Mathematics — 2021
BECE · 37 questions · Answers included
37 questions
If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15} and B = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}, find n(A∩B).
If P = {4, 8, 12, 16, 20}, Q = {16, 4, 12, k , 20} and P = Q , find the value of k .
Express 7352.4658 correct to three significant figures.
Find the difference between the values of (2 d ) 2 and 2 d 2 , when d = 3.
Find the image of p (-3, 5) when rotated through 360 o about the origin.
The image of P (10, -3) when translated by the vector r is P’ (4, 5). Find r .
Find the next two terms of the sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, ....., ......
Express 134.78 correct to the nearest tenth
Kofi and Ama shared an amount of GH₵ 3,000.00 in the ratio 2:3. Find the amount received by Kofi.
If 2 x – 1 = 5, find the value of x .
Solve: (1- x )÷3 < 4.
The area of a rectangle is 18 cm 2 . If one of its sides is 2cm long, find its perimeter.
A bag contains 5 red and 7 black balls of the same size. What is the probability of picking a black ball?
On a map, 1⁄3 cm represents 5km. If two towns A and B are 18 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?
Esi bought a television set for GH₵ 1,500.00. If she sold it at a profit of 20%, find the selling price.
Make h the subject of the relation V = πr 2 h .
Find the simple interest on GH₵ 600.00 which was saved for 8 months at 5% per annum.
Priscila's age i k years while Mary's age is b years. If Mary is 15 years older than Priscila, Which of the following statements is correct ?
What is the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 24, 32 and 64?
Factorize: 3 ax + 6 a - x - 2
A car covered a distance of 150 km at a speed of 18 km/h. Find the time taken.
Simplify
Divide 0.5445 by 0.09.
If the median of the numbers 9,10,12, x , 20 and 25 is 14, find the value of x .
Expand (7 r - 5)(3 r +4).
Find the gradient of the line that joins the points A (-3,5) and B (7,-2).
The area of a trapezium is 36 cm 2 . If the parallel sides are 10.5 cm and 9.5 cm, calculate the distance between the two parallel sides.
If the average of 5,6,7 and x is 8, find the value of x
An amount of GH₵ 375,000.00 was needed to build a clinic for a community of twelve towns. Each community contributed GH₵ 25,000.00. If the District Assembly also contributed GH₵ 30,500.00, how much more is needed to build the clinic?
Which property of arithmetic is shown in the equation (6 + x ) + 5 = 6 + ( x + 5)
A trader bought 100 tubers of yam for GH₵ n each. All the yams were sold at GH₵ m each. Find the profit.
A box can take 12 pencils. If 156 pencils are packed into such boxes, how many boxes will be fully packed?
Given that x = 4, y = 7, evaluate 2 xy + 3( x + y )
Simplify
Given that x = 8, what type of angle is (9 x + 8) o ?
Express 0.725 as a fraction in its lowest term.
Simplify 3(5 a 2 + 2 c ) - 2 a (1 - 3 a ) - 6 c .