KUULCHAT
MATHEMATICS MOCK

OBJECTIVE TEST

1.

The longest chord of a circle is the

A.

segment.

B.

sector.

C.

circumference.

D.

diameter.

2.

Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 90, 126 and 72.

A.

6

B.

9

C.

18

D.

24

3.

Which of the following can be made from the net below?

A.

Triangular prism

B.

Square pyramid

C.

Triangular pyramid

D.

Cuboid

4.

In the diagram below, MNO is a triangle. Angle MON = 72° and angle OMN = 68°.

Find angle ONP.

A.

40°

B.

68°

C.

72°

D.

112°

E.

140°

5.

A man shared an amount of money between his two children, Esi and Ato in the ratio 2:3 respectively. If Ato received GH₵ 45.00, what was the total amount shared?

A.

GH₵ 18.00

B.

GH₵ 27.50

C.

GH₵ 75.00

D.

GH₵ 112.50

6.

Given that 117(12+18) = 117(15+k), find the value of k

A.

15

B.

- 15

C.

-30

D.

30

7.

Which of these best describes the given construction?

A.

Bisecting a line

B.

Constructing the bisector of a line segment

C.

Constructing the perpendicular to a line

D.

Constructing a perpendicular to a given line from a point outside the line

E.

Constructing a perpendicular to a given line through a point on the line

8.

What is the value of the digit 8 in the number 78000?

A.

8 ten thousands

B.

8 thousands

C.

8 hundreds

D.

8 tens

9.

A rectangle has a length of 8 cm and a breadth of 6 cm. How long is its diagonal?

A.

10

B.

14

C.

28

D.

50

10.

Given that –1 = 2 – m, find m

A.

- 3

B.

- 1

C.

1

D.

3

11.

Express 0.125 as a fraction in its lowest form.

A.

1 8

B.

1 9

C.

1 12

D.

1 16

12.

A square of side 4 cm is enlarged by a scale factor of 3. Calculate the area of the enlarged square.

A.

36 cm2

B.

72 cm2

C.

96 cm2

D.

144 cm2

13.

Factorize: xy + 5x + 2y + 10.

A.

(x + 5)(2y + 10)

B.

(x + 2)(y + 10)

C.

(x + 5)(y + 2)

D.

(x + 2)(y + 5)

14.

In the diagram, QRS is a triangle. Angle QRS = 50° and angle RST = 120°. Find angle RQS.

A.

60°

B.

65°

C.

70°

D.

80°

15.

Arrange the following in descending order:

.

A.

B.

C.

D.

16.

The perimeter of the figure below is 71 cm. Find the diameter of the semi-circumference portion.

[Take π = 22 7 ]

A.

1.0 cm

B.

3.5 cm

C.

7.0 cm

D.

14.0 cm

17.

In an enlargement with scale factor k, which of the following statements is not true?

A.

Each length is multiplied by k

B.

Each angle remains the same

C.

The shape of the figure does not change

D.

The size of the figure does not change

E.

Corresponding lines are parallel

18.

Arrange the following fractions in ascending order: 5 8 , 11 20 , 7 10 .

A.

5 8 , 11 20 , 7 10

B.

7 10 , 5 8 , 11 20

C.

11 20 , 5 8 , 7 10

D.

5 8 , 7 10 , 11 20

19.

A student spends 17 35 of his pocket money on transport and fruits. He spends 5 6 of the remainder on sweets. What fraction of his pocket money does he spend on sweets?

A.

4 7

B.

3 7

C.

17 35

D.

18 35

E.

17 42

20.

By how much is 5 6 greater than 3 4 ?

A.

1 12

B.

1 6

C.

5 12

D.

2 3

E.

4 5

21.

Simplify: (8x2y3)( 3 8 xy4)

A.

3x3y7

B.

3x2y7

C.

3x3y4

D.

3xy

22.

Find the rule for the following mapping:

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 1 4 9 16 25
A.

yx + 2

B.

y → 2x

C.

yx2

D.

y → 2x + 2

23.

Find the highest common factor of 15 and 21.

A.

1

B.

3

C.

5

D.

7

24.

A number of oranges are shared among 50 students and each got 15 oranges. If the same number of oranges are shared equally among 30 students, how many will each student get?

A.

13

B.

15

C.

25

D.

20

25.

Simplify 1 3 - 1 2 + 2 5

A.

17 30

B.

13 30

C.

7 30

D.

- 7 30

E.

- 17 30

26.

Expand the expression 2(3a + 2b)

A.

6a + 2b

B.

5a + 4b

C.

6a + 4b

D.

10ab

E.

12ab

27.

Express 30 minutes as a percentage of 3 hours 20 minutes

A.

12.5 %

B.

15 %

C.

16⅔ %

D.

20 %

28.

A frog leaps in such a way that its distance, in metres, from its starting position after each leap is given by 4, 7, 10, ...

Find its distance from the starting position after the 10th leap.

A.

28

B.

31

C.

37

D.

34

29.

The cost of 12 note books is GH₵ 54.84. Find the cost of one note book.

A.

GH₵ 5.57

B.

GH₵ 4.67

C.

GH₵ 4.57

D.

GH₵ 3.57

30.

Use the identity a2b2 = (a + b)(ab) to evaluate 832 - 172

A.

660

B.

6,600

C.

7,178

D.

7,600

E.

8,317

31.

What is the H.C.F of 48, 30 and 18?

A.

2

B.

3

C.

5

D.

6

E.

9

32.

If Q = {1,3,5,7,9,10,11,13,15} and T = {1,2,3,5,6,7,10,11,12}, find QT.

A.

{1,2,3,5,7,10,11}

B.

{1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15}

C.

{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13}

D.

{1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,15}

33.

What is the value of 7 in the number 832713?

A.

Seven thousand

B.

Seven hundred

C.

Seventy

D.

Seven

34.

Use the following information to answer the question below.

The relation between the Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F) scale of temperature is given by:
C = 5 9 (F - 32).

If C is 40, F will be

A.

104.0

B.

78.4

C.

72.0

D.

65.6

E.

40.0

35.

The Venn diagram shows the number of pupils who offer Mathematics (M) and/or English (E) in a class.

Use this information to answer the question below.

How many pupils offer only one subject?

A.

3

B.

7

C.

18

D.

21

36.

If A = {2,6,8} and B = {4,6,8,10}, which of the following statements is true?

A.

AB

B.

AB = {2,6,8}

C.

AB = {2,4,6,8,10}

D.

AB

37.

What is the name of the figure above?

A.

Cuboid

B.

Kite

C.

Triangle

D.

Pyramid

38.

The area of a rectangular card is 15 cm2. If each side of the card is enlarged by a scale factor 3, find the area of the enlarged card.

A.

45 cm2

B.

75 cm2

C.

90 cm2

D.

135 cm2

39.

Not drawn to scale

In the diagram, PQR is a right-angled triangle with |PR| = 15 cm and |QR| = 12 cm. Find the length PQ.

A.

3.0 cm

B.

8.0 cm

C.

9.0 cm

D.

19.2 cm

40.

Find the image of 5, under the mapping x → 4x - 7.

A.

3

B.

13

C.

20

D.

27

THEORY QUESTIONS

1.

Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a)

construct the triangle XYZ, in which |YZ| = 6 cm, angle XYZ = 60° and |XZ| = 9 cm. Measure |XY|

(b)

(i)

construct the mediator of YZ.

(ii)

draw a circle, centre X and radius 5 cm. Measure |YA|, where A is the point of intersection of the mediator and the circle in the triangular region XYZ

2.

(a)

A doctor treated 2,000 patients over a period of time. If he worked for 5 hours a day and spend 15 minutes on each patient, how many days did the doctor spend to treat all the patients?

(b)

The pie chart shows the distribution of textbooks to six classes A,B,C,D,E and F in a school.

(i)

If class D was given 720 textbooks, how many textbooks were distributed to each of the remaining classes?

(ii)

What is the average number of textbooks distributed to the classes?

(iii)

How many classes had less than the average number of textbooks distributed?

3.

Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a)

draw |PQ| = 9 cm

(b)

construct a perpendicular to PQ at Q

(c)

construct angle QPS = 60° at the point P on PQ such that |PS| = 6.5cm

(d)

construct a line parallel to PQ through S. let the perpendicular through Q and the parallel through S, meet at R. Measure |PR|.

4.

(a)

Using a ruler and a pair of compass only:

(i)

construct triangle PQR such that |PR| = 8 cm, |PQ| = 6 cm and |QR| = 5 cm;

(ii)

construct the perpendicular bisector of |PR| and label it l1;

(iii)

construct the perpendicular bisector of |QR| and label it l2;

(iv)

Label the point of intersection of l1 and l2 as N.

(v)

With N as centre and radius equal to draw a circle.

(b)

(i)

Measure the radius of the circle.

(ii)

Calculate the circumference of the circle, correct to 3 significant figures.

[Take π = 3.14]

5.

The following is the result of a survey conducted in a class of a junior secondary school to find the favourite soft drink of each pupil in the class.

Soft Drink Number of pupils preferring soft drink
Coca-cola 6
Pepsi-cola 5
Pee-cola 8
Fanta 3
Muscatella 5
Mirinda 4
Club-cola 6
Sprite 3

(a)

Draw a bar chart showing this information, using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the vertical axis.

(b)

How many pupils are in the class?

(c)

What is the percentage of pupils who prefer Club-cola?

6.

Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on both axis, draw two perpendicular lines OX and OY on a graph sheet. Mark the x-axis from –5 to 5 and the y-axis from –6 to 6. Mark the origin O.

(i)

Draw on the same graph sheet, indicating in each case, the co-ordinates of all the vertices the square ABCD where A(1, 2), B(4, 2), C(4, 5) and D(1, 5) are the respective points.

(ii)

Using the y-axis as a mirror line draw the image A1B1C1D1 of square ABCD where AA1,BB1, CC1 and DD1.

(iii)

Draw an enlargement A2B2C2D2 of the square ABCD with scale factor –1 from O, such that AA2, BB2, CC2 and DD2.

(iv)

What single transformation maps A2B2C2D2 onto the square A1B1C1D1?