CABAX Secondary School
Third Terminal Examination 2024/2025 Academic Session
Subject: Mathematics Class: JSS1
Instruction: Attempt all questions in Section A (Objectives) and Section B (Theory)
Objectives
Use the following set of numbers to answer questions 1 to 3. 2, 2, 2, 5, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11
1. The mode of the above set of numbers is (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
2. The median of the set of numbers is (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 9
3. The mean of the above set of numbers is (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
4. When recording data the tally mark 1111 1111 111 represent the number (a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14
5. 67.053 to the nearest tenth is ____ (a) 67 (b) 67.0 (c) 67.1 (d) 67.05
6. If 16-x =x, what is the value of x? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 32
7. The value of K that makes 24/k = 8 true is ____ (a) 3 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 32
8. The mean of 3, 5, 4, 8, 4, 6, 4, 6, 2, 3, 6 is ____ (a) 4.5 (b) 4.7 (c) 5 (d) 6.1
9. Three lines meet at a point. If the sum of two of the angles formed is 1630, the other angle is (a) 170 (b)
730 (c) 1970 (d) 3430
10. During a radio programme lasting 1 hour, there were 18 minutes of talking; the rest was music. What
percentage of the radio programme was music? (A) 52% (B) 66% (C) 70% (D) 81%
11. Simplify 10r – 3r – 8 - 4r (A) 3r – 8 (B) 17r + 8 (C) 3r + 8 (D) 17r – 8
12. What number goes in the box? 18 = + + (A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3
13. A bicycle costs ₦10,000 and radio costs ₦x. they cost ₦16,000 altogether. What is the value of x? (A)
₦26,000 (B) ₦21,000 (C) ₦16,000 (D) 6,000
14. If 9 = m ÷ 8, what is the value of m? (A) 60 (B) 66 (C) 72 (D) 79
15. H + B =20. What number does b stand for? (A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 10
16. Find the value of 16 + a – a when a =7 (A) 16 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 2
17. A cuboid has how many vertices? (A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4
18. What is the shape of the base of a cone? (A) circle (B) square (C) triangle (D) rectangle
19. Write b+b+b+b+b+b+b in the shortest way (A) b7 (B) 7b2 (C) 7b (D) 4b
20. The number which is 6 less than m is (A) m – 6 (B) 6 – m (C) 6m (D) m + 6
21. Maria is x years old. In two years time she will be 16 years old. What is the value of x? (A) 7 (B) 8 (C)
14 (D) 18
22. Simplify 5- x- 5x . (A) 11x (B) 5 – 6x (C) 5x + 5 (D) 0
2a 2
23. In , the coefficient of x is (A) 23 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D)
3 3
24. Simplify 8e + 5e -7e (A) 8e (B) 6e (C) 3e (D) e
25. Amina is a years old. Next year she will be 14 years old. What is the value of a? (A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
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26. A girl has 14 sweets. She eats n of them. Find how many sweets she has left when n=5 (A) a (B) 2 (C) 19 (D
2
70
27. What does h stand for in h × 4 = 20? (A) 80 (B) 24 (C) 16 (D) 5
28. How many weeks are there in 63days? (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 7
h
29. A chicken lays h eggs in 9 days. What is the average number of eggs it lays in one day? (A) h + 9 (B) (C)
9
9 (D) h – 9
30. Audu has S naira in his savings account. He uses some of this to buy a suit which costs t naira. How much do
s
he have left in his savings? (A) (B) s + t (C) s × t (D) s – t
t
31. Find the value of x in 20 + x =28 (A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 0
x 1
32. In = 5, x =? (A) 52 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 10
2 2
1
33. What is the value of x in y = 7? (A) 11 (B) 3 (C) 28 (D) 1
4
34. How many lines of symmetry has a square? (A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3
35. Express as a decimal (A) 3.75 (B) 7.53 (C) 3.57 (D) 0.375
8
62 6 3 31
36. Express 0.62 as a fraction in its lowest terms (A) (B) (C) (D)
100 10 5 50
37. Express 64% as decimal (A) 64 (B) 6.4 (C) 0.64 (D) 0.064
38. Express 0.85 as percentage (A) 50% (B) 65% (C) 75% (D) 85%
39. Simplify 0.6 × 0.3 (A) 0.018 (B) 0.18 (C) 1.8 (D) 18
40. What is the value of (0.8)2 (A) 16 (B) 64 (C) 0.16 (D) 0.64
Theory
ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY FROM THIS SECTION
1. Twice a certain number is added to 10. If the result is minus fourteen, find the number.
2. Draw a circle and include the following parts: two radii, a sector, a chord, a segment, a diameter and an arc. Label
each part and shade any regions.
3. (a) The perimeter of a square is 840cm. Find the length of the square in metres.
(b) Esther fences a 3m by 4m rectangular plot to keep her chickens in. The fencing costs N 200 per metre. How
much does it cost to fence the plot?
4. (a) The area of a parallelogram is 8.5m² and its base is 500cm. Find its height.
(b) <AOB and <COB are complimentary if <COB = 400, the <AOB
5. State two properties of each of the following solid shapes: (a) cuboid (b) cube (c) cylinder (d) pyramid (e) cone
CABAX Secondary School
Third Terminal Examination 2024/2025 Academic Session
Subject: Mathematics Class: JSS2
Instruction: Attempt all questions in Section A (Objectives) and Section B (Theory)
Objectives
1. Which of these are Pythagorean triples? (I) (3,4,5) (II) 5,12,13) (III) 8,13,17) (a) I only (b) I and II only
(c) II only (d) II and III only
2. A teacher picks a student at random from a class containing 17boys and 13girls. What is the probability
that the student is a girl? (a) 1/30 (b) 1/13 (c) 13/30 (d) 13/17
3. The range of values of A for which 11-21 > 1 is (a) a > 5 (b) a > -5 (c) a< 5 (d) a < -5
4. The bearing of X from Y is 1960. What is the bearing of Y from X? (a) 0160 (b) 0740 (c) 1060 (d) 1640
5. A cylinder is of height 5cm and base radius 2cm. Use the value 3.14 for pie to calculate the area of its
curved surface to the nearest cm2. (a) 13cm2 (b) 25cm2 (c) 31cm2 (d) 63cm2
6. A cone is 8cm high and has a base diameter of 12cm2. Its slant height is (a) 6cm2 (b) 8cm2 (c) 10cm2 (d)
12cm2
7. The volume of a cone of height h and base radius r is given by (a) 1/3 IIrh (b) 1/3IIr2h (c) IIrh (d) IIrh2
8. The highest common factor of 36, 72 and 90 is (A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 90
9. 8 – 9 – (-5) = (A) – 6 (B) – 4 (C) + 4 (D) + 6
4 1 13 2 1
10. The square root of 5 is (A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 16
9 3 15 3 3
2 2
11. Simplify (-2x) × (- 9y) (A) -18y (B) 18xy (C) -18x (D) 18x
12. If m × (-2) = 12, then m = (A) +14 (B) + 6 (C) – 6 (D) -24
13. What is 0.003867 to 3 significant figures? (A) 0.004 (B) 0.00386 (C) 0.00387 (D) 387
14. Simplify (y + z)2 – 2yz (A) y2 – z2 (B) y2 + z2 (C) y2 + z2 + 4yz (D) y2 – z2 – 4yz
15. Express 0.5046 correct to 3 decimal places (A) 0.50 (B) 0.51 (C) 0.504 (D) 0.505
16. Find the value of x2 + y2 when x = -2 and y = -1 (A) – 5 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 8
17. A quadrilateral has angle s of 1170, 420, 420,1460 and x0. Find the value of x. (A) 650 (B) 550 (C) 500 (D) 250
18. Express 200 as a product of its prime factors in index form (A) 122 × 53 (B) 22 × 52 (C) 23 × 52 (D) 23 × 53
19. The lowest common multiple of 4,5 and 6 is (A) 20 (B) 20 (C) 60 (D) 70
20. Which of these is not a quadrilateral? (A) rhombus (B) kite (C) rectangle (D) triangle
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21. What is of – 8c ? (A) 2c (B) – 2c (C) – 4c (D) 4c
2
22. What is the next term in the sequence 1,3,7,15,31……..? (A) 33 (B) 47 (C) 59 (D) 63
−5 a
2
59 2 −a −a
23. Simplify (A) (B) - (C) (D)
15 a 3 3 3 5
24. Find the value of K in the figure below
(A) 540 (B) 270 (C) 200 (D) 180
The table below shows the frequency of grades in a test.
Grade A B C D E
Frequency 2 4 3 2 1
Use the table to answer questions 26 to29.
25. How many students took the test? (A) 24 (B) 18 (C) 12 (D) 10
26. Which is the most common grade? (A) Grade A (B) Grade B (C) Grade C (D) Grade E
1 1 1 1
27. What fraction of the total got grade B? (A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2
2 2 2 2
28. Find the HCF of 10m and 15m (A) 10m (B) 15m (C) 5m (D) 25m
29. Divide – 36 by 9 (A) – 3 (B) – 4 (C) +5 (D) +7
(−6 ) ×(−5)
30. Simplify (A) – 5 (B) – 4 (C) – 3 (D) + 2
−10
31. If bola and Tunde share 15 oranges in the ratio 2:3. How many oranges does bola get? (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 10
32. Find the simple interest on ₦60 000 for 5years at 9% per annum. (A) ₦5400 (B) ₦15200 (C) ₦27000 (D)
₦35000
33. Linear graphs are also called __________ graphs (A) curved (B) straight-line (C) Cartesian (D) zig-zag
34. Find the LCM of 9 and 12 (A) 3 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) 36
35. Find the HCF of 28 and 42 (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11
36. Find √ 6400 (A) 25 (B) 50 (C) 65 (D) 80
37. Simplify 106 ÷ 102 (A) 108 (B) 105 (C) 104 (D) 102
38. Which of these equations gives the value of c2? (a) c2 = (a-b) 2 (b) c2 = a2+b2 (c) c2 = b2 – a2 (d) c2 = a2 - b2
The figure below is an old railway timetable for train services between Makurdi, Kafanchan and Jos. Use
the figures to answer questions 39 and 40.
MARKURDI-KAFANCHAN-JOS
401UP 402DN
Makurdi D 6:40am A 6:15pm
Kafanchan A 5:05pm D 9:20am
D 5:35pm A 8:50am
Jos A 9:50pm D 5:00am
39. What time does the 402 train depart from Kafanchan? (a) 5:05pm (b) 5:35am (c) 8:50am (d) 9:20am
40. How long does the journey from Markurdi to Jos take train 401? (a) Ihr 15mins (b) 3hrs 10mins (c) 8hrs
50mins (d) 15hrs 10mins
Section B
ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY FROM THIS SECTION
1. A boy is flying a kite. The string is 25m long and is at an angle of 42o with the horizontal. Using a scale diagram,
find the high the kite is above the boy’s head?
2. Draw a sketch to show each of these bearings marking the angles clearly.
a) N35oW B. N70oE C. S58oW
3. The shoe sizes of 20 boys are as follows:
8, 10, 9, 10, 11, 9, 8, 9, 12, 9
10, 9, 9, 8, 8, 9, 10, 19, 9, 11
(a) Prepare a tally sheet and frequency table for the data (b) Which shoe size is the most common among the boys?
(c) How many boys wear size 10 and above?
4. A trader has 100 mangoes for sale. Twenty of them are unripe. Another five of them are bad. If a mango is picked at
random, find the probability that it is
(a) Unripe
(b) Bad
(c) Neither unripe nor bad