B.E.C.

E 2025 SUMMIT

MATHEMATICS
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this session, the
candidate would be able to:
1.) Understand the structure and
scheme of the BECE 2025
Mathematics.

2.) Minimize errors when answering

B.E.C.E mathematics questions.

3.) Understand Examiners expectations.

The structure and scheme of the BECE
2025 Mathematics Examination.

Paper 1 and 2 will be written at the same

sitting.

NOTE: Paper 2 will be written before paper

1
Paper 2 is essay; six questions, and
candidates are expected to answer
any four questions within 1 hour ,
for 15 marks each.
HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN THE
ANSWER BOOKLET
1. Fill all the details at the front page E.g. SCHOOL
NUMBER, NAME, INDEX NUMBER, DATE,
SIGNATURE, SUBJECT, PAPER and QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
2. Read carefully all instructions at the front page.
3. Number all your answers well.
4. You can answer questions on the graph sheet if you will not
answer any graph work question.
Paper 1 is an Objective Test ,which

consists of 40 compulsory questions, 1

mark for each, and will lasts for 1 hour.

Answers are indicated by shading using only

WAEC pencil on a scanable sheet

HOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE
SCANNABLE SHEET
NOTE: Your NAME , INDEX NUMBER ,CENTRE NUMBER
PAPER CODE and SUBJECT are printed on it already .
1. Use ONLY the WAEC pencil provided to do all shadings on
it.
2. Re-shade ALL the pre-printed machine marks. [ index
number, center number and paper code].
3. Shade to cover the full area of the box you choose.
4. Do not write or draw on or behind the scanable
sheet using pencil or pen.
5. Use a good eraser to completely erase any answer you
wish to change.
6. Do not fold or tear any part of the
scanable sheet.
7. Do not allow water, oil or sweat to touch
the scanable sheet.
8. Do not shade the box for supervisors .
9. Do not leave any question unanswered.
10. Take good note of questions left
within to be answered later.
11. Note that the questions have been
serialized
The new strands added:
1.Travel Graph
2.Angle of elevation and depression
3.Trigonometry ratios
4.Surds
5.Histogram
6.Constructing parallelograms
7.Parallel vectors
8. Graph of inequalities
Profile of learning behavior
dimension

a)Knowledge and
Understanding(Recall)-30%

b) Application of Knowledge - 40%

c) Reasoning/Critical thinking -30%

Knowledge and understanding
Concepts;
1.Labelling of the axes of a graph
2.Construction of a line segment
3.Joining points
4.Drawing bars e.g. Histogram, bar
graph
5.Plotting of points
6.Labelling of points
7.Indication of coordinates
8. Finding the mode of a distribution
9. Converting mixed fractions to improper
fractions
10. Locating the meeting point of lines
11. Drawing a number line
12. Completing a table
13.Tallying of observations
Copy and complete the magic square
below using any of the numbers
8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 and 16 such
that the sum of the three numbers,
horizontally, vertically or diagonally
are equal. 15 8 13

10
BECE 2024 Q1c
Copy and complete the 3 x 3 magic square
such that the sum of the numbers in each
row, column and diagonal is equal to 21
(M1A3 -ee)
10 3
7
Simplify
1.) 45 ÷ 3 + 2 x 8 – 12 + 42
2.) P2 + m4 - 3np + 5m4 – 7np - 2p2
3.) Add (7x + 3y -4) to (- 5x + 2y - 3)

4.) If 12p + = ,find the value of p

5.) From (3x -4xy +y) take away (x – 2xy – 5y)
6.) Simplify when y = -1

(6y2 – 5y - 2) – (4y2 – 2y +7)

7.)

9.) + 2 - + - BECE 2024 Q3a

(M1A1M1A1)
Knowledge and understanding
(cont.)
10.) Find the value of P if
324.39 – P + 18.9474 = 373.48
11.) Find x if =

12.) Solve p + (21 - p) = 12

9.) 7 - (2 +3)
14) Simplify
leaving the answer in the form where a and b
are positive integers

b) i) (ii)

iii) 0.0409 x 0.0021

and leave your answer in standard form.

15.) Find the value of < PQR in the
diagram below: Q

0
3 )
+
5 𝐾
(
0
𝑘 + 8 ) 0
(4 146
P S
R
16) Which inequality represents the shaded region
in the diagram below
y
3

2
x
a)3x + 2y 6
b) 3x + 2y 6
c) 2x + 3y 6
d) 2x + 3y 6
17.) a) The marks scored by some students in
a test are 7,6,10,8,4,5,7,12,6,5 Find the; i)
range, ii) median iii) mean
b) Find the value of y and SRM in the diagram, if
PQ//SN 0
P ¿ M 55
Q

0
( 𝑦 +10)
S R ¿ N

Not Drawn to Scale

a). Given that the vectors p =, q = and
p = q, find the values of m and n. BECE 2024 Q2a
(5mks)
b). Triangle PQR is an enlargement of triangle PST
find /ST/ and area of triangle
P PQR if /PQ/=/PR/ BECE
2024 Q5a (8mks)
c m
4
S T
cm
2
Q 10 cm R
NOT DRAWN TO SCALE
(a) Copy and complete the table below for the relation F
= C + 32. where F and C are degrees Fahrenheit and
degrees Celsius respectively. (BECE 2024 Q6a)
4mks -1ee

℃0 5 10 15 20 25 30
℉32 68

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to 10 units on the vertical axis

() and 2 cm to 5 units on the horizontal axis ( ), draw a
linear graph for the relation. B1B1B4B1
(c) Use the graph to find the temperature in degrees
Celsius when F= 55 degrees M1A1
Application of Knowledge
concepts
These would require the use of formulae or
the application of relevant rules .eg. Simple
Interest= PR%T, Volume of a cuboid= Length x
Breath x Height, Surface area of cube etc.
1). If Ama is (x - 1) years old now. How old
i) was she 4 years ago
ii) will she be 8 years from now
iii) is she now, if her age in 8 years time will
BECE 2024 Q3b
A wire of length 38 cm is bent into the shape of a
rectangle whose length is 7 cm more than the
width. Find the area of the rectangle.
(WHAT ARE THE ERROS IN THE SOLUTION? )
Length = w + 7
2(w+7) + 2w =38
4w=24
L=13
Area =6x13= 78cm
2. a) A rectangular classroom has an area of
32. If its length is twice the width, find the
dimension of the classroom.
b) A wire of length 38 cm is bent into the
shape of a rectangle whose length is 7 cm
more than the width. Find the area of the
rectangle.
c) Two cylindrical containers P and Q are
similar. P can hold 500g of soup while Q can
hold 750g. If the height of P is 11cm, find
i) The height of Q
ii) The ratio of the heights of the cylinders
2. A bag contains 6 chocolate biscuits and 4
vanilla biscuits. Fati picks a biscuit at random
from the bag, eats it and picks a second
biscuit from the bag. Find the probability that
(i) the first biscuit was a vanilla biscuit
(ii) both biscuits were chocolate biscuits
(iii) Both biscuits were vanilla biscuit
(iv) The first was chocolate and the second
was vanilla biscuit
3.a) There are 36 Red and Blue balls in a
bag. Kofi picks one ball from the bag. The
probability that he picks a Red ball is x and
the probability that he picks a blue ball is 5x.
Find the number of blue balls in the bag
b) Mr. Mensah is four times as old as his
daughter, Kukua. In 14 years time, the sum
of their ages will be 78. Find their present
ages.
4. a)A box contains 60 mangoes of which
some are not ripe. The probability of
selecting at random a mango that is ripe is .
How many mangoes are not ripe?
b) Factorize (m+ n) (2x - y) –(m +n)
c) Given that C = K x 216 x 27, find the
smallest whole number k that will make C a
perfect square
3 . In the diagram, : (++) = 5 :13, find
the value of P.

0
𝑞
0
𝑝
0 𝑟
0
𝑠
4.) A ladder leans against a building at point
T from the same horizontal ground. The
angle of elevation from the foot of the
ladder to T is and the distance from the foot
of the ladder to the base of the building is
3m.
a) Illustrate the information on a diagram
b) Find the i)length of the ladder ii) height
of the building
[ Take cos = and tan= ]
5.) Ama was sent to buy bread from a shop.
The graph below shows her journey. Use it to
answer the questions.

800
A B
Distance (m)

600
W

G
AL

I
KI
IN
400 RU
N NG

200

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (Minutes)
a)What is the distance from her house
to the shop?
b)How long did she spend at the shop?
c)If she left the house at 6.30am when
did she arrive at the shop?
d)Find her walking speed
e)Find her running speed
f) Calculate the total distance covered.
6.) The waiting times, x minutes for some patients
at a hospital are as follows:

25 12 53 8 26 5 19 73
26 21 14 19 12 15 13 36
13 37 11 51 39 32 29 47
98 23 45 22 7 9 26 35
99 19 32 62 79 41 58 17

i) Construct a frequency table using class intervals

0-10,10-20,20-30 and so on
ii) Draw a histogram for the waiting times.
iii) Use your graph to find the modal class
7) Philip and Emelia shared a number of oranges in
the ratio 3 : 5. If Emelia received 20 more oranges
than Philip , find the total number of oranges they
shared.

6.) A fair coin is tossed twice

a) List all the possible elements in the sample
space
b) Find the probability of obtaining
i) a head and tail
ii) exactly two tails
iii) no tail
iv) at least one tail
BECE 2024 Q1a
(a) A fair die and a fair coin are thrown
together once. i) Write down the set of all
possible outcome B3 - ee
ii) Find the probability of obtaining a
prime number and a tail. B1M1A1

BECE 2024 Q3c

(b) If 15% of the length of a rope is 720m,
find half of the length of the rope. M1M1A1
8.) A man shared 80 acres of land among his three
children ,Ami, Kofi and Ama. He gave 5acres to Ami
and shared the rest equally among all the three
children. a)How many acres of land did Ami get?
b) What percentage of the land did the other children
get?

b.) 22% of Fati’s salary is Gh₡1,200.00 ,find her salary

9a.) A trader gives 5% discount for cash
payments. What discount will be allowed on
a bill of GH 10.000.00

9b.) A man paid GH₵ 290.00 for 11 books.

Some of the books were geography books,
and the rest were history books. If each
geography book cost GH₵ 30.00 and each
history book cost GH₵20.00, how many
BECE 2024 Q2b
(a) A man shared an amount of money between his
children Baaba and William in the ratio 6:5. Baaba
received GH₵1200.00.
(i) Find the total amount shared B1M1M1A1
(ii) William invested his share in an account at the
rate of 20% simple interest per annum for 2 years.
Find the total amount in his account at the end of the
2 years. M1A1M1A1M1A1
BECE 2024 Q1b
(b) The map of a field is drawn to a scale of 1 :100. If
the width and area of the field on the map are 8 cm
and 88 cm respectively, find in the area of the actual
field. M1A1M1M1A1
BECE 2024 Q5b
The total area of a school compound is 900 . The
school has Administration and classroom block,
Library, School Park ,Roads and Walkways. The
areas of the Administration and Classroom block,
Library and school Park are 300, 200, and 120
respectively. Find the area covered by Roads
and Walkways altogether. (7mks)
BECE 2024 Q4
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses
only, construct PQR such that angle PQR
= M1M1A1 ,/PQ/=5.5 cm B1 and /QR/= 8
cm.M1A1
(b) Construct a perpendicular to PR from Q.
M1M1A1
(c) Locate M, the intersection of the
perpendicular and PR B1
(d) measure i) /MR/B1 ii) /QM/ B1
(e) Calculate, correct to the nearest whole
number, the area of triangle QMR M1M1A1
Anomalies/Errors candidates make
1.They show evidence of the use of
calculator
2. Unreadable handwriting.
3. They Copy from notes or from other
candidates. Eg “Q2b find total parts
=11Baaba’s share 6y=220”
4.Tear part of the examination material
5.They write in other candidate’s answer
booklet.
6.They apply the wrong concept. Eg. Area
for perimeter 2(w + 7) x 2w =38 BECE
24Q3b
7. Omission of units/wrong units/Decimal
place/Significant figures , Curly brackets.
8.Wrong timing and speed.
Anomalies/Errors candidates make (CONT.)
9.Not reading the question properly.
10.Wrong choice of questions.
11.Wrong numbering of answers to questions.
12. Most students do not answer the required
number questions due to time constraints.
Examiners Expectations
1. Readable handwriting
2. Read carefully to understanding the whole
question to the end before answering.
3. Show application of the understanding of
concepts.
4. Write your index number as well as question
numbers
5. Tearing any part of the examination
material (question paper or answer booklet)
Examiners Expectations continuous.
6. No copying from notes or other candidates. Eg
“Cancel Q4e and do the construct first”
(note that the questions are serialized)
7. No irregularities, e.g. “Please help me", "Use money
enclosed to call my father” ,“Please I’m sick”, “my
mother died yesterday, "My teacher did not teach me
this” “my father will kill me if I fail so please help me”,
Examiners Expectations continuous.

8. Number answers to questions very well.

9. Answer any four of the six questions only.

10. Never request for any supplementary sheet.

11. Provide answers on graph sheet if you will not

answer any graph question.

12. Cancelled work must be shown clearly.

QUESTION TIME

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