SS2 MATHEMATICS FIRST TERM

1. Solve the equation 3(2x – 7) = 2(x - 8). (A) 2¼ (B) 4/5 (C) 1¼ (D) ¾

2. Find the 4th term of an A.P, whose first term is 2 and the common difference is 0.5 (A) 0.5 (B)
2.5 (C) 3.5 (D) 4.5

3. While doing her physics practical, Mary recorded a reading as 1.12cm instead of 1.21cm.
Calculate his percentage error. (A) 1.17% (B) 7.44% (C) 7.04% (D) 8.035%

4. Find the sum of the roots of the equation 2x2 + 3x – 9 = 0 (A) – 11/2 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 41/2

5. What must be added to x2 + 5x to make it a perfect square? (A) 5 (B) 5/2 (C) 25/4 (D) 5/2
2
6. Simplify ( 2⁶ ) 3 (A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 32
7. Find the fifth term of the 2, 4, 8,…(A) 32 (B) 10 (C) 36 (D) 26.
8. Three quarters of a number added to two and a half of that number gives 13. Find the
original number. (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
9. What must be added to x2+3x to make the expression a perfect square? (A)
9 9 4 3
(B) (C) ( D)
4 2 9 2
1 1 −1
10. Evaluate Log3 (A) -3 (B) (C) (D) 3
27 3 3
11. If P varies directly as R, and R=12 when P=10. Find the relationship between P and R.
6 5 3
(A) P= R (B) P=6R (C) P= R (D) P= R
5 6 2
12. Which of these is the formula for perimeter of a semicircle (A) 2πr+d (B) πr+r (C) πr
(D) πr+d
13. Factorize x ²+9 x+ 14=0 (A) (x+2)(x-7) (B) (x+2)(x+7) (C) (x-2)(x-7) (D) (x-2)(x+7)
14. The diagonals of _____ are equal in length (A) kite (B) parallelogram (C) trapezium
(D) square
15. Find the value of angle B if ∆ ABC has angle A to be 59.3⁰ and angle C to be 51.8⁰
(A) 68.9⁰ (B) 58.9⁰ (C) 63.9⁰ (D) 61.9⁰
16. One of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is72⁰ . What is the exterior angle? (A) 18⁰
(B) 288⁰ (C) 108⁰ (D) 198⁰
17. The sum of the measure of interior angle and the measure of exterior angle of a regular n-
sided polygon is (A) 360⁰ (B) 180⁰ (C) 240⁰ (D) 90⁰
3 4 3 3 4
18. If sinƟ= , tanƟ =? (A) (B) (C) (D)
5 3 5 4 5
19. _____________ angle is an angle greater than 90⁰ but less than 180⁰ (A) Acute (B)
Reflex (C) Obtuse (D) Elementary
20. Sum of angles at a point is _____ (A) 90⁰ (B) 60⁰ (C) 180⁰ (D) 360⁰
21. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1800. How many sides has the
polygon? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 8
22. ___________ angle is an angle greater than 180⁰ but less than 360⁰ (A) Reflex (B)
Acute (C) Obtuse (D) Elementary
23. If the adjacent sides of a right-angled triangle are 12 cm and5 cm, what is the size of the
third side? (A)11cm (B) 15 cm (C) 13 cm (D) 14 cm
24. The sum of the interior angles of any n-sided convex polygon is ____ (A) ( 2 n−4 ) 180⁰
(B) ( 2 n−4 ) 90⁰ (C) ( 2 n−2 ) 180⁰ (D) ( n−2 ) 90⁰
25. The angle on a straight line is exactly _____ (A) 180⁰ (B) 360⁰ (C) 90⁰ (D) 60⁰
26. The angles of a triangle are 2 x+3 x + 4 x . Find the value of x in degrees. (A) 20⁰ (B) 30⁰
(C)15⁰ (D) 25⁰
27. How many sides does a tetra-decagon have? (A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 11 (D) 17
28. What is the sum of the interior angles of a dodecagon? (A) 2160⁰ (B) 1600⁰ (C) 1500⁰
(D) 1800⁰
29. Solve the equation 3 + 5x – 2x2 = 0 (A) -½, 3 (B) 2, 3 (C) -½, -3 (D) -2, 3
30. Factorize the expression 2x2 + x – 15. (A) (2x + 5)(x – 3) (B) (2x – 5)(x + 3) (C) (2x – 5)(x – 3) (D) (2x
– 3)(x + 5)
31. The angle of a sector of a circle of diameter 8cm is 1350. Find the area of the sector
[Take π=22 /7 ]. (A) 93/7 (B) 124/7 (C) 185/7 (D) 251/7.
32. Given that (2x – 1)(x + 5)= 2x2 – mx – 5, what is the value of m? (A) 11 (B) 5 (C) -9 (D) -10
33. Evaluate log10 6 + log10 45 – log10 27 without using logarithm tables. (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1.1738 (D)
1.3802
34. Subtract 2255six from 20035six. (A) 1334six (B)13340six (C) 22334six (D) 23340six
35. Arrange the following number in descending order of magnitude: 22 three, 34five, 21six. (A) 21six,
22three, 34five (B) 21six, 34five, 22three (C) 22three, 34five, 21six (D) 34five, 21six, 22three.
36. S =(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), T = (2, 4, 5,7) and R = ( 1, 4, 5) , then (S ∩ T) ꓴ R. (A) (1, 4, 5) (B)(2, 4, 5) (C) (1,
2, 4, 5) (D) (2, 3, 4, 5)
37. Solve 6(x -4) + 3(x + 7) = 3 (A) 3/2 (B) ⅔ (C) ½ (D) ⅓
38. G varies directly as the square of H. If G is 4 when H is 3, find H when G is 100. (A) 15 (B) 25 (C)
75 (D) 225
39. Factorize x2 – 2x – 3xy + 6y completely. (A) (x – 2)(3x – y) (B) (x – 3y)(x – 2) (C) (x – 2)(x + 3y) (D)
(3x + y)(x – 2)
40. The roots of a quadratic equation are -½ and ⅔. Find the equation. (A) 6x2 – x + 2 = 0 (B) 6x2 – x +
2 = 0 (C) 6x2 + x +2 = 0 (D) 6x2 + x – 2 = 0
41. Find the value of x in the equation 3x2 - 8x – 3 =0 (A) ⅓, -3 (B) -⅓, -3 (C) -⅓, 3 (D)⅓, 3
42. Express 2.7864 × 10-3 to two significant figures. (A) 0.0027 (B) 0.28 (C) 0.27 (D) 0.0028
43. A student found the approximate value of 0.02548 correct to two places of decimal instead of
two significant figures. Find the percentage error. (A) 0% (B) 13⅓% (C) 16⅔% (D) 20%
44. While doing his Physics practical, Joseph recorded a reading as 1.12cm instead of 1.21cm.
Calculate his percentage error. (A)1.17% (B) 6.38% (C) 7.44% (D) 8.05%
45. Find the nth term of the sequence 5, 10, 20, 40, 80,…. (A) 5 × 2n + 1 (B) 2 ×5n - 1 (C) 5 × 2n - 1 (D) 5 × 5n
–1

46. Find the angle which are arc of length 22cm subtends at the centre of a circle of radius 15cm.
[Take π = 22/7] (A) 960 (B) 1560 (C) 840 (D) 700
47. The sum of the roots of 2x2 + 3x + 1 = 0 is _____ (A) -11/2 (B) -1/2 (C) -1 (D) ½
48. Use the tables of logarithms to evaluate 13.95 ×365
4.32 (A) 117.6 (B) 1176 (C) 11.76 (D) 0.1176
49. Find the number that if subtracted from 7 and 12, the product of the two numbers gives 104. (A)
-1 and 20 (B) 1 and -20 (C) 8 and 13 (D) -8 and -13
50. I am x years old and my brother is 3 years older. How old was my brother last year? (A) (x – 4)
years (B) (x +2) years (C) (3x – 1) years (D) (3x + 1) years
 SECTION B

PART A (ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS PART)

(1)a. Evaluate the following (i) (0.125)- ⁴⁄₃ (ii) √

3
64 x 8⅔ x16½
(b) Given that logx 625 = 4, find x. (c) Convert 110110two to base ten.

r n
(2)a. Find the value of A from the formula A = P (1 + ¿ given that P=8289.5, r=8.5 and n=5.
100
(b) If 8, x, y, -4 are in AP, find x and y.

(3)a. Given that 125(1- n) = 25, find the value of n.

(b) Round off 0.0109738 correct to (i) 3sf (ii) 3dp (iii) 1sf (iv) 5sf (v) 4dp

(4a) If µ = {x: 1 ≤ x ≤ 15, x £ N} and its subsets Q and P are Q ={ multiples of 3} and P ={even number}.,
find the following (i) Q’ (ii) Q u P (iii) Q n P (iv) P’ (Q u P)’ (v) P – Q

(b) Make R the subject of the formula S =

√ 2 R+T
2 RT
x−2
81 2 x−1 3− x x
(5a) If 92x + 1 = x , find x. (b) Solve
− =
3 3 2 4

PART B (ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS IN THIS PART)

(6a) Using logarithm tables, evaluate to 3sf.

two
√
4 0.078
0.652 X 0.841
(b) Convert 121three to a number in base

(7a) If m varies inversely as the cube root of n and m =-1 when n=27, find n when m=9.

(b) A man is 5years older than his wife. The product of their ages is 750. How old are they?

(8) The distribution of junior workers in an institution is as follows:

Clerks 78
 Drivers 36
Typists 44
Messengers 52
Others 30.
Represent the above information by a pie chart.

(9a)The second, third and the fourth term of an AP are x-2, 5 and x+ 2 respectively. Calculate the value
of x.
(b) A student measures the radius of a circle as 1.46cm instead of 1.38cm. Calculate the percentage
error to 2sf.

(10) In a survey of 290 newspaper readers. 181 of them read Daily Times, 142 read the Guardian, 117
read Punch and each reads at least one of the three papers. If 75 read the Daily Times and Guardian, 60
read Daily Times and Punch and 54 read the Guardian and Punch.
(a) Draw a venn diagram to illustrate this information.
(b) How many readers read
(i) all three papers
(ii) exactly two of the papers
(iii) exactly one of the papers
(iv) the Guardian alone.

(11a) If the 2nd and 5th terms of a geometric progression (GP) are -6 and 48 respectively, find the sum of
the first four terms.
(b) Evaluate the following (i) 614eight – 506eight (ii) 123four x 202four

(12a) Solve 3d2 – 8d – 4 = 0, using completing the square method.

(b) While on holiday in USA, a trader bought twenty four mobile phones for $2160. On returning to
Nigeria, he sold each phone for #15,000. Calculate the percentage profit if the rate of exchange was
$1=#145.

(13) (a) Copy and complete the table of values for y = 2x2 – 5x -1

X -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 17 11
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 1unit on the x- axis and 2cm to 5units on the y- axis, draw the graph of
y=2x2 – 5x -1 for -2 ≤ x ≤ 5.
(c) Use your graph to find the (i) roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x -1 = 0 correct to 1dp. (ii) values of x when
y=-1.5