Chelsea Mock Examination

Mathematics

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BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
FOR SECOND SEMESTER: 2022/2023
JHS 3
MOCK 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

Turn Over

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) In a class of 42 student each student studies either Economics or Accounting or both. If 12
students study both subjects and the number of students who study Accounting only is twice
that of those who study Economics only, find how many students study
(i) Economics
(ii) Accounting [6 MARKS]

b) Simplify ( −4−(−6 ) +(−5)

9−3+(−2)
÷)(3−(−4 ) +1
−16−(−8 ) −4 ) [4 MARKS]

c) The ratio of boys to the number of girls in a school of 432 pupils is 5 : 4. If the number of
boys increases by 12, the new ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 6. Find the increase in the number of
girls. [5 MARKS]

2. a) The cost of production of a wireless set was GH¢ 40.00. The manufacturer sold it to a
wholesaler at a profit of 20 per cent. The wholesaler also sold it to a retailer at a profit of 25%.
The retailer marked the set to be sold at a price of 50 per cent above what she paid for it.
(i) Find the marked price.
(ii) To a customer who paid cash, the retailer reduced the price to GH¢ 75.00. Find the
percentage discount. [5 MARKS]
5 7 1
b) Solve the equation ( 5 x−7 )+ ( 9 x+35 )= (x+2) [5 MARKS]
6 18 9
c) Mr. Atto and his family were going on a journey by bus. He bought two tickets for himself
and his wife, and five tickets at half price for his children. He received a balance of ¢2000 after
giving the bus conductor a total of GH¢ 20,000. What was the price of a ticket each for an adult
and a child? [5 MARKS]
3. a) Water is flowing into a tank at the rate of 20 cm3/min. At the start there is 250 cm3 of water in
the tank. Find:
(i) How much water there is in the tank after 30 minutes?
(ii) The time when there is 1210 cm3 of water in the tank. [4 MARKS]
b) Find the missing angles in the diagram below. [6 MARKS]

c) Simplify the following

4 5 2 −3
125 p q ×(5 p q)
(i)
p−2 q 4 × ¿ ¿

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 2 2 3
64 x y ×(2 x y)
(ii) [5 MARKS]
8 x 3 y ×(4 xy )2

4. a) Mrs. Patterson started from her house at 9.45 a.m. to visit her son at Methodist High School at
a speed of 36 km/h. She stopped for 15 minutes at 10.15 a.m. to make an urgent call. She then
continued with her journey at a speed of 45 m/s and finally arrived at 11.00 a.m. Find the
distance between Mrs. Patterson’s house and Methodist High School. [5 MARKS]
b) Simplify and factorize the following expressions:
(i) 13 x 2−23 x+13+ 7 x2 −20 x +8
(ii) 10 x 2−23 x+12 [4 MARKS]
c) Find the value of h in diagram below. [6 MARKS]

5. Using a scale of 2 cm to 2 units on each axis, draw on a graph sheet two perpendicular axes Ox
and Oy for intervals −10 ≤ x ≤ 10 and −10 ≤ y ≤ 10.
a) Draw a triangle with vertices A(6,8), B(2,5) and C(7,2).
b) Draw the image triangle A1B1C1 of triangle ABC under an enlargement with scale factor ‒1
from the origin, where A → A1, B → B1, C → C1. Label the vertices and co-ordinates
clearly.
c) Draw the image triangle A2B2C2 of triangle ABC under a clockwise rotation of 270° about
the origin where A → A2, B → B2, C → C2, labelling all the vertices and co-ordinates
clearly.
d) (i) What transformation maps triangle A1B1C1 onto triangle A2B2C2?
(ii) What is the equation of the line segment BB1? [15 MARKS]

2 1 8 1
− of +
3 4 9 9
6. a) Evaluate [4 MARKS]
5 8
1 −
9 9
b) A hollow right circular cone stands on a horizontal table. It is 100 cm high with a base radius
of 20 cm. It is filled with water through the vertex up to a depth of 25 cm. Calculate
(i) the area of the circle formed by the water surface
(ii) volume of the water inside the cone correct to the nearest whole number.
22
[Take π= ] [6 MARKS]
7

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 −3 x 1
c) (i) Solve for x in the equation 4 =
64
2 x− y 4 x + y
(ii) Make x the subject of = [5 MARKS]
x+ 2 y 2 x− y

[3 MARKS]
SECTION A [40 Marks] One hour
Answer ALL questions

Use the information below to answer questions 1 b. X = 23 + Y

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

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11. 7:2 is equivalent to ………… 18. The height of an isosceles triangle is the
a. 28 : 40 same as one of its slanted sides. Find its
b. 42 : 71 perimeter if its base is 5cm.
c. 72 : 42 a. 15cm
d. 63 : 18 b. (x + 5) cm
12. If A={2 , 3 ,5 , 7 } and B={4 ,5 , 6 , 7 }. c. (3x + 5) cm
Find A ∩ B? d. (2x + 5) cm
a. {2 , 3 , 4 ,5 , 6 , 7 } 19. How many lines of symmetry has a
b. {2 , 5 , 6 ,7 } rhombus?
c. { 5 , 7 } a. 0 b. 1
d. {7 } c. 2 d. 3
13. The side of a square is 60dm. Find its 20. Triple 27 and decrease it by 15 divided
perimeter in meters. by 3. The result is …………
a. 24m a. 13
b. 240m b. 22
c. 2400m c. 10.8
d. 24000m d. 76
14. Abigail rejects 0.08 of the questions as 21. Zinc and Copper are melted in the ratio
substandard. How many questions did 9:11. What is the weight of melted
she examine to reject 200 substandard mixture, if 28.8kg of zinc has been
questions? consumed in it?
a. 1200 a. 50kg
b. 2400 b. 60kg
c. 1400 c. 64kg
d. 2500 d. 70kg
3 −1 22. If 2 x =(6 /3)2 . Find x .
15. What should be added to to get ?
8 24 a. 0 b. 1
−5 c. 2 d. 13
a.
12 3 2
23. 6 × 8 is equivalent to
−7 a. 25 ×33
b.
23
b. 29 ×33
31
c. c. 28 ×36
72
2 d. 22 ×32 ×5
d. 2 y−3
33 24. Simplify3 y− .
16. If the image of x of a function defined 4
by x → 2 x +1 is 3. Find x . a. 10 y +3
b. 10 y−3
a. 1 b. 9
10 y−3
c. 16 d. 3 c.
4
17. Evaluate 28% of 450 minus 45% of 10 y+3
200. d.
4
a. 25 25. A store sells all its products at a price
b. 36 15% greater than the price the store
c. 216 paid for the product. How much does
d. 252

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 the store sell the product for if the store b. y=9 x +0.125
paid $ 120 for the product? 9
c. y= x
a. $ 102 8
b. $ 135 1
d. y= x
c. $ 138 72
d. $ 180 32. The sum of 5 and x divided by 4 is
26. The average of 5, 6, 7 and x is 8. Find equal to 3.5. Find the value of x .
the value of x . a. 8
a. 12 b. 14 b. 9
c. 16 d. 24 1
c. 2
4
The water in a pool drains at the rate of 7
1
inches per hour. When full, the water in d. 3
4
the pool is 56 inches deep. Use this
33. An amount of GH¢375,000 was
information to answer questions 27 and
needed to build a clinic for a
28.
community of twelve towns. Each
27. Which equation can be used to community contributed GH¢25,000. If
determine the height of the water,w , the District Assembly also contributed
after it has been draining for h hours? GH¢30,500, how much more is
a. 56−7 h=w needed to build the clinic?
b. 56+7 h=w a. GH ¢ 44,500.00
c. 56−7 w=h b. GH ¢ 45,500.00
d. 56+7 h=w c. GH ¢ 34,500 .00
28. After how many hours will the height d. GH ¢ 75,000 .00
of the water be exactly 14 inches? 4 ( y−3)
34. Which value of y makes =6
a. 2 2
b. 4 true?
c. 6 a. 6 b. 7
d. 7 c. 9 d. 15
2
29. A car covered a distance of 150 km at a 35. Factorize3 a +3 a−18.
speed of 18 km/h. Find the time taken. a. ( a−3 ) (a−2)
a. 7 hours 33 minutes b. 3 ( a−3 ) (a +2)
b. 7 hours 53 minutes c. 3 ( a−3 ) ¿
c. 8 hours 13 minutes d. 3(a+3)(a−2)
d. 8 hours 20 minutes 36. If 27 : 4 x = 9 : 16, find the value of x .
30. How many edges has a square pyramid? a. 6 b. 8
a. 6 c. 12 d. 16
37. Find the difference between the values
b. 8
of (2 d )2and2 d 2, whered=3.
c. 12
a. 0
d. 1
b. 18
31. The height of a plant is 9 inches. The
c. 24
1
plant grows inch each day. Which d. 54
8
38. A field is in the shape of a trapezoid.
equation shows how to find the height
of the plant in inches, y , and x days? The shorter base of the trapezoid is
a. y=0.125 x +9 130 yards long and the longer base is
390 yards long. The distance between

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 the two bases is 75 yards. What is the a. 2 k +b=15
area of the field? b. b−k =15
a. 9,750 yards2 c. k −b=15
b. 19,500 yards2 d. 2 b+ k=15
c. 29,250 yards2 40. Given that x=8 , what type of angle is
d. 39,000 yards2 (9 x +8)° ?
39. Priscilla’s age is k years while Mary’s a. Straight angle
age is b years. If Mary is 15 years b. Obtuse angle
older than Priscilla, which of the c. Acute angle
following statements is correct? d. Right angle

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