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MATHEMATICS QUIZ FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY (JSS 1-3)

1. The average age for 10 men is 42. If the average age of 6 of them is 45, and the ages of 3 of
them are 29, 20 and 35, what is the age of the tenth man?
a) 100 yrs b) 66 yrs c) 27 yrs d) 42 yrs e) 47 yrs
2. Approximate 5.7255 to the nearest thousandth.
A. 5.7 B. 5.725 C. 5.7255 D. 5.726 E. 73
3. Write in figure: six hundred and fifty-eight million, one hundred and twenty-five thousand
and one.
A. 658,125,100 B. 658,125,101 C. 658,125,001 D. 658,125,000 E. 658,105,001
4. Express 0.00254 in standard form.
A. 2.54 x 10-1 2.54 x 10-2 C. 2.54 x 10-3 D. 2.54 x 104E. 2.54 x 10-5
5. Find the sum of prime factors in 60.
A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10
6. Round off 6827 to the nearest ten.
A. 6820 B. 6821 C. 6830 D. 6900 E. 7000
7. Express N32.00 as a ratio of N72.00.
A. 34:16 B. 16:34 C.9:4 D. 4:9 E. 1:2
8. Find the L.C.M. of 20a2 and 32ab.
A. 4a B. 16a2b C. 160a2b D. 160ab2 E. 320a2b
9. Add the following 1011, 1111 and 101111 in base two.
A. 111110 B. 10111 C. 1001001 D. 1001101
10. Find the H.C.F of 108 and 72
A. 9 B. 18 C. 27 D. 36 E. 72
11. Increase 4500kg by 15%.
A. 300kg B. 675kg C. 3825kg D. 5175kg E. 67500kg
12. Find the product of the L.C.M. and H.C.F. of the following numbers 9, 12 and 18.
A. 6 B. 18 C. 36 D. 108 E. 216
13. If N240,000.00 is shared among 3 people in the ratio 5:4:3, what is the least share?
A. N100,000.00 B. N96,000.00 C. N80,000.00 D. N60,000.00 E. N52,000.00
14. Find the simple interest on N30,000.00 for 3½ years at 5% per annum.
A. N5,250.00 B. N5,775.00 C. N10,750.00 D. N11,550.00 E. N15,770.00
15. Find the square root of 9 x 16 x 25.
A. 3600 B. 360 C. 60 D. 25 E. 9
16. A desktop computer is bought for N45,000.00 and sold for N30,000.00. Find the loss
percent.
A. 45.00% B. 33.33% C. 30.00% D. 15.33% E. 00%
17. Arrange in descending order of magnitude 3/5, ½, 4/7, 5/9
A. 3/5, 4/7, 1/2., 5/9 B. ½, 4/7, 3/5, 5/9 C. 3/5, 4/7, 5/9, ½ D. 4/7, 3/5, ½, 5/9 E. 5/9, 3/5,
4/7, ½.
18. On every sale of goods worth N10,000.00, there is a commission of N550.00. If an agent
delivers N150,000.00, find his commission.
A. N1,250.00 B. N2,250.00 C. 4,150.00 D. N7,250.00 E. 8,250.00
19. Multiply 1001101two by 111two.
A. 1001101two B. 1000011011two C. 1001001two D. 1010001two E. 10011two
20. A Toyota Hilux uses 100 litres of fuel in a distance of 250km. How many litres of fuel will it
use for a distance of 150 kilometres?
A. 50 litres B. 60 litres C. 80 litres D. 133 litres E. 375 litres
21. Reciprocal of 0.65 to three significant figure is?
A. 1.54 B. 1.538 C. 1.53 D. 1.500 E. 54
22. The length of a basketball pitch can be divided into 12 parts, each 25cm long. How many
parts, each 20cm long can be obtained from the pitch?

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A. 12 B.13 C.14 D.15
23. Write in figure two billion, four million three thousand and two hundred.
a)2, 004 003 200 b) 2, 400 300 200 c) 2, 40 0300 200 d) 2, 004,300 200
24. MMCDIX represent what number.
a) 2419 b) 2159 c) 2411 d) 2409
25. How many minutes are in 12/15 of 6 hours?
a) 288 minutes b) 48 minutes c) 820 minutes d) 48 minutes e) 280 minutes
26. Two sisters shared ₦96 in the ratio 5:7. If the younger sister got the smaller part, how much
did she collect?
a) ₦12 b) ₦56 c) ₦72 d) ₦40 e) ₦57
27. A carton containing 2.5kg of biscuits was shared in a classroom for a certain number of
children. If each child got exactly 60kg of biscuits, how many children were there in the
classroom?
a) 41 b) 100 c) 50 d) 85 e) 70
28. What is the value of 32 + 50 x 4
a) 40 b) 28 c) 13 d) 10 e) 44
29. A store sold an article for ₦875 and made a profit of 35.5%. What was the cost price?
a) ₦645.76 b) ₦545 c) ₦564.38 d) ₦839.50 e) ₦225.63
30. A clerk is paid ₦1,400 per month. What is his salary in a decade?
a) ₦240,000 b) ₦168,000 c) ₦2,800 d) ₦140,000 e) ₦14,000
31. There are 8235 words on a paged book. If each page has 35 lines, how many words are
there on a line?
a) 500 words b) 220 words c) 47 words d) 235 words e) 45 words
32. I was 19 years old when my niece was born. How many months old will she be when I am
57 years old.
a) 38 b) 76 c) 500 d) 333 e) 456
33. A caretaker gets a 16% commission on all the money collected on rent. If he goes home with
₦750, how much did he collect?
a) ₦4,687.5 b) ₦5687.4 c) ₦7500 d) ₦4000.5 e) ₦2687
34. The price of a pair of shoe has increased by 35%. If the previous price was ₦95, what is the
new price?
a) ₦120 b) ₦128.25 c) ₦145 d) ₦138.75 e) ₦150
35. If a tire with a diameter of 160cm is rolled a distance of 16km. How many rotations dose the
wheel make to complete this journey?
a) 1,000 b) 100 c) 10,000 d) 100,000 e) 16,000
36. A child sleeps 8 hours in s day. What percentage of the day does he spend sleeping?
a) 33.3% b) 33.5% c) 43.33% d) 13.33% e) 24%
37. A drive travels at 30km/hr to complete a journey in 3 3/4 hrs. How long will it take him to
make the same journey if his speed is increased by 15km/hr?
a) 1hr b) 11/2hrs c) 2 hrs d) 21/2 hrs e) 1/8 hr
38. The perimeter of a triangle is 140mm. If the sides are in the proportion 4:7:9, what is the
length of the longest side?

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a) 63 b) 67mm c) 40mm d) 50mm e) 63mm
39. A woman bought 5 pairs of shoes at ₦250 each. If she sold them all at a gain of 20%, how
much did she sell each?
a) ₦300 b) ₦500 c) ₦350 d) ₦1500 e) ₦250
40. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 42. What are the numbers?
a) 7, 14, 21 b) 13, 14, 15 c) 16, 17, 18 d) 5, 15, 30 e) 7, 21, 42
41. The speed of a typist is 1500 words per 25 minutes. How many words will he type in 17
minutes?
a) 700 b) 720 c) 1020 d) 1000 e) 60
42. What is the percentage decrease from 350 to 135?
a) 61.43% b) 39% c) 38.5% d) 26.9% e) 75%
43. If I divide a given number by 36 and the answer is 22, remainder 35. What is the number?
a) 827 b) 287 c) 825 d) 782 e) 278
44. A man was 39 years old when his second child was born. If his first child is 7 years older
than the second child, how old was he when his first child was born?
a) 30 yrs b) 32 yrs c) 46 yrs d) 40 yrs e) 53 yrs
45. The yearly population of a town increases by 25%. If the population in January 1992 was
120,000, what will be the population in January 1995?
a) 60,000 b) 90,000 c) 180,000 d) 210,000 e) 234, 375
46. A man paid four ten naira notes for 81 railway tickets and got a change of ₦1.28. What did
each ticket cost him?
a) ₦38.72 b) ₦0.478 c) ₦14.84 d) ₦40.00 e) ₦38
47. What is the surface area of a closed rectangular box with sides 8cm long, 4cm wide and 3cm
high?
a) 96cm2 b) 136cm2 c) 88cm2 d) 72cm2 e) 112cm2
48. In a soap factory, the wage is paid at a rate of ₦50 per worker per day. Find the total wage
for 40 workers who worked for a fortnight.
a) ₦1400 b) ₦2800 c) ₦28000 d) ₦6000 e) ₦700
49. 54/36 in its lowest term is ________
a) 1/3 b) 3/2 c) 2/3 d) 1 e) 3
2 5 3
50. Simplify + + +8
10 1000 100
a) 2.538 b) 8235 c) 2385 d) 8.235 e) 8.253
51. If I walk a distance of 360m in 30minutes. How fast did I walk?
a) 14m/s b) 21m/s c) 2m/s d) 5m/s e) 0.2m/s
52. 4 boys and 5 girls are to share ₦405, such that each girl gets thrice as much as a boy. What is
the share each girl gets?
a) ₦27 b) ₦135 c) ₦63.95 d) ₦319.74 e) ₦21.32
53. If the area of a triangle is 83/4 cm, and the base is 5cm. find the height.
a) 3/4 cm b) 13/4 cm c) 1/2 cm d) 1/3 cm e) 31/2 cm

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54. Telephone poles are placed at an interval of 60m. What is the distance between the first and
the 18th poles?
a) 1020km b) 102km c) 1200km d) 1.02km e) 10.2km
55. 45 is added to a certain number and the result is divided by 2. The final answer is 5 times
the number. What is the number?
a) 9 b) 45 c) 5 d) 10 e) 15
56. Simplify 6x – 3y – (3x – 7y)
a) 3x – 10y b) 9x + 4y c) 3x – 10y d) 9x – 4y e) 3x+4y
o o o
57. In an isosceles triangle, the angles are 40 , 76 , and 2x . What is the value of x?
a) 20o b) 30o c) 32o d) 38o e) 68o
58. A fair die with 6 faces is thrown. What is the probability of obtaining an even number?
a) 1/6 b) 1/2 c) 1/3 d) 1 e) 0
59. If V = π (d/2)2 h, d =?

a)2 ❑√ π ℎV b)
√ 2 V c) 4 π
πℎ ℎV
d)
2V
√π ℎ
e)2❑
√ V
πℎ
60. What is the length of the side o f a square whose area is 1089cm 2
a) 21cm b) 23cm c) 32cm d) 33cm e) 103cm
61. A right angled triangle with sides 13cm, 5cm and x as hypotenuse, opposite and adjacent
respectively. What is the value of x?
a) 12.5cm b) 3cm c) 6.5cm d) 10cm e) 12cm
mny
m( )
62. If m = 2, n = 5 and y = 3, evaluate; m(n+ y ) ny
+
mn mn
a) 4 b) 2 c) 1.6 d) 1.06 e) 1.66
63. Solve the inequality 3 – 2x > 5
a) x > -1 b) x < -1 c) x > -2 d) x < -2 e) x
2 5
64. Express + as a single fraction
a b
2b +5 a 7 7 2 a+5 b 2b +5 a
a) b) c) d) e)
a+b ab a+b ab ab
1 1 1
65. What is the value of b in + =
b 3 2
a) 1/b b) 5 c) 1/3 d) 6 e) 7
66. A lorry used 200 litres of diesel for a journey of 1000km. How many litres of diesel will be
used to cover a distance of 1750km?
a) 150 litres b) 200 litres c) 250 litres d) 350 litrese) 400 litres
67. A man walks from town A to town C through town B if the distance from A to B is 35km
uphill and from B to C is 40km downhill, and he walks 7km/hr uphill and 8km/hr downhill, what
time was used from point A to C?
a) 10hrs b) 14hrs c) 25hrs d) 15hrs e) 5hrs
68. A trader accepts ₦60,000 for some goods whose selling price was ₦65,000. What was the
percentage discount?

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a) 5% b) 79/13 % c) 81/2 % d) 10 % e) 121/2 %
69. A woman is 4 times as old as her son. In 5 years, she will be three times as old as her son.
How old is the woman?
a) 50yrs b) 45yrs c) 40yrs d) 35yrs e) 30yrs
70. In an examination, 350 out of 1250 students failed. What percentage passed?
a) 35% b) 50% c) 65% d) 72% e) 90%
71. What is the sum of the exterior angles of any polygon?
10 2 3
72. What is the value of m in = + ?
15 3 m 5
12 b) 10 c) 9 d) 8 e) 60.
73. If N 4250 is invested at 33/4% per annum. What is half the interest yearly?
N159.38 b) N15937.50 c) N79.69 d) N 796.88 e)N 18.94
74. A boy mistakenly measures the side of a square of length 4m as 3m. What is the percentage
error in his calculated area?
a) 56.3% b) 43.8% c) 17.9% d) 14.1% e) 36%
75. What is the average of 0.5, 0.4, 0.3 and 0.08?
a) 0.32 b) 2.58 c) 0.10 d) 25.8 e) 0.0258
76. A man bought 12 oranges for N22.8 and sells 4 for N10. What is his percentage gain?
a)2 b) 32% c) 31.6% d) 72% e) 2.6%
77. If an article costing N 27,000 was given a discount of 20% , how much was the article sold
for?
N 5,400 b) N 20,600 c) N 26,600 d) N 21,600 e) N 20, 000
78. Express 48/72 in its lowest form
6
/9 b) 4/6 c) 2/3 d) 4/9 e) 2/6
79. What is the perimeter of a field which 60m by 40m?
20m b) 100m c) 120m d) 200m e) 2400m
80. The product of 0.017 and 100 is ____________ (a) 0.00017 (b) 0.0017 (c) 0.017 (d) 1.7
81. John thinks of a number. 18 is subtracted from the number, the result gives – 2. What is the
number? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 20
82. Express 20% as a decimal number. (a) 2.00 b) 0.5 c) 0.2 d) 0.05
83. The value of the 4 in 26.645 is ___ a)4 thousandth b) 4 hundredths c) 4 tenths d) 4 units
84. Convert 1/3 to decimal fraction and give your answer to 4 decimal places. (a) 0.3330 ( b)
0.3333 (c) 0.3334 (d) 0.4444
85. Express 0.0001 in standard form. a) 1 x 104 b) 1 x 103 c) 1 x 10-3 (d) 1 x 10-4
86. The following are polygons EXCEPT ___ (a) Circle (b) quadrilateral (c) hexagon (d)
heptagon
87. Mr. Ojo made a profit of 32% on an article he bought for N3,200.00. How much did he sell
the article? (a) N2,024.00 (b) N2,176.00 (c) N3,200.00 (d) N42,240.00
88. How many faces have a cylinder? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
89. The LCM of 5ab2and 3a2b is: A. ab B. 3a/2b C. 5a3b3 D. 15a2b2
90. Evaluate 2p – (p – 2p) A. 0 B. p C. 3p D. 2p

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91. The first three prime numbers are: A. 1, 2, 3 B. 1, 3, 5 C. 3, 5, 7 D. 2, 3, 5
92. Find the product of (4m – n) and (3m – 2n) A. 12m 2 + 11mn – 2n2 B. 12m2– 11mn + 2n2 C.
12m2 + 11mn + 2n2 D. 12m2 – 11mn - 2n2
93. Find the product of the square root of 16 and the square of 9 is A. 3240
B.1296 C.324 D. 144
94. Evaluate (2a-3b)/5c, given that a = 2, b = -2, c = 1 A. -2 B. -1 C. 0 D. 2
95. Simplify ( x/3)2 A. 2x/3 B. x2/9 C. x2/6 D. x2/3
2
96. Factorize x – 1. A. (x-1) (x+1) B. (x-1) (x -1) C. (x+1) (x+1) D. x (x – 1
97. The probability of a student passing JSSCE Mathematics is 70/100. What is the probability
that the student will fail? A. 1 B. 0.3 C. 0.5 D. 0.7
98. If 13 is the mean of the following set of numbers: 12, 11, 14 and x, what is the value of x? A.
11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 15
99. The value of 7—(—15) is A. -8 B. 22 C. 8 D. 105
100. Round off 3.9695 to 2 decimal places A. 3.98 B. 3.97 C. 3.96 D. 3.95
101. Which of the following fractions is the smallest fraction: 3/4, 5/6, 1/2 and 12/15? A. 12/15
B. 6/15 C. 5/6 D. ½
102. Find the highest common factor of 325, 350, and 375 A. 13 B. 15 C. 21 D. 25
103. Express 6561 in index form. A. 93 B. 94 C. 95 D. 96
104. Correct 0.3748 to two significant figures.
a) 0.30 B. 0.37 C. 0.38 D. 0.39 E. 0.40
105. Find the value of x, if 6/(x-1) = 2.
a) -4 B. -2 C. 4 D. 5 E. 7
106. What is the value of x in:x + 2y = 5
and x – 2y = -1?
a) 6 B. 3 C. 2 D. -2 E. -4
107. If 5/f = 7/4 , what is the value of f?
a) -1 B. 1/3 C. ½ D. 1 E. 3
108. The bearing of P from Q is 270o. What is the bearing of Q from P?
a) 270o B. 180o C. 150o D. 090o E. 045o.
109. Find x if, 3/(3+5) = 5/(3+x)
A. 8 B. -3 C. 3 D. -8 E. 17
110. Solve the following simultaneous equations.
111. x = y + 1
112. x + 2y = 7
A. (3,0) B. (3,1) C. (3,2) D. (3,3) E. (3,4)
113. One-quarter of y is equal to one and a half. What is the value of y?
A. 12 B. 10 C. 8 D. 6 E. 2
114. Simplify 3a – (9a – 5b).
a) 6a + 5b b) 6a – 5b C. -6a – 5b D. 5b – 6a E. 12a + 5b
115. What is the highest common factor of the numbers 30 and 132?
a)6 B. 10 c. 16 d. 12 e. 8
116. There are 24 bottles of drinks in a box. How many bottles are there in 8 of such boxes?
a. 190 b. 182 c. 172 d. 192
117. The product of 6 and a number is 24. What is the number?
A. 5 B. 4 C. 8 D. 3
118. When a certain number of children share 72 sweets, each child gets 4 sweets. How many
children shared the sweets?
A. 18 B. 16 C. 19 D. 17
119. Which of the following contain the first four multiples of 8?
A. 8, 16, 24, 30 B. 8, 16, 24, 36 C. 8, 16, 24, 32 D. 8, 16, 24, 28
120. From the list of numbers below, choose the numbers which are multiples of 6.
A. 15, 18, 24 B. 18, 24, 28 C. 18, 24, 28, 36 D. 18, 24, 36

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121. Fill in the blank space in the sequence: 14, 28, 42, ____, 70.
A. 56 B. 42 C. 63 D. 54
122. Which of the following is a factor of 24?
A. 2, 3, 4 B. 2, 3, 5 C. 2, 4, 7 D. 2, 3, 7
123. Which of the following contain the first six multiples of 3?
A. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 19 B. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 20 C. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 D. 3, 6, 9, 14, 15, 18
124. What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?
a) Obtuse. b) acute c) right angle d) complex
125. If Profit And Loss (In Dollars) Of A Company Is -240, 120 And 600 Then Final Amount (In
Dollars) Is
a) 698 b) 935 c) 480 d) 408
126. Answer Of -68 + {40 + (-8) + (-6)} + 35 Is
a) 13 b)-7 c) 8 d) 10
127. There Are 6 Boxes Of pens In A Store. There Are 4 Pencils In Each Box. If there are 30 items
in each box, how many pens are in the store?
a) 24 b) 156 c) 36 d) 99
128. How Many Seconds Are In One Day?
a) 79400 b) 3600 c) 86,400 d) 1440
129. Julia Read A Book In 20 Days. She Read 16 Pages Every Day For The First 15 Days, And 18
Pages Everyday For The Last 5 Days. How Many Pages Did Julia Read?
a)330 b) 462 c) 530 d) 234
130. 64 Sweets Are Put In Boxes That Contain 8 Sweets Each. How Many Boxes Are Needed?
a) 5 b) 10 c) 9 d) 8
131. If 6 Children Share 145 Sweets Equally, How Many Sweets Will Remain?
a) 13 b) 1 c) 17 d) 19
132. Product Of -2 X -3 X -(+4) X -2 Is
a) 45 b) 65 c) 35 d) 48
133. By Solving (-3 X -7 X 2) – (-4 X -2 X -3), Answer Is
a) 66 b) 74 c) 64 d) 46
134. By Evaluating Following +6 X (-5 X -4), Answer Will Be
120
135. Altogether, Sonia And Nengi Have $27.00. Sonia Buys A Shirt For $12.35 And Negin Buys A
Pair Of Sandals For $10.11. How Much Money Remains?
$4.54
136. What Is The Value Of 5 + 2 • 15 + (12 • 4)?
83
137. What Is The Value Of P In 24 = 2p?
12
138. A polygon with eight sides called?
Octagon
139. Straight-line that touches a circle at a single point?
Tangent
140. How Many Equal Sides Does An Icosahedron Have?
20
141. What Is 25+23=?
48
142. True or False? All sides are equal in the Isosceles Triangle.
True / False
143. What Does The Square Root Of 144 Equal?
12
144. Tesla Has 20 Orange Gums. She Gave 5 Gums To Mary And 3 Gums To Sam. She Bought 12
Gums Again From Which She Lost 6 Gums. Number Of Gums Tresela Have Are

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18
145. Sum Of 2s + 4t -3u + 5v, -S + 2t + 9u – 11v And 3s – 4t + 2u – 3v Is
4s + 2t + 8u – 9v
146. Sum Of 2a + B + 5c And -5a – 2b + 3c Is
-3a – B + 8c
147. Product Of -140 And +8 Is
-1120
148. There Are 4 More Peacocks Than Rabbits on a Farm. The Total Number of Legs (peacock
And Rabbits) Is Equal to 44. How many peacocks Are There?
10
149. What Is The Value Of 4x + 9, When X = 4?
25
150. Mr. Diaz rolls a six-sided cube numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. What is the probability he rolls a
three?
1/6
151. By Solving -2 + 8 + ( -24 / -2), Answer Is
18
152. By Solving ( -72 / -8 ) + ( -3 X -9 ) + (-4) +2, You Will Get
34
153. By Factorization of (10x – 100), Answer Must Be
10(X – 10)
154. Composite Numbers Has
One Factor
155. There are a total of 16 peacocks and tigers On a Farm. The total number of legs (peacock
and tigers) is equal to 50. How Many tigers are there?
9
156. Mr. Joseph Runs 3 Kilometers Everyday From Monday To Friday. He Also Runs 10
Kilometers A Day On Saturday And Sunday. How Many Kilometers Does Joshua Run In A Week?
35km
157. Tom, Julia, Mike, And Fran Have 175 Cards To Use In A Certain Game. They Decided To
Share Them Equally. How Many Cards Are Left?
3
158. There Are 365 Days In One Year, And 100 Years In One Century. How Many Days Are In One
Century?
36,500 Days
159. Jim Drove 768 Miles Of A 1200 Miles Journey. How Many More Miles Does He Need To Drive
To Finish His Journey?
432 Miles
160. The Cost Of Buying A Tall Building Is One Hundred Twenty-One Million Dollars. Write This
Number In Standard Form.
$121,000,000
161. Order From Greatest To Least The Fractions 1/3 , 1/6 , 1/2 , 1/7.
1/2 , 1/3 , 1/6 , 1/7
162. When You Subtract 1,995 From 4,008, The Answer Is Equal To
2,013
163. How Many Milliliters In One Liter?
1000 ML
164. Round 312.92 To The Nearest Whole Number.
313
165. If You Add 1,000 To 29,898, You Obtain
30,898
166. Convert 5/10 To Decimal.

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a) 0.5 B) 5.0 C) 1.5 D) 5.1 E) 0.2
167. Angles In Opposite Segments Are Called?
Supplementary
168. Angles Formed When Two Straight Lines Intersect Each Other Are Called?
Vertically Opposite Angles
169. Sum Of 5x + 3y And 4x – 2y Is
9x + Y
170. If Expression 12c + 1b + 7d Is Subtracted From 39c + 40b + 45d Then Answer Will Be
27C+39b + 38D
171. A Car Traveled 281 Miles In 4 Hours 41 Minutes. The Average Speed Of The Car In mph?
60 Miles/Hr
172. In The Metric System, What Is The Basic Metric Unit Of Mass?
Kilogram
173. If Following Pattern Is Considered 2² + 1 = 5, 3² + 1 = 10, 4² + 17 = 33, 5² + 1 = 26, . . . . . . .,
Then Value Of X In X²+1 = 170 Will Be
13
174. In Following Sequence 79, 76, 73, 70, Next Three Numbers In Sequence Are
67,64,61
175. Ella Has Bought 12 3/6 Kg Of Flour. Nana Has Bought 14 2/8 Kg Of Flour And Emi Has
Bought 11 8/12 Kg Of Flour. One Who Has Bought More Flour Is
Emi
176. Out Of Following Rational Numbers 6/10, 4/15, 8/11 And 3/4, Smallest Rational Number Is

177. Out Of Following Rational Numbers 4/8, 2/6, 9/12 And 10/17, Greatest Rational Number Is
9/12
178. Absolute Value Of Following Integers -30, -20, -10, 5 In Ascending Order Can Best be
Expressed As
5, 10, 20, 30
179. Convert The Decimal 49/7 Into A Fraction In Simplest Terms.
7
180. Least Common Multiple (LCM) Of 40, 50 And 70
1400
181. If The New Cube Has A Volume Of 64,000 Cubic Centimeters, What Is The Area Of One Face
Of The Original Cube?
400 Cm2
182. If The Radius of a cylindrical container is multiplied by 2. By how much would you increase
the height of the Container so that the volume will stay the same?
¼ Of The Original Height
183. One Leg Of A Right Triangle Is 18 Cm And Its Area Is 108 Square Cm. Find Its Perimeter.
51.6 Cm
184. Polygons with 5 sides have the sum of interior angles?
9180 0
185. One Pump Fills A Tank Two Times As Fast As Another Pump. The pumps fills the tanks in 18
minutes. How much time does a single pump take to fill the tank all alone?
27 mins.
186. Two Numbers x And 16 Have LCM = 48 And GCF = 8. Find x.
24
187. Area of a circle is 81pi square ft, find its circumference.
18 Ft
188. Find The Greatest Common Factor Of 24, 40, and 60.
4
189. If Zisan had Lunch at $100 and he Gave 20% tip, How Much Did He Spend?

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$120
190. If Jhonson sells her house at a loss of 10% on cost and paid $125000 for It then its selling
price is?
$112,500
191. If A Book Is Sold For $250 At 15% Loss On Cost Then Cost Price Of Book Is
$294
192. If A Pair of the shoe is Sold For $2000 at Gain Of 20% On Cost Price Then Cost Is
$1,666
193. If You subtract 50 from -30 then answer will be
80
194. Angle Which Is Less Than 360° And Larger Than 180° Is Called As
Reflex Angle
195. Angle Which Is Less Than 90° Is Called
Acute Angle
196. Least Common Multiple (LCM) Of 2² X 4² And 2³ X 4² Is
512
197. John Has Two Beepers Red And Green. Green Beeper Beeps Every 35 Seconds And Red
Beeper Beeps Every 45 Seconds. How Many Seconds Do Both Beepers Beep At the Same time?
315
198. Find The Least Common Multiple of 6, 8, And 12.
24
199. One Cubic Centimeter Is Equal To How Many Milliliters?
1 Ml
200. In Following Number Sequence 40960, 10240, 2560, 640, Next Three Numbers In Sequence
Are
160,40,10
201. Given is Z = (X + Y)/4, Then If X = 10 And Y = 10 Value Of ‘Z’ Will Be
5
202. Considering Equation X = B² – Cd/10, Then If B = 6, C = 2 And D = 4, Value Of ‘X’ Will Be
2.8
203. Considering Formula 1/W = 1/X + 1/Y + 1/Z, Then If X = 5, Y = 10, And Z = 15, Value Of 1/W
Is
11/30
204. Considering Formula A = Bc + Cd + F + G/Bcd, Then If Value Of B = 2, C = 3, D = -3, F = 1, G =-
2, Value Of ‘A’ Will Be in float values
0.22
205. Little John Had $8.50. He Spent $2 On Sweets And Gave To His Two Friends $4.5 Each. How
Much Money Was Left?
$1.5
206. What Is X If X + 2y = 10 And Y = 3?
4
207. A Telephone Company Charges Initially $0.50 and Then $0.11 For Every Minute. Cost that
last minute.
$7.1
208. A Car Travels At A Speed Of 65 Miles Per Hour. How Far Will It Travel In 6 Hours?
390 Miles
209. A Rectangle A With Length 10 Centimeters And Width 5 Centimeters Is Similar To Another
Rectangle B Whose Length Is 20 Centimeters. Find The Area Of Rectangle B.
200 cm Squares
210. A Segment Is 3 Units Long. It Is Divided Into 9 Parts. What Fraction Of A Unit Are 2 Parts Of
The Segment?
2/3

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211. How Many Sides Does A Hexagon Have?
6
212. Taylor Pays $5.25 For 0.5 Yards Of Fabric. What Is The Cost Per Yard?
$10.50
213. Absolute Value Of Integer -40 Is
40
214. Kind Of Triangle Which Has Two Equal Sides Is
Isosceles Triangle
215. Right-Angled Triangle Must Have
One Right Angle
216. Obtuse-Angled Triangle Must Have
One Obtuse Angle
217. If there Are 1000 People In A City And 567 Of Them Went To The Hockey Game what %
Didn’t Go?
43.3
218. There Are 147 Boxes Of Sweets In A Store. There Are 25 Sweets In Each Box. How Many
Sweets Are In The Store?
3675 Sweets
219. What Is The Value Of (14 + 5) – (5 – 2)
16
220. 2 X (14 + 5) – 7 =?
31
221. What Is The Value Of 23 – (10 – A) If A = 5?
18
222. If Z + Y = 20 And Y = 5, What Is Z?
15
223. Find The Quotient Of 144 And 12.
12
224. Write the number 7 060 696 in words. Seven million and sixty thousand, six hundred
and ninety-six
225. Round the number 50 313 to the nearest hundred. 50 300
226. Write the number Three million eight thousand and ninety-seven 3,008,097
227. If a supermarket sells 143 687 litres of milk in one month, how many litres is this to the
nearest 10 000? 140 000
228. Write 35 in Roman numerals. XXXV
229. What is the next number in the sequence: 85, 75, 65, …? 55
230. Which is the missing number in the series: 690 382, …., 490 382? 590 382
231. What is the largest number that will round to 70 000 when rounding to the nearest 10 000?
74 999
232. Round -4.5 to the nearest integer. -4
233. Write the number four million, three hundred and six thousand, and fifty-one in numerals.
4 306 051
234. I start with a number. I multiply it by 8 and then add 6. I end up with the number 86. What
number did I start with? 10
235. A teacher gave out 28 pens on Monday, 16 pens on Tuesday and 27 pens on Wednesday.
How many pens did he give out in total? 71 pens
236. Mark bought a chocolate bar for £1.60 and a drink for £1.89. How much did he spend in
total? £3.49
237. What is 33 doubled? 66
238. Find the answer to the following calculation: 780 × 3 - 1340. 1000
239. Tania has 2 sacks of potatoes weighing 41kg in total. One of the sacks weighs 27kg. How
much does the other sack weigh? 14kg

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240. Find the answer to the following calculation: 67.3 + 49.8 - 110. 7.1
241. Jenny’s mother can knit 1 sock every day. How many days will it take her to knit 4 pairs of
socks? 8
242. The sum of 2 numbers is 14 and their difference is 4. What are the numbers? 9,5
243. There are 35 more girls than boys in a school. If there are 198 boys, how many pupils in
total are in the school? 431
244. What is the highest common factor of the numerator and denominator in the fraction
24/60? 12
245. Which of the following fractions is the smallest - 5/6, 9/10or 13/15? 13/15
246. What is one-third of 48? 16
247. At a running championship, a school won 84 medals.1/2 of the medals were gold, 1/3 of the
medals were silver and16of the medals were bronze. How many medals were silver? 28
248. Annie swam 3/4 of a kilometre on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. How many
kilometres did she swim in total? 3 km
249. Convert 0.75 to a fraction, where the denominator is 12. 9/12
250. In a school, three-quarters of the pupils have hot dinners and the rest have a packed lunch.
What percentage of children have a packed lunch? 25%
251. You notice that in a supermarket, there’s a special offer on bread. The price is reduced by
0.2. What percentage of the original price will you pay now? 80%
252. What’s 3/8 converted to a decimal? 0.375
253. Muhammad buys 2 bottles of lemonade. One bottle contains 3/4 litres and the other 3/5
litres. How much lemonade is there altogether in millilitres? 1350ml.
254. Which shape has no right angles and 4 equal sides? Rhombus
255. How many vertices does a cuboid have? 8 vertices
256. How many more sides does a hexagon have than a rhombus? 2
257. How many sides are there altogether in an octagon, hexagon and kite? 18
258. If you know that 2 of the angles in a triangle are 110˚ and 35˚, what is the third one? 35˚
259. The radius of a circle is 346mm. What is its diameter in cm? 69.2cm
260. What is a reflex angle? >180˚
261. How many degrees do the interior angles of a quadrilateral add up to? 360˚
262. How many edges does an octahedron have? 12
263. Two numbers have a difference of 0.7 and a sum of 1. What are the numbers?
a) 0.85 and 0.25 b) 0.95 and 0.15 c) 0.25 and 0.95 d) 0.85 and 0.15
264. What is 25% of 1400?
a) 700 b) 350 c) 1050 d) 1000
265. calculate 3598 ÷ 14.
a) 297 b) 282 c) 257 d) 242
266. In a class of 30 pupils, the ratio of girls to boys is 4:1. How many boys are in the class?
a) 6 b) 24 c) 8 d) 22
267. In the number 248 803.42, in what places are the digits 2?
a) ten, thousands and tenths b) thousands and hundredths c) hundred, thousands and
hundredths d) hundred, thousands and tenths
268. Calculate: 45 × 19.
a) 855 b) 900 c) 810 d) 825
269. What is the number 542 in Roman numerals?
a) DXXXII b) CDXLII c) CCLXII d) DXLII
270. What shape has 2 flat faces, 1 curved face, 2 edges and 0 vertices?
a) cone b) sphere c) cube d) cylinder
271. Calculate: 9 × (5 + 6) + 4.
a) 135 b) 103 c) 55 d) 47
272. How would you express 1.54m in cm?**
a) 1540cm b) 15.4cm c) 154cm d) 0.154cm

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273. The least number of five digits which is completely divisible by 39, is ………. .
a) 10101 b) 10062 c) 10016 d) 10023
274. Solve 6 – 9 + 8 × 3 ÷ 20 = ……. .
a) 6 b) 10 c) -2 d) 12
275. What is 121 times 11?
a) 1331 b) 1313 c) 1133 d) 3131
276. A car covers a distance of 200km in 2 hours 40 minutes, whereas a jeep covers the same
distance in 2 hours. What is the speed of the jeep?
a) 987 b) 653 c) 540 d) 100
277. In the following series a wrong number is given. Find out that number.
4, 5, 10, 18, 34, 59, 95
a) 5 b) 10 c) 18 d) 34
278. A clock reads 2100hrs. If the minute hand points west, in what direction will the hour hand
point?
a) North b) North-West c) North-East d) South-East
279. Find the value of x; if x = (2 × 3) + 11.
A. 55
B. 192
C. 17
D. 66
280. If a number has an even number or zero at its unit place; the number is always divisible by
……. .
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 7
281. A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by …….. .
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
282. A number is divisible by 5 if its unit digit is ………………… .
A. 2 or 0
B. 10 or 0
C. 0 or 5
D. None of these
283. Solve : 200 – (96 ÷ 4)
A. 105
B. 176
C. 26
D. 16
284. Solve : 24 x 4 ÷ 4
A. 25
B. 6
C. 28

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D. 24
285. What is the average value of 25, 20, 23 and 22?
A. 20
B. 21.5
C. 22.5
D. 24
286. What is the sum of all one digit prime numbers?
A. 11
B. 13
C. 15
D. 17
287. The square root of 0.0081 is ………… .
A. 0.09
B. 0.9
C. 0.91
D. 0.009
288. 10-2 means …………. .
A. milli
B. centi
C. micro
D. deci
289. What is the sum of 5x3 – 3x2 - 1 and 3x2 + 1?
A. 5x3
B. 6x2
C. 5x
D. 3x2
290. The cube root of 1331 is ………… .
A. 11
B. 13
C. 19
D. 17
291. All natural numbers and 0 are called the ……………….. numbers.
A. whole
B. prime
C. integer
D. rational
292. The wages of 10 workers for a six-day week is $ 1200. What are the one day’s wages of 4
workers?
A. $ 40
B. $ 32
C. $ 80
D. $ 24
293. 142 × 16 = ………….. .
A. 7222
B. 2227

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C. 2722
D. 2272
294. 4505 ÷ 5 = ………… .
A. 901
B. 910
C. 190
D. 109
295. 10003 – 999 = ………….. .
A. 4009
B. 9004
C. 9040
D. 9400
296. A clock strikes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock, thrice at 3 o’clock and so on. How many
times will it strike in 24 hours?
A. 78
B. 136
C. 156
D. 196
297. 106 × 106 – 94 × 94 = ?
A. 2004
B. 2400
C. 1904
D. 1906
298. Which number gives 240 when added to its own square?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 18
D. 20
299. Evaluation of 83 × 82 × 8-5 is …………. .
A. 1
B. 0
C. 8
D. None of these.
300. The simplest form of 1.5 : 2.5 is …………… .
A. 6 : 10
B. 15 : 25
C. 0.75 : 1.25
D. 3 : 5
301. How many hours in 90 minutes?
A. 1.5 hours
B. 1.30 hours
C. 1 hour
D. None of these.
302. Simplify : 3 + 6 x (5 + 4) ÷ 3 - 7
A. 11

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B. 16
C. 14
D. 15
303. Annual income of A is 10% more than of B whereas income of B is 20% more than that of C.
If monthly income of C is $ 2000 then what is the sum of monthly incomes of A, B and C?
A. $ 6,872
B. $ 7,046
C. $ 7,772
D. $ 7,040
304. $ 2496 is spend in the floor repair of 30 × 16 ft hall. What is repair cost per square feet?
a)$ 5.20 $ 78.00 $ 12.48 $ 52.00
305. $ 600 becomes $ 720 in 4 years when the interest is simple. If the rate of interest is
increased by 2%, then what will be total amount?
a)$ 642 b)$ 724 c)$ 725d)$ 768
306. 3/7 of 4/9 of 7/12 of 882 = ?
a) 126 b) 196 c) 294 d) 89
307. 45% of 640 + 64% of 450 = ? % of 1440
a) 54 b) 40 c) 45 d) 50
308. 3456 ÷ 12 x 8 = ?
a) 33.5 b)36.5 c) 36 d) 2,304
309. 839.093 + 31.005 – 136.048 = ?
a)734.50 b)734.05 c)724.05 d)None of these.
310. What is the value of x in 5/8 of x = 20?
a)54 b)64 c)98 d)32
311. In a two digit number, the digit in the unit’s place is two more than the three times of the
digit in ten’s place. If the sum of the two digits is 6, the number is
a)51 b)24 c)15 d)42
312. 0.05 × 0.09 × 5 = ………. .
a)0.005 b)0.0225 c)0.025d)0.225
313. (4)^2 + (3)^2 = (x)^2. What is the value of x
a)5 b)14 c)25 d) 7
314. 18/√x = 2
a) 6 b) 18 c) 36 d) 81
315. 90112 – 3123/3 = ……….. .
a) 86989 b) 89071 c) 93235 d) 28996
316. What is the value of x in 3x+5=2x(y-3), if y = 2
a)-6 b) 9 c) -5 d) 8
317. Which number should be substituted for x in (x)/81 = 144/(x)
108, 972, 1296, 11664
a) 108 b) 972 c) 1296d) 11664
318. What percentage should be added to 40 to make it 50?
a) 15 b)25 c)75 d)80
319. Which is the smallest fraction among the following? ¾ , 6/5 , 6/7 , 2/3.
a)¾ b)6/5 c)6/7 d)2/3
320. 4.16 × 0.75 = ………… .

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a)0.312 b)0.0312 c)3.12 d)31.2
321. A car covers a distance of 200km in 2 hours 40 minutes, whereas a jeep covers the same
distance in 2 hours. What is the ratio of the jeeps speed to the car?
a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 4:5 d) 5:4
322. 10001 – 101 = ?
a) 1001 b) 990 c) 9990 d) 9900
323. A pr number is greater than 3 but less than 10. With a multiple of 28. What is the number?
a) 5 c) 6 c) 7 d) 8
324. In the following series a wrong number is given. Find out that number.
4, 5, 10, 25, 62.5,156.25
a) 5 b) 10 c) 25 d) 4
325. A clock reads 4:30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand
point?
a)North b) North-West c) North-East d) South-East
326. The sum the of square of two numbers is 86 and the square of difference between the two
numbers is 36. Find the product of two numbers.
a) 11 b) 22 c) 39 d) 26
327. The value of 1.07 × 65 + 1.07 × 26 + 1.07 × 9 is;
a)10.73 b) 10.7 c) 10.70 d) 107
328. If 6 is 55.5% of a number, what is the number?
a) 10.81 b) 11.00 c) 12.34 d) 13.76
329. Area of a parallelogram whose base is 9 cm and height is 4 cm is ……….. square cm.
a) 9 b) 4 c) 36 d) 13
330. Andy read 4/5 th of a story book which has 100 pages. How many pages of the book is not
yet read by Andy?
a)40 b) 60 c) 80 d) 20
331. The quotient in a division sum is 403. The divisor is 100 and the remainder is 58. The
dividend is ……… .

a) 40458 b) 34058 c) 43058 d) 40358

332. A polygon with minimum number of sides is


a) Pentagon b) Square c) Triangle d) angle
333. Polygons that have no portions of their diagonals in their exteriors are called
a) Squares b) Triangles c) convex d) concave
334. Polygons that have any portions of their diagonals in their exteriors are called
a) Squares b) Triangles c) convex d) concave
335. All the sides of a regular polygon are _________________.
a) Parallel b) equal in length c) not parallel d) not equal
336. All the angles of a regular polygon are of ________________.
a) 90° b) 60° c) equal measure d) equal length
337. Sum of all interior angles of a polygon with (n) sides is given by
a) (n – 2) × 180° b) n – 2 × 180° c) (n + 2) × 180° d) n + 2 × 180°
338. Maximum number of right angles in a right angled triangle are
a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 0
339. Sum of all interior angles of a parallelogram is

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a) 180° b) 360° c) 540° d) 240°
340. The angle sum of all interior angles of a convex polygon of sides 7 is
a) 180° b) 540° c) 630° d) 900°
341. Each exterior angle of a regular hexagon is of measure
a) 120o b) 80o c) 100o d) 600
342. The number of sides in a regular polygon is 15 , then measure of each exterior angle is
a) 240 b) 360 C) 200 D) 180
343. A parallelogram whose all sides are equal is called
a) square b) rhombus c)rectangle d) trapezium
344. The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at _________ angles.
a) acute b) right c) obtuse d) reflex
345. Diagonals of a rectangle are:
a)equal to each other b)not equal c) one is double of the other d) none of these
346. The diagonals of a square bisect each other at _________ angle.
a)acute b)right c)obtuse d)reflex
347. The value of x in a right angled triangle if two of the angles are 20 0 and x0 is:
a)60 o b)70 o c)180 o d)90 o
348. Question18. Minimum possible interior angle in a regular polygon is ___________.
a) 70 o b) 60 o c)90 o d)120o
349. Maximum possible exterior angle in a regular polygon is ___________.
a)70 o b)60 o c)90 o d)120o
350. How many sides does a heptagon have?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 7 d) 5
351. What should be added to -7/3 to get 3/7?
a) 21/58 b) 58/21 c) 47/21 d)50/21
352. The solution for 3m = 5m – (8/5) is:
a) 8/5 b)⅘ c)5/4 d)4/3
353. The area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 10 cm and 8.2 cm is:
a) 41 cm2 b) 82 cm2 c 410 cm2 820 cm2
354. A cylindrical box has ____ curved surface and ____ circular faces, which are identical.
a)One, One b)One, two c) two, one d)two, two
355. On factorising 14pq + 35pqr, we get:
a) pq(14+35r) b) p(14q+35qr) c) q(14p+35pr) d) 7pq(2+5r)
356. Which least number should be added to 2600 to make it a perfect square?
A. 3 B. 39 C. 1 D. 5
357. If 5 boys take 7 hours to pack 35 cartoons, then how many boys can pack 65 cartoons in 3
hours?
A. 26 B. 39 C. 45 D. 22
358. Simplify :150 ÷ (6 + 3 x 8) - 5
A. 2 B. 5 C. 0 D. None of these
359. Mr Oladele left his house for work at 7:30am and returned at 9:25pm. How long was he
away from home?
a) 13hrs 25mins b) 13hrs 45mins c) 10hrs 55mins d) 13hrs 55mins
360. If 7 books cost ₦35. Find the cost of 5 books of the same type.
a) ₦25 b) ₦17 c) ₦250d) ₦2.50

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361. There are 180 girls in a school. If the ratio of girls to boys is 4:3, what is the total number of
students in the school? a) 225 b) 315 c)360 d)405
2 x −(5+ 8) 1 1 2
362. What is the value of x in +2 x=19? a) 8 b) 24 c)2 d)1 e) 5
5 6 2 3

√ √ √ 4 D c)h = 4 D d)
2
363. If D= 3 ℎ , express h as the subject of the formulae. a)h=
2 D b)h=
2 3 9 9


2
h= 2 D
3
364. Simplify (5a+3b) - (2a-7b) a)3a - 4b b)3a–10b c)3a+4b
d)7a+10b
365. A trader is paid N8 for every tray of eggs sold. At the end of the week, she is paid a total of
N560. How many eggs did she sell all together, if each tray = 30 eggs. a) 70 b) 210
c) 2100d) 598
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366. A girl cycles at the rate of 10km/hr for 1 hrs. How far did she travel? a) 5km
2
b) 10km c) 15km d) 18km
367. A car travelled 42km on 6 litres of petrol. How far will it travel on 9 litres? a)49km
b) 63km c) 70km d) 90km
368. How much interest does N3000 yeild in 2 yrs at 81/2% per annum? a) N1000
b)N600 c)N510 d)N300
369. A woman bought a car for N250000, and sold it at a loss of 8% what was the selling price of
the car? a) N200000 b) N150000 c) N220000 d) N230000
370. It cost N 37800 to cover the floor of a room of length 12cm and width 10.5cm, with a rug.
What is the cost of the rug per square metre. a) N 400 b) N300 c)
N325 d) N350
371. What is the simple interest of 6000 for 3yrs at 12% per annum? a) N
2500 b) N 1080 c) N 2000 d) N 2160
1 2 2s g 2
372. If s= >¿ make t the subject of formulae a) t= b) t=( ) c)t=
2 g 2s

√ √
2
s d) t= 2 s
2g g
x +9 y y−9 9+3 y 9 y−1
373. If y= , what is x? a) b) c) d)
x−3 9 −3 3 y −1 3+ y
374. 72 x5000 in standard form is expressed as? a) 360000 b)36x10
5 5
c)36x10 d)3.6x10
375. A new table cost N10000. Find the cost of buying the same table in two years if the rates of
inflation for those years are 20% and 10% respectively. a)N11500 b)N12000
c)N13000 d)N13200
376. A bookshelf can hold 84 books each 3cm wide. How many books of width 4cm can it hold?
a)56 b)63 c)105 d)84
377. If x varies directly as y, and x=7 when y=35, then the relationship between x and y is?
a)x=ky b)x=y c)7=35k d)x=y/5
378. The perimeter of a rectangle is 20cm. If the breadth of the rectangle is 2cm, what is its area?
a)32cm2 b)16cm2 c)40cm2 d)18cm2

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379. An equilateral triangle of side 16cm has the same perimeter with a square. What is the area
of the square? a)48cm2 b)144cm2 c)64cm2 d)96cm2
380. There are 6 blue balls, and 3 red balls in a box. If one of them is picked at random, what is
the probability that the ball is red? a)½ b) 1/3 c)3/6 d)0

381. Which number is the equivalent to 3^(4)/3^(2)?


9
382. What is the year 1982 in Roman Numerals?
MCMLXXXII
383. Three people in a room tell lies for 1/3rd of their time. A coin flip is conducted with the
three of them, and all of them say it is “heads.” What is the probability that the coin actually has
the “head” face up?
8/9
384. At a Christmas party, everyone shook hands with everyone else. There were a total of 66
handshakes that happened during the party. How many people were present?
12
385. What is the value of Pi to four individual decimal places?
3.1416
386. You are given a 3-digit number. The second digit of this number is four times bigger than
the third digit. The first digit of the number is 3 less than the second digit. What is the number?
141
387. Solve the following equation: -15 + (-5x)=0.
-3
388. A car is traveling at the rate of 75 kilometers per hour. How many meters is the car
traveling in one minute?
1250 meters per minute.
389. What is the rounded-off value of 6488 cakes to the nearest 100 cakes?
6500 cakes.
390. How many hours are there in a year, rounded to the nearest hour?
8760 hours.
391. A man is currently 4 times older than his son. In 10 years, the man will be three times older
than his son. What is the man’s age presently?
80
392. Which number is best represented in binary as 100? Answer – 4
393. What 3 numbers result in the same answer when they are added or multiplied altogether?
1, 2, and 3.
394. A Group Of 120 People, 90 Have An Age Of More 30 Years, And The Others Have An Age Of
Less Than 20 Years. Find the probability that a person’s age is less than 20 if a person is chosen
at random.
0.25
395. If length=4*width, If The Area Is 100 M2 What Is The Length Of The Rectangle?
20 Meters
396. A Six-Sided Die Is Rolled Once. What Is The Probability That The Number Rolled Is An Even
Number Greater Than 2?
1/3
397. A Car Is Traveling 75 Kilometers Per Hour. How Many Meters Does The Car Travel In One
Minute?
1250 Meters/Minute
398. Linda Spent 3/4 Of Her Savings On Furniture. She Then Spent 1/2 Of Her Remaining Savings
On A A.C. If The A.C Cost Her $300, What Were Her Original Savings?
$2400
399. Round Off Value Of 78.25m To Nearest 10m Is

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78m
400. Round Off Value Of 348g To Nearest 10g Is
350g
401. Round Off Value Of 214g To Nearest 100g Is
200g
402. Mr. Joseph Runs 3 Kilometers Everyday From Monday To Friday. He Also Runs 10
Kilometers A Day On Saturday And Sunday. How Many Kilometers he Run In A Week?
35km
403. A plane Traveled 451 Miles In 2 Hours 3Minutes. The Average Speed Of The plane In mph?
220mph

404. What is the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 35cm (take π=¿ 22/7)
a) 120cm b) 110 cm c) 134cm d) 254cm
405. Lagos has a population of 320,000; the population of Calabar is less by 120,000, what is the
population of Calabar.
a) 200,000 b) 220,000 c) 20,000 d) 120,000
406. A machine can place 60 blocks in a box in two hours. How many blocks can it place in 15
hours?
a) 450 blocks b) 400 blocks c) 440 blocks d) 540 blocks
407. In a government school, there are 16 classes. If there are 42 children in each class, how
many children are there in the school?
a) 762 b) 672 c) 572 d) 627
408. A tailor bought 20 rolls of red cloth. If there were 45m of material in each roll, how many
metres of material did he buy?
a) 900 metres b) 940 metres c) 1000 metresd) 920 metres
409. A father bought several cloths as presents for his children. He paid ₦450 for 9 similar cloths.
How many did each cloth cost?
a) ₦50 b) ₦25 c) ₦30 d) ₦35
410. Sandra and Veronica made 8500 pieces of biscuits. They filled 50 tins with equal amount of
biscuits. How many biscuits were there in each tin?
a) 128 b) 180 c) 170 d) all of the above
411. A boy delivered 15200 copies of newspaper to his neighbourhood in 190 days. How many
copies of newspaper did he deliver each day?
a) 80 copies b) 86 copies c) 88.5 copies d) 80 copies
412. A bakery bakes 7200 loaves of bread in 40 days, how many loaves of bread does he bake
each day?
a) 150 b) 185 c) 190 d) 180
413. In what time will ₦250 become ₦300 at a rate of 5% per annum?
a) 4 years b) 6 years c) 3 years d) 2 years
414. Three out of six books cost each 45k and the rest cost 32k each. Find the average cost
a) 48k b) 48.5k c) 38.5k d) 38k
415. In a boarding school there are 2450 pupils. If there are 964 girls, how many more boys are
there than girls
a) 1486 b) 522 c) 799 d) 2769
416. Find the least common multiple of 6, 9, 12
a) 72 b) 36 c) 60 d) 18

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cs − c
417. If c = 4, n = 1, and s = 3, what is the value of
s −n
a) 4 b) 8 c) 2 d) 12
418. A company pays 20% per annum interest. Find the interest for a year on ₦1000
a) ₦210 b) ₦200 c) ₦100d) ₦20
419. Express 50 kobo as a ratio of ₦2.40 in its simplest form
a) 5:6 b) 5:26 c) 5:7 d) 5:24
420. Find the average of the following numbers; 15.5, 4.6, 8.3, 4.2, 7.3
a) 7.98 b) 9.78 c) 8.97 d) 7.89
421. A woman whose monthly salary was ₦5000 receives an increase of 25%. Calculate his
present monthly salary
a) ₦6250 b) ₦1250 c) ₦5250 d) ₦6520
422. Share 72 mangoes between Kunle and Kofi such that Kofi takes 6 more than Kunle. What is
Kofi’s share?
a) 42 b) 38 c) 36 d) 39
423. A bank pays 121/2 per annum interest. Find the interest for a year on ₦600
a) ₦70 b) ₦75 c) ₦85 d) ₦65
424. Express 25 kobo as a ratio of ₦1.20 in its simplest form
a) 5:6 b) 5:26 c) 5:7 d) 5:24
425. Find the average of the following numbers; 10.5, 2.2, 6.1, 8.0, 5.7
a) 6.5 b) 16.5 c) 4.5 d) 5.5
426. A man whose monthly salary was ₦3000 receives an increase of 20%. Calculate his present
monthly salary
a) ₦3600 b) ₦3800 c) ₦3400 d) ₦2800
427. On a map a line of length 5cm represents 40km. How many kilometers would a line of
length 7 1/2 cm represent?
428. a) 30km b) 37 1/2 km c) 60km d) 300km
429. Bobo has some money in a box. If 3/8 of the money is ₦4.80, how much money does he have
in the box?
a) ₦14.40 b) ₦12.80 c) ₦38.40 d) ₦1.80
430. A man who earns ₦480 in a month has to pay 25k as tax on every Naira. How much tax does
he pay for the month?
a) ₦120 b) ₦480 c) ₦100 d) ₦75
431. There are 600 pupils in a school. If 33 1/3 % are girls, how many boys are there in the
school?
a) 400 b) 300 c) 200 d) 150
432. A woman bought some oranges and 30% of them were bad. If there were 60 bad oranges,
how many oranges did she buy?
a) 100 b) 180 c) 200 d) 42
433. A book seller pays ₦20 for a pen. What price must he sell it to make a profit of 15%
a) ₦23 b) ₦25 c) ₦55 d) ₦35
434. At what rate per annum will the interest of ₦400 amount to ₦24 in 2years

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a) 2% b) 3% c) 4% d) 5%
435. Two brother shared 35 oranges in the ratio 3:4. If the younger brother took the larger share,
how many oranges did he take?
a) 27 b) 20 c) 18 d) 15
436. Emeka took a loan of ₦500 for 3 years. If he paid interest at the rate of 10% per annum, how
much interest did he pay altogether?
a) ₦150 b) ₦140 c) ₦120d) ₦96
437. The perimeter of a square table is 6 meters. What is the length of one of its side?
a) 3m b) 2.5m c) 2m d) 1.5m
438. Mr. Paul borrowed ₦200 and agreed to pay an interest of 10k per Naira per month. If he
paid back the loan and interest just two months after taking the loan, how much did he pay back
altogether?
a) ₦440.00 b) ₦40.00 c) ₦220.00 d) ₦240.00
439. trader made a profit of 20 percent on a radio which he sold for ₦144.00. Calculate the cost
price of the radio.
a) ₦28.80 b) ₦120.00 c) ₦115.00 d) ₦144.00
440. A trader buys 2 dozen tins of milk at ₦2.50 per dozen and sells each tin of milk for 25k. How
much does he gain or lose?
a) ₦1.00 loss b) ₦0.50 gain c) ₦1.00 gain d) ₦0.50 loss
441. If you share 45 in the ratio 3:2 the smaller share is
a) 27 b) 3 c) 2 d) 18
442. If 12 men can finish a piece of work in 8 days, how many days will 6 men take to do the
same piece of work, working at the same rate?
a) 6 days b) 12 days c) 16 days d) 8 days
443. A car uses 2 litres of petrol for every 48km in a journey. For how many kilometres will it use
28 litres of petrol?
a) 762 km b) 714 km c) 627 km d) 672 km
444. A girl runs 60 metres in 12 seconds. What is her speed in km per hour?
a) 18km/h b) 20km/h c) 16km/h d) 28km/h
445. Simplify -96xyz/-24x2yz2 a)4xy b)4/xy c)4yz d) xy/4
446. 5 potatoes and 70 plantains cost ₦8.70, if the plantain cost 7 for 12k. Find the cost of one
potato
a) ₦1.20 b) ₦6.50 c) ₦1.15 d) ₦1.50
447. Lagos has a population of 320,000; w hat % represents the population of Calabar, if the
population is less by 120,000?
a) 85% b) 80% c) 62.5% d) 72.3%
448. A machine can mould 60 blocks in a box in two hours. How many blocks can it mould in 15
hours?
a) 450 blocks b) 400 blocks c) 440 blocks d) 540 blocks
449. A tank is 14m high, 8m wide and 5m deep, find the volume of water it contains if it is half
full
a) 284 cm3 b) 280cm3 c) 560cm2 d) 288cm3

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450. A bus driver drives at an average speed of 84 km/h. Calculate the distance covered in 4-
hours.
A) 333 km B) 334 km C) 228 km D) 336 km
451. Three children shared certain numbers of fruits in the ratio 5:3:2. If the one with the
smallest ratio received 40 fruits, find the number of fruits shared.
A) 200 B) 100 C) 120 D) 160
452. Simi bought six books at ₦50.00 each and sold them for ₦230.00. How much does she loss?
A)₦60.00 B)₦75.00 C)₦40.00 D)₦70.00
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453. A tank is 6m by 4m by 3m. calculate /3 of its volume
A) 72m3 B) 36m3 C) 24m3 D) 18m2
454. for the remaining 2minutes. What is the distance he ran? a) 56km
b)3.4km c)56m d)3.3m

455. Calculate A relay racer ran with a speed of 10 m/s for 3minutes, before increasing his speed
to 13m/s the simple interest on ₦920.00 for 3 years at the rate of 5% per annum.
A) ₦148.00 B) ₦138.00 C) ₦158.00 D) ₦220.00
456. What is the simple interest on a loan of ₦960 for 3 years at 5% per annum?
a) ₦77 b) ₦288 c) ₦72 d) ₦144
457. How many hours are there in 4days and 17 hours?
a) 103hrs b) 113hrs c) 117hrs d) 96hrs
458. A seller bought 120 eggs for ₦250. Out of these, 20 eggs got cracked and were sold at 50k
each. The remaining eggs she later sold for ₦2.75 each find the percentage gain?
a) 16% b) 14% c) 15% d) 18%
459. The area of a square field is 225cm2. What is the perimeter of the field?
a) 60m b) 450m c) 500m d) 90m
460. Find three fifths of the sum of 18 and 17 a) 14 b)35 c)21 d)17
461. The racer drove at an average speed of 180 km/h. He took 20 minutes to get to the finish
line. How far is the race?
A) 60km B) 3600km C) 80km D) 90km
462. The middle pages of a book are numbered 20 and 21. How many pages are there in the
book?
A) 21 B) 20 C) 40 D) 42
463. Emeka deposited ₦450 in a bank, which adds simple interest at 5% per annum. How much
interest does Emeka earn in 2 years?
A) ₦22.50 B) ₦45.00 C) ₦405.00 D) ₦495.00
464. A spoon holds 4 milliliters (ml). How many spoons of syrup can be obtained from a bottle
that contains 0.12 liters (l)?
A) 35 B) 30 C) 60 D) 40
465. Solve the inequality x – 2 > 4 – 4x. a) x < 11/5 b) x >11/5 c)x = 3 d) x > 2
466. Simon spent 3/8 of his money on transportation. 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
467. A bag of rice weighs 50 kg, a jar of wine weighs 450 grams and a bag of potatoes weighs 1.5
kg. What is the TOTAL mass, in grams, of the three items?
A) 50450g B) 51950g C) 51450g D) 51945g

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468. Of three numbers, the first doubles the second, the second doubles the third and the
average of the three numbers is 35. What are the numbers?
A) 20, 10 and 5 B) 28, 14 and 7 C) 40, 20 and 10 D) 60, 30 and 15
469. The sum of the ages of 6 children is 72. What will be their average age in 4 years time?
A) 20 years B) 18 years C) 16 years D) 12 years 8 months
470. Find the simple interest on ₦400 for 2 years at 3%
a) ₦30 b) ₦24 c) ₦ 15 d) ₦ 16
471. A boy who obtains 64 marks in a paper gets 80% of the total marks. What is the full mark of
the paper?
a) 60 marks b) 74 marks c) 80 marks d) 90 marks
472. If y x y x y = 81, find the value of y
a) 9 b) 4 c) 131/2 d) 3
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473. If a vehicle covers 50 km in 2 /2 hours, what is the average speed per hour?
a) 20 km/h b) 4 km/h c) 30 km/h d) 101/2 km/h
474. The area of a square field is 169cm2. What is the perimeter of the field?
a) 60m b) 42m c) 52m d) 50m
475. Simplify (12prs)2 / 24p2rs. a)rs/2 b)rs/6 c)6p2r d)6rs
476. A boy bought 160 eggs for ₦300. Out of these, 25 eggs got cracked and were sold at 60k
each. The remaining eggs she later sold for ₦2.75 each. Find the percentage gain.
a) 26.78% b) 28.75% c) 25.75% d) 28.55%
477. A man pays ₦30 for an article. What price must he sell it to make a profit of 25%
a) ₦38.5 b) ₦37.5 c) ₦30.7 d) ₦39.5
478. If ₦300 amount to ₦360 in 4 years simple interest, at what rate is the interest worked?
a) 6.25% b) 6.00% c) 6.75% d) 5%
479. A book costing ₦40 was sold at ₦30.What is the gain or loss percent?
a) 20% gain b) 30% loss c) 25% loss d) 20% loss
480. A room tile measures 20cm by 4cm. How many tiles will be required to cover a floor which
measures 2m by 40cm?
a) 10 b) 100 c) 60 d) 1000
481. A boy counts 1000, one number per second, low long does the counting take
a) 42mins 16 sec b) 16mins 40sec c) 14 mins 20 sec d) 10mins
482. Time in Australia is eleven hours ahead of the time in Nigeria. The National Netball team of
Nigeria starts a game at 10:30 am in Australia on March 17. What time is this in Nigeria?
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
483. 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
484. 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

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485. A man spends of his income of food and 1/3 of the remainder on his car. If he then has
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₦286 left, what is his income?
a) ₦536.25 b) ₦2,145 c) ₦612.86 d) ₦4,290
5 8 21 27
486. Simplify × × ×
7 9 25 32
3 9 3
a) b) c) 9 d)
5 20 4
1 1
+
2 3
487. Simplify
1 1

2 3
a) 5 b) 4 c) 2 d) 3
488. A Canadian tourist changed N1000.00 to $. If N 1.00 = $2.28 . How much money in ($) did
the tourist receive?
A) $ 22.80 B) $ 228.00 C) $ 2280.00 D) $ 2280.28
489. 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
490. 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
491. A packet contains 15 coloured chalks, and 20 white chalks. What is the probability of
picking a white chalk if one is picked at random? a)3/7 b)2/5 c)4/7 d)20
2 -x
492. The reciprocal of x is __________? a)1 b)1/x c)-x2 d)x-2
493. Evaluate 3.8x104 – 9.7x103. a)28300 b)28700 c)59700 d)49700
494. A boy can run 100m in 15 mnutes. How far can he run in half an hour?
a)150m b)20m c)200m d)100m
2 x +10 3 x − 2 x −22 x+11 13− x
495. Simplify − . a) b) c) d)
13 26 26 13 26
x+22
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496. A radio was bought for N1800. If it was resold for a 5% profit, and the sold again at a loss of
15%, how much was it finally sold for? a)N1701 b)N1890 c)N1606.5
d)N2000
497. Solve the inequality; 5 > 6x-1. a) x>1 b)x< 1 c)x>11/2 d)x<11/2
498. A farmer needs 10 men to cultivate 4 plots of land in three days. How many men will be
required to cultivate 4 plots in 5 days working at the same rate? a)6 b) 5 c)7
d)7 men the first three days, and 5 men the last two days

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