2024 WASSCE Mock Core Mathematics 2

2024 WASSCE MOCK - CORE MATHEMATICS 2
CORE MATHEMATICS 2
PART I
[40 marks]
Answer all the questions in this part. All questions carry equal marks.
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1. (a) Given that log m = x and log n = 2x − 1, find an expression for log ( ).
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(b) If 22a+1 − 9(2a ) + 4 = 0, find the possible values of a.
2. (a) Construct a multiplication (⨂) table for modulo 9 on the set T = {2,4,6,8}.
(b) Using the table;
(i) find the truth set of n⨂n = n − 6.

(ii) evaluate: (6 ⨂ 4)⨂(4 ⨂ 2)
3. (a) The scores obtained by 10 students in a test have the following statistics:
∑x = 290 and ∑x 2 =8469. Calculate the;

(i) mean (ii) variance
(b) The mean of 14 numbers is 19. If each of the numbers is increased by 4. What is the
new mean?
4. (a) If the area of an equilateral triangle is (53√3) cm2 . Find its perimeter and height.
(b) P y
S
6cm
R Q
8cm
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
In the diagram above, |RS| is the height of ∆PQR, |PR| = 6cm and |QR| = 8cm. Find y.
5. (a) In amongst a group of people, there are some dogs. Twenty- two heads and Sixty-
six legs are counted. How many people are there?
(b) If 5n = K, write down an expression for 5(n+4) .

PART II
[60 marks]
Answer five questions only from this part. All questions carry equal marks.
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6. (a) If 9 𝑥 × 32𝑦 = and 2−𝑥 × 4−𝑦 = , find the values of x and y.
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(b) Without using logarithm tables or calculator, find the value of x given that;
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2 log ( ) = log 𝑥 − log 18 + log 16.
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7. (a)
O y
𝟕𝟎° S
R
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
In the diagram above. |PS| and |RS| are tangents to the circle with centre, O. < PSR = 70°,
< POR = y, and < PQR = x. Find the value of;
(i) y (ii) x
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(b) Simplify: (1 − √5) ( + √5) leaving your answer in the form 𝑚 + 𝑛√5,
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where m and n are rational numbers.
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8. (a) A salesman receives a basic monthly salary of Ghc 3,220.00. He also gets %
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commission on sales. Out of his total income, he pays % as union dues and 5 2 % as income
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tax. What was his income for a month in which his sales amounted to Ghc 450,950.00?
(b) Zedda invested Ghc x in a fixed deposit with an annual interest of 9% and Ghc 2x in
a mutual fund with an annual interest of 10%. If the total interest from the two investments at the
end of the year is Ghc2,320.00, how much was invested at each rate?
9. (a) A function h is defined by ℎ: 𝑥 → 𝑝𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 − 2,where p and q are constants. If the
image of 1 is -6 and that of 3 is -12, find the values of p and q.
(b) The function 𝑔(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1) is defined on the set of real numbers. Find
(i) g(− 4)
(ii) the values of x for which 𝑔(𝑥) = (5 − 𝑥)
10. (a) If tan y = 1, where 0° < 𝑦 < 90°, evaluate without using mathematical tables or
1−cos 𝑦
calculators : .
sin 𝑦
(b)
B
A C
O
47°
D
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
In the diagram above; A, C and D are points on the circle with centre, O. |BA| and |BC| are
tangents to the circle and < ADC = 47°. Find the value of y.
11. (a) Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan’s daughter, and 12 years younger than her aunt.
Joan is twice as old as Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is now and Jane was
twice as old as her niece. How old is Jean.
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(b) Find the quadratic equation whose roots are and −4.
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𝑥−1 𝑦
12. (a) Make 𝒙 the subject of the relation: + = 2.
𝑚 𝑛
(b) Araba purchased x number of apples for Ghc 48.00. She found out after a day that 40
of the apples were rotten and then sold all the remaining apples. If the selling price of one apple
was Ghc1.00 more than the cost price, find in terms of x,
(i) the selling price of one apple;
(ii) an expression for the total amount that she received from the sale of the apples.
13. (a) Using a scale of 2cm to 2units on each axis, draw on a sheet of graph paper, two
perpendicular axes Ox and Oy for −10 ≤ x ≤ 10 and −12 ≤ y ≤ 12
(b) Draw on the same graph sheet, indicating clearly the co-ordinates of all vertices.
(i) the triangle KLM with vertices K (2,6), L (4,2), and M (8,6).
(ii) the image triangle K1 L1 M1 of triangle KLM under an anticlockwise rotation of 90°
about the origin where K → K1 , L → L1 , and M → M1 .
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(iii) the image triangle K 2 L2 M2 of triangle KLM under a translation by the vector ( )
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where K → K 2 , L → L2, and M → M2.
(iv) the image triangle K 3 L3 M3 of triangle KLM under a reflection in the line y = -2,
where K → K 3 , L → L3 , and M → M3.
(c) Find |L1 L3 | .

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2024 WASSCE MOCK - CORE MATHEMATICS 2

(i) find the truth set of n⨂n = n − 6.

∑x = 290 and ∑x 2 =8469. Calculate the;

(b) If 5n = K, write down an expression for 5(n+4) .

(ii) the values of x for which 𝑔(𝑥) = (5 − 𝑥)

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