SHIMA ACADEMY

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION OF THE 2024/25 ACADEMIC SESSION

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SUBJECT: Mathematics TIME: 1HR 15 MINS CLASS: SSS3
1. Express the product of 0.06 and 0.09 in standard FORM. a. 5.4 x 10¯³ b. 5.4 x 10¯² c.
5.4 x 10¯¹ d. 5.4 x 10²
Using the table below for question 2 to 4.
Score 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 2 3 4 2 7 2
2. Find the mode a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
3. Find the mean score a. 0 b. 2.5 c. 3 d. 5
4. The median score is _________. a. 0 b. 2.5 c. d. 5
5. What is the probability of having an odd number in a single toss of a fair dice? a. 1/6 b.
1/3 c. ´ d. 2/3
6. Evaluate log6 + log45 – log27 a. 0 b. 1 c. 1.1738 d. 1.3802
7. Factorize 5y2 + 2ay – 3a2 a. (5y-a)(y+3a) b. (5y+a)(y-3a) c. 5y2+a(2y-3a) d. (y+a)(5y-
3a)
8. What value of K makes the given expression a perfect square? M2 – 8m + k a. 2 b. 4 c.
8 d. 16
9. if log10A = 4; what is A? a. 0.410 b. 40 c. 400 d. 100
10. If the 2nd and 4th terms of a G. P. are 8 and 32 respectively, what is the sum of the
1st 4 terms. a. 28 b. 40 c. 48 d. 60
11. Find the volume of a cone of radius 3.5cm and vertical height 12cm. π=22/7 a. 3.4
cm³ b. 15.5 cm³ c. 21.0 cm³ d. 42 cm³
12. Solve for t in equation ¶ t + 1/3 (21-t) = 11 a. 9/13 b. 9/ c. 5 d. 9 3/5
13. A school girl spends µ of her pocket money on books and 1/3 on dress. What fraction
remains? a. 5/6 b. 7/12 c. 5/12 d. 1/6
14. Divide #900 in the ratio 3 : 2 a. 540 : 300 b. 360 : 540 c. 540 : 360 d. 500 : 400
15. Factorize x² – 8x + 16 = 16. a. (x+4) (x+4) b. (x+4) (x-4) c. (x-4) (x-4) d. (x-4) (x+4)
16. Express 0.006313 in a standard form. a. 63.13 x 10² b. 6.313 x 10¯³ c. 63.13 x 10¯²
d. 6.313 x 10³
17. Find a, when A = 58.1o, b = 10m, c = 8.5m a. 9.5m b. 9.4m c. 89.8 m d. 8.98 m
18. Express 6700 in a standard form. a. 6.7 x 10¯³ b. 6.7 x 10³ c. 6.7 x 10¯² d. 6.7 x 10¯²
19. Evaluate 3.802 x 2.09 using rough check. a. 8 b. 7.95 c. 8.95 d.7
20. Convert 210three to base ten. a. 21ten b. 20ten c. 22ten d. 210ten
21. Simplify 5/2 – x/(2 + 5) to a single fraction. a. (3 – x) + 10/2 B. (7 – x)/2 c. (13 – x)/4 d.
(13 – x)/2
22. Factorize 3ab-6ac+3ad a. 3ab(-6a + 3ad) b. 3a(b + c + d) c. 1ab(3 + 6 + 3) d. 3a(b –
2c + d)
23. a triangle has sides 8cm and 5cm and angles of 90o between them. Calculate the
small angle. a. 58.3º b. 32.1º c. 90º d. 45º
24. Convert 110101two to base ten. a. 53ten b. 49ten c. 55ten d. 32ten
25. In triangle ABC, C = 53o , b = 3.56m, c = 4.28m. Calculate B. a. 41º b. 41.5º c. 40º d.
42º
26. In a class of 35 students, 19 take history and 12 take economics. If 5 take both
subjects, how many take neither? a. 7 b. 8 c. 6 d. 5
27. Reduce 360x2y/300xy2 to the lowest term. a. 6y/5x b. 6x/5y c. 5x/6y d. 5y/6x
28. Calculate a, using triangle ABC, A = 29º, B=36º, b=15.8cm a. 13 b. 13.1 c. 14 d. 14.
29. How many lines of symmetry does a square have ? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
30. In an exam 185 out of 200 candidates passed. What percentage failed? (a) 6 1/2%
(b) 7 1/2% (c) 12% (d) 15%
THEORY: ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTION
1. NUMBER BASE SYSTEM
1. Convert 8910 to a number in base 2
2. Convert 10310 to a number in base 3
3. Simplify 2123 + 1223
4. If 120x = 4810, find x
5. Evaluate 10145 x 4
6. Evaluate 10112 divided by 1012
2. SETS
1. Among 60 applicants for a sales manager’s post, 26 have BSc degrees, 18 have NCE ,
while 6 applicants have no certificate. Use Venn diagram to illustrate the information. How
many applicants have;
a. both BSc and NCE
b. BSc only
c. NCE only
2. In a class of 40 students, 18 passed mathematics, 19 passed accounts, 16 passed
economics, 5 mathematics and accounts only, 6 mathematics only, 9 accounts only, 2
passed accounts and economics only. If each student studied at least one of the subjects;
a. how many students failed in all the three subjects?
b. finds the percentage umber of those who failed at least one of economics and
mathematics
c. calculates the probability that a student selected at random failed mathematics

3. SERIES AND SEQUENCE

1. Find the 9th term of the AP 18, 12, 6, 0, -6, ….
2. The nth term of a sequence is represented by 3 x 2 1-n. Write the first four terms of the
sequence
3. the nth term of a sequence is given by 31-n, find;
i. the first three terms
ii. the sum of the first 5 terms.
4. The sum of the first and second term of an AP is 4 and the 10th term is 19. Find the sum
of the 5th and 6th terms.
5. what is the 25th term of the series: 5, 9, 13, …

4. QUADRATIC EQUATION
1. if X2 – 10x = 24, then x = 12 or ____
2. What is the sum of the roots of 2x2 + 3x +1 = 0
3. What is the product of the roots of 3x2 -4x – 7 = 0
4. Construct a quadratic equation with the roots ¼ and 4/7
5. Solve the quadratic equation using completing the square method; 2x2 + 6x + 1 = 0
6. The side of a rectangular floor are x m and (x+7)m. The diagonal is (x+8)m. calculate in
meters, the dimensions of the floor.

5. ALGEBRAIC FRACTION
1. Simplify 15xyz
5x2y2
2. Simplify a2 – ab
Ab
3. Simplify 4 + 6
a a+2
4. Simplify 5 - 2
x-4 x+4
5. Simplify 1 - 1 + 2
2 x-y x+y
6. Simplify 2p q – 3pq + q3
2 2

Pq2 – p2q – 2p3

6. LINEAR INEQUALITIES
1. Find the solution set for which 3(x + 4) < 5x
2. solve the inequality –(x + 5) > -3 (x + 2) and show your solution on a number line
3. 1/3x + 1 < 2/3x – 5
4. The smallest of three consecutive numbers is n. Thrice the smallest number added to
four times the next number and five times the largest number is more than 146. Find the
range of values for x.
5. Ofem decided to entertain his two brothers, okon and Akpan for not more than 3000. He
was willing to spend 5000 more for Okon, than twice for Akpan. How much did he spend for
Akpan?
6. Bola is 3 years older than Musa, and the sum f their ages is less than 23 years. What is
Musa’s possible age?