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END OF FEBRUARY TEST

BASIC 7, 8 AND 9 (2HOURS)
OBJECTIVES
1. Calculate the value of ⅔ × ⅞ A. 4y – 3z + 3 B. 2y +7z – 3
C. 4y + 3z + 3
A. 9/11 B. 5/6 C. 7/12 D.
24/8 D. 2y + 7z + 3
2. Simplify -21c2 ÷3c. A. 7c 9. A driver covered 240km in
B. -7c C. 7c2 D. -7c2 3hours. Find his speed.
3. Expand and simplify ( a+2) A. 720km/h B. 80km/h C.
(a-2) 7200km/h D. 6km/h
A. a2+4 B. a2+4a-4 C. 10. Simplify 12x2 y12 ÷ 16x y4
a2+2a+4 D. a2-4
A. ¾ x y8 B. ¾ x2 y8
4. Find the value of y if 4:y =1:2 C. ¾ x y D. ¾ x2 y12
A. y=2 B. y=4 C. y=6 11. If b= p ( p – 3 ) ÷ 2; find b
D. y=8 when p= 10
5. Simplify 2x2 + 3x + 3x2 + 7x A. 70 B. 35 C. 29
D. 40
A. 15x2 B. 5x2 + 10x C.
15xx2 D. 5x2 + 10 12. Simplify -25- (-5) + (-20)
6. Ama and Adwoa shared A. -40 B. -20 C. 7
GHc600.00 equally between D. 40
themselves. How much did each
13. How many seconds makes 5
received?
minutes ?
A. GHc30.00 B. GHc300.00
A. 60 seconds B. 240
C. GHc120.00 D.
seconds C. 180 seconds
GHc1200.00
D. 300 seconds
7. Express 0.290 in standard
form 14. Find the value of k if 4:3 =
k:6
A. 2.9 × 10-1 B. 29 × 10-1
C. 2.9 × 102 D. 29 ×102 A. k=8 B. k=4 C. k=3
D. k=6
8. Simplify, y + y + 7z + 2y + 3 –
4z 15. Evaluate (3 ½ + 1 ⅔ )
A. 5 ⅙ B. 20 C. 9 ⅞ D. 2a2+3ab-b2
D. 2 ⅔
22. Expand (6-x) (6+y)
16. Arrange the following
A. 36+6y-6x-xy B.
fractions in descending order: ¾
36-6y+6x+xy
, ⅝, ⅘, 13/20
C. 36-6x-xy D.
A. ⅘, ¾ , 13/20 ,⅝ B. ⅘,⅝, ¾
36-6y-xy
,13/20 C. ⅝,⅘, ¾ ,13/20
23. Factorize completely,
D. ¾ ,⅝,⅘,13/20
3ax+6a-x-2
17. Factorize, 3x + ax + a + 3
A. (3a+1) (x-2) B. (3a+1)
A. x(a+x) B. (x-a) (x+3) (x-2) C. 3a(x-2)
C. x(a-3) D. (a+3) (x+1)
D. (3a-1) (x+2)
18. The ratio 9:x is equal to
24. Simplify ½ - ⅔ + ¾
36:20. What is the value of x ?
A. 11/12 B. 7/12 C.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6
2/12 D. 5/12
D. 8
25. Find ⅝ of GHc800.00
19. The ratio of boys to girls in a
school is 9:11. If there are 400 A. GHc720.00 B. GHc600.00
pupils in the school, how many C. GHc500.00
boys are in the school? D. GHc800.00
A. 80 B. 120 C. 180 26. A boy spends ⅗ of his pocket
D. 220 money on transport and ⅙ on
20. If you can buy 2 exercise sweets. What fraction of his
books with GHc6.00, how many money does he spend on
exercise books can you buy with transport and sweets?
GHc12.00? A. 7/30 B.8/30 C. 14/30
A. 5 exercise books B. 4 D. 23/30
exercise books 27. Simplify ( ⅔ - ½) ÷⅙
C. 7 exercise books D.12 A. 1/36 B. 1/12 C. 1
exercise books D. 6
21. Expand (2a+b) (a-b) 28. There are 400 students in a
A. 2a2-3ab-b2 B. 2a2-ab-b2 school. If the ratio of boys to
C. 2a2+ab+b2
girls in the school is 2:3, how 35. 1km is equivalent to 1000
many boys are in the school? meters. ( True or False )
A. 160 boys B. 240 boys A. True B. False C.
C. 20 boys D. 400 boys All of the above
29. If 6:8 = r:48. Find the value D. None of the above
of r.
36. Expand 3a (a-4b)
A. 36 B. 34 C. 14
A. 3a-12ab B. 3a2-12ab
D.12
C. 3a2-12b
30. A car travels at an average
D. 3a2-12a
speed of 45km/h. What distance
does it cover in 12 hours? 37. Simplify 4(x+2) – 3(x+1)
A. 450km B. 480km A. x+5 B. x+11 C.
C. 540km D. 500km 7x+5 D.7x+11
31. Express 6meters in 38. Write 4687.02 in standard
centimeters. form
A. 400cm B. 450cm C. A. 46.8702 × 103 B.
600cm D. 650cm 46.8702 × 104
32. A van travels 160km in 10 C. 4.68702× 105 D.
hours. Find its speed in km/h. 4.68702× 103
A. 16km/h B.22km/h 39. Write 356.07 in standard
C. 42km/h D. 18km/h form
33. How many centimeters A. 35.607× 10 B. 35.607×
makes 1km ? 102
A. 100cm B. 10cm C. C. 3.5607× 102 D. 35607×
1,000cm D. 100,000cm 102
34. How many hours make 1 40. How many meters makes
minute? 1km?
A. 60 minutes B. 1/60 minutes A. 100 meters B.1,000
C. 1/60 hours meters
D. 60 hours C. 10 meters D.
100,000 meters
 ESSAY
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1.
a. If Selina can use 2 hours to write 5 pages in her note book, how many pages can
she write in 6 hours?
b. If a car uses 2hours to consume 10 liters of petrol, how many liters of petrol is
consumed in;
i. 5hours
ii. 7hours
c. The rent for a store from January to December is GHS420.00. What is the rent of
the store in 6months?

2.
a. How long will 30 men take to cultivate a farmland which 21 men can cultivate
in 18days if they work at the same rate?
b. A woman can plait hair for 20 girls in 5 days. How long will it take her to plait
12 girls?
c. Sir KNOX shared GHS15,000.00 among three children Butame, Stephen and
Jerry in the ratio 3:5:7. Calculate the amount each of them received.

3.
a. Evaluate: [(18 – 6) ÷ 4] + [72 – 12 ÷ 3 of 2]

b. Evaluate: [15% of 150] + 23 ÷ 115

c. Simplify: 12 + 6 × 27 ÷ 3 + 2 – 16 ÷ 8 × 2

d. Evaluate: 5 × (2 × 3 ) ÷ 6 + 7 – 8
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