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SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 2021/2022 SESSION
NAME: __________________________________ DATE: ____________________
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: YEAR 8 (JSS 2)

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Attempt all questions.
1. Simplify 18z ÷( ─3)
A) ─6z B) 6z C) 9z D) ─9z
2. Expand 3 a( 4+ 7 c)
A) 12 + 21c B) 12a + 21ac C) 33ac D) 12a + 21c
3. Change 28% to a fraction in its lowest terms.
7 7 7 8
A) B) % C) D)
20 25 25 20
4. A tank has enough water to last 9 people for 4 days. How long will it last 1
person?
A) 13 days B) 14 days C) 6 days D) 36 days
5. Express the ratio 3 days to 3 weeks in the lowest terms.
A) 1:1 B) 1:7 C) 3:3 D) 1 day : 1 week
6. If two women share a pack of canned malt (24 cans) in the ratio 1:2, the woman
with the larger share has ____ cans of malt.
A) 16 B) 8 C) 12 D) 10
7. If 12 pairs of earrings cost ₦4 200, how much will 9 pairs of such earrings cost?
A) ₦3 200 B) ₦2 700 C) ₦3 000 D) 3 150
8. What is 150% of 28 l?
28
A) 42 l B) 43 l C) l D) 35 l
15
9. Find the total amount to be paid back on a loan of £1 000 for 3 years at 5%
simple interest per annum.
A) £1 200 B) £1 150 C) £1 015 D) £1 035
10. In the PAYE system, there are three major tax allowances which are:
A) Personal allowance, income allowance, penalty allowance
B) Health allowance, wedding allowance, child allowance
C) Personal allowance, child allowance, dependent relative allowance
 D) Health allowance, marriage allowance and burial allowance
11. How much would it cost a buyer to get a set of cushion chairs if he pays ₦21 000
per month for a year?
A) ₦210 000 B) ₦212 000 C) ₦242 000 D) ₦252 000
12. How much does the Government receive as VAT on an item tagged “₦14 000
inclusive of 5% VAT”?
A) ₦700 B) ₦750 C) ₦720 D) ₦780
13. A trader bought some cartons of noodles at ₦3 500 per pack. She sold them at a
15% profit? How much did she sell each pack?
A) ₦3 515 B) ₦3 485 C) ₦4 025 D) ₦3 025
14. The highest common factor of 9 pq and 11 pqr is ____
A) 20 pq B) pqr C) 99 pqr D) pq
15. What is the HCF of 5a 2 and −20 a2 b ?
A) −5 a B) −5 ab C) 5 a2 D) −5 a2 b
16. Find the LCM of 6ab and 5b 2
A) a b 2B) 30a b 2 C) 30a b 3 D) b
17. Factorise 2abx + 7acx
A) a (2bx +7 cx ) B) ax (2 a+7 c) C) ax (2 b+7 c) D) 2 ax (b+3 c )
3
18. Fill in the box =❑
12a 4 a
A) 1 B) a C) 9 D) 9a
7 1
19. Simplify +
8y 8y
1 1
A) 1 B) y C) D)
y 2y
1 1
20. Simplify +
x x
2 1 2 1
A) B) C) D)
2x x x 2x
From the figure below, answer questions 21-26.
 4

3 C

A 2

B 0
-3.5 -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5
-1

-2

-3

-4 D

-5

21. The point with coordinate (-3, 2) is

A) A B) B C) C D) D
22. The point B has what coordinate?
A) (-2, 0) B) (0, -2) C) (-2, -2) D) (-4, 0)
23. What is the coordinate of point C?
A) (-1, -3) B) (3, 1) C) (1, 3) D) (-3, 1)
24. What point has coordinate (0, -4)?
A) B B) A C) D D) C
25. What is the coordinate of the origin? ______________
1 1
26. Simplify +
a b
a+b 2 ab a+b
A) B) C) D)
ab a+b a+b 2
27. Factorize 2 pq ─ 6q 2

A) 2 q( p−6 q) B) 2 q( p−3 q) C) q (2 p−6 q) D) q 2 (2 p−6)

28. An agent gets a 5% commission for every house he sells. How much does he get
for selling a house worth ₦4 500 000?
A) ₦225 000 B) ₦233 000 C) ₦252 000 D) ₦222 000
29. How much would the Government receive over a T-shirt tagged “₦1 050,
inclusive of 5% VAT”?
A) ₦50 B) ₦75 C) ₦60 D) ₦80
30. Expand (n−7)(n+2)
A) n2 −5 n+14 B) n2 −9 n−14 C) n2 −9 n+14 D) n2 −5 n−14
31. In the PAYE system, how much is allocated as personal allowance?
A) ₦25 000 B) ₦40 000 C) ₦100 000 D) ₦60 000
32. What goes in the brackets: 8 am−8 bm=8 m()?
Mr. George earns a salary of ₦250 000. He has 3 children who are 10, 12 and 15 years of
age and he assists his brother with ₦25 000 monthly. Use this information to answer
questions 32-35.
33. How much do his allowances amount to?
A) ₦100 000 B) ₦120 000 C) ₦160 000 D) ₦93 000
34. How much is his taxable income?
A) ₦225 000 B) ₦105 000 C) ₦207 000 D) ₦90 000
35. How much tax does he pay?
A) ₦9 000 B) ₦22 500 C) ₦11 500 D) ₦10 520
36. Simplify 3 a+2( a−2 b)
A) 5 a−4 b B) 5 a+ 4 b C) 5 a−2 b D) 5 a+2 b
37. Express the ratio 1mm to 1cm in its lowest terms.
A) 1:10 B) 1:100 C) 1:1 000 D) 1:1
38. What should go in the box in 8 : 12 = : 9?
A) 6 B) 8 C) 12 D) 5
A school has 525 students. 48% are boys.
39. How many boys are students of the school?
A) 252 B) 302 C) 272 D) 265
40. How many girls does the school have?
A) 237 B) 273 C) 253 D) 260
SECTION B: THEORY
Attempt any 4 questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. A) What is the HCF of 5 a2 and 20 a2 b? [2 marks]

B) Find the quantity of which ₦55 is 10%. [2 marks]

C) It takes 3 trips for 5 buses to convey 300 students. How many trips would it
take 10 buses? [3 marks]
D) A girl buys 7 notebooks for ₦630. How much would 10 notebooks cost? [3
marks]
2. A) Mrs Bola sells eggs at ₦50 each or ₦250 for six. How much do you save by
buying three dozen eggs in sixes rather than separately? [4 marks]
B) Simplify the following. [6 marks]
4 3
i) −
5a 4b
 4 x−1
ii) +5 x
3
3
iii) p−
2q
3. A) Factorize these expressions. [4 marks]
i) 4 a m −6 am
2

ii) 3 abx +5 adx

B. The cash price of a used car is ₦900 000. If I want to buy it by hire purchase, I
will pay 10% deposit and 30 monthly instalments of ₦31 000. [6 marks]
i) What is the initial deposit I would pay if I want to buy it by hire
purchase?
ii) How much would it cost me if I decide to buy it by hire purchase?
iii) What is the difference between the cash price and the hire purchase
price?
iv) If I had the money and could afford buying it by cash, would I be
making a wise decision if I choose to buy it by hire purchase?
4. A) Simplify the following. [5 marks]
2n+ 7 5 n+6
i) +
3 4
3 x +1 x−5
ii) −
4 4

B. How much would a customer pay for a jeans trouser tagged “₦4 000 + 7.5%
VAT? [2.5 marks]
C) A publisher supplied some stationery to a school costing ₦84 000, inclusive of
7.5% VAT. Calculate how much the Government receives as VAT. [2.5 marks]
5. Write down the coordinates of points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J in the figure
below. [5 marks]
 5

A 4 J

D 3 F

2 G

C 1

0 I
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
B -1 H

-2

-3

E -4

-5

B. There’s a point that isn’t labelled. What is the coordinate of this point? [1mark]
C. What is the value of a if a=4 , b=−5 and c=−3, find the value of the following.
[4 marks]
b+5 c
i) c 2 ii) 5 a−4 b iii)
a

6. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin are both lecturers, each earning a salary of ₦750 000. They
have three children and a dependent relative. The wife claims for the children
and the husband for the dependent relative. Use the typical PAYE system to
answer the following questions.
a) How much is the total allowance for the wife? [1.5 marks]
b) How much is her taxable income? [1 mark]
c) How much tax does she pay? [2.5 marks]
d) How much is the husband’s total allowance? [1.5 marks]
e) His taxable income amounts to ______? [1 mark]
f) How much tax does he pay? [2.5 marks]