ADJO’s TRIAL QUESTION SET 2

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EXTERNAL ASSESSORS’ MOCK EXAMS 2025
MATHEMATICS
(In Memory of Mr Late Mr. Kennedy Paye Agyepong, the late Mathematics Teacher of Accra Metro Education
Directorate. A Hero who will be missed forever. Keep Resting Peacefully my Superboss)
Paper 2 – Essay 1hour
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) A piece of carpet bought by Vivian Adjo Tetteh, measuring 11m long, 8m wide, is laid in her
square office room at the Accra Metro Education Office of side 13m. Find the area of the floor
uncovered.
b) Factorize 2x2 + x - 15 completely.
c) The external angles of a polygon are 30o,40o,120o,142o, and yo. Find the value of y.

2.a) SISO Georgina Winnifred Rhabbles of Mamprobi Circuit within the Accra Metropolis has
260 metres of fencing which she is going to put around a rectangular field which is 50 metres wide.
How long is the field?
𝟑
b) If sin x = 𝟓, where 0o ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟗𝟎o, without using tables or calculator,

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + tan 𝑥
calculate .
sin 𝑥
c) (i) Simplify 2√𝟐𝟕 + √𝟕𝟓 + 𝟑 + √𝟏𝟎𝟖
(ii) A tank contains 400 litres of water. If 100 litres is used, what percentage is left?

3.a) SISO Matha Breh, the Circuit Supervisor of Korle Gonno Circuit scores 70 and 76 marks in
two tests. How many marks must she score in the third test to be put in grade A if all who took part
in the test scoring an average of 80 or higher in the three tests are put in grade A.
b) Mr. Kennedy Paye Agyepong, the late Mathematics teacher of Mamprobi Socco HH Basic
School on top of a tower saw a fire at an angle of depression of 32o. The height of the tower was
18m. What was the distance between the fire and the hunter?
Correct your answer to two significant figures. (Take Tan58o = 1.6 and Tan32o = 0.6
c) The volume of a cylindrical tin is 1,540cm3. If the height of the cylinder is 10cm, find its
22
radius [take 𝜋 = 7 ].

d) Evaluate : (0.064) -1 /3
4. a) The average of the numbers 5, 7, 2, 6x, (x+1), 7 and 4 is 5. Find the value of x.

5cm
14cm
14cm
The diagram shows a window of a college hall in the shape of a semi- circle mounted on a rectangle.
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 b) (i) Calculate the area of the window.
(ii) Calculate the perimeter of the window.
𝒙 𝒙+𝟏
c) Express as a single fraction, - .
𝒙−𝟐 𝒙+𝟐
d) Find the equation of a line of that passes through the point (3, -7) and has the
𝟓
slope m = 𝟒

5.a) P1 (8, -2) is the image of the points p (5,2) by the translation vector V.
Find
i) the vector V.
ii) the coordinates of the point Q which maps onto the points Q1 (5, -2) under V.

b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct

i) line AB= 6cm.
ii) the perpendicular bisector of to meet AB at O.

c) With centre O and radius OA, draw a circle to pass through points P and Q, the intersection of
the mediator of AB and the circle.
d) Extend BA to point R such that BA = AR. Join points P, B, Q and R to form a quadrilateral.
What is the name of the quadrilateral PBQR?
e) Measure (i) PQ
(ii) BR
(iii) Hence compute the area of quadrilateral PBQR, correct to the nearest whole number.

6. a) In a mathematics quiz Cordei scored 75% ,Vivian scored 80%, Tetteh scored 35%, Kpakpo
scored 70% and Adjo scored 50%.
Draw a waffle chart to represent the data

b) A ship at port P sails 12km due east to port Q and then 5km due north to port R
i) Sketch a diagram to represent the movement of the ship from port P to port R
ii) Compute the distance between port P and port R
iii) Find the total distance covered by the ship in sailing from port P to port R

c) The diagram below shows two circles with common centre. The small circle has radius 7cm and
the big circle has radius 14cm.

Find the shaded area (take 𝝅 = 22/7)

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 PAPER 1 – Answer all questions (1 Hour)
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 answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have
chosen. Give only one answer to each question.

1. Approximate 0.0033780 to 3 significant 7. Evaluate 10012 – 1

figures. A. 1002
A. 338 B. 10020
B. 0.338 C. 100200
C. 0.00338 D. 1002000
D. 0.003
8. If 4x = 23x- 3 , find x.
12 1− 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥
2. Given that cos x = 13, evaluate A. 3
𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥
5 5
A. 13 B. 12
5 3
B. 7 C. 2
17 D. -3
C. 5
13 9. The mean of the numbers 3, 5, 3x, and 2
D. 5 is 4. Find x
A. 2
3. Find the gradient of the line joining the
B. 3
points Q (2, -3) and R (2, 5)
C.4
A. 0
D. 6
B. 1
C. 2 10. Which of the following is the image of
D. Undefined 𝒙
(-2, 5) under the mapping. ( 𝒚 ) →
4. Write 0.315 as a fraction in its lowest 𝟐𝒚
term ( ).
𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙
63
A. 20 A. (5, 1)
63 B. (5, 9)
B. 200
C. (10, 1)
36
C. 200 D. (10, 9)
31
D. 200 11. The exterior angle of a regular polygon
is 40o. Find the sum of its interior angles.
5. Express 0.0000816 in standard form.
A. 140o
A. 8.16 x 106
B. 360o
B. 8.16 x 105
C. 1120o
C. 8.16 x 10-5
D. 1260o
D.8.16 x 10-6
6. G1 (-4, 6) is the image of G under a 12. The coordinates of points P and Q are
−𝟓 (4, 3) and (2, -1) respectively. Find the
translation by the vector ( ). What is
−𝟕 shortest distance between P and Q.
the image of co-ordinates of G?.
A. 10√2
A. (-9, -1)
B. 4√5
B. (-1, -3)
C. (1, 13) C. 5√2
D. (9, 1) D. 2√5

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13. Find the vector which translates the 18. An amount of GH¢ 2,500,000 invested
point (1, 3) to the point (3, 2) . for 5 years yielded simple interest of
A. (-2,-1) GH¢375,000. Find the rate of interest per
B. (-2, 1) annum.
C. (1, -2) A. 0.3%
D. (2, -1) B. 3.0%
C. 3.3%
14. The following shows the mapping x→ D. 33.3%
𝑦.
19. Simplify, correct to three significant
X 1 2 3 4 figures (27.63)2 - ( 12.37)2

A. 610
B. 611
C. 612
D. 614
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Y 1 -2 -5 -8 20. Find the truth set of x + = 7.
𝑥
A. x= {3,4}
Find the rule of the mapping B. x= {-3,4}
A. y = 4+3x C. x= {-3,-4}
B. y = 4-3x D. x= {3, -4}
C. y = 4-2x
21. A train travels at a speed of 80km per
D. y =3x-4
hour. How log will it take to travel a
𝟓
15. simplify √𝟑(4√𝟑 - ). distance of 320km?
√𝟑
A. 5 A. 2 hours
B. 7 B. 3 hours
C. 9 C. 4 hours
D. 12 - √5 D. 5 hours
𝟏 𝟑 𝟏𝟓 4
16. Evaluate 2 𝟑 + (𝟏 𝟕 ÷ 𝟐𝟖 ) 22. Find the length of the vector ( ).
−2
7
A. 8 A. 2
B. 4 B. 2√3
2 C. 2√5
C. 4 3
D. 5 D. 20

17. What is the image of -4 under the 23. Given that x = 4, y = 7. Evaluate 2xy
𝟏 + 3( x + y)
relation y = 𝟐 x – 2
A . 99
A. -4
B. 109
B. -2
C. 89
C. 4
D. 79
D.2

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24. The total enrolment in a school is 432. 29. If (x, y) maps to (x, 2y), find the image
The ratio of the number of boys to the of (2 ½, - ¼ )
number of girls is 5:4. How many more
a. (2 ½, -2)
boys than girls are in the school?
b. (2 ½, - ½)
A. 22
c. (5, - ½)
B. 48
d. (2, - ¼ )
C. 86
D. 108 30. Given that 25x = 1, find x.
3 2 A. 0
25. Write 𝑥+1 − 𝑥−1 as a single fraction 1
B. 2
𝑥−1
A. C. 1
𝑥−1
D. 2
𝑥 +1
B. 31. A trader sold a television set for GHc
𝑥−1
5𝑥 + 1 300.00 and made a profit of 20%. Find the
C. 𝑥−1 cost price of the television set.
5𝑥 + 1
D. A. GHc 280.00
𝑥−1
B. GHc 260.00
26. Arrange in ascending order of C. GHc 250.00
𝟕 𝟐 𝟏 D. GHc 240.00
magnitude 𝟕𝟓 , 𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑.
𝟕 𝟏 𝟕 The marks obtained by 9 students in a test
A. 𝟕𝟓 , 𝟑 , 𝟕𝟓
are 6,3,4,7,3,7,8,5,9. Use the information
𝟏 𝟕 𝟐 to answer questions 32 and 33.
B. 𝟑 , 𝟕𝟓 , 𝟓
𝟏 𝟐 𝟕 32. Find the median
C. 𝟑 , 𝟓 , 𝟕
𝟕 𝟏 𝟐 A. 4
D. 𝟕𝟓 , 𝟑 , 𝟓 B. 5
C. 6
𝑎 𝑐
27. Given that 𝑏 = 𝑑, find an expression D. 7
for C in terms of a, b, and d.
33. Calculate, correct to two decimal
𝑎𝑑
A. places, the mean mark .
𝑏
𝑎𝑐 A. .55
B. 𝑑 B. 5.56
C. 𝑎𝑑
𝑏 C 6.66
D. 6.67
𝑏𝑎
D. 34. Make m the subject of the relation A=
𝑑
𝟏
𝟔 (m + n)h .
28. Solve the equation 12 + =9 𝟐
𝒙 2𝑎
A. 3 A. m = ℎ -n
B. 2 B. m = 2a - hn
C. -2 C. m = 2a + hn
2𝑎
D. -3 D. m = ℎ + n

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35. If the area of a square is 64cm2, find its 37. The line PQ is
perimeter.
A. a radius
A. 8cm
B. 16cm B. a diameter
C. 24cm
D. 32cm C. a chord
36. Find the sample interest on GHc
D. an arch
280.00 at at 3% per annum for 6 months.
A. GHc 4.20 38. The shaded region is a
B. GHc 8.40
C. GHc 10.50 A. triangle
D. GHc 25.20
B. semi- circle
The diagram shows the points P,Q,R,S and
T on a circle with centre C. segment

D. sector

P Q 39. Simplify √12(√48 − √3)

O A. 18

S T B 16

C. 14

Use the information to answer questions D. 12

37 and 38.
40. Expand -x (3 - 2x).

A. -2x2- 3x

B. 2x2 - 3x

C. -2x2 + 3x

D. 2x2 + 3x

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