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IJOKODO, IBADAN
THIRD Term Examination
Class: SSS 1 Duration: 2hours Subject: MATHEMATICS
1. If sin β= ½, and cos β= 3/2, what is the value of β A(30)B(90)C(120) D(60) E(150)
2. If tan y= 0.404, where y is acute, find cos 2y A(0.035) B(0.719)C(0.808) D(0.927)
3. Simplify x-4/4-x-3/6 A(X-18/12) B(X-6/12) C(X-18/24) D(X-6/24)
4. If x+y =12 and 3x-y =20 find the value of 2x-y A(6) B(10)C(12) D(15)
5. Find the nth term of the sequence 5,10,20,40,80 A(5 X2n-1) B(2 X 5n-1) C(5 X 2n-1) D(5 X 5n-1)
6. The values of three angles at a point are 3y-45,y+25,and y. find the value of y A(40) B(58) C(68)
D(76)
7. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency A(mean) B(mode) C(range)
D(median)
8. A machine valued at #20,000 depreciates by 10% every year. What will be the value of the
machine at the end of 2 years A(#16,200) B(#14,200) C(#12,000) D(#8,000)
9. If the simple interest on a sum of money invested at 3% per annum for 2 ½ years is #123 find the
principal A(#676.50) B(#820) C(#1640) D(#4,920)
10. Simplify 11011 base 2 – 1101 base 2 A(10100) B(1100) C(1110) D(1011)
11. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 162,how many sides has the polygon A(8) B(12) C(16)
D(20)
12. Study the diagram below , find the value of x A(281) B(269) C(201) D(179)
13. Study the diagram below find the value of x A(40) B(30) C(25) D(20)
14. If x=3,y=2 and z=4, find the value of 3x-2y+z A(17) B(27) C(35) D(71)
15. Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6
Freq 5 3 6 4 2 5
Find the mode of the distribution A(2) B(3) C(5) D(6)
16. Age in years 1 2 3 4 5
No of children 23 5 6 4
What is the mean age A(4.46YRS) B(3.35YRS) C(3.30YRS) D( 3.00YRS)
17. what is the median of the distribution A(3.5yrs) B(3.0 yrs) C(2.5yrs) D(2.0yrs)
18. Expand the expression (3a-xy)(3a+xy) A(9a2-x2y2)B(9a2+x2y2) C(9a2-xy0 D(9a2+x2y)
19. Simplify 4/2x-2+x/x A(-1) B(-24) C(2X) D(2-X/2X)
20. If tan x=1, evaluate sin x+ cos x leaving your answers in surd form A(2
21. If cos (x+25)=sin 45 find the value of x A(20) B(30) C(45) D(60)
22. 22 The angles of quadrilateral are x+10, 2y,90,and (100-y) find y in terms of x A(y=160+x)
B(y=100+x) C(y=160-x) D(y=x-100)
23. An arc of a circle of a circle radius 14cm, is 18.33cm long calculate correct to the nearest degree
the angle which the arc subtends at the centre of the circle ( take # =22/7) A(11) B(20) C(22)
D(75)
24. If x% of 240 equals to 12, find x A(X=1), B( X=3) C( X=5) D( X=7
 25. Find the quadratic equation whose root are C and -C A(X2+C2 =0) B(X2-C2=0) C(X2+2CX+C2=0)
D(X2-2CX+C2=0
26. Given that sin x=3/5 from 0≤x≤90 find the value of 5cosx-4 tan x A(-1) B(1) C(4) D(5)
27. Given that sin 60=3/2 and cos 60=1/2 evaluate 1-sin60/1+cos 60 A(2+3/3) B(1-3/3) C(2-3/3)
D(1+3/3)
28. Express 2.7864 x 10-3 to 2 significant figures A(0.28) B(0.27) C(0.0028) D(0.0027
29. Solve 2X+1/6 -3X-1/4 =0 A(1) B(1/5) C(-1/5) D(-1)
30. each of the interiors angles of a regular polygon is 140. Calculate the sum of all the interior
angles of the polygon A(1080) B(1260) C(18000 D(2160)

SECTION B
ANSWER THREE QUESTION IN ALL
QUESTION ONE
A.Find the sizes of the unknown angles of the following diagrams
B.Three angles of a triangle are Z, 2Z,and 3Z, find the value of z, hence find the angles
C.three angles of a triangle are (5y-7), (2y + 15) and (2y+1) find the value of y and hence find the
largest and the smallest angles.
D.The ratio of the angles of a triangle is 2,3 and 4. Find the angles
QUESTION 2
A .A regular polygon of z sides is such that each interior angle is 120 greater than the exterior angle
find 1. The value of Z
11. The sum of all the interiors angles
B. The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 6a+6b find b in terms of a.
QUESTION 3
A.Prove the trigonometry of a special angles 30,45 and 60 with diagrams
B.If cos q =3/2, calculate tan q/sin 2q, and 1+cos2 30/1-sin2 45

QUESTION 4
The following data gives the length of 50 students measured in millimeters
30, 45, 35, 38, 21, 50, 38, 42, 32 ,25,34,22,34,37,35,20,43,26,40,36,
36,29,22,28,39,32,52,55,46,26,37,44,50,42,26,33,41,39,30,34,33,34
,37,29,35,18,32,35,31.
A. Using a class intervals 16-20,21-25,e.t.c. make a grouped frequency table for this data
B. Estimate the mode
C. Draw a histogram to illustrate this data
D. Draw a frequency polygon for this data
E. Find the median class
 GO AHEAD PREVARSITY COLLEGE
IJOKODO, IBADAN
THIRD Term Examination
Class: SSS 2 Duration: 2hours Subject: MATHEMATICS
SECTION A

1. A bag contains 4 white balls and 3 blue balls, another bag contains 5 red and 6 blue balls, if a
ball is picked at random from each bag, find the probability that they are of the same color
A(1/2) B(18/77) C(11/12) D(9/11)
2. Find the roots of the quadratic equations 3m2 -2m-65=0 A(13/5,5) B(-13/3,-5)C(-13/3,5)
D(13/3,-5)
3. A number is selected at random from 40 to 50 inclusive, find the probability that the number is
prime A(3/11) B(4/11) C(5/11) D(8/11)
4. Five numbers fro geometric progression(G P) if the 2nd and 5th numbers are 9 and 243
respectively. Find the common ratio A(-9) B(-3) C(2) D(3) E(5)
5. Which of the following is equal to 72/125 A (23 X 32/53) B(24 X3/53) C(23 X 32/55) D (24 X
3/52)
6. A house bought for #100,000 was later auctioned for #80,000. Find the percentage loss A(20%)
B (30%) C(40%) D (50%) E(60%)
7. Given that ∑ =(integers of 20) P=(multiples of 3),Q(multiples of 4) what are the elements of
P’∩Q A(12) B(4,8,16,20) C(3,6,9,15,18) D (1,2,5,7,10,11,13,17,19) E(3,4,6,8,9,12,15,16.18,20)\
8. Given that 2p-m =6 and 2p+4m=1, find the value of 4p+3m A(1), B(3) C(5) D(7) E(0)
9. If 8x-4 =6x-10 find the value of 5x A(-35) B(-15) C(-3) D(3) E(7)
10. The sum of the angles of a quadrilateral are y,2y+5,y+15, and 3y-10. Find y A(61.43) B(60)
C(52.86) D(51.43) E(50)
11. The sum of the anglesof a regular polygon is 2520,how many sides does the polygon have A(20)
B(18) C(17) D(16) E(15)
12. Cos 57 has the same value as A(sin 213)B(-cos303) C(sin 147) D(cos 123) E(cos 237)

The table below shows the masses of 40 students in a school, use it to answer questions 13 and 14

Mass 65 66 67 68 69 70

No of students 4 5 11 8 7 5

13. The median of the distribution is A(9.5kg) B(11kg) C(67kg) D(65.5kg) E(68kg)
14. The percentage of the students with mass less than 69kg is A(56%) B(62.5%) C(68% D(70%)
E(87.5%)
15. Two cards are drawn one after the others with replacement from ordinary pack of 52 cards
containing four aces, find the probability that they are both aces A(1/221) B(1/169)C(1/52)
D(1/26) E(1/130
16. Find the probability that a number selected from number 30 and 50 inclusive is an even number
A(1/4) B(5/21) C(2/7) D(3/10) E(1/30
17. What is the mode of the number 8,10,9,9,10,8,11,8,10,9,8 and 14 A(8) B(9) C(10) D(11) E(14)
18. Find the median of the following numbers 2.64,2.50,2.72,2.91,and 2.35. A(2.91) B(2.72) C(2.64)
D(2.50) E(2.35
19. Two fair dices are tossed together once, find the probability that the sum of the outcomes is at
least 10 A(1/12) B(5/36)C(1/6) D(1/4) E(5/18)
20. From a box containing 2red,6 white and 5 black balls. A ball is randomly selected. What is the
probability that the selected balls is black A(2/13) B(5/13) C(5/11) D(5/6) E(11/13)
21. In the diagram AO is perpendicular to OB find x

3x

2x B

4x 0

A A(7.5) B(15) C(22.5) D(30) E(38.6

22. Solve the equation 4/a + 1/5a=3 A(2 1/5) B(1 2/5) C(1 1/3) D(1 4/5) E(1/3
23. Each interior angle of a regular nonagon ( Nine sided polygon) is equal to) A(160) B(144) C(140)
D(132) E(36)
24. How many sides has a polygon if the sum of its interior angles is 1440 A(6) B(7) C(8) D(9) E(10)
25. If tan x= 2 2/5, find the value of sin x 0≤x≤90 A(5/13) B(5/12) C(144/169) D(12/13) E(13/12)
26. The cumulative frequency curve may be used to find A(Variance) B(Standard deviation) C(mode)
D(mean)
27. The number of goals scored by tennis team in 20 matches is shown below

No of goals 0 1 2 3 4 5

No of matches 3 5 7 4 10

What is the mean goal scored A(0.75) B(1.75) C(1.9) D(2) E(2.15)

28. What is the modal goal scored A(0) B(1) C(2) D(5) E(7
29. What is the probability of having an odd number in a single throw of dice A(5/6) B(2/30 C(1/20
D(1/3) E(1/6)
30. The table below shows the scores of a group of students in a test, if the average scores is 3.5,
find the value of x

Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6

No of students 1 4 5 6 x 2 A(1) B(2) C(3) D(4) E(5)

SECTION B
ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW
1 (A)If a number is chosen at random from the integers 5 to 25 inclusive, find the probability that the
number is a multiple of 5 or 3
(B) A bag contains 10 balls that differ only in colour. 4 are blue and 6 are red, two balls are picked one
after the other with replacement , find the probability that (1) both are red and(2) bloth are the same
colour.
2 .The weight to the nearest kg of a group of 50 students in a college are given below.
65,70,60,46,51,55,59,63,68,53,47,53,72,53,67,62,64,70,67,56,58,53,69,63,59
73,56,48,51,58,63,65,62,49,64,56,59,63,50,48,72,67,56,61,64,66,52,49,62,71,
A.Prepare a grouped frequency table with class intervals 45-49,50-54,55-59 e.t.c
B.Using an assumed mean of 62 or otherwise, calculate the mean deviation and the standard deviation
of the grouped data correct to 1 dp
3.a What is the 25th term of 5,9,13,………………..
b. Find the 5th term of 8/9,-4/3,2………..
c. The 3rd and 6th term of a G.p are 48 and 14 2/9,respectively, write down the first four terms of the Gp
d. Scores (x) 15 25 35 45 55 65 75
Frequency 1 4 12 24 18 8 3
Calculate correct to 3 sig figure the (1) mean mark (2) the mode (3)the range
4a Given that sin x=5/13,0≤x≤ 90 find cosx-2sinx/2tanx
B Marks 1 2 3 4 5
No of students m+2 m-1 2m-3 m+5 3m-4
(1) If the mean marks is 3 6/23, find the value of m
(2) Find the interquartile range
(3) Probability of selecting a student who scored at least 4 marks in the test.