PRESBY BOYS' SEC. SCH.

LEGON
MARCH. 2024 WASSCE MOCK EXAMS Name....
MATHEMATICS
(CORE) Index no.e

TIME: 1} HRS
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PRESBYTERIAN BOYS SECONDARY SCHO0L

SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

MARCH 2024 MATHEMATICS (ORE) 1} HOURS

OBJECTIVES

1. Ir =,ealuate (5 )+
5
A.
5
B. 2
3
C. 4

D. 16
2. By selling an article for Ghg 45.00, a man makes a profit of 8%. For how much should
he have sold it in order to make a profit of 32%?
A. Ghg 180.00
B Ghe 59.00
C. Ghe 58.00
D. Ghe 55.00
3. Find, correct to three significant figures, the value of y418330.
A. 6470
B. 647
C. 64.70
D. 64.0
4. Aholiday is planned for a group of 20 children and the food bought is to last for 15 days.
If the number of children were to increase to 25, how long would the same amount of
food last?
A. 12days
B. 14 days
C. 18 days
D. 20 days

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 5. What is the area between two concentric circles of diameters 26cm and 20cm?
A. 2697T
B. 1697
C 69
D. 9T
6. A man walks 2km due east and then 4km due south. Find, correct to the nearest degree,
his bearing from the original position.
A. 0270
B. 0330
C. 0630
D. 1530
7. The three side of an isosceles triangle are of lengths x +3, 2x +3 and 2x -3
respectively. Find the value ofx.
A. x= 0
B. x = 1
C. x = 3
D. X=6
8. The bezring of Yfrom Xis 070, what is the bearing of Xfrom Y?
A. 0200
B. 1600
C. 2500
D. 2900
9. A bag contains 6 blue, 10 red and 8 yellow identical balls. Two balls are drawn at
random without
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replacement. What is the probability that, they are of the same color?
A.
69
11
B.
36
25
C.
69
47
D. 69
10.The sides of atriangle are (y+4)cm , y cm and (y -4) cm, respectively. If the cosine
of the largest angle is , find the value of y.
A, 42
B. 24
C. 25
D. 52
11. An arc, 33 cm long of a circle with radius 9 cm
subtends an angle at the center. What is
the value of the angle at the center?
A. 1080
B. 11g0
C. 1230
D. 2100
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 solution set of3x+5>-1?
12. Which of the following number lines illustrate the
A.

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

between two partners Aand B in

13. The annual profit of a transport business were divided
profit?
the ratio 3:5. If Breceived Gh 300.00 more than A, what was their annual
A. Ghg 800.00
B. Ghg 1200.00
C. Ghe 1800.00
D. Ghg 2400.00
14. Find Xif (X base 4) = 100100,
A. 210
B. 100
C. 12
D. 6
15. The population density of a small tovwn of area 43,sq. kmis300,. What is the population
of the town in the decimal base?
A.. 21300
B. 2130
C. 2906
D. 2916
16. Correct each of the numbers 59.81798 and 0.0746829 to three significant figures and
convert the product of the two numbers into three significant figures.
A. 4.46
B. 4.47
C. 4.48
D. 4.50
17. Asquare tile has a side 30 cm. How many of these tiles will cover a rectangular floor of
length 7.2 m and width 4.2m?
A. 336
B. 420
C. 576
D. 720
18. Acuboid has a diagonal of length 9 cm and asquare base of side 4 cm. What is it height?
A. 9cm
B. V65 cm
C. 4v2 cm
D. 7Cm

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 mean
19. The mean of twelve positive numbers is 3. When another number is added, the
becomes 5. Find the thirteenth number.
A. 29
B. 26
C. 25
D. 24
20. A student was asked to express 43 as a decimal number correct to one significant figure
but he erroneously expressed it correct to one decimal place. Calculate the percentage
error.
A. 6.0%
B. 7.4%
C. 7.8%
D. 8.0%
21. A basket contains 9 apples, 8 bananas and 7 oranges. A fruit is picked from the basket at
random, find the probability that it is neither an apple nor an orange.
2
A.
3
3
B.
8

C.
3
7
D.
24

22. The difference between 4 And 2 is greater than the sum of /14 And 1;by:
4

24
A.
28
27
B.
28
48
C.
56
50
D.
56

23. If m: n= 13: 11, find m² -n': (m +n)

A. 1:13
B. 1:12
C. 1:11
D. 1:10
24. Which of the following is illustrated by the graph below

A. y=?tx- 2
B. y =x-3x +2

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 C. y= x-x-2
D. y= X - 1
25. The sum of the positive odd integers less than 50is...
A. 725
B. 650
C. 625
D. D 550
the circle YZXP. If LZXR = 45°and
20. In the figure below, XR and YQ are tangents to
LYZX = 550, find zZYQ.

550

A. 1000
B. 1250
C. 1350
D. 145o
27. If sinx cosX = 0, find x, where 0° <xS 360°,
A. 45°,2250
B. 135°,3150
C. 45,3150
D. 1350, 2250
represented as
28. Given the statements; p: x= land q:x = 3.Then p and qis symbolically
A. pAq
B. pVq
C. (pVq) ^p
D. (p Vq) Vp
29. The angle of a sector of a circle radius 10.5 cmis 48°, calculate the perimeter of the
sector
A. 8.8 cm
B. 25.4 cm
C. 25.6 cm
D. 29.8 cm

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 interior
0. The sum of the exterior angle of ann -sidcd convCX polygon is half thc sum of its
angles. Find n
A. 6
B.8

C.9

D. 12
31.Which of the following statement is NOT true of arhombus?
A. All the sides are equal
B. Opposite sides are equal
C. Allangles are right angles
D. There are two line of symmetry
32.One interior angle of aconvex hexagon is 170° and each of the remaining interior angles
is equal to x. Find the value of x.
A. 1200
B. 1100
C. 1050
D. 1020
33.Mr. Oko deposited Ghg 800.00 in the bank at the rate of 12% simple interest. After
some years, the total amount was one and half times the principal. For how many years
was the money left at the bank?
A. 2 years
B. 4 years
C. 5years
D. 8 years
34. Two distinct sector in the same circle subtending angles 100° and 30° respectively at the
center of the circle. Their corresponding arcs are in the ratio
A. 3:1
B. 5:2
C. 10:3
D. 13:3
35. Consider the following statements: p: a prime number, E:even number and
M: multiple of 2. Which of these implication is true?
A. E-’ M
B. p ’ F
C. p ’ M
D. E ’ p

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 36.
2 3 4 5

2 1 2 1 2

The table above is a frequency distribution for a given data. Calculate the variance of the
distribution.
A.
2
9
B
4
5
C.
2

D. 3

37. The value of yfor which y +<;y+ is.

A. y> 3
B. y <;
C. y>
D. y<
38.Xand Yare two events. The probability of Xor Yis 0.7 and the probability of Xis 0.4.If
Xand Yare independent, find the probability of Y.
A. 0.30
B. 0.50
C. 0.57
D. 0.67
39. If the mean of the numbers:, 0, (x + 2), (3x + 6) and (4x + 8) is 4. What is the mean
deviation of the numbers?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
40. If the probability of one hunter hitting a target is and that the probability of another
2
hitting is for each shot. What the probability that, they both hit itif they each shoot
one arrow?
A. 6

B.
5
3
C.

D. 3

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 41.If the scores of thrce students in atest are :5, 6 and 7. Pind the standard devjation of their
SCOres.,
2
A
3

B
V3

C.

D.

42. The length aperson can jump is inversely proportional to his weight. If a 20 kg person
can jump 1.5 m, find the constant of proportionality.
A. 30
B, 60
C. 15
D. 45
43. Which of the following is NOT a measurement of relative position?
A. Quartiles
B. Percentiles
C. Mode
D. Deciles
44. If the universal set U= {x:1Sxs9where x is a natural number}, P=
{x:1sx s 4} and Q= {2,4,6,8}. Find (P UQ)!
A. {5,7,6}
B. {1,5,6,7}
C. {5,7,9}
D. {1,2,3,4,6,8}
45. In the construction of the angle 135°, which of the following produces the minimum
number of construction?
A. 1200 + 150
B. 105 + 300
C. 750+ 600
D. 45° +900

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 46. In the diagrann, POQ is adianncter, 0 is the center of the crclc nmd TP is a tangent, Pind
the value of x.

A. 300
B. 400
C. 450
D. 500
47. If log,270 - log, 10 + log, ÷=
3
2, what is the value of a?
A, 6
B. 5
C 4
D 3

48. What value of mwill make the expression x-x+ m a perfect square?
A. 3
9
B
16

8
9
D 64

49. If cos =x and sin 60° = x+ 0.5, 0° <x<90°, find , correct to the nearest degree,
the value of .
A. 670
B. 680
C. 690
50. The total surface area of a solid cylinder is 165 cm². If the base diameter is 7 cm ,
calculate its height.[Take
A, 2.0 cm
B 4.0 cm
C. 4.5 cm
D. 7.5 cm660

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