Franklin Comprehensive School

No 3, Ibasa Road, Ajegunle Magboro, Ogun State.

Tel: 09084122222, 09084177777 e-mail: [email protected]
FIRST TERM
EXAMINATION (2024/2025 SESSION)
NAME: __________________________________ CLASS: JSS Three (3)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS(PAPER I) TIME ALLOWED: 2hours 30mins
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions (50marks).
1. Express 0.000040089 in standard form. A. 4.0089 × 10^-6 B. 4.0089 × 10^-5 C. 4.0089 × 10^-4 D.
4.0089 × 10⁴ E. 4.0089 × 10^5.
2. Which of the following number is not a perfect square? A. 64 B. 81 C. 100 D. 120 E. 121
3. Find the L.C.M of 30,45,60 and 90. A. 3 B. 5 C. 60 D. 180 E. 360
4. Simplify √144/3. A. 4 B. 6 C. 12 D. 24 E. 48
5. If 5 men can paint a wall in 3 hours, how many men will paint the same wall in ¾ hours, working
at the same rate? A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 E. 24
6. Simplify 3/100 + 33/100 correct to 1 decimal place. A. 0.1 B. 0.2 C. 0.3 D. 0.4 E. 0.7
7. Simplify 0.5 × 1.5 × 2 as a single fraction. A. 1/3 B. ½ C. 3/5 D. 5/7 E. 3/2
8. Express ¾ as a decimal. A. 0.34 B. 0.43 C. 0.47 D. 0.65 E. 0.75
9. Find the square root of 750/1080. A. 2/3 B. 2/4 C. 4/5 D. 5/6 E. 6/7
10. Which of the following angles cannot be constructed using a ruler and a pair of compasses only?
A. 45° B. 60° C. 90° D. 115° E. 120°
11. Richard walks a distance of 4km to school in an hour. How far can he walk in 5½ hours? A. 5km
B. 7im C. 10km D. 18km E. 22km
12. Simplify 3/2 of (1/3 + 4/7) × 7. A. 15/14 B. 17/14 C. 19/7 D. 19/2 E. 21/2
13. Express a commission of #15 on every #200 as a percentage. A. 3/40 B. 2/5 C. 3/20 D. ¾ E. 7½
14. Simplify (⅔ + ¼) – (1/5 + ⅔). A. – 1/5 B. 1/20 C. ½ D. 3/5 E. 5/4
15. In an examination 30% of the candidates failed. If 210 candidates passed, how many candidates
wrote the examination? A. 63 B. 147 C. 210 D. 300 E. 2100
16. A piece of cloth of length 3⅓m is cut from a cloth of length 8½m. What is the length of the
remaining cloth? A. 3⅓m B. 4¼m C. 5¹/6m D. 4⁴/7m E. 4⅝m
17. Evaluate 25 - √25. A. 50 B. 25 C. 20 D. 5 E. 0
18. Angle 91° is an example of a/an . . . A. Acute angle B. Obtuse angle C. Reflex angle D. Right angle
E. Straight angle
19. To construct angle 30°, it is proper to construct angle. A. 15° B. 45° C. 60° D. 75° E. 90°
20. How many faces does a cylinder have? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
21. How many edges does a cube have? A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 E. 12
22. Find the perimeter of a square whose side is 10cm. A. 10cm B. 15cm C. 25cm D. 35cm E. 40cm
23. Which of the following plane figures does not have line of symmetry? A. Kite B. Parallelogram C.
Rectangle D. Rhombus E. Square
24. Calculate the radius of a circle whose area is 154cm²(Take π = 22/7). A. 5cm B. 6cm C. 7cm D.
9cm E. 11cm
25. The circumference of a circle is given by the formula. A. πr² B. πr C. πr³h D. ⅓πr²h E. 2πr
26. Calculate the volume of a cuboid 6cm long, 3cm wide and 2cm high. A. 6cm³ B. 12cm³ C. 18cm³
D. 36cm³ E. 72cm³
27. Find the radius of a circle, if its circumstance is 132cm. (Take π = 22/7). A. 8cm B. 14cm C. 16cm
D. 18cm E. 21cm
28. Simplify 4(a + 1) + 5(a + 2). A. 5a + 10 B. 9 + 14a C. 9a – 14 D. 9a + 14 E. 10a + 14
29. Factorise 16y² + 28xy. A.4y + 7xy B. 8y² + 4xy C. 4y(4 + 7x) D. 2y(4y + 8x) E. 4y(2y + 7x)
30. Solve the equation 12/3x + 1 = 3/x. A.6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3 E. 1
31. Find the value of n if 4n/7 + n/3 = 5 + 3/7. A. 14 B. 12 C. 10 D. 7 E. 6
32. Which of the following inequalities is true? A. -2 < -4 B. -15 > 7 C. 2 < -5 D. 14 – 6 > 8 E. 12 > 5
33. Solve the inequality 3(2R – 3) < 33. A. R < 6 B. R < 7 C. R = 7 D. R > 6 E. R > 7
34. Solve x/3 + 4 < 13. A. x < 5 B. x < 9 C. x < 27 D. x < 39 E. x < 51
35. If the sum of the square of 6 and the square root of 81 is divided by 5,the result is A. 13 B. 11 C.
9 D. 5 E. 3
36. Solve the inequality 2x + 3 > 11. A. x > 2 B. x > 3 C. x > 4 D. x > 8 E. x > 11
37. Find the LCM of 9x and 4x²y. A. 4x²y B. 9x²y C. 18x²y D. 36x²y E. 45x²y
38. If 7 is added to a certain number, and the result is 42. What is the number? A. 42 B. 35 C. 21 D.
12 E. 6
39. Find the value of x, if x – 1 = 2 – x. A. 2½ B. 2 C. 1½ D. 1 E. 0
40. The product of a certain number and 3 is equal to twice the number subtracted from 60. Find
the number. A. 14 B. 13 C. 12 D. 11 E. 10
41. Make h the subject of the formula V = πr²h. A. h = πr² B. h = πr²V C. h = V/πr² D. h = πr²/V E. h =
V/πr
42. When 4 is divided by the sum of a certain number and 10, the result is the same as dividing 3 by
the sum of that number and 4. Find the number. A. 5 B. 7 C. 9 D. 11 E. 14
43. Find the value of x if x + 2x + 3x + 30 = 150. A. 15 B. 20 C. 30 D. 45 E. 60
44. What is the coefficient of x in 4x² + 8x - x² - 3x? A. 8 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3 E. -3
45. Ahmed, Musa and John shared some money. Ahmed got 3/5 of the money. Musa got 2/7 of the
remainder. What fraction of the money does John get? A. ⅛ B. 2/7 C. 3/6 D. 2/9 E. 2/13
46. Evaluate 6⅜ ÷ 2¾. A. 51/22 B. 33/21 C. 89/31 D. 23/4 E. 21/4
47. Evaluate ⅔ of ¾. A. ⅜ B. ⅛ C. ½ D. ¼ E. ⅓
Use the information below to answer questions 58 – 60.
The sum of 8 times a number and 5 times another number is 184. The first number minus the
second number is -3.
48. What are the numbers? A. 20 and 25 B. 21 and 7 C. 13 and 16 D. 10 and 11 E. 5 and 7
49. Find the product of the two numbers. A. 560 B. 318 C. 208 D. 108 E. 78
50. What is the sum of the numbers? A. 39 B. 29 C. 19 D. 17 E. 16

Franklin Comprehensive School

No 3, Ibasa Road, Ajegunle Magboro, Ogun State.
Tel: 09084122222, 09084177777 e-mail: [email protected]
 FIRST EXAMINATION (2024/2025 SESSION)
NAME: __________________________________ CLASS: JSSS Three (3)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS( PAPER II) TIME ALLOWED: 1hour 10mins
1 2
2 3
9 × 27
1. (a) Evaluate: 2
64 3
2 1
3 6
(b) Simplify: 25 ÷ 25
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2. (a) Convert 2657ten to a number in base 6
(b) A quarter of a farmland is too rough to use. If two-fifths of the remainder is
kept for poultry farms and this leaves 22 ½ acres for planting cash crops, what is
the area of the farm?
3. (a) Convert 2435six to a number in base three
2 11 3
2 −1 (4 + )
9 15 5
(b)
1 4 1
2 + ×2
5 7 3
4. (a) Convert 235.342six to a number in base ten (aii) Solve for x in the following
11 ( 1+ x )
base two equation. Leaving your answer in base two: 10 x− =101
10
(b) Solve 34545six X 24455six (bii) Solve: 25678nine – 18878nine
5. (a) If ( m + 1 ) and ( m – 3 ) are factors of m2 – km + c, find the values of k and c.
(b) What value of k makes the expression a perfect square: -3½x2 – 4/5x + k
6. (a) Factorise the expression: 42 – 15x – 3x2
2
1 1 C
(b) If A = B + ( ) , make C the subject of the formula
2 8 B
7. (a) Solve 45.6 X 106 + 34.7 X 108 without the use of tables or calculators.
(b) Demilade bought 5 watermelons at W70 each and 4 apples at W34 each, if all
transactions are reckoned in base 8, what is the total money spent.