Quantitative/Numeracy

Objectives
1. The number of rooms at Hotel G is 10 less
than twice the number of rooms at Hotel H. If
the total number of rooms at both Hotels is 425,
what is the number of rooms at Hotel G?
(a) 140
(b) 180
(c) 240
(d) 280
True Answer : 280

2. Look at this Series; 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64, ....
What number should come next?
(a) 52
(b) 56
(c) 96
(d) 128
True Answer : 56
3. Look at this Series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, .... What
number should come next?
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 13
(d) 12
True Answer : 15

4. In an election between 2 candidates, one got

55% of the total valid votes, 20% votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500,
what was the number of valid votes that the
other candidate got?
(a) 2800
(b) 2700
(c) 3300
(d) 2500
True Answer : 2700
5. 4 adults consumed food costing $60 for 3
days. For the same food cost, what would be the
cost of food consumed by 7 adults for 5 days?
(a) $300
(b) $175
(c) $105
(d) $100
True Answer : $175

6. Look at this Series; 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ...
What number should come next?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 25
(d) 26
True Answer : 25

7. For this Series of alphanumeric fractions: A/2,

B/4, C/6, D/8. ?, ?, What should be the next
fraction?
(a) E/8, F/10
(b) E/12, F/14
(c) E/10, F/12
(d) D/10, E/1
True Answer : E/10, F/12

8. Look at this Series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ..... What

number should come next?
(a) 7
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 13
True Answer : 10

9. 36 men can complete a piece of work in 18

days. In how many days will 27 men complete
the same work
(a) 24
(b) 22
(c) 18
(d) 12
True Answer : 24
10. 4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days.
At the same rate, how many mats would be
woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16
True Answer : 16

11. A cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds.

How much will another cube of the same metal
weigh if its sides are twice as long?
(a) 48
(b) 32
(c) 24
(d) 16
True Answer : 48

12. A P.E. teacher orders 30 new jersey for the

school football team. If each of the jersey cost
GH 3.99, what is the total cost of these jerseys.
(a) GH 119.70
(b) GH 219.70
(c) GH 130.67
(d) GH 230.67
True Answer : GH 119.70
13. A store pays GH 82.95 for a microwave and
marks the price up by 20%. What is the new
price?
(a) GH 17.99
(b) GH 82.95
(c) GH 99.54
(d) GH 100.94
True Answer : GH 99.54

14. Of the following fractions, which of them is

greater than 1/2?
(a) 2/1
(b) 4/7
(c) 4/9
(d) 5/11
(e) True Answer : 4/7
15. In a class of 78 students. 41 are taking
Journalism, 22 are taking Public Relations.
Of the students taking Journalism or Public
Relations, 9 are taking both courses. How many
students are not students are not enrolled in
either course?
(a) 6
(b) 15
(c) 24

(d) 33
True Answer : 15
16. In a class of 24 pupils, 4 need additional
support. What fraction of the class in lowest
term needs additional support?
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/8
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/2
True Answer : 1/6

17. There are 3 apples and you take away 2.

How many do you have?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
True Answer : 2

18. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all

the multiples of ten from 10 to 190 inclusive?
(a) 90
(b) 95
(c) 100
(d) 105
True Answer : 100

19. If an object travels at five feet per second,

how many feet does it travel in one hour
(a) 30
(b) 300
(c) 1800
(d) 18000
True Answer : 18000
20. Look at this Series; D-4, F-6, H-8, J10, ?, ?.
What pair of letters/numbers should come next?
(a) K-12, M-13
(b) L-12, M-14
(c) L-12, N-14
(d) K-12, M-14
True Answer : L-12, N-14
21. Yaw, Kofi and Ama shared the profit they
earned in a month from a joint business in the
ratio 2:4:3 respectively. If
Ama and Kofi together got a total of GH 42.00.
Find the profit earned in the month.
(a) GH 50.40
(b) GH 54.00
(c) GH 62.00
(d) GH 68.00
True Answer : GH 54.00

22. A woman bought 210 oranges for 65

Ghanaian Cedis. She sold all of them at 3 for 2
cedis. How much profit did she make?
(a) 35 cedis
(b) 45 cedis
(c) 65 cedis
(d) 75 cedis
True Answer : 75 cedis
23. Mark is 30 years old. Yaw is half as old as
Mark. Paul is 10 years older than Yaw.
How old is Paul?
(a) 30 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 15 years
True Answer : 25 years

24. If the ages of ten pregnant women in a

maternity clinic are
26,23,24,27,26,21,22,25,23,23. Find the mean
age.
(a) 34 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 23 years
(d) 24 years
True Answer : 24 years
25. A man has 6p sheep and 5q goats. He sells 3p
sheep and 2q goats. How many animals are left
after the sales?
(a) 3p - 3q
(b) 3p + 3q (c) 9p - 5q
(d) 9p + 9q
True Answer : 3p + 3q

26. Express 3m and 24cm in kilometers.

(a) 3.24 km
(b) 0.00324 km
(c) 0.324 km
(d) 32.4 km
True Answer : 0.00324 km

27. A tank holds 240litres of water. How much

water is in the tank when it is full?
(a) 240 litres
(b) 192 litres
(c) 132 litres
(d) 60 litres
True Answer : 192 litres

28. The least number in a set of real numbers is

greater than 24 and the highest is less than 30.
Which of the following is the best interpretation
of this statement?
(a) 24 > x > 30
(b) 24 < x = 30
(c) 24 > x < 30
(d) 24 < x < 30
True Answer : 24 < x < 30

29. The sum of the ages of Kweku and Kojo is 30

years. Kweku is 4 years older than Kojo. How old
is Kojo?
(a) 19 years
(b) 17 years
(c) 13 years
(d) 11 years
True Answer : 13 years

30. Simplify - 27 + 18 - (10 - 14) - (-2).

(a) - 3
(b) - 7
(c) - 11
(d) - 35
True Answer : - 3
31. An amount of money was shared between
Kofi and Ama in the ratio 3 : 5 respectively. If
Ama received GHc 650.00, What was Kofi's
share?
(a) GHc 390.00
(b) GHc 550.00
(c) GHc 1040.00
(d) GHc 743.00
True Answer : GHc 390.00

32. Which of the following statements is TRUE

about natural numbers?
(a) All prime numbers are odd
(b) Composite numbers have more than twodivisors
(c) The sum of any two natural numbers areodd
(d) Even numbers are not divisible by 2
True Answer : Composite numbers have more than
two divisors

33. A car left Nsawam 9:45 am. It arrived in

Kumasi in 3 hours 17 minutes later. At what time
did the car arrived in Kumasi.
(a) 12 : 02 pm (b)
12 : 52 am
(c) 1 : 02 am
(d) 1 : 02 pm
True Answer : 1 : 02 pm

34. There are p boys and q girls in a classroom.

Each person had 2 textbooks. Which of these
expressions represents the total number of
textbooks carried to the classroom?
(a) 2 (p + q)
(b) 2 + (p + q)
(c) 2p + q
(d) 2pq
True Answer : 2 (p + q)
35. How many degrees does a minute hand of a
clock turn through from 6 : 20 am to 7 : 00 am
the same day?
(a) 120 degrees
(b) 320 degrees
(c) 180 degrees
(d) 240 degrees
True Answer : 240 degrees

36. Mansah obtained 150 marks out of 240

marks in a Mathematics test. What was her
percentage score?
(a) 33.33 %
(b) 36.50 %
(c) 41.67 %
(d) 62.50 %
True Answer : 62.50 %

37. What is the next tern in the pattern ? 4 4 = 0,

4 - 3 = 1, 4 - 2 = 2, 4 - 1 = 3, 4 - 0
= 4, __ - __ = 5.
(a) 4 - ( - 1) = 5
(b) 4 - ( - 2) = 6
(c) 4 - 1 = 3
(d) 4 - 5 = -1
True Answer : 4 - ( - 1) = 5

38. It takes 15 men an average of 48 days to

weed a plot of land. How many men can weed
the same plot of land in 16 days, if they work at
the same rate?
(a) 45
(b) 32
(c) 18
(d) 5
True Answer : 45

39. A company has 200 employees. Thirty nine

percent of them work in the machine room and
32% are engaged in distribution of goods. How
many of the employees are engaged in other
duties apart from these two?
(a) 45
(b) 56
(c) 58
(d) 71
True Answer : 58

40. Six hundred copies of a book have to be

packed into boxes. Each box can hold 15 of the
books. Which one of the following operations
could be used to find the number of boxes
needed?
(a) Add 15 to 600
(b) Divide 600 by 15
(c) Multiply 600 by 15
(d) Subtract 15 from 600
True Answer : Divide 600 by 15
41. A boy used two-thirds of his weekly savings
to buy a textbook. If he realized that he has GH
10.00 left, how much was the weekly savings.
(a) GH 20.00
(b) GH 30.00
(c) GH 40.00
(d) GH 60.00
True Answer : GH 30.00

42. Some pages in a book on a bookshelf are

missing so that page 21 is now followed
immediately by page 43. How many pages are
missing?
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 43
True Answer : 22
43. Eleven more than 2 times Jona's age is equal
to 59. How old is Jona?
(a) 23 years
(b) 24 years
(c) 67 years
(d) 35 years
True Answer : 24 years

44. Mr. Adaber bought three items priced at GH

65.50, GH 36.45 and GH 15.78. He paid with
three GH 50.00 notes. How much change did he
received?
(a) GH 32.27
(b) GH 32.73
(c) GH 33.27
(d) GH 33.73
True Answer : GH 32.27

45. Dora has a bag containing 3 blue tennis balls.

Jennifer has a bag containing 2 black tennis balls.
Their balls are all identical except for colours.
The two girls put the balls in one bag. If a ball is
picked at random from the bag, what is the
probability that the ball is black?
(a) 1/10
(b) 1/5
(c) 2/5
(d) 3/5
True Answer : 2/5

46. If you take away the sum of 248.25 and 63.17

from 890.45, what is left?
(a) 579.03
(b) 589.03
(c) 589.13
(d) 689.03
True Answer : 579.03

47. The population of two communities are

1.8705 x 106 and 9.00846 x 105.
Calculate the total population of the two
communities. (a) 277,145
(b) 2,771,365
(c) 2,972,000
(d) 10,880,000
True Answer : 2,771,365

48. Dartey recorded a mean score of 24 on five

tests. What should she score on the sixth test to
bring her mean score up to 26?
(a) 30
(b) 32
(c) 36
(d) 40
True Answer : 36

49. A school wants to fence its rectangular

playing field measuring 118m by 92m with wire
mesh. How many meters of wire mesh will be
needed to complete the fencing?
(a) 200 m
(b) 410 m
(c) 420 m
(d) 440 m
True Answer : 420 m
50. If the population of a village increases by 97,
it will reach at least 4,050 people. Which one of
the following inequalities represents the
statement correctly?
(a) P + 97 < 4,050
(b) P + 97 = < 4,050
(c) P + 97 = < 050
(d) P + 97 > 4,050
True Answer : P + 97 = < 4,050