BECE mock exam

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56 questions to work through. Answer them here, or take the whole thing timed with an account.

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Re-write 4825.617 to two decimal places.
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Express 0.15 as a fraction in its simplest form.
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Twice the breadth of a rectangle is its length. What is the area of the rectangle if the length is 18 cm?
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GH¢ 5,760.00 was shared among a group of boys and each boy had GH¢ 240.00. How many boys shared the money?
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Evaluate 2x - 3y(y - x) given that x = -1 and y = -2.
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Which equivalent ratio matches 6 : 9?
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Amina is 13 years older than Yaw. At the end of year 2013, Yaw was 14 years old. How old is Amina at the end of year 2025?
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Simplify 3√90 - √40.
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Find the gradient of a straight line that joins the points with coordinates (6, -2) and (-4, 4).
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A train covered a distance of 270 km in 45 minutes. Calculate the speed at which the train travelled in km/h.
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Find the image of the point (8, -5) under a reflection in the line y = 0.
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Factorize completely the expression 12mn + 6m - 2n² - n.
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The truth set of (2/3)x - 1 ≤ (1/2) + 2x is given as
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Use the mapping above to answer this question. What is the rule of the mapping?
Diagram for question 14
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Use the mapping above to answer this question. Find the value that replaces K in the mapping.
Diagram for question 15
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The sum of the internal angles of polygon is 2520°. How many sides has this polygon?
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Expand and simplify 5(t + 1) - (t - 1).
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If one pound is exchanged for GH¢ 18.00, how much pounds will be equivalent to GH¢ 6,300.00?
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One of the sides of a trapezium is 15 mm. After an enlargement by a scale factor, the side reduced to 10 mm. Find the scale factor.
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The mean of six numbers is 2.5. When one of the numbers was taken out, the mean dropped to 2.4. What is the value of the number taken out?
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The components of a vector PQ is (-4, -3). What is the magnitude of vector PQ?
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Write 9.678 as a number in three significant figures.
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The marked price of a text book is GH¢ 150.00. How much does Cynthia pay for 3 of such books at a discount of 10%?
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Find the Least Common Multiple of 40, 60 and 80.
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15 boys weeded a plot of land in 4 days. How many boys can weed the plot in 6 days if they work at the same rate?
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The bearing of Tepa from Ada is 105°. What is the bearing of Ada from Tepa?
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Make Z the subject of the relation: m/t + g = 1/Z.
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Three supplementary angles are 60°, 85° and w°. Find the value of w.
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The side of a cube is 12 cm. Find in cubic centimetres the space enclosed by the cube.
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Two set of lines have equal distance apart throughout their lengths. Such lines are said to be
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Find m - 2n given that m = (4, -6) and n = (1/2, 3/2).
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Arrange in ascending order of magnitude the following: 2/5, 1/3, 3/8.
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What is the value of x if 2^(x-3) = 4^(x+1)?
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Arafat invested GH¢ 6,000.00 at a rate of 2½% per annum for 8 months. Calculate the interest he received.
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There are 15 blue pens, 10 red pens and 7 green pens in a bag. If a pen is picked at random from the bag, what is the probability of selecting a red pen?
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Aku bought a dress for GH¢ 800.00 and sold it at a profit of 5%. How much did Aku sell the dress?
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A machine generated some numbers in the following order: 23, 32, 41, 50, K and U. What is the sum of the numbers at K and U?
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Evaluate 1(2/5) - (1/3 + 3/5).
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If P = {even numbers between 2 and 14} and Q = {multiples of two which are greater than 2 but less than 14}. Use the information to answer questions 39 and 40. Find the elements of P ∩ Q.
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If P = {even numbers between 2 and 14} and Q = {multiples of two which are greater than 2 but less than 14}. Use the information to answer questions 39 and 40. Sets P and Q are described as
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Evaluate \(1\frac{1}{5} - \left(\frac{2}{3} + \frac{1}{5}\right) \div 2\frac{3}{5}\).
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3800 people attended a music festival. The seats were in three categories. That is, GH¢ 400.00 each for VVIP seats, GH¢ 250.00 each for VIP seats and GH¢ 50.00 each for popular stand. If 600 people occupied the VVIP seats, and the number who occupied the popular stands are 3 times more than the number who occupied the VIP seats, calculate the total amount collected at the music festival.
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Using a scale of 2 cm to 20 minutes on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 10 km on the vertical axis, draw a distance-time graph for Mansa’s journey.
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Mansa rode a bicycle at a constant speed from her home for 1 hour before getting to a town, called Pato. At Pato, Mansa rested for 30 minutes after which she continued the journey to Kpatu using 1 hour 20 minutes at a constant speed. Mansa’s home to Pato and Kpatu are 30 km and 80 km respectively. How far did Mansa travel from Pato to Kpatu?
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Mansa rode a bicycle at a constant speed from her home for 1 hour before getting to a town, called Pato. At Pato, Mansa rested for 30 minutes after which she continued the journey to Kpatu using 1 hour 20 minutes at a constant speed. Mansa’s home to Pato and Kpatu are 30 km and 80 km respectively. Find the total time spent to travel from home to Kpatu.
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Mansa rode a bicycle at a constant speed from her home for 1 hour before getting to a town, called Pato. At Pato, Mansa rested for 30 minutes after which she continued the journey to Kpatu using 1 hour 20 minutes at a constant speed. Mansa’s home to Pato and Kpatu are 30 km and 80 km respectively. Calculate the average speed at which Mansa rode the bicycle from her home to Kpatu in km/h and to the nearest whole number.
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Akwasi, Haruna and Peter shared GH¢ 8,600.00 in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 respectively. Haruna invested his share at a rate of 15% per annum for 4 years. Calculate the amount Haruna had at the end of his investment.
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Akwasi, Haruna and Peter shared GH¢ 8,600.00 in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 respectively. Haruna invested his share at a rate of 15% per annum for 4 years. How much more money did Peter get than Akwasi?
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Find the truth set of \(3x - (x - 3) \leq x + 1\).
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The perimeter of a rectangular plot of land is 480 m. Calculate the area of the plot if the longer side of the plot measures 150 m.
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Given that, \(\overrightarrow{PQ}=\begin{pmatrix}-3\\8\end{pmatrix}\) and \(\overrightarrow{PR}=\begin{pmatrix}6\\-4\end{pmatrix}\), find the components of \(\overrightarrow{QR}\).
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Make \(T\) the subject of the relation: \(\frac{g}{T}=w+\frac{m}{n}\). Using the answer obtained, find the value of \(T\) when \(g=-3,\ n=2,\ w=1\) and \(m=4\).
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Using the answer obtained, find the value of \(T\) when \(g=-3,\ n=2,\ w=1\) and \(m=4\).
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Mr Kusi shared his property worth GH¢ 800,000.00 to his four children. The first child had GH¢ 250,000.00. The second had \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the remaining. If the third child had \(\frac{1}{3}\) of what still remained, how much did the last child get?
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Expand and simplify \((2q - 1)(3q + 4)\).
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The pie chart below shows the number of vehicles that used a certain road in a 5 minutes survey. If there are 25 motor bikes, how many saloon cars are there?
Diagram for question 56

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