GREATER TOMORROW COLLEGE, ILE-IFE

SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2024/2025 SESSION

SUBJECT;MATHEMATICS CLASS: SSS1 TIME: 2HRS
Answer these questions below and choose the right options.
SECTION A
1. Evaluate log106 + log1045 – log1027 without using logarithm tables
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1.1738 (d) 1.3802 (e) 10
2. If log10q = 2.7078 what is q? (a) 5102 (b) 849.9 (c) 510.2 (d) 84.99
(e) 51.02
3. Given that 5n+3 = 50, find n
252n-3
(a) n = 1 (b) n = 2 (c) n = 3 (d) n = 55 (e) n = 4
4. Solve: 2√ 2 x+1 = 32. Find x (a) 13 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 111
5. If 16 x 2(x+1) = 4
x
x 8(1−x) find the value of x. (a) -4 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) -1
3x x+1
6. If 4 = 16 , find the value of x. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
7.
P
Q h R
d f e q
i c
a b

From the Venn diagram above, find QnR (b) [c, h] (a) [e]
(c) [c, q, h]
(d) [c, e, q, h]
8. If T = {prime numbers} and M = {Odd numbers} are subsets of U = { x : 0< x ≤ 10} and x is
an integer, find (T’n M’)
(a) {4, 6, 8, 10} (b) {1, 4, 6, 8, 10 } (c) {1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 }
(d) {1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9}
9. Consider the statements:
P = All students offering, Literature (L) also offer History (H)
Q -= Students offering History (H) do not offer Geography (G)
Which of the Venn diagram correctly illustrate the two statement?

A B
G H G L
H
L

C D

H G L
G L H

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

10. Evaluate 23 x 54 (mod?) (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
11. In what modulus is it true that a + 8 = 5?
(a) mod 10 (b) mod 11 (c) mod 12 (d) mod 13

12. Covert 1011.101 to base 10 (a) 11.625ten (b) 20ten (c) 0ten
(d) None of the above
13. Covert 3B912 to base 10 (a) 583ten (b) 578ten (c) 568ten (d) 598ten
2 −1
14. Find the equation whose roots are and
3 4
11
(a) 12 x 2 - 5 x + 2 = 0 (b) 12 x 2 - 11 x +2 = 0 (c) x
2
- +2=0
12 x
11
(d) x
2
x−2 = 0 (e) 12 x 2 + 11 x +2=0
+
2
15. If the equation x 2 - 5 x +6=0 and x + px+6=0 have the same roots, find the value of P (a)
5 (b) 6 (c) -5 (d) -6
1 1
16. Solve 6 x 2 = 5 x−1 (a) x=2 , 3 (b) x=0 , 3 (c) x= ,
2 3
1 −1
(d) x= ,
2 3
2u−3
17. Make U the subject of the formula x=
3 u+2
2U −3 2 x−3 2 x +3 2 x +3
(a) U = (b) U (c) U = (d) U =
3 U +2 3 x −2 2−3 x 3 x +2
18. Find the area of a rectangular of length 4cm and whose diagram is 6cm. (leave your answer in
√ √
surd from) (a) 8 3cm2 (b) 12 3cm2 (c) 16 3cm2 (d) 16 3cm2 √ √
19. Make t the subject of r = m

(a) R2 r + p
2
√ t− p
r
(b) R2 r + pm2 (c) R2 r – p
2
(d) R2 rt p2
m m m2 m2
20. If y varies inversely as x how does x mrs with y?
2

(a) x Varies inversely as y2 (b) x varies inversely as √ y

(c) x Varies directly as y2 (d) x varies directly as √ y
21. M varies directly as n and inversely as the square of p if M = 3 when n = 2 and P = 1, find M
interns of n and p
(a) 3n (b) 2n (c) 2n (d) 3n2
2p2 3p2 3p 2p2
22. If 5 x+ 3 y=4 and 5 x−3 y=2 What is the value of (25 x 2 – ay2)?
(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
23. Solve √ 25 (mod 7)
(a) 5 (mod 7), 5 (mod 7) (b) 2(mod 7), -5 (mod 7) (c) 5 (mod 7), 2(mod 7)
(d) None of the above
24. Solve for x 10 x=6 (mod 4)
(a) 2 mod 4 (b) 0 mod 4 (c) 6 mod 4 (d) none of the above
25. Find the multiplication inverse of 3 mod 6
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) none of the above
26. Simplify: (112)2
(a) 10102 (b) 10012 (c) 11012 (d) 100012
27. Change 4325 to a number in base 3
(a) 101003 (b) 111003 (c) 111013 (d) 101103
3 1 1 1
28. Simplify ( + ) x 4( ) ÷ ( )
4 3 3 4
1 13 10 17
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 13/9
2 12 9 12
29. Factorize the expression 2y2 + xy - 3x2
(a) 2y (y + x ) - 3 x 2
(b) (2y - x ) (2y + x ) (c) (3 x−2 y ) ( x− y )
(d) (2y + 3 x ) (y - x ) (e) ( x− y ) (2y + 3 x )
6 x− y x
30. Given that = 2, find the value of
x +2 y y
3 5 4 5 8
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
8 8 5 4 5
THEORY
1 a. Evaluate (203)2 – (113)2 in base three
b. Simplify the following
2
4x
(i) (
9
)-1/2 (ii) √ 32 x 4 y 3
2 7
2x y
c. Find log of
(i) 8.4 (ii) 84 (iii) 840 (iv) 8400
2. Copy and complete the addition ⊕ and multiplication ⊗ tables in modulo 5 on the set {2, 3,
4}

⊕ 2 3 4
2
3
4

⊗ 2 3 4
2
3
4

(a) Use the table to:

(a) Solve the equation 4⊗ e ⊕ 2 = 1 rod 5
(b) Find the value n, if 4 ⊕ n ⊗ 2 = 1 mod 5
3. In a class of 40 students, 18 passed mathematics,
1a passed Accounts, 16 passed Economics, 5 Mathematics and Accounts only, 6 mathematics
only 9 Account only, 2 Accounts and Economics only. If each student offered at least one of the
subject.
(a) How many students failed in all the subjects
(b) Find the percentage number who failed in at last one of Economics and Mathematics.
(c) Calculate the probability that a student selected at random failed in Accounts
(ii) In a survey or 2a0 Nespaper readers, 181 of them read the Daily Times, 142 read the
Guardians 117 read Punch and each reads at least one of the three papers. If 75 read the Daily
Times and the Guardian, 60 read the DailyTimes and Punch and 54 read the Guardians and
Punch.
(a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information.
(b) How many readers reads
(i) All three papers
(ii) Exactly two of the paper
(iii) Exactly one of the paper
(iv) the Guardian alone
 2
x + x−2
4 (a). Evaluate when x=1
2 x + x−3
(b) Make R the subject of formula if
3t
P = QR (1 + )
R
(c) If ( x +3) varies directly as y and x = 3 when y = 12, what is the value of x when y
=8?
(d) Solve the quadratic equation
(i) 2 x 2 + 6 x +2.5=0
(ii) 6 = 4 x +2 x 2
(e) ∝ and B are the roots of the equation 2 x 2 - 8 x +6=0 find the value of
If
1 1
(a) ∝+ β (b) 3 ∝ β (c) ( + )2
∝ β

GREATER TOMORROW COLLEGE, ILE-IFE

SECOND TERMINAL EXAMINATION 2024/2025 SESSION
SUBJECT;MATHEMATICS CLASS: SSS2 TIME: 2HRS
Answer these questions below and choose the right options.

1. In a circle, the angle subtended by an arc at the center is ______ the angle it subtends at any point on the circumference.
A) Equal to B) Half of C) Twice D) Three times
2. The opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral add up to ______.
A) 90° B) 120° C) 180° D) 360°
3. A chord of a circle divides the circle into two ______.
A) Arcs B) Sectors C) Tangents D) Diameters
4. A tangent to a circle is always ______ to the radius at the point of contact.
A) Parallel B) Equal C) Perpendicular D) None of the above

5. The bearing of A from B is 070°. What is the bearing of B from A?

A) 250° B) 290° C) 110° D) 180°
6. Bearings are measured in a ______ direction from the north.
A) Clockwise B) Anti-clockwise C) Either direction D) Straight
7. A ship sails 30 km due east and then 40 km due north. What is its bearing from the starting point?
A) 053° B) 037° C) 045° D) 060°
8. If sinθ = 3/5, find cosθ.
A) 4/5 B) ¾ C) 5/4 D) 1
9. A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 60° at the center. If the radius of the circle is 10 cm, find the length of the
chord.
A) 10 cm B) 12 cm C) 14 cm D) 17 cm

10. A ship sails 50 km on a bearing of 120° and then 30 km on a bearing of 210°. Find its resultant displacement. A) 65.4
km B) 72.1 km C) 58.9 km D) 48.5 km

11. If a plane travels due north for 200 km and then changes direction to travel 300 km on a bearing of 030°, how far is it
from the starting point?
A) 400.5 km B) 422.1 km C) 500.3 km D) 382.7 km
12. In a triangle where A = 40°, B = 60°, and a = 10 cm, find b
A) 15.2 cm B) 12.5 cm C) 10.4 cm D) 8.7 cm

13. Solve for x: 2x - 3 < 7.

A) x < 2 B) x < 5 C) x > 5 D) x > 2
14. If -3 ≤ x < 4, which of the following is NOT a possible value of x?
A) -2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 0

15. Make x the subject of the formula: y = 3x + 5.

A) x = (y - 5)/3 B) x = (y + 5)/3 C) x = 3y – 5 D) x = y/3 - 5
16. If A = P(1 + rt), make r the subject.
A) r = (A - P)/Pt B) r = (A - P)t C) r = (P - A)/Pt D) r = P(A - t)

17. If y varies directly as x and y = 6 when x = 2, find y when x = 5.

A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 20
18. If y varies inversely as the square of x and y = 8 when x = 3, find y when x = 6.
A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 9

19. Solve for x and y:

2x + y = 7
x-y=3

A) (5,2) B) (3,1) C) (2,5) D) (1,3)

20. The solution to the equations 3x - 2y = 4 and 2x + y = 5 is

A) (2, 1) B) (3, 2) C) (1, 3) D) (4, 2)

21. Expand (x - 3)(x + 4).

A) x² + x – 12 B) x² - x – 12 C) x² + x + 12 D) x² - x + 12

22. If log 10 = 1, find log 1000.

A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 0
23. Solve log 25 + log 4.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

24. Solve x² - 5x + 6 = 0.
A) x = 2, 3 B) x = -2, -3 C) x = 1, 6 D) x = -1, -6

25. Solve for x in 3x2 - 5x - 2 > 0

A) x<−1/3 or x>2 B) −1/3<x<2 C) x<−2 or x>13 D) No solution

26. Find the gradient of the line passing through (2, 3) and (5, 9).
A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) 6
27. The gradient of the tangent to the curve y = x² at x = 2 is
A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 8
 28. The first term of a geometric progression is 2, and the common ratio is 3. Find the 6th term.
A) 486 B) 162 C) 324 D) 243
29. Solve for x
log2(x+3)+log2(x−1)=3

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

30. Two towns A and B are 100 km apart. B is due east of A. A third town C is 150 km from A on a bearing of . Find the
distance and bearing of C from B. a) 120 km,
b) 140 km, c) 130 km, d) 135 km,
31. A cyclic quadrilateral has angles 80o,xo ,75o , andyo . Find and . a) 115°, 90°
b) 105°, 100° c) 110°, 95° d) 120°, 85°

Section b

1 In the diagram, PQRST is a quadrilateral. PT // QS, < PTQ = 42°, < TSQ = 38° and < QSR = 30°. If < QTS = x and

< POT = y, find: (i) x ; (ii) y. (SEE THE BELOW)

2. In the diagram, PQRS is a circle centre O. If POQ = 150°, < QSR = 40° and <
SQP = 45°, calculate < RQS.

3. a) The angle of depression of a boat from the mid-point of a vertical cliff is 35°. If the boat is 120m from the foot of
the cliff, calculate the height of the cliff.

(b) Towns P and Q are x km apart. Two motorists set out at the same time from P to Q at steady speeds of 60 km/h
and 80 km/h. The faster motorist got to Q 30 minutes earlier than the other. Find the value of x.

4. (a) A cottage is on a bearing of 200° and 110° from Dogbe's and Manu's farms respectively. If Dogbe walked 5 km
and Manu 3 km from the cottage to their farms, find, correct to: (i) two significant figures, the distance between the
two farms, (ii) the nearest degree, the bearing of Manu's farm from Dogbe's.
(b) A ladder 10 m long leaned against a vertical wall xm high. The distance between the wall and the foot of the
ladder is 2 m longer than the height of the wall.

Calculate the value of x

5 a) Copy and complete the table of values for the relation y=2x22 - x - 2 for 4 ≤ x ≤ 4.
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y 19 -2 26
(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y = 2x22 - x - 2
for 4 ≤ x ≤ 4.

(c) On the same axes, draw the graph of y = 2x + 3.

d) Use the graph to find the: (i) roots of the equation 2x 2-3X-5= 0;

6.