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Past Questions with Solutions
Mathematics 2013
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PAPER I
MULTIPLE CHOICE 18. Multiply 1001101two by 111two.
A. 1001101two B. 1000101two C. 1001001two
1. Approximate 5.7255 to the nearest thousandth. D. 1010001two E. 10011two
A. 5.7 B. 5.725 C. 5.7255 D. 5.726 19. A Toyota Hilux uses 100 litres of fuel in a distance of
E. 5.73 250km. How many litres of fuel will it use for a distance of
2. Write in figure: six hundred and fifty-eight million, one 150 kilometres?
hundred and twenty-five thousand and one. A. 50 litres B. 60 litres C. 80 litres D. 133 litres
A. 658,125,100 B. 658,125,101 E. 375 litres
C. 658,125,001 D. 658,125,000 20. Reciprocal of 0.65 to three significant figure is?
E. 658,105,001 A. 1.54 B. 1.538 C. 1.53 D. 1.500
3. Express 0.00254 in standard form. E. 0.54
-1 -2 -3
A. 2.54 x 10 B. 2.54 x 10 C. 2.54 x 10 21. If P = 4, find the value of P
-4 -5
D. 2.54 x 10 E. 2.54 x 10 15 5
4. Find the sum of prime factors in 60. A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16 E. 20
A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10 E. 12 22. The length of a basketball pitch can be divided into 12
5. Round off 6827 to the nearest ten. parts, each 25cm long. How many parts, each 20cm long
A. 6820 B. 6821 C. 6830 D. 6900 can be obtained from the pitch?
E. 7000 A. 12 B.13 C.14 D.15 E.16
6. Express N32.00 as a ratio of N72.00.
A. 34:16 B. 16:34 C. 9:4 D. 4:9 E. 1:2 23. Find the value of x in the figure below.
2
7. Find the L.C.M. of 20a and 32ab.
2 2 2
A. 4a B. 16a b C. 160a b D. 160ab 30cm
2 60o
E. 320a b x
8. Add the following 1011two ; 1111 two and 101111 two.
A. 111110 two B. 10111two C. 1001001 two
D. 1001101 two E. 11001101 two A. 10cm B. 15cm C. 26cm D. 30cm E. 52cm
9. Find the H.C.F of 108 and 72.
A. 9 B. 18 C. 27 D. 36 E. 72 24. The linear scale of two similar objects is 5:8. What is the
10. Increase 4500kg by 15%. volume scale factor?
A. 300kg B. 675kg C. 3825kg D. 5175kg A. 5:8 B. 25:64 C. 125:512 D. 64:125
E. 67500kg E. 512:125
11. Find the product of the L.C.M. and H.C.F. of the following 25. The volume scale factor of two similar solids is 8:125. If
numbers 9, 12 and 18. A. 6 B.18 C. 36 D. the length of a side in the bigger solid is 140cm, find the
108 E. 216 length of the corresponding side of the smaller solid.
12. If N240,000.00 is shared among 3 people in the ratio A. 28cm B. 56cm C. 122cm D. 132cm
5:4:3, what is the least share? E. 133cm
A. N100,000.00 B. N96,000.00 C. N80,000.00 26. The linear scale factor of two similar shapes is 2:7. If the
2
D. N60,000.00 E. N52,000.00 area of the bigger shape is 392cm , find the area of the
13. Find the simple interest on N30,000.00 for 3½ years at smaller shape.
2 2 2 2
5% per annum. A. 49cm B.112cm C.128cm D. 256cm
2
A. N5,250.00 B. N5,775.00 C. N10,750.00 E. 264cm
D. N11,550.00 E. N15,770.00 27. How many sides have a regular polygon whose interior
o
14. Find the square root of 9 x 16 x 25. angle is 180 each?
A. 3600 B. 360 C. 60 D. 25 E. 9 A.4 B.5 C.6 D.7 E.8
o
15. A desktop computer is bought for N45,000.00 and sold 28. One interior angle of a hexagon is 170 and each of the
o
for N30,000.00. Find the loss percent. remaining interior angle is equal to Y . Find the value of
A. 45.00% B. 33.33% C. 30.00% D. 15.33% Y. A.100 B.110 C.130 D.140 E.160
E. 10.00% 29. Find the size of an interior angle of a regular octagon.
o o o o o
16. Arrange in descending order of magnitude 3/5, ½, 4/7, A.45 B.60 C.90 D.120 E. 135
5/9. 30. All the following are the properties of an equilateral
A. 3/5, 4/7, 1/2., 5/9 B. ½, 4/7, 3/5, 5/9 triangle EXCEPT. A. All the angles are equal
o
C. 3/5, 4/7, 5/9, ½ D. 4/7, 3/5, ½, 5/9 B. All the sides are equal C. Each of the angle is 60
E. 5/9, 3/5, 4/7, ½. D. There are three lines of symmetry
17. On every sale of goods worth N10,000.00, there is a E. There is only one line of symmetry
commission of N550.00. If an agent delivers 31. A regular polygon with 7 sides is called
N150,000.00, find his commission. A. Heptagon
A. N1,250.00 B. N2,250.00 C. N4,150.00 B. Hexagon
D. N7,250.00 E. N8,250.00 C. Nonagon

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D. Pentagon
E. Quadrilateral
32. Solve the equation =2
A.3 B.4 C.5. D.7 E.9.
33. When three is divided by the sum of a certain number A. 3.5cm B. 5.0cm C. 6.1cm D. 7.1cm E. 8.7cm
o
and 8, the result is the same as dividing 2 by the sum of 42. Use the four-figure tables to find the value of sin 73.4 .
that number and 3. Find the number. A. 0.2857 B. 0.9563 C. 0.9578 D. 0.9583 E. 3.354
A.5 B.6 C.7 D.11 E.25 Use the table below to answer questions 43 and 44
34. What does the construction below represent? 3y = -3x
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y a b c d e f g h i j
43. Find the value of g + j.
A. -18 B. -9 C. -3 D. 9 E. 18
( )
44. Find the value of

A. 135
o o
B.90 C. 60
o
D. 45
o
E. 30
o A. B. C. 0 D. E.
45. Find the value of x if = 5 – 3x
35. Which of the following method(s) is / are correct for
o A. -2 B. -1 C. D. 1 E. 2
constructing an angle 45 at P?
( )
46. Express - as a single fraction.
(
A. B. C. D. E.
47. Simply 3x(4a-5b) – 5x(3a-2b)
A. 3ax - 5b B. (3a - 5b)x C.(5b - 3a)x
D. -(3a + 5b)x E. (3a + 5b)x
48. What is the coefficient of q in the expansion of (2q + 1)
(1 -2q)? A. -2 B. -1 C. 0 D. 1 E. 2
2
49. Expand (2x + 1)
2 2 2
A. x + 4x + 1 B. x + 4x + 4 C. 4x + 4x + 1
2
D. x + +1 E. +x+1
2
50. Factorize y – 121.
A. I only B. II only C. III only
A. (y – 121) B. (y – 11) C. (y + 11)
D. I and II only E. I and III only D. (y – 11) (y + 11) E. (y + 11) (y + 11)
/ / 51. Represent x ≥ on a line graph.
36. In the diagram below, find the ratio
/ /

A. B.
0
0

A B C
C. D.
A. B. C. D. E.
0 0
37. Find the area of a semi-circle of diameter 28cm.
2 2 2 2
A. 308cm B. 616cm C.924cm D. 1232cm
2 E.
E. 2464cm
2
38. A sector of a circle has an area of 15.4cm . If the radius
0
of the circle is 6cm, calculate the angle of the sector.
o o o o o
A. 33 B. 41 C. 49 D. 98 E. 147 52. Given that + y = 3 and x = y + 2. Find the value of ( )
39. Find the area of the shaded portion in the figure below
20cm A. B. C. D. 1 E. 2
53. Solve the equations simultaneously, x + y = 5, 2x + y = 3
A. x = 7, y = -2 B. x = 7, y = 2 C. x = -1, y = 7
7cm D. x = 2, y = -7 E. x = -2 y = -7
15cm
54. Solve the linear inequality, 2 – x < 1 + 6x
A. x < - B. x < C. x > D. x < 7 E. x > 7
2 2 2 2
A. 146cm B. 154cm C. 223cm D. 278cm Use the table below to answer questions 55 to 57.
2
E. 300 cm The table below shows the performance of JSS 2
2
40. The area of a triangle is 52cm . If the base of the triangle students in a Mathematics test of a particular school.
is 8cm, find its height. Score 5 6 7 8 9 10
A. 6.5cm B. 7.5cm C. 13.0cm D. 26.0cm No of students 2 4 5 12 1 1
41. Find the value of x in the figure below: 55. What is the median score of the students?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
56. Calculate the mean of the scores, correct to the nearest
whole number.
5cm

o
45
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A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9 E.N728.00
57. Find the modal score. 15. The number of girls in a mixed school is 375. If the ratio
A.10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 7 E. 6 of boys to girls in the school is 4:5, find the number of
58. Find the range of the following, set of data 25, 22, 23, 27, boys in the school.
19, 15, 22, 23, 22, 22. A. 275 B. 300 C. 325 D. 375 E. 675
A. 25 B. 23 C. 22 D. 12 E. 3 . .
16. Evaluate , giving your answer in standard form.
.
59. Find the average of the following set of data 15, 25, 35, -3 -2 -1 o
A. 2 x 10 B. 2 x 10 C. 2 x 10 D. 2 x 10
45, 55, 65. 1
E. 2 x 10
A. 25 B. 30 C 35 D. 40 E. 50
17. What is the positive difference between -3.9 and 3.9?
60. A fair die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting
A. 0 B. 3.9 C. 7.8 D. 11.7 E. 15.6
an even number?
18. A man spends of his salary on food and on school
A. B. C. D. E.
fees of his children. What fraction of his salary is left?
A. B. C. D. E.
19. Express 0.375 as a fraction is its lowest terms.
PAPER II
A. B. C. D. E.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
20. If 3.5% of a number is 3.5, what is the number?
A. 7 B. 28 C. 56 D. 70 E. 100
1. What is the place value of 3 in 4321?
21. Convert 10110two to base ten.
A. Hundred B. Hundredth C. Tenth D. Thousand
A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22 E. 24
E. Units
22. Solve the inequality 3x - 1≤ 3 – 2x.
2. Round off 0.01256 to three significant figures.
A. 0.01 B. 0.012 C. 0.013 D. 0.0125 E. 0.0126 A. x < B. x ≥ C. x ≤ D. x ≤

3. Evaluate 3 E. x ≤ 3
23. What is the co-efficient of r in the expansion of (3r - 5) (2r
A.1 B.1 C. 1 D. 2 E. 2
+ 3)?
4. The sum of 8 and a certain number is equal to the A. -1 B. 1 C. 5 D. 6 E. 15
product of the number and 3. What is the number? 24. The sum of 4 items a certain number and 9 is equal to the
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 8 E. 10 sum of the number and 12. What is the number?
5. A man bought a Mathematics textbook for N1,680.00 and A. 1 B. 3 C. 7 D. 12 E. 36
sold it for N1,200.00.Find his percentage loss. 25. Which of the following inequalities is sketched in the
A. 8.80% B. 28.57% C. 40.00% D. 48.00% figure below?
E. 71.43%
6. Find the sum of the prime factors of 180.
A. 10 B. 11 C. 19 D. 34 E. 79 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
7. A profit of 23% was made on an article bought for
N4,800.00. What was the selling price? A. x < -1 B. x≤ -1 C. x ≥ -1 D. x < 4
A. N1,104.00 B. N3,696.00 C. N4,800.00 E. x ≥ 4.
2
D. N5,904.00 E. N5,940.00 26. Find the HCF of 4x y and 6xyz.
2 2
2
8. Find the HCF of 18a y and 27x y .
2 2 A. 2xz B.2xy C.2x y D.12xy E.24x yz
A. 9ax B.9y C.6axy D. 6ax E.2ay 27. Expand (x + 1) (x -2).
2 2
9. Convert 19ten to a binary number. A. x + x – 2 B. x - x + 2
2 2 2
A. 10001two B. 10011two C. 10101two C. x + 3x + 2 D. x - x – 2 E. x - 2x - 2
2
D. 10111two E. 11001two 28. Factorize. x – 7x + 12.
10. What is the smallest number by which 60 must be A. (x + 3) (x + 4) B. (x – 2) (x – 5) C. (x + 3) (x – 4)
multipled to be a perfect square? D. (x – 3) (x + 4) E. (x – 3) (x – 4)
2
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 10 E. 15 29. Simplify 8x y x .
11. If 6 men can finish a particular work in 4 days, how many 2 2 2 2
A. x y B. 4x C. 4x D. 4x y E. 4xy
days will it take 8 men to finish the same work if they are ( ) ( )
30. Simplify -
working at the same rate?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 8 A. B. C. D.
12. What is the missing number if the following subtraction is E.
in base two?
11001010 31. Solve the equation + = .
- A. -3 B. C. 2 D. 3 E. 15
xxxxxxxx
10101011 32. Simplify (7x - 4) – (4x - 12).
A. 3x – 16 B. 3x – 16 C. 3x + 8 D. 3x – 8
A. 1011111 B. 111111 C. 101111 D. 11111 E. 3x - 4
E. 10111 33. Solve the simultaneous equations:
13. Express 144eight in base ten. 2x + y = 4, 3x – y = 14
A.120 B.116 C.100 D.96 E.70 A. x = -1, y = 2 B. x = 1, y = -2
14. Find the simple interest on N650.00 for 2 years at 6% per C. x = -1, y = -2 D. x = 2, y = 2 E. x = 1, y = 2
annum. 34. In the diagram below, find the largest angle
A. N13,00 B.N39.00 C.N65.00 D.N78.00

3x
x 2x
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o o o o o
o o o o o
A. 52 B. 64 C. 116 D. 128 E. 180
A. 60 B. 90 C. 120 D. 180 E. 225 47. Calculate the volume of a cylinder of height 14cm and
35. One of the following is a line of symmetry of a circle. radius 3cm.
A. Arc B. Circumference C. Diameter A. 396cm
3
B. 264cm
3
C. 198cm
3
D. 172cm
3

D. Radius E. Segment E. 132cm

3

36. Find the perimeter of the unshaded portion in the figure

below. 48. Calculate the value of x in the diagram below
5cm

5cm
4cm 4x

8cm
A. 23cm B. 22cm C. 18cm D. 17cm
E. 13cm 5x
37. Find the circumference of a circle whose diameter is o o o o o
A. 120 B. 100 C. 90 D. 80 E. 20
28cm. (Take = ).
49. Find the value of x in the diagram below
A. 44cm B. 88cm C. 176cm D. 308cm E. 616cm
38. The diameter of a bicycle wheel is 98cm. Find the
distance moved by the wheel in 3 revolutions. o
45
(Take = ) 16m
A. 147cm B. 227cm C. 294cm D. 364cm
E. 924cm
39. The length of a drawn stick is 3.0cm and the length of the
real stick is 15cm. Find the scale. xm
A. 1:9 B. 3:4 C. 1:5 D. 1:3 E. 2:3 A. 4m B. 6m C. 8m D. 12m E. 16m
40. Calculate the area of a parallelogram whose height is
14cm and base is 6cm. 50. A ladder 8m long leans against a vertical wall, making an
2 2 2 2 o
A. 20cm B. 42cm C. 84cm D. 96cm angle of 60 with the horizontal ground. What is the
2
E. 100cm distance between the foot of the ladder and the wall.
41. Calculate (p + s) in the diagram below. A. 4m B. 6m C. 8m D. 10m E. 12m

51. In the diagram below, find the value of /QT/

o o o o o
A. 35 B. 40 C. 70 D. 110 E. 150

42. An equilateral triangle of sides 12cm each has the same

perimeter as a square. Find the area of the square.
A. 9cm
2
B. 12cm
2
C. 24cm
2
D. 36cm
2 A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 16
2
E. 81cm
43. What is the volume of a cuboid tank whose edges 52. The table below gives the ages of a group of students in
measures 5.2m each? a class.
3 3 3 3 Age (yr) 11 12 13 14 15
A. 5.2m B. 27.0m C. 77.2m D. 100.1m
3
E. 140.6m Frequency 2 6 5 3 2
44. How many cubic sugar of edge 2cm can be fitted into a
cuboid container of dimension 4cm by 6cm by 10cm? How many students are in the class?
A. 30 B. 22 C. 20 D. 12 E. 8 A. 18 B. 36 C. 47 D. 58 E. 65
45. In the diagram below, calculate the value of y + x. 53. Find the mean of the following data: 21, 40, 27, 35, 32
A. 19 B.21 C. 31 D. 32 E. 40
54. Find the range of the following set of numbers:
63, 49, 70, 50, 60, 67, 45, 62, 55, 59
A. 25 B. 45 C. 55 D. 58 E. 70
o o o o o 55. The chance of Magaji passing an examination is . What
A. 52 B. 64 C. 116 D. 128 E. 168
is the probability of failing the same examination?
46. In the diagram below, find the positive difference between A. B. C. D. E.0
a and b. 56. The pie chart below shows the distribution of 3 types of
a animals in a certain state. If there are 12 million of such
animals, how many cattle are there in that state?

b
o
64

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A. 500,000 B. 1 million C. 2 million D. 3 million

2. The table below shows the distribution of goals scored by
E. 4 million
five teams in a football competition.
57. Die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting an even
number. Team A B C D E

A. B. C. D. E. Goal 4 22 18 16 12

Draw a pie-chart to represent the information.

The table below shows the scores of students in a
test. Use the table to answer questions 58 to 60.
MATHEMATICS PAPER I 2013
Score 13 14 15 16 18
No of students 12 7 8 5 3 1.D 7.C 13.A 19.B 25.B 31.A 37.A 43.C 49.C 55.D
2.C 8.C 14.C 20.A 26.B 32.A 38.C 44.B 50.D 56.C
58. What was the modal score? 3.C 9.D 15.B 21.C 27.B 33.C 39.A 45.D 51.D 57.C
A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16 E. 18 4.D 10.D 16.C 22.D 28.B 34.B 40.C 46.C 52.E 58.D
5.C 11.E 17.E 23.B 29.E 35.B 41.B 47.D 53.C 59.D
59. How many students took part in the test? 6.D 12.D 18.A 24.C 30.E 36.B 42.D 48.C 54.C 60.C
A. 13 B. 27 C. 32 D. 35 E.40

60. Find the median score.

A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16 E. 18 MATHEMATICS PAPER II 2013

1.A 7.D 13.C 19.C 25.B 31.D 37.B 43.E 49.E 55.A
PAPER III 2.E 8.B 14.D 20.E 26.B 32.C 38.E 44.A 50.A 56.B
Attempt ALL the questions 3.C 9.B 15.B 21.D 27.D 33.E 39.C 45.E 51.B 57.C
4.B 10.E 16.D 22.D 28.E 34.B 40.C 46.A 52.A 58.A
1. In the diagram below, the curved part is a semi-circle. 5.B 11.B 17.C 23.A 29.C 35.C 41.E 47.A 53.C 59.D
Find the area of the shaded portion and correct your 6.A 12.D 18.C 24.A 30.D 36.C 42.E 48.E 54.A 60.B
answer to 3 significant figures

BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATION (JSS 3)

Past Questions with Solutions
Mathematics 2012
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5 5 5
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS A. -2 /6 B. -1 /6 C. 2 /6
1 1
PAPER 1 D. /6(12x + 17) E. /6 (12x – 11).
2
66. Factorize: 4x – 3y – 6x + 2xy
61. The sum of a certain number and 16 is 42. What is the A. (2x – y)(2x -3)
number? B. (x – 2y)(2x – 3)
A. 20 B. 22 C. 24 D. 26 E. 28 C. (2x + 3)(2x +y)
62. Find the product of (y-3) and (y + 3). D. (2x + y)(2x – 3)
2 2 2
A. y – 6y + 9 B. y – 9 C. y + 6y + 9 E. (2x – y)(2x + 3)
2 2
D. y + 9 E. y + 3 67. Solve the equation
63. A man is 26 years older than his son. He is also 8 years =
( ) ( )
older than three times his son’s age. Find the son’s age.
A. -12 B. -6 C. 6 D. 10 E. 12
A. 9 years B. 10 years C. 12 years D. 14 years 2
68. Find x if 2x + 3x + 3x – 4x = 8x .
E. 18 years
2 A. 0 or 4 B. 0 or 2 C. 0 or ¾ D. 0 or ½
64. The factors of x + x – 12 are
E. 0 or ¼
A. (x – 4) and (x – 3)
69. Solve the simultaneous equations:
B. (x – 4) and (x + 3)
x – 2y + 3 = 0, 3x + 2y = 7
C. (x + 4) and (x – 3)
A. x = -4, y = 1 B. x = -3, y = 0
D. (x + 3) and (x + 4)
C. x = 1, y = -3 D. x = 1, y = 2
E. (x + 6) and (x – 2).
E. x = 2, y = 1
65. Simplify -

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70. The sum of 2 times a number and 3 times another D. E.
number is 4. The first number minus the second number
86. Which of the following inequalities represents the
is -3. What are the numbers?
number line shown below?
A. -3 and 6 B. -1 and 2 C. 2 and 5
D. 6 and 3 E. 7 and 11
71. The product of 5 and the sum of 12 and a certain
number is 10. What is the number?
A. -15 B. -10 C. -5 D. 5 E. 10 A. x ≤ 2 B. x < 2 C. x > 2 D. x ≥ 2
72. Solve for z if + = E. x ≤ -2
A. ±3 B. ±4 C. ±6 D. ±16 E. ±24 87. Solve the equation: - =0
73. If y -2x = 3, x + y = 3. A. -3 B. -4 C. -6 D. -8 E. -10
Find the values of x and y. Use the table below to answer questions 28 to 31
A. x = 0, y = 3 B. x = 3, y = 0 given that 2x + 5y = 25.
C. x = -3, y = 0 D. x = 0, y = 0 x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
E. x = 3, y = -3
y p 5.4 q 4.6 4.2 r
74. If 4x + 2y = 0, 3x – y = 5,
find x + y. 88. Find the value of p from the table above.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. -1 E. -2 A. 4.2 B. 4.4 C. 4.6 D. 5.4 E. 5.8
75. Given that 3x + 2y = 5, 2x + 5y = 3, find 89. Determine the value of q.
A. 29 B. 19 C. 17 D. -19 E. -29 A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
76. Simplify 10x – 7y – 6x + 5y 90. Calculate the value of 2q – r
A. 2(4x – 2y) B. 2(2x – y) A. 1.2 B. 3.2 C. 3.2 D. 6.2 E. 7.2
C. 2x – y D. 2x(2x – 2y) 91. What is the value of p + q + r?
E. 2(10x – 7y) A. 5.6 B. 8.6 C. 9.6 D.13.6 E. 14.6
77. Find the length of the diagonal of a rectangle whose 92. A pair of trousers costs N1,600.00 and a pair of shoes
length and breadth are 4m and 3m respectively. costs Nq. If the two cost N2,800.00 altogether, what is
A. 6m B. 5m C. 4m D. 3m E. 2m the cost of the pair of shoes?
78. Solve the equation = 5. A. N1,200.00 B. N1,300.00 C. N1,450.00
D. N1,600.00 E. N1,750.00
A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 21 E. 22
93. Find the sum of the mode and median of the following
79. If one-tenth of a number is added to 2, the result is half
set of numbers: 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3.
of that number, find the number.
A. 2.5 B. 3.0 C. 4.5 D. 5.5 E. 6.0
A. 2.5 B. 3.3 C. 4.2 D. 5.0 E. 6.7
94. Find the mean of 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 5, 1.
80. Represent x ≤4 on the number line.
A. 3.0 B. 4.1 C. 4.3 D. 5.2 E. 6.1
95. Which of these has the same meaning as arithmetic
average?
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Range
E. Standard deviation

Use the information below to answer questions 36

and 37.

8 teams were involved in a football and hockey

competition. Their goals in both football and hockey
are in the table below:

81. If a certain number K is added to 6, the result is greater Teams A B C D E F G H

than 3. Find the range of the values of K. Football 3 2 0 3 5 8 5 1
A. K > 3 B. K > -3 C. K < 3 D. K < -3
Hockey 8 5 9 3 1 2 0 4
E. K ≥ -3
82. One-fifth of applicants for a job have masters degree
96. What is the total goals scored in Hockey?
while others have first degree certificates. If there are 50
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 27 E. 32
applicants altogether, how many have first degree
97. Which team scored the highest number of goals in the
certificates?
competition?
A. 45 B. 40 C. 30 D. 25 E. 10
A. A B. B C. C D. F E. G
83. Simplify 98. What is the mode of the following set of numbers?
10, 10, 7, 13, 13, 15, 12, 11, 11, 10, 9, 13, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10.
A. B. C. D. E.
A. 4 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11 E. 13
84. Solve =
A. 17 B. 14 C. 10 D. -4 E. -10
The diagram below shows the distribution of
85. Simplify +
students in a Junior Secondary School
( )
A. B. C.
( )
Use the information to answer questions 39 and 40.

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109.What is the percentage of the rainfall in February in that
village?
A. 15.56% B.18.52% C. 24.07% D. 28.89%
E. 42.00%
110.Find the probability of obtaining an even number when a
fair die is thrown once.
A. B. C. D. E.
99. What fraction of the whole school is JSS 1?
The table below shows the distribution of income of
A. B. C. D. E. workers in a chalk factory.
100.If there are 180 students in the school, how many are in Income per month (N) 1,000 1,500 1,600 2,000
JSS 2?
Frequency 35 42 50 65
A. 125 B. 75 C. 55 D. 50 E. 45
101.The mean age of five pupils whose ages are 6, 9, x, 7, 8
111.Find the range of the distribution.
is 8 years. Find the median age.
A. N2,500.00 B. N2,000.00 C. N1,000.00
A. 6 years B. 7 years C. 8 years D. 9 years
D. N500.00 E. N400.00
E. 10 years
112.A die has six faces. If the die is tossed once, find the
102.Four students have a mean weight of 26kg. When they
probability of not obtaining 2.
are joined by a fifth student, their mean weight
decreased to 24kg. What is the weight of the fifth A. 1 B. C. D. E.
students? 113.Calculate the median age from the data below.
A. 26kg B. 24kg C. 20kg D. 18kg Age (years) 3 4 5 6 7 8
E. 16kg
Frequency 2 1 3 3 1 1
103.Jones rolls a fair die once. What is the probability of
obtaining an odd number? A. 4 years B. 5 years C. 6 years D. 7 years
A. B. C. D. E. E. 8 years
104.A fair coin is tossed once, what is the probability of 114.In a mathematics test, the scores by 50 students are as
having a tail? shown below.
A. B. C. D. E. Find the sum of the mode and the median
Marks 3 4 5 10 11 12
105.The scores of selected students in a mock examination
are given as 43, 13, 57, 49, 63, 84 and 75. What is the Frequency 5 6 8 9 12 10
range of the marks?
A. 13 B. 32 C. 71 D. 84 E. 118 A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 16 E. 21
106.The following is the distribution of the number of eggs 115.From the table below, find the mode.
laid by 20 hens in one week in a certain poultry farm. Age 20 25 31 32 60
Find the range of the distribution. Frequency 2 5 6 7 1
No of eggs 1 2 3 4 5
A. 7 B. 25 C. 31 D. 32 E. 60
Frequency 3 2 3 2 10
116.A fair die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a
A. 10 B. 8 C. 7 D. 4 E. 1 seven
107.The pie chart below shows the distribution of Mr. A. 0 B. C. D. E.
Tanko’s income in a month. 117.The heights of 6 students in a class are given as follows
in centimetres:
125.6, 126, 143, 106, 100.7, 100
Find the range.
A. 50.5 B. 50.0 C. 43.0 D. 36.5 E. 30.0
118.Find the value of x in the pie chart below:

If his monthly salary is N100,000.00, what amount does

he spend on education?
A. N 4,444.00 B. N15,000.00 C. N15,556.00
D. N25,000.00 E. N30,000.00
o o o o o
108.Find the median of the following numbers: 16, 8, 12, 10, A. 360 B. 180 C. 90 D. 50 E. 40
13, 14, 8, 6, 4, 16 and 16.
The table below shows the scores of students in
The table below shows the distribution of rainfall in English language in a NECO JSCE examination.
3
thousands (mm ) from January to May in a particular Scores 25 35 40 55 60 70
village. No of Students 3 2 3 22 18 2
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Amount of rainfall 35 42 50 65 78 119.Find the difference between the mode and the median
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A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2 E. 0 18. What is the missing number if the following subtraction
120.Find the range of the following set of data 2.3, 7.2, 5.1, is in base two?
6.1, 4.2, 3.4, 2.2, 5.2. 1 1 1 1 0 1
A. 2.2 B. 2.3 C. 4.9 D. 5.0 E. 7.2
1 1 0 1 0 0

A. 1001 B. 1001 C. 1010 D. 1100

E. 1011
PAPER II
19. Multiply 11two by 10011two
1. Find the value of -20- (-100). A. 100111two B. 110101two
A. 120 B. 100 C. 80 D. -80 E. -120. C. 001100two D. 1001010two
2. Arrange the following in descending order of magnitude: E.111001two
, , , 20. Find the compound interest on N800.00 at 4% for 2
years.
A. , , , A. N3,200.00 B. N865.28 C. N864.00 D. N65.28
E. N64.00
B. , , , 21. A man budgets of his pay on food and on meant.
What fraction of his pay is left?
C. , , , A. B. C. D. E.
22. Find the reciprocal of 0.125.
D. , , ,
A. B. C. 5 D. 8 E. 125

E. , , , 23. Find the sum of 1001two and 111101two

A. 100001two B. 100011two C. 100110two
3. Express one million, one hundred and fifty thousand and D. 101101two E. 1000110two
three in figure. 24. What is the value of A ÷ B?
A. 1,150,300 B. 1,150,030 C. 1,150,003 A. - B. - C. D. E. 1
D. 1,105,030 E. 1,105,003 25. Find the value of 2(1 – A + B).
2 2
4. Simplify (1¾ - /3) x 2 /5. A. 9 B. 18 C. 25 D. 36 E. 50
1 3 3 4
A. 1 /12 B. 1 /10 C. 2 /5 D. 5 /5 E. 12
26. Simplify -3 ÷ x (-2)
5. Subtract 10101two from 111000two
A. 100001two B. 100010two C. 100011two A. -11 B. -9 C. 6 D. 9 E. 11
D. 101011two E. 1001101two 27. A mobile phone costs N12,000.00. At what price will Ade
6. Convert 46ten to base three. sell it to make a loss of 20%?
A. 102three B. 201three C. 1012three D. 1021three A. N14,400.00 B. N12,000.00 C. N9,600.00
E. 1201three D. N7,600.00 E. N5,600.00
7. Find the sum of all the factors of 17. 28. An item is sold at Nx. If the cost of the item is Ny, which
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20 E. 21 of the following expressions represents the percentage
8. Find the product of LCM and HCF of 3 and 15. profit?
A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 60 E. 75 A. x 100%
9. Find the result in decimal fraction if 1/8 is subtracted
2 5
from the product of /5 and /8. B. x 100%
A. 0.125 B. 0.375 C. 0.515 D. 0.900
E. 1.150 C. x 100%
10. Find the positive difference of the prime factors of 40.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 7 D. 11 E. 13 D. x 100%
11. Find the H.C.F. of 18, 24 and 30.
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3 E. 2 E. x 100%
12. Express 0.25 as a fraction
A. B. C. D. E. 29. A sachet of pure water costs N1.00, if 20 sachets bought
at once would be given for N150.00, how much is saved
13. In a basket containing 20 oranges, 12 are good. What
on hundred sachets bought?
fraction is bad?
A. N150.00 B. N180.00 C. N200.00
A. B. C. D. E.
D. N250.00 E. 280.00
2
14. Convert 2 /5 to decimal fraction and give your answer to 30. In an examination, a candidate obtained a score of 70%.
1 significant figure. If the obtainable score for the examination is 80, what
A. 2 B. 2.4 C. 3 D. 3.2 E. 5 was the candidate’s score?
15. 12.5% of a number is 50, find the number. A. 56 B. 70 C. 75 D. 80 E. 100
A. 1200 B. 1000 C. 800 D. 600 E. 400 31. How many quadrilaterals are in the diagram below?
16. If the first common multiple of two numbers is 4, find the
fifth common multiple.
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16 E. 20
17. Which of the following is NOT a prime number?
A. 7 B. 17 C. 29 D. 47 E. 49

A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 2 E. 1

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32. How many vertices has a cuboid?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 12 E. 16
33. Which of the following properties is NOT of a kite?
A. One pair of opposite angles are equal.
B. The diagonals meet at right angles
C. There is one line of symmetry
D. There are two lines of symmetry A. 180 B. 156 C. 102 D. 78 E. 39
E. Two pairs of adjacent sides are equal
34. Find the perimeter of a circle whose diameter is 11.2cm. 42. Find the value of x in the diagram below
A. 11.2cm B. 17.6cm C. 23.4cm D. 35.2cm
E. 70.4cm
35. Find the volume of a cone of base radius 3½cm and
22
height 42cm (π = /7).
3 3 3 3
A. 77cm B. 147cm C. 154cm D. 539cm
3 o o o o o
E. 1617cm A. 50 B. 40 C. 30 D. 20 E. 10

36. Calculate /AC/ in the figure below 43. Find the length of line BC to the nearest metres.

A. 40m B. 23m C. 17m D. 12m E. 10m

44. In the figure below, PQ//RS and PS and QR intersect at

T. If PT = 4cm, QT = 3cm and TR = 9cm, calculate the
length of ST.

A. 2cm B. 3cm C. 4cm D. 5cm E. 6cm

37. Calculate the area of a rhombus, whose diagonals are

8cm and 16cm long.
2 2 2 2
A. 8cm B. 16cm C. 24cm D. 32cm
2 A. 8cm B. 9cm C. 12cm D. 15cm
E. 64cm
E. 16cm
38. Two similar cylinders have radii 3cm and 4cm. If the first
3
cylinder has a volume of 270cm , find the volume of the
45. In the figure below, calculate the length of DE.
second cylinder.
3 3 3
A. 640cm B. 480cm C. 270cm
3 3
D. 200cm E. 153cm
39. In a rectangular shape the breadth can be expressed as
A. – Length B. – Perimeter

C. – + Perimeter D. + Length

E. Perimeter – Length
4 1
A. 7½ cm B. 4 /5 cm C. 4cm D. 3 /3 cm
40. Find the value of a in the diagram below.
46. A cylindrical container of height 70cm has a base
22
diameter of 24cm. Find its volume. (π = /7).
3
A. 2.640cm
3
B. 10,560cm
3
C. 31,680cm
3
D. 31,860cm
3
E. 126,720cm
o o o o o
A. 42 B. 43 C. 84 D. 95 E. 105 47. Two similar cones are of heights 2cm and 6cm. If the
radius of the shorter cone is 3cm, what is the radius of
41. Find the value of x in the diagram below. the longer one?
A. 4cm B. 6cm C. 8cm D. 9cm E. 16cm
48. Find the radius of a circle if the circumference is 22cm.

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Take (π = /7). 56. What is the obtuse angle FBH when F is joined to B?
o o o o o
A. 2.6cm A. 45 B. 100 C. 105 D. 120 E. 135
B. 3½ cm 57. Calculate the sum of <ABF and <GBH.
1 o o o o o
C. 5 /3 cm A. 60 B. 75 C. 90 D. 100 E. 120
D. 7½ cm 58. The angle of depression of a boat from the top of a cliff
1 o
E. 7 /3 cm 15m high is 60 . Calculate the distance of the boat from
49. If angle A is equal to angle C in the figure below, find the foot of the cliff, correct to one decimal place.
/DE/. A. 30.0m B. 26.0m C. 130m D. 8.7m
E. 7.5m
59. From a point P, a boy observes that the angle of
o
elevation of the top of a pole is 45 . If the height of the
pole is 15m, find the distance from P to the foot of the
pole correct to the nearest metes.
A. 9m B. 11m C. 15m D. 21m E. 675m

A. 4.2cm B. 5.3cm C. 6.7cm D. 7.0cm E. 7.5cm PAPER III

50. In the figure below, find the area of the base of the cone 1. a. thirty students sat for a class test and their scores
to 1 decimal place are as follows:
65, 40, 40, 50, 50, 70, 65, 60, 20, 30, 20, 30, 75,
50, 60, 30, 55, 40, 70, 65, 60, 70, 35, 40, 40, 75,
20, 35, 40, 60.
Find the mean score of the data using a frequency
table.
2 2 2
A. 0.5cm B. 10.0cm C. 22.0cm
2 2 b. Solve + = 0
D. 28.3cm E. 154.0cm

51. Find the volume of a cone of radius 3.5cm and vertical

height 5cm to 2 decimal places. 2. a. A soakaway was dug by 5 men in 24 days. How
3 3 many days would it take 15 men to dig it if they
A. 80.50cm B. 64.17cm
3 3 3 were to work at the same rate?
C. 22.50cm D. 20.16cm E. 18.30cm
3
52. The volume of a cuboid is 1920cm . If the area of its
2
base is 24cm , find its height.
A. 8cm B. 12cm C. 24cm D. 64cm
E. 80cm
53. The line on which two faces of the cuboid meet is called
a/an b. The angle of depression of a point G on a horizontal
o
A. corner B. edge C. face D. side E. vertex ground from the top T of an electric pole is 25 . If
the distance from G to the foot of the pole is 45m,
Use the construction below to answer questions 55 calculate the height of the pole to the nearest whole
to 58. number.

MATHEMATICS PAPER I 2012

1.D 7.E 13.A 19.D 25.B 31.E 37.A 43.C 49.A 55.D
2.B 8.D 14.D 20.A 26.A 32.A 38.C 44.C 50.C 56.A
3.A 9.D 15.D 21.B 27.C 33.D 39.D 45.C 51.C 57.C
4.C 10.B 16.B 22.B 28.E 34.A 40.C 46.D 52.B 58.E
5.C 11.B 17.B 23.E 29.D 35.A 41.C 47.E 53.B 59.E
6.D 12.B 18.B 24.A 30.D 36.E 42.E 48.A 54.E 60.D

54. Drawing arcs passing through D, E, and C is a process MATHEMATICS PAPER II 2012
of constructing a
A. bisector of a straight line 1.C 7.B 13.D 19.E 25.E 31.C 37.E 43.A 49.C 55.E
B. given angle 2.B 8.C 14.A 20.D 26.E 32.C 38.B 44.C 50.C 56.C
C. line segment. 3.C 9.A 15.E 21.B 27.C 33.D 39.A 45.D 51.D 57.E
D. perpendicular bisector of a line segment 4.C 10.B 16.E 22.D 28.C 34.D 40.C 46.C 52.B 58.B
E. perpendicular line 5.C 11.A 17.E 23.E 29.D 35.D 41.E 47.D 53.E 59.D
55. Find the acute angle GBH when point G is joined to B. 6.E 12.E 18.A 24.A 30.A 36.A 42.D 48.B 54.B 60. C
o o o o o
A. 15 B. 20 C. 30 D. 60 E. 75

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PAPER I 141.Two-fifth of the students I a mixed schools are boys. If

MULTIPLE CHOICE there are 30 girls in the school, how many are boys?
A. 50 B. 40 C. 30 D. 20 E. 10
121.A line that divides a circle into two equal parts is known 142.Find the radius of a circle whose circumstance is 44cm
as. A. Chord B. diameter C. radius A. 4cm B.7cm C.11cm D.13cm E.22cm
D. sector E. segment 143.In the diagram below, BÔA is an example of a/ an
122.Find the value of -5- (-20). A. -30 B. -25 C.-15 D.15 B
E. 25
123.Find the perimeter of a football field of length 100m and O A
breadth 60m. A. 600m B. 450m C. 320m
D. 200m E. 160m A. acute angle B. obtuse angle C. reflex angle
124.Find the simple interest on N800.00 at 4% for 6 years D. right angle E. straight angle
A. N32.00 B. N48.00 C. N192.00 144.Find the perimeter of the figure below
D. N224.00 E. N240.00 5cm A X cm
125.Express 33% as a decimal number.
B C
A. 0.30 B. 0.31 C. 0.32 D. 0.33 E. 0.34
126. Find the value of y in the diagram below 3cm 3cm
D E
2cm
20cm
y A.16cm B.18cm C. 20cm D. 15cm + xcm
30 o E. 22cm + xcm
0 0
145.Simplify 22 33’-10 54’.
0 0 0 0 0
A. 12 21’ B. 11 39’ C. 11 29’ D. 11 21’ E. 11 19’
A. 9cm B. 10cm C. 12cm D. 15cm E. 20cm
146.Calculate the perimeter of the shape below.
127.Approximate 13075 to the nearest thousand.
Xcm
A. 13075 B. 13065 C. 13045 D. 13015 E. 13000
128.Convert to decimal fraction and give your answer to 2 Xcm
2 2
decimal places. A. 2xcm B.3xcm C.4xcm D. x cm E. 2x cm
A. 0.76 B. 0.70 C. 0.67 D. 0.66 E. 0.60 147.The angle of elevation of the top of a building from a
0
129.Which of the following is NOT a perfect square? point 10m away on level ground is 30 . Calculate the
2 2 3
A. a B. 4y C. 16b D. 36 E. 100 height of the building?
130.Find the L.C.M. of 15 and 45 A.9.238m B.6.928m C. 5.773m D. 4.619m E. 3.464m
A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 60 E. 75 148.Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle of length 8cm and
131.Express 0.0004107 in standard form. breadth cm.
7 5 4
A. 4107 x 10 B. 41.07 x 10 C. 4.107 x 10
-5
D. 41.07 x 10 E. 4.107 x 10
-4 A. B.20cm C.21cm D.24cm E.30cm
132.In a class of 25 students, 15 are boys. What percentage 149.What is the perimeter of a regular decagon of side
are girls? 3.25cm each?
A. 10% B. 15% C. 20% D. 30% E. 40% A. 3.25cm B.26.5cm C.28.5cm D.32.3cm E. 40cm
150.Calculate the area of a circle whose diameter is 7m
133. Simplify x ÷ + A. B. C.
(Take π )
D. E. 2 2 2 2 2
A. 6 m B. 14 m C. 22 m D. 30 m E. 38 m
134.The following are quadrilaterals EXCEPT.
151.Find the area of a square whose diagonal is 8m
A. Circle B. parallelogram C. rectangle D. square E. 2 2 2 2 2
A. 4m B. 8m C. 16m D. 32 D. 64
trapezium 3
152.A Cylindrical can of volume 198cm has a height of 7cm.
135.Calculate the volume of a cuboid 3cm by 8cm by 5cm
3 3 3 3 Find the radius of the cylinder.
A. 120cm B. 88 cm C. 16 cm D. 14 cm
3 A.28.29cm B.18.00cm C.9.00cm D.5.20cm E.3.00cm
E. 8 cm
153.Calculate the third of an isosceles triangle whose base
136.Express 2.44km in metres. 0
angle is 48 .
A. 0.244 B. 2.400 C. 2.440 D. 24.40 E. 2440 0 0 0 0 0
A.42 B.76 C.84 D.96 E.136
137.Ayodeji made a profit of 28% on an article he bought for
N3600.00. How much did he sell the article?
A. N1008.00 B. N3600.00 C. N4608.00
154.Calculate the value of x in the figure below.
D. 4636.00 E. 4680.00
138.A trader bought an electric iron for N1,200.00 and sold it
for N1,680.00. What was the percentage profit? A. 0.4% 40o
B. 29% C. 40% D. 48% E. 71% o X
65
0
139.What is the complement of 63 ? o o o o o
0 0 0 0 0 A. 105 B.95 C. 75 D. 55 E. 35
A. 63 B. 57 C. 47 D. 27 E. 17
140.How many edges has a cube?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12 E. 13

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155.Calculate the value of x in the figure below. E. I, II and III only
165.Calculate the exterior angle of a regular pentagon
o o o o o
A. 72 B.60 C. 51.4 D. 45 E. 40
166.A regular polygon has the sum of its interior angles as
130o 0
X 3240 . Find the number of sides the polygon has.
o o o o o A. 16 B.20 C. 22 D. 26 E. 30
A. 50 B.60 C. 75 D. 80 E. 90
167.Simplify 110110two _____ 101101two
156.Find the value of t in the figure below.
A. 1000two B. 1001two C. 1010 two D. 1011two
E. 1101two
t 168.Add N4.20, N3.60 and N2.20 and give your answer in
110o
130o kobo.
A. 10k B.100k C. 1,000k D. 10,000k
o o o o o E. 100,000k
A. 110 B.120 C. 130 D. 140 E. 150
169.Find the sum of all prime numbers between 1 and 10.
157.Find the value of x in the figure below.
A. 2 B.3 C. 5 D. 7 E. 17
170.The figure below is a
30o
o xo
2x

o o o o o A. hexagonal based pyramid

A. 30 B.50 C. 80 D. 100 E. 120
B. square based prism
158.Find the volume of a cone whose height is 15cm and
C. square based pyramid
base diameter 14cm. (Take π = ) D. triangular based pyramid
3 3 3 3
A. 2310cm B. 1320cm C. 770cm D. 660cm E. triangular prism
3
E. 220 171.Express 52 as a product of its prime factors in index
159.Which of the following properties is NOT true of a form.
2 2
parallelogram? A. 2 x 13 B. 2 x 26 C. 2 x 2 x 13 D. 2 x 13
(A) Opposite sides are parallel and equal in length. E. 4 x 13
(B) Opposite angles are equal 172.What is the value of each exterior angle of a regular
(C) There are two lines of symmetry octagon?
o o o o o
(D) The diagonals bisect each other A. 450 B.150 C. 100 D. 90 E. 45
0
(E) There is no line of symmetry. 173.One of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 144 .
Use the graph below to answer questions 40 and 41 Find the number of sides of the polygon.
A. 6 B.8 C. 10 D. 12 E. 14
174.Danda and Maji are 12 and 10 years old respectively.
N9152.00 is shared between them in the ratio of their
ages. How much does Danda get?
A. N4160.00 B.N4670.00 C. N4860.00
D. N4900.00 E. N4992.00
175.A stroke keeper is paid 10% commission on all goods
sold. What commission will he receive if he sells goods
worth N150,500.00?
A. N15,050.00 B.N15,005.50 C. N15,005.00
D. N1,500.50 E. N150.50
160.The coordinates of point D is 176.A student spends 37.5% of his money on food, 28.75%
A. (2,3) B. (3,-2) C. (-2, 3) D. (2, -3) E. (-2, -3) on rent and 15% on books. What percentage of her
161.Which of the points represents the coordinates (2, -1)? money is left to spend on other things?
A. E B.D C. C D. B E. A A. 18.70% B.18.71% C. 18.72% D. 18.75%
162.Calculate the perimeter of a circle whose radius is cm E. 81.25%
177.Find one-quarter of the difference between 16 and the
A. 55cm B. 44cm C. 33cm D. 22cm E. 11cm 1
square of 2. A. 14 B.12 C. 4 D. 3 /2 E. 3
163.What is the size of <PAB in the diagram below?
178.What is the value of the Roman Numeral MXCV?
P A. 1000 B.1065 C. 1095 D. 1600 E. 7050
179.Change 10010two to base 10.
A. 16 B.17 C. 18 D. 19 E. 20
3
B 180.The volume of a cone is 1540cm . If its radius is 7cm,
A
A. 15
o
B.30
o
C. 45
o
D. 60
o
E. 75
o calculate the height of the cone. (Take π = )
A. 7cm B.10cm C. 20cm D. 30cm
164. E. 220cm.

PAPER II
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Which of the above shows how to construct 45 ? 2
1. Find the square root of 4x .

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A. x B. 2x C. 3x D. 16x E. 16x 17. Remove the brackets in (q+3)(2q+3)
2
2. Evaluate 3a – (4a+ 6a). A. q + 5q + 9 B. 2q + 9q + 9 C. 2q + 9q + 6
2 2
A. 7a B.5a C. -7a D. -5a E. -4a D. 2q + 9q + 9 E. 3q – 9q + 3
3. What is the coefficient of b in the expression 2
18. Simplify ( )
2
b – 5b + 18? 2 2
A. B. C. D. E.
A. -18 B.-5 C. 1 D. 5 E. 18
4. Represent x ≥ 3 on the number line. 19. If a certain number x is subtracted from 3, the result
A. 0 is less than 5. Find the range of the value of x.
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 A. x < 2 B. x < - 2 C. x > 2 D. x > -2 E. x ≤ 2
0 20. Solve - = 0
B. 00 1 2 3
-4 -3 -2 -1 A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 7
2
21. Make x the subject of the formula if 16(a + b) = 4x y
C. ( ) ( ) ( )
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 A. x = B. x = 2 C. x =
( ) ( )
D. x = E. x =
0 0
D. 2
-5 -1 -4 0 -3 1 -2 2 -1 3 0 4 1 5 22. Factorize the expression m (3m-2) + 2m
2
A. m(5m – 2) B. m(5m +2) C. m(5m – 2)
2 2
D. m (5m – 2) E. m (5m + 2)
E 3 4 5
-1 0 1 2 23. Solve the equations 2x – 6y = 12 and 8x + 6y = 18
simultaneously.
5. Expand (z + 2)(9 – z) A. (-3, -1) B. (-3, 1) C. (3, 1) D. (3, 1)
2 2
A -z – 7z – 18 B. –z – 7z + 18 E. (3, 2).
2 2
C. -z + 7z + 18 D. z – 7z + 18 24. Find the product of (x + 2) and (x – 3).
2
E. z + 7z + 18 2
A. x – 5x – 6
2 2
B. x – 3x – 6 C. x – 2x -6
6. Make x the subject of the formula m = rx 2 2
D. x – x - 6 E. x – x – 5
A. rx B. C. D. E. 25. Solve the inequality 7- x > 4
A. x < - 11 B. x < - 3 C. x < 11 D. x < 3
7. Make P the subject of the formula Pk + 2 = N
E. x > - 11
A. P = B. P = C. P = 26. If 12 is added to 3 times a certain number, the result
D. P = E. P = is 24, what is the number?
8. Doba has Y naira. He spent N35.00. The amount he A. 3 B. 4 C. 12 D. 24 E. 25
( )
has left is greater than N15.00. Write an inequality 27. Evaluate , given that P = 2, q = -2 and R = 1.
in Y. A. - B. C. 1 D. 2 E. 5
A. Y + 35> 15 B. Y – 35 < 15
28. Solve the simultaneous equations:
C. Y – 35 > 15 D. Y + 35 < 15
2x + y = 8
E. Y – 35> - 15
X+y=5
9. Simplify 4(r + 3t) – 4(2t – r)
A. x = 2, y = 4 B. x = 2, y = 3
A. 4 (2r + t) B. 8r + t C. 4(2r – t)
C. x = 3, y = 2 D. x = -3, y = 2
D. 4(2t – r) E. 4t
E. x = -3, y = -2
10. Find x and y in the simultaneous equations
29. Factorize 10mn + 10m
x + y = 4; 3x + y = 8
A. 10m (n+1) B 10m (10 + n)
A. x = -2, y = -2 B. x = -2, y = 2
C. 10m (n-1) D. n + 1 E. n -1
C. x = 2, y = -2 D. x = 2, y = 3
30. Find the range of the values of x for which 4 – x < 2
E. x = 2, y = 2
A. x > 2 B. x < 2 C. x ≤ 2 D. x ≥ 2 E. x – 2
11. Solve the inequality 3x + 2 ≥ 4x – 6
A. x ≤ - 8 B. x ≤ 8 C. x > 4
use the following table of value for y = 2 + 3x to answer
≥
D. x - 6 E. x 8
≥
questions 31 and 32.
12. Solve for x if (6 + x) = (x + 3)
A.9 B. 1 C. D. E. -1 x 0 1 2 3 4
y 2 a 8 b 14
13. A train travels x km at an average speed of Km/h.
How long does it takes? 31. Calculate the value of a2.
A. 2xv hours B. hours A. 25 B. 14 C. 10 D. 9 E. 5
C. hours D. hours E. hours 32. Evaluate a + b
2 2 A. 5 B. 16 C. 25 D. 30 E. 36
14. The coefficient of a in the expression 3a – 2a + 25
33. Which of the following inequalities represents the
is
number line shown below?
A. -3 B. -2 C. 2 D. 3 E. 25
15. If y = 6 and 4x + y = 22, find x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 16 E. 22
A. x ≥ 2 B. x - < -3 C. x ≤ - 2 D. x > -3
16. Factorize a2 + 3ab – 5ab – 15b2 completely
2 2 E. x ≥ - 3
A. a(a -2ab)-b B. a – (2a + b) b
2 34. Which of these inequalities represents the number
C. a – (2a –b)b D. (a-5b)(a + 3b)
line below?
E. (a – 3b)(a + 5b)

0 1 2 3 4
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A. x <2 B. x ≥ 2 C. x ≤ 2 D. x > 2 E. x = 2 Use the following data to answer questions 53

35. Given that 2a + b = 5 and a + 2b = 4, find the value and 54.
of a. 7, 9, 6, 5, 6, 7, 6, 6, 9 and 9
A. -2 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4 E. 5 53. The mean of the above given data is
36. Expand the expression ( x + 3)(x -3). A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 E. 10
2 2 2 2
A. x + 3 B. x - 9 C. x + 9x + 9 D. x – 9x + 9 54. What is the mode of the above given data?
2
E. x + 9x -9 A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 9
37. When 40 is divided by the product of k and 2, the 55. What is the probability of getting a 4 when a die is
result is 5. Find k. thrown?
A. -4 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
A. B. C. D. E.
38. Factorize 3pq3 – 12pq completely.
A. 3pq (p2-4) B. 3pq (p - 2)(P + 2) C. 3pq (p – 2)(p-2) 56. The mean age of five students whose ages are 8, x,
2 2
D. 3p p(p – 4) E. 3p q (p + 4) 13, 12 and 10 is 10. Find the value of x in years.
A. 6 years B. 7 years C. 8 years
39. If x √ , express b in terms of a and x
D. 10 years E. 12 years
2 2 2 2
A. 16ax B. 16ax C. 16a x D. 16a x E. 16x 57. Find the difference between the range and the
40. One-half of a number is equal to 5. What is the media of the following set of data:
number? A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. 7 E. 9
A. B. 2 C. 5 D. 10 E. 20 58. Find the median of the following set of numbers
41. A boy is x years old and his father is 10 years more 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 4 and 8
than twice his age. Calculate the father’s age in A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3 E. 2
terms of x. The table below shows the ages of students in a
A. 10x + 2 years B. 12x years C. 14x years class. Use the table to answer questions 59 and 60.
D. 2x + 10 years E. 2x years
42. Solve the equation + 2x = 10 Age 12 13 14 15 16
(years)
A. 9 B. 5 C. 4 D. 4 E. 1 No. of 10 8 15 3 4
Students
43. Solve for P in the equation: + = 0
A. -2 B. - C. D. 2 E. 3 59. How many students are NOT older than 14 years?
A. 33 B. 18 C. 15 D. 8 E. 7
44. Find the value of y if =
60. What percentage of the students are 12 years old?
A. - B. C. D. E. A. 30% B. 25% C. 20% D. 12% E. 10%
45. Find the value of x if 12x + 3 = 4x – 1?
A. - B. C. D. 2 E. 4
PAPER III
46. Factorize 81-16b2 ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS
2 2
A. (9-4b) B. (9+4b) C. (4b – 9)(4b + 9)
1. (a) Simplify 2a + 14 – 5a – 7 + 8a
D. (9-4b)(9+4b) E. (9 + 4b)(4b -9)
(b) Four men can do a piece of work in 8 days.
47. Solve for x in the equation: 2 - = 0 How many days would it take 16 men working at the
A. -2 B. - C. D. E. 2 same rate?
(c) Find the cost of 27 radio sets at N425.00 each.
2
48. Express b in terms of a, c and P in = 3
2. The following is the distribution of expenditure of Mr.
A. b = √3 + 4 B. b = √3 − 4 Akin’s income on a monthly basis.
C. b = √3 D. b = 3P + 4ac Feeding - N20,000.00
-4ac Transportation - N4,000.00
E. b = 3P – 4ac
Medical - N3,000.00
Use the data below to answer questions 49 and 50. In a Rent - N2,000.00
NECO JSCE Mathematics examination, the following Utility - N1,000.00
are the scores of certain students: Others - N10,000.00
Scores 15 20 30 40 50 70 (a) Use the information to construct a pie chart.
No. of 4 4 5 10 17 3 (b) What percentage of his income is transportation?
Students
49. Find the median of the data.
A. 20 B. 30 C. 40 D. 40 D. 50 E. 70
50. What is the mode of the data?
A. 70 B. 50 C. 40 D. 30 E. 17
51. The probability of a student passing an examination
is . What is the probability that the student will fail?
MATHEMATICS PAPER I 2011
A. B. C. D. E.
1. B 11. E 21. D 31. D 41. D 51. D
52. From the English Alphabet A – Z, a letter is chosen 2. D 12. E 22. B 32. E 42. D 52. A
at random. What is the probability that it is a vowel? 3. C 13. A 23. A 33. C 43. B 53. C
A. B. C. D. E. 4. C 14. A 24. B 34. A 44. C 54. E

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5. D 15. A 25. B 35. A 45. A 55. A 2. C 12. E 22. A 32. B 42. D 52. B
6. B 16. E 26. C 36. B 46. B 56. D 3. B 13. E 23. C 33. E 43. B 53. B
7. E 17. C 27. C 37. C 47. B 57. E 4. E 14. D 24. D 34. D 44. E 54. D
8. C 18. C 28. C 38. C 48. C 58. C 5. C 15. A 25. D 35. C 45. A 55. E
9. C 19. D 29. D 39. E 49. E 59. C 6. C 16. D 26. B 36. B 46. D 56. B
10. A 20. D 30. E 40. C 50. C 60. D 7. B 17. D 27. D 37. C 47. E 57. B
8. C 18. C 28. C 38. B 48. A 58. C
MATHEMATICS PAPER II 2011 9. A 19. D 29. A 39. A 49. C 59. A
1. B 11. B 21. B 31. A 41. D 51. C 10. E 20. A 30. A 40. D 50. B 60. B

BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATION (JSS 3)

Past Questions with Solutions
Mathematics 2010
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SECTION 1: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
181. Approximate 0.4059 to 2 significant figures. 196.
X
A. 0.406 B. 0.405 C. 0.41 D. 0.40 E. 0.4
182. Add 11010two + 1011two
A. 111000two B. 11010two C. 110001two Which of the following inequalities is for the above
D. 100101two E. 110000two graph?
183. What is the coefficient of xy in the expansion A. x < 4 B. x < 4 C. x ≥ 4 D. x > 4 E. x ≥ 4
of 197. The mean age of five pupils whose ages are 5,
2
(x-y) ?. A. 2 B. 1 C. 0 D. -1 E. -2 6, x, 7 and 12 is 7years. Find the median age.?
184. What is the value of if x = 4, y = -5 and z = A. 12years B. 7years C. 6years D. 5 years
-3? E. 4 years
1 2
A.- 1 B. 0 C. 1 D. 1 /2 E. 1 /3
2 2
185. Factorise a c-2ac . A. ac(1-2c) B. ac(c-2a)
2
C. ac(a-2c) D. ac(a-c) E. a(c-2c )
186. What is the multiplication inverse of ?
A.- B.- C. a D. 2a E. 2
2
187. If x varies directly as y and x = 4 when y = 2,
find the relationship between x and y.
2 2 2
Use the above graph to answer questions 18
A. x = B. x = C. x = y D. x = y E. x y = 1 and 19.
188. Solve = A. 14 B. 0 C. -1 D. -4 E. -10 198. Which of the points has the coordinates (3,1)?
A. K B. L C. M D. N E. P
189. Factorise x(x + y) –y (x + y)
2 2 199. Find the coordinates of point P.?
A. x y – xy B. (x – y)(x – y) C. (x + y)(y – x)
A. (2,2) B. (-2, 2) C. (2, -2) D. (-2, 1) E. (-2, -2)
D. 2(x +y) E. 2 (x – y)
200. A letter is chosen at random from the English
190. A man has 220 cigarettes and smokes k of
alphabet. Find the probability that it is a vowel?
them each day. How many will he have left a week
later? A. 220 + k B. 20 - k C. 220 + 7 D. 220 – A. B. C. D. E.
7k A
E. 220k b
c
191. What are the coordinates of the point where
the line y = 5x + 2 cuts the y – axis?. A. ( , 0) B. B C
a
(0, )
201. Which of the following statement is/are true of
C. (, 2) D. (2,0) E. (-2,0) the above diagram? I, sin A = cos C; II, sin C = cos
2 2 2
192. Factorise 16-9a A. (4-3a) B. (4+3a) A; III, sin A = tan A
C. (4a -3)(4a+3) D. (4 – 3a)(4a_3) E. (4-3a)(4-3a) A. I only B. I and II only C. I and III only
√ D. II and III only E. III only
193. Make b the subject of the fomular a = b
2 2
√
A. a B. C. D. E. 5cm
x
194. If 3x –y = 2 and 2x + y = 8, find the value of x mcm C
+ y. A. - 2 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6 E. 8
195. Find the range of values of x for which 7 – x >8 202. Calculate the value of x in the above diagram.
A. x > - 1 B. x ≤ - 1 C. x < 1 D. x < - 1 A. 5.4cm B.4.3cm C.2.9cm D.2.5cm E.0.1cm
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203.A square field has a perimeter of 48m. find the area of 216.The angle marked b in the above diagram is an example
the field. of a/an _______ angle.
2 2 2
A. 144m B. 96m C. 48m A. acute B. obtuse C. opposite D. reflex
2 2
D. 24m E. 12m E. right
0 0
217.What is the value of 38 23’ + 42 38’?
3X0 o o o o o
A. 80 61’ B. 80 51’ C. 81 01’ D. 81 11’ E. 121 61’
218.What is the smallest number by which 45 must be
X0 550 multiplied to be a perfect square?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 9 D. 14 E. 45
204. From the above diagram, which of the following is 219.Evaluate √1
TRUE?
0
A. x = 3x
0
B. x = 55
0 0 0
C. x = 55 = 3x
0 0 A. B. C. D.1 E. 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. x = 55 = 90 E. 3x + x + 55 = 180 220.A boy walked 15km at 5km/h and cycled 20km at 4km/h.
what was his average speed for the whole journey?
A
A.6km/h B. 5km/h C. 4 km/h
0
50 D. 3 km/h E. 3km/h
X 221.The inclination between two line segments is called
205.In the above diagram, the bearing of x from A may be a/an_________
written as A. angle B. arc C. chord D. edge E. point
0
A. S50 E or 230
0 0
B. N50 W or 130
0 222.A cone has a base radius of 5cm and a slant height of
0
C. S50 W or 230
0 0
D. S50 E or 130
0 13cm. Find its vertical height
0
E. S130 E or 050
0 A. 15cm B. 12cm C. 10cm D. 8cm E. 6cm
206. How many tiles of dimension 0.3m by 0.3m will 223.Which of the following gives the volume of a cylinder of
height ‘h’cm and base radius ‘r’cm?
cover a floor of area 32.49 square meters?
πr h C. πrh D. πr h
2 2 2
A. 350 B.355 C.361 D. 366 E. 400 A. 2πr h B. E. 2πrh
2 2 2 3
207.Find the radius of a circle having 154cm as its area 224.What is the L.C.M of ab and a b ?
2 2 2 2 2 3
Take π = A. ab B. a b C. ab D. a b E. a b
225.Expand (a + 2b) (a – 2b)
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1
A.3 /2cm B.7cm C. 14cm D. 24 /2cm E. 49cm A. a +4ab – 4b B. a - 4b – 4b C. a - 4b + b
2 2 2 2
208.What is the angle whose tangent is 0.8092? D. a + 4b E. a - 4b
0 0 0 0 226.A man spends of his pay on food and on meat.
A.0.19 B. 35.98 C. 38.98 D. 54.02
0
E. 141.02 What fraction of his pay is left?
209.Find the simple interest on #300.00 for 2 years at 5% per A. B. C. D. E.
annum? A. #330.00 B.#60.00 C.#30.00 D.#21.00
227.If 20% of a number is 20, find the number.
E.#10.00
A. 120 B.100 C. 80 D. 60 E. 40
1200 -1 3
228.Express 2x y as a positive index
4 3 4 3 4 3
A. 2x y B. 2x C. 2y D. x E. y
a2 y
3
x
4
2y
3
2y
4

229.What is the reciprocal of ?

210.What is the value of angle a in the above diagram?
0 0 0 0 0 A. 2r B. C. D. E.
A. 240 B. 120 C. 100 D. 80 E. 360
211.Calculate each exterior angle of a regular decagon. 230.If x = 100, find the positive value of y when x = 25
0 0 0 0 0 2
A. 10 B. 18 C. 36 D. 180 E. 60 y
212.A regular traingle is equilateral and a regular quadrilateral A. 10 B.8 C. 6 D. 4 E. 2
A. trapezium B. square C. rectangle 231.The next term in the sequence, 1, 4, 10, 19, 31, is
D. parallelogram E. circle A. 32 B.34 C. 43 D. 46 E. 50
213.A triangle in which its angles are 1100, 500 and 200 is an 232.Simplify the ratio 3 :5
example of a/an__________ triangle A. 3:5 B. 21:35 C. 22:17 D. 66:119
A. acute-angled B. equilateral C. isosceles E. 66:139
D. obtuse-angled E. right-angled 233.If cos θ = 0.7521, find the value of θ?
214.A rectangular vegetable bed 10m long and 6m wide is θ θ θ
A. 70.2 B.67.5 C. 41.2 D. 38.5 E. 26.8
θ θ

edged on all four sides with 2m wide border. Find the 0

234.To construct angle 45 , we must bisect angle
area of the border. 0
A. 150 B. 120
0
C. 90
0 0
D. 60 E. 30
0
2 2 2 2 2
A. 140m B. 120m C. 80m D. 60m E. 36m 235.Simplify 0.01 x 0.05
215.Calculate the third angle of a triangle in which two of the 0.0002
0
angles are each 52 . A. 0.0025 B.0.025 C. 0.25 D. 2.5 E. 25
o o o o o
A. 284 B.156 C. 76 D. 52 E. 38 236.The number of boys in a mixed school is 300. If the ratio
of boys to girl is 4:5, find the number of students in the
school.
b0 A. 775 B.675 C. 575 D. 475 E. 375
237.Express 0.000305 in standard form.
5 4 4
A. 3.5 x 10 B.3.05 x 10 C. 3.05 x 10-

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-5 -6
D. 3.05 x 10 E. 3.05 x 10 255.Find the reciprocal of 3
2 3
238.Calculate (4 x 10 ) x (9 x 10 ) giving your answer in
(a)3 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.03 (d) 0.003 (e) 0.0003
standard form.
6 5 4 256.Express 0.275 as a fraction its lowest terms.
A. 3.6 x 10 B.3.6 x 10 C. 3.6 x 10
3 2 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
D. 3.6 x 10 E. 3.6 x 10
239.If x : 6 = 15:30, find the value of x 257.Simplify of +
A. 2 B.3 C. 6 D. 12 E. 18
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
240.Simplify the expression 8-x-(3 +2x)
A. 11 +3x B.5 + 2x C. 11 – 3x 258.Solve for y if 17 – 4y = 3y + 3
D. 5 – 3x E. 8 – 2x. (a) -5 (b) – 4 (c) – 2 (d) 1 (e) 2
2 2
241.Factorise a2 – 81d
2 259.Simplify a – b
2 2 a +b
A. (a + 9d) B. (a – 9d) C. (a-9d)(a-9d)
(a) (a+b)(a-b) (b) a + b (c) a-b
D. (a-9d)(a + 9d) E. (a-81)(a + 81)
(d) a + b (e) a – b
242.Simplify + a–b a+b
260.Solve the inequality: 2x + 5<5(x-2)
A. B. C. D. E.
2
(a) x>5 (b) x>3 (c) x<7 (d) x ≤ 3 (e) x ≤ 2
243.Find the HCF of 8xy and 24y
2
A. xy B.8xy C. 8y D. 3xy E. 3y SECTION II: THEORY
0 ATTEMPT ALL QUESITONS
7x x0

1. (a)
0
2x 10cm
244.Find the value of x from the sketch above.
0 0 0
(a)48 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 20 (e) 18
0 0
14cm
245.Find the sum of angles of a heptagon
0 0 0 0 0 Find the area of the figure above (take π = )
(a)1440 (b) 1080 (c) 900 (d) 720 (e) 360
246.The range of distribution is the
(a) Largest value in a distribution (b) The angle of elevation of the top of a building
0
(b) Middle value in distribution from a point 8cm from it foot on level ground is 50 .
(c) Negative difference between the largest and the Find the height of the building to the nearest metre.
smallest values in the distribution 2. Hassan has # 2500.00 and bought the following
(d) Positive difference between the largest and the items from a book shop:
smallest values in the distribution 60 ball point pens at 15.00 each;
(e) Smallest value in a distribution 8 dozens books at 80k each.
247.Find the median of the set of numbers How much has he left?
5, 6, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 7, 3
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 3. A
248.The chance for Ada to eat rice everyday is
What is her chance of NOT eating rice everyday?
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 12cm
249.The average rainfall as recorded was as follows:
13, 15, 14, 13, 13, 13, 12,16. What is the modal rainfall?
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 13 (e) 12 B x C
250.What is the mean of these numbers:
40, 32, 48, 56 and 60?
2
(a) 57.2 (b) 49.5 (c) 47.6 (d) 47.2 (e) 43.8 (a) If the area of the above triangle is 30cm , find
the value of x and hence the line AC.
x0 (b) Simplify 13 – 2x > 5.
0
125
0 IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS
251.What is the value of x in the sketch above
(a) 80 (b) 70 (c) 60 (d) 55 (e) 50
0
252.A pair of angles whose sum is equal to 180 are Mathematics is the science of numbers. it has many
(a)acute (b) complementary (c) obtuse parts such as Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry.
(d) reflex (e) supplementary Mathematics is based on the ability to add, subtract,
253.Which of these is another name for arithmetic average? multiply, divide numbers and construct different shapes.
(a)Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Range Mathematics is useful in our everyday living. The
(e) Standard deviation student needs it early in the morning when he/she sets
254.Find the probability of obtaining a prime number in a for school. He/she pays his transport fare to the school
loss of a die and he or she may need to make purchases during the
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) long break in the school. He/she also needs
Mathematics at home in the shop and in the market. Any

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pupil or student who passes all subjects except on. Mathematics is one of the subjects for individual
Mathematics is not considered to pass well. progress and the development of the society. Boys and
The market women and indeed all the traders need girls, please embrace Mathematics.
it to add up, multiply, subtract and divide as they buy
and sell. Mathematics is helpful to the farmer. He has to MATHEMATICS 2010
weigh his crops, chicken and animals before selling
them. The farmer has to do some addition and
subtraction to ascertain if he makes any profit or loss.
Boys and girls are strongly advised to pay particular
attention to their Mathematics lessons in the school and
at home.
Boys and girls need Mathematics if they want t be
doctors, engineers, pilots, naval officers, soldiers and so

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Past Questions with Solutions
Mathematics 2009
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SECTION A: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 274. A piece of work could be done by 5 men in 3 days. How
long will it take 3 men working at the same rate?
2 2
261. What is the value of 13 – 5 ? A. 15 days B. 9 days C. 5 days D. 3 days E. 1 day
A. 12 B. 16 C. 64 D. 144 E. 194 275. A ladder which is 13m long is made to rest on a vertical
262. Correct 0.3748 to two significant figures. pole which is 5m away from the foot of the ladder. How
A. 0.30 B. 0.37 C. 0.38 D. 0.39 E. 0.40 far up the pole is the ladder?
263. Find the value of x, if = 2. A. 65m B. 18m C. 12m D. 8m E. 7m
A. -4 B. -2 C. 4 D. 5 E. 7 276. A man who is 2m tall is looking at the top of a pole at an
o
264. What is the value of x in: angle of elevation of 45 . If the man is 10m away from the
x + 2y = 5 foot of the pole, calculate the length of the pole.
x – 2y = -1? A. 6m B. 10m C. 12m D. 20m E. 90m
A. 6 B. 3 C. 2 D. -2 E. -4 277. What is the shape of the plane face of a cylinder?
A. Circle B. Rectangle C. Solid D. Square E. Triangle
265. If = 4- , what is the value of f?
A. -1 B. 1/3 C. ½ D. 1 E. 3 278. Calculate the value of x in the figure below.
o
266. The bearing of P from Q is 270 . What is the bearing of Q Z
A
from P? 6cm
o o o o o
A. 270 B. 180 C. 150 D. 090 E. 045 .
C
267. Find x if, = 9cm x
A. -8 B. C. D. 8 E. 17 8cm
A. 11cm B. 12cm C. 13cm D. 14cmY E. 15cm
268. Solve the following simultaneous equations.
X 10cm
x=y+1 B
279. Calculate the value of y from the figure below.
x + 2y = 7
A. (3,0) B. (3,1) C. (3,2) D. (3,3) E. (3,4) 25o
95o
269. One-quarter of y is equal to one and a half. What is the
y
value of y?
A. 12 B. 10 C. 8 D. 6 E. 2 A. 25
o
B. 45
o
C. 60
o
D. 85 E. 95
o o

270. Simplify 3a – (9a – 5b). 280. Calculate the value of x in the figure below:
A. 6a + 5b B. 6a – 5b C. -6a – 5b x
D. 5b – 6a E. 12a + 5b 3x 110o
271. Expand (a + b)(a – b).
2 2 2 2
A. a – 2ab – b
2 2
B. a – b
2 2 2 2
2x 80o
C. a + 2ab – b D. a + b E. a + 2ab + b A. 25
o
B. 55
o
C. 120 D. 260
o
E. 300
o o

272. The following data are recorded by a student in the 281. Which of the following is correct about the diagram
Laboratory: below?
273. 6, 8, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 8, 8. Find the mode.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8 E. 9 8
θ
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294. A classroom of length (2b + 1) has breadth ‘b’. What is

the perimeter of the classroom?
2
A. 2b + b B. b + 1 C. D. 6b + 2 E. 3b + 1
A. cos θ = B. sin θ = C. sin θ =
295. Solve the equation =2
D. tan θ = E. tan θ = A. – 3 B. -1 C. 1 D. 3 E. 6
282. A boy has ‘k’ kobo. He spends 15 kobo. If he has 32 kobo 296. If A = (a + b) h, express ‘h’ in terms of A, a and b.
left, what is the value of k?
A. A (a + b) B. (a + b)A C. D.
A. 6 B. 17 C. 37 D. 47 E. 52
283. Given that y = , find x if y = 3, k = 2 and e = -9 E.
2 2 1
A. 6 B. 3 /3 C. -6 D. -2 /3 E. -2 /3.
284. If 4 is added to 3 times a certain number, the result is 31. 297.
Find the number. -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
A. 9 B. 10.1 C. 11.7 D. 12 E. 23.3
285. Factorise 10uv + 5u – 2v – 1. From the above figure,
A. (10u + 5)(2v – 1) B. (5u – 1)(2v – 1) A. x<-2 B. x<2 C. x≤-2 D. x>-2 E. x>2
1
C. (5u + 1)(2v + 1) D. (5u – 1)(2v + 1) 298. /3 of a number is added to 5. The result is one and half
E. (5u + 1)(2v – 1) times the original number. Find the number?
286. Make m the subject of the formula: mg – T = ma A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E. 9
A. m = T – g – a B. m = 299. Simplify the expression: 2n x 6 + 8n.
A. 60n B. 28n C. 20n D.16n E. 12n
C. m = D. m = E. m =
300. Simplify +
287. Find the median of 6, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 0, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5 A. B. C. D. E.
288. Find the smallest number by which 54 must be multiplied 301. What is the mean of the following set of numbers 3, 6, 6,
to get a perfect square. 7, 5, 3?
A. 27 B. 26 C. 9 D. 6 E. 4 A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
289. A shirt that was being sold at the rate of N1200.00 is now 302. Convert 64 in base ten to a number in base 2.
being sold at the rate of N1300.00. What is the A. 10001 B. 10000 C. 101001 D. 1000000
percentage increase in the price? E. 1100000
7 3 1
A. 2 /12% B. 6 /5% C. 8 /3% D. 94½% E. 125½%
303. A father shared the sum of N500.00 among his three
290. How many vertices does a triangular prism have? children, Ayo, Anu and Seun in the ratio 5:3:2. What is
A. 10 B. 8 C. 6 D. 4 E. 2 Anu’s share?
291. What is the total area of the shape shown below? A. N166.70 B. N150.00 C. N100.00 D. N50.00
3cm 3cm E. N49.70
304. How many sides has a polygon if the sum of its angles is
5cm o
5cm 900 ?
7cm 7cm A. 90 B. 18 C. 9 D. 7 E. 4
6cm
305. Find the area of a parallelogram whose base and height
are 46cm and 12cm respectively.
2 2 2 2
A. 29cm B. 58cm C. 116cm D. 276cm
2 2 2 2 2 2
A. 180cm B. 115cm C. 105cm D. 90cm E. 54cm E. 552cm
292. The angle marked ‘h’ equals 306. From the figure below, which of the following represents
ho cos θ?

20o
o 6
35
5

θ
A. 305 B. 245 C. 215 D. 125 E. 100
o
293. Angles xo and y are called A. B. C. D. E.
307. What type of prism is the cuboid?
xo A. circular B. conical C. rectangular D. spherical
E. triangular
yo 308. A circle of radius r, has a chord 24cm long. Calculate the
radius of the circle, if the chord is 9cm from the centre of
the circle.
A. 31cm B. 27cm C. 21cm D. 15cm E. 9cm
A. adjacent angles B. allied angle C. alternate angles 309. A cone is 8cm high and has a base diameter of 12cm. Its
D. corresponding angles E. vertical angles
slant height is………………….
A. 6cm B. 8cm C. 10cm D. 12cm E. 20cm
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310. The perimeter of a football field is 102cm. Find the length 328. The surface area of a sphere of radius r is S, where S =
2
of the field if its breadth is 24cm. 4πr . Express r in terms of S and π.
A. 12cm B. 27cm C. 48cm D. 51cm E. 63cm
A. B. C. D. E.
311. Solve the inequality 2 – x ≤ 3.
A. x ≥ - 1 B. x ≥ 1 C. x ≥ 5 D. x ≤ 5 E. x ≥ 6 329. If x y and x = 24 when y = 8. Find x when y = 16.
312. Make T the subject of the formular, A. 2 B. 3 C. 48 D. 120 E. 192
330. Expand (a + 3)(a + 4).
313. F = 2 2
A. a – 7a – 12 B. a + 7a – 12
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A. T = 41 m f B. T = 412m f C. T = 41 mf C. a + 7a + 12 D. a + 9a – 12
2 2
D. t = 41mf E. T = 41mf E. a – a - 12
314. If x varies inversely as y and x = 10 when y = 15. Find the 331. Given that 2x + y = k, express x in terms of y and k.
value of y when x = 25. A. x = B. x = 2k – y C. x = D. x =
2
A. 37½ B. 25 C. 16 /3 D. 6 E. 5
315. Factorise 27ab + 36b .
2 E. x =
2
A. ab(27 + 36b) B. 9b(3a – 4b) C. 3a(9b + 6b ) 332. A boy has 2 five naira notes, 3 twenty naira notes and 4
2
D. 6b (3a – 4ab) E. 9b(3a + 4b) fifty naira notes in his pocket. What is the probability of
316. If a book costs #60.00, how much would x books cost? picking a twenty Naira note if he picks randomly?
# 5 3 2 3 1
A. #(60-x) B. #(60+x) C. #60x D. # E. A. /7 B. /5 C. /5 D. /8 E. /3
317. Factorise 2ab + 4abc – 3c – 6c2. 333. Find the square root of 20 ¼.
A. (2ab + 3c)(1+2c) B. (2ab-3c)(1-2c) A. B. C. D. E.
C. (2ab + 3c)(1 – 2c) D. (2ab – 3c)(1+2c) 334. Subtract 18 from the product of 4 and 10; then divide the
2 2 2
E. 2a b + 4ab c)(3c – 6c ) result by 2.
318. A shirt is tagged #520.00 in a store. If 10% is given off as A. 11 B. 12 C. 22 D. 40 E. 58
a discount, how much is paid for the shirt? 335. A quadrilateral which has ONLY ONE line of symmetry is
A. #152.00 B. #452.00 C. #460.00 D. #468.00 called a……………………
E. #572.00 A. kite B. parallelogram C. rectangle D. rhombus
319. What number does the Roman Numeral MCXII E. trapezium
represent? 336. Find the area of the figure below
A. 102 B. 112 C. 202 D. 892 E. 1112 A
320. From the top of a building, a boy is watching a lizard on
o
the ground. If the angle of depression of the lizard is 45
and the lizard is 15m away from the building, how high is
5cm
the building to the nearest metres?
o
321. The sector of a circle has an angle of 112 at the centre. B C
If the radius of the circle is 5cm, calculate the area of the 22cm
sector. (π ) 2
A. 17cm B. 27cm
2
C. 55cm D. 85cm E. 110cm
2 2 2
8 2 5 2 4 2 4 2
A. 4 /9cm B. 15 /7cm C. 24 /9cm D. 48 /9cm 337. The volume of a cylinder is given by the formular V =
4 2 2
E. 78 /7cm . r h. Find the height of the cylinder if its volume and
3
322. Find the value of d in the figure below. radius are 154cm and 3½cm respectively.
(Take = )
4do A. 1694cm B. 357cm C. 44cm D. 4cm E. 0.4cm
338. Which of the following has its diagonals crossing at right
angles?
A. 12
o
3doB. 15o C. 17
o
D.5d
19
oo
E. 22
o
A. Parallelogram B. Rectangle C. Regular polygon
D. Square E. Trapezium
339. Calculate the value of x in the diagram below.
323. xo yo
Find the sum of x and y in the above diagram. x
o o o o o
A. 360 B. 270 C. 180 D. 90 E. 45 .
324. The co-ordinates of a point A (2, - 3) means that: 61o 124o
A. y = –2 and x = –3. B. y = –2 and x = 3 o o o o o
A. 124 B. 119 C. 63 D. 61 E. 56
C. y = 3 and x = 2. D. y = –3 and x = –2
340. The diameter of record player disc is 14cm. Calculate its
E. y = –3 and x = 2
325. Calculate the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are area. ( = )
2 2 2 2
6cm and 8cm. A. 11cm B. 44cm C. 144cm D. 154cm
2 2 2 2 2 2
A. 48cm B. 36cm C. 28cm D. 24cm E. 14cm E. 616cm .
326. Solve the inequality 3 – 2x < 17.
A. x < - 7 B. x < 7 C. x < 17 D. x > -7 E. x > 7.
327. Simplify: - ESSAY
x x x x 2x
A. /9 B. /6 C. /3 D. /2 E. /3
1. a. Simplify -8=
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b. Find the amount to be paid on an article marked

#1250.00, if discount of 8% is to be given. 3. a. Calculate the sum of the angles of a hexagon.

2. a. Convert 10111012 to base 10. 4. b. The age distribution of students in a school are as
b.(i) Complete the table of values for y = 4x – 1 as follows:
shown below. 10, 12, 15, 12, 10, 15, 10, 15, 15, 16, 10, 12, 16,
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 15, 11, 13, 14, 13, 14, 12

Y -1 7 15 (i) Prepare a frequency table for the data.

(ii) Calculate the mean of the ages.

(ii) Plot the graph for the relation.

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1.D. 9.D 17.A 25.D 33.? 41.E 49.C 57.D 65.A 73.E
2.B 10.D 18.E 26.D 34.D 42.D 50.B 58.D 66.D 74.A
3.C 11.B 19.C 27.B 35.A 43.B 51.A 59.E 67.D 75.A
4.C 12.B 20.B 28.D 36.C 44.D 52.C 60.C 68.E 76.C
5.E 13.C 21.E 29.C 37.B 45.E 53.D 61.C 69.C 77.D
6.A 14.C 22.D 30.D 38.C 46.A 54.D 62.B 70.C 78.D
7.A 15.C 23.C 31.E 39.C 47.C 55.E 63.C 71.D 79.C
8.C 16.C 24.A 32.A 40.A 48.D 56.C 64.C 72.E 80.D