VIRTUAL MOCK EXAMINATION (1)

APRIL 2020 Name: …………..…………………………………………..

MATHEMATICS
ESSAY and OBJECTIVE
2&1 Index Number……...………….……….………………..

2 Hours

GB ASSESSMENT TEST (GBAT)

MOCK EXAMINATION
APRIL 2020 MATHEMATICS 2 & 1 2 hours

All answers must be provided on clean sheet of papers (Answer booklet).

Write your name and index number on the sheets.

This examination consists of two papers; Paper 1 and Paper 2. Answer four questions only. All questions carry

equal marks.

Answer all questions in your answer booklet.

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 MATHEMATICS 1 hour
[60 marks]
Answer four questions in all. All questions carry equal marks.
Q 1. (a) The table below shows how Amina spent her salary in the month of August 2017.
Items Amount spent (GH¢)
Food 160
Book 230
Rent 140
Transportation 280
Cosmetics 90

Draw a pie chat to represent this information.

2
(b) i. Solve the inequality 4x -2 ≥ 3x - 5
ii. Illustrate your answer on a number line.
1
(c) If 3/4 of a number is added to 5/6 it gives the same result as taking 7/8 of the number from 20 3. Find the
number.

Q.2.(a) The sum of the ages of Afful and Naomi is 34years. Five years to come, Afful will be 2 times the age of
Naomi now. How old are they now?
(b) Find the values of m and n in the diagram below where |𝐴𝐵|=|𝐴𝐶|.
B

A 1350 C

(c) An open rectangular box measures 6cm by 4m by 5cm. Find the,

i. The total surface area of the box.
ii. Total cost of painting the external surface of the box, if it cost 80p to paint one square meter.

Q.3 (a) Ayisha scored 18 marks more than what he did in the previous examination in which he scored 30. Amina
scored 30 marks more than she did the previous examination in which she scored 60. Which of the two
girls showed less improvement?
(b) The Venn diagram illustrate the performance of pupils in a test conducted in English and Mathematics
E= {number of pupil who passed English}
M= {number of pupil who passed Mathematics}
U= {Universal set}.

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 U = 70
E = 38 M

i. How many pupil passed mathematics?

ii. How many pupil passed only one subject?
3 1 1
(c) Simplify 2 + 1 ÷ 2
4 8 2

Q.4. (a) The following are the ages of six high school students;
12, 15, 18, 22, 4x and 25. Find the value of x if their mean age is 20.
(b) The table below shows the distribution of marks of students in a class test.
Marks 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 5 6 3 4 5 2

i. Using a graph sheet, draw a bar chat for the distribution.

ii. Calculate the mean mark of the distribution, correct to the nearest whole number.
7 10 8
Q.5. (a) Arrange , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 in ascending order of magnitude.
18 16 9
(b) The area enclosed by Adnan’s square garden is 144cm2. What is the distance around the garden?
(c) Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 9, 16 and 18.
(d) Solve the following operations on rational numbers
1
2 5 1 4 2 2
i. × ÷- ii. (√ + ) − 1
3 4 6 16 3
4

Q.6. (a) If 2x2 : 8 = 32:8, find the value of x given that x > 0.
(b) The ratio of boys to girls of members belonging to a science club is 3: 2. Four men and six women pay
total monthly dues of GH₵144.00. Find the amount payable per month for
i. a boy
ii. a girl
(c) For each of the following numbers, state whether it is rational or irrational
22
i. √8 ii. 17 iii.−√11 iv. 0

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OBJECTIVE TEST
Write your name and index number in ink in the spaces provided above
1. Use 2B pencil throughout.
2. On the pre-printed answer sheet, check that the following details are correctly printed:
Your surname followed by your other names, the subject Name, your Index Number, Centre Number and the Paper Code.
3. In the boxes marked Candidate Name, Centre Number and Paper code, reshade each of the shaded Spaces.
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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 space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to
each question.
Answer all the questions.
1. Given that x ={x:1< x < 6} and Y = {x : 2 ≤ x ≤ 1 1
7. Simplify: 3 2 - 1 3 × 2 8
5

10}, where x is an integer find n (X ∩ Y)

A. 0
A. 4
B. ½
B. 6
C. 1
C. 8
D. 2
D. 16
There are 16 men and 24 women in a village. Use
2. Arrange the following in descending order
7 37 1 7
this information to answer questions 8 to 10.
, , 4, . 8. Find the ratio of men to women in the village.
25 100 20
37 7 7 1 A. 4:12
A. , , ,
100 20 25 4
1 7 7 37 B. 4: 9
B. , , ,
4 25 20 100 C. 2:12
37 7 1 7
C. , , , D. 2:3
100 20 4 25
7 1 7 37
D. , , , 9. What percentage of the people in the village are
25 4 20 100
men?
3. Simplify 127 - (-14 ) + (-12) A. 3.8%
A. 123 B. 22.5%
B. 129 C. 40.0%
C. -119 D. 50.0%
D. -115
10. What is the probability that a leader chosen at
4. How many faces has a square pyramid? random will be a woman?
A. 3 2
A.
B. 4 3
1
C. 5 B. 5
D. 6 C.
3
5
2
5. Factorize completely: 6ax -12by - 9ay + 8bx D. 5
A. (2a-3b)(4x+3y)
B. (3a+4b)(2x-3y) 11.
Not drawn to scale
C. (3a-4b)(2x+3y)
D. (2a+3b)(4x-3y)

6. P (-2, 1) and Q (-1, 2) are two points. Find PQ

1600
A. (−3
1
) t
B. (−3
−7
)
C. (11) Find the value of the angle marked t in the
diagram.
D. (−1
−1
)
A. 1600

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 B. 1400 D. Gh¢1000.00
C. 400 2 1
D. 380 18. A farmer uses 5 of his land to grow cassava, 3
of the remainder for yam and the rest for
12. What is the bearing of A from B in the
maize. Find the part of the land used for maize.
diagram shown? 2
A.
A. 0200 B Not drawn to scale 15
0 2
B. 080 B. 5
C. 1600 200 2
0
C.
D. 200 A 3
4
D. 15

13. Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 42 19.

and 63. Q
A. 2×7
B. 3× 7
C. 2 × 32 P O R
D. 2 × 3 ×7 The construction above is required in constructing
14. A man shares his land among his children in angle POQ. What is the size of angle POQ?
the ratio 3: 2 : 5. If the total area of the land is A. 450 B. 750
400 acres, what is the largest area of land C. 1350 D. 1500
given out by the man? 20. Express 0.275 as fraction in its lowest term.
A. 200 acres 11
A.
B. 250acres 80
1
C. 300acres B. 4
D. 450 acres 53
C. 200
11
15. A car travels at 120km/h. Find the distance it D.
40
covers in 15 seconds.
A. 0.5m 21. Find the value of a3- 3ab- b2, when a = -2
B. 5.0m and b = 2
C. 50.0m A. -28
D. 500.0m B. -8
C. 0
16. Solve 23x = 0.25 D. 8
1 2
A. x = -1 2 B. x = - 3
2 1 22. The point P (-5, 1) is rotated about the origin
C. x = 3 D. x = 1 2 through 1800. Find the coordinates of its
image.
17. The manager of a firm is paid GH¢ 800.00 and
A. (5,1) B. ( 5,-1)
in addition a third of the profit made. If the
C. (-1, 5) D. (-5,-1)
profit made is GH¢ 600.00, how much does he
earn altogether? 23. Solve the inequality 3x - 5(3 - x) < 1
A. Gh¢ 900.00 A. x < -2 B. x > -8
B. Gh¢ 950.00 C. x < 2 D. x < -6
C. Gh¢1200.00
7
24. 76 ×7−3
32. Simplify 74
Not drawn to n 1
scale
l1 A. 7 B. 14
C. 7 D. 49
700
l2
6.1 ×107
In the diagram above, lines L1 and L2 are 33. Simplify 9 × 105
parallel. Find the value of n. A. 0.67 × 10 −2
B. 6.8 × 10−1
A. 400 B. 1400 C. 6.8 × 10 D. 0.67 × 102
C. 2200 D. 2900
34. What is the gradient of the line passing
25. Simplify 32 × 33× 34 ÷ 37 through; F (-2 ,-3 ) and G ( -3, 7)
A. 3 B. 9 4
A. -10 B.
C. 27 D. 81 5
−1 −7
C. 10 D. 2
26. The length of the base of an isosceles triangle
is x cm. The length of each of the other two 𝑃 𝑃−1
35. Evaluate - , when p = -3.
3 2
sides is (x +4) cm. Find an expression for the −4
perimeter. A. B. 0
9
5
A. x +8 B. 2x + 8 C. 9 D. 1
C. 3x +4 D. 3x + 8
36. What interest does GH¢ 500. 00 yield in 9
27. Write 2.32472 correct to three decimal places. months, if the rate per annum is 8%.
A. 2.320 B. 2. 324 A. GH¢ 4.44 B. GH¢ 30.00
C. 2.325 D. 2.327 C. GH¢ 40.00 D. GH¢ 300.00
28. The inequality for a distance d which is more 37. The simple interest on GH₵ 5,000.00 for 4
than 18m but not more than 23m is. years is Gh¢4,500.00. What is the rate of
A. 18 ≤ d ≤ 23 B. 18 < d ≤ 23 interest per annum?
C. 18 ≤ d < 23 D. 18 < d <23 A. 40% B. 25%
29. The interior angles of a hexagon are 2r, 3r, 2r, C. 10% D. 22.5%
5r, r and 2r.Find the value of r. 38. Deborah is n years old. Her brother’s age is 5
A. 960 B. 800 years more than half of her age. How old is her
C. 480 D. 360 brother?
𝑛 5 𝑛
The mapping below shows a mapping x → y A. 2 + 2 B. 2 – 5
𝑛 𝑛
0 3 6 9 12 15 C. 5 - 2 D. 2 + 5
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
-1 5 11 17 23 29 39. Kofi, Ett and Ali shared 120 oranges in the
Use it to answer questions 30 and 31. ratio 2: 3: 5. By how much is the least share
30. What is the rule for the mapping? less than the greatest?
A. y = x + 6 B. y = 2x +1 A. 24 B. 30
C. y = 2x –1 D. y = x – 6 C. 36 D. 48

31. Find y, when x = 4. 40. Convert 12ms-1 to km per hour.

A. 6 B. 7 A. 24.0 B. 30.0
C. 9 D. 10 C. 43.2 D. 54.8