SECTION A- OBJECTIVE

5. A girl has #32. She gives #n to a friend and

keeps the rest. If she keeps #18. What is the

1. Simplify
9
÷ (
9 1
−
10 10 5 ) value of n?
A. 50
A. 7 B. 16
2 C. 19
B. D. 24
5
5 E. 14
C.
3
9 6. How much interest does #400 make in 5
D. years at 7% per annum?
15
12 A. #120
E. B. #140
7
C. #130
2. The next term in the sequence 2,3,5,8,13 D. #150
is………. E. #100
A. 21
B. 22 7. Express 0.5046 correct to 3 decimal places.
C. 19 A. 0.504
D. 23 B. 0.501
E. 24 C. 0.505
D. 0.5106
3. If the range of a set of numbers is 3 and the E. 1.505
highest number is 12. Find the number.
A. 12 8. If the reciprocal of 0.08 is 12.5. What is the
B. 9 reciprocal of 80?
C. 6 A. 0.00125
D. 3 B. 0.125
E. 2 C. 0.0125
D. 1.25
4. What is the coefficient of y in the equation E. 125000
4
3y2 – y + 6 = 0? 9. Calculate the mean for the set of numbers.
5
A. 33 4,3,1,4,0,2,4,2,3,4,2.
−4 A. 2.5
B. B. 2.6
5
4 C. 2.7
C. D. 2.4
5
D. +6 E. 2.3
E. -6

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 D. 35
E. 36

m ( n+ y )
15. If m = 2, n = 5 and y = 3, evaluate
10. Find the size of the unknown angle in the mn
triangle. A. 1.6
B. 1.66
C. 2.5
70O D. 16
E. 16.6
Y 600

A. 1320 16. The sum of two numbers is 43, and their

B. 720 differences is 7. Find the smaller number.
C. 680 A. 50
D. 480 B. 36
E. 400 C. 18
D. 10
11. One factor of x2 – 2x – 8 is x+2. Find the E. -8
other factor.
A. X+4 17. The bearing of a tree from the house is 2950.
B. X-2 Find the bearing of the house from the tree.
C. X-4 A. 0.250
D. X+1 B. 0.950
E. X-8 C. 1150
D. 2950
12. If the equations 2x + y = 7 and x – y = 2 are E. 4760
solved simultaneously, then y = ...............
A. 1 18. A circle has a circumference of 77cm.
B. -2 Calculate the radius of the circle. (Take π =
C. -1 22
)
D. +2 7
E. 3 A. 49cm
1
B. 24 cm
13. Find the H.C.F of 12, 15 and 18. 4
A. 2 1
C. 12 cm
B. 6 2
C. 0 1
D. 12 cm
D. 5 4
E. 3 E. 7cm

14. Express 1000112 as a decimal number. 19. If 3x + 4y = 5, make y the subject of the
A. 32 equation.
B. 33 A. y = 5 – 3x
C. 34

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 5+3 x 23. Write 71340 in words.
B. y =
4 A. Seventy-one thousand, three
5−3 x hundred and forty
C. y =
4 B. Seventy thousand, thirteen
5−4 x thousand and forty
D. y =
3 C. Seventy hundred and thirteen
5−3 x thousand and forty
E. y =
2 D. Seventeen thousand three hundred
and forty
20. Express the ratio 350 to 900 as simple as E. Seven hundred and thirteen
possible. thousand and forty
A. 3:5
B. 7:14 b
24. Find the value of ,when a = 5 and b =
C. 7:18 2 a+b
D. 4:5 -2.
E. 6:7 −1
A.
3
1 −1
21. Find the square root of 12 B.
4 −8
3 1
A. 1 C.
4 6
1 −1
B. 3 D.
2 4
1 1
C. 3 E.
4 10
1
D. 6 25. If b varies inversely as h and b = 8, when h =
4
1 5, find b when h = 4.
E. 6 A. 8
8
B. 10
22. A box contains four blue balls and six red C. 12
balls. If a ball is selected at random, what is D. 5
the probability of selecting a blue ball? E. 16
A. 0
1 PRT
B. 26. If I = , Make R the subject of the
4 100
1 formula.
C. PRT
3 A. R =
2 100 I
D. 100 I
5 B. R =
1 PR
E. 100 I
2 C. R =
PT

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 100 I 1
D. R = A. X ≥ 8
RT 2
100 R 2
E. R = B. X ≥ -3
PT 3
2
C. X≤3
27. Calculate the area of a circle whose 3
diameter is 7 cm. 2
D. X ≤ -3
A. 22 cm2 3
B. 38 cm2 1
E. X≥5
C. 38.5 cm2 4
D. 44 cm2
E. 154 cm2 33. When the number y is tripled and 7 is
subtracted from it, the result is equal to 8.
28. What number does XCIX represent? Represent this statement mathematically.
A. 1010 A. 3(x-7) = 8
B. 106 B. 7 – 3x = 8
C. 116 C. 3x = 7 – 8
D. 99 D. 3x – 7 = 8
E. 109 E. 3x + 7 = 8
29. Factorize y2 – 4.
A. (y-2) (y-2) 34. Which of the following angle are reflex
B. (y+2) (y+2) angles?
C. (y+2) (y-2) (i) 2120 (ii) 810 (iii) 50 (iv) 1980
D. (y+2) (y+22) (v) 50
E. (y2-2) (y+4) A. I and II
B. I only
30. Find the value of 3 in 24.638
C. II only
A. 3 Thousandths
D. II and III only
B. 3 Hundredths
E. IV only
C. 3 Units
D. 3 Tenths
35. A six- faced die numbered 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 is
E. 3 Tens
thrown. What is the probability of getting a
number not less than 5?
−24
31. Simplify; 1
(−3 )∗(−4 ) A.
4
A. 4
1
B. 2 B.
3
−1
C. 1
2 C.
2
1
D. 5
2 D.
6
E. -2
1
E.
32. Solve; 3x + 18 ≥ 7
6

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36. If x = 3, what is the value of 7x – 2x? 1
B. 1 yrs
A. 6 2
B. 8 C. 1 yr
C. 15 1
D. yr
D. 21 2
E. 53 1
E. yr
4
37. What is m in the simultaneous equation m –
n = 1, m + n = 3 42. Convert 7110 to a number in base two.
A. 4 A. 100111
B. 2 B. 1000101
C. 3 C. 1000111
D. 0 D. 110010
E. 1 E. 1000011

38. Find the sum of 1101, 1110 and 1001 in 43. Solve the inequality 3 – 2x > 5.
base two. A. X > -1
A. 10000 B. X < -1
B. 100100 C. X > -2
C. 100010 D. X < -2
D. 100110 E. X > 1
E. 100111
44. If d = √
2
4∗9∗16 , find the value of d.
39. Approximate 0.0007925 correct to 3 A. 96
significant figures. B. 48
A. 0.001 C. 36
B. 0.0008 D. 24
C. 0.00079 E. 16
D. 0.000793
E. 0.793 45. Find the product of 0.04 and 0.08
A. 32.000
B. 3.2000
C. 0.2300
40. Factorize; ax – ay - bx + by D. 0.0032
A. ab(x-y) E. 0.0320
B. ay(b-x)
C. (a-b) (x-y) 4
D. (a-b) (x+y) 46. Express as a percentage.
25
E. (a+b)(x-y) A. 4%
1
41. What time will it take to earn #8100 simple B. 6 %
4
interest on #180,000 at 9% per annum? C. 8%
A. 2yrs D. 12%
E. 16%

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C.
47. Find the amount on #500 for 1 year at 6% 27
per annum. 21
D.
A. #250 50
B. #560 31
E.
C. #530 50
D. #630
E. #650 53. The sum of two consecutive even numbers
is 34. Find the smaller number?
48. Find the L.C.M of 23 x 3, 2 x 32 x 5, 22 x 5. A. 20
A. 2 x 3 x 5 B. 14
B. 2 x 32 x 5 C. 12
C. 2 x 3 x 52 D. 16
D. 32 x 52 E. 10
E. 22 x 32 x 5
54. If 25 – x is a true sentence, then the value of
49. Arrange 0.1, 0, 1.5, 0, 0.6, 1.1 x is ……………………….
A. 0,0.1,0,1.1,0.6,1.5 A. 13
B. 0,0,0.1,0.6,1.1,1.5 B. 0
C. 0,0.6,0,0.1,0.5,1.1 C. 2
D. 0,0,1.1,1.5,0.1,0.6 D. 24
E. 0,0,0.1,1.1,0.6,1.5 E. 26

50. A cuboid with volume 64cm3 has a height of 55. How many vertices has a cube?
8cm. What is its base area? A. 8
A. 4 cm2 B. 4
B. 8 cm2 C. 6
C. 16 cm2 D. 12
D. 32 cm2 E. 10
E. 64 cm2
2 2
56. Simplify 3 +2
51. Simplify 2 x 3y + 6y /3 5 3
A. 9y 1
B. 8y A. 5
16
C. 6y 2
D. 4y B. 5
3
1 2
E. 2 y C. 6
2 5
1
52. Express 0.62 as a fraction in its lowest term. D. 6
15
30 1
A. E. 3
50 6
18
B.
29

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57. If the perimeter of rectangle is 28cm and its E. 20
length is 8cm, what is the width of the
rectangle? 63. The average age of 6 girls is 14 years. When
A. 7 cm another girl is added, the average age
B. 5 cm becomes 13 years. What is the age of the
C. 8 cm new girl added?
A. 6 years
D. 6 cm
B. 7 years
E. 9 cm
C. 8 years
D. 9 years
1 E. 11 years
58. Calculate the product of 8, 0.5 and 5
4
A. 15 64. A factory employs 30 workers. 12 of them
B. 21 earn #1,500.00 each per day, 9 earn
C. 17 #1,200.00 each day while each of the rest
D. 28 earn #1,000.00 per day. What is the average
E. 24 daily wage?
A. #1,200
59. Solve the equation 2(x -1) = 6 B. #1,260
C. #1,440
A. 4
D. #1,488
B. 6
E. #1,492
C. 7
D. 8 65. The probability that my uncle will visit us
E. 5 next month is 2/9. What is the probability
that he will not visit us?
60. What is the value of 4x2 – 2y3 if X = 1 and y = A. 1/3
-2 B. ½
A. 16 C. 5/9
B. 22 D. 2/3
C. 12 E. 7/9
D. -20
E. 20 66. A letter is chosen at random from the word
" MATHEMATICS'. What is the probability
that the letter is " T"?
61. Express 0.000040089 in standard form.
A. 1/11
A. 4.0089 × 10-6
B. 2/11
B. 4.0089 × 10-5
C. ½
C. 4.0089 × 10-4
D. 9/11
D. 4.0089 × 104
E. 5/12
E. 4.0089 × 105
67. There are 6 white, 5 red and 4 green beads
62. Find the sum of the mean and the mode of the
of the same size in a box. What is the
following set of data: 9, 6, 7, 12, 20, 6
probability of picking a green bead from the
A. 5
box?
B. 7
A. ¾
C. 16
B. 2/3
D. 17
C. ½

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 D. 4/15 Use the information below to answer questions
E. 2/5 70 and 71
The bar chart shows the number of students
Use the information below to answer questions offering some languages in a school.
68 and 69.
The pie chart shows the food bought by a
woman.

70. How many students offering Hausa Language?

A. 5
B. 10
68. If her total expenditure is #120,000.00,
C. 15
how much was spent on rice?
D. 20
A. #20,000
E. 25
B. #23,300
C. #66,600
71. Which language has the highest number of
D. #100,000
students?
E. #120,000
A. Arabic
B. Edo
69. What percentage of the total expenditure was C. French
spent on yam? D. Efik
A. 8 1/3 E. Hausa
B. 16 2/3
C. 19 4/9 72. Express 468 as denary
D. 50 ½ A. 30
E. 55 5/9 B. 38
C. 42
D. 48
E. 50

73. Find the H.C.F of 224 and 168

A. 20
B. 44
C. 54
D. 56
E. 72

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74. If 6 men can do a job in 4 days, how many 1
E. X < 2
days will it take 8 men to do the same job if 2
they work at the same rate? 79. If the bearing of A from B is 0530, the bearing
A. 2 of B from A is …………………………………
B. 3 A. 0370
C. 4 B. 0530
D. 6 C. 2170
E. 8 D. 2270
E. 2330
75. Factorize mx – my – nx + ny
A. (m + n) (x + y) 80. Find the volume of a cone with base radius 7
B. (m + n) (x – y) 22
C. (m – n) (x + y) cm and vertical height 6 cm. (Use π = )
7
D. (m – n) (x – y) A. 132 cm3
E. (n – m) (x – y) B. 154 cm3
C. 308 cm3
3 2 x−1 D. 324 cm3
76. Simplify −
5x x E. 924 cm3
4−2 X
A.
5X 81. The angles of a pentagon are x0, 2x0, 3x0, 2x0
4+ 2 X and 4x0. Find the value of x0
B.
5X A. 10
2 X−4 B. 15
C. C. 20
5X
2−10 X D. 30
D. E. 45
5X
8−10 X
E. 82. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top
5X
of a tree 14m high to be 300. Calculate the
distance of the man from the foot of the tree
k
77. Solve 3- =1 to the nearest metre.
3
A. 12
A. 3
B. 15
B. 4
C. 24
C. 6
D. 28
D. 8
E. 36
E. 9
83. Expand (a + b)2
78. Solve 2(x – 1) > 3
A. a + b + ab
1
A. X > -3 B. a2 + b2 + ab
2 C. a2 + b2 + 2ab
1 D. a2 + b2 – 2ab
B. X > -2
2 E. a2 – b2 + 2ab
1
C. X > 2
2 84. If y = 4x – 30, find the value of y when x = 5
3 A. – 20
D. X > 2
4 B. – 10

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 C. 5 v
B. K =
D. 10 z
E. 15 z2
C. K =
v
85. Find the H.C.F of 6xy and 12x2 v2
A. 2x D. K =
z
B. 3x E. K = zv
C. 6x
D. 9x 91. If x α y, find k when x = 28 and y = 4.
E. 12x A. 6
B. 7
86. Find the value of x in the simultaneous C. 8
equation; 6x + 5y = 62, 4x – 5y = 8. D. 9
A. 4 E. 10
B. 6
C. 7 92. Find the value of x if x – 3 = 9.
D. 8 A. 6
E. 9 B. 8
C. 10
87. Simplify (-7a) x (-12b) D. 12
A. -84a E. 14
B. -84b
C. 84a 93. The product of a certain number and 4 is
D. 84ab equal to the number subtracted from 25. Find
E. -84ab the number.
A. 5
1 B. 10
88. What is the value of m if 1 = 24?
5 C. 15
A. 5 D. 20
B. 15 E. 25
C. 20
D. 22 94. James adds 8 to a certain number and the
E. 30 result is 16. Find the number.
A. 4
89. Solve the simultaneous equation; x + y = 3, 2x B. 8
–y=6 C. 10
A. X = 0, y = 3 D. 14
B. X = 3, y = 0 E. 24
C. X = 1, y = 3
D. X = 3, y = 1 95. A boy is 2 years older than his sister. If the
E. X = 3, y = 3 sum of their ages is 28 years, find their ages.
A. 12,14
90. If z varies inversely as v, find constant k in B. 12,15
terms of z and v. C. 14,16
z D. 15,13
A. K =
v E. 16,14

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96. A herdsman sells x cows and y yams. He C. 5x – 9y
makes a profit of #5,500 on each cow and D. 9x – 5y
#1,200 on each ram. Find his total profit in E. 3x + 7y
terms of x and y.
A. # (4300 + xy) 101. Simplify 12 – (7 – 2f) – (3 – f)
B. # (5500x + 1200y) A. 2 -f
C. # (5500x – 1200y) B. 2+f
D. #6,700xy C. 2 – 3f
E. # (x + y) D. 2 + 3f
E. 2 + 5f
97. The area of a rectangle varies directly as the
square of its length. If the length is 2cm when 3 6
102. If is added to a number, the result is
the area is 12cm2, find the area when the 4 5
length in 3cm. . Find the number.
A. 81 cm2 1
B. 27 cm2 A.
5
C. 21 cm2 9
D. 15 cm2 B.
20
E. 9 cm2 3
C.
4
98. Find the simple interest on #30,000 for 2 years
5
at 2% per annum. D.
4
A. #600
3
B. #612 E.
C. #1,200 2
D. #1,212
E. #1,500
2
99. A man spent of his salary on his family and
3 103. Solve 8x – 2 ≥ 15x – 16
1 A. X ≥ 7
on himself. If he saved the rest of his B. X ≥ 2
4
money, what fraction did he save? C. X > 7
11 D. X > 2
A. E. X ≤ 2
12
3
B. 104.If V = πr2h, make r the subject of the
4
formula.
1
C. v
2 A. r =
1 πh
D.
3 B. r =
√v
1 πh

√
E. v
12 C. r =
πh
100.
1
Expand (15x – 27y)
3
D. r =
√ h
πr

√
A. X -y πh
B. 3x – 7y E. r =
v
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 B. (6 – x) years
105.If x varies directly as square root of q C. (x – 8) years
when x = 6 and q = 4, find the formula D. (x + 8) years
connecting x and q. E. (22 + x) years
2
A. X = √q 110.Olu has 2x oranges and Umar has 4
3
B. X = 2√ q oranges less than Olu. How many oranges
C. X = √ q do they have altogether?
D. X = √
3
q A. 2x
E. X = 3p B. 2x (x -1)
C. 2(x -2)
106.There are 6 whites, 5 red and 4 green D. 4(x + 1)
beads of the same size in a box. What is E. 4(x -1)
the probability of picking a green bead
from the box? 111.Make h the subject of the formula V =
3 πr2h
A. V
4 A. h =
2 πr 2
B. πr 2
3 B. h =
1 V
C. V
2 C. h =
4 πr
D. D. h = πr2V
15
E. h = πr2
2
E.
5 a−b
112.Evaluate given that a = 15, b = 5 and
c
107.If the mean of x, 7, 12, 13, and 15 is 10.4,
c=2
find the value of x.
A. 2
A. 4
B. 5
B. 5
C. 10
C. 6
D. 15
D. 7
E. 20
E. 8
3−x 2
108.Find the product of the median and the 113.Solve the equation =
mode of the following set of data: 6, 3, x+4 3
9,5,3. 1
A.
A. 8 5
B. 15 1
B.
C. 19 3
D. 21 C. 3
E. 26 D. 5
E. 7
109.Ovie is 22 years old and her sister is x
years old. What was the sum of their ages 114.When 4 is divided by the sum of a certain
8 years ago? number and 10, the result is the same as
A. (6 + x) years

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 dividing 3 by the sum of that number and A. 4y + 7xy
4. Find the number B. 8y2 + 14xy
A. 5 C. 4y (4y + 7x)
B. 7 D. 2y (4y + 8x)
C. 9 E. 4y(2y+7x)
D. 11
E. 14 118.The product of a certain number and 3 is
equal to twice the number subtracted
115.The differences between the ages (in from 60. Find the number.
years) of a father and that of his son is 28. A. 14
If the father’s age is 42, how old is the B. 13
son? C. 12
A. 28 D. 11
B. 18 E. 10
C. 16
D. 14 119.Evaluate 25 - √ 25
E. 10 A. 50
B. 25
116.Find the radius of a circle, if its C. 20
22 D. 5
circumference is 132 cm. (Take π = )
7 E. 0
A. 8 cm
B. 14 cm 120.Calculate the volume of a cuboid 6 cm
C. 16 cm long, 3 cm wide and 2 cm high.
D. 18 cm A. 6 cm3
E. 21 cm B. 12 cm3
C. 18 cm3
117.Factorize 16y2 + 28xy D. 36 cm3
E. 72 cm3

SECTION B – THEORY

Attempt all questions.

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1.(a) Convert 111012 to base 10.

1 1 1
(b) Make v the subject of the formula: = +
f v u
2.(a) A Farmer divides 240 cattle among his three children in the ratio 5:4:3. How many cattle does each
get?

3. In a class test in mathematics, the scores of 20 students are: 8,9,8,7,4,3,5,6,8,3,6,8,8,7,7,5,9,6,8,7.

(a) Using tally marks, present the information in a table.

(b) Calculate the mean score.

4. The sides of the rectangle below are given in cm.

4x + 3

4x - y 3x + 1

X + 6y

a. Find the value of X

b. The value of y
c. Find the area of the rectangle

1 3 2
5.(a) Simplify 8 ∗3 / 11
6 7 3
(b) Find the square root of 1296

6. Factorize completely the expression 10g2 + gh – 3h2

(b). Simplify 10r + 3r – 17y + 16y -5r

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