BECE 2025 Mathematics Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2025 Mathematics paper has 40 objective and 6 theory questions. Here are sample objective questions with the correct answers and explanations. Sit the full paper with the real time limit on ePrep.
Sample questions with answers
1. What is the missing number in the sequence: $-5, -2, 1, \ldots, 7$?
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5
Answer: C. 4
The numbers increase by 3 each time: $1 + 3 = 4$ (and $4 + 3 = 7$).
The numbers increase by 3 each time: $1 + 3 = 4$ (and $4 + 3 = 7$).
2. The population of a town is 56782. What is this number to three significant figures?
- A. 567
- B. 568
- C. 56700
- D. 56800
Answer: D. 56800
Keep 3 significant figures: 567|82. The next digit is 8 (5 or more), so round up to 568, then fill with zeros to keep the place value: 56800.
Keep 3 significant figures: 567|82. The next digit is 8 (5 or more), so round up to 568, then fill with zeros to keep the place value: 56800.
3. When 0.24 is expressed in the lowest form as $\frac{a}{b}$, the denominator is
- A. 2.
- B. 5.
- C. 25.
- D. 125.
Answer: C. 25.
$0.24 = \frac{24}{100} = \frac{6}{25}$, so the denominator is 25.
$0.24 = \frac{24}{100} = \frac{6}{25}$, so the denominator is 25.
4. A farmer feeds 20 goats with 500 kg of cassava. How many goats can be fed with 200 kg of cassava?
- A. 2
- B. 5
- C. 8
- D. 10
Answer: C. 8
Each goat gets $500 \div 20 = 25$ kg. $200 \div 25 = 8$ goats.
Each goat gets $500 \div 20 = 25$ kg. $200 \div 25 = 8$ goats.
5. A man spends GH₵560.00 out of his weekly wage of GH₵700.00 and saves the rest. What percentage did he save?
- A. 10 %
- B. 15 %
- C. 20 %
- D. 25 %
Answer: C. 20 %
Savings $= 700 - 560 = 140$. $\frac{140}{700} \times 100\% = 20\%$.
Savings $= 700 - 560 = 140$. $\frac{140}{700} \times 100\% = 20\%$.
6. Two interior angles of a triangle are $(3x - 10)^\circ$ and $(4x + 20)^\circ$. Find an expression for the third angle.
- A. $(170 - 7x)^\circ$
- B. $(150 - 5x)^\circ$
- C. $(120 - 7x)^\circ$
- D. $(100 - 5x)^\circ$
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7. Ama has 4 one cedi notes and orders an ice cream for GH₵1.75 and two toffees at 50 GP each. How much does she have left?
- A. GH₵1.25
- B. GH₵1.75
- C. GH₵2.25
- D. GH₵2.75
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8. If $\mathbf{a} = \begin{pmatrix} -2 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}$ and $\mathbf{b} = \begin{pmatrix} -5 \\ -3 \end{pmatrix}$, find $2\mathbf{a} - \mathbf{b}$.
- A. $\begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 5 \end{pmatrix}$
- B. $\begin{pmatrix} -9 \\ -1 \end{pmatrix}$
- C. $\begin{pmatrix} 5 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}$
- D. $\begin{pmatrix} -1 \\ -1 \end{pmatrix}$
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9. Find the rule for the mapping:
$1 \to 9,\quad 2 \to 20,\quad 3 \to 31,\quad 4 \to 42,\ \ldots,\ t \to\ ?$
$1 \to 9,\quad 2 \to 20,\quad 3 \to 31,\quad 4 \to 42,\ \ldots,\ t \to\ ?$
- A. $t \to 10t - 1$
- B. $t \to 8t + 1$
- C. $t \to 11t - 2$
- D. $t \to 7t + 2$
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10. In an examination, Abu answered nine questions in 2 hours. He spent 20 minutes on the first question and the same time on each of the remaining questions. How many minutes did he spend on each of the other questions?
- A. 8.0 minutes
- B. 10.0 minutes
- C. 12.0 minutes
- D. 12.5 minutes
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