SPRING VALLEY EDUCATION CENTRE

BASIC MATHEMATICS – TEST 02

PRE – FORM ONE
TIME: 2 HRS
INSRUCTIONS:
 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
 SHOW CLEARLY YOUR WORK
6.732+2.974
1. (a) Let m = by rounding each term to 1 S.g.f find
7.332−2.422
the approximate value of m.

(b) Given the number 0.00803, write the number of s.g.f

2. (a) Add the first three common multiples of 3 and 5.

(b) Represent 0.63 as a fraction
2 1 5
3. (a) Reduce to a single fraction 3 ×1 ÷1
3 2 6
1
(b) In a certain animal farm 10% of the animals are Horses,4
1
are Goats, 0.15 are sheep and are Cattle. Arrange these
2
numbers in ascending order.

4. (a) Subtract 25% of 24 from 6.

(b) A mass of 260 kg is increased by 2%. Find the new mass.

5. simplify the algebraic expression

(a) 7(3m+n) + 4(m-3n)-m

(b) -2(𝑥-3) + 4(-2𝑥+8)

𝑥+3 2𝑥+1 𝑥
6. (a) solve the equation − =
2 3 4
(b) Find the even number greater than 700, using the digits
2, 9 and 8, using each digit once and once only.

7. (a) Estimate the value of 13.95 X 9.72

(b) Round off 0.04261 to three decimal places
8. Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations by
elimination method.
3𝑦
𝑥 = 4 − ........... (i)
2

−3𝑥 + 𝑦 = −1........ (ii)

9. Solve by substitution method.
𝑥 𝑦
+ 2 = 6............. (i)
3

𝑥
+ 𝑦 = 11.............. (ii)
2

10. In football league, 3 points are given for a win, 1 for a draw
and 0 for a loss. After playing 30 games a team lost 9 games
and gained 47 points. How many games did it win?

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