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MATHEMATICS
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FORM: TWO
END OF SECOND TERM EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
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©CHRISDOF EXAMS
 SECTION B
Answer four questions only.
All working must be clearly shown. Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding
working.
1. (a) Convert the following to a decimal numeral.
i. 324five
ii. 342eight
iii. 1011two
(b) Convert the following base ten numerals into the base indicated;
i. 576 to base 5
ii. 27 to base 2
iii. 55 to base 2
iv. 1288 to base 8
(c) Convert the following;
i. 213four to base five
ii. 43five to base two
iii. 307eight to base five
iv. 11101two to base eight
(d) Evaluate;
i. 2345 – 1415
ii. 1416 + 2336
iii. 2133 × 213

2. (a) Find the value of;

i. 104
ii. 210
(b) i. Simplify (2x4y-3)(4x-2y6)
ii. Express 360 as a product of prime factors.
(c) i. If a=22 × 23 ÷ 24, find the value of a.
ii. Find the value of m given that m=(36÷34) ×27.

3 (a) Convert the following recurring decimals into fraction.

i. 0.333333333……….
ii. 0.666666666…….....
(c) i. Five boys weigh 28.9kg, 20.5kg, 9.7kg, 27.6kg and 23.4kg. What is their total weight?
ii. A boy was sent on an errand with GH₵15.62. On his way, GH₵ 8.02 got lost. How much
was left with him?
(d) Evaluate
i. 8.21 × 10
ii. 0.47 × 10
iii. 4.8 ÷ 4
3. (a) i. Correct 0.009416 to 1 significant figure.
ii. Correct 15.072 to 3 significant figures.
iii. Round 0.4563 to 2 significant figures.
(b) Write the following into standard form.
i. 2000
ii. 10
iii. 4687.02
iv. 356.07
(c) Write the following in standard form, correct to 3 significant figures.
i. 4687.02
ii. 356.07
iii. 41460

4. (a) i. In a farm, there are 900 rabbits, 700 sheep, 300 cattle and 500 pigs. What percentage
of the total number of animals are rabbits?
ii. In a class of 40 students, 25 students passed the test conducted by the class teacher. What
percentage of students failed?
(b) Find the following
i. 25% of 3m.
ii. 2% of 1000kg.
iii. 20% of 60.
(c) Change the following percentage to decimals.
i. 50%
ii. 33%
iii. 75%

5. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only

a. Construct a triangle ABC such that AB=12cm, angle CAB=60o and angle ABC=30o.
b. Construct the mediator of AB to meet CB at Q.
c. Measure QC
 SECTION A A. 51 C. 50
B. 48 D. 32
Choose the correct option from the alternatives 14. Express the product 162.5 × 0.5 in the
lettered A to D. standard form.
1. Convert 37ten to a base two numeral. A. 81.25 × 10-1 C. 81.25 × 10
A. 100101 C. 100111 B. 8.125 × 102 D. 8.125 × 10
B. 101101 D. 110101 15. Express 5/16 as a decimal fraction.
2. Change 1011two to base 10. A. 0.3333 C. 0.3125
A. 15 C. 11 B. 0.2667 D. 0.2500
B. 23 D. 25 16. Write 0.55 as a fraction in its lowest term.
3. The distance between two towns is 12875 A. 11/200 C. 11/20
km. Express this distance in standard form. B. 11/2 D. 11/5
A. 1.2875 × 103 km C. 1.2875 ×
4
10 km 17.
B. 12.875 × 103 km D. 128.75 ×
2
10 km O
4. Write GH₵ 35,632.00 correct to the
nearest thousand cedis. The diagram above shows the construction for
A. GH₵ 40,000.00 C. GH₵ A. copying a given line.
36,000.00 B. bisecting a line segment.
B. GH₵ 35,600.00 D. GH₵ C. drawing a perpendicular to a given line.
35,000.00 D. bisecting a given angel.
5. Jayson had 300 mangoes. He sold 240 of 18. Write 98 as a product of its prime factors.
them. What is the percentage of the A. 2 × 7 C. 22 × 7
2
mangoes left? B. 2 × 7 D. 22 × 72
A. 8% C. 20% 19. Express 240 as a product of prime factors.
B. 25% D. 26.7% A. 22 × 112 C. 2 × 112
6. Find the simple interest on GH₵ 15,000.00 B. 22 × 11 D. 2 × 11
at a rate of 20% per annum for 5 years% 20. Find the value of 124.3 + 0.275 + 74.06, correct
A. GH₵ 10,000.00 C. GH₵ your answer to one decimal place.
15,000.00 A. 198.6 C. 198.7
B. GH₵ 30,000.00 D. GH₵ B. 892.0 D. 892.4
50,000.00 21. Round 8921465 to the nearest hundred.
7. What is the value of x in the relation 5x = A. 8921000 C. 8921400
125 B. 8921460 D. 8921500
A. 2 C. 3 22. Simplify 210×32
B. 4 D. 5 36×28
8. Simplify 2 ×3 ×23 ×34
2 2 A. 22 C. 34
34 22
A. 22× 36 C. 24 × 37
5 6 B. 33 × 34 D. 24
B. 2 × 3 D. 26 × 38 34
9. Express 24 as a Product of Prime factors. 23. Correct 0.003858 to three significant
A. 2 × 3 C. 22 × 3 figures.
B. 23 × 3 D. 22 × 32 A. 0.00385 C. 0.00386
10. Hercules obtained 150 marks out of 240 B. 0.0039 D. 386
marks in a Maths test. What was his 24. A tank contains 250 litres of water. If 96 litres is
percentage score? used, what percentage of the original quantity is
A. 33.33% C. 36.5% left?
B. 41.67% D. 62.5% A. 61.6% C. 60.5%
11. There are 6 girls and 18 boys in a class. B. 59.0% D. 54.2%
What percentage of the class are girls? 25. In how many years will GH₵ 5,000.00 yield a
A. 14.40% C. 25.00% simple interest of GH₵1,000.00 at a rate of 5%
B. 33.33% D. 66.67% per annum?
12. Convert 134five to base ten numeral. A. 4 years C. 5 years
A. 16 C. 40 B. 10 years D. 25 years
B. 44 D. 220
13. Change 110011two to number in base ten.
26. Express 25 as a percentage of 75. 34. In an examination 40% of the students failed.
A. 300% C. 100% The number of students that passed was 180.
B. 50% D. 33.3% How many students failed?
27. Simplify 6p3 × p2 ÷ 3p4 A. 120 C. 270
A. 2p C. 3p B. 300 D. 450
B. 18p D. 2p2 35. In a town of 42,800 inhabitants, 48% are male.
28. Express 350 as a product of prime factors? The rest are female. How many more females are
A. 2×5 ×7 C. 2×52 ×7 there than males?
B. 2×5×7 2
D. 22×5×7 A. 22,256 C. 20,544
29. Express 4037 in standard form. B. 1,712 D. 1,612
A. 4.037 × 10-4 C. 4.037 × 10-3 36. In an examination, 154 out of 175 candidates
B. 4.037 × 103 D. 4.037 × 104 passed. What percentage failed?
30. Which of the following best describes the given A. 6% C. 12%
construction? B. 13% D. 18%
A. Bisecting a line.
B. Constructing the bisector of a line 37. Write 39.9748 km, correct to three significant
segment. figures.
C. Constructing a perpendicular to a line. A. 39.9km C. 39.975km
D. Constructing a perpendicular to a given B. 40km D. 40.0km
line from a point outside the line. 38. Express 0.0043216 in standard form.
P A. 4.3216 × 10-4 C. 4.3216 × 10-3
B. 4.3216 × 10 D. 4.3216 × 103
39. A man invested GH₵500,000.00 at 15% simple
interest per annum for 2 years. Calculate the
amount at the end of the period.
31. Write 17ten in base two numeral. A. GH₵350,000.00 B. GH₵650,000.00
A. 1001 C. 10001 B. GH₵45,000.00 D. GH₵60,000.00
B. 11001 D. 11011 40. The population of Ghana was 5,000,000 in 1957.
32. Express 87ten as a base five numeral. The population in 1998 was estimated to be
A. 302five C. 322five 17,000,000. Find the percentage increase in
B. 3022five D. 3202five population from 1957 to 1998.
33. Write 1101101two in base ten. A. 2.4% C. 24%
A. 31 C. 145 B. 240% D. 2400%
B. 125 D. 109