Preamble:

1. Mr. Mensah shared his salary between Ama and Kofi in a ratio of 3:5. If Ama had
Ghc300,
A. Find Kofi’s Share.
Ans: Gh¢500.00
B. What is the total salary MR Mensah receives?
Ans: Gh¢800.00
C. What is the ratio of Kofi’s share to Ama’s share?
Ans: 5:3
D. If Mr. Mensah receives Gh¢8000.00, what would be the share of Kofi?
Ans: Gh¢ 5000.00
Preamble:
2. Give the number of sides of the following polygon.
A. Dodecagon
Ans: 12 sides
B. Quadrilateral
Ans: 4 sides
C. Heptagon
Ans: 7 sides
D. Undecagon
Ans: 11 sides
Preamble:
3. Find the percentages of the number 64.
A. 30%
Ans: 19.2
B. 25%
Ans: 16
C. 50%
Ans: 32
D. 75%
Ans: 48
4. Give the answer to ff. questions
If set U is the universal set containing 2 sets, A and B which are not disjoint,
A. What is intersection of the universal set and set A?
Ans: Set A
B. The intersection of the A and its compliment is….?
Ans: An empty set or null set or { }
C. The union of the compliment of A and A is………….?
Ans: The Universal Set
 D. The compliment of the Universal set is ………...?
Ans: The null set or an empty set or { }
5. What is the area of a circle with the following radii?
A. 7cm
Ans: 154cm2 (Wrong use or omission of Units gets participant deducted 1
yielding 2 points)
B. 14cm
Ans: 2156cm2
C. 21cm
Ans: 6468cm2
D. 28cm
Ans: 12936cm2
6.
Find the ages given the following statements.
A. The sum of the ages of Kwame and Ama is 13yrs.Kwame is 7 yrs older than
Ama.
Find their present ages.
Ans: Kwame is 10yrs Ama is 3yrs
B. The sum of the ages of Akin and Doe is 35. The sum of twice Akin’s Age and
three times Doe’s age is 89. Find their present ages.
Ans: Akin’s age is 16yrs Doe is 19yrs
C. The ratio of the present age of Ghanyo and Yaw is 2:9. Four years ago, the
sum of their ages was 47. How old is Yaw now?
Ans: Yaw is 45 yrs.
D. The sum of two numbers is 10 and their difference is 4. Find the numbers.
Ans: 7 and 3.

True of False

1.

A. The volume of a pyramid is given by ‘a half base area x height’

ANSWER: False (‘a third base area x height’)

B. Volume of a solid of uniform cross-section is ‘base area x height’

ANSWER: True
 C. The total surface area of a circular cylinder is given by 2 r (r + h) where r is

the base radius and h the height.

ANSWER: True

D. The interior angles of a flat circle are 180 degrees.

Ans: False.

A. Th
e sum of the external angles of any polygon is four right angles
ANSWER: TRUE

B. Th
e interior angle of a regular quadrilateral is a straight angle

ANSWER: FALSE
C.
The diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other perpendicularly

ANSWER: FALSE

D. An
isosceles triangle fits its outline in two positions

ANSWER: TRUE

Preamble
Factorize completely the following expressions
a. b2-25c2
Ans (b+5c) (b-5c)
b. x2+ 8x + 15
Ans (x + 3) (x + 5)
c. 2m – 2n + mx – nx

Ans (m -n )(2 + x)

d. p2 – pq

Ans p(p-q)

preamble

Make u the subject in the following expressions

a. v= u + at

ans. U =v – at

b. 1/m = a/u

Ans u = ma

preamble

Find the value of y in the following expressions given that a = 5 and b = 6

c. 3b = 2y – 2a

Ans y = 4

d y = 6 (12b – 6a)

Ans y = 252

problem of the day

there are 50 pupils in a class. Out of this number, 1/10 speak French only and 4/5 of the

remainder speak both French and Spanish. If the rest speak Spanish only,

1) Find the number of students who speak,

i) Both French and Spanish

ii) Only Spanish

2) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the above information

3) find the percentage of those who speak Spanish only.

Solution

i) French only = 1/10 * 50 = 5

the remainder = 50 – 5 = 45

Number of students who speak both languages

4/5 * 45 = 36

ii) those who speak Spanish only = 50 – 5-36 = 9

3. % of those who speak only Spanish = 9/50 * 100 = 18%