UNIVERSITY OF GHANA JUNIOR HIGH, LEGON

SECOND MOCK EXAMINATION

MARCH 2025 MATHEMATICS 2&1 2 hours

PAPER 2 1 HOUR
ESSAY
Answer four (4) questions only
All questions carry equal marks
All working must be clearly shown. Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding
working.
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1. (a) Factorise the expression 𝜋𝑛2 4 𝜋𝑛2 Q
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(b) Use your answer in (a) (i) to find the value of the expression when 𝜋 = n=2, k=19 and Q=20
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(c) Find the HCF of 20, 28 and 30.

2(𝑚2 −𝑛2 )
(d) Given that L=
4(𝑚+𝑛)

(i) Simplify the expression above.

(ii) Find the value of L when m=2 and n=3

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2. Nimo used 4 and 3 of her 𝑥 acres of land to cultivate mangoes and oranges respectively.

(a) Express in terms of 𝑥, the number of acres of the land used to cultivate (i) mangoes (ii) oranges
(b) If Nimo use 20 more acres of the land to cultivate oranges than mangoes, find the value of 𝑥.
(c) How many acres of land was used to cultivate mangoes?
(d) Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the percentage of land that was not used.

3. Using a pair of compasses only

(a) Construct ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 BC=8cm, ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 60o and ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 45o measure |AB|
(b) Construct the locus;
(i) 𝑙1 of points of equidistant from BA and AC
(ii) 𝑙2 of points of equidistant from B and C. Label the point of intersection Q of 𝑙1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙2
(c) measure (i) |QB| and |QC|
2 3 4 2
(d) (i) Simplify 3 of 6 4 ÷ (2 15 − 1 3 )

(ii) Find the value of 45 ÷ 3 + 2 × 8 − 12 + 42

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4. (a) Evaluate + −
5 15 3
1 1
15
− 30
1 4
(b) There are 50 pupils in a class. Out of the number, 10 speak French only and 5 of the remainder
speak both French and English. If the rest speak English only, find the number of students who speak
(i) both English and French
(ii) only English
(c) A group of 40 travellers were each asked to acquire a passport and health certificate. 25 of them
obtained the passport while 27 had the health certificate. Each one of the travellers obtained at least
one of the two requirements.
(i) Represent the information on a Venn diagram.
(ii) Find the number that had;
(a) both the passport and the health certificate.
(b) exactly one of the requirements.

5. (i) A group of 300 mathematics teachers were classified as follows:

University Graduate 120
Diplomats 90
Specialist 50
Others y
(a) Calculate the value of y.
(b) Draw a pie chart to illustrate the above information.
(c) What percentage of the teachers were specialists.
(ii) Express the ff. numbers a product of prime factors
(a) 36 (b) 100 (c) 180
(iii) (a) Find the value of 𝑎 − 3𝑎𝑏, if a = 2 and b = 3
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(b) If 𝑚 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = −3, evaluate 2 (3𝑚 − 𝑛)
2 5 3
6. (a) Simplify 7 − 4 + 2
3 6 8

(b) The area of a trapezium is 31.5cm2. If the parallel sides are of the lengths 7.3cm and 5.3cm.
Calculate the perpendicular distance between the parallel lines.
(c) The area enclosed by a square garden is 121𝑚2 . What is the distance around the garden.

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 March 2025 MATHEMATICS 1 60 minutes
OBJECTIVE TEST
1. Use 2B pencil throughout.
2. On the answer sheet, write your surname followed by your other names, your index number, subject name, centre
number.
3. In the boxes marked Candidate Number, Centre Number and Paper Code, reshade each of the shaded spaces.
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.

1. There are 12 red and 8 blue balls in a bag. If a 6. What is the rule for the mapping?
ball is selected at random from the bag, what is A. 𝑥 → 2(𝑥 − 3)
the probability that it is red? B. 𝑥 → 𝑥 − 5
2 C. 𝑥 → 2(𝑥 − 2)
A. D. 𝑥 → 2𝑥 − 3
5
2 7. Find 𝑚
B.
3 A. -4
3 B. 4
C. C. 6
5
4 D. 8
D.
5
8. A rectangular tank has dimensions 2.5m by
1 5m. It is filled with water to the brim. If 35𝑚3 of
2. If 𝑦 = 3 (𝑥 − 2), 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑥 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦. the water is used, how much water is left in the
A. 𝑥 = 3𝑦 − 2 tank?
B. 𝑥 = 3𝑦 + 2 A. 50 𝑚3
3
C. 𝑥 = 2 𝑦 B. 35 𝑚3
3 C. 25 𝑚3
D. 𝑥 = − 2 𝑦
D. 15 𝑚3
3. Simplify 6𝑎2 × 4𝑎2 𝑏 2 9. In the triangle 𝑋𝑌𝑍, and 𝑋𝑌𝑍=90𝑜 , |𝑋𝑌| =
A. 10𝑎4 𝑏 2 13 𝑎𝑛𝑑 |𝑌𝑍| 5𝑐𝑚. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑋𝑍
B. 24𝑎2 𝑏 2
C. 24𝑎4 𝑏 2
D. 24𝑎2 𝑏 4
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. 8 + 4 < 10
B. 7 + 4 < 10
C. 6 + 4 < 10
D. 5 + 4 < 10
A. 4 cm
5. Find the set of integers within the interval B. 8 cm
−2 < 𝑥 < 2 C. 12 cm
A. {2, 1, 2} D. 65 cm
B. {2, 1, 0}
C. {-1, 0, 1} 10. How many lines of symmetry has an
D. {1, 1, 2} equilateral triangle?
A. 1
Use the mapping below to answer questions 6 to 8 B. 2
x 1 2 3 4 5 C. 3
D. 4

y -4 -2 0 2 m
11. The value of an obtuse angle lies between 15. The dimensions of a cuboid are 2 cm, P cm
A. 00 and 900 and 5 cm. Which of the following is an expression
B. 900 and 1800 for the volume of the cuboid?
C. 900 and 2700 A. 7𝑃 𝑐𝑚3
D. 1800 and 3600 B. (7 + 𝑃) 𝑐𝑚3
C. 10𝑃 𝑐𝑚3
12.
D. (10 + 𝑃) 𝑐𝑚3
16. Simplify 5(3𝑡 + 1) − 6(𝑡 − 1)
A. 9𝑡 + 11
B. 9𝑡 + 7
C. 9𝑡 + 1
D. 9𝑡 − 5
0 0 2 1
17. Simplify (3 − 2) ÷
1
In the diagram above is parallel to 6
𝐴𝐵 𝐶𝐷 1
𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 A.
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A. alternate angles B. 12
B. corresponding angles
C. vertically opposite angles C. 1
D. co-interior angles D. 6
2 3
13. If a = (1) and b = (−4), find 2a + b 18. The number of boys in a school is 120. If the
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ratio of boys to girls is 5:7, find the total number
A. (−2 ) of students in the school.
A. 240
B. (−35 ) B. 288
C. 600
C. (−78 ) D. 840
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D. (−4 ) 19. Find the circumference of a circle with radius
22
3.5 cm [Take 𝜋 = 7 ]
14. A. 11 cm
B. 22 cm
C. 35 cm
D. 38.5 cm
20. Which of the following is the set of prime
factors of 12?
A. {1, 3}
B. {2, 3}
C. {2, 4, 6, 8}
Find the size of the angle marked f, in the diagram D. {2, 3, 4, 6)
A. 56o
B. 72o 21. The base of an isosceles triangle is 7 cm
C. 108o long. Each of the other two sides is x cm long.
D. 128o What will be the expression for its perimeter?
A. 𝑥 + 7
B. 𝑥 + 14
C. 2𝑥 − 7
D. 2𝑥 + 7
22. Correct 0.003858 significant figures. 28. Ten students in Kwamekrom JHS took 9 days
A. 0.00385 to weed the school compound. How long would
B. 0.00386 15 students take to weed the compound if they
C. 0.0039 worked at the same rate?
D. 386 A. 5 days
B. 6 days
23. If x={1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15}, find the truth 1
set of 𝑥 − 3 ≥ 10. C. 132
A. {15} D. 14 days
B. {13, 15}
29. In how many years will ¢5,000.00 yield a
C. {11, 13, 15}
simple interest of ¢1,000.00 at a rate of 5% per
D. {9,11, 14, 15} annum.
24. Which of these has the least number of lines A. 4 years
of symmetry? B. 5 years
A. An equilateral triangle C. 10 years
B. A rectangle D. 25 years
C. A square
30. A car travelled a distance of 50 km in an
D. An isosceles triangle
hour. What distance did it travel in 30 minutes at
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25. Find 2 2 % of 2,000.00 the same speed?
A. ¢ 40.00 A. 1,500 km
B. ¢ 50.00 B. 100 km
C. ¢100.00 C. 80 km
D. ¢ 800.00 D. 25 km
26. Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of −2 2
31. Given that a=( ) and b = ( )
18, 36 and 120 3 −5
A. 23 × 32 × 5 Find 𝑎 + 2𝑏
−2
B. 2 × 3 A. ( )
1
C. 2 × 3 × 5
2
D. 32 × 22 B. ( )
13
3 2 3 2
27. Arrange the fractions , , in ascending C. ( )
4 3 5 −7
order.
6
2 3 3 D. ( )
A. , , 13
3 4 5

3 2 3 32. If the interior angle of a regular polygon is

B. , , 1200 , how many sides does it have?
4 3 5
A. 5
3 2 3 B. 6
C. , ,
5 3 4 C. 7
D. 8
3 3 2
D. , , 1 1
5 4 3 33. Simplify (3 2 + 7) ÷ (4 3 − 3)
7
A. 6 8
B. 7
7
C. 7 8
1
D. 10 2
34. Five times a number is four more than the 38. Which one of the following fractions is
number. Find the number. equivalent to 85%?
3 15
A. A.
2 20
B. 1 17
2 B.
C. 3 20
1 17
D. C.
2 25
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35. Write 39.9748 km, correct to three significant D. 50
figures.
39. A basket contains a number of good and bad
A. 39.9 km
oranges. After every three good oranges,
B. 39.975 km
the next 1 is bad. If there are 12 bad oranges, how
C. 40 km
many oranges are good?
D. 40.0 km
A. 36
36. The bearing of Aboku from Bebeka is 055°. B. 24
What is the bearing of Bebeka from Aboku? C. 20
D. 18
A. 235°
B. 055° 40. In the diagram, lines AB and CD are parallel.
C. 125°
D. 325°
37. A girl went to shopping with an amount of
GH¢1050.95 in her purse. After shopping, she had
GH¢347.97 left. How much did she spend
altogether after shopping? What is the size of the angle marked a?

A. GH¢ 982.79 A. 70°

B. GH¢ 802.98 B. 60°
C. GH¢702.89 C. 50°
D. GH¢702.98 D. 40°

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