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SCHOLASTIC CHAMPS MATHS CONTEST 17. If A = 2(a + b)h, express h in terms of A, a and b:
JUNIOR SECONDARY CATEGORY (STUDY GUIDE) 1 1 2A
A) A- 2(a + b) B) 2(a + b)A C) 𝑎 + 𝑏
1. ---------- is the value with the highest frequency. A 𝑎+𝑏
D) 2(𝑎 + 𝑏) E) 2A
a) mode (b) mean (c) median d) range (e) rank
2. Find the value of 16 x 2 – 3 + 14 ÷ 7 18. Reciprocal of 0.65 to three significant figure is?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 26 D) 28 E) 31 A) 1.54 B) 1.538 C) 1.53 D) 1.500 E) 54

3. Change the number 10010two to base ten. 19. The length of a basketball pitch can be divided into
A) 40ten B) 34ten C) 18ten D) 10ten E) 36ten 12 parts, each 25cm long. How many parts, each 20cm
long can be obtained from the pitch?
4. Express in base two, the square of 11two.
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15 E) 16
A) 1001 B) 1010 C) 1011 D) 1101 E) 1100
20. What is the probability that a pregnant woman will
5. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 72. The
give birth to a boy?
highest of the three numbers is: 1 1 1
A) 12 B) 14 C) 22 D) 24 E) 26 A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

6. A sector of a circle of radius 12 cm has an angle of 21. What is the place value of 7 in the number 526.97?
160°. What is its area in cm2 in terms of π? A) 7 hundreds B) 7 Tens C) 7 Units D) 7 Tenths E)
1 2
A) 53 B) 103 C) 16π D) 64π E) 144π 7 Hundredth
22. Find the diameter of a circle whose circumference is
7. The sum of angles on a straight line is
44cm
A. 90° B) 45° C) 135° D) 180° E) 270°
A. 44cm B. 28cm C. 22cm D. 14cm E. 7 cm
8. If the bearing of A from B is 135 degrees, what is the 23. Express 0.00254 in standard form.
bearing of B from A? A) 2.54 x 10-1 B) 2.54 x 10-2 C) 2.54 x 10-3
A) 90° B) 45° C) 135° D) 315° E) 360° D) 2.54 x 10-4 E) 2.54 x 10-5
9. The highest common factor of 10a2b and 8ab is: 24. Find the sum of prime factors in 60.
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A) 80a2b B) 2ab5a C) 14a D) 4 E) 18ab A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10
25. Round off 6827 to the nearest ten.
10. Find the positive difference between -8 and -14 A. 6820 B. 6821 C. 6830 D. 6900 E. 7000
A) -22 B) -6 C) 11 D) 22 E) 6
26. Express N32.00 as a ratio of N72.00. A. 34:16 B.
11. Which of the following are factors of 6x – 21xy?
2 16:34 C.9:4 D. 4:9 E. 1:2
I 3; II x; III (2x - 7y) 27. Find the L.C.M. of 20a2 and 32ab.
A) I only B) II only C) I and II only D) All A. 4a B. 16a2b C. 160a2b D. 160ab2 320a2b
of them E) None of them
28. On every sale of goods worth N10,000.00, there is a
12. Approximate 5.7255 to the nearest thousandth. commission of N550.00. If an agent delivers
A) 5.7 B) 5.725 C) 5.7255 D) 5.726 E) 73 N150,000.00, find his commission.
𝑥+9 A) N1,250.00 B) N2,250.00 C) 4,150 D) N7,250
13. If y = 𝑥 − 3, find the value of y when x = 5.
E) 8,250
A) -5 B) -2 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
3 1 4 5
14. Write in figure: six hundred and fifty-eight million, 29. Arrange in descending order of magnitude 5, 2, 7 , 9
one hundred and twenty-five thousand and one. 3 4 1 5 1 4 3 5 3 4 5 1
A) 5, 7, 2, 9 B) 2, 7, 5, 9 C) 5, 7, 9 , 2
A) 658,125,100 B) 658,125,101 C) 658,125,001
4 3 1 5 5 3 4 1
D) 658,125,000 E) 658,105,001 D) 7, 5, 2, 9 E) 9 , 5, 7, 2
15. If a = 2b – c, find the value of b when a = 11 and c =
23 30. Multiply 1001101two by 111two.
A) 17 B) 7 C) 8 D) 14 E) 16 A) 1001101two B) 1000101two C) 1001001two
D) 1010001two E) 10011two
16. Find the smallest number that 60 must be multiplied
with to give a perfect square
31. Find the product of the L.C.M. and H.C.F. of the
A) 15 B) 10 C) 6 D) 5 E) 3
following numbers 9, 12 and 18.
A) 6 B) 18 C) 36 D) 108 E) 216 46. A rectangular room 4m long has its area to be 20m2.
What is the breadth?
32. Increase 4500kg by 15%. A) 4m B) 4.5m C) 5m D) 5.5m E) 6m
A. 300kg B. 675kg C. 3825kg D. 5175kg E. 67500kg
47. Find the value of c if c-10=20.
33. Add the following 1011two, 1111 two and 101111 a) -20 (b) -10 (c) 10 (d) 20 (e) 30
two.
A. 111110 two 10111two C. 1001001 two D. 1001101 48. A polygon of ten sides is
two E. 11001101 two A) Triangle B) Pentagon C) Octagon
D) Hexagon E) Decagon
34. If N240,000.00 is shared among 3 people in the ratio
5:4:3, what is the least share? 49. The number of times something happens is called
A) N100,000.00 B) N96,000.00 C) N80,000.00 a) Mean b) median c) frequency d) range e) rank
D) N60,000.00 E) N52,000.00
50. Change 342six to a number in base ten
35. Find the simple interest on N30,000.00 for 3½ years A) 34.2 B) 44 C) 57 D) 134 E) 420
at 5% per annum.
A) N5,250.00 B) N5,775.00 C) N10,750.00 Use the data below to answer questions 51-54
D) N11,550.00 E) N15,770.00 Given 2,6,4,2,5,3,7,2,8 and 6.

36. Find the square root of 9 x 16 x 25. 51. Find the mean of the data.
A) 3600 B) 360 C) 60 D) 25 E) 9 a) 4 b) 4.5 c) 5 d) 10 e) 12
52. What is the mode?
37. Find the H.C.F. of 108 and 72. a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) 7 e) 8
A) 9 B) 18 C) 27 D) 36 E) 72
53. What is the median?
38. A rectangular room 8m long by 5m wide contains a) 4 b) 4.5 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7
120m3 of air. Calculate the height of the room.
54. Find the range
(a) 3m (b) 4m (c) 5m (d) 6m (e) 12m (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 7 (e) 8

39. What number does MCMXXXIV represent? 55. Give 17505 to the nearest thousand
A) 1934 B) 1954 C) 1964 D) 1974 E) 1984 (a) 18000 (b) 19000 (c) 20000 (d) 22000 (e)
25000
40. Write 28 thousandth as decimal fraction
A) 0.28 B) 0.028 C) 0.0028 56. The mean or three students is 20. Find the total
D) 0.00028 E) 0.000028 number of the students.
A) 40 B) 60 C) 80 D) 100 E) 120
41. Express 36 as product of prime factors in index form
A) 2 x 3 B) 22 x 3 C) 2 x 32 D) 22 x 32 E) 22 x 33 57. The shape of your classroom is
a) Cylinder b) Cone c) Rectangle d) Square
42. Solve the equation 5x = 35 e) Triangle
(a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 e) 10
58. One revolution is equal to
43. What is the coefficient of x in 7x A) 600 B) 900 C) 1200 D) 1800 E) 3600
1
A) 7 B) 1 C) 7 D) x E) 7x
59. The total angle in a Triangle is
A) 600 B) 900 C) 1200 D) 1800 E) 3600
44. I subtracted 18 from a certain number, the result is
45. What is the number?
A) 17 B) 27 C) 63 D) 73 E) 83 60. Which of the following numbers is the greatest?
a) -100 b) -60 (c) -2 (d) -1 e) 1
45. The total angles in a rectangle is 12𝑥𝑦
61. Simplify 6𝑥
A) 900 B) 1800 C) 2700 D) 3200 E) 3600
A) 12 B) 12x C) 12y D) 2x E) 2y
62. What number does the tally represent?
IIII IIII II 14𝑎
78. Simplify 7
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18 E) 20
(a) 2a b) 3a c) 4a d) 6a e) 7a
63. What is the place value of 8 in 1.85?
79. The area of rectangle is given by
a) 8 thousands b) 8 tens c) 8 units d) 8 tenths e) 8
a) L X B b) 2(L X B) c) B X H d) L X H e) LBH
hundredths
80. The distance round the circle is called
64. Find the L.C.M. of 8, 9 and 12 A) arc B) chord C) circumference
(a) 32 (b) 52 (c) 72 d) 92 e) 102 D) diameter E) radius
19 81. ------- is the line that divides any shape into two
65. Express as a mixed number.
8
3 5 7 3 5 equal halves
a) 28 b) 28 c) 28 d) 38 e) 38 a) Line of symmetry (b) Diagonal line (c) Parallel
line (d) Straight line (e) Vertical line
66. Express 15% as a fraction in its lowest terms
3 5 7 3 5 82. -------- is the half of a circle
a) 20 b) 10 c) 20 d) 50 e) 50
a) A chord b) A hemisphere c) A segment d) A semi-
67. Solve the equation x + x = 20 circle e) An arc
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10 (e) 15
83. ---------- is used to measure the number of degrees of
68. Simplify 18j + 7j an angle
(a) 15j (b) 20j (c) 25j (d) 35j (e) 45j (a) ruler (b) protractor (c) set square (d)
tape rule (e) metre guage
69. Simplify 10x - 5 + 4x
(a) 6x-5 b) 6x+5 c) 14x-5 d) 14x+5 e)8x-5 84. One of the following is an acute angle
(a) 860 (b) 960 (c) 1120 d) 1750 e) 1970
70. In an examination, a student scored 60 marks out of
a possible 80. What percentage is this?
85. A diameter is twice -------?
a) 25% b) 35% c) 45% d) 65% e) 75%
a) an arc b) a chord c) circumference d) a radius
2 e) a segment
71. Express 5 as a percentage.
a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e)50% 86. The following are types of quadrilateral EXCEPT
a) Parallelogram b) rectangle c) square d) rhombus
72. The Roman numeral CXCIV represents the number e) triangle
(a) 194 (b) 196 c) 241 d) 215 e)
216 87. The following are type of plane shapes EXCEPT
A) Rectangle B) square C) triangle D) rhombus E)
73. The value of 62 is stone
a) 12 b) 24 c) 26 d) 36 e) 62
88. Find the size of the lettered angle
3
74. 1m in litres is
a) 1 litres (b) 10 litres (c) 100 litres d) 1000
litres (e) 10000 litres

75. When x = 4, the value of 8x is?

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 32 (e) 84
4
76. Express 5 as a decimal
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.6 (e) 0.8

77. Simplify 2a x 3a
(a) 6a2 (b) 8a2 (c) 12a2 (d) 15a2 (e) 18a2
a) 650 (b) 750 (c) 850 (d) 950 (e) 1000 101. The following are multiples of 5 EXCEPT
A) 25 B) 75 C) 100 D) 225 E) 328
89. The area of a square 3m by 3m is?
3 2 3
a) 3m2 b) 9m2 c) 300m2 d) 900m2 e) 1000m2 102. Simplify 8 of 29 x 15
1 2 1 2 1
90. Solve the equation 3x = 21 A) 13 B) 13 C) 23 D) 2 3 E) 33
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 18
103. Express 40 % as a fraction in its lowest term
3 2 1 3 7
91. 100 bananas are shared between two girls in the ratio A) 10 B) 5 C) 4 D) 5 E) 10
3:7. How many bananas will the first girl get?
a) 10 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50 (e) 60 104. Solve the equation 2 + m= 5
a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 e) 5
92. The following are example of cone EXCEPT
(a) A cone shaped mound of rice 105. A bicycle costs #10000 and a radio costs #x. They
(b) The roof of a house cost #16000 altogether. What is the value of x
(c) ice cream cone a) #2000 b) #4000 c) #6000 d) #8000 e) #10000
(d) The sharp end of a pencil
(e) The edge of a book 106. One of the following is an obtuse angle
a) 3200 b) 2700 c) 1200 d) 900 (e) 600
93. Simplify 3a x 10ab
A) a2b B) 30a2b C) 30ab2 D) 30ab E) 30a
107. One of the following is a reflex angle
a) 600 b) 1000 c) 1200 d) 1500 e) 3000
94. A cube has a ------- face?
a) square b) rectangular c) triangular 108. The sum of angles on a straight line is
d) hexagonal e) cone A) 60° B) 90° C) 180° D) 270° E) 360°
95. A cuboid has a ------- face 109. The marked angles below are called --angles
a) Square (b) rectangular (c) triangular A) Alternate B) corresponding C) vertically opposite
(d) hexagonal (e) cone D) Adjacent E) transversal
96. How many seconds are in 2 minutes? 110. ---------------- is a graph in the shape of a circular
A) 100 B) 120 C) 140 D) 160 E) 200 pie.
a) meat pie b) bar chart (c) circle
97. Find the size of the lettered angle d) sector (e) pie chart

111. Approximate 22.652 to 1 significant figure

A) 22.652 B) 22 C) 22.6 D) 22.7

112. Round off 24874 to the nearest hundred

A) 24874 B) 24870 C) 24900 D) 25000
(a) 600 (b) 700 (c) 800 (d) 900 (e) 1000
113. Evaluate + 10 X - 5
A) 50 B) -50 C) +50 D) -5
98. Write 512 in Roman numerals
a) XXII b) LXII c) CXII d) CXXII e)
114. Write 100two in the power of base ten
DXII
A) 50 B) -50 C) +50 D) -5
99. The following numbers are prime numbers EXCEPT 115. What is the place value of 4 in the figure 3456?
(a) 100 B) 31 C) 13 D) 7 D) 2 A) Thousands B) hundreds C) tens D) unit
100. Express 32 as a product of its prime factors in
index form
A) 25 B) 35 C) 45 D) 25 x 32 E) 25 x 35