INTER GROUPS SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS QUIZ

COMPETITION 2023

ROUND ONE [1]

GENERAL QUESTIONS

This is the first round of this year’s inter schools quiz competition. The round which has been
name GENERAL QUESTIONS include both question from both mathematics and science. Each
school will have equal opportunity to a question from this round. The round also allows for a
transferable bonus or bonuses. Contestants are to take note of the following as well;

PREAMBLE

1. Contestants have 10secs to answer a science question and 30secs to answer a

mathematics question.

2. Contestants have 2 attempts only for a question which has a limited answer

3. Contestants can react or produce so many answers within their stipulated time to a

question that has unlimited answers.

4. Bonus will be passed to an opponent when the question demand unlimited answer.

Awarding mark

5. A correct answer attract 3 points.

6. A bonus answer attracts 1 point.

Contestants GOOD LUCK to you all

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1. Express as a percentage
5
Ans. 40%

2. Express 2474 in standard form

Ans. 2.474 x103

3. Express 24 as a product of prime

Ans. 2x2x2x3 = 23 x 3

1 3 4
1. Simplify 2 +1 +
2 4 5
101 1
Ans. = 5
20 20
4 7
2. Simplify ÷
9 6
8
Ans.
21
1 1 9 3
3. Simplify + + +
10 7 10 7
10 3
Ans: 𝑜𝑟 1
7 7

1. The ratio of the length of a table to its width is 5:4. If the length is 55cm, what is its width?
Ans: 44cm
1
2. Mike gave part of her pocket money to Dede. What fraction of money is left with Oboshie?
8
7
Ans:
8
3. In Robert’s school there are 5,234 children. How many boys are there in the school if there are
2,500 girls?
Ans: 2,734

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1. Ishmael read 50 pages in a story book. He has 126 pages more to read. How many pages are in
the book?
Ans: 176

7
5. Express as a decimal fraction.
10
Ans: 0.7

1. The sum of two numbers is 16. The difference is 4. What are the two numbers?
Ans: 10 and 6

1. Find the product of 4xy4 and x2yz

Ans: 4x3y5z

7𝑥 2 +2𝑥 2
2. Simplify the expression 3𝑥 2
Ans: 3

3. Factorize 22ab – 11ac + 6rb – 3rc

Ans: (2b – c) (11a + 3r)

SCIENCE

1. What is an environment?
Ans. It is the surroundings of an organism consisting of both living and non-living things.

2. What is a habitat?
Ans. It is a natural place where a living organism successfully lives

3. What is a abiotic?
Ans. It refers to the non-living thing component of an ecosystem

1. Group 7 elements on the periodic table are called …………

Ans: Halogens

2. The organelle present in the mesophyll cells of leaves which store carotenoid is called
…………..
Ans: Chloroplast

3. What is the role of fibre in the human diet?

Ans: Produce bowel regularity in humans

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1. Where does the digestion of carbohydrate begin in the human body?
Ans: Mouth

2. An astronomical body orbiting a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity,
but doesn’t produce its own light is …….…..
Ans: Planet

3. The home for organisms that live in trees is

Ans: Arboreal Ecosystem

1. The gravitational potential energy of a falling object is converted to …………..when the

object falls from a building.
Ans: Kinetic Energy

2. Which electronic component allows current to flow in only one direction

Ans: P-N junction

3. Minerals are absorbed in the form of

Ans: ions

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 ROUND TWO [2]
PROBLEM OF THE DAY

This is the second round of the quiz competition. The round contains the PROBLEM OF THE
DAY. It includes both mathematics and science question. Each school will have equal opportunity
to a question from this round. Contestants are to take note of the following as well;

PREAMBLE

Contestants are to answer all questions in this round

1 Contestants are to answer all questions in this round.

2. Contestants are to answer their questions on the sheet provided by the moderator only.

3. All rough work should be done on the provided sheet

4. Contestants can call for extra sheet

5. Contestants have 15 minutes to answer their question.

6. No whispering will be allowed.

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 MATHEMATICS

Akua makes a fruits salad for breakfast. She uses fruits in the following ratio of banana, apple
and pawpaw as 1:2:3 respectively.
If she uses 20 pieces of apple how many pieces of banana and pawpaw should she use.
If she uses 12 pieces of banana how many pieces of apple and pawpaw should she use.

SCIENCE

1. Define Kinetic energy.

2. A stone of mass 5kg is raised to a point 60m above the ground. Calculate the potential energy
of the stone at that point. [ g=10ms-2]

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 ROUND THREE [3]
TRUE OR FALSE

Contestants we are in the third round of the quiz competition. This round is made up of TRUE or
FALSE statement. It includes both mathematics and science question. Each school will have equal
opportunity to a question from this round. Contestants are to take note of the following as well;

PREAMBLE

1. Contestant have 10 secs to react to a science question and 25 secs to react to a maths

question.

2. Contestants are to say either True or False as an answer that is they have only one

attempt.

3. There will be no bonus for this round.

Marks Awarding

4. Correct answers attract 3 points and a wrong attempt is point

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1. The sum of any number and zero is the number itself.
TRUE
2. Any number multiplied by zero is zero
TRUE
3. Any number multiplied by 1 is the number itself.
TRUE.

1. 25% of 36 is 9
TRUE

2. 0.2% of 15,000 is 30
TRUE
1
3. 3 % of 50 is 1.65
2
FALSE

1. If Efua can type 200 words in 8 minutes, then she can also type 800 words in 34 minutes
FALSE

2. 4(8 – 2) + 5(3 – 8) is 1
FALSE

3. If 𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 45, then 𝑥=65 when y=5

TRUE

1. Eugene is 4 times older than his brother. If Eugene’s age four years ago was 16, then the age
of his brother at that same time is 5 years.
TRUE

2. The value of m in the expression 4(m + 4) = -8 is 2

FALSE

3. If the least number in a set of real numbers is 24 and the greatest is 30. Then a correct
interpretation for this statement is 24 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 30
TRUE

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1. Beans, peas and groundnuts are examples of legumes
TRUE

2. COVID-19 stands for Coronavirus Deficiency 19

FALSE

3. Prof. Marian Ewurama and Prof. Francis Kofi Amponyin Allotey were scientists in Ghana
TRUE

1. Newton’s third law of motion states that “action and reaction are equal and opposite and acts
in the direction of the applied force”.
TRUE

2. The smallest planet in our solar system is mercury

TRUE

3. The nucleolus has a membrane

FALSE

1. The enzymes found in the stomach are pepsin and renin

TRUE

2. Venus is the only planet which is about the same size as earth
TRUE

3. The energy stored in batteries is nuclear energy

FALSE

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 ROUND FIVE [5]
CONNECT THE DOT AND RIDDLES

Contestants this is the last round of this year’s inter school’s science and maths quiz competition,
round five. This is the dot connecting section, by these we are expecting you to show mastery of
understanding in these subject areas. It includes both mathematics and science question. Each
school will have equal opportunity to a question from this round. Contestants are to take note of
the following as well;

PREAMBLE

Connect the dot "A" (knowing your terminologies)

1. Contestants are to provide the answer to the jumbled terminology.

2. Contestants have 10 minutes to complete

3. Whispering will not be allowed.

Connect the dot "B" (knowing your note)

1. Contestants are to give correct answers to the questions

2. Contestants have 2 attempts only

3. Bonus is transferable

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 CONNECT THE DOT A

MATHEMATICS
1. erignte integer
2. saliveurn universal
3. utacomimtive commutative
4.eamicstmh mathematics
5. iaonfrct fraction
SCIENCE
6. Stasmiuop Potassium
7. Sherexguinit Extinguisher
8. Lovepsxei Explosive
9. Meetploru Petroleum
10. Dropcreeu Procedure

RIDDLE

Used in thermometers
A liquid metal
The name of a planet
Hg as a chemical symbol
Ans: mercury

A halogen
Has a charge of -1
For the treatment of water
Atomic number of seventeen
Ans: chlorine

A gas in the atmosphere

Turns lime water milky
Necessary factor for photosynthesis
Compound used mostly by the fire service
Ans: carbon (IV) dioxide

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I am an integer
I am not a prime number
I do not have two factors
Ans: 1

They are integers

They leave a single digit remainder when divided by 2
Some can have more than two factors
Ans: Odd numbers

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