SS 1 Mathematics Exam questions (second term)
SS 1 Mathematics Exam questions (second term)
2. The cost of 5 notebooks is $20. What is the cost of 7 notebooks at the same rate? A. $28 B. $30 C.
$35 D. $40
3. . If y = 3x + 4 and x = 2 find y. A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
5. Which of the following is true about a parallelogram? A. Opposite angles are supplementary B.
Opposite angles are complementary C. Opposite angles are equal D. Opposite angles are reflex angles
7. In an experiment, a student measures the diameter of a circle as 2.53 cm instead of 2.60 cm. find the
percentage error to 2s.f. a. 2.69% b. 2.7% c. 2.9% d. 2.8%
8. Find the number whose logarithm to base 10 is 2.6025 a. 400.4 b. 0.4004 c. 0.004004 d.
40.04
9. The sum of 110112 and 111112 and 100002 is 10m10n02 . find the value of m and n (a) m=0,n=0(b)
m=1,n=0 (c) m=0,n=1 (d) m=1,n=1
10. A car bought for N250 000 was later sold for N200 000. Find the percentage loss. A. 25% B. 20%
C. 35% D. 15% E. 40%
11. A student spends ⅕ of her pocket money on dress and ¼ on books. What fraction remains? A. 9/20
B. 9/10 C. 3/20 D. 11/20 E. 20/9
12. A market woman buys eggs at N60 a dozen and sells them at N8 each. Calculate her profit percent.
A. 6% B. 37.5% C. 4.5% D. 40% E. 60%
13. A man left ½ of his money to his first son, ⅜ to his second son, and the rest. N80 000 to his third
son. How much did he leave to his second son? A. N80, 000 B. N320, 000 C. N24, 000. D. N240, 000
E. 640, 000
21. An arc of a circle of radius 7.5 cm is 7.5 cm long. Find, correct to the nearest degree, the angle which
the arc subtends at the centre of the circle. (Use π = 3.14) A. 29. B. 57 C. 65 D. 115°
22. Which of the following is true about a parallelogram? A. Opposite angles are supplementary B.
Opposite angles are complementary C. Opposite angles are equal D. Opposite angles are reflex angles
23.The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 cm and its width is 4 cm. Find its length. A. 8 cm B. 10 cm. C. 12
cm D. 14 cm
25. Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 10 cm. A. 60 cm² B. 100cm² C. 120cm²
D. 150cm²
26. The value of 0.8 × 0.8 - 0.2 × 0.2 is: A. 0.2 B. 0.5 C. 0.6 D. 0.8
29. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 54. Find the smallest number. A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 19
30. A car travels 120 km in 2 hours. What is its average speed in km / h ? A. 50 km/h. B. 60 km/h C. 70
km/h D. 80 km/h
31. 46. In a right-angled triangle, if the length of the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one of the sides is 5 cm,
find the length of the other side. A. 8 cm B. 9 cm C. 10 cm D. 12 cm
32. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:4. If there are 36 girls, how many boys are there? A. 24. B. 27
C. 30 D. 32
33. If a polygon has 8 sides, find the sum of its interior angles. A. 1080⁰ B. 720⁰ C. 900⁰ D. 640⁰
34. Calculate the volume of a cube with a side length of 4 cm. A. 64cm³ B. 48cm³ C. 16cm³ D. 32cm³
36. Find the median of the following set of numbers: 8, 12, 15, 20, 22, 25, 30 A. 15 B. 20 C. 22 D. 25
37. . If a number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value will be: A. The original
number B. 4% less than the original number C. 2% less than the original number D. 5% less than the
original number
42. The ages of Tunde and Ola are in the ratio 1:2. If the ratio of Ola's age to Musa's age is 4:5, what is
the ratio of Tunde's age to Musa's age? A. 1:4 B. 1:5 C. 2:5 D. 5:2
43. Express 0.0000407, correct to 2 significant figures: A. 0.0 B. 0.00004 C. 0.000041 D. 0.0000407
44. U means in set theory. (a) unity (b) union (c) universal (d) unicode
46. By selling an article for N650.00, Abu gained 10% of the cost price. Find the cost price. A. N550.00
B. N525.00 C. N500.00 D. N475.00
47. In a class of 45 students, every student has to offer either chemistry or economics or both. If 25
students offer chemistry while 34 offer economics, how many students offer both subjects. A. 20
B. 15 C. 14 D. 11
48. Express 0.000768 in standard form a. 7.68 x 10^-4 b. 7.68 x 10^4 c. 7.68 x 10^-3 d. 7.68
49. Express the product of 0.08 and 0.095 in standard form. a. 7.6 x 10^3 b. 7.6 x 10^5 c. 7.6 x
10^-3 d. 7.2 x 10^-3
50. The population of a school is 1236. Express the number to 3 s.f a. 1200 b. 1230 c. 1240 d.
1260
Theory
SECTION A
1. The sum of the reciprocal of two consecutive numbers is 17/72. Find the numbers
2. A varies inversely as 2/d and A = 6 when d = 4. Find the law connecting A and d and hence find d when
A = 12⅖
4. a. In a crate of eggs,the ratio of the good ones to the broken ones is 7:2. If there are 28 good ones in
the crate,how many eggs are there in the crate altogether?
b. Ayo and Tayo divided a bill for meal in the ratio 3:5. What percentage of the bill did each boy pay?
5. The cost of maintaining a school is partly constant and partly varies as the number of pupils. With 50
pupils,the cost is $15705.00 and with 40 pupils,it is $13305.00.
(b). If the fee per pupil is $360.00, what is the least number of pupils for which the school can be run
without loss?
a. a= 3 and B = -5
b. -½ and ¼
9. (a). In a class of 40 students,every student had to study French or Russia,or both subjects. 25 students
studied French and 20 studied Russia. Find the number of students who studied both languages. (b).
Ayo and Tayo divided a bill for meal in the ratio 3:5. What percentage of the bill did each boy pay?
(c). Find the L.C.M and H.C.F of the following i. 14,35 and 21 ii. 42,84 and 70.
SECTION C
1. (a). Copy and complete the table of values for y = 2x-5 from -3 to +3
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
(d) Use the graph to solve the equations I. 2x - 5=0 ii. 2x - 5 = -10