GIRAU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS: Post Basic 3 Duration: 1hr45min
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES Attempt ALL questions by choosing the correct option lettered A-D
1. correct 0.007985 to three significant figures. A. 0.0109 B. 0.0800 C.
0.00799 D. 0.008
2. Simplify: (11two)2 A. 10012 B. 11012 C. 1012 D. 100012
3. Solve: 2¿ √ 2 X +1=32 A. 13 B. 24 C. 12 D. 11
4. If log10 2 = m and log10 3 = n, find log10 24 in terms of m and n. A. 3m + n
B. m + 3n C. 4mn D. 3mn
5. Find the 5th term of the sequence 2, 5, 10, 17....? A. 22 B. 24 C. 36 D. 26
6. If p = {-3<x<1} and Q = {-1<x<3}, where x is a real number, find P n Q. A. 0 B. -3, -
2, -1, 0 and 1 C. -2, -1 and 0 D. -1, 0 and 1
7. Factorize 6pq-3rs-3ps+6qr A. 3(r -p)(2q + s) B. 3(p + r)( 2q - 2q - s) C. 3(2q
- s)(p + r) D. 3(r - p)(s - 2q)
8. What number should be subtracted from the sum of 21/6 and 27/12 to give 31/4? A. 1/3
B. 11/2 C. 11/6 D. 1/2
9. Mensah is 5 years old and Joyce is thrice as old as Mensah. In how many years will Joyce be
twice as old as Mensah? A. 3 years B. 10 years C. 5 years D. 15 years
10. If 16 X 2(x+1) = 4x X 8(1−x), find the value of x. A. -4 B. 4 C. 1 D. -1
11. The circumference of a circular track is 9km. A cyclist rides round it a number of times and stops
after covering a distance of 302km. How far is the cyclist from the starting point? A. 5km
B. 6km C. 7km D. 3km
12. Simplify 2√7- 14/√7 +7/√21 A. √21/21 B. 7√21/21 C. √21/3 D. 3√21

14. In the diagram, ∠ABC and ∠BCD are right angles, ∠BAD = t and ∠EDF = 70°. Find the value of
13. If 4x+2y=16 and 6x-2y=4 , find the value of (y-x). A. 8 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6

t.

A. 70° B. 165° C. 140° D. 110°

15. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon with k sides is (3k-10) right angles. Find the
size of the exterior angle? A. 60° B. 40° C. 90° D. 120°
2u−3 2 x +3 2 x−3 2 x +3 2 x +3
16. make u the subject in x = A. u = B. u = C. u = D. u =
3 u+2 3 x −2 3 x −2 2−3 x 3 x +2
17. A trader paid import duty of 38 kobo in the naira on the cost of an engine. If a total of
#22,800.00 was paid as import duty, calculate the cost of the engine. A. #60,000.00
B. #120,000.00 C. #24,000.00 D. #18,000.00
18. The height of an equilateral triangle of side is 10√3 cm. calculate its perimeter. A. 20cm

19. In △LMN, |LM| = 6cm, ∠LNM = x and sin x = sin x = 35. Find the area of △LMN
B. 60cm C. 40cm D. 30cm

A. 60cm2 B. 48cm2 C. 24cm2 D. 30cm2

20. Consider the statements:
P = All students offering Literature(L) also offer History(H);
Q = Students offering History(H) do not offer Geography(G).
Which of the Venn diagram correctly illustrate the two statements?

A. A B. B C. C D. D
21. Find the quadratic Equation Whose Roots Are -2q and 5q. A. 3x2 + 3qx - 10q2
B. x2 + 3qx + 10q2 C. x2 - 3qx + 10q2 D. x2 - 3qx - 10q2
22. If tan θ = frac34, 180° < θ < 270°, find the value of cos θ. A. 45 B. 35 C. -45 D. -35
2 3 p
23. If - = , find p. A. 5 – x B. - (x + 5) C. 13 – x D. - (5x
x−3 x−2 ( x−3)(x−2)
- 13)
24. The diagonal of a rhombus are 12cm and 5cm. Calculate its perimeter A. 26cm B. 24cm

25. In the diagram, △XYZ is produced to T. if |XY| = |ZY| and ∠XYT = 40°, find ∠XZT
C. 17cm D. 34cm

A. 110° B. 130° C. 140° D. 180°

26. A solid brass cube is melted and recast as a solid cone of height h and base radius r. If the height
of the cube is h, find r in terms of h. A. r = h B. r = √3h2/π C. r = πh D. r = h √3/h
27. Which of the following is not an exterior angle of a regular polygon? A. 66° B. 72° C. 24°
D. 15°
28. From a point T, a man moves 12km due west and then moves 12km due south to another point

In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle PQRS, ∠PQR = 72° and OR is parallel to PS. Find ∠
Q. Calculate the bearing of T from Q. A. 225° B. 315° C. 045° D. 135°
29.
OPS.

A. 18° B. 108° C. 54° D. 36°

30 A trapezium of parellel sides 10cm and 21cm and height 8cm is inscribed in a circle of radius
7cm. calculate the area of the region not covered by the trapezium. π =227 A. 84cm2
B. 80cm2 C. 30cm2 D. 94cm2
31 Find, correct to two decimal, the mean of 11/2, 22/3, 33/4, 44/5, and 55/6 A. 3.71 B. 3.70 C. 3.69
D. 3.72
32 A cyclist moved at a speed of Xkm/h for 2 hours. He then increased his speed by 2 km/h for the
next 3 [Link] the total distance covered is 36 km, calculate his initials speed. A. 12km/h
B. 3km/h C. 4km/h D. 6km/h
33 Find the value of (x+y)

34 In the diagram, MP is a tangent to the circle NQR, ∠NQR, ∠PNQ = 64 and |RQ| = | RN|. Find
A. 215° B. 70° C. 135° D. 145°

the angle market t.

A. 130° B. 115° C. 58° D. 68°\\

35 Find the first quartile of 7,8,7,9,11,8,7,9,6 and 8.A. 8.5 B. 7.0 C. 7.5 D. 8.0
36 In the diagram, PQRS is a circle. find the value of x.

A. 50° B. 30° C. 80° D. 100°

37 A cone has a base radius of 8cm and height 11cm. calculate , correct to 2d.p, the curved surface
area A. 341.98cm2 B. 276.57cm2 C. 201.14cm2 D. 477.71cm2
38 Given that sin x = 3/5, 0 ≤ x ≤ 90, evaluate (tanx + 2cosx) A. 211/20 B. 11/20 C. 27/20

39 In the diagram, line EC is a diameter of the circle ABCDE. If angle ABC equals 158°, find ∠ADE
D. 1/20

A. 112 B. 90 C. 68 D. 22
40 The table below shows the height of 37 players of a basketball team calculates correct to one
decimal place the mean height of the players.

Height(cm) 160 161 162 163 164 165

No. of players 4 6 3 7 8 9

A. 163.0 B. 162.0 C. 160.0 D. 165.0

41 XY is a line segments with the coordinates X (- 8, - 12) and Y (p, q). If the midpoint of XY is (-4,-2)
find the coordinates of Y. A. (-6,-2) B. (0,8) C. (4,10) D. (0,4)
 42 500 tickets were sold for a concert tickets for adults and children were sold at $4.50 and
$3.00 respectively if the total receipts for the concerts was $1987.50 how many tickets for
adults were sold? A. 325 B. 235 C. 175 D. 40
43 The distance d between two villages is more than 18 KM but not more than 23KM. Which of
these inequalities represents the statements? A. 18 ≤ d ≤ 23 B. 18 < d < 23 C. 18 ≤
d < 23 D. 18 < d ≤ 23
44 The pie chart represents the distribution of fruits on display in the shop if there are 60 apples on
display how many oranges are there?

A. 80 B. 270 C. 120 D. 90
45 A box contains 40 identical balls of which 10 are red and 12 are blue. if a ball is selected at
random from the box what is the probability that it is neither red nor blue? A. 9/20 B. 3/10
C. 1/4 D. 11/20
46 A fair die is tossed twice what is the probability of get a sum of at least 10. A. 5/36
2 5 1
B. /3 C. /18 D. /6
47 A man will be (x+10)years old in 8years time. If 2years ago he was 63 years., find the value of x
A. 55 B. 63 C. 57 D. 67
48 The equation of a line is given as 3 x - 5y = 7. Find its gradient (slope) A. 5/3. B. 3/5.
3 5
C. − /5. D. − /3.
49 If 43x = 16x+1, find the value of x A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
50 A weaver bought a bundle of grass for $ 50.00 from which he made 8 mats. If each mat was sold
for $ 15.00, find the percentage profit. A. 240% B. 140% C. 120%
D. 40%
THEORY PART ONE (1): Answer ALL questions
1 1(a) Mr Sarfo borrowed $25,000 from Afiak financial services at 21% simple interest per
annum for 3 years if he was able to pay back the loan in two years at equal yearly
installments how much did he pay each year? (b) Two consecutive numbers are
such that the sum of thrice the smaller and twice the larger is [Link] correct to three
significant figures the smaller number as a percentage of the sum of the two numbers.
2 A man left town am at 10:00 AM and traveled by car to town N at an average speed of 72
km/[Link] spent 2hours for a meeting and returned through town M by bus at an average
speed of 40KM/H. If the distance covered by the bus was 2km longer than that of the car
and he arrived at town M at 1 :[Link] distance from M to N.
3 The points X, Y and Z are located such that Y is 15 km south of X, Z is 20 km from X on
a bearing of 270".Calculate, correct: (a) two significant figures, |YZ| (b) The
nearest degree, the bearing of Y from Z.
 diameter of a circle with Centre O. If ABD is a triangle in a semi-circle ∠OAB=34",find:
4 In the diagram, AD¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯AD¯ is a

(a) ∠OAB (b) ∠OCB

5 (a) A man shared his property among his children as follows:

Child’s Name Ann Afia Kojo Nuno Akom

Percentage share 5 15 10 45 25
Represent the information on a pie chart

b) A box contains 5 red, 3 green and 4 blue identical beads. Calculate the
probability th a girl takes away two red beads, one after the other, from the box.

THEORY PART TWO (2): Answer ANY Five (5) questions

1. .(a) In a class of 80 students,34 study Biology and 35 study Physics. If each
student studies at least one of the subjects: (i) draw a Venn diagram to represent
this information (ii) how many students study both subjects (iii) find the
fraction of the class that study Biology but not Physics.
(b) Johnson and Jocatol Ltd. owned a business office with floor measuring
15m by 8 m which was to be [Link] cost of carpeting was Gh¢ 890.00 per
square metre. If a total of GH 216,120.00 was spent on painting and
carpeting, how much was the cost of painting?
2. (a) Copy and complete the table of values for the relation y=2x22 - x - 2 for 4 ≤ x
≤ 4.
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

y 19 -2 26

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the y-axis,
draw the graph of y = 2x2 - x - 2 for 4 ≤ x ≤ 4. (c) On the same axes, draw the
graph of y = 2x + 3. (d) Use the graph to find the: (i) roots of the equation 2x2-3x-

3. (a) In APQR, ∠PQR= 90°. If its area is 216cm22 and |PQ|:|QR| is 3:4, find |PR|.
5 0; (i) range of values of x for which 2x2 -x - 2<0.

(b) The present ages of a man and his son are 47 years and 17 years

4. a) In APQR, ∠PQR= 90°. If its area is 216cm22 and |PQ|:|QR| is 3:4, find |PR|.
respectively. In how many years would the man's age be twice that of his son?

(b) The present ages of a man and his son are 47 years and 17 years
respectively. In how many years would the man's age be twice that of his son?
 In the diagram, PQ//RS is a trapezium with QR//PS. U and T are points
on PS such that |PU|= 5 cm,

6 |QU|= 12 cm and ∠PUQ= ∠STR =90°. If the area of PQR = 20 cm2, calculate,
correct to the nearest whole number, the: (a) perimeter; (b) area; of the
trapezium.
7 (a) A cottage is on a bearing of 200° and 110° from Dogbe's and Manu's farms
respectively. If Dogbe walked 5 km and Manu 3 km from the cottage to their
farms, find, correct to: (i) two significant figures, the distance between the two
farms, (ii) the nearest degree, the bearing of Manu's farm from Dogbe's.
(b) A ladder 10 m long leaned against a vertical wall xm high. The distance
between the wall and the foot of the ladder is 2 m longer than the height of the
[Link] the value of x.
8 The table below shows the distribution of the number of hours per day spent in
studying by 50 students.
Number of hours per day 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Number of students 5 7 5 9 12 4 3 5

Calculate, correct to two decimal places,the: (a) mean; (b) standard deviation.

9 In the diagram, PQRS is a circle. |PQ|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|PQ|¯ = |QS|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|QS|¯.

∠SPR = 26° and the interior angles of PQS are in the ratio 2:3 :[Link]: (i)
PQR; (ii) RPQ; (iii) PRQ (b) The coordinates of two points P and Q in
a plane are (7, 3) and (5, x) respectively, where X is a real number. If |PQ| =
29units, find the value of x.
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13(a) On Sam's first birthday celebration, his grandfather deposited an amount of S1,000.00 a
bank compound at 4 % interest [Link] how much is in the account if Sam is 4 years old.

∠ADC= 50°, find ∠BAD.

(b) In the diagram above, ABCD are points on the circle centre O. If |AB| = |BC| and