FIRST TERM JSS 2 MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION, 2024.

Objective ( Attempt all questions)

1. Which of these is NOT divisible by both 3 and 5?

2. The LCM of 3, 5 and 7

3. Change ⅗ to percentage

4. A trader bought 10 articles at #200 and sold them at #25 each. How much gain or loss did he make?

5. Find the simple interest on #80 for 2years at 5% per annum

6. Given that 120 : x = 84 :56. Find x

7. It takes 6days for 2men to do a piece of work. How long will it take 3men working at the same rate to do the work?

8. If one quantity increases as the other quantity increases, we say they are in _____ proportion.

9. Share 26kg in the ratio 5 : 8. What would be the smaller share?

10. Change #8 : #12 to a fraction in its lowest term

11. Decrease 200 by 10%

12. What percentage of #3 is 90k?

13. Change 1.15 to a fraction in its lowest term

14. A decimal fraction whose digit(s) is/ are repeated on and on is called _____ decimal.

15. Change 80.4% to decimal

16. Which of these numbers is NOT a perfect square?

17. Find the square root of 484

18. 0.07² is equal to ___

19. Express 0.31 in standard form

20. 5² + 2³ =

Subjective (Answer all)

21. Use four figure table to find square root of 1225

22. Simplify as far as possible m⁴ × m² ÷ m⁶

23. Calculate (1/5)² and express your answer in standard form

24. Find the square root of (36 ×98) /32

25. Find the least number by which 18 must be multiplied to make it a perfect square

26. Evaluate (1⅝)²

27. What is 4½% of #180?

28. Find the quantity of which #80 is 20%

29. Express 80sec: 2min as simply as possible

30. Find all the factors of 27

Theory (Answer any FOUR questions)

31. A woman is paid #750 for 5hours. Find her pay for (a) 1 hour (b) 22 hours (c) x hours

32. Three brothers contributed a certain amount to give to their parents in the ratio 3 : 5 : 7. If the total amount given to their parents is #6750, how much did each of them contribute?

33a. Convert 5/11 to decimal (b) Correct your answer to 4 decimal places (c) What kind of decimal is your answer?

34. A trader bought a compact disc for #350 and sold it at 12% profit. What was the selling price?

35. A farmer buys a cow for #40000 and sells it for #32000. (a) Did he make a gain or loss? (b) How much gain or loss? (c) What is the percentage loss or gain?