PRINCESS SHEKINAH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, IHIAGWA, OWERRI

2020/2021 ACADEMIC SESSION

FIRST TERM FIRST CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: YEAR 9
PART A (Multiple choices)
Instruction: Answer all questions

1. Express 24 thousandths as a fraction.

A. 24
B. 2.4
C. 0.24
D. 0.024
E. 0.0024
2. The linear scale factor of two similar shapes is in ratio 3:4. If the area of the
smaller shape is 72 cm2, find the area of the bigger shape. [LASSWELL BECE
2016, Q41]
A. 96 cm2
B. 108 cm2
C. 120 cm2
D. 128 cm2
E. 142 cm2
3. The triangles below are similar. Find /YZ/. [LASSWELL BECE 2016, Q13]
8 𝑐𝑚
𝐴 𝐵

6 𝑐𝑚 10 𝑐𝑚 25 𝑐𝑚 50𝑜

40𝑜
𝑋

𝐶
A. 14 cm
𝑍
 B. 15 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 18 cm
E. 20 cm
4. The volume scale factor of two similar solids is 8:125. If the length of a side in
the bigger solid is 140 cm, find the length of the corresponding side in the smaller
solid. [LASSWELL BECE 2013, Q26]
A. 28 cm
B. 56 cm
C. 112 cm
D. 132 cm
E. 133 cm
5. What is 402 thousandths in decimal fraction? [LASSWELL BECE 2015, Q54]
A. 0.42
B. 0.402
C. 0.0402
D. 0.0042
E. 0.00402
Use the information below to answer the next two questions.
A cube of length 8 cm is enlarged with a scale factor of 1½. [LASSWELL BECE 2018,
Q41-Q42]
6. Find the length of the enlargement.
A. 13 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 11 ½ cm
D. 10 cm
E. 9 ½ cm
7. Calculate the total surface area of the enlargement.
A. 1014 cm2
B. 864 cm2
C. 794 cm2
D. 600 cm2
E. 542 cm2
8. Express 3/5 in decimals.
 A. 0.60
B. 0.65
C. 0.70
D. 0.75
E. 0.80
9. Express 0.65 as a fraction. [LASSWELL BECE 2014, Q1]
A. 2/5
B. 3/5
C. 13/20
D. 9/13
E. 8/11
10. Evaluate √3 . [LASSWELL BECE 2013, Q3II]
1
16

A. 1 ¼
B. 1 ½
C. 1 ¾
D. 2 ¼
E. 2 ½
In the figure, ∆ABC is enlarged to ∆ADE.
9 cm 𝐷

𝐴 𝐸
4 cm 𝐶 6 cm

Use the information to answer the next three questions. [LASSWELL BECE 2018,
Q34-Q36]
11. Find the scale factor of the enlargement.
A. ½
B. 2/3
C. 3/4
D. 1 ½
E. 2 ½
12. Calculate /BC/.
A. 4.5 cm
 B. 5.5 cm
C. 6.5 cm
D. 7.5 cm
E. 8.5 cm
13. Calculate /AB/.
A. 3 cm
B. 4 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 8 cm
E. 9 cm
14. Find the perimeter of a parallelogram whose base is 6cm and side 5cm.
[LASSWELL BECE 2015, Q2]
A. 60cm
B. 35cm
C. 30cm
D 22cm
E. 20cm
15. The body temperature recorded in a hospital are as follows: 32𝑜 𝐶, 37𝑜 𝐶, 42𝑜 𝐶,
35𝑜 𝐶, 32𝑜 𝐶, 32𝑜 𝐶, 40𝑜 𝐶, 40𝑜 𝐶. What is the modal body temperature? [LASSWELL
BECE 2014, Q52II]
A. 32𝑜 𝐶
B. 35𝑜 𝐶
C. 37𝑜 𝐶
D. 40𝑜 𝐶
E. 42𝑜 𝐶
16. The scores of selected students in a quiz competition are given as 22, 28, 35, 24,
27, 32, 33, 20 and 40. What is the average score? [LASSWELL BECE 2014,
Q53II]
A. 19
B. 22
C. 29
D. 32
E. 34
17. If the mean score of 46 students in Mathematics is 32.5, what is their total
score? [LASSWELL BECE 2014, Q54II]
 A. 79
B. 495
C. 748
D. 1000
E. 1495
18. What is the mode of the following set of numbers? 11, 11, 8, 14, 14, 16, 13, 12,
12, 11, 10, 14, 9, 8, 9, 10, 11. [LASSWELL BECE 2014, Q56II]
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
E. 14
19. From the table below, find the mode.
Ages (Years) 35 38 40 43 45
Frequency 33 20 35 38 21
[LASSWELL BECE 2014, Q50II]
A. 45 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
B. 43 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
C. 40 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
D. 38 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
E. 35 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
20. The scores of some students in Mathematics test are given as 16, 19, 18, 22 and
20. Find the mean score. [LASSWELL BECE 2014, Q45II]
A. 19.0
B. 19.5
C. 20.0
D. 20.3
E. 20.5
Part B: Theory
Instruction: Answer All Questions
1. (a) Write 0. 8̇ as a rational number.
(b) Write 1. 3̇ as a fraction.
(c) Find the length of |DE| in the diagram below.
𝐴

4 cm

𝐷 𝐸

2 cm
𝐵 𝐶
5 cm