ACCRA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY INDEX NUMBER

2021/2022 MATURE STUDENTS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

SECOND BATCH

NAME PROGRAMME SESSION

MORNING
EVENING
WEEKEND

SUBJECT TITLE: MATHEMATICS

SUBJECT CODE: MAT 001
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. CIRCLE THE LETTER THAT
CORRESPONDS TO YOUR CORRECT ANSWER ON THE
QUESTION PAPER AND SHADE THE LETTER ON THE OMR
SHEET

TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES

1. Express 72 as a product of its prime 4. Arrange the following fractions in

factors ascending order of magnitude,
a) 2 ×33 5
∧3
b) 22 ×33 2 12 .
,
c) 23 ×3 5 4
d) 23 ×32 2 3 5
a) , ,
5 4 12
2 5 3
2. Find the smallest number which is b) , ,
divisible by 16 and 20? 5 12 4
5 2 3
a) 40 c) , ,
12 5 4
b) 80
3 2 5
c) 120 d) , ,
4 5 12
d) 160

3. A pineapple which was bought for

GH¢ 1.00 was sold at GH¢ 1.30. 5. If w=12 , x=5 , y=6∧z=4 , find the
Calculate the profit percent. value of wx – yz
a) 10% a) 18
b) 20% b) 27
c) 23% c) 36
d) 30% d) 84

6. A man was 24 years old when his

son was born. Now he is three times

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 as old as his son. Find the age of the 11. Two sets which have no common
son. members are known as ….
a) 6 years a) Equal Sets
b) 12 years b) Empty Sets
c) 18 years c) Disjoint Sets
d) 36 years d) Equivalent Sets
12. At a meeting attended by 23 people,
7. There are 20 identical balls in a box. the females were 7 more than the
Twelve are blue and the rest are males. How many males were there
green. If one ball is taken at random a) 8
from the box, find the probability b) 15
that the ball is green. c) 16
1 d) 30
a)
20
2
b)
5 13. When a number is doubled and the
3 result is decreased by 9, the number
c)
5 is 19. Find the number
3 a) 5
d)
4 b) 7
c) 14
8. Find the next two terms in the d) 16
sequence 11, 7, 3, –1, _____, _____.
a) 5, 9
b) 3, 7 14. Find the product of 4 x y 2∧x 2 yz
c) –4, –9 a) 4 x3 y 4 z
d) –5, –9 b) 4 x3 y 3 z
c) 4 x 2 y 4 z
d) 4 x 2 y 4
9. Express 25 as a percentage of 75
a) 300%
b) 100%
15. Factorize: xy +5 x+ 2 y +10
c) 50%
a) ( x +5 ) ( 2 y +10 )
d) 33.3%
b) ( x +2 ) ( y+ 10 )
c) ( x +5 ) ( y+ 2 )
d) ( x +2 ) ( y+ 5 )
10. If (114 )=( x−3
11 )
, find the value of x
a) -1
b) 1 16. The mark obtained by 10 children in
c) 7 a mental drill are: 0,1,3,3,5,7,8,9,9,9.
d) 12 What is the probability that a child
chosen at random scored three marks

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 1 20. Factorize completely 5 xy +10 ny
a)
27 A. 5 y ( x +n )
1 B. 5 y ( x +2 n )
b)
18 C. 5 xy (1+2 n )
1 D. 5 ( xy +ny )
c)
5
1
d)
3

17. The mark obtained by 10 children in 22. How many sides has a triangle?
a mental drill are: 0,1,3,3,5,7,8,9,9,9. A. 6
Calculate the mean mark. B. 10
a) -54 C. 16
b) 5.4 D. 3
c) 10
d) 54 23. Which of the following is not a
factor of 18?

A. 3
18. If p= () 4
3
and q= ( )
−2
7
, find 4 p−2 q B. 4
C. 6
a) ( )
12
−2 D. 9

b) ( )
12
24. In an examination, 40% of the
2
students failed. The number of
c) ( )
20 students that passed was 180. How
−2
many students failed?
d) ( )
20 A. 120
2 B. 270
C. 300
D. 450
19. List the members of the set
{ 2 ≤ x ≤5 } 1
25. Evaluate { (5−1 )−( 2−7 ) }.
a) { 2 , 5 } 3
b) { 2 , 3 , 4 } A. −3
c) { 2 , 3 ,5 } B. −1
d) {2 , 3 , 4 ,5 } C. 1
D. 3

21. Given that A={a , c , d } and C. { a , b , c , d ,i , o , u }

B={b , d ,i , o , u }, find A ∪ B? D. { a , c , d ,i , o , u }
A. { a , b }
B. { a , c , d }
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 B. 10.756
C. 0.0 10756
26. If 6 n+ 4=16, find the value of n D. 0.001756
A. 2
32. Which of the following would you use to
B. 3
measure an angle?
C. 5
A. ruler
D. 6
B. pair of compasses
27. Find the value of 4 0 + x 0 .
C. set square
A. 2
D. protractor
B. 4
C. 5
33. Express the ratio of 64cm to 48cm in
D. 6
simplest form.
28. Simplify the surd √ 8− √32 A. 3 : 4
B. 4 : 3
A. 7 √ 2 C. 16 : 12
B. 17 √ 2 D. 12 : 16

C. −2 √ 2 34. Kojo paid GH¢2,700.00 for a TV set

D. 2 √ 2 after he had been given a discount of
10%. Find the marked price.
29. Find the value of k if √ 125=k √ 5 A. GH¢3,000.00
B. GH¢2,970.00
A. 3
C. GH¢2,800.00
B. 1 D. GH¢2,430.00
C. 5
35. In probability, the set of all the
D. 25 possible outcomes of an experiment
is known as……
2 a a−b A. event
30. If y= − , find the value of y
3 2 B. total set
when a=2 and b=−2 C. empty set
1 D. sample space
A.
3
B.
−1

2
3
36. Find the value of 6
A. 13.4
√ 1
4
C.
3 B. 10.9
−2 C. 3.34
D.
3 D. 2.50
31. Find one-hundredth of 1.0756.
A. 107.56

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The incomplete table below gives the C. 5
frequency distribution of the marks obtained
D. 4
in a class test by a group of students. Use it
to answer questions 37 to 41. 41. How many students wrote the test?

Marks No. of fx A. 10
students
B. 14
* 9 18
C. 35
3 14 *
D. 64
4 * 52
5 10 50
Given that:
6 5 *
* 8 56
A= ( 42 31); B=(86 75) ;∧C=(−1
−2 1)
0

8 2 16 Use the information for questions 42 to 45.

9 3
37. What is the median mark?
27 (42) A+2 B (
( A ) 20
14
17
11 ) (
; ( B)
28 24
28 7
; )
A. 2
B. 3
(C) (
10 −6
20 1 ) (
;( D)
28
20
24
16 )
C. 4
D. 5 (43) B−3 A ( ) (
( A ) 6 3 ; ( B ) −4 −2 ;
8 5 0 2 )
38. Find the mark range.
A. 1
(C) (
10 −6
−4 1
;(D)) ( )
−8 −18
−56 −9
B. 2
C. 5
D. 7 (44) A−B+ C ( ) (
( A ) 6 3 ; ( B ) 50 43 ;
8 5 22 19 )
39. What is the mean mark?
(C) (
60 53)
;( D)(
−6 −3 )
48 39 −5 −4
A. 2.1
B. 4.5
(45) B−C +2 A
C. 1. 5
D. 3. 2 ( ) ( )
( A ) 46 31 ; ( B ) 50 43 ;
34 23 22 19
40. What is the modal mark?
(C) (
12 6 )
;( D)(
1 1)
17 13 1 1
A. 3
B. 7

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The distribution of eggs (in thousands), produced by Masco Farms over a period of six months is
given below. Use it to answer questions 46 to 50.

MULTIPLE BAR CHART

55

50

45

40
NUMBER OF EGGS

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

MONTH

BROWN EGGS WHITE EGGS

46. How many brown eggs were produced in January?

A. 10,000
B. 35,000
C. 40,000
D. 50,000

47. How many more brown eggs did the company produce in April than in February?
A. 10,000
B. 18,000

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 C. 15,000
D. 8,000

48. In which month was the highest white eggs produced?

A. January
B. February
C. March
D. April

49. What was the total number of brown eggs produced in the first quarter of the year?
A. 10,000
B. 35,000
C. 40,000
D. 85,000
50. What is the name of the chart drawn above?
A. Bar Chart
B. Histogram
C. Multiple Bar Chart
D. Line Graph

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