FIRST TERM EXAMINATION ON MATHEMATICS FOR JSS1 NEW

Objective ( Attempt all questions)

1. Simplify 5/6 - 2/9

2. The LCM of 6, 3 and 12 is

3. Simplify 3 - 1½

4. The reciprocal of 2 is

5. Simplify 2¼ ÷ 3

6. What is three quarter of 3⅗ ?

7. Which of these is not an integer?

8. Which of these is not true?

9. Evaluate 6 - (+4)

10. Reduce 56/ 84 to a fraction in its lowest term

11. ⅗ means all the following except

12. How many digits are in six billion?

13. -50 ( ) 3, the correct sign for the bracket is

14. Which of these is a prime number?

15. Write 56.83 correct to 1 decimal place

16. Which of these is a multiple of 7?

17. Express ¹³/3 as a mixed number

18. The value of 6 in 3469755 is

19. How many ½ are there in 8?

20. Write as a positive or negative integer, 5m below the sea level.

Subjective (Attempt all questions)

1. Find the reciprocal of ⅔

2. A boy moves right and left along the number line. Find his final position if he starts at zero and moves 2units to the right, then 3 units to the left.

3. Find the HCF of 21 and 63

4. Write 456 in Roman numeral

5. Which is smaller ⅞ or ⅚ ?

6. If 5/6 = x/18 find x

7. What fraction of 40kobo is 16kobo?

8. Change ¼ to percentage

9. Write 420675 in words

10. Express 16 as a product of its prime factors in index form

Theory ( Answer any four questions and neatly show all working)

1a. Find the sum of 1½ and 1⅕ (b) Find the difference between this sum and 4

2. Express 400g as a percentage of 2kg

3. ³/10 × ³⁵/36 ÷ ¹⁴ /15

4. Arrange ⅗, ¹/10 , ¾ , ½ in ascending order of magnitude

5. A farmer used ¼ of his land to plant yam, 1/6 to plant cassava and ⅓ to plant rice.(a) What fraction of the whole land was used for planting these crops? (b) What fraction of land is left?

6a. Using number line, evaluate -6 +5 (b)Correct 4576 to 3 significant figures