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1. Which of the following correctly reads the given number quantity 6,245,789?
A. Six million, two hundred forty-five thousand, seven hundred eighty-nine.
B. Six million, two hundred fifty-four thousand, seven hundred eighty-nine.
C. Six million, two hundred forty-five thousand, seven hundred ninety.
D. Six million, two hundred fifty-four thousand, seven hundred ninety.

2. Fill in the missing numbers in the sequence: 20,000, 19,995, __, 19,985, __, 19,975, 19,970.
A. 19,990, 19,980
B. 19,992, 19,982
C. 19,993, 19,983
D. 19,994, 19,984

3. In a manufacturing plant, three different cutting machines can cut the following number of wood:

Machine A – 532,678

Machine B – 523,876

Machine C – 532,789

Order the machines from the highest to the lowest number of wood they can cut.
A. 532,678 > 532,789 > 523,876
B. 532,789 > 532,678 > 523,876
C. 532,789 > 523,876 > 532,678
D. 532,678 > 523,876 > 532,789

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4. The Venn diagram shows the findings of a survey on students’ favourite food for
lunch. Use the information to answer question 4.

How many students like waakye but not jollof?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 10
5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately
93,000,000 miles. Write this distance in scientific notation.
A. 9.3 x 106 miles
B. 9.3 x 107 miles
C. 9.3 x 108 miles
D. 9.3 x 10-7 miles

6. If the cost of a building project is estimated at GH₵876,543, rounded to the nearest
ten-thousands, what is the rounded cost?
A. GH₵870,000
B. GH₵870,500
C. GH₵880,000
D. GH₵880,500

7. A student purchased three items at a school store. What is the total cost of the items
rounded to the nearest Ghana cedi?
i= GH₵5.20
ii= GH₵8.50
iii= GH₵12.20
A. GH₵25.00
B. GH₵26.00
C. GH₵27.00
D. GH₵28.00

8. A carpenter needs to cut a piece of wood into two equal parts. If the wood is 3.678
meters long, to which decimal place should the carpenter measure and cut to
ensure the two parts are as close to equal as possible?

A. Nearest whole meter
B. Nearest tenth of a meter
C. Nearest hundredth of a meter
D. Nearest thousandth of a meter

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9. The cost of an item is GH¢10.75. How much should a customer pay for 100 of the items?
A. GH¢10.7500
B. GH¢107.50
C. GH¢110.75
D. GH¢1,075.00

10. The graph shows the world’s largest cocoa bean producers in 2019. How much more cocoa did Ivory Coast and Ghana together produced than the four other countries put together?

A. 1,884
B. 3,542
C. 5,426
D. 7,310

11. A carpenter bought 8.75 meters of wood to make shelves. If each shelf requires 1.25 meters of wood, how many shelves can the carpenter make?

A. 5 shelves
B. 6 shelves
C. 7 shelves
D. 8 shelves

12. Solve the equation 2^x =64.

a. x = 3

b. x = 4

c. x = 5

d. x = 6

13. Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 75%?
1/4
5/7
3/4
1/2

14. If the car continues to travel at the same speed, how far will the car travel in 9½
hours?
A. 600 miles
B. 750 miles
C. 900 miles
D. 950 miles

15. Assuming the car uses a litre of fuel for every 8 miles, how much fuel will be
needed to travel 100 miles if the cost of fuel is GH¢14.25 per litre? Leave your
answer to the nearest Ghana cedi.
A. GH¢114
B. GH¢142
C. GH¢178
D. GH¢1425

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16. What speed did Anita travel in the first hour?
A. 40 km/h
B. 50 km/h
C. 80 km/h
D. 200 km/h

17. How long did Anita rest during the entire journey?
A. ½ hour
B. 1 hour
C. 1 ½ hours
D. 2 hours

18. What was Anita’s average speed from Shama to Breku?
A. 50 km/h
B. 75 km/h
C. 120 km/h
D. 200 km/h

19. Simplify: √20
A. 2√5
B. 5√2
C. 4√5
D. 5√4

20. If this pattern continues, how much would it cost to buy 30 biscuits?
A. GH¢42
B. GH¢50
C. GH¢48
D. GH¢54

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21. A recipe for a loaf of bread requires ¾ cup of flour. If you want to make 4 loaves of bread for a party, but you only have 2 cups of flour, how many more cups of flour do you need?
A. 1 cup
B. 2 cups
C. 2 ¼ cups
D. 2¾

22. Mr Abompe bought 10,000 bricks for his house project. If the workers used 2/5 of the bricks during the first week, how many of the bricks are left?
A. 2,000
B. 4,000
C. 5,000
D. 6,000

23. A length of rope is 5⅓ feet long. How many 1⅓ & foot-long pieces can be cut from it?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

24. The ratio of boys to girls in a certain JHS 3 class is 1:3. This means
A. The boys are three times more than the girls.
B. The girls are three times more than the boys.
C. There are three more boys than the girls in the class.
D. There are three more girls than the boys in the class.

25. A recipe for making a drink calls for 2 cups of lemon juice and 6 cups of water to serve 8 people. If you want to serve 16 people instead, how much lemon juice and water will you need?
A. 4 cups of lemon juice and 12 cups of water
B. 8 cups of lemon juice and 24 cups of water
C. 16 cups of lemon juice and 48 cups of water
D. 32 cups of lemon juice and 96 cups of wat

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26. What is the rule that relates the number of tables to the number of chairs?
A. Number of chairs = Number of tables + 2
B. Number of chairs = 5 – Number of tables
C. Number of chairs = Number of tables x 5
D. Number of chairs = Number of tables ÷ 2

The graph shows a relationship between the number of children and the
corresponding number of sachet milk each family received. Use the graph to
answer the questions that follow.

27. Which of the following mathematical expressions is the rule for the relationship,
assuming n represents the number children?
A. 2n − 1
B. 2n + 1
C. n − 1
D. n + 1

28. How many sachet milk will 12 children receive?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 23
D. 24

29. Look at the sails on the boat. How many lines of symmetry has the sail in the shape
of a triangle labelled ABC?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

30. What is the slope of the hill the car is climbing?

A. ¼ feet
B. 4 feet
C. 15 feet
D. 36 feet

31. Your car is currently 3 years old and is worth GH¢10,000. Two years ago it was worth GH¢12,400. Assume the car’s value depreciates linearly with time. Create an equation for the value of the car in terms of its age?
A. V=−2400t + 17200
B. V = −2400t+13200
C. V = −2400t+19200
D. V=−2200t+17200

32. Jane and Mark went to a store to buy some pens and notebooks. They bought a total of 8 items and spent GH¢28. Pens cost GH¢3 each, and notebooks cost GH¢4 each. How many pens and notebooks did they buy?
A. 4 pens and 4 notebooks
B. 5 pens and 3 notebooks
C. 6 pens and 2 notebooks
D. 3 pens and 5 notebooks

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33. Nii Armah visited the bank to invest some amount of money. Study the picture
carefully and use the information in it to answer question 33

What will be Nii Armah’s simple interest?
A. GH¢2000
B. GH¢20,000
C. GH¢22,000
D. GH¢200,000

34. Study the building plan carefully

Which of the following algebraic expressions can be used to find the perimeter of
the warehouse?
a) 3500cm + xcm
b) 3500cm x xcm
c) 2(3500cm + xcm)
d) 2(3500cm x xcm)

34. A balloon costs GH¢2. If Jane wants to buy 5 balloons for herself and then buy an additional “x” balloons for each of her 10 friends, what algebraic expression can be used to express the total cost of balloons?
A. 2(5+10x)
B. 2(5 ×10x)
C. 2(5+10 +x)
D. 2(5 -10x)

35. Find the total distance around the nut, given that x=2cm y=1.9cm; and t=2.1cm

A. 6 cm
B. 7.98 cm
C. 11.8 cm
D. 12 cm

36. Two sisters bought together 10 tablets. One bought 4 tablets. Which of the following equations represents the number of tablets (t) the other bought?
A. t =10 – 4
B. t = 10 – 6
C. t = 4 + 10
D. t = 6 + 10

37. You are constructing a frame for the rectangular photo shown. You want the frame to be the same width all the way around and the total area of the frame and photo to be 315 sq. In. What should the outer dimensions of the frame be?

A. 2 cm
B. 11 cm
C. 17 cm
D. 16 cm

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38. Study the puzzle carefully, what is the product of the two shapes?

A. 9
B. 11
C. 18
D. 99

39. A taxi charges GH¢20 for hire for up to 10km ride. It also charges GH¢5 for every
other km.
How much will the customers pay for a 22km ride?
A. GH¢ 25
B. GH¢ 40
C. GH¢ 60
D. GH¢ 80

40. Which of the following linear inequalities has its solution represented on the number line below?

A. {x: x > 2}
B. {x: x ≤ 2}
C. {x: x ≥ 14}
D. {x: x ≤ 14}

41. A school has a budget of GH240 per classroom to buy drinks. A sachet drink costs GH10, and a bottle drink costs GH12. If you want to buy 12 sachet drink, what is the maximum number of bottle drink you can buy? Let “s” represent sachet drink and “b” for bottle drink.
A. b ≤ 10
B. b ≤ 11
C. b ≤ 12
D. b ≤ 13

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42. Take a look at the road in the picture below.

What is the value of angle A⁰?

A. 45⁰

B. 90⁰

C. 135⁰

D. 180⁰

43. The painted lines that separate parking spaces are parallel. The measure of angle 1 is 60 degrees. What is the measure of angle 2?

A. 60
B. 120
C. 180
D. 240

44. If a traffic light is placed at Angle 4 on Road ‘a’, at what angle should a traffic light be placed on road ‘b’ that will be at the same angle?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

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45. What is the value of angle B in the picture?

A. 40⁰

B. 70⁰

C. 110⁰

D. 180⁰

46. The road sign below has all sides equal. Find the value of the angle marked A^0.

A. 80⁰
B. 90⁰
C. 135⁰
D. 180⁰

47. The garden shown in the picture has all sides equal. What is the total distance around the garden without the gate?

A. 7m
B. 10m
C. 18 m
D. 20m

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48. If the bearing from Mrs Anto’s house to the community hospital is 100⁰, what is the bearing from the community hospital to Mrs Anto’s house?

A. 90⁰
B. 100⁰
C. 280⁰
D. 360⁰

49. Find the magnitude of the vector; v = 3
4

A. 5
B. 7
C. 16
D. 25

50. For a given right-angled triangle, if the square of the hypotenuse is 169 and the square of the opposite is 144, what is the length of the adjacent?
A. 5
B. 12
C. 13
D. 25

51. Shetu is buying a new television. She finds a television with a screen of 41-inch diagonal, and a length of 40 inches. What is the height of the television screen?

A. 9 inches.
B. 39 inches.
C. 40 inches.
D. 41 inches.

51. The angle of depression of a stone from the top of a tower on the ground is 45. If the
stone is away from the building at a distance of 120 meters, find the height of the
tower. [Take Tan45 = 1]

A. 45 m
B. 90 m
C. 120 m
D. 165 m

52. Two vectors A = xi + 14j and B = 3i – 7yj are equal vectors if:
A. x = 3, y = 2
B. x = 3, y = -2
C. x = 3, y = -1/2
D. x = 6, y = -1/2