IDEAL COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL-TAKORADI

FIRST MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2025

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (40 MARKS)

1. In triangle ABC, AC is produced to D, The operation ⊙ is defined over the set of real numbers
¿ ABC=(2 x +7)°, ¿ BAC=(x+17)° . by p ⊙q=p +q− pq.
¿ BCD=9 x ° . Find the value of 4 x ° Use the information to answer questions 16 and 17 .
A. 450 B. 40 C. 160 D. 180
2. Round 99835637 to the nearest thousands. 11. Evaluate (5 ⊙ 3)⊙ 4 .
A. 99836 B. 998360 A. 10 B. 16 C. 22 D. 25
C. 9983600 D. 99836000 12. Solve for x if ( 2 x+3 ) ⊙ 4=19.

√
A. −3 B. −4 C. 4 D. −5
6 2(0.016 ×10−2)2 × 3.84
3. If =a× 10n, find the
0.064 × 10−2 ×4.8
value of a+ n2. 13. Simplify:
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 7 1 1
A. B. 1 C. 1 D. 2
1 5 2 2
4. Solve the equation: n+ = . 14. If 4 x+ 2 y=16∧6 x−2 y =4 find the value of
n 2
A. n=−2 , 0.5 B. n=2 ,−0.5 (x− y )
C. −2 ,−0.5 D. n=2 ,0.5 A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
2 2
5. If n +27 nq +140 q =(n+ a q)(n+ b q), where a 15. Find the first quartile of 7, 8, 7, 9, 11, 8, 7, 9, 6 and 8.
A. 8.5 B. 7.0 C. 8.0 D. 7.5
and b are constants, find (a−b).
A. 10 B. 11 C. 13 D. 15 16. Solve the equation: .
a b A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
6. Make c the subject of the relation = +d .
b c 17. A fair die is tossed twice. What is the probability of
2 2
b −b getting a sum of at least 10?
A. B.
ad−a a−d A. 2/3 B. 5/18 C. 1/6 D. 5/36

() ( )
x+1 4 −2 x
2 2 1 1
b b 18. Find the value of x if = .
C. D. 3 27
a+bd a−bd
1 4 4
7. Find the product of 3 consecutive even integers A. −1 B. −1 C. 1 D.
7 7 7
whose sum is 84 . 6
A. 21840 B. 21804 C. 21084 D. −1
7
21408 19. A cone has a base radius of 8cm and height 11cm.
8. Correct 0.000855221 to 3 significant figures. calculate, correct to two decimal places, the curved
A. 0.855 B. 0.0855 22
C. 0.00855 D. 0.000855 surface area. [ π= ]
7
9. Find the 5th term of the sequence 2,5,10,17, … A. 477.71cm2 B. 341.98cm2 C. 276.57cm2
A. 36 B. 26 C. 24 D. 22 D. 201.14cm2
4
10. Round 55908 ×10 to 3 significant figures. ( AB )5
20. Write log in expanded form.
A. 559 ×106 B. 559 ×10 4 C
C. 55900 ×106 D. 5591 ×103 A. 5 log A+5 log B−log C
B. 5 log A+5 log B−5 log C
C. 5 log A−5 log B−log C
 D. 5 log A−5 log B−5 log C b. 30, 50 d. 40, 50
1 31. The diagonals of a rhombus are 12cm and 5cm.
21. Express log a−log b as a single logarithm.
2 calculate its perimeter.

√
√ a B. log a C. log a D. A. 34cm B. 17cm C. 24cm D. 26cm
A. log 32. Mensah is 5 years old and Joyce is thrice as old as
b b √b
a Mensah. In how many years will Joyce be twice as
log old as Mensah.
b
A. 15years B. 10yeras C. 5years D. 3years
22. Evaluate log 1 3 √ 3. 33. The equation of a line is given as 3 x−5 y=7 . Find
9

−1 −3 −3 −1 its gradient (slope).

A. B. C. D. A. 3/5 B. -3/5 C. -5/3 D. 5/3
3 5 4 4
4−2 x
23. If √ 27− √ 243−3 √ 12= p √ r , find (r −p) . 34. For what values of x is undefined?
x +1
A. 9 B. 15 C. −9 D. −15
A. -2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2
24. Solve for x if √ 2+ √ 9 x+ 4=3. 35. Three exterior angles of a polygon are
A. 8 B. 5 C. 15 D. 19 30 ° , 40 °∧60 °. If the remaining exterior angles are
2 2
25. Expand and simplify ( √ x+ 3 ) −( 2 √ x−3 ) . 46 ° each, name the polygon
A. 18 √ x+3 x B. 18 √ x−3 x a. Decagon c. nonagon
C. 3 x−18 √ x D. 3+18 √ x b. Octagon d. hexagon
2
Th
26. Find the 5 term of the sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, … 36. If x + 1−( x−2 ) ( x+ 1 ). Given that t=2−x
A.36 B. 26 C. 24 D. 22 2 t 1
A. B. C. D. 2 t
27. Find the size of x in the diagram below. t 2 2t
3 y−3
x=
37. If 1 , for what values of y is x not
y ( y +1 )
x 2
defined?.
55 ° 1
A. and −1 B. 0 and−1
A. 35 ° B. 45 ° C. 155 ° D. 65 ° 2
28. Calculate the value of x .
x 1
C . and1 D. 0 and 15
2x 2x 2

3x
6x
38. If √ 15 ( 2
√ 27−
√3 )
is simplified as p √ q, where p
2x and q are real numbers. Find the value of ( p+q 2)
A. 245 B. 32 C. 54 D. 43
A. 52 ° B. 43 ° C. 23 ° D. 22.5 °
39. The fourth term of an arithmetic progression
−1 3 1
29. Solve < ( 3 x−2 ) < (AP) is 37 and the first term is -20. Find the
4 4 2
common difference.
5 8 −8 7
a. < x< c. < x< A. 17 B. 57 C. 19 D. 63
9 9 9 9
−8 5 −7 8 40. Given that 6, x, -4, y are consecutive terms in an
b. < x< d. < x< AP, Find the value of (xy)
9 9 9 9
30. The ratio of the present ages of mother to her A. -9 B. 9 C. 4 D. -4
daughter is 5 :3. ten years hence the ratio would be
3 :2. Find their present ages
a. 30, 40 c. 20, 50