LIVING SPRING STARS ACADEMY
2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION
First term examination
Class:Jss3
Subject: Mathematics
Objectives
1. Change 342 base six to a number in base ten
A. 34.2 B 44 C 57 D 134 E 3420
2. Change the number 10010 base two to base ten.
A. 40 B 34 C 18 D 10 E 36
3. Express in base two the square of 11 base two.
A. 1001 B 1010 C 1011 D 1101 E 1100
4. The sum of three consecutive even number is 72. The highest of the three numbers is.
A. 12 B 17 C 22 D 24 E 28
5. The sum of two numbers is 59, half of one of the numbers plus one the other number gives a total of
24. Find the two numbers.
A. 26 and 33 B 47 and 12 C 14 and 45 D 38 and 21 E 15 and 44.
6. The highest common factor of 10a² and 8ab is
A. 80a²b B 2ab C 5a D 1¼a E 4
7. Which of the following are factors of 6x²–21xy?
¡ 3 ¡¡ x ¡¡¡ (2x–27y)
A. ¡ only B ¡¡ only C ¡and¡¡only D all of them E none of them
8. If a=2b-c, find the value of b when a=11 and c=23
A. 4 B 17 C 8 D 14 E 16
9. Find the value of (101base two)² in base two
A. 1010 B. 1111 C. 10100 D. 10101 E. 11001
10. Find the product of the square of ½ and the sum of 13 and 19
A. 8 B. 16 C. 32 D. 64 E. 128
11. Which of the following are factors of 6a²–2ab–3ab+b²? ¡ (3a–b) ¡¡ (2a+b) ¡¡¡ (2a–b)
A. ¡ only B. ¡and¡¡ only C. ¡and¡¡¡ only D. ¡¡and¡¡¡ only E. None of them
12. If s=2(n–2), find n when s=18
A. 7 B. 10 C. 11 D. 18 E. 32
13. The coefficient of x in the equation of (x–2)(x+9) is
A. 18 B. –2 C. +1 D. 7 E. 9
14. What is a coefficient?
15. The exact of 285²–215² is
A. 70 B. 140 C. 500 D. 4100 E. 35000
16. If 6/5=3/d then d=
A. 5/18 B. 2/5 C. 2½ D 3 3/5 E. 90
17. Factorize x²–10x+25=0
A. X=–5(twice). B. X=5(twice) C. X=–5 and +5
D. X=–4 and –2 E. Can't factorize
18. The reciprocal of 0.02 is
A. 500 B 50 C 5 D 0.5 E 0.05
19. Which of the following is/are factors of 3x²–6x–9? ¡ 3 ¡¡ (x–3) ¡¡¡ (x+1)
A. ¡ only B. ¡¡ only C. ¡¡¡ only D ¡ and ¡¡ only E. ¡,¡¡and¡¡¡
20. If 5/f=4–7/f then f=
A. –1 B. 1/3 C. ½ D. 1 E. 3
21. When a sum of money is shared between 40 people they each get £800. Find how much will each
get if the same money is shared equally between 50 people.
A. £600 B. £640 C. £810 D. £960 E. 125000
22. The reciprocal of 0.08 is 12.5.The reciprocal of 80 is
A. 0.00125 B. 0.0125 C. 0.125 D. 1.25 E. 125000
23. Find the compound interest on €650 in 5 years at 40% per annum
A. €140.83 B. €150.78 C. €678.00
D. €141.83 E. €140.38
24. Find the compound interest on £2500 in 6 years at 2% p.a
A. 315.78 B. £315.41 C. £315.00 D. 315.50
E. 315.41
25. Approximate 0.2378 to 2 d.p
A. 0.2 B. 0.23 C. 0.24 D. 2.3 E 2.4
26. Approximate to the nearest thousand £3702
A. 3700 B. £3000 C. £4000 D 4000
E. £3700
27. Approximate to the nearest hundred $455
A. $460 B. $500 C. 500 D. 460 E $450
28. Round up to two significant figure $0.002374
A. $0.0 B. 0.01 C. 0.0023 D. $0.0024 E. $0.0024
29. Approximate to the nearest tenth 789.9235
A. 789.9 B. 789.92 C. 789 D. 790.00
E. 8oo.oo
30. Approximate to the nearest hundredth 892.9452
A. 892.90 B. 893 C. 892.945 D. 892.9550 E. 892.95
Theory
Instruction: Answer only three questions. Number 1and 2 is composary
1. Factorize the following
A. X²+10x+6. B. X²–16x+28. C. M²–7M–18
D. Y²–8y–20. E. A²+8a+16. F. πa²–πb²
2a. Calculate the following base two numbers
¡ 111× (1111+1010)
¡¡ 111×(1111–1010)
¡¡¡ subtract 235 base seven from 523 base seven.
B. A number is multiplied by two and ten is added to it the result is the same as removing the number
from fifty five.
C. Calculate 1111×101 base two leaving your answer in base ten
3. Find the compound interest on $3500 in 2 years at 2% p.a.
4. A car uses 172 litres of fuel for a distance of 2965km. How many litres of fuel Will be needed for a
distance of 500km.
5. Given that y varies directly as x. When x=3, y=6. Calculate y when x=7.5 and when y=16.5.
