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Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read and observe the
following instructions carefully. Write your name and index number in ink in the spaces provided
above.

This booklet consists of two papers; I and II. Answer Paper 2 which comes first in your answer
booklet and Paper 1 on your Objective Test answer sheet. Paper 2 will last for 1 hour after which
the answer book let will be collected. Do not start Paper until you are told to do so. Paper 1 will last
60 minutes.

VERY IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read through the questions, brainstorm and plan your answers before you finally answer
them. This is one of the good ways to manage your time in an exam and to do well.
2. Write clearly, use simple expressions and provide the best answers possible.
3. Write answers that provide additional information. If you just list answers or provide one to
three worded answers, your will fail the paper.
4. Do well to explain your answers to help earn full marks. Check your units of measurement,
spellings, grammar and read over your work before submitting.
5. Write question numbers boldly, start every new major question (answers) on a new page.
6. Do not rewrite the full question before answering. Only write the question number.
7. Show workings in all instances in section B if the question involves calculations.
 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 a class of 30 pupils, 15 have rulers and 13 have pencils. Six pupils have neither ruler nor
pencil.
(i) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the information.
(ii) Find the probability that a pencil chosen at random will have:
(α) A ruler only;
(β) both ruler and pencil.

(b) In the diagram, 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an equilateral triangle. Find the value of (𝒙 + 𝒚).

(c) Find the sum of 142.3, 0.572 𝑎𝑛𝑑 47.06.

√5×√4
2. (a) (i) Simplify the surd .
√5×2
(iii) The area of a square board is 81cm2 . What is its perimeter?

(b) Find the gradient of the straight line that passes through the points 𝐴(5, 7) and 𝐵(11, 4).

𝟐−𝟑𝒙
(c) Given that 𝒑 = (𝟓−𝟐𝒚 ), 𝒒 = (−𝟏
𝟓
) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒑 − 𝒒 = (𝟔𝟖), find the value of (𝒙 + 𝒚).

28 ×23 𝑎
3. (a) Simplify , leaving the answer in the form , where 𝒂 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒃 are positive integers.
4 3 ×2 𝑏

(b) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 of side 6cm. Measure
the diagonal |𝐴𝐶|.

(c) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ .
Given the point 𝑴(6, 4) and 𝑵(3, 5), find 𝑴𝑵

4. (a) Thirty-five men can dig a well in 28 days. How many days will 14 men take to dig the
well working at the same rate?

(b) The external angle of a polygon are 30°, 40°, 120°, 142° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦°. Find the value of 𝒚.

(c) The median of the ordered set of observations 2, 3, (4𝒎 − 3), (3𝒎 + 1), 11 𝑎𝑛𝑑 13 in
ascending order is 6. Find the value of 𝒎.
5. (a) Factorize: (𝑥 − 𝑦)(3𝑚 + 𝑛) − (𝑥 − 𝑦)(𝑚 − 2𝑛).

1
(b) The perimeter of a rectangular cocoa farm is 497𝑘𝑚. The length of the farm is 2 2 times the
width. Find the:
(i) width;
(ii) length of the farm.
(c) The ratio of sheep to goats on a farm is 4:7. If there are 1,428 sheep, find how many goats are
on the farm.

6. (a) The volume of a cylindrical tin is 1,540𝑐𝑚2 . If the height of the cylinder is 10cm, find
22
its radius. [𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 7 ]

(b) The table below gives the frequency distribution of the marks obtained in a class test by a
group of 64 pupils.

Marks (out of ten) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Frequency 9 14 13 10 5 8 2 3

(i) Draw a bar chart for the distribution.

(ii) A pupil is chosen at random from the class. What is the probability that the pupil obtained
7 marks?

END OF ESSAY TEST

 PAPER 1
OBJECTIVE
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 answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have
chosen. Give only one answer to each question. Do all rough work on this question paper.
1. If you randomly select a card from a standard 6. When counting backward by 100,000s from
deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of 800,000, what number comes before it?
drawing a heart? A. 700,000
13 B. 600,000
A. 52
1 C. 750,000
B. D. 790,000
4
26
C. 7. A triangle with vertices at (2, 4), (6, 4), and (4,
52
3 8) is reflected over the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠. Where will
D. 13 the image of the triangle's vertices be located?
A. (2, -4), (6, -4), (4, -8)
Amina has 34 oranges. She gave 16 of them to Ato B. (2, -4), (6, -4), (4, 8)
and was left with 𝑃 organges. Use the information C. (2, 4), (6, 4), (4, -8)
to answer questions 2 and 3. D. (2, -4), (6, -4), (4, -8)
8. If the direction of travel is given as a bearing
2. Which one of the following is the correct of 230 degrees, what would be the back
number sentence? bearing?
A. 16 − 34 = 𝑃 A. 230 degrees
B. 34 + 𝑃 = 34 B. 410 degrees
C. 34 − 16 = 𝑃 C. 50 degrees
D. 34 + 16 = 𝑃 D. 180 degrees
3. How many oranges will be left? 9. Which number comes after 990,000 when
A. 17 counting by 10,000s?
B. 18 A. 990,010
C. 49 B. 991,000
D. 50 C. 991,010
4. Which of the following fractions is larger than D. 1,000,000
1 10. There are 2,500 students in a school. If 1,200
?
2 students attend a field trip and 800 are in
2
A. classrooms, how many students are present in
3
2 the hundreds place?
B. 5 A. 4
1
C. B. 5
5
1 C. 6
D. 4
D. 7
5. If you roll two fair six-sided dice, what is the
11. Study the number pattern, then find the next
probability of getting a sum of 7?
1 number: 1, 2, 4, 12, 44, 332, ____
A. 6 A. 568
1
B. B. 1434
12
1 C. 3421
C. 3 D. 4204
1
D. 4
12. Mr. Chee wants his student to guess his age. 17. On July 30, 2018, in Champaign, Illinois, the
Mr. Chee is 38 years older than his student. sun rose at 5:49 AM and set at 8:08 PM.
Mr Chee will be three times as old as his For how many minutes was the sun in the sky?
student after 5 years. How old is Mr. Chee A. 922
now? B. 1039
A. 57 C. 979
B. 62 D. 859
C. 19 18. Given that (5 + 3√2) 6 − (5 − 3√2) 6 =
D. 14 𝑝√2. Find the sum of prime factors of 𝑝.
13. A boy walks on a bearing of 070°. Which of A. 120
the following diagrams shows his direction? B. 60
C. 80
D. 100
19. A truck and a car travelled uniformly along an
expressway from city M to city N. The truck
left at 10:15 and arrived at 14:15. The car left
at 11:00 and arrived at 13:45. At what time did
the car overtake the truck?
A. 12:39
B. 11. 55
C. 14: 01
D. 15. 15
20. If a line has a slope of 0 and passes through
14. 6 years ago, the ratio of John’s age to his the point (4, -2), what is the equation of the
brother’s age was 3:5. This year, the ratio of line?
John’s age to his brother’s age is 3:4. How old A. 𝑦 = −2
is John now? B. 𝑦 = −2𝑥
A. 24
C. 𝑦 = −2 + 𝑥
B. 12
D. 𝑦 = −2 + 4𝑥
C. 18
21. Simplify (2𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 4).
D. 16
A. 2𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 3𝑥 − 12
15. A mango is sliced into three pieces such that,
B. 2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 12
the second piece is three times as large as the
C. 2𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 7
first, and the third is twice as large as the
D. 2𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 12
second. What fraction of the whole mango is
22. If point X is at a bearing of 270 degrees from
the second piece? Express your answer as a
point Y, what is the bearing of point Y from
common fraction.
1 point X?
A. 5 A. 0 degrees
2
B. B. 90 degrees
5
3 C. 180 degrees
C. 10 D. 270 degrees
1
D. 2
16. Compute the sum of the digits of the product
455 and 1331.
A. 22
B. 43
C. 13
D. 24
23. In the diagram below, 𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝐷 are two 30. Given that 1: 3 = 𝑥: 21, find the value of 𝑥.
intersecting straight lines. Find the value of A. 4
the angle marked 𝑦. B. 5
C. 7
D. 63
31. A car used 8 hours to travel from town A to
town B at a speed of 18km/h. Find the
distance it covered.
A. 22.5km
B. 135km
A. 130° C. 140km
B. 115° D. 144km
C. 65°
D. 60° The diagram below shows a circle with centre
24. Kofi is 2 years older than Ama. If the sum of 𝐎. 𝐒 and 𝐓 are points on the circle. Use it to
their ages is 16, find Ama’s age. answer questions 32 and 33.
A. 7 years.
B. 9years.
C. 14 years.
D. 18years.
25. Simplify √12 − √27.
A. 2√3 − 3√3
B. √3 32. What name is given to the shaded region?
C. −√3 A. Sector.
D. 2√3 + 3√3 B. Segment.
26. Which of the following is arranged in C. Arc
ascending order? D. Radii
A. −25, −64, 4, 17. 33. The line ST is called
B. −64, −25, 4, 17. A. an arc.
C. −64, −25, 17, 4 B. a chord.
D. 17, 4, −25, −64 C. a diameter.
27. Solve 4𝑥 = 32. D. a radius.
1
A. 2 2 Study the triangle of odd numbers and use it to
1 answer questions 34 and 35.
B. 3 2
C. 5 13 b c 19
D. 7
7 9 a
28. Correct 0.00025 to one significant figure.
A. 0.2 3 5
B. 0.003
1
C. 0.0002
D. 0.0003 34. Evaluate 13 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 19.
37 7
29. Evaluate 100 × 10. A. 62
A. 0.259 B. 64
B. 2.590 C. 74
C. 25.900 D. 76
D. 259.000 35. Evaluate 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐.
A. 24
B. 29
C. 36
D. 43
Use the graph below to answer questions 36 to 38
The travel graph describes the journey of a cyclist
from Town X to Town Y.

36. What is the average speed for the return

journey from Town Y to Town X?
A. 100𝑘𝑚ℎ−1
B. 50𝑘𝑚ℎ−1
C. 33.33𝑘𝑚ℎ−1
D. 25𝑘𝑚ℎ−1
37. State the period within which he travelled to
Town Y after his first rest.
A. 1: 00𝑝𝑚 − 2: 00𝑝𝑚
B. 1: 00𝑝𝑚 − 4: 00𝑝𝑚
C. 1: 15𝑝𝑚 − 1: 30𝑝𝑚
D. 1: 30𝑝𝑚 − 2: 00𝑝𝑚
38. How many minutes did the cyclist spend at
Town Y?
A. 15 minutes.
B. 20 minutes
C. 60 minutes.
D. 45minutes.
39. Simplify: (−2
3
) + (−1
5
).
A. (−3
−2
)
B. (−1
2
)
C. (−3
8
)
D. (−1
−2
)
40. The point 𝑃(5, 4) is reflected in the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.
Find the image.
A. (−5, 4)
B. (5, − 4)
C. (−4, 5)
D. (4, −5)
END OF PAPER