JSS2 THIRD TERM MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS

1. The square root of 6400 is _____ (a) 80  (b) 10 (c) 60
2. (+8) + (-2_ = x; find x. (a) +6    (b) -6           (c) +10
3. When x = 2 and y = 3, the value of xy -5y is ______ (a) -9         (b) 18       (c) 48
4. Seven workers dig a piece of ground in 10 days. How long would 5 workers take?

 (a) 14 days        (b) 10 days         (c) 7 days

• 25% of N100 is _____ (a) N25            (b) N225                (c) N100
• If     = 1, then x is = ?(a) 4       (b) 6   (c) 9
• The HCF of 12ab² and 30a²b is (a) 20a²b  (b) 6ab          (c) 10b²a
• I subtract 3 from a certain number, multiply the result by 5 and then add 9, the final result is 54, the original number is ____ (a) 10  (b) 12             (c) 6
• The standard form of 9 000 000 is _____ (a) 9 x 10²    (b) 9 x 10⁶     (c) 9 x 10⁹
• 45 minutes, expressed as a fraction of one hour is _____ (a)        (b)        (c)
• 10510 to a binary number is ____ (a) 111011         (b) 1101001               (c) 0011101
• One quarter of the positive different between 29 and 11 is _____ (a) ½    (b) 4 ½     (c) 3 2/3
• The HCF of 6xy and 18×2 is  (a) 54x      (b) 6x                        (c) 12y
• The square root of 9b2 is (a) 18b2       (b) 3b             (c) 21b
• If y = (x+9)/(x-3), find the value of y when x = 5.   (a) -5      (b) 7         (c) -2
• The co-efficient of x2 in 3×2 is   (a) 3    (b) 6      (c) 3x
• The product of 3 ¼ and 2 2/5  is  (a) 7 4/5       (b)7/5           (c)  4/5
• Express 7 minutes 30 seconds as a fraction of 1 hour.  (a) 1/8 h (b) 2/11 h    (c) 7/30 h
• The LCM of 9 and 12 is _____ (a) 36      (b) 18          (c) 24
• The square root of 9/25is ______ (a) 3/5    (b) 81/225          (c) 3/25

• Express 1/16 in standard form
• 6.25 x 10   (B) 6.25 x 10-1   (C) 6.25 x 10-2   (D) 6.25 x 100

• Simply 5/6 x  4 2/3  ÷   2 7/9
• 2½   (B) 1 2/5   (C) 2/7    (D) 5/8
• Express 15 metres as a percentage of 5 kilometres
• 3%   (B) 0.3%   (C) 0.03%   (D) 0.003%
• Find the square root of 3 6/25
• 3.234   (B) 1.24   (C) 9/5    (D) 5/9
• Simply (1/4)2   (B) 1/16   (C) 1/8    (D) 2
• 105₁₀ to a binary number is ____ (a) 111011           (b) 1101001               (c) 0011101
• One quarter of the positive different between 29 and 11 is _____ (a) ½    (b) 4 ½     (c) 3
• The HCF of 6xy and 18x²is  (a) 54x        (b) 6x                        (c) 12y
• The square root of 9b² is (a) 18b²         (b) 3b             (c) 21b
• If y = , find the value of y when x = 5.   (a) -5      (b) 7         (c) -2
• The co-efficient of x² in 3x² is   (a) 3      (b) 6      (c) 3x
• The product of 3 ¼ and 2   is  (a) 7        (b)           (c) 
• Express 7 minutes 30 seconds as a fraction of 1 hour.  (a)  h      (b)  h    (c)  h
• The LCM of 9 and 12 is _____ (a) 36      (b) 18          (c) 24
• The square root of is ______ (a)     (b)           (c)

• Express 1/16 in standard form
• 6.25 x 10   (B) 6.25 x 10^-1   (C) 6.25 x 10^-2   (D) 6.25 x 10⁰

• Simply 5/6 x  4²/₃  ÷   2 ⁷/₉
• 2½   (B) 1 ²/₅   (C) 2/7    (D) 5/8

• Express 15 metres as a percentage of 5 kilometres
• 3%   (B) 0.3%   (C) 0.03%   (D) 0.003%

• Find the square root of 3 ⁶/₂₅
• 3.234   (B) 1.24   (C) 9/5    (D) 5/9

• Simply (1/4)²
• 16   (B) ¹/₁₆   (C) 1/8    (D) 2

• Round off 0.995 to the nearest hundredth
• 0.95   (B) 0.94   (C) 1.00   (D) 1.45

• Simply 8 x 10⁹ divided by 4 x 10⁶
• 80⁹/40⁶   (B) 4 x 10¹⁵     (C) 4 x 10³      (D)   2 x 10³

• Simplify -3 + (-3) – (-11)
• 17   (B) -17   (C) 5   (D) -5

• Simplify (-2) x (-12)

        (+6)²

• 2/3    (B) 3/2   (C) 5/6   (D) -1/7

• What is the co-efficient of ‘y’ in the expansion of (6+y) ( 3-y)?
• 3   (B) 6   (C) -3   (D) -6

• Express 85 as a binary number
• 1110101₂   (B) 1010101₂    (C) 1110110₂   (D) 1011110₂

• 111011₂ + 1111₂   =
• 1001010₂   (B) 1110110₂   (C) 1001110₂   (D) 1111111₂

MATHEMATICS EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS2 THIRD TERM

SECTION B

1. Find the value of this expression, when x = 4, y = -5 and z = -3

(i)        (ii)              (iii) 2x             (iv) 

• Simplify these expressions.   
• 3(6a +3b) + 5(2a – b)        (ii) 2(3x – y) – 3(2x – 3y)

• Seven workers dig a piece of ground in 10 days. How long would 5 workers take? 

(b)      A full water tank lasts 50 students for 10 days. For how will the same tank last 125 students?

• Some students scored these grades in a test C,B,D,A,C,C,E,B,D,F,B,D,E,C.A,C,D,B
• Place the date in a frequency table
• Draw a bar chart to show the result in the table.
• How many students took the test?

• What was the highest grade?

b.        What was the lowest grade?

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THIRD TERM EXAMINATION

Examination malpractices may lead to a repeat of the subject or suspensions don’t be involved.

Subject: Mathematics   Class: J S S 2 Section A

1.        Find the value of 40+628+320 (a)680 (b) 625 (c) 420 (d) 348

14.      If p=9, q=3, evaluate (^𝑝)2 (a) 9 (b) 15

𝑞

(c) 18 (d) ⁸¹

9

15.      Find HCF of 7x3y and 14x2y3 is (a) 7x2y (b) 7x2y2 (c) 14x2y2 (d) 21x2y

16.      Solve 3x – 4 = – 2x + 16 (a) x = 4 (b) x

= 5 (c) x = 6 (d) x = 8

1. Solve the inequality 3x + 2 < 23 (a) x<7 (b) x<8 (c) x<21 (d) x<9

Locate the points shown on the grid in the graph below

• Evaluate ³ x ² + ¹

(a) 29

(b) ¹⁹ (c) ^{7                            8}

(d) 8

30

4      5       3

30             30           30                                            7

6

• The product of 106 and 2.5 is (a) 2620 (b) 265 (c) 3050 (d) 420
  • The square root of 0.01 is (a) 15 (b) ¹

10

(c) 12 (d) 10.5

• Find the value of 9-2 (a) 91 (b) 81 (c)

A                                                                 B             E                                         C                             D

29 (d) ¹

5

4

3

2

1

0 1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12

81             

6.        Evaluate √6 1 (a) ⁵ (b) ²⁵ (c) 2¹ (d) ⁴

Use the graph above to answer questions 18

– 20

4           3            4               2           5

7.        Find the L.C.M of 4x and 6x (a) 18x (b) 112x (c) 12x (d) 24×2

8.        Divide 420 by 20 (a) 31 (b) 80 (c) 21

(d) 42

• Simplify 8a – (3a + a) (a) 11a + 1 (b) 24a – 8 (c) 5a + 1 (d) 4a

2

Reduce ^9𝑎𝑏2 to it lowest term (a) 6ab2

3𝑎 𝑏

(b) ^𝑏 (c) ^3𝑏 (d) ^𝑎𝑏2

1. What is the mathematical name of the shape ABCD? (a) kite (b) rectangle (c) trapezium (d) rhombus
2. Subtract ab from cd in y axis (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 46 (d) 18
3. Find the value of c+d – b+e (a) -5 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 10
4. A

3𝑎            𝑎                3

1. A piece of stair carpet is 9.20m long                                                                                          B      E and 0.48m wide. Estimate the area of

the carpet (a) 4.5m2  (b) 5m2 (c)                                       C             D

4.42m2 (d) 5.5m2

What is the name of shape above (a)

1. Simplify ^12𝑥𝑦2

(a) 2𝑥

(b) ^2𝑥𝑦2 (c) ²

(d)

kite (b) pentagon (c) rectangle (d)

6𝑥 𝑦

12𝑥𝑦

18𝑥2𝑦

2

2

3𝑥𝑦

3𝑦

3𝑥

parallelogram

22.      Equilateral triangle has its three

13.      Find the value of “a” in 5a – 10 = 15 (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 7

angles equal (a) No (b) yes (c) either f the two (d) none of the above.

23.

X

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5

What is the value of inequality shown above? (a) x>21 (b) x≥ 4 (c) x ≤ 2 (d) x > 2

• Find the value of a in 3a – 5 = 25 (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) -10
• Solve the inequality 3x+2 < 20 (a) x<6 (b) x<8 (c) x<7 (d) x<9
• Find the value of 0.069 x 0.38 (a) 0.02622 (b) 0.398 (c) 0.00975 (d)

24.      Expand (x-3) (x+5)         (a) x2+8x-15 (b) x2+5x-3x-15 (c) 3×2-5x+3x (d) x2+6×2+3x+10

25.      Solve 3(2x-3) = 15           (a) x = 6 (b) x

= 4 (c) x = 8 (d) x = 10

0.59

Use the following shapes to answer questions 36 – 38

26.

27.

Expand and simplify (a) ax+5a (b) x+5 (c) ax2+10 (d) x2 + 25

Find the inequalities illustrated in the numbers line shown below.

A                   B                        C

• What is the name of shapes B? (a) isosceles triangle (b) kite (c) pentagon

(d) rectangle

• How many shapes has in diagram C above? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
• What is the name of shapes A? (a) kite

(b) rhombus (c) parallelogram (d) trapezium

• Find the value for the inequality shown below.

-3     -2    -1     0     1      2     3       4     5                                                                   x

(a) x≤ 5 (b) x ≤ -2 (c) x ≥ 3 (d) x>5

28.      Simplify 4𝑥+1 + 𝑥−5

(a) 5𝑥+17 (b) 3𝑥+16

-5  -4    -3  -2 -1    0    1     2     3  4     5

3            2                     6                      4

(a) X<4 (b) x> 5 (c) x≤ 4 (d) x ≥ 3

(c) 2𝑥+9 (d) 11𝑥−13

3                      6                                                                        40.      Change ⁵ to decimal number (a) 0.625

29.      Reduce ^5𝑎2𝑏3 to its lowest term (a) ^{3𝑦                                 8}

• 3 2𝑥

10𝑎𝑏

• 𝑦

3𝑥

(d) ^𝑎𝑏2

2

2𝑥

(b) 0.75 (c) 0.85 (d) 0.975

30.      Solve ^2𝑎 + ^3𝑎 (a) ^19𝑎 (b) ^21𝑎 (c) ^8𝑎 (d)

3         5              15

7𝑎

3

15            15

• The following shapes belong to the same family EXCEPT (a) rectangle (b) rhombus (c) kite (d) parallelogram
• If 5 is multiplied by its multiplicative

inverse, the result is (a) ¹ (b) – ¹ (c) 1

5               7

• –¹

5

JSS2 THIRD TERM MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

Part B

Answer 3 questions only in this part

ii

ii

1a.      Simplify the following fractions and reduce its lowest term.

i

6𝑥𝑦3

18𝑥2𝑦 2

9𝑎5𝑏3

3𝑎3𝑏3

2(𝑥−𝑦)

6(𝑥−𝑦)

b          Simplify       i           ^𝑥−2 x      ¹⁴        ii

÷

8𝑡                4𝑡

(𝑝−𝑡)2          (𝑝−𝑡) ³

7         (𝑥−2)2

• Solve the following algebraic fractions

i 2𝑥−3 + 3𝑥+4

ii (x-6) – ^2(𝑥−2)

3               2                                                   4

iii. 𝑥−3 – 𝑥+1 + 5𝑥

2           3           4

iv. 3 – ² + ⁴

𝑥       3𝑥

• Use the linear equation, y = 2x+3 and the table prepared below to plot a straight – line graph. Take the value of x from -3 to +2

X	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2
Y	-3	-2	0	3	5	7

4a       Represented each of these inequalities in number line (a)     x ≤ 5         (b)                  x ≥ -2

(c)       x > 3

b          Solve the following inequalities (a) 8 + 2x > 3 + 5x (b) 5x – 4 > 8

5a       Think of a number add 5 to it and multiply the result by 3, the answer is

36.      What is the number? b  Solve the equation

(i) 5x – 10 – 3x = 2x + 20 – 3x.

c.         2(3−2𝑥) + 𝑥

6              4

                                                                     2.        Simplify the following fractions

 

i.          3𝑥 – 2𝑥

ii.          5 – ³

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MID-TERM EXAMINATION

J.S. 2                                       Time: 40 minutes

1.        The HCF of 7x3y and 14x2y3 is (a) 14x3y3 (b)14x2y (c) 7x2y (d)7x2y2

2.        Simplify ^{4𝑥+ 1} – ^𝑥−5 (a) ^5+3𝑥 (b) ^5𝑥+3 (c)

8        6                                  2𝑥      4𝑥

b.         Solve the following fractions

i.          (x – 2) – ^2(𝑥−4) 6

ii.         2𝑥−3 + 3𝑥−8 7           14

3            12                 4                    4

2𝑥+ 2 (d) 15𝑥+ 1

4                     12

1.        Find value of y in 3y -6 =12 (a) y=6 (b) y=5 (c) y=9 (d) y=12

2.        Solve 2(2x-3)= 15 (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) -6 (c)

d

• Solve the equation ^𝑚 + 4 = 1 (a) o (b)

3

13 (c) -9 (d) -13

• Solve the inequality 3x + 2 < 23 (a)x<21 (b) x<8 (c) x<9 (d) x<7
• There were at least 8000 people who watched the football match. This can be written in inequality as (a) x ≥ 8000 (b) x < 8000 (c) x > 8000 (d) x ≤ 8000
• The value of x in the diagram below is X =

-4        -3        -2        -1

(a)      X ≤ -1 (b) x ≥ -1 (c) x = -1 (d) x -1

2

2

Simplify and reduce it to its lowest

term

² 4 19𝑥 𝑦

3𝑥𝑦

(a)

3𝑥

𝑦

(2 b)

6𝑥

𝑦

(c)

2

3𝑥

(d)

𝑦

9𝑥

6𝑦

8. Factorize ab2 – a2b3 + a2bc (a)  a(b-  a2b+ab) (b) ab(b-ab2+ac) (c)ac(b2- ab2+ac) (d) a2b2(b+a2b3+c)

Part B

Answer one question from this section, each question carries equal marks.

1.        Simplify and reduce to its lowest term

i.          12𝑎2𝑐3

16𝑎³𝑐

ii. 10𝑛²𝑚2

5𝑚3

b.         Solve the  equations i.            4x + 6 = -3x – 8

ii.         5x – 10 – 3x = 2x + 20 – 3x

MATHEMATICS EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS2 THIRD TERM