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1st TERM EXAMINATION 2020/2021 SESSION
CLASS: JSS 2 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
1. Find the HCF of 28 and 42 (a) 14 (b) 41 (c) 4 (d) 44
2. A worker gets two T-shirt cost N600 and N800. Find the ratio of their prices. (a) 3:4 (b)
3:5 (c) 3:7 (d) 2:3
3. Express 36 as standard form (a) 3.6 x 10-1 (b) 36 x 100 (c) 3.6 x 102 (d) 3.6 x 10-2
4. Change 0.008 to standard form (a) 8 x 10-1 (b) 8 x 10-3 (c) 8 x 10-2 (d) 0.8 x 10-1
4 2 2 3 3
5. Evaluate
√25
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 5
1
4
3
5
2 3 1
6. Find the square root of 2 (a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 4 5 4
7. Find the HCF of 28 and 42 (a) 14 (b) 41 (c) 4 (d) 44
8. Change 3.6 x 102 to whole number. (a) 36 (b) 63 (c) 360 (d) 3600
9. Find the square root of 25. (a) 625 (b) 25 (c) 20 (d) 5
10. Find the LCM of 30 and 45 (a) 75 (b) 15 (c) 150 (d) 90
11. Ayo and Tade are to share N100 in the ratio 3:2, How much will Tade get? (a) N60 (b)
N40 (c) N20 (d) N80
3
12. Change to decimal fraction. (a) 0.735 (b) 0.573 (c) 0.753 (d) 0.375
8
1
13. Change 2 to a percentage (a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 50 (d) 250
2
14. Express 24 as a product of prime factors in index form. (a) 2 x 3 3 (b) 23 x 3 (c) 22 x 32
(d) 22 x 3
3 3 2 4
15. Change 60% to a common fraction (a) (b) (c) (d)
4 5 3 5
16. A worker gets two T-shirt cost N600 and N800. Find the ratio of their prices. (a) 3:4 (b)
3:5 (c) 3:7 (d) 2:3
17. ________ is a numerical way of comparing quantities of the same time and same unit.
(a) fraction (b) ratio (c) square root (d) percentages
18. Percentage is symbolically represented as ________ (a) ~ (b) % (c) : (d) θ
19. Express 0.0025 to standard form (a) 2.5 × 10-3 (b) 2.5 × 10-2 (c) 2.5 × 103 (d) 0.2 × 10-3
11 55 11 20
20. Express 55% as a fraction. (a) (b) (c) (d)
20 50 100 11

SECTION B - THEORY
Instruction: Answer all from this section
1. Segun, Ada and Serah are to share N5000 in ratio 4:2:3
(a) How much will each realise?
(b) What is difference between Segun’s and Serah’s share.

2. Find the difference between the LCM and HCF of:

(a) 9, 12 and 27
(b) 10, 12 and 20

3. Express the following as a percentage:

7 5
(a) (b)
25 12

4. (a) Express 6.23 x 106 in an Ordinary form.

(b) Evaluate √ 0.0036
 STOKHAN COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE
No 5, Stokhan school close ABS bus stop isashi
1st TERM EXAMINATION 2020/2021 SESSION
CLASS: SS 2 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
1 −1
1. Find the quadratic equation whose root are and (a) 3x2 + x + 1= 0 (b) 6x2 + x – 1 = 0 (c) 3x2 + x
2 3
– 1= 0 (d) 6x2 – x – 1= 0
2. A shoemaker mistakenly makes a shoe size of 45 instead of 43, find the percentage error. (a) 4.65%
(b) 5.65% (c) 4.44% (d) 3.75%
3. The antilog of 2́ .3869 is (a) 0.02437 (b) 02437 (c) 0.2437 (d) 24.37
4. Find the common ratio of a G.P whose 1st and 5th terms are 48 respectively (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 10
5. Find the last term of an A.P; (5y+1), (2y+1), (1+y), . . . (a) (8+3n) y+1 (b) 8y + 3n + 1 (c) (8 – 3n)
y+1 (d) 8y – 3n + 1
6. Find the 20th term of A.P: 2, 6, 10 . . . (a) 19 (b) 76 (c) 78 (d) 20
7. Factorize h2 – 8h + 16 = 0 (a) (h - 4)(h + 4) (b) (h - 4)(h - 2) (c) (h - 8)(h - 2) (d) (h - 4)(h - 4)
8. Find the sum of 20 terms of the AP -1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + . . . (a) 170 (b) 190 (c) 360 (d) 400
9. Find the 6th term of the GP; 3, 9, 27, . . . (a) 49 (b) 792 (c) 729 (d) 544
10. If 3x + 4y = 8 and 7x + 5y = 10, find the value of 2y – x (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
11. A stick of length 1.75m was measured as 1.8m. find the error in the measurement (a) 0.5m (b) 0.05m
(c) -0.5m (d) -0.05m
12. What is the 18th term of the sequence 2, 0, -2, -4 . . . ? (a) 36 (b) 32 (c) -36 (d) -32
13. Factorise x2 + 4x + 4 (a) (x+2)(x+2) (b) (x+2)(x-2) (c) (x-2)(x-2) (d) (x+1)(x+2)
14. Solve 3x – 2y= 10 and x + 3y= 7 Simultaneously (a) x = -4, y = 1 (b) x = -1, y = -4 (c) x = 4, y = 1
(d) x = 1, y = 4
15. If the 2nd and 5th terms of G.P are 9 and 243 respectively, find the common ratio. (a) -9 (b) -3 (c) 3
(d) 9
16. Determine the characteristic of 0.0004 (a) 1́ (b) 4́ (c) 4 (d) 1
17. Find the antilog of 2́ .7481 (a) 0.05599 (b) 0.5599 (c) 5599 (d) 5.599
18. The 4th term of an A.P is 13 while the 10 th term is 31. Find the 21st term. (a) 175 (b) 85 (c) 64 (d)
45
9 −9
19. If 4x2 + 12x + c is a perfect square, find c. (a) 36 (b) (c) (d) -36
4 4
16 4 1 2 8
20. If x2 + kx + is a perfect square, then k is (a) (b) (c) (d)
9 3 3 3 3
21. Evaluate 75.0785 – 34.624 + 9.83 to 2 d.p (a) 30.60 (b) 50.29 (c) 50.28 (d) 30.62
1 −1
22. Find the quadratic equation whose root are and (a) 3x2 + x + 1= 0 (b) 6x 2 + x – 1 = 0 (c) 3x 2 +
2 3
x – 1= 0 (d) 6x2 – x – 1= 0
23. What must be added to x2 + 6x to give a perfect square. (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 9 (d) 3
24. The first term of a GP is 7. Find its 4th term, if its common ratio is 3. (a) 567 (b) 289 (c) 189 (d) 63
4 −4 −9
25. find the sum of the root of the equation, 5x2 – 4x – 9 = 0 (a) (b) (c) 9 (d)
5 5 5
2
26. Solve for x: (x + 2x + 1) = 25 (a) -6, -4 (b) 6, -4 (c) -6, 4 (d) 5, 5
27. Given that 3x + 7y = 1 and x – 7y = 19, then x + y = (a) -2 (b) -3 (c) 3 (d) 5
28. Evaluate Log 42.87 (a) 2.6332 (b) 1.6322 (c) 1.3770 (d) 23.45
29. Derive the formula for the sum of the G.P (when r > 1) ___________________________
30. What is the full name of your Mathematics teacher? ______________________________

SECTION B
Instruction: Answer any three (3) questions from this section
1. (a) If k + 1, 2k – 1, 3k + 1 are three consecutive terms of a G.P,
Find the possible values of the common ratio.
(b) Deduce the quadratic formula from completing the square.

2.067
2. (a) Use mathematical table to evaluate
√
0.0348× 0.538
(b) The 3rd term of a G.P is 360 and the 6 th term is 1,215. Find the first term and common
ratio.

3. (a) Evaluate √5 40 , 000 using logarithm table.

(b) Using completing the square method, solve: x2 – 8x + 3 = 0

4. A G.P has 6 terms. If 3rd and 4th terms are 28 and -56 respectively, find;
(a) The first term
(b) The sum of the G.P

5. (a) Find the sum and product of the root of the equation ; 5x2 – 4x – 9 = 0
3 −5
(b) Find the equation whose Sum and Product of the root are given respectively ( , ).
2 2
STOKHAN COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE
No 5, Stokhan school close ABS bus stop isashi
1st TERM EXAMINATION 2020/2021 SESSION
CLASS: SS 3 SUBJECT: FURTHER MATHEMATICS
SECTION A
4 x
1. If | |
5 3
= 32, find the value of x (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) -4

1 −2 −2 3
2. If P = (
3 4 )
∧Q= (
1 0 )
. Find the value of PQ (a) ( ¿ ) (b) ()()