Chelsea Final Examination

Mathematics

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BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
FOR SECOND SEMESTER: 2022/2023
JHS 1
END OF TERM EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS 2 & 1
INSTRUCTION:
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Read and observe all
instructions carefully and ensure that all answers are brief and properly
demonstrate your understanding of the concepts. Marks will be provided
for clarity of expression.
The booklet consists of two parts. Answer paper 2 which comes first, in
your answer booklet and paper 1 on your objective test answer sheet.
Paper 2 will last for 1 hour and paper 1 will last for 1 hour. Do not start
paper 1 until you are told to do so.

TIME ALLOWED:
TWO (2) HOURS

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PAPER 2 One hour

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 [40 marks]
Answer four questions only.
All workings must be clearly shown. Marks will not be awarded for correct
answers without corresponding working.
1. a) The Venn diagram below shows the number of students who passed in a
Mathematics (M) and Science (S) test.

(i) How many students passed in both subjects?

(ii) What is the probability of meeting a student who passed in one subject
only?
(iii) What percentage of the students failed the test? [7 MARKS]

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b) Evaluate ( +2 )÷ ×3 [4 MARKS]
5 2 6 3

c) Given that a= ( 2yx+3+1) and b=( 44) find x and y if b is twice of a. [4 MARKS]
n
2. a) Given that Sn= ⌈ a+(n−1)d ⌉
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i. Find the value of Sn if a=3, n=10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 d=2.
ii. Express 𝑑 in terms of Sn, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎. [5 MARKS]
b) In the diagram below, lines LS, MO an NT are parallel lines ∠ QPS=35 ° and
∠ QRT =55 ° . Find∠ PQR .

[5 MARKS]
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c) Ama spent of her pocket money on food, of the remaining money on
4 6
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sweets, of what still remained on classes. If she was still left withGH ¢ 10.50 ,
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calculate her pocket money. [5
MARKS]
3. a) Consider the cone shown below:

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 Calculate the (i) curved surface area
(ii) volume of the cone. [4 MARKS]
2 2
x + xy −z
b) If x = 3, y = 7 and z = 5. Find . [3 MARKS]
xz
c) Copy and complete the table below for the relation 2y + 3x=6.
X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
Y

Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2cm to 2 units on the y-axis, draw the graph
of the relation 2y + 3x=6.
Use your graph to find;
(i) x when y = -1.
(ii) y when x = 4.6. [8 MARKS]

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4. a) A man took a loan of GH₵24000 from a bank at 2 % per annum for 5 years.
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i. Calculate the total amount he will pay to the bank at the end of the 5 years
ii. Find his yearly installment [5 MARKS]
b) Factorize (x− y )(3 m+n)−(x− y)(m−2 n) [4 MARKS]
c) The pie chart shows angles representing the number of candidates who applied for
admission into four programmes at a Senior High School. The number of pupils who applied
were 1,080.

(i) Find the angle x.

(ii) How many candidates applied for the business programme?
(iii) Correct to the nearest whole number, the percentage of the number of applicants who
applied for General Programme. [6 MARKS]

5. a) The ratio of the inside radius to the outside radius of a metal pipe is 3: 4
respectively. If the inside radius is 7cm and the height of the pipe is 28cm.
Calculate the
i. volume of the pipe
ii. cross-sectional area of the pipe [Take π = 22/7] [6 MARKS]

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b) Solve for 𝑥 in −2= +3 . [4 MARKS]
x 2x

c) The sector of the circle below with radius 6cm has an angle of 105 ° at the centre.
Calculate
(i) length of the minor arc
(ii) area of the sector [5 MARKS]

6. a) A straight line passes through the points A(5, 10) and B(-13, -14). Find the:
(i) gradient of the line ab;
(ii) equation of the straight line which passes through points a and b.
(iii) length of the joining a and b.
(iv) x-intercepts
(v) y-intercepts [8 MARKS]
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b) Find the truth set of 2− ( x +3 )= x+1 . [4 MARKS]
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c) When 3 is added to thrice a certain number and the sum is doubled, the result is 13 more
than 5 times the number. Find the number. [3 MARKS]

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 “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
– Norman Schwarzkopf

SECTION A [40 Marks] One hour

Answer ALL questions

Use the information below to answer questions 1 6. Round 62485672 to the nearest
– 3. thousand.
In a class of 30 students, 5 study Mathematics a. 6200000
only, 8 study English only and 3 study neither b. 6250000
Mathematics nor English. Each student studies c. 6300000
at least one of the two subjects. d. 6000000
1. How many students study 7. The factors of x 2−5 x+ 6 are
Mathematics? a. (x +2)(x−3)
a. 5 b. (x−2)(x +3)
b. 14 c. (x +2)(x+3)
c. 19 d. (x−2)(x−3)
d. 22 8. The total surface area of a cylinder is
2. How many students study English? a. 2πrh
a. 8 b. 2πr2h
b. 14 c. 2π(r + h)
c. 19 d. 2πr(r + h)
d. 22 9. Find the average speed of a car that
3. How many students study exactly one travels 12km in 3 hours.
of the two subjects? a. 4 m/s
a. 13 b. 15 m/s
b. 14 c. 9 m/s
c. 27 d. 1.1 m/s
d. 30 10. Esi bought a television set of GH¢
4. If two angles, A and B add up to 180 ° , 1,500.00. If she sold it at a profit of
then A and B are said to be 20%, find the selling price.
a. complementary a. GH ¢ 1,200.00
b. supplementary b. GH ¢ 1,500.00
c. alternate c. GH ¢ 1,750.00
d. vertically opposite d. GH ¢ 1,800.00
5. The sum of two numbers is 23. What 11. 7:2 is equivalent to …………
are the expressions for both numbers? a. 28 : 40
a. X = Y b. 42 : 71
b. X = 23 + Y c. 72 : 42
c. X = 23 - Y d. 63 : 18
d. X = 23- X 12. If A={2 , 3 ,5 , 7 } and B={4 ,5 , 6 , 7 }.
Find A ∩ B?

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 a. {2 , 3 , 4 ,5 , 6 , 7 } d. (2x + 5) cm
b. {2 , 5 , 6 ,7 } 19. How many lines of symmetry has a
c. { 5 , 7 } rhombus?
d. {7 } a. 0 b. 1
13. The side of a square is 60dm. Find its c. 2 d. 3
perimeter in meters. 20. Triple 27 and decrease it by 15 divided
a. 24m by 3. The result is …………
b. 240m a. 13
c. 2400m b. 22
d. 24000m c. 10.8
14. Abigail rejects 0.08 of the questions as d. 76
substandard. How many questions did 21. Zinc and Copper are melted in the ratio
she examine to reject 200 substandard 9:11. What is the weight of melted
questions? mixture, if 28.8kg of zinc has been
a. 1200 consumed in it?
b. 2400 a. 50kg
c. 1400 b. 60kg
d. 2500 c. 64kg
3 −1 d. 70kg
15. What should be added to to get ?
8 24 22. If 2 x =(6 / 3)2 . Find x .
−5 a. 0 b. 1
a.
12 c. 2 d. 13
−7 3 2
23. 6 × 8 is equivalent to
b.
23
a. 25 ×33
31
c. b. 29 ×33
72
2 c. 28 ×36
d. d. 22 ×32 ×5
33
16. If the image of x of a function defined 2 y−3
24. Simplify3 y− .
by x → 2 x +1 is 3. Find x . 4
a. 10 y +3
a. 1 b. 9
b. 10 y−3
c. 16 d. 3
10 y−3
17. Evaluate 28% of 450 minus 45% of c.
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200. 10 y+3
a. 25 d.
4
b. 36 25. A store sells all its products at a price
c. 216 15% greater than the price the store
d. 252 paid for the product. How much does
18. The height of an isosceles triangle is the the store sell the product for if the store
same as one of its slanted sides. Find its paid $ 120 for the product?
perimeter if its base is 5cm. a. $ 102
a. 15cm b. $ 135
b. (x + 5) cm c. $ 138
c. (3x + 5) cm d. $ 180

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26. The average of 5, 6, 7 and x is 8. Find 32. The sum of 5 and x divided by 4 is
the value of x . equal to 3.5. Find the value of x .
a. 12 b. 14 a. 8
c. 16 d. 24 b. 9
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The water in a pool drains at the rate of 7 c. 2
4
inches per hour. When full, the water in
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the pool is 56 inches deep. Use this d. 3
4
information to answer questions 27 and
33. An amount of GH¢375,000 was
28.
needed to build a clinic for a
27. Which equation can be used to community of twelve towns. Each
determine the height of the water,w , community contributed GH¢25,000. If
after it has been draining for h hours? the District Assembly also contributed
a. 56−7 h=w GH¢30,500, how much more is
b. 56+7 h=w needed to build the clinic?
c. 56−7 w=h a. GH ¢ 44,500.00
d. 56+7 h=w b. GH ¢ 45,500.00
28. After how many hours will the height c. GH ¢ 34,500 .00
of the water be exactly 14 inches? d. GH ¢ 75,000 .00
4 ( y−3)
a. 2 34. Which value of y makes =6
b. 4 2
c. 6 true?
d. 7 a. 6 b. 7
29. A car covered a distance of 150 km at a c. 9 d. 15
2
speed of 18 km/h. Find the time taken. 35. Factorize3 a +3 a−18.
a. 7 hours 33 minutes a. ( a−3 ) (a−2)
b. 7 hours 53 minutes b. 3 ( a−3 ) (a +2)
c. 8 hours 13 minutes c. 3 ( a−3 ) ¿
d. 8 hours 20 minutes d. 3(a+3)(a−2)
30. How many edges has a square pyramid? 36. If 27 : 4 x = 9 : 16, find the value of x .
a. 6 a. 6 b. 8
b. 8 c. 12 d. 16
37. Find the difference between the values
c. 12
of (2 d )2and2 d 2, whered=3.
d. 1
a. 0
31. The height of a plant is 9 inches. The
1 b. 18
plant grows inch each day. Which c. 24
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d. 54
equation shows how to find the height
38. A field is in the shape of a trapezoid.
of the plant in inches, y , and x days?
a. y=0.125 x +9 The shorter base of the trapezoid is
b. y=9 x +0.125 130 yards long and the longer base is
9 390 yards long. The distance between
c. y= x the two bases is 75 yards. What is the
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1 area of the field?
d. y= x
72 a. 9,750 yards2
b. 19,500 yards2
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 c. 29,250 yards2 c. k −b=15
d. 39,000 yards2 d. 2 b+ k=15
39. Priscilla’s age is k years while Mary’s 40. Given that x=8 , what type of angle is
age is b years. If Mary is 15 years (9 x +8)° ?
older than Priscilla, which of the a. Straight angle
following statements is correct? b. Obtuse angle
a. 2 k +b=15 c. Acute angle
b. b−k =15 d. Right angle

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