MOCK EXAMINATION Name………………………………………………………

APRIL 2025
Index Number……………………………….……………
MATHEMATICS
Essay and Objective
2 hours 2&1 Signature…………………………………………………..

Date of Examination………………………………………

KROWOR MUNICIPAL EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

APRIL 2025 MATHEMATICS 2 hours

Essay and Objective

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read and observe the following
instructions. Write your Name and Index Number, Signature and Date of Examination in ink in the spaces
provided above.

This booklet consists of two papers. Answer paper 2 which comes first, in your answer booklet and Paper 1 on your
Objective Test answer sheet. Paper 2 will last 1 hour. Do not start paper 1 until you are told to do so. Paper 1 will
last 1 hour.
 PAPER 2
ESSAY 1 Hour
[60 Marks]

Answer four questions only. All questions carry equal marks. All working must be clearly shown.
Marks will not be awarded for correct answers without corresponding working.

1. (a) In an examination, 50 candidates sat for either Mathematics or English Language. 60%
passed in Mathematics and 48% passed in English Language. If each candidate passed in at
least one of the subjects, how many candidates passed in:
i. Mathematics?
ii. English Language?
(b) Illustrate the information given in (a) on a Venn diagram.
(c) Using the Venn diagram, find the number of candidates who passed in
i. both subjects;
ii. Mathematics only.

2. (a) A ship leaves port A at 8.30am and arrives in port B at 5.30am. If the ship travels at an
average speed of 75 km/hr, how far is it from port A to port B?

(b) A driver travels from Accra to Takoradi. The distance between the two cities is 40 miles.
After 60 minutes, the driver makes a stop at Winneba, which is 10 miles from Accra. Thirty
minutes later, he continues the journey to Takoradi in 60 minutes. After resting for 30
minutes, he makes a return journey to Accra in 120 minutes.

i. Draw a distance time graph for the above information.

ii. From your graph find:
(𝛼) the average speed from Winneba (in miles per hour);
(𝛽) how long the driver stayed at Winneba;
(𝛾) average speed for the whole journey (in miles per hour).

(c) The vector 𝑎 = (−1

4
), 𝑏 = (𝑦𝑥 ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = (32) are in the same plane. If 3𝑎 − 2𝑏 = 𝑐, find
the vector 𝑏.
𝑎
(d) If 4(𝑎 − 2) = 3𝑏 − 8, find , where 𝑏 ≠ 0.
𝑏

3. Using ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a) Construct triangle ABC such that, |𝐴𝐵|=8cm, < 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 120° and < 𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 30°
(b) Construct the mediator of < 𝐴𝐵𝐶
(c) Construct the mediator of |𝐴𝐵|
(d) Using O, the point of intersection of the mediators and radius OA, draw a circle, measure
the radius.
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4. (a) Simplify 2 ÷ ( ÷ ).
64 7

(b) A ladder leans against a wall. The end of the ladder touches the wall 12m from the ground.
The foot of the ladder is 9m away from the foot of the wall.
i. illustrate the information on a diagram;
ii. what is the length of the ladder?
iii. calculate the angle that the ladder makes with the ground. [leaving your answer in the
form 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥)]
(c) Write two hundred and two million, two thousand and two in figures.

5. (a) A side of a square piece of metal are 15cm long. A hole with diameter of 7cm is drilled in
the piece of the metal. Calculate the area of the metal remains.
2𝑥−2 2𝑥−1
(b) Find the truth set of the equation ≤2+
4 3

(c) Simplify without using a calculator 2√27 + 6√48 − 3√75

6. (a) Using a scale 2cm to 1 unit on both axes, draw on a graph sheet two perpendicular axes
OX and OY. Mark the x –axis from -5 to 5 and y –axis from -6 to 6.
i. Plot the point A(1,2), B(2,1), C(3,2) and D(2,4). Join the point A, B, C and D to form
a quadrilateral. Name the type of quadrilateral drawn.
ii. Draw the image𝐴𝐼, 𝐵𝐼 𝐶𝐼 𝐷𝐼 of quadrilateral ABCD an anticlockwise 90° about the
origin, where A → 𝐴𝐼 , B→ 𝐵𝐼 , C→ 𝐶𝐼 and D→ 𝐷𝐼 indicating all coordinate clearly.
iii. Draw the image 𝐴2 , 𝐵2, 𝐶2 , 𝐷2 of quadrilateral ABCD under translation by the vector
(−4
−5
), where A→ 𝐴2 , B → 𝐵2 , C → 𝐶2 and D → 𝐷2 indicating all coordinate clearly.
iv. Draw the image 𝐴3 , 𝐵3, 𝐶3 , 𝐷3 of quadrilateral ABCD under a reflection in the line y = 0
about the origin, where:
𝐴 → 𝐴_3, B → 𝐵_3, C → 𝐶_3 and D → 𝐷_3 indicating all coordinate clearly
 PAPER 1
OBJECTIVE TEST 1 hour
Answer All 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

1. The Venn diagram shows the relationship A. 25

between two sets M and N which are B. 15
subsets of the universal set U. Which of
the following represent the set N? C. 10
D. 5

4. What is the value of two (2) in the

numerals 428,555
A. 200
A. {3,5} B. 2,000
B. {7,9,11} C. 20,000
C. {2,3,4,5,8} D. 200,000
D. {3,5,7,9,11} 5. Subtract nine hundred and twenty-five
from one thousand and fourteen.
2. If P= {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} and Q={𝑥:𝑥 < A. Ninety-eight
4,𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 },find
P∩Q. B. Eighty-nine
C. One hundred and one
A. {2}
D. Eight hundred and nine
B. {6,8}
C. {4,6,8}
6. At midnight the temperature was -11℃
D. {2,4,6,8} and by noon it was 3℃. What was the rise
in temperature?
3. In the Venn diagram, set A has 30
members and set B has 20 members. If A. 8℃
AUB =45, find A∩B. B. 9℃
C. 10℃
D. 14℃

3 1
7. Simplify: ÷
10 12
5
𝐴.
18
 12 21
B. A.
25 40
2
C. 1 1
25 B. 1
8
18
D. 20
5 C.
41

8. What is the largest prime factor of 225? 19

D.
40
A. 3
B. 5 13. Express the ratio 240cm : 21m in the
C. 15 simplest form.

D. 17 A. 3 : 2
B. 4 : 3
9. Evaluate 80 ÷ (32 ÷2)−2(3−5).
C. 8 : 7
A. -2
D. 8 : 70
B. 4
C. 8 14. What is the total cost of x shirt at GH₵
5.00 each and y shirt at GH₵ 1.50 each?
D. 9
A. GH₵ (5x +1.5y)
10. A square has the same perimeter as a B. GH₵ (5y + 1.5x)
rectangle. The rectangle is of length 10cm
C. GH₵ 5(x + 1.5y)
and breadth 6cm. Find the area of the square.
D. GH₵ 1.5(5x +y)
A. 64𝑐𝑚2
B. 60𝑐𝑚2
15. A trader can buy 24 tins of milk at GH₵
2
C. 32𝑐𝑚 0.85 each. If a sachet of milo costs GH₵
D. 16𝑐𝑚2 1.20, how many sachet can he buy with
the same amount?

11. In a class, 55% of the students are girls. A. 11

What is the ratio of number of boys to girls? B. 17
A. 1:20 C. 20
B. 9:11 D. 22
C. 9:20 5.6×104
16. Evaluate:
D. 11:9 1.4×102
A. 4.0 × 10−6
7 2
12. Simplify : ÷1
8 3
 from the shop, find the original price of the
B. 4.0 ×10−2
article.
C. 4.0 × 102
A. GH₵ 496,800.00
6
D. 4.0 × 10
B. GH₵ 500,000.00
17. If 3 out of 8 pupils in a class of 48 like C. GH₵ 543,200.00
football, how many pupils like football in D. GH₵583,200.00.
the class?
A. 6 21. 0.0000437 in standard form
B. 18 A. 4.37×10−5
C. 24 B. 4.37×10−4
D. 36 C. 4.37×103
3 1 3 D. 4.37×104
18. Simplify : 3 ×( + ).
4 6 10
1 22. A farmer feeds 20 pigs with 500kg of
A. 1
4 cassava. How many pigs can be fed with
3
200kg of cassava?
B. 1
4 A. 2
C. 4 B. 5
D. 7 C. 8
D. 10
19. A bag contains 18 green and 3 white
identical balls. If a ball is picked at random
from the bag, find the probability that the 23. The interior angles of a hexagon are ×0 ,
ball is white. ×0 , 2×0 , 3×0 , 4×0 and 4×0 . Find the value
1 of x.
A.
7
A. 120
1
B. B. 240
3
C. 480
2
C.
3 D. 600
6
D.
7 24. Kofi bought a book of GHC 45.0 and sold
it for GH₵ 40.00. Find the percentage
20. A shop increased all its prices by 8%. If a
loss.
man bought an article for GH₵ 540,000.00
A. 2.5 %
 D. GH₵ 216.00
B. 22 %
𝑃+5
C. 2.25% 29. Make p the subject of the relation: q =
5

D. 11 % A. p = 5(q – 1)
B. p = 5q – 1
25. If x = -2, evaluate ×2 −4x + 14. C. p = 5(q + 1)
A. 20 D. p = 5q + 1
B. 18
30. What is the gradient of the line passing
C. 26 through A( -2, -3) and B( -3, 7)?
D. 12 A. 10
4
B.
5
26. Find the sum of money that will yield an
1
interest of GH₵ 450.00 in three years at C. −
2
15 % per annum simple interest.
D. -10
A. GH₵ 1,000.00
B. GH₵ 1,350.00 31. The volume of oil in a rectangular tank is
60𝑐𝑚2 . The length of the tank is 6cm and
C. GH₵ 2,025.00 its breadth is 2cm. Calculate the depth of
D. GH₵ 2,552.00 oil in the tank.
A. 3cm
27. Find the mean score of the following test B. 4cm
scores: 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 6. C. 5cm
A. 4 D. 6cm
B. 5
𝑛−𝑥
32. Make x the subject of the relation: y =
C. 6 𝑋
𝑛−1
D. 8 A. x =
𝑦
𝑛+1
28. A trader made a profit of 20 % after B. x =
𝑦
selling her goods for GHC 180.00. Find 𝑢
C. x =
the cost price. 𝑦−1
𝑢
A. GH₵ 36.00 D. x =
𝑦 +1
B. GH₵ 144.00
33. How many faces has a triangular
C. GH₵150.00
pyramid?
 A. 145°
A. 3
B. 185°
B. 4
C. 225°
C. 5
D. 235°
D. 6

34. In triangle MNS, |MN|=|MS|= 15cm and 38. Find the length of the vector (68).
|NS|=18cm. Find |MP|.
A. 10 units
A. 3cm B. 12 units
B. 4cm C. 14 units
C. 9cm D. 16 units
D. 12cm
39. Find the circumference of a circle whose
35. What is the rule for the mapping? area is 100πcm2.
X 0 1 2 3 4 A. 5πcm
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Y 0 1 4 9 16 B. 10πcm
A. x→ x C. 15πcm
B. x →x2 D. 20πcm
C x → 2x
D. x → 4x 40. Find sin∅ - cos∅ in the diagram.

36. If a=(35) , find the value of 2𝑎 .

7
A. (10 )
9
A.
6 17
B. (10 )
12
C. 9
(10 ) B.
17
21
­6 C.
D. (­10 ) 17

3
37. The bearing of X from Y is 045. Find D.
17
the bearing of Y from X.

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