FIRST TERM, MID TERM TEST ON BASIC CALCULATION SKILL (BCS), JSS3 2025/2026

SECTION A:Objectives

1. A teacher is 35.02561m tall, round off to the nearest thousandth

2. Evaluate 625.0502 + 52.77 + 11. 421

3. Simplify 25.5 divide 2.5

4. A box of 65 matches cost #870. The trader splits the box into bundles of five matches and sells for #100 per bundle. Find the profit made by the trader at the end of the sales.

5. Find the difference between the sum of 3 2/3 and 1 1/3 and the product of 2 1/4 and 2/3

6. Simplify [6×1 2/3] divide 2

7. The product of 2/3 and a number is 26. Find the number?

8. Multiply 11.31 by 5.7

9. The result of Mary’s test in Jss3 for Bcs , physics and chemistry is 2:5, 3:7 and 4: 7 respectively, if her maths score 4:5 for Jss2 was debuted from her total score. What fraction of her score is left ?

10. What is forty-five divided by half, if seventy-five is deducted from the answer, what is the result

SECTION B: Answer any 2 questions from this section

1. A student types about 50 words per hour in her laptop; (a) Estimate how long it will take to type a presentation of 750 words.

(b). If she types 30 words per page estimate the number of pages 750 words would take?

2. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order one 1/6, 2/3, 2/9, 5/6, 1/9, 4/9, 1/3

(b). Simplify 5.325 × 2.31

3a. A medicine bottle contains 300ml of cough syrup. The label says take two spoon five times daily. If 1 teaspoon equal 6ml, estimate how many days the medicine will last?

3b. In a state budget ministry of education allocated #32,556,742 to schools for junior wassce registration. What three ways can the ministry of education read these figure in a speech.