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1.

100 as a power of 10, is


A) 101 B) 102 C) 103 D) 104
2. 17.3 + 6.15 + 9 =
A) 0.797 B) 23.54 C) 32.45 D) 79.7
3. What is the DIFFERENCE between 73 and 37?
A) 0 B) 36 C) 44 D) 110
4. Ali has $24.00. He spends one quarter of it. How much money does he have left?
A) $6.00 B) $18.00 C) $20.00 D) $23.75
5. If 2 lbs is about 900 g, then 10 lbs is about?
A) 4,500 g B) 9,000 g C) 18,000 g D) 45,000 g
6. The product of 80 and 9 is
A) 71 B) 89 C) 720 D) 809
7. The number 354 to the nearest hundred is:
A) 200 B) 300 C) 400 D) 500
8. A whole number is divided by 7. Which one of the following numbers CANNOT be
the remainder?
A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7
9. Which one of the following numbers is a prime number?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 6 D) 9
10. Which set below contains numbers that are all multiples of 6?
A) 3, 6, 24 B) 6, 12, 24 C) 6, 15, 24 D) 6, 8, 24
11.A tank is 1/3 full when it has 9 litres of water. How many more litres of water are
needed to fill the tank?
A) 3 B) 6 C) 18 D) 27
12.In a class of 125 students, 2/5 are boys. How many boys are in the class?
A) 25 B) 50 C) 75 D) 100
13.Kay has 12 peanuts. Alan has four times as many. How many peanuts do they
have altogether?
A) 16 B) 48 C) 60 D) 72
14.Which numeral is in the tenths place of the number 53.04?
A) 0 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
15.For a party, Mother makes 15 patties for every 9 children. How many patties are
needed for 63 children?
A) 35 B) 76 C) 85 D) 105
16.Perry’s average mark on seven tests was 80. He scored a total of 486 marks on the
first six tests. How many did he score on the seventh test?
A) 11 B) 74 C) 80 D) 81
17.Which one of the following units is MOST suitable for measuring the length of a
book?
A) Centimetre B) metre C) millimetre D) kilometre
18.Time in Australia is eleven hours ahead of the time in St. Vincent. The National
Netball team of St. Vincent starts a game at 10:30 am in Australia on March 17.
What time is this in St. Vincent?
A) 9:30 p.m. March 18 B) 10:30 p.m. March 17 C) 10:30 p.m. March 16
D) 11:30 p.m. March 16
19.5:00 A)m. can be written as:
A) 050 hours B) 0170 hours C) 0500 hours D) 1700 hours
20.Sherry earns $10.00 per hour. Yesterday she worked from 8:05 A)m. to 12:05 p.m.
How much money did she earn?
A) $30.00 B) $40.00 C) $80.50 D) $120.50
21.A car travels at 36 km per hour. What distance, in km, did it cover in 15 minutes?
A) 9 B) 21 C) 51 D) 540
22.How many 25 cents are there in $3.75?
A) 13 B) 14 C) 15 D) 16
23.John spent 3/8 of his money on a walkman. The amount he spent was $150.00.
How much money did he have at first?
A) $250.00 B) $400.00 C) $450.00 D) $1200.00
24.A package of rice weighs 500 grams, a jar of jelly weighs 450 grams and a bag of
potatoes weighs 1.5 kg. What is the TOTAL mass, in grams, of the three items?
A) 2450g B) 6500g C) 9650g D) 11000g
25.Jeffrey Osborne came to St. Vincent for Jazz festival. He changed the amount of
US $1000.00 to EC$. (US $1.00 = EC $2.67). How much money in EC$ did he
receive?
A) $26.70 B) $267.00 C) $1002.67 D) $2670.00
26.Tickets to the school fair cost $2.50 each for adults and half price for children.
How much money should a family of 2 adults and 1 child pay to enter the fair?
A) $5.00 B) $6.25 C) $7.25 D) $7.50
27.LIAT allows travellers 20 kg of luggage free of charge (1 kg = 2.2 pounds). How
many pounds of luggage can you take free of charge?
A) 40 B) 40.2 C) 42 D) 44
28.Joy deposited $450 in a bank, which adds simple interest at 5% per annum. How
much interest does Joy earn in 2 years?
A) $22.50 B) $45.00 C) $405.00 D) $495.00
29.A teaspoon holds 5 millilitres (ml). How many teaspoons of medicine can be
obtained from a bottle that contains 0.12 litres (l)?
A) 2 B) 24 C) 60 D) 600
30.Notebooks cost $7.50 each and pens cost 50 cents each. How many pens can be
bought for the price of 2 notebooks?
A) 3 B) 30 C) 100 D) 300
31.20 eggs are needed to make 2 black cakes. How many eggs are needed for 5 such
cakes?
A) 25 B) 40 C) 50 D) 100
32.George left home at 7:30 A)m. for school. School begins at 8:45 A)m. George was
10 minutes latE) How long did George take to get to school?
A) 1 hr 25 mins B) 1 hr 55 mins C) 3 hrs 25 mins D) 4 hrs 55 mins
33.In a circle, which part is the longest?
A) radius B) chord C) diameter D) circumference
34.Which one of the following statements about a square and an equilateral triangle
is TRUE?
A) They both have angles of 90o
B) The angles in each shape add up to 180o
C) Each of the two shapes has two parallel lines
D) Each of the two shapes has all its sides equal
35.How many 1/6 can I get from 3 wholes?
A) 2 B) 6 C) 9 D) 18
36.If S is an even number, which one of the following is an odd number?
A) S + 1 B) S × S C) S - 2 D) S + 2
37.How many 5-cents pieces can you get from $2.55?
A) 11 B) 30 C) 51 D) 111
38.Which one of the following sets of numbers below lists multiples of both 4 and 6?
A) {4, 6, 12, 18} B) {4, 8, 12, 16} C) {6, 12, 16, 18} D) {12, 24, 36, 48}
39.60040 written in words is:
A) Six hundred and forty B) Sixty thousand and four C) Sixty thousand
and forty D) Six million and four

40.16) The mean (average) of 38, 48 and 54 lies between;


A) 35 and 40 B) 41 and 45 C) 46 and 50 D) 51 and 55
41.17) The middle pages of a book are numbered 10 and 11. How many pages are
there in the book?
A) 11 B) 20 C) 21 D) 22
42.When 7 5/9 is rounded to the nearest whole number the result is:
A) 7 B) 8 C) 21 D) 68
43.Which one of the fractions below is written in its simplest form?
A) 3/9 B) 2/7 C) 4/10 D) 5/15
44.Which one of the following is a composite number?
A) 3 B) 5 C) 15 D) 23
45.The value of 7 in 3572 is
A) 7 x 1 B) 7 x 10 C) 7 x 100 D) 7 x 1000
46.22) What amount must be added to 0.06 to make 1?
A) 0.04 B) 0.4 C) 0.94 D) 1.04
47.23) The length of my school building is best measured in:
A) millimetres B) centimetres C) metres D) kilometres
48.Poles are arranged in a straight line along a roaD) How many poles are there
between the 6th and 15th poles?
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 21
49. In a netball match, Green House scored three times as many goals as Red HousE)
If 52 goals were scored in the match, how many goals did Green House score?
A) 13 B) 26 C) 39 D) 52
50.James spent of his pocket money on snacks. The amount he spent was ₦6.00.
What amount did he get for his pocket money?
A) ₦ 2.25 B) ₦ 4.00 C) ₦ 10.00 D) ₦ 16.00
51.Ripe bananas are sold at four different rates. Which rate shown below is the
cheapest?
A) 3 for 12¢ B) 5 for 80¢ C) 8 for 40¢ D) 10 for 30¢
52. A Canadian tourist changed (CAN) $1000.00 to EC$.
CAN $1.00 = EC$2.28
How much money in (EC$) did the tourist receive?
A) $ 22.80 B) $ 228.00 C) $ 2280.00 D) $ 2280.28
53.Tickets to a World Cup Cricket match cost $60.00 for each adult and half price
for each chilD) How much did a family of 2 adults and 1 child pay for their
tickets?
A) $90.00 B) $120.00 C) $150.00 D) $180.00
54.Mother has $130.00 in sets of $5.00 and $20.00 notes only. If she has $50.00 in
five dollar notes, how many twenty dollar notes does she have?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 9
55.The area of a square plot of land is144m². What is the length of one side?
A) 12 m B) 36 m C) 72 m D) 288m
56.When it is 1500 hours on a 24 hour clock, what is the local time on a 12 hour
clock?
A) 3:00 am B) 3:00 pm C) 1:50 am D) 1:50 pm
57. A car travels a distance of 10 km in 20 minutes. How far will it travel in 1 hour at
the same speed?
A) 30 km B) 40 km C) 50 km D) 60 km
58. Jack went to sleep at 8:05 pm. His sister went to sleep 45 minutes before him.
At what time did Jack’s sister go to sleep?
A) 7:15pm B) 7:20 pm C) 8:45 pm D) 8:50 pm
59. The Head teacher drove at an average speed of 48 km per hr. He took 30
minutes to get from home to work. How far from his workplace does he live?
A) 18km B) 24km C) 78km D) 96km
60.Liatstar Airlines allows each customer a maximum of 23 kilograms of luggagE)
(1 kg = 2.2 pounds). John is travelling with 28 kilograms of luggagE) By how
many pounds is John’s luggage over weight?
A) 5 B) 10.10 C) 11 D) 12.7
61.46) A tablespoon holds 20 millilitres of honey. How many tablespoons of honey
can be obtained from a jar which contains 0.2 litres of honey?
A) 1 B) 5 C) 10 D) 100
62.30 bananas are needed to make 3 breads. How many bananas are needed to
make 5 such bread?
A) 25 B) 40 C) 50 D) 100
63.A box of sweets was shared among 8 friends. Each person received 12 sweets.
If there were 7 extra sweets, how many sweets were in the box?
A) 27 B) 89 C) 96 D) 103
64.Which gives the same result as 35 × 20 ?
A) 35 × 10 + 2 B) 35 × 10 × 2 C) 30 + 5 × 10 × 2 D) 30 × 5 × 20
65. 5 + ( 6 × 2) =
A) 17 B) 22 C) 40 D) 60
66.Which number needs to be added to 129 + 53 to get 300?
A) 18 B) 118 C) 128 D) 182
67.The difference between two numbers is 16. Which of these can be the two
numbers?
A) 2 and 8 B) 1 and 15 C) 1 and 16 D) 0 and 16
68.Which gives a value that is different from the others?
A) 2 × 0.5 B) 0.2 × 5 C) 2.0 × 0.5 D) 0.2 × 0.5
69.Which is the next number in the series 0.124, 1.24, 12.4,
A) 0.124 B) 120.4 C) 124.0 D) 1240.0
70.349 – 99 gives the same value as
A) 350 – 100 B) 350 – 98 C) 348 – 100 D) 348 – 101
71.What is the value of the underlined digit in 46 546?
A) 5 B) 50 C) 500 D) 5 000
72.Which is TRUE about the number that is three more than 199?
A) Three less than 202 B) Two more than 200 C) Two less than 200
D) Three more than 202
73.1000 grams = 1 kg, therefore 1 gram is equal to
A) 0.000 1 kg B) 0.001 kg C) 0.01 kg D) 0.1 kg
74.A square has an area of 9 square centimetres. Its perimeter is
A) 3cm B) 9cm C) 12cm D) 36cm
75.How many faces does this solid shape have?
A) 3 B) 6 C) 8 D) 12

76.What is MCMXCII in Hindu-Arabic numerals system?


A) 1192 B) 1902 C) 1992 D) 1999
77.Which of these numbers: 1, 3, 6, 11 and 12 are prime numbers?
A) 1 and 3 B) 1 and 11 C) 3 and 11 D) 1, 3 and 11
78.Change 120 seconds to minute(s).
A) 1 B) 2 C) 6 D) 12
79.Arrange the following fractions in descending order: 1/4 , 1/2 , 3/4 , 2/3.
A) 3/4 ,2/3 ,1/2 ,1/4 B) 1/4 ,1/2 ,2/3 ,3/4 C) 2/3 ,3/4 ,1/2 ,1/4 D) 3/4 ,2/3 ,1/4 ,1/2
80.If a cup costs 2 pounds and the rate of exchange is a pound to six hundred and
forty naira, find its cost in nairA)
A) 320.00 B) 1,280.00 C) 642.00 D) 1,140.00
81.Find the even number between 19 and 41 that is a multiple of 7.
A) 26 B) 28 C) 34 D) 36
82.Calculate the simple interest on N800.00 for 4 years at the rate of 6% per annum.
A) N186.00 B) N192.00 C) N196.00 D) N220.00
83.If two-third of a number is 60, what is one-sixth of that same number?
A) 75 B) 60 C) 15 D) 30
84.The H.C)F. of two numbers is 3. Which of the following pairs represents the two
numbers in the options below?
A) 12 and 17 B) 10 and 20 C) 9 and 15 D) 8 and 12
85.25% of N500.00 is less than one of the following by N80.00.
A) N195.00 B) N205.00 C)N225.00 D) N 230.00
86.Change N32.08 to kobo.
A) 320 B) 328 C) 3,280 D) 3,208
87.How many N10.00 added up to make N1,000.00?
A) 10 B) 50 C) 100 D) 110
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88.Change 7 /2% to fraction in its lowest term.
A) 1/40 B) 3/20 C) 1/20 D) 3/40
89.Convert 8 weeks 8 days to days.
A) 64 B) 56 C) 48 D) 39
90.The marked price of an article is ₦8,200.00. If a customer receives ₦410.00 as a
discount on the article, what percentage is the discount?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 8
91.Subtract 8cm 7mm from 42cm 5mm.
A) 34cm 8mm B) 34cm 13mm C) 33cm 98mm D) 33cm 8mm
92.A man drives his car at an average speed of 76 km/h. Calculate the distance
covered in 3- hours.
A) 22 km B) 76 km C) 228 km D) 266 km
93.Three boys shared certain numbers of mangoes in the ratio 5:3:2. If the one with
the smallest ratio received 40 mangoes, find the number of mangoes shared.
A) 200 B) 100 C) 120 D) 160
94.Bola bought six books at ₦45.00 each and sold them for ₦230.00. How much does
she loss?
A) ₦50.00 B) ₦45.00 C) ₦40.00 D) ₦30.00
95.Evaluate 2/3 × 3/4 + 5/6 ÷ 2/3
A) 1 ¾ B) 12/3 C) 1 ½ D) 5/6
96.If – 2x = 6, find the value of x.
A) -12 B) -3 C) 3 D) 6
97.Solve for x if 3 = 15x – 2.
A) 1/5 B) 1/3 C) 2/3 D) ½
98.Given that the area of a rectangle is 42 cm2 and its breadth is 6 cm, find its length.
A) 3 cm B) 5 cm C) 7 cm D) 9 cm

1. Write in figures: One million, twenty thousand and seventeen.


(a) 1,020,017 (b) 10,020,017 (c) 12,001 (d) 102,007
2. Divide 420.63 by 21
A) 2.003 B) 2.03 C) 2.3 D) 20.03
3. What is the difference between 23 and 0.33
A) 24.3 B) 23.23 C) 23.13 D) 22.67
4. Simplify 7 x 8.06 – 5 x 8.06
A) 16.06 B) 16.12 C) 16.16 D) 16.21
5. Which of the following is the L.C.M of 4, 10, 6?
A) 2 B) 30 C) 60 D) 20
6. Express 18 in roman numerals
A) XIIV B) XVII C) XVIII D) XIIV
7. Multiply 0.025 by 1.8
A) 0.00045 B) 0.00450 C) 0.0450 D) 0.450
8. If 1 yard = 91cm, express 400 yards in meters
A) 3640m B) 3.64m C) 36.4m D) 364m
9. Express fifty thousand and seventy-nine in figure
A) 5,079 B) 50,079 C) 5,079 D) 50,079
10.Divide 501.555 by 5 and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
A) 100.31 B) 100 C) 100.3 D) 100.30
11.Express 900 as a product of prime factors.
A) 1 x 2 x 3 B) 2 x 3 x 4 C) 1 x 3 x 5 D) 22 x 32 x 52
12.50.32 x 0.003 =
A) 0.01596 B) 0.15096 C) 0.15396 D) 15.096
13.The side of a cube is 2cm. What is the volume of the cube?
A) 2cm B) 4cm C) 6cm D) 8cm
14.A rectangular plot, 72 meters long and 20 meters wide on a school farm is divided
into 18 equal plots. What is the area of each plot?
A) 4m2 B) 5m2 C) 8m2 D) 64m2 E) 80m2
15.What is the perimeter of a rectangle which is 12 meters long and 9 meters wide?
A) 21m B) 42m C) 54m D) 84m
16.A trader has eight bags each containing 9kg of sugar. If he wants to put the sugar
into the new bags each containing 6kg. How many of the new bags will be
required?
A) 7 B) 10 C) 12 D) 18
17.A metal rod is 21 inches long. What is its length in centimetres, if 1 inch = 2.54cm.
A) 8cm B) 53cm C) 76cm D) 533cm
1 3
18.Divide 4 /2 by /8
A) 12 B) 9 C) 2/3 D) 3/4
19.A room is 12m long, 7m wide and 4m high. Find the area of the ceiling.
A) 152m2 B) 84m2 C) 48m2 D) 28m2
20.Multiply 3.02 by 2.7
A) 9.154 B) 8.174 C) 8.164 D) 8.154
21.What is the H.C. F of 45, 60, 150?
A) 20 B) 15 C) 12 D) 10
22.Evaluate (0.7 – 0.3) (0.7 + 0.3)
A) 4.0 B) 2.1 C) 1.0 D) 0.40
23.If p = 2, r = 3 and s = 6, find the value of 2p + r + s.
A) 13 B) 11 C) 10 D) 9
24.The sum of two numbers is twice a third number. If the two numbers are 11 and
17, find the third number.
A) 3 B) 6 C) 11 D) 14
25.How many hours are there in 6 days and 14 hrs?
A) 144 hrs B) 114 hrs C) 158 hrs D) 160 hrs
26.What is the smallest number that can be divided exactly by 3, 7 and 9?
A) 126 B) 63 C) 9 D) 7
27.How many 40k can we get in ₦6.00
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20
28.Find the average of 13, 7, 0, 4, 9 and 9.
A) 3 B) 7 C) 11 D) 12
14.40
29. 18 =?
A) 0.0 B) 0.60 C) 0.80 D) 8.00
30.When a certain number is divided by 25, the answer is 32 remainder of 17. What
is the number?
A) 857 B) 847 C) 817 D) 827
31.How many 250g of sugar can be obtained from 3.25kg?
A) 25 B) 13 C) 12 D) 10
32.Find the average of 15, 26, 10, 19 and 15.
A) 85 B) 42.5 C) 18 D) 17
33.Find the product of the place values of 9 in both 91 and 0.09
A) 0.081 B) 0.81 C) 8.1 D) 81
34.Change 0.55kg to grams
A) 5.5 grams B) 55 grams C) 500 grams D) 550 grams
35.What is the value of 5 in the number 21,587?
A) 50,000 B) 5,000 C) 500 D) 50
36.If ₦1 = $1.58, express ₦200 in dollars.
A) $316.00 B) $306.00 C) $158.00 D) $31.60
37.In a village there are 250 women and 120 men. If for a levy each woman has to
pay 30k and each man 50k. How much will be collected by the levy?
A) ₦296.00 B) ₦135.00 C) ₦29.60 D) ₦13.50
38.Which of the following is equal to 52 x 3 x 23
A) 155 B) 984 C) 605 D) 600
39.What is the ratio of 12mins in 1 hour?
A) 1:5 B) 1:6 C) 1:14 D) 12:5
40.Convert 0.0025 to decimal fraction
A) ¼ B) 1/40 C) 1/400 D) 1/4000
41.A square has how many line if symmetry?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 3 D) 1
42.The prime numbers of 30 and 40 are
A) 31,33 B) 33,35 C) 31,37 D) 37,39
43.Calculate the area of triangle whose height is 8cm and base is 6cm
A) 48cm2 B) 24 cm2 C) 65cm2 D) 14 cm2
44.If 2:7 is expressed in the form 4 : x . find the value of x
A) 12 B) 14 C) 20 D) 28
45.Simplify 0.1/0.001
A) 1 B) 10 C) 100 D) 1000
46.Change 3km 45m to meters
A) 345m B) 3045m C) 30045m D) 30450
47.How many even numbers are there between 19 and 45?
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 16
48.What is the highest number that exactly goes into 18, 36 and 108?
A) 18 B) 2 C) 9 D) 108

49.Express XLIX in Arabic numeral.


A) 511 B) 490 C) 460 D) 49
50.Write in figure, twenty five thousand and five
A) 25,505 B) 25,500 C) 25,050 D) 25,005
51.What is the place value of 2 in 204.14?
A) Hundreds B) Tens C) Tenth D) Hundredth
52.Find the LCM of 12, 18 and 24.
A) 108 B) 72 C) 54 D) 36
53.Find the sum of the square of 9 and the square root of 9
A) 6 B) 9 C) 81 D) 84
54.Express N30,000 as a percentage of N60,000
A 60% B) 50% C) 40% D) 30%
55.Which of the following numbers is NOT a perfect square?
A) 200 B) 144 C) 121 D) 25
56.Two-third of a number is 10. What is the number
A) 30 B) 25 C) 20 D) 15
57.Find the simple interest on ₦600 for 5 years at 9% per annum
A) ₦970 B) ₦720 C) ₦520 D) ₦270
58.If 35% of a number is 70, find the number.
A) 20 B) 35 C) 105 D) 200
59.Multiply 6204 by 0.0031
A) 19.23 B) 19.53 C) 190.23 D) 191.23
60.What must be divided by 9 to obtain 32?
A) 24 B) 72 C) 144 D) 288

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