JSMQ Preparations - Mathematics Set-1
JSMQ Preparations - Mathematics Set-1
ANS: 34km/h
2. Find the distance in km travelled by a train moving at 220m/s for 20 minutes. ANS: 52.8km
3. Find the average speed in km/h of a car that travels 90km in 2 hours 15 minutes. ANS: 40km/h
4. A man covered a distance of 15000m in 90 minutes in his car. Find his speed in km/h.ANS: 10km/h
What decimal fraction of a revolution are the following angles?
5. 45o ANS: 0.125
o
6. 100 ANS: 0.27
o
7. 30 ANS: 0.083
o
8. 105 ANS: 0.291
Find the magnitude of the following vectors.
9. CD = (-3,4) ANS: 5units
10. AB = (5,12) ANS: 13units
11. PQ = (9,12) ANS: 15units
12. RS = (-6,8) ANS: 10units
13. What is the rule for the mapping if x→y, 0→0, 1→1, 2→4, 3→9, 4→16. ANS: x→x2
14. Find the rule for the mapping x→y, 1→10, 2→21, 3→32, 4→43, 5→54 ANS: x→(11x-1)
15. Determine the rule for the mapping. X→y, 1→7, 2→11, 3→15, 4→19, 5→23. ANS: 4x+3
16. Generate the rule for the mapping. X→y, -2→6, -1→3, 0→2, 1→3, 2→6 ANS: x→x2+2
Find the angle with which the minute hand moves between the following times
33. 2:15pm – 3:00pm. ANS: 270o
34. 7:15am – 9:45am. ANS: 900o
35. 4:15am – 5:20am ANS: 390o
36. 10:45am – 11:15am ANS: 180o
37. Find the value of a in 1/a = 1/3 ANS: 3
38. Solve for x in 1/x = 1/9 ANS: 9
39. Find the value of r in 3/4r = 1/3 ANS: 9/4 or 21/4 or 2.25
40. Find s in 1/30 = 1/6s ANS: 5
Express the following as a product of their prime factors
41. 180 ANS: 22 × 32×5
42. 72 ANS: 23×32
43. 81 ANS: 34
44. 64 ANS: 26
Simplify the following
45. 159÷157 ANS: 225
-2 -3
46. (27×3 )(8×2 ) ANS: 3
6 -3
47. 7 × 7 ANS: 1
4
7 7
6 4 4 2
48. (2 × 3 )÷(2 ×3 ) ANS: 36
49. Multiply 5.25 by 0.2 ANS: 1.05
50. What is 0.35 × 0.7 ANS: 0.245
51. Multiply 0.6 by 0.15 ANS: 0.09
52. Find the product of 0.25 and 0.05. ANS: 0.0125
Given the ages of children who attended a clinic as follows 5, 1,3,1,1,7,5,1?
53. What is the modal age? ANS: 1
54. Find the median. ANS: 2
55. Calculate the mean age ANS: 3
56. What is the probability that a child picked at random is below 5 years? ANS: 5/8
𝑥 2
57. 4 =8 ans: 𝒙 = 𝟑
𝑥+3
58. 3 = 27 ans: 𝒙 = 𝟎
59. 𝑥 3 =2(5−2) ans: 𝒙 = 𝟐
2
60. 2𝑥=𝑥 ans: 𝒙 = 𝟐
61. 8 men can build a wall in 10 days; how long will it take 2 men if they work at the same rate? ans: 40
days
62. If 3 men paint a wall in 3 hours, how many men will paint the same wall in 30 minutes? ans: 18 men
63. If 20 men can dig a trench in 15 hours, how many men can dig the same trench in 10 hours if they
work at the same rate? ans: 30 men
64. If 15 boys can do a piece of work in 60 days, how many boys will be required to complete the work
in 20 days? ANS: 45 boys
Rhombus, Trapezium, Parallelogram, Kite, Rectangle
65. In which of the figures are the opposite sides parallel? ANS: Parallelogram, rhombus and
rectangle
66. In which of the figures are the diagonals perpendicular? ANS: Kite and Rhombus
67. In which of the figures do the diagonals bisect each other? ANS: Rhombus, Parallelogram and
Rectangle
68. In which of the figures are the opposite sides equal? ANS: Rectangle, Parallelogram and
Rhombus
69. Rotate (4,-3) through 180˚ anticlockwise ans: (-4,3)
70. A rotation through 90˚ anticlockwise of (−𝑥, −𝑦) equals… ans: (y, -x)
71. Reflect the point (-2, 4) in the line x=0. ANS: (2,4)
72. Find the image of the point (-1,-2) under rotation through 90o about the origin. ANS: (2,1)
73. What is the HCF of 10,15 and 25 ANS: 5
74. Find the Highest common factor of 21,27 and 33. ANS: 3
75. What is the HCF of 48, 30 and 18. ANS: 6
76. Find the HCF of 12, 18 and 30. ANS: 6
77. After decreasing an article by 23%, the new price was GHC308. What was the original price?
ANS: 400
78. After increasing the price of an article by 20%, the new price was GHC 3000. What was the original
price? ANS: GHC 2500
79. The population of a town in 2008 was 60,000. The population was increases by 25% in 2010. What
was the population in 2010? ANS: 75,000
80. The cost of a dress in 1957 was GHC50.00. in 1960, the cost of the same dress was GHC75.00. Find
the percentage increase. ANS: 50%
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81. A prism with volume 64cm is reduced by a scale factor ½. What is the volume of the reduced
prism? ANS: 8cm3
82. The radius of
83. a circle is 2 times that of another, what is the relationship between their areas? ANS: The area of
2
the bigger circle 2 or 4 times the smaller one.
84. In an enlargement the area of a new figure is 64 times the area of the original figure. What is the
scale factor of the enlargement? ANS: 8
85. A square of side 7cm is enlarged by a scale factor of 2. What is the area of the enlarged square?
ANS: 196cm2
Find the exterior angle of the regular polygon with the following sides
86. 8 ANS: 45o
87. 12 ANS: 30o
88. 14 ANS: 25.7o
89. 11 ANS: 32.7o
90. Eunice is three times as old as Mavis. The sum of their ages is 60. How old is Mavis?ans: 15 yrs
91. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 9. Find the least number. ans: 2. [the numbers are: 2,3,4]
92. Five times a number is four more than the number. Find the number. ans: 1
93. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 24. Find the biggest number. ANS: 10 (6,8,10)
An operation is defined as a*b = a+b find
a-b
94. 2*1 ANS: 3
95. 2*(3+1) ANS: -3
96. (4-3)*(5-3) ANS: -3
97. -5*3 ANS: ¼ or 0.25
98. P={x:x is a multiple of three less than 18.} ANS: n(P)=5
99. Q = {x:x is a factor of 72} ANS: n(Q) = 12
100. R = {x:x is an even number between 5 and 21} ANS: n(R) = 8
101. M = {x:x is a prime number less than 15} ANS: n(M) = 6
If the value of the marked price of an item is equivalent to 100% and the discount is x%, deduce an
expression for determining the following;
102. New Price ANS: (100-x)% × original price
103. Original price ANS: 100/(100-x) × new price
104. Percentage Discount allowed ANS: Reduction in price/original price × 100
105. Amount saved ANS: x/100 × original price
106. Add 3hrs 48mins to 2hours 50mins ANS: 6hrs 38mins
107. Subtract 2hrs 55mins from 8hrs 36mins ANS: 5hrs 41mins
108. Find the sum of 3hrs 45mins and 6hrs 45mins ANS: 10hrs 30mins
109. Deduct 5hrs 35mins from 9hrs 59mins ANS: 4hrs 24mins
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110. A prism with volume 64cm is reduced by a scale factor ½. What is the volume of the
reduced prism? ANS: 8cm3
111. The radius of
112. a circle is 2 times that of another, what is the relationship between their areas? ANS: The
area of the bigger circle 22 or 4 times the smaller one.
113. In an enlargement the area of a new figure is 64 times the area of the original figure. What is
the scale factor of the enlargement? ANS: 8
114. A square of side 7cm is enlarged by a scale factor of 2. What is the area of the enlarged
square? ANS: 196cm2
115. A rod is 107/8m long. 4/9 of it is cut off. What is the remaining length? ANS: 145/24 or
1
6 /24
116. A length if 7/8 cm is divided into 8 equal parts. What is the length of each part? ANS: 7/64
117. A length if 7/8 cm is divided into 8 equal parts. How much does 1 division differ from 1/8?
ANS: 1/64
118. Three measurements end to end are 415/32cm, 19/16cm and 27/8cm. What is the total length?
ANS: 285/32 or 829/32cm
119. Express 34m 5cm 6mm in millimeters. ANS: 34056mm
120. The length of 6 bridges is 64m 35 cm. what is the total length of the bridge in cm. ANS:
38,610cm
121. Each of 4 railways measures 82m 45cm. Find the total length of the railway in cm.
ANS: 32,980cm
122. Fiifi ran 16 times around a playground. If the distance around the playground is 200m how
far did he run in millimeters? ANS: 3,200,000mm
With {1,3,5,7} as domain, construct a mapping chart for the rule
123. X→x2 ANS: 1→1, 3→9, 5→25, 7→49
124. X→x+2 ANS: 1→3, 3→5, 5→7, 7→9
125. X→3x – 1 ANS: 1→2, 3→8, 5→14, 7→20
126. X→x – 1 ANS: 1→0, 3→2, 5→4, 7→6
127. The volume of a cube is 216cm3. Find the area of one of its faces. ANS: 36cm2
128. The volume of water in a cuboid is 9m3. The length of the cuboid is 3m and the breadth is
2m. calculate the depth of the water in the cuboid. ANS: 1.5m
129. The volume of a cuboid is 150m3. If its base area is 75m2, find its height. ANS: 2m
130. A rectangular box has length 20cm, width 6cm and height 4cm. find how many cubes of size
2cm that will fit into the box? ANS: 60
131. Find the gradient of the line 2x+4y = 3 ANS: -1/2
132. If the equation of a line is 2x – 8y + 3 = 0, find its gradient. ANS: ¼
133. If the gradient of a line is 2 and (3,-1) is a point on the line, find its equation.
ANS: y=2x-7 or y-2x+7=0
134. Find the equation of the line with gradient 3 passing through the point (0,1).ANS: y=3x+1 or
y-3x-1=0
135. If 1/3 of a number is added to 1/5 of the same number, the result is 8. Find the number.
ANS: 15
136. 5/6 of the number of pupils in a class is 4 greater than three-quarters of the number in the
class. How many are in the class. ANS: 48
137. Find the value of x if 3x-2 all over five is greater than 1-4x all over 10 by 5. ANS: 5.5
138. Ama is four times as old as Akua. In ten years, Ama will be twice as old as Akua. How old is
Ama now. ANS: 20years.
139. The set of even numbers between 2 and 30. ANS: {x:x is an even number and 2<x<30}
140. The set of prime numbers greater than 15. ANS: {x:x is a prime number and x>15}
141. The set of integers less than 10. ANS: {x:x is an integer and x<10}
142. The set of odd numbers from 1 to 10. ANS: {x:x is an odd number and 1≤x≤10}
143. If a prism has 8 edges and 4 vertices, how many faces does it have? ANS: 6
144. How many edges will a prism with 12 faces and 9 vertices have? ANS: 19
145. A certain prism has 15 edges and 10 faces. Find the number of vertices. ANS: 7
146. If a prism has 8 faces and 4 vertices. Calculate the number of edges. ANS: 10
Approximate 67.4825
147. 2 decimal places ANS: 67.48
148. 3 decimal places ANS: 67.483
149. 1 significant figure ANS: 70
150. 3 significant figures ANS: 67.5
Find the inverse of the mapping
151. x→x+3 ANS: x→x-3
152. x→x-8 ANS: x→x+8
153. x→2x+1 ANS: x→x – 1
2
154. y→y2 ANS: y→√y
155. The volume of a cuboid is 150m3. If its base area is 75m2, find its height. ANS: 2m
156. The volume of water in a cuboid is 9m3. The length of the cube is 3m and breadth is 2m.
calculate the depth of the water in the tank. ANS: 1.5m
157. A rectangular box has length 20cm, width 6cm and height 4cm. how many cubes of size 2cm
can fit into the box? ANS: 60
158. Evaluate (64)5/6 ANS: 32
1/2
159. Evaluate (156) ANS: 24
-1/5
160. Evaluate (32) ANS: ½
161. Evaluate (64)-1/2 ANS: 1/8
162. Find the value of R in the sequence 1,4,7,R,13,16 ANS:10
163. Find the value of P in the sequence P, 4, 8, 16, 32. ANS: 2
164. Find the value of N in the sequence 2,4,16,N,65,536 ANS: 256
165. What is the value of Z in the sequence 12,Z,26,33,40 ANS: 19
166. If x=(-3,2) and y=(4,-1) calculate 3x-y ANS: (-13,7)
167. If v=(-2,3) and u=(4,5) find u+3v ANS: (10,18)
168. If p=(1,2), q=(-2,3) and r=(1,1) evaluate 2p-q+r ANS: (5,2)
169. If a=(2,4) and b=(-2,6) find c such that c=2a + b ANS: (2,14)
170. A trader buys a dozen pens at Ghc 4.80p and sells them at 48Gp each. What is her percentage
profit? ANS: 20%
171. A woman bought a sewing machine for Ghc 800.00 and sold it at Ghc 920.00. Find the
percentage profit? ANS: 15%
172. A man bought a car for Ghc 55,000 and sold it for Ghc 65,000. Find the percentage gain.
ANS: 18.18%
173. Akosua bought 480 pineapples for Ghc 24.00 she sells all the pineapples for Ghc 28.00. find
her profit percent to 1dp. ANS: 16.7%
174. The product of 2x and 3 is 138. Find x ANS: 23
175. If 4(m+4) = 18, find the value of m. ANS: ½
176. If 6n + 4 = 16 find n ANS: 2
177. Solve for y if 3 + 3y = 1 – 13y ANS: -1/8
178. A discount of GHC 480.00 was given on an article marked GHC 24,000. What was the
percentage discount? ANS: 2%
179. A discount of 5% is allowed on every item bought in a shop with cash. If a customer was
given a discount of 75gh what was the marked price. GHC 1,500
180. The marked price of a dress is GHC 9,500. A discount of 10% is allowed. How much does
one save by paying cash? ANS: GHC 950.00
181. The marked price of an item was 45,000ghc. John received 15% discount. How much did he
pay for it? ANS: 38,250ghc
182. A box contains all the letters that form the word EQUILIBRIUM. A letter is picked at
random. What is the probability that it is an “I”? ANS: 3/11
183. A letter is selected from the letters of the English alphabets. What is the probability that the
letter selected is from the word MATHEMATICS? ANS: 8/26 = 4/13
184. A letter is selected random from the word SUCCESS. What is the probability that it is an
“S”? ANS: 3/7
185. If letters are selected from the word AGRICULTURE, what is the probability that it is a
consonant. ANS: 6/11
186. If 3 people stayed in a hotel room for days and paid GHC 600.00, what is the cost for 5
people staying in the same room for 8 days. Ans: 800.00
187. A motorist takes 30mins to complete a journey when he travels at 60km/h. How long will it
take to cover the same distance at 50km/h. Ans: 36minutes
188. Ben’s computer can print 1800 words in 5 minutes. How many words can it print in 7
minutes at th same rate? Ans: 2520 words
Express the following in millimeters
189. 0.5m ANS: 500mm
190. 204cm ANS: 2040mm
191. 0.65km ANS: 650000mm
192. In a class of 24 students, 10 study Economics only and 8 study English only. If each pupil
studies at least one of the two subjects, how many study English? Ans: 14
193. In a class of 24 students, 10 study Economics and 8 study English only. How many students
do not study any of the two subjects? Ans: 6
194. In a class of 24 students, 10 study economics and 8 study English only. If the number of
study who study economics only 6. How many students study both subjects? Ans: 4
195. The marks obtained by 10 children in a mental drill are 0,1,3,3,5,7,8,9,9,9. Find the median
mark. Ans: 6
196. The results obtained by 10 children in an examination are 11,11,12,13,14,15,17,17,18,30.
Find the median mark. Ans: 14.5
197. The marks obtained by 9 children in an examination are 13,14,14,15,16,16,16,17,18. Find the
median mark. Ans: 16
198. Make b the subject of the relation lb=1/2(a+b)n ANS: ah/2l-h
199. make x the subject of the relation; E = kx2/2y + z ANS: x = √2y(E-z)/k
200. find r in terms of q, s and t in the equation: 1/r-2q/s=t ANS: r = s/st+2q
201. Express 3m 24cm in kilometers, leaving your answer in standard form ANS: 3.24 × 10-3km
202. Find the value of 811/2×27-1/3×321/5 ANS: 6
203. A man saves GHc10 on first day, GHc15 on second day, GHc20 on third day and so on. How
much does he save in twenty days? ANSWER: GHc1150