SSS2

MATHEMATICS
OBJECTIVE
1. The angles of a pentagon are x°, 2x°, (x + 30)° and (x + 40)°. x =
a) 30 b) 50 c) 50 d) 80
2. ABCD is a quadrilateral such that <ABC = <ADC = 90° and |AD| = |BC|. Which one of the
following angles is equal to <BAC a) <ACB b) <ACD c) <ADB d) <CAD
3. The antilog of 2.3869 is a) 0.002437 b) 0.02437 c) 0.2437 d) 2.437
4. 0.0078 in standard form is a) 7.8 × 10-3 b) 7.8 × 10-2 c) 7.8 × 101 d) 7.8 × 102
5. 4081.0392 to 2 significant figures is. a) 4100 b) 4081.04 c) 4081.039 d) 4080
6. The length of a wall is given as 20 m to 1 s.f. Calculate the possible percentage error in this
measurement. a) ± 2.5% b) ± 5% c) ± 10% d) ± 25%
0.256 0.256
7. Estimate which one of the following has the least value. a) b) c)
48 4.8
2.56 2.56
d)
0.48 4.8
8. From the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle and <ABC = 140°. Find y.

a) 70° b) 160° c) 280° d) 140°

9. The sum of angle of an n-sided convex polygon is double the sum of the interior angles.
Calculate n a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
10. If 0° ≤ θ ≤ 180° and cos θ = –0.5, then θ = a) 30° b) 60° c) 120° d) 135°
11. If x2 – 10x = 24, then x = 12 or a) –3 b) –2 c) –1 d) 1
12. If ϕ = 248°, which one of the following statements is false?
a) tan ϕ > 0 b) tan ϕ = tan 68° c) sin ϕ < 0 d) sin ϕ = –sin 22°
13. From the diagram below, which of the following gives the length of side k?
 8 sin 35° 8 sin 55° 8 sin 20° 8 sin 55°
a) b) c) d)
sin 55° sin 35° sin 55° sin 20°
2
14. The probability that a student will pass his exam is , what is the probability that he will fail
3
3 1 1 2
his exam? a) b) c) d)
2 3 2 3
15. A letter is chosen at random from the word “CONTEMPORARY”. What is the probability
that it is either in the word “TEMP” or in the word “POOR”?
7 7 8 8
a) b) c) d)
12 10 12 10
16. The bearing of 320° expressed as a compass bearing is
a) N50°W b) N40°W` c) N50°E d) N40°E
17. The average of a group of 25 girls is 10 years, if one girl aged 12 years and 4 months joins
the group, find correct to one decimal place, the new average age of the group.
a) 10.1 years b) 9.3 years c) 8.7 years d) 8.3 years
18. Convert the bearing 153° at a point to a bearing with specified direction.
a) N63°W b) S63°W c) S27°W d) S27°E
19. In a school, four out of five students have calculators, if two students are picked at random,
1 2 4 8
what is the probability that one has calculator? a) b) c) d)
5 5 25 25
20. The age of Dimeji and Ayo are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the ratio of Ayo’s age to Ramon’s age is 4
: 5, what is the ratio of Dimeji’s age to Ramon’s age?
a) 1 : 4 b) 1 : 5 c) 2 : 5 d) 5 : 2
21. The bearing of X from Y is 104°, what is the bearing of Y from X?
a) 104° b) 076° c) 194° d) 284°
22. A bag contains % red and $ blue identical balls. If two balls are selected from the bag, one
after the other without replacement, find the probability that the first is ed and the second is
2 5 20 5
blue. a) b) c) d)
9 18 81 9
 This table shoes the age of students in senior secondary school. Use it to answer 23, 24 & 25
Age (years) 1 14 15 1 17
3 6
Frequency 1 24 8 5 3
23. How many students are in 0 senior secondary school?
a) 50 b) 55 c) 60 d) 65
24. Find the median age. a) 13 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16
25. What is the average age to nearest whole number a) 14 b) 14.34 c) 15 d) 13
26. Find the upper quatile of 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10. a) 10 b) 9 c) 8 d) 7
27. Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. a) 1.2 b) 1.5 c) 2.0 d) 3.0
28. The tangent of which of the following angles gives the same result as tan (–238)°
a) 58° b) –122° c) 238° d) 302°
29. Calculate the variance of 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, and 9. a) 2.2 b) 3.4 c) 4.0 d) 4.2
30. The average of ten members of a committee is the same as it was four years ago because an
old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new
member to the old member a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
31. Given that 150 – α is an angle in the second quadrant; then cos α will be
a) positive b) negative c) can not be determined d) zero
3 4 3 5 4
32. If sin x = and x is in the first quadrant, what is cos x? a) b) c) d)
5 5 4 4 3
33. A triangle has vertices at (0, 0), (4, 0) and (0, 3). What is the area of the triangle?
a) 5 b) 10 c) 12 d) 12
34. The mean of three numbers is 9. The mode is 11. The lowest of the three numbers is
a) 3 b) 5 c) 8 d) 9
35. The value of sin θ = a) cos θ b) cos (90 – θ) c) tan θ d) cosec θ

Find the following angles

36. r = ___________________
37. s = ___________________
38. t = ___________________
39. u = ___________________
40. v= ___________________
THEORY
1. A tree is on a bearing S36°W from a point X and S78°E from a point Y. If X is 200 m due
east of Y, calculate
a) the distance of the tree from X to the nearest metre.
b) the distance of the tree from Y to the nearest metre
2a. Heritage speaks the truth 60% of the time. Omolade speaks the truth 70% of the time. What is
the probability that both are contradicting each other?
2b. On Mr Allen’s table is three black markers, four blue markers and five red markers. If he
picks three markers without replacement. What is the probability of him picking one of each
colour?
3. The table below shows the frequency distribution of the marks scored by 50 students in an
examination
Mark 0–9 10– 20–29 30– 40–49 50–59 60– 70–79 80– 90–99
(%) 19 39 69 89
frequency 2 3 4 6 13 10 5 3 2 2
a) make a cumulative frequency table and curve for the distribution
b) Use the curve to estimate the pass mark if 60% of the students passed