1
D. 3

40. A football team scored an average of 2 goals in 6 matches. How many more goals should the team score in the next
match to bring the average to 3 goals?
A. 10
B. 9
C. 6
D. 5
 CHRIST AMBASSADORS SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS PAPER 2
TIME: 1 HOUR
Answer four(4) questions only
All questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Given that P = {even numbers} and Q = {counting numbers less than 7} are subsets of
U = {1,2, 3,…10}
(α) List the elements of :
(i) P (ii) Q (iii)P ∪Q (iv) P∩Q
(β) Draw a Venn diagram showing the elements of U ,P and Q.
(ϒ) List the elements of {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑥 ∉ 𝑄}

7𝑥+2𝑦 3
(b) If = , find the ratio x:y. of .
6𝑥−5𝑦 4

2. (a) Oko travelled for 3 hours 40 minutes, 55 seconds to visit his friend. He continued for 2 hours 15
minutes to his sister’s house. If he returned home in 4 hours 20 munities 15 seconds from is sisters
home, find the total time he had travelled.

1
(b) If 𝑎 = (23) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = (45), 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑟 = 𝑎 + (𝑎 − 𝑏)
2

© The following marks are arranged in order of magnitude: (x-2), 4, (x+2),(2x+1), 8. If the median is
equal to the mean, find the value of x.

1 2 1 1
3. (a) By how much is ( 5 + 4 ) greater than ( 4 x 2 ) ?
4 3 2 5

(b) The following table shows the scores of 15 students in a test.

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No of Students 1 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 1
(α) How many students scored
(i) at least 5,
(ii) between 3 and 7?
(β) What is the modal score?
(ϒ) If the pass mark is 4, how many students failed?
 0.0048 ×0.81
4. (a) Simplify and leave the answer in standard form.
0.0027 ×0.004

2 1 1
(b) Solve: 𝑥 − (2𝑥 − 3) < (𝑥 + 2) − 4 and illustrate the answer on a number line.
3 3 5
𝑎𝑥−𝑛
© Make x the subject of the relation 𝑟 =
𝑚+𝑘𝑥

3 2 5
5. (a) Solve − =
2𝑥 𝑥 6

(b) A

32cm
20cm

F 6cm E 10cm D 8cm C

In the diagram |𝐵𝐶 | = 20cm, |𝐶𝐷|= 8cm, |𝐷𝐸| = 10cm, |𝐸𝐹 | = 6cm, |𝐴𝐹 | = 32cm and ∠𝐹 = ∠𝐶 = 90°.
Find the area of the shaded portion ABCE

© A trader paid GHS 380.00 for 11 text books. He sold them at a profit of 32%. What is the selling price
of each text books?

6. (a)
Find the size of the angle BCA in the Diagram
A

6x
B D
C
(b) Factorise completely 2𝑥𝑦 − 5𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 5

(c) x 0 1 2 3 4 5

Y 3 7 11 15 19 23
The mapping shows the relation between x and y.
i) Find the relation of the mapping
ii) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2cm to 4 units on the y –axis, draw two perpendicular
axes OX and OY on a graph sheet for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 40
iii) Draw on the same graph sheet the graph for the relation.
1
iv) Use the graph to find y when 𝑥 = 4
2
 PAPER 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
1. C 6. D 11. C 16. C 21. A 26. D 31. B 36. C
2. C 7. A 12. D 17. A 22. B 27. C 32. D 37. B
3. D 8. A 13. A 18. D 23. D 28. C 33. A 38. A
4. A 9. A 14. B 19. C 24. C 29. A 34. A 39. D
5. A 10. A 15. D 20. D 25. C 30. C 35. C 40. B
40 × 1 = 40 marks