Name... Index Number. GHANA February 2018 MATHEMATICS 2 & 1 (following instructions. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above. will be collected. Do not start Paper | until you are told to do so. Paper | will last 1 hour. The use of calculators is not allowed. © 2018 The Hx Acar Examination Coed . ‘bec/PO3U/28 1/6818 2 hours Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read and observe the This booklet consists of two papers. Answer Paper 2 which comes first, in your answer booklet and Paper | on your Objective Test answer sheet. Paper 2 will last 1 hour afier which the answer booklet2 Paper 2 Tho Essay : Answer four questions only. Alll questions carry equal marks. Ail working must be clearly shown. Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working, 1. @_Inaclass of40 students, 19 like singing, 13 like dancing and 7 like both singing and dancing, Using a Venn diagram, find the number of students who: (like singing or dancing; (i) donot like any of the two. (@) Solve: 30~ Sx < 2x49, © —@ Make R the subject ofthe relation: s= 2X 7XR_ 100 (From (©), if? =216, 1= 81 and T= 4, find the value of R, leaving the answer in mixed number form, a 2 (@)_ Forty-five pupils were asked to name their favourite colout. Their choices are shown in the table below. Color | aiue Red | Green |Yellow | Brack Frequeny | 9 12 ie 3 6 (Which of the colours is the most popular colour? (i) Draw a pie chart to represent the information in the table. (6) Factorise completely: 3y + 1 - 7x —21xy. (©) The diameter ofa cylindrical container is 22 em, Ifthe volume of the container is 1331 om’, calculate its height. [Take x = 2] 3. Using ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct: (2) @ triangle ABC such that the length 4B= 10 cm, length BC= 8 om and angle ABC = 60°. (i a perpendicular from C to meet 4B at K. Gi) Measure; (a) angle BAC; @ length cx, (6) Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the area of triangle ABC. 4 (@)_. MrAnkomah bought some story books at GH 5.00 each from a bookshop. Twelve of the books got missing. He then sold the rest at GHe¢ 7.00 each and made a profit of GH¢ 150-00 How many books did Mr. Ankomah buy? poecrPos02&Vegi85) Inthe diagram, triangle OQR is the enlargement of triangle OPS, |OP| PS) = 20 cm, |OR| = 35 om and the side SP is parallel to the side RQ. Cal @ Gi) (6) Mr. Amo left some money to be shared between Kwame and Abena in the ratio 5:7 respectively. If Abena had GH¢ 45.00 more than Kwame, find each person’s share. 6. (@)_ Copy and complete the tables of values for the two linear equations y =2~2x and y 3 16cm, culate the: scale factor of the enlargement; length OQ. ~6 12 1 (a) Given that a= ("7 )and b=(_% ), find e= 5 (a for the values of x from 1 to 3. ye d-2e ). ES ae ee y 2 -4 (6) Using a scale of 2 em to 1 unit on both axes, draw on the same graph sheet the graphs of (©) Using the graph, find the values of x and y at the point where the two lines meet. pheerPosozeieg18 1 lines y= 2-2x and y= (x +1) END OF ESSAY TEST Nor Drawn To ScateUse 2B pencil throughout. On the pre-printed answer sheet, check that the following details are correetly printed: Your surname followed by your other names, the Subject Name, your Index Number, Centre ‘Number and the Paper Code. In the boxes marked Candidate Number, Centre Number and Paper Code, reshade each of the DO NOT TURN OVER THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. YOU WILL BE PENALIZED SEVERELY IF YOU ARE FOUND LOOKING AT THE NEXT PAGE BEFORE YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Answer all the questions on your Objective Test answer sheet, An example is given below. This is for a female candidate whose name is Joan Esi Amu. Her index number is 772384188 and she is writing the examination at Cenore Number 77234. She is offering Mathematics | and the Paper Code is 0301 THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL, GHANA BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION OBJECTIVE ANSWER SHEET CANDIDATE NAMED AMU JOAN ESI MATHEMATICS 1 Tes Epa REST seanereccnquedon by choosing one Ietercnctnen macs taugh hate hoesnine ns eAS age c= eDe cE |fyauwer fo change an crew, eta eu fi mon. cometatel CANDIDATE NUMBER PAPER CODE 3 olt lesa eso esaiesoesalesa Ps ay Esso esaleo> Egalesn egal oa eas — act os Pe cl er ee eos om leas 3 = ce ler ke less (© 2018 The Hest Arcan Examinations Council aAnswer all questions. Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find 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 ome answer to each question. An example is given below. If3n-+2=8, find the value of n. A 10 Bo 6 ic 3 D2 The correct answer is 2, which is lettered D and therefore answer space D would be shaded. sA> cB=> C= —= ces Think carefully before you shade the answer spaces. Erase completely any answers you wish to change Do ail rough work on this question paper. universal set JL. ie Which of the following represent the set N? AL {3,5} B. (7.9.11) C. {2,3,4,5,8) D. (3,5,7,9,11} 2 1, 2,3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8,9} and Q= {x: x>4, where x is an even number}, find P/N Q. A. Q} B {6,8} C. {46,8} D. {2,4,6,8} 3. Inthe Venn diagram, set 4 has 30 members and set B has 20 members. If AU B=45, find An. B. n(A) =30 (B)=20 A 25 Be 15 ci D. 5 poeciPOSO/2&I/egt8 Now answer the following questions. 1, The Venn diagram shows the relationship between two sets M and N which are subsets of the5. 10. ue 7 ‘What is the value of 2 in the numeral 428,555, A 200 B, 2,000 c 20,000 D. 200,000 Subtract nine hundred and twenty-five from one thousand and fourteen A. Ninety - eight B. Eighty-nine C. One hundred and one D. —_Eighthundred and nine Atmidnight the temperature was -1] °C and by noon it was 3 °C. What was the rise in temperature? A 38°C B. 9°c CE ite D. 14°C 3.3 Simplify: 75 * iy 1 A. DD 2 BS 2. c be nt ‘What is the largest prime factor of 2252 A 3 B. 5 Cc 5 Do Evaluate: 8* + (32+ 2)-23-5). A 2 B. 4 c 8 D6 ‘A square has the same perimeter as a rectangle. The rectangle is of length 10 em and breadth 6 em. Find the area of the square. AL 64om? B. 600m? Cc 320m? D. 16cm? Ina class, 55 % of the students are girls, What is the ratio of the number of boys to girls? 20 9:11 9:20 A. B cc. D9 Turn over pec/PO30/281eg188 12. Simplify: ib - B A 3h Bes ce 3 o 4 13, Express the ratio 240 em : 2.1 m in its simplest form. 3:2 comp 4 6 8 14, What is the total cost of x shirts at GH¢ 5.00 each and y shirts at GH¢ 1.50 each? A. GH¢ (r+ 1.5y) B. GH¢ Gy+ 15x) C. GHe 5@ + 1.5y) D. - GH¢ 1.5(5x+y) 15 A trader can buy 24 tins of milk at GH¢ 0.85 each. Ifa sachet of milo costs GH¢ 1.20, how many sachets can he buy with the same amount? A B17 ea) Dd 2 4 16, Evaluate; 26*10 14x10? A 40x10 B. 40x10? C. 4.0x10? D. 4.0x108 17. If3 out of 8 pupils ina class of 48 like football, how many pupils like football in the class? A 6 ee ce D. 3619, 20. 21. 22. 23, 24, 9 A bag contains 18 green and 3 white identical balls. Ifa ball is picked at random from the bag, find the probability that the ball is white, 1 oy Bot 2 c 4 6 pv § A shop increased all its prices by 8 % . Ifa man bought an article for GH¢ 540,000.00 from the shop, find the original price of the article. A. GH¢ 496,800.00 B. GH 500,000.00 C. GHE 543,200.00 D. —_GH¢583.200.00 ‘Write 0.000437 in standard form. A, 437x104 B. 437x105 Cc. 437x107 D. 437x104 A farmer feeds 20 pigs with 500 kg of cassava. How many pigs can be fed with 200 ky of cassava? A 2 BOS c 8 D0 The interior angles of a hexagon are x°, x°, 2x°, 31°, 4x® and 42°, Find the value of x. A. 12° B24? Cc. 48° D6 Kofi bought a book at GH¢ 4.50 and sold it for GHe 4.00. Find the percentage loss A 83% Ba % Cc. 12b% D. 124% Ifx=—2, evaluate x7 + 4y— 14. 20 18 -10 -2 pop Turn over phec/PO3O/2& eg26. 27. 28. 29. 30, 31. 32. pectPas 10 Find the sum of money that will yield an interest of GH¢ 450.00 in 3 simple interest. A. GHe 1,000.00 B. GH¢1,350.00 Cc, GHE2,025.00 D. — GHE2,552.50 fears at 15% per annum Find the mean score of the following test scores: 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 6. A 4 Bea Cc 6 D8 A trader made a profit of 20 % after selling her goods for GH¢ 180.00. Find the cost price. A. GH¢ 36.00 B. GH¢ 144.00 Cc. GH¢ 150.00 D. — GH¢216.00 Make p the subject of the relation: g = 2* A i) B 1 aaa) D. p=sqel What isthe gradient of the ine passing through 4 vow ‘The volume of oil in a rectangular tank is 60 cm>. The length of the tank is 5 cm and its breadth is 2 em, Calculate the depth of oil in the tank. A. 3am B. 4om son D. 6cm Make x the subject of the relation: ¥ eiiegiu 33. How many faces has a triangular pyramid? A 3 M Be cos ms G Sem 34, In triangle MNS, [MM = [MS| = 15 em and [NS| = 18 om, Find [MPI A. 3cm B. 4cm ce cn y P 7 D. 12cm 18em -,% 0 1,23 4 Nor Drawn To Scate 38. Whatisthe rule forthe mapping? |} J* { | 4 yo1l 49 6 ee Ba ese Co x 42r D. xr 36. The image of the point (2, 4) under the translation by vector P is (5, 3). Find the vector P. -3 A. 1 3 5s () 1 © () D. ( a ) 7 37. The bearing of X from ¥ is 045°, Find the bearing of Y from X. AL 14s BL 18s? Cc 25° D. 235° 38. Find the length of the vector ( ¢ ). A. 10units B. 12units C. 4units D. 16units 39. Find the circumference of a circle whose area is 100x em? A. Smem B. 10xem c C.. 1smem D. — 20nem a 40. From the construction, what is angle BAC? \ ee 20 B 30° 4 B ‘ > ‘Nor Drawn To Scan phee/POs0/2&:Veaie END OF PAPER