301 S. H. S. C. E. Name: .

MAY 2011
MATHEMATICS
1"&2 Identification Number: .
Objective and Essay Tests
2 1!2hours

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

May2011 MATHEMATICS 2\12 hours

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read ai1d observe the following
instructions carefully. Write your name and identification number in the space provided above.
This paper consists oftwo parts: Papers 1 and 2. Answer Paper 1 on your Objective Test Answer Sheet and Paper 2
in YOllr Answer Booklet. Paper 1 will last for 1 hour after which the answer sheet will be collected. Do not start
Paper 2 until you are told to do so. Paper 2 will last for 1'l'2 hOllrs.

PAPER 1
OBJECfIVE TEST
[40 marks] 1 hour
1. Use 2B pencil throughout.
2. On the objective answer sheet supplied, provide the following details correctly:
(a) Supply the information required in the spaces marked CENTER NAME, CENTER No, SCHOOL NAME
and SCHOOL No..
(b) In the space marked STUDENT'S NAME, write your surname followed by your other names. Write your
identification number in the space marked STUDENT No.
(c) In the spaces marked SUBJECTand GRADE, write MATHEMATICS and 12TH in that order.
. (d) In the box marked iDENTiFiCATiON NUMBER, provide your identification number vertical1y in the
; spaces on the left-hand side, and shade each numbered space in line with each digit. This identification
number must be the same as the one indicated on your Admission Slip. Repeat the process with the
COlTect information for the box marked YEAR OF FiRSTENTRY.
(e) In the box marked Subject Code, write the digits 301 vertically in the spaces on the left-hand side. Shade
the corresponding numbered spaces as you did for your identification number.
3. An example is given below. This is for a female candidate whose name is Wynna A. FANIA,
Her identification number is 001011210, her first entry is in 2011 and she is offering MATHEMATiCS.

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Objective Test IV2hours

[40 marks]

Answer all questions.

Paper 1 consists offifty questions. Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D.
Determine the correct option for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the answer space
which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to a question.

An example is given below.

Round 9.9950 to two decimal places.

A. 9.90
B. 9.91
C. 9.99
D. 10.00
The correct answer is 10.00, which is lettered D, and therefore answer spaceD would be shaded.

c::: A :=) c::::B=::J

Think carefully before you shade the answer spaces; erase completely any answers you wish to change.

Do all rough work on this question paper. Now answer the following questions:

1. If P = {factors of 42} and

Q = {factors of 54}, find P n Q.
4. A television set was sold for $300 which
A. {1,3, 6} indicated a loss of 20%. Find the cost price of
B. {l, 2, 3, 6} the TV.
C. {I, 2, 3}
D. {l, 2, 6}
A. $275
B. $350
2. In a given regular polygon, the ratio of the C. $375
sum of the exterior angles to the interior D. $450
angles is 1:3. How many sides does the
polygon have? 5. A vertical pole is 6m high. If the pole casts a
shadow 9m long at the same time a tree casts a
A. 5 shadow 30m long, find the height of the tree.
B. 6
C. 7 A. 54 m
D. 8 B. 30m
C. 20m
3. Solve for x in the equation D. 15 m
2(2x+l) _ 9(2 X ) + 4 = 0
4+3i
6. Simplify:
A. (-1,2) 3-4i
B. (1, -2)
C. (1,2) A. 25i
D. (-1,-2) B.
C. -/

D. -25i

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p •••• The pie chart below shows the number of rabbits,

sheep, cattle and pigs on a farm. Use it to answer
7. Given that tane =~ and that questions 12 and 13.
12
0° < e < 90°, what is the value of
cosEl - sine?

T
A. ­
13 Rabbits
8 900
B. ­
13
9
e. ­
13
12
D. ­
13
12. What angle represents the number of sheep on
8. Marie has some quarters while Kollie has the farm?
some nickels. If the number of quarters is
four more than three times the number of A. 45°
nickels and the total value of their money B. 60°
is $5.80, find -the number of quarters. e. 80°
D. 105°
A. 6
B. 8 13. What is the probability that an animal selected
e. 20 by the farmer for a feast will be a pig?
D. 22
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9. If M and N are two intersecting sets such
A.
8
that n(M) = 20, n(N)=30 and 5
n(MuN) = 40, find n(MnN). B.
24
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A. 10 e.
B. 20 24
e. 50
D.
3
D. 60 8

= 2 and xy =8
10. Solve for x and y in logx y

A. (-2,4)
14. SoIveforxin:4x+ fz ;] ~[1~ ~]
B. (2,4)
e. (-2, -4)
D. (2, -4)

11. Express 2-1 % as decImal.

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4
A. 0.25
B. 0.0225
e. 2.25
D. 2.75

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15. Evaluate loglo.J35 + loglo.J2 -logJO..fi 20. Write 1.02616 correct to3 significant figures.
A. 1.02
1 B. 1.026
A. -­ C. 1.0262
3 D. 1.03 :; .:
1
B. -­
2 21. If x+ y = 2, the~ '9x+9y
1 a- b 3 lOa -lOb
C. ­
3
1 is equal to
D. ­
2 ,"\
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A. ­
10
20
B. ­
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A. 2a~ 2
C. ­
B. 2aW 3
C. . 2 ax Q D. ­
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D. 2 Va2x
22. Change 235(6) to a base ten numeral. .
17. How many pounds of cornmeal costing 25
cents should be mixed with 15 pounds of A. 95
flour costing 16 cents to produce a mixture B. 99
of 22 cents a pound? e. 102
D. 107 .....' ..
A. 33 pounds
B. 30 pounds 23. Find the sum of the first five terms in the
c.. 22 pounds progression 7, 2, -3, ....
D. 20 pounds A. 85
B. 25
18. If 7n x 73 = 7/2, what is the value of n? e. -15
A. 36 D.-rJ5
B. 15
C. 9 24. How many sides are there in a hexagon?
D. 4 A. 9
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B. 8
19. In the diagram below, if l/Im, and r =91, C. 7
then what is the value for D. 6
t + u?
n 25. How manyliters are there ina cubic :..
centimeter? .
A. 10
B. 1 ~.~.
e. 0.1
D. 0.001
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A. 178 26. Express 2.35x 10 - 4 as a decimal number.

B. 179 A. 2;3;500
C. 180 B..2,350
D. 181 C. .0.000235
D. 0.0000235

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'1.7. _ An angle whose vertex is a point on a 32. What is the median score?
circle is called A. 2
A. a central angle. B. 3
B, an inscribed angle. C. 4
C:
."~:''': avertical angle. D. 5
D. an arc.
33. How many students took this test?
28. - If x is a positive integer satisfying
··-x?=k'and XO c: m, which of the A. 20
following must be equal to Xl I? B. 15
m2 C. 6
A. D. 5
k
B. ",2 _ k 34. What is the mean score?
2
C. m -7
A. 5
D. 2k- m B. 4
3 C. 3
%9. _Find the distance between the points D. 2
(-3.2) and .(5. -4).
35. Which of the fol1owing is not a factor of 80?
A. 100
B. 64 A. 5
C: 36­ B. 8
D. 10 C. 12
D. l6
30. Solve for x in .J4x -11 ::: 2..[; -1.
USl! the equation below to answer questions 36 and 37.
A.
B.
C.
9
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-5
M:=g;z K

1-­
pz
D. -9

The diagram below shows the scores of a group 36. Find M if K = 9, P =5 and V = 4.
of 121b graders on a Mathematics test. Use it to
answer questions 31 to 34. A. 14
B. 15
C.
m ~ 1 1 ~ ~ ) D.
16
17

31.
• 1 1

Find the mode of the scores.

~ ~ 1 1 37. Make V the subject of the
equation.

A.
A. 2
B. 3 B.
C. 4
D. 5

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38. Solve 1- 2x + 11 :s; 1. 43. Find the simple interest on $10,000.pO

at an interest rate of 20% for 6 months.
A. -I:S; x:S; 1
A. $1,000.00
B. -I:S; x:S; 0
B. $2,000.00
C. o:s; x:S; 1 C. $3,000.00
D. o~ x:S;-I D. $4,000.00

39. Of the 6 courses offered by the music ..

44. If - 3 is one of the roots of 2r2 + 6{- 3 = 0,
department in her school, Musulyn must what is the value for b?
choose exactly two of them. How many
different combinations of two courses are
A. 5
possible for Musulyn if there are no
B. 4
restrictions on which two courses she can
choose? C. -4
D. -5
A. 12
B. 15 45. In a class of 80 students, every student had, fO
study Economics, Geography or both. If 65
C. 24
students studied Economics and 50 studied
D. 30
Geography, how many students studied both
subjects?
40. If the function off is defined as A. 15
f(x) =;;- - 7x + 10 andf(t + 1) = 0,
B. 30
what are the possible values of t?
C. 35
A. (1,4)
D. 45
B. (-1,4)
C. (1, -4)
46. In the diagram below, ST and QR are parallel,
D. (-1, -4) 2
IPSI = 6 em, ISQI = 8 em and /PRI= 18 - em.
3
41. What is the area of the trapezoid below? Find /PT/.
p
20

s /- ...... T

Q R
A. 80
B. 120
C. 240 A. 7em
D. 360 B. 8em
C. gem
42. What is the least common multiple of D. 10 em
6,8 and 12?
47. If Y varies directly as the square of x and
A. 24 inversely as z and y = 2, when x = 5 and
B. 48 z = 100, find y when x =3 and z = 4.
C. 72
A. 18
D. 144
B. 16
C. 10
D. 8

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48. Simplify )og,fj 27.J3 50. If cos x is negative and sin x is also negative,
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which of the following is true?
A. 0° < x < 90°
A. 5
B. 90° < x < 180'}
B. 3
C. 1800 < x < 2700
C. 7
D. 270° < x < 3GO°
D. 9

49. A sack of grain can feed 80 chickens

for 18 days,. How long will this sack
of grain last for 120 chickens? END OF OBJECTIVE TEST

A. 9 days
B. 12 days
C. 13 days
D. 28 days

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PAPER 2 1~ hours
ESSAY
[ 60 marks]

Paper 2 consists of seven questions divided into two sections, A & B. Section A has fOUl' cOIII/llilson'
questions and section B has three questions for which you are required to ansWer any two.
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Write your answers in ink (blue or black) only.

For each question, all necessary details of working including diagrams must be shown with the allSWr r,

Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of material.

SECTION A
COMPULSORY

[36 marksl

Answer all the questions in this section.

1. (a) Solve for x and y in 2x + 6y = 10 and 3 x - 2y =~­

27

p
(b) F ind P I'f 2
- - - - - IS
3 . expresse d as
x-3 x-2

3 ..
2. (a) Write the quadratic equation whose roots have a sum of - and a product of 3.
2

1
(b) The probability that an event A occurs is and the probability that event n (l(TII!! b.
5
1
If the two events are independent, find the probability that at least one (lr fhl
3
events occurs.

2
3. (a) If (a - 3) is one of the factors of a + 14a - 51, find the other factor.

(b) A doctor has 20 ounces of a 30% Argyrols solution. How many OllIlC(~S 111'11 ,1()IJi,
solution should he add to produce a 32% Argyrols solution?

given that 3~·. = p

n 2
4. (a) Find the value of 3 +

(b) Simplify: 3J28 - 5.J63. + 4-Ji12

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SECTION B
[24 marks]

Answer any two questions in this section.

5. III ,'u~ (//(lI(r(lm, IPSI = 2Ocm, and LSPR = 60°.

p 6cm Q R

(a) Calculate ISRI.

(b) Find the value of QR.

(c) Find the area of triangle PRS.

1h
6. (a) The first tenn of an arithmetic progression is - 8. If the ratio of the 7 th and 9
term is 5:8, find the common difference of the progression.

(b) Mrs. Peters invested $8,000.00 in bonds and savings. If the bonds
yielded an interest of 4% and the savings an interest of 5%, how
much was invested in savings if the income from both investments
Will) $380.007

7. R is the midpoint of PT, and Q is the midpoint of PR . If S is a point between Rand

- - -
T such that the length of QS is 10 and the length of PS is 19, find the length of ST
with the help of a diagram not drawn to scale.

END OF PAPER

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