THE THRESHOLD COLLEGE

NO 10, KING BOMS CLOSE, OFF ABACHA ROAD, G.R.A, PORT HARCOURT.

SPRING TERM EXAMINATION , 2022/2023

CLASS: YEAR 9

SECTION A
INSTRUCTION: Attempt all questions in section A and any four questions in section B

MATHEMATICS

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 5. Find the L.C.M of 96 and 144.
1
Simplity(2-1)x1
A. 96
A. 102
B
C. 108
B D 256
E. 288
C
6. What is the H.C.F of 105, 135 and
D 180?
E.
A. 13
B 15
Express 0.00706 in standard form. C. 7
D. 19
A. 7.06 x 103 E. 21
B. 7.06 x 10
What is the difference between the
C. 70.6 x 10 7.
L.C.M and the H.C.F of 24, 36 and
7.06 x 102
D 7.06 x 10 40?
E.

A. 200
3 Find the square root of 6 B. 260
C. 300
A. D 356
E. 386
B
8. Convert 1111two to denary.
C 15
A.
D B. 14
C. 3
E. 12
D.
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Express 144 as a product of its prime
factors.
9. Convert 36seven to base five.
A 2x32
2 3 A. 2nive
C. B 12five
D. 2x33 C. 20five
E 2 x34 D. 102five
201five

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10. Correct 6.9169 3
to significant 15 Simplify
0.12 x 0.04
giving your
figures. 0.0024
answer in standard form.
6.91
B. 6.92 A. 2x 103
C. 6.93 B. 2x 102
D. 6.912 C. 2 x 10
E. 6.913 D. 2 x 10
E. 2x 10
11. Calculate the simple interest on
N650.00 for 2 years at 6% per 16. Find the interest on N40,000.00 for
annum. 2 years at 20% per annum compound
interest.
A. N13.00
B N39.00 A N8,000.00
C. N65.00 B. A9,600.00
D. N78.00 C. N17,600.00
E N728.00 D. N20,600.00
E. N49,600.00
12 Find the reciprocal of 0.65 to three
significant figures. 17. If a trader gained 15% by selling an
article for AN1560.00, what is the cost
A 0.54 price of the article?
B 1.53
C 1.54
AB. N1000.32
D 1.500 N1050.23
E. 1.538 C. N1110.52
D. N1231.40
13 Subtract 111two from E. N1356.52
1110two
A. 1ltwo 18. Ovedse was 62 years old 18 years
B. 100two ago. What will be his age in 6 years
101wo time?
D 110two
E. 111wo A. 62years
B 70years
14. Find the smallest number by which C. 80years
60 must be multiplied to be a perfect D 86years
square. E. 90years
A
B
C 5
D 10
E 15

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19 A man spends of his salary on
shoes and on school fees. What Use the sample below to answer
questions 22 to 24.
fraction of his salary is left?
27 24
N
A. 5

B
C. 4 1 81 9 36 16

D 22.
E.

20 A car uses 60 litres of petrol for a

journey of 750 km. How many litres 9 16
would be used for a journey of
A.
350km?
B.

A. 13 litres C
D. 12
B. 17 litres
E. 15
21 litres
D 28 litres
E 30 litres 12

21. If Olu spent AN49.00 on textbook and 23

Victor spent A84.00 on maltina
drink, find the ratio of the amount
spent by Olu and Victor.
144
A. 7:12 A. 12
B 4:7
B.
C. 12:7
C. 6
D 13:9
E 15:12
D 4
E. 1

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 90 28. Two lines are perpendicular if the
24 angle between them is

A. 60
B 90°
81 C 180
D. 360°.
E. 450°
A. 10
B 20 29. The bisection of angle 30" leads to

C. 50 angle
D. 75
E 100 A I5
B 450
25 Which of the following angles C. 60
cannot be constructed using a ruler D 75
and a pair of compasses only? E. 90.
30. The name of the pyramid whose base
300 30
is a polygon of seven sides is
B 450

C. J5

D 600 A heptagonal pyramid.

E. 90 B hexagonal pyramid.
C. pentagonal pyramid.
D rectangular pyramid.
26 Convert the surveyor's bearing 145
to a compass bearing. E. triangular pyramid.

31. Find the value of x in the figure

A. N145°E
N145 W below.
B
S35°E
D $35°W
E. S55°E 110 x
27. If the bearing of P from Q is 300, 40
what is the bearing of Q from P?

A. 60° 100

B 120 B. 110
C. 180° C. 140
D 2450 D. 180
E. 330 E 260°

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32. Which of the following is not a 35.
35 Calculate DE|.
property of parallelogram?
A. 4.5cm
A. All the sides are equal in B 5.5cm
length C 6.5cm
B. Each diagonal bisects the D. 7.5cm
parallelogram into two E. 8.5cm
congruent triangles
C. Its opposite sides are parallel 36. Calculate |AB|.
and equal
D Its opposite angles are equal A 3cm
E. Its diagonals bisect each B. 4cm
other C. 6cm
D. 8cm
33 Ifthe diameter of a circle is 10cm, E. 9cm
calculate its area.
37. In the figure below, calculate the
A. 8Tt cm value of y
B. 107t cm
C. 167T cm
D. 257T cm Scm 8cm
E. 327t cm 30
y
In the figure below, AABC is
enlarged to AADE.
A. 2cm
B. 3cm
9cmD C. 5cm
D. 6cm
A 3cm E 7cm
4cm C 6cm E
38. Calculate the area ofa parallelogram
whose base is 12cm and height is
Use the information to answer
1.5cm.
questions 34 to 36.
A. 18.Ocm2
34. Find the scale factor of the
B 15.2cm
enlargement. C. 13.5cm
A. D 10.2cm
E. 6.5cm
B.

C
D.

E.

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 How many vertices has cone?
39 Find the area of a circle whose radius 43. a

is 7cm (Take t=)

A. 0
B.
A 154cm C. 2
B 120cm D.
C. 90cm E.
D. 70cm
E. 22cm 44 In the figure below, calculate the
side marked y.
40. Find the value of y in the diagram
below.
30

5y°
2y 5m 3m

A 180
A 10m
B 90
B. 9m
C. 45
C 8m
D 30
6m
E. 22.5 D.
E. 4m
Use the information below to answer
questions 41 and 42. 45 A cylinder has how many faces?

A cube of length 8cm is enlarged A. 0

with a scale factor ofl

B 1
C. 2

Find the length of the enlargement.

D 3
41. E. 4

A. 13cm Two similar cylindrical objects have

46.
B 12cm a scale factor of What is the ratio
C. 11em of their volumes?
D. 10cm
E. 9cm A 2:3
B. 4:9
Calculate the total surface area of the C. 6:31
42
enlargement. D. 8:27
E. 11:31
A 1014cm
B 864cm
2
C. 794cm
D. 600cm
E. 542cm
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47 A boy Sm tall observes a bird on top 51 Find the value of x in the figure
of a pole 20m high at an angle of below.
elevation 30°. Calculate the
horizontal distance between the boy
and the pole. 80
A. 16 3m
B 15V3m
C. 113m
D. 14m
E. 13m
65
48. Calculate the area of the triangle B 70
below. C. 100°
D 105
8cm E. 1150

h 30
12cm Use the figure below to answer
questions 52 and 53.
A. 25cm2
B. 24cm B
C. 20cm
D 16cm K30
E 15cm 22m
49 Calculate the size of m in the figure
below.
D 16/3m
C

52. Calculate AD|.

m 30
A. Sm
B 6m
C. 9m
A 850
B 95
D 10m
E. l1m
C. 120
D. 2650
53 Find the area of trapezium ABCD.
E. 275
50. Calculate the circumference of a A 100V3m2
circle of radius 7cm. (Take n = B.
125 3m2
C. 169 3m
49cm
B 44cm D 224 3m2
C. 29cm E. 230 3m
D. 22cm
E. 7cm
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54 Calculate the volume of a cuboid 58. Find the area of the figure below.
8cm long, 4cm wide and 3cm high.
A. 12cm Scm Scm
B 24cm
. 32cm
D. 69cm -8cm-
E 96cm
A 9cm
55. Calculate the radius if the B 10cm2
circumference of a circle is 64cm. C. 12cm
(Use n D 13cm
E 18cm
A 14.26cm
B. 12.20cm
C. 10.18cm
D 7.16cm
E. 3.14cm

56. The angle between the length of a

rectangle and its diagonal is 30. If
the length of the rectangle is 6cm, A
II
find the length of the diagonal.

A. 8/3cm
B 12cm
C. 6V3cm A
D. 4V3cm III
E. 6cm 59. Which of the following methods
above is/are correct for constructing
57 Calculate the diameter of a circle angle 30 at A?
whose circumference is 132cm.
A. I only
A. llcm B. II only
B. 22cm C. III only
C. 42cm D I and II
D. 60cm II and III
only
. only
E 84cm

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 4Sm
60
9cm
16cm

Find the perimeter of the above

shape to the nearest whole number.
(Take r- )
A 64cm
B 60cm
C. 55cm
D 50cm
E. 39cm

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 SECTIONB- ESSAY QUESTIONS
Instruction: Answer any four (4) questions.

1.a. Factorizecompletelytheexpression 10g' t gh-ah

b. Simplify 10r +3r- 17y+ 16y-Sr.

2.a. Calculate the perimeter of the pentagon below.

tb

2.. Simplify (6x+ 14y).

3 Ifa =6, b =3, c =4, r= 0 and i 7, x =12, P =2,q=8-6,

Simplify
a. 22+9
b. 4P+q-T-c
C. pgtaib

4. Estimate the following to the nearest hundreds and simplify;

a. 679+895+935
b. 635-385
C. 428 x 211

5.a.
Ifthe perimeter of triangle ABC is given as 62cm, find the
value of q.

18cm

B
qcm

b. Simplify 8h-3-5h+10+y
c.C. (6e-9t)

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