PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES

NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

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 workings.
1. (a) The data below was obtained by a group of learners for the number of people living in
households around their houses.
C D D D A C B B D D
F B C C D B E D B E
F E B B D D D C A C
B E D F D B C B D E
(i) Complete the frequency table below for the data recorded from the survey above.

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Household Tally Frequency Angle of sector
× 360 = 18°
A // 2 40
B //// //// 10
C //// // -
D //// //// /// -
E //// -
F /// -

(ii) Draw a pie chart to illustrate the data in the frequency table above.

(b) Mrs. Lartey bought a sewing machine from a shop. A 15% VAT charged on the
machine amounted to GH¢ 555.00. Find the marked price of the sewing machine.
 (c) Given that A and B are subsets of the Universal set, U. Draw a Venn diagram and shade
the region represented by;
(i) A∩ B
(ii) A ∪ B

2. (a) A fair coin and a fair die are tossed together.

(i) List the set of all possible outcomes.
(ii) What is the probability of obtaining a head and an even number?
(b) 2y = 6x – 2 is an equation of a straight line. Find the gradient and the y-intercept.
(c) Find the value of x in the diagram below.

42°
3x

(d) Solve the inequality 𝟐𝒙 − (𝒙 − 𝟏) ≥ 𝟒.

3. (a) Express 975.8674, correct to

(i) two decimal places.
(ii) five significant figures.
(b) Multiply 382 × 856.
(c) The data below shows the ages of some children at a birthday party.
4 3 5 7 6 5 4 2 8 5
(i) Find the modal age.
(ii) What is the mean age of the children?
(iii) Find the probability of selecting a child who is 5 years old.

4. (a) Simplify and evaluate (𝟏𝟔 𝟑

) −𝟒
𝟖𝟏
𝟐 𝟏

𝟑 𝟒
(b) In a school, of the learners eat from the school feeding programme, bring their packed
lunch and the rest go home to eat. What fraction of the learners goes home for lunch?
(c) A boy observes a friend on a storey building at an angle of elevation of 30°. If the
distance between the boy and the foot of the building is 15m, calculate the vertical height of
the building. [Take Tan 30° = √𝟑]
𝟑
5. (a) Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (5, 4) and (–10, –2).
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 kilogram on the x-axis and 2cm to GH¢ 20, copy and complete
the table below for the relation y = 20x + 20, and draw the graph for the relation.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y 80 120 160
(i) From the graph, find the weight of meat that can be bought with GH¢ 90.
(ii) From the graph, find the cost of 3.5kg of meat.
(iii) Using the relation, how many kilograms of meat can be bought at a cost of
GH¢240?
(c) Given that m = ( −2
) and n = (−1+𝑥), and m = n, find the values of x and y.
2𝑦−3 1

6. (a) The total cost (C) of water consumed by a household is proportional to the number of
litres (n) of water used at a constant rate (p).
(i) Write an equation for the statement.
(ii) Find the cost in cedis when n = 2720 litres and p = 40Gp.

|PR| = 8cm and <QRP = 60°.

(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle PQR in which |QR| = 7cm,

(c) Construct the locus l₁ of point equidistant from Q and R.

(d) Construct the locus l₂ of point equidistant from P and R.
(e) Locate the point of intersection of l₁ and l₂ as k.
(f) With k as center, construct a circle to pass through the three vertices of triangle PQR and
measure the radius of the circle.

END OF PAPER 2
 PENTECOST SOCIAL SERVICES
NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION FOR JHS 3

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1 - 1 HOUR
OBJECTIVE TEST

1. Round down 876,543 to the 4. The cost of an item is GH¢ 10.75. How
nearest thousand. much will you receive after you pay
a. 877000 with a GH¢100 note?
b. 876000 a. GH¢ 80.25
c. 876500
b. GH¢ 89.35
d. 877500
2. Ababio spent 3 of his pocket money on c. GH¢ 89.25
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transportation and food. What fraction of d. GH¢ 80.35
his money did he spend on food if he 5. Solve for x in the equation 5𝑥 = 30 × 56
spent 1 on transportation?
5 a. x = 15
4
12
a. b. x = 5
c. x = 6
22
b.
12
22
d. x = 0
6. The length of a piece of wood is 7
35 2
c.

8 3
35
d.
2
metres and a carpenter wants different

3. Express 2370000 millimetres as 2 pieces each of length 2 metres. How

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significant figures in scientific notation. many pieces to the nearest metre can he
a. 2.3 × 10−6
cut from the wood?

b. 2.3 × 106
a. 2 pieces

c. 2.4 ×10−6
b. 3 pieces

d. 2.4 ×106
c. 4 pieces
 d. 5 pieces c. They are equal
7. Simplify √3 + √2 + √27 + √32. d. They are adjacent to each other

a. 5√3 + 5√2 12. The bearing of Sapeiman from Pokuase

b. 4√3 + 5√2
is 073°. What is the bearing of Pokuase
from Sapeiman?
c. 3√3 + 4√2 a. 107°
d. 4√3 +3√2 b. 017°
8. Prince and Priscilla bought 10 items c. 253°
and paid GH¢ 32. Out of the items, a
d. 197°
13. Given that 𝑆 = 𝑥𝑖 + 20𝑗 and 𝑇 = 6𝑖
ruler costs GH¢ 5 and an eraser costs

−
GH¢ 2. How many rulers and erasers
did they buy?
a. 4 erasers and 6 rulers 𝑦𝑗 are equal vectors. What are the values
of x and y?
a. 𝑥 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = −20
b. 6 erasers and 4 rulers

b. 𝑥 = −20 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 6
c. 5 erasers and 5 rulers

c. 𝑥 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 20
d. 3 erasers and 7 rulers
9. "The sum of the ages of a man and his
son is 48 years. The man is 10 years d. 𝑥 = 20 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 6
older than his son". Write an algebraic
14. Calculate the total surface area of a cube
expression to represent the statement.
a. 2𝑥 + 48 = 10
of side 3cm.

b. 2𝑥 + 10 = 48
a. 69 cm³

c. 𝑥 + 10 = 48
b. 54 cm³

d. 𝑥 + 48 = 10
c. 69 cm²
d. 54 cm²
10. What angle is complement to 82°? 15. There are a number of red and black
a. 98° balls in a sack. If the probability of
selecting a black ball is 3 and there are
b. 108° 5

c. 18° 10 red balls in the sack, how many black

balls are there in the sack?
d. 8°
a. 15 black balls
11. Two angles are said to be corresponding
b. 10 black balls
a. They add up to 180°
c. 25 black balls
b. They add up to 90°
d. 20 black balls
16. Given that a = ( 3
) and b = (2−𝑥), d. 220 cm
−4 −2
find
𝑦
the values of x and y. 21. A triangle has length of sides (y + 2)

a. 𝑥 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 =
cm, (2y + 1) cm and 3y cm. Write an
2
expression for the perimeter of the

b. 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 =
triangle.

−2
a. (6y + 3) cm

c. 𝑥 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 =
b. (8y) cm
−2
d. 𝑥 = −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 =
2
17. The rate at which a person can walk (W) a. 5 cm
decreases proportionally as 1 where y is
𝑦
b. 105 cm
the number of years after 40 at a constant c. 110 cm
rate (n). Find y when W = 5 and n = 45.
a. 40
b. 9
c. 225
d. 49

18. Simplify √2(7 × 8 − 6)

a. 2√7
b. 10

c. √10

d. √28
19. Find the gradient from the equation: 𝑦
− 7𝑥 = 3.
a. 𝑚 = −7
b. 𝑚 = 7
c. 𝑚 = −3
d. 𝑚 = 3
20. What is the distance around a car wheel
of diameter 35m?
 c. (9y + 3) cm
d. (12y) cm
Use the data below to answer questions
22 and 23.
2³ → 8
2² → 4
2¹ →
2 2º
→a2
¹‫→ ־‬
b
22. What is the value of a?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
23. Find the value of b?
a. 1
b. 2
1
2
c.

d. 0
24. Find the HCF of 30 and 45.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
 d. 20 pages has a book whose cost of
25. Express 0.862164 to 5 decimal places. production is GH¢550?

a. 0.8621 a. 60 pages

b. 0.8622 b. 600 pages

c. 0.86217 c. 6000 pages

d. 0.86216 d. 6 pages

26. Using halving and doubling in solving 36 30. Simplify 6𝑝² × 3𝑝𝑞².
× 5, you obtain a. 18𝑝3𝑞2
a. 36 × 10 b. 18𝑝2𝑝𝑞2
b. 72 × 5 c. 18𝑝2𝑞3
d. 18𝑝𝑞
c. 18 × 5
d. 18 × 10
31. What is the mode of the set of data
27. Three farmers weeded a number of acres given: 4, 3, 5, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 8 and 5?
of land. The first farmer weeded 18
a. 2
acres, the second 12 acres and the third
30 acres. Express the acres weeded by b. 3
the three farmers in ratio. c. 4
a. 18 : 12 : 30 d. 5
b. 30 : 12 : 18
c. 3 : 4 : 10 32. A shop offers a discount of 9% on all of
d. 3 : 2 : 5 its items. Amoah went to the shop and
bought a fridge marked at GH¢ 2200.00.
28. Given that 2xº and 50º are
Find the discount.
complementary to each other. What is
the value of x? a. GH¢ 188.00

a. 40º b. GH¢ 198.00

b. 20º c. GH¢ 2002.00

c. 130º d. GH¢ 2012.00

d. 65º 33. A polygon has 7 sides. Find the sum

of the interior angles.
29. The cost (C) in GH¢ of producing books
by a publishing company is given by the a. 720º
relation, C=250+0.5n where n is the b. 1080º
number of pages in the book. How
c. 900º
many
 d. 1440º c. An obtuse angle
34. Which of the following forms the sides d. A reflex angle
of a right-angled triangle?
38. Which of the following best describes
a. 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm the statement; "the locus of points 6
b. 12 cm, 13 cm and 15 cm cm from a fixed point O"?
c. 6 cm, 9 cm and 12 cm a. A parallel line 6 cm from point O

d. 10 cm, 13 cm and 25 cm b. A vertical line 6 cm from point O

35. How many eggs are found 3 dozens? c. A horizontal line 6 cm from point O
a. 60 eggs d. A circle with radius 6 cm and center
O
b. 30 eggs
39. A point P (3, 4) is rotated through an
c. 90 eggs
angle of 90º about the origin O. Find
d. 36 eggs the image P₁ of the rotation.
36. If 5 boys can cultivate a piece of land in a. (3, – 4)
14 days, how long will it take for 7
b. (4, – 3)
boys to cultivate the piece of land at the
same rate? c. (– 3, 4)

a. 14 days d. (– 4, 3)

b. 12 days 40. In an enlargement, the area of the object

was multiplied by 144 to get the area of
c. 10 days
the image. Find the scale factor of the
d. 8 days enlargement.
37. An angle which is greater than 180º but a. 12
less than 360º is
b. 36
a. A right angle
c. 48
b. An acute angle
d. 144

END OF PAPER 1