Fast Printing Dec 205 Mathematics

Fast Printing Dec 205 Mathematics - Paper 1 - Objective Test Instructions

Answer all the 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 one answer to each question.

Question 1

Re-write 4825.617 to two decimal places.

Question 2

Express 0.15 as a fraction in its simplest form.

Question 3

Twice the breadth of a rectangle is its length. What is the area of the rectangle if the length is 18 cm?

Question 4

GH¢ 5,760.00 was shared among a group of boys and each boy had GH¢ 240.00. How many boys shared the money?

Question 5

Evaluate 2x - 3y(y - x) given that x = -1 and y = -2.

Question 6

Which equivalent ratio matches 6 : 9?

Question 7

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?

Question 8

Simplify 3√90 - √40.

Question 9

Find the gradient of a straight line that joins the points with coordinates (6, -2) and (-4, 4).

Question 10

A train covered a distance of 270 km in 45 minutes. Calculate the speed at which the train travelled in km/h.

Question 11

Find the image of the point (8, -5) under a reflection in the line y = 0.

Question 12

Factorize completely the expression 12mn + 6m - 2n² - n.

Question 13

The truth set of (2/3)x - 1 ≤ (1/2) + 2x is given as

Question 14

Use the mapping above to answer this question. What is the rule of the mapping?

Question 15

Use the mapping above to answer this question. Find the value that replaces K in the mapping.

Question 16

The sum of the internal angles of polygon is 2520°. How many sides has this polygon?

Question 17

Expand and simplify 5(t + 1) - (t - 1).

Question 18

If one pound is exchanged for GH¢ 18.00, how much pounds will be equivalent to GH¢ 6,300.00?

Question 19

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.

Question 20

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?

Question 21

The components of a vector PQ is (-4, -3). What is the magnitude of vector PQ?

Question 22

Write 9.678 as a number in three significant figures.

Question 23

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%?

Question 24

Find the Least Common Multiple of 40, 60 and 80.

Question 25

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?

Question 26

The bearing of Tepa from Ada is 105°. What is the bearing of Ada from Tepa?

Question 27

Make Z the subject of the relation: m/t + g = 1/Z.

Question 28

Three supplementary angles are 60°, 85° and w°. Find the value of w.

Question 29

The side of a cube is 12 cm. Find in cubic centimetres the space enclosed by the cube.

Question 30

Two set of lines have equal distance apart throughout their lengths. Such lines are said to be

Question 31

Find m - 2n given that m = (4, -6) and n = (1/2, 3/2).

Question 32

Arrange in ascending order of magnitude the following: 2/5, 1/3, 3/8.

Question 33

What is the value of x if 2^(x-3) = 4^(x+1)?

Question 34

Arafat invested GH¢ 6,000.00 at a rate of 2½% per annum for 8 months. Calculate the interest he received.

Question 35

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?

Question 36

Aku bought a dress for GH¢ 800.00 and sold it at a profit of 5%. How much did Aku sell the dress?

Question 37

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?

Question 38

Evaluate 1(2/5) - (1/3 + 3/5).

Question 39

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.

Question 40

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