In this article we would be looking at Mathematics Past Questions and Answer for JSS2.
Objective Questions
Instruction: Answer ALL questions from this section
- Express 18 as a product of its prime factors
a) 3 x 3 = 32 b) 2 x 3 x 3 = 22 x 32
c) 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 22 x 32 d) 2 x 2 x 3 = 22 x 32
d) 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 23 x 31 - Find the HCF of 36 and 60
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18 e) 22 - Evaluate 62
a) 12 b) 14 c) 24 d) 36 e) 42 - Find the square root of 25
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20 e) 25 - Find 10% of 400
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40 e) 50 - Convert 3:4 to percentage
a) 55 b) 65 c) 75 d) 85 e) 95 - Find the simple interest on N500 for 2 years
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5 - Round off 9324 to 1 significant figure
a) 9.32 b) 9.3 c) 932 d) 9000 e) 9.300 - What is the multiplicative inverse of 11/20?
a) 1/2 b) 0/2 c) 20/2
d) 11/12 e) 2/11 - Simplify ab(a – b)
a) aba – abb b) abba – bb c) bb – aba d) aa – aba e) ba – aba - How many lines of symmetry has a square?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 e) 7
Use the diagram below to answer questions 12, 13 and 14 - What is the value of angle a?
a) 76o b) 77o c) 78o d) 79o e) 80o - What is the value of angle b?
a) 100o b) 101o c) 102o d) 103o e) 104o - What is the value of angle c?
a) 76o b) 77o c) 78o d) 79o e) 80o - The cardinal points are made up of primary directions of ____
a) North East, South, and West b) North East and West
c) North, East and West
d) North, East, South North and West e) North, West - Write the bearing of X from Y in the diagram below
a) 065o b) 075o c) 085o d) 85o e) 75o - Which one is a Pythagoras’s rule?
a) c2 = a2 + b2 b) c2 = c2 + b2 c) c2 = b2 – a2
d) b2 = a2 + a2 e) b2 = b2 + a2 - Which of the following is a Pythagorean triple?
a) 2, 9, 11 b) 21, 22, 23 c) 12, 35, 37
d) 13, 35, 37 e) 14, 34, 37 - A right-angled triangle is a triangle which one of the angles is ____
a) 360o b) 270o c) 180o d) 90o e) 0o - Bearing is measured in ____
a) clockwise direction b) anticlockwise direction c) wile direction
d) upward direction e) downward directionThe value of 7—(—15) is A. -8 B. 22 C. 8 D. 105
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Round off 3.9695 to 2 decimal places A. 3.98 B. 3.97 C. 3.96 D. 3.95
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Which of the following fractions is the smallest fraction: 3/4, 5/6, 1/2 and 12/15? A. 12/15 B. 6/15 C. 5/6 D. ½
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Find the highest common factor of 325, 350, and 375 A. 13 B. 15 C. 21 D. 25
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Express 6561 in index form. A. 93 B. 94 C. 95 D. 96
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B. Option 2 - 26.
If N9 600 was shared among three boys Ola, Tope and Jide in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5, respectively, what is Jide’s share? A. N2,400 B. N4,000 C. N950 D. N3,200
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B. Option 2 - 27.
What is the correct name for one thousand billion? A. One hundred B. One zillion C. One gazillion D. One trillion
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30% of N900 A. N270 B. N27 C. N90 D. 290
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A. Option 1 - 29.
A trader buys a gallon of palm oil for N1,500.00 and sells it at a profit of 10%. Calculate the selling price A. N1,750.00 B. N1,650.00 C. N1,550.00 D. N1,450.00
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B. Option 2 - 30.
Solve the equation 2 ½ = 1/y A. 1/5 B. 3/5 C. 2/5 D. 4/5
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C. Option 3 - 31.
What is the value of 962? A. 6226 B. 7226 C. 9216 D. 7216
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If a = 2, put (>, <, , or =) in the box for the inequality below: -23___ -45 A. > B.≥ C. < D. =
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A. Option 1 - 33.
The number of pupils in a school is 875. If 350 are girls, what percentage of the pupils are boys? A. 16% B. 60% C. 25% D. 45%
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These numbers are square numbers except A. 324 B. 224 C. 196 D. 169
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Solve 5m/6=31⁄3 A. 60 B. 40 C. 10 D. 4
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Increase 12 by 30% A. 33.6 B. 40 C. 15.6 D. 156
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The point where the x axis crosses the y axis in a graph is called ___ A. cartesian B. intersection C. origin D. ordered pairs
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C. Option 3 - 38.
Factorize 24pz – 8pr. A. 8p (3z –r) B. 8p (z – 3r) C. 8p (3z + r) D. (8p (4z – r)
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Find the area of triangles of height 5cm, and base 7cm. A. 17.5cm2 B. 15.7cm2 C. 18cm2 D. 35cm2
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A pack of cards has ___ unbiased cards. A. 50 B. 52 C. 54 D. 58
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Express as a single number: 3.8 x 104 – 9.7 103 A. 28300 B. 28700 C. 59700 D. 49700
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If 2x0 and 4x0 are supplementary angles. What is the value of x? A. 750 B. 600 C. 450 D. 300
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If 15 men dig a trench for 10 days, how many men will be required to dig the trench in 2 days? A. 150 men B. 75 men C. 60 men D. 30 men
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Find the mean score of these scores: 2, 3, 0, 8, 7, 5, 9, 6 A. 3.75 B. 5.50 C. 5.00 D. 4.00
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Round off 23 456 713 500 145 to 3 significant figures and write your answer in words A. Twenty – three trillion and five hundred million B. Twenty – three trillion and four hundred million C. Twenty – three trillion and five hundred billion D. Twenty 0- three trillion and four hundred billion
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Simplify (-4 X -2 X -3)/(-2X 6) A. -1/2 B. -2 C. -3 D. 2
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Factorize 81 + 18a + a2 A. (a+9) (a-9) B. (a+9) (a+9) C. (a+3) (a+27) D. (a+1)(a+81)
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The difference between the median and the mode of the following set of numbers: 7, 4, 9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 4,6, 5 is ___ A. -2 B. -1 C. 0 D. 1
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Which one do you like?
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A. Option 1 - 50.
The sum of x in minutes and y seconds expressed in minutes is ___ A. 60x + y B. x + 60y C. x + y D. x + y/60
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Essay Questions
Write the bearings of a) X from Y b) Y from X
Solve and state whether any 30, 40, 50 is a Pythagorean triple or not.
Find the value of angles a and b
Fin the bearing of X from Y
Find the value of x in this triangle
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