Exam Questions
Exam Questions
1. What is the Roman numeral for 50? (a)X (b)L (c)C (d)V
2. Which of the following is a prime number? (a)4 (b)7 (c)10 (d)15
3. In the decimal system, what digit is in the tens place in the number 7 236? (a)7 (b)2 (c)3 (d)6
4. What is the smallest prime number? (a)0 (b)1 (c)2 (d)3
5. Which of the following numbers is the largest? (a)10 000 (b)1 000 (c)100 000 (d)100
6. What is the value of the digit “8” in the number 8 765.432? (a)8 (b)80 (c)800 (d)8 000
7. What is the LCM of 3 and 5? (a)8 (b)12 (c)15 (d)30
8. How many factors does the number 36 have? (a)4 (b)6 (c)8 (d)9
9. Which of the following is a factor of 48? (a)7 (b)12 (c)15 (d)9
40
10. Express as a percentage (a)4% (b)40% (c)400% (d)0.4%
100
12 1 3 2 4
11. What is the simplified form of the fraction (a) (b) (c) (d)
16 4 4 3 3
5 2 1 5 10 10
12. If you multiply by , what is the result? (a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 2 9 18 6
13. What is the value of + 9 if 8 goes in the box? (a)15 (b)22 (c)17 (d)18
14. Find the value of a + a + a when a = 7 *(a)14 (b)19 (c)20 (d)18
15. Which tool is commonly used to find angles? (a)ruler (b)compass (c)protractor (d)calculator
16. What do you call an angle that measure exactly 90°? (a)right angle (b)straight line (c)obtuse
angle (d)acute angle
17. _________ is a line on a solid where two face meet. (a)vertex (b)face (c)edge (d)net
18. Simplify the expression 4a – 2b + 3a (a)7a – 2b (b)7a + 2b (c)4a + 2b (d)5a – 2b
19. If m=4 and n=2, what is the simplified value of 3m – 2n + m? (a)4 (b)9 (c)10 (d)8
20. The following is an examples of solid shapes except (a)prism (b)cuboid (c)sphere (d)rectangle
THEORY
1. (a) Find the number that the Roman numeral MCCXII represent
(b) What is the value of each of the following?
(i) The 9 in 10 269
(ii) The 8 in 1.85
(c) Find the number of seconds in 2 minutes
(d) Group the number 8702614235 correctly, then express it in words.
40
2. (a) Write as decimal fraction
10 000
(b) Find the HCF of 18, 24 and 42
11
(c) Express as mixed numbers
4
2 1
3. (a) Simplify 23 x 12
4
45
2
(b) Express as a percentage
3
(c) Express 15% as a fraction in its lowest term
(d) Find the number that x stands for in 6 + 3 = x
4. (a) What is a solid?
(b) Mention any four solid shapes you know
(c) Write c + c + c + c + c + c
(d) Simplify the following
(i) 4a + 3a
(ii) 12d – 7d
(e) What is a right angle triangle?
5. (a) Say whether each of the following angles is acute, obtuse or reflex
(i) 175°
(ii) 86°
(b) Express 243 in Roman numerals
(c) Use a protractor to construct 150°
6. (a) if x = 2, find the value of 4- 2x
(b) What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at 10’o clock?
(c) Simplify 8x – 6y – 9y – 2x
(d) Find the total of 1 week and 5 days
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: JSS2
1. What is the product of 8 and 6? (a)14 (b)48 (c)56 (d)12
2. Which whole number is the square of 4? (a)12 (b)2 (c)16 (d)10
3. What is the prime factorization of 24? (a)2x2x2x3 (b)2x3x4 (c)4x6 (d)12x2
4. What is the value if 30 ? (a)1 (b)3 (c) 0 (d)9
5. Express 5 600 000 in standard form (a)5.6 x 106 (b)56 x 105 (c)560 x 104 (d)56 000 x 103
1 1
6. Simplify 52÷ 53 (a)25 (b) (c)5 (d)
25 5
1
7. Calculate (2)−3 (a)8 (b) (c)-8 (d)16
8
8. When approximating a decimal number to the nearest tenth, what would 3.47 become (a)3.0 (b)
3.4 (c)3.5 (d)3.48
9. Expand the expression (x + 2)(x - 3) (a) x 2+ 5x – 6 (b) x 2- x – 6 (c) x 2- x + 6 (d) x 2+ 5x 6
10. If you simplify 2(3x – 5) + 4(x + 2), what is the result? (a)10x + 2 (b)10x – 18 (c)14x + 10 (d)6x + 8
11. What is the sum of interior angles in a triangle? (a)90° (b)180° (c)270° (d)360°
12. What type of polygon has all its sides and angles equal? (a)scalene (b)isosceles (c)equilateral
(d)irregular
13. Which of the following is NOT a type of data presentation? (a)tables (b)graphs (c)textbooks
(d)charts
14. __________ is the study of collecting, presenting and interpreting data (a)rank order list
(b)statistics (c)estimation (d)pie chart
15. Which of the following represents a negative number? (a)6 (b)-2 (c)0 (d)9
16. What is the result of adding -7 and 3? (a)-10 (b)-4 (c) 4 (d)10
17. In a parallelogram, opposite sides are________ (a)congruent (b)perpendicular (c)parallel
(d)obtuse
18. Which of the following is not a type of quadrilateral? (a)triangle (b)rectangle (c)parallelogram
(d)rhombus
19. Which of the following expressions is in standard form? (a)1.25 x 103 (b)12.5 x 102 (c)125 x 101
(d)0.125 x 104
20. Which of these statements is/are true?
i. 1 089 is divisible by 6
ii. 1 089 is divisible by 9
iii. 1 089 is a perfect square
iv. 1 089 is a perfect square
(a)i only (b0 ii only (c)ii and iii only (d)I and ii only
THEORY
20° a°
i. 2 significant figures
(d) A quadrilateral has angles of 128°, 91°, a° and 2a°. Find the value of a
i. 3 decimal place
−5 a
(c) Simplify 2
15 a
5. (a) Find the LCM of 15 and 33
16
(b) Find the value of √
49
(c) Simplify 12a 7÷ 3a 2
1 1
(d) Simplify +( ) x (+ )
2 4
6. (a) Remove the bracket from -4 (a + b)
C, B, D, A, C, C, E, B, D, F, B, D, E, C, A, C, D, B
I. Place the data in rank order
x+ 9
1. If y = , find the value of y when x = 5 (a)-5 (b)-2 (c)5 (d)7
x−3
2. Change the number 10010two to base ten (a)40 (b)34 (c)18 (d)10
3. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 72. The highest of the three numbers is: (a)12
(b)24 (c)25 (d)22
4. Change 342six to a number in base ten (a034.2 (b)44 (c)57 (d)134
1
5. The highest common factor of 10a 2b and 8ab is: (a)80a 2b (b)2ab (c)5a (d)14 a
6. Which of the following are factors of 6 x 2- 2bxy i.3 ii.x iii. x 2 iv.7y (a)I only (b)ii only (c)I and ii
only (d)none of the above
7. If a = 2b – c , find the value of b when a = 11 and c = 23 (a)17 (b)4 (c)7 (d)14
8. Which of the following angles can be constructed using a ruler and compass only (a)115°
(b)125° (c)135° (d)145°
xy xz xz yz
9. In the figure below, the tangent of x is given by the ratio: (a) (b) (c) (d)
yz xy yz xz
x
10. Using four figure tables, find the angle with a tangent equal to 0.2796 (a)15.3° (b)15.9°
(c)15.6° (d)15.7°
1
11. Find the product of the square of and the sum of 13 and 19 (a)8 (b)16 (c)32 (d)64
2
p
12. If p = 2(l + b), express b in terms of p and l (a)2(l + b) (b)p – 2l (c) – l (d)2p – l
2
13. What is the area of the trapezium in the figure below (a)33m2 (b)42m2 (c)56m2 (d)more
information is needed
3m
10m
6m
11m
14. If s = 2(n – 2), find n when s = 18 (a)7 (b)10 (c)11 (d)18
15. If RXS is similar to TPQ, which one of the following angles must be equal to angle X (a)P
(b)Q (c(R (d)S
16. If 7x – 28 is factorized, the result will be (a)3(x – 2) (b)28(7 – x) (c)x(7+4) (d)7(x – 4)
17. Given that y = 9 – 2x, find y when x = 4 (a)3 (b)1 (c)2 (d)4
18. Express in base two the square of 11two (a)1 001 (b)1 010 (c)1 011 (d)1 101
19. A sector of a circle of radius 12cm has an angle of 160°. What is its area in cm2 in terms of π
1 2
(a)53 π (b)103 π (c)16 π (d)64 π
20. _________ is a table in which data is correct to 4 significant figure (a)angle (b)qestion table
(c)four figure table (d)answer table
THEORY
9m
13cm
5. Construct angles of
(a) 450 (b)600
6. (a) Find the value of x in the triangle below
81m
x
100m
(b) When the angle of elevation of the sun is 640, a student shadow on level ground is 80cm
long. Calculate the height of the student to the nearest 3cm.