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PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES
NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2 - 1 HOUR
ESSAY
Answer four (4) questions only.
All questions carry equal marks.
All working must be clearly shown. Marks will not be awarded for correct answers
without corresponding workings.
1. (a) The data below was obtained by a group of learners for the number of people living in
households around their houses.
C D D D A C B B D D
F B C C D B E D B E
F E B B D D D C A C
B E D F D B C B D E
(i) Complete the frequency table below for the data recorded from the survey above.
Household Tally Frequency Angle of sector
2
A // 2 × 360 = 18°
40
B //// //// 10
C //// // -
D //// //// /// -
E //// -
F /// -
(ii) Draw a pie chart to illustrate the data in the frequency table above.
(b) Mrs. Lartey bought a sewing machine from a shop. A 15% VAT charged on the machine
amounted to GH¢ 555.00. Find the marked price of the sewing machine.
(c) Given that A and B are subsets of the Universal set, U. Draw a Venn diagram and shade
the region represented by;
(i) A∩B
(ii) A ∪ B
2. (a) A fair coin and a fair die are tossed together.
(i) List the set of all possible outcomes.
(ii) What is the probability of obtaining a head and an even number?
(b) 2y = 6x – 2 is an equation of a straight line. Find the gradient and the y-intercept.
(c) Find the value of x in the diagram below.
42°
3x
(d) Solve the inequality 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑(𝒙 − 𝟏) ≥ 𝟒.
3. (a) Express 975.8674, correct to
(i) two decimal places.
(ii) five significant figures.
(b) Multiply 382 × 856.
(c) The data below shows the ages of some children at a birthday party.
4 3 5 7 6 5 4 2 8 5
(i) Find the modal age.
(ii) What is the mean age of the children?
(iii) Find the probability of selecting a child who is 5 years old.
𝟏𝟔 𝟑
4. (a) Simplify and evaluate ( )−𝟒
𝟖𝟏
𝟐 𝟏
(b) In a school, of the learners eat from the school feeding programme, bring their packed
𝟑 𝟒
lunch and the rest go home to eat. What fraction of the learners goes home for lunch?
(c) A boy observes a friend on a storey building at an angle of elevation of 30°. If the
distance between the boy and the foot of the building is 15m, calculate the vertical height of
√𝟑
the building. [Take Tan 30° = ]
𝟑
5. (a) Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (5, 4) and (–10, –2).
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 kilogram on the x-axis and 2cm to GH¢ 20, copy and complete
the table below for the relation y = 20x + 20, and draw the graph for the relation.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y 80 120 160
(i) From the graph, find the weight of meat that can be bought with GH¢ 90.
(ii) From the graph, find the cost of 3.5kg of meat.
(iii) Using the relation, how many kilograms of meat can be bought at a cost of
GH¢240?
−2
(c) Given that m = (2𝑦−3) and n = (−1+𝑥
1
), and m = n, find the values of x and y.
6. (a) The total cost (C) of water consumed by a household is proportional to the number of
litres (n) of water used at a constant rate (p).
(i) Write an equation for the statement.
(ii) Find the cost in cedis when n = 2720 litres and p = 40Gp.
(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle PQR in which |QR| = 7cm,
|PR| = 8cm and <QRP = 60°.
(c) Construct the locus l₁ of point equidistant from Q and R.
(d) Construct the locus l₂ of point equidistant from P and R.
(e) Locate the point of intersection of l₁ and l₂ as k.
(f) With k as center, construct a circle to pass through the three vertices of triangle PQR and
measure the radius of the circle.
END OF PAPER 2
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PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES
NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1 - 1 HOUR
OBJECTIVE TEST
1. Round down 876,543 to the nearest 4. The cost of an item is GH¢ 10.75. How
thousand. much will you receive after you pay with
a. 877000 a GH¢100 note?
b. 876000 a. GH¢ 80.25
c. 876500 b. GH¢ 89.35
d. 877500
3 c. GH¢ 89.25
2. Ababio spent of his pocket money on
7
transportation and food. What fraction of d. GH¢ 80.35
his money did he spend on food if he 5. Solve for x in the equation 5𝑥 = 30 × 56
1
spent on transportation? a. x = 15
5
4 b. x = 5
a.
12
22 c. x = 6
b.
12
d. x = 0
22
c. 2
35 6. The length of a piece of wood is 7
3
8
d. metres and a carpenter wants different
35
2
pieces each of length 2 metres. How
3. Express 2370000 millimetres as 2 3
significant figures in scientific notation. many pieces to the nearest metre can he
cut from the wood?
a. 2.3 × 10−6
a. 2 pieces
b. 2.3 × 106
b. 3 pieces
c. 2.4 ×10−6
c. 4 pieces
d. 2.4 ×106
d. 5 pieces c. They are equal
7. Simplify √3 + √2 + √27 + √32. d. They are adjacent to each other
a. 5√3 + 5√2 12. The bearing of Sapeiman from Pokuase
is 073°. What is the bearing of Pokuase
b. 4√3 + 5√2 from Sapeiman?
c. 3√3 + 4√2 a. 107°
d. 4√3 +3√2 b. 017°
8. Prince and Priscilla bought 10 items and c. 253°
paid GH¢ 32. Out of the items, a ruler
d. 197°
costs GH¢ 5 and an eraser costs GH¢ 2.
How many rulers and erasers did they 13. Given that 𝑆 = 𝑥𝑖 + 20𝑗 and 𝑇 = 6𝑖 −
buy? 𝑦𝑗 are equal vectors. What are the values
a. 4 erasers and 6 rulers of x and y?
b. 6 erasers and 4 rulers a. 𝑥 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = −20
c. 5 erasers and 5 rulers b. 𝑥 = −20 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 6
d. 3 erasers and 7 rulers c. 𝑥 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 20
9. "The sum of the ages of a man and his d. 𝑥 = 20 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 6
son is 48 years. The man is 10 years
14. Calculate the total surface area of a cube
older than his son". Write an algebraic
of side 3cm.
expression to represent the statement.
a. 69 cm³
a. 2𝑥 + 48 = 10
b. 54 cm³
b. 2𝑥 + 10 = 48
c. 69 cm²
c. 𝑥 + 10 = 48
d. 54 cm²
d. 𝑥 + 48 = 10
15. There are a number of red and black
10. What angle is complement to 82°?
balls in a sack. If the probability of
a. 98° 3
selecting a black ball is and there are
5
b. 108° 10 red balls in the sack, how many black
c. 18° balls are there in the sack?
d. 8° a. 15 black balls
11. Two angles are said to be corresponding b. 10 black balls
a. They add up to 180° c. 25 black balls
b. They add up to 90° d. 20 black balls
3
16. Given that a = (−4 2−𝑥
) and b = (−2𝑦 ), find d. 220 cm
the values of x and y. 21. A triangle has length of sides (y + 2) cm,
(2y + 1) cm and 3y cm. Write an
a. 𝑥 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 2
expression for the perimeter of the
b. 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = −2 triangle.
c. 𝑥 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = −2 a. (6y + 3) cm
d. 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 2 b. (8y) cm
17. The rate at which a person can walk (W) c. (9y + 3) cm
1
decreases proportionally as where y is d. (12y) cm
𝑦
the number of years after 40 at a constant Use the data below to answer questions
rate (n). Find y when W = 5 and n = 45. 22 and 23.
a. 40 2³ → 8
b. 9 2² → 4
c. 225 2¹ → 2
d. 49 2º → a
18. Simplify √2(7 × 8 − 6) 2־¹ → b
a. 2√7 22. What is the value of a?
b. 10 a. 0
c. √10 b. 1
d. √28 c. 2
19. Find the gradient from the equation: 𝑦 − d. 3
7𝑥 = 3. 23. Find the value of b?
a. 𝑚 = −7 a. 1
b. 𝑚 = 7 b. 2
c. 𝑚 = −3 1
c.
2
d. 𝑚 = 3
d. 0
20. What is the distance around a car wheel
24. Find the HCF of 30 and 45.
of diameter 35m?
a. 5
a. 5 cm
b. 10
b. 105 cm
c. 15
c. 110 cm
d. 20 pages has a book whose cost of
25. Express 0.862164 to 5 decimal places. production is GH¢550?
a. 0.8621 a. 60 pages
b. 0.8622 b. 600 pages
c. 0.86217 c. 6000 pages
d. 0.86216 d. 6 pages
26. Using halving and doubling in solving 36 30. Simplify 6𝑝² × 3𝑝𝑞².
× 5, you obtain a. 18𝑝3 𝑞2
a. 36 × 10 b. 18𝑝2 𝑝𝑞2
b. 72 × 5 c. 18𝑝2 𝑞3
c. 18 × 5 d. 18𝑝𝑞
d. 18 × 10 31. What is the mode of the set of data
27. Three farmers weeded a number of acres given: 4, 3, 5, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 8 and 5?
of land. The first farmer weeded 18 a. 2
acres, the second 12 acres and the third
b. 3
30 acres. Express the acres weeded by
the three farmers in ratio. c. 4
a. 18 : 12 : 30 d. 5
b. 30 : 12 : 18
c. 3 : 4 : 10 32. A shop offers a discount of 9% on all of
its items. Amoah went to the shop and
d. 3 : 2 : 5
bought a fridge marked at GH¢ 2200.00.
28. Given that 2xº and 50º are Find the discount.
complementary to each other. What is
a. GH¢ 188.00
the value of x?
b. GH¢ 198.00
a. 40º
c. GH¢ 2002.00
b. 20º
d. GH¢ 2012.00
c. 130º
33. A polygon has 7 sides. Find the sum of
d. 65º
the interior angles.
29. The cost (C) in GH¢ of producing books
a. 720º
by a publishing company is given by the
relation, C=250+0.5n where n is the b. 1080º
number of pages in the book. How many c. 900º
d. 1440º c. An obtuse angle
34. Which of the following forms the sides d. A reflex angle
of a right-angled triangle? 38. Which of the following best describes
a. 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm the statement; "the locus of points 6 cm
b. 12 cm, 13 cm and 15 cm from a fixed point O"?
c. 6 cm, 9 cm and 12 cm a. A parallel line 6 cm from point O
d. 10 cm, 13 cm and 25 cm b. A vertical line 6 cm from point O
35. How many eggs are found 3 dozens? c. A horizontal line 6 cm from point O
a. 60 eggs d. A circle with radius 6 cm and center
O
b. 30 eggs
39. A point P (3, 4) is rotated through an
c. 90 eggs angle of 90º about the origin O. Find the
d. 36 eggs image P₁ of the rotation.
36. If 5 boys can cultivate a piece of land in a. (3, – 4)
14 days, how long will it take for 7 boys b. (4, – 3)
to cultivate the piece of land at the same
rate? c. (– 3, 4)
a. 14 days d. (– 4, 3)
b. 12 days 40. In an enlargement, the area of the object
was multiplied by 144 to get the area of
c. 10 days the image. Find the scale factor of the
d. 8 days enlargement.
37. An angle which is greater than 180º but a. 12
less than 360º is b. 36
a. A right angle c. 48
b. An acute angle d. 144
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