BECE Chief Examiner's Report: How to Get Grade 1 in Mathematics According to the Report

BECE Chief Examiner’s Report: How to Get Grade 1 in Mathematics According to the Report

Reading This BECE Chief Examiner’s Report Can Let You Get Grade 1 in Mathematics.

Taking a clue from Chief Examiner’s Report on specific Subjects is one of the great ways to securing a distinction in the specific exams.

This article will present to you the Chief Examiner’s Report from the BECE exams which took place in the year 2017.

Why 2017 Chief Examiner’s Report?

Between 2017 and 2023 is six years and looking at the range there’s the possibility of having same questions or a sort of in the upcoming exams.

Read excerpts of the entire report below

1. STANDARD OF THE PAPER

The standard of the paper compared favourably with that of the previous years and the performance of candidates was encouraging.

2. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS

Candidates strengths were catalogued in the following areas as ability to:

(i) use Venn diagram to solve two set problem;

(ii) use ruler and a pair of compasses only to construct a given triangle and the perpendicular bisector of a side and an angle of the triangle;

(iii) determine the modal age and mean age of students from a given data;

(iv) plot and indicate the coordinates of a set of given points on the graph as well as drawing a straight line passing through the points;

(v) substitute given values into a relation to find the value of a variable;

(vi) solve inequality expression and illustrating the answer on a number line.

3. SUMMARY OF CANDIDATES’ WEAKNESSES

Candidates weaknesses were recorded as difficulty in:

(i) finding the total shaded area of a plane figure;

(ii) writing the equation for finding the two consecutive odd numbers from a story problem;

(iii) finding the rate of production of an item within a given period of time;

(iv) solving problems involving vectors;

(v) finding the quantity and profit of a given item;

(vi) identifying vertically opposite angles and alternate angles from two parallel lines cut by a transversal.

Source: WAEC

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