PRIDELAND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

JSS 3 MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS

1. If the tangent of an angle of a right angled is 0.8, then its longest side is ______
(a) 3cm (b) 5cm (c) 8cm (d) 9cm
2. Write 243.912 to the nearest whole number.
(a) 244 (b) 243 (c) 240 (d) 200
3. Share N250,000.00 in the ratio 7:3
(a) N25,000.00 : N75,000.00
(b) N175,000.00 : N75,000.00
(c) N150,000.00 : N100,000.00
(d) N200,000.00 : N50,000.00
4. A prefect is to be chosen from a class of 12 girls and 8 boys. What is the probability that the prefect is a girl?
1 2 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5

5. Change S25oW to a three digit bearing.

(a) 025o (b) 115o (c) 205o (d) 335o

6. Write 20.5 ×10−5 in standard form.

(a) 2.05 ×101 (b) 2.05 ×10−2 (c) 2.05 ×10−4 (d) 2.04 × 10−5

7. If x=7 , evaluate 6+ x −2 x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 27

8. The table below shows a survey of the favourite subjects of students in Upper Basic 2.

Male English Language Mathematics Science

Boys 25 30 20
Girls 35 25 15
What fraction of the girls like Mathematics?
1 5 5 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 7 11 12

9. Convert 4ten to base two

(a) 10two (b) 100two (c) 1000two (d) 10000two

10. Multiply 1101two by 11two

(a) 110011two (b) 101100two (c) 101011two (d) 100111two

11. Solve the simultaneous equations: 2 x− y=4 ; x + y=5

(a) x=−3 , y=−2 (b) x=−3 , y=2 (c) x=2 , y=3 (d) x=3 , y=2

12. A sales girl earns N5,000 per week. Each week, she spends N 3 x on food, N 2 x on rent and saves the rest. How
much does she save in a week?
(a) N 5,000 (b) N (5,000−3 x) (c) N (5,000−2 x) (d) N (5,000−5 x)
13. Calculate the length of right angled triangle marked x. (Hint: Sin 39o= 0.6293, Cos 39o= 0.7771, and Tan 39o = 0.8098)
14. Find the square root of 169 x 2 y 4
(a) 13 xy (b) 13 x 2 y (c) 13 x 2 y 2 (d) 13 x y 2

3(a+ 2) 3
15. Solve for a in the equation: + =0
4 2
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) -3 (d) - 4

16. The marks scored by some students in a test are 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 4, 9. Find the mean.
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

17. What is the sum of the interior angles of a polygon with seven sides?
(a) 1080o (b) 900o (c) 720o (d) 540o

18. Find the size of angle marked y in the diagram.

(a) 70o (b) 110o (c) 150o (d) 180o

19. Which of these inequalities is the correct interpretation of the diagram above?
(a) x <1 (b) x >1 (c) x ≥ 1 (d) x ≤ 1
20. A crate of eggs contains 30 eggs, n of them are broken. How many eggs remain?
(a) (30−n) (b) (30+ n) (c) (n−30) (d) 30 n

21. Factorise 2 x 2+7 x +6 .

(a) ( 2 x+3 ) (x+ 2) (b) ( 2 x−3 ) ( x−2) (c) ( 2 x+3 ) (x−2) (d) ( 2 x−3 ) ( x +2)

22. If 3564 becomes 3600, which method of approximation is used?

(a) One significant figure (b) Two significant figures (c) Three significant figures (d) Four significant
figures.
23. Evaluate 101two + 101two
(a) 1010two (b) 1100two (c) 1110two (d) 1111two
3 2
24. Simplify 28 ax y ÷ 7 x y
(a) 4 xy (b) 4 axy (c) 4 ax (d) 4 ay
25. Which of the following is true of a cube?
(a) It has 8 faces (b) It has 6 vertices (c) It has 4 circles (d) It has 12 edges
26. The sum of angles at a point is ________
(a) 360o (b) 270o (c) 180o (d) 120o
27. Simplify (−8 ) ÷ ( −14 ) ÷(16)
(a) - 2 (b) – 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
28. In this diagram, angles x and y are called _______
(a) Angles in alternate segment
(b) Complementary angles
(c) Supplementary angles
(d) Vertically opposite angles
29. Find the simple interest on N7,200.00 at ¾ % for 5 years.
(a) N420.00 (b) N300.00 (c) N270.00 (d) N250.00
30. The ratio of required outcome to the total outcome is ______
(a) Probability (b) Sample space (c) game of chance (d) outcomes
 1
31. Given that A= ( a+c ) h , express h in terms of A , a and c
2
(a) Aaaaaa
32. A number is tripled and then 17 is subtracted. If the result is 40, find the original number.
(a) 91 (b) 75 (c) 57 (d) 19
33. Solve a+ 4 ≥ 10 a−23
(a) a> 3 (b) a ≥ 3 (c) a ≤ 3 (d) a ≤−3
34. Three friends Tayo, Titi and Tunde shared a quantity of walnuts in the ratio 3:4:5. If Tayo got 21 walnuts, how
many did Titi get?
(a) 35 (b) 28 (c) 21 (d) 14
1 1 4 3
35. The least common multiple of , , and is ________
2 3 5 10
(a) 90 (b) 50 (c) 30 (d) 15
36. Given that m=3 , put (¿ ,> ,≤ , ≥) in the box for the inequality below: m+3 m 2 m−6
(a) ¿ (b) ¿ (c) ≤ (d) ≥
37. If a student stands 15m away directly west of a tree, what is the tree’s bearing from the student?
(a) 030o (b) 045o (c) 090o (d) 270o
38. Subtract – 9 from the sum of – 8 and 10.
(a) 11 (b) 7 (c) – 7 (d) – 11
39. If x varies directly as T and x=105 when T =400 , find x when T =500
(a) 1250 (b) 12500 (c) 125000 (d) 1250000
40. Find the simple interest on N8,000.00 for 3 years at 3.5% per annum.
(a) N480.00 (b) N840.00 (c) N4800.00 (d) N8400.00
41. A man can type 21 words per minute. How long will it take him to type 3780 words?
(a) 4 hours (b) 3 hours (c) 2 hours (d) 1 hour
1 1
42. Simplify : 64 2 ×36 2 ×10 0
(a) 480 (b) 384 (c) 96 (d) 48
43. A group of students measured the temperature of a room and obtained the following results: 23 oC, 25oC, 26oC,
27oC, 26oC, 24oC, 26oC, 25oC, 27oC, 24oC. The range of the temperature is _________
(a) 2oC (b) 3oC (c) 4oC (d) 5oC
44. Correct 45775 to 1 significant figure
(a) 50000 (b) 5000 (c) 500 (d) 50
45. How many vertices has a cuboid?
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 6
46. A region of a circle between a chord and part of circumference is called _______
(a) Arc (b) sector (c) segment (d) semi – circle.
47. When an event is certain to happen, the probability is ______
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) ½ (d) 0
48. In a toss of a fair die, the probability of getting a five is _______
1 1 5
(a) ½ (b) (c) (d)
6 5 6
49. Write the sum of MC and CD in Hindu-Arabic.
(a) 1100 (b) 1300 (c) 1500 (d) 1700
50. Add 1100012 and 1000102 and leave your answer in base two.
(a) 10100112 (b) 10110112 (c) 10101112 (d) 10111112
5 2 8
51. Arrange , , in ascending order of magnitude.
9 3 21
 2 5 8 5 8 2 2 8 5 8 5 2
(a) , , (b) , , (c) , , (d) , ,
3 9 21 9 21 3 3 21 9 21 9 3

52. Find the coefficient of y in the expansion of ( 2 y−1 ) ( y −6)

(a) – 13 (b) – 12 (c) + 12 (d) + 13

Study the table below to answer questions 53 and 54. Given that y=2 x +2 and ranging from −2 ≤ x ≤ 6
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

53. Find the value of y when x=−2

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) - 1 (d) - 2

54. The equation of the table of value is a typical example of _______ equation.
(a) Trigonometric (b) Simultaneous (c) Quadratic (d) Linear
55. Find the perimeter of a rectangle with length 11m and its area is 99 cm2.
(a) 40cm (b) 38cm (c) 20cm (d) 11cm

(a) 1.02
√
56. Simplify : 1
11
25
(b) 1.20 (c) 1.22 (d) 1.44
2 2
57. If x− = find x
5 3

2 1 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 3 3
58. Which of the following set of numbers is NOT a Pythagorean triple?
(a) 2, 3, 4 (b) 3, 4, 5 (c) 6, 8, 10 (d) 5, 12, 13.
59. If the bearing of a school from home is 225o, what is the bearing of home from the school?
(a) 135o (b) 105o (c) 055o (d) 045o
60. Find the simple interest on $70,000 for 4 years at 3% per annum.
(a) $8400.00 (b) $6300.00 (c) $4800.00 (d) $2100.00