SSS2 MATHS QUESTIONS

Objectives (20 marks)

1. Find the root of the equation x2-5x+6=0 a. 2,3 b. 3,4 c. -2,-3 d. -3,-4

2. Find the Logarithm of 0.000002335 a. 5⁻.3683 b. 6⁻.3683 c. 4⁻.3683 d. 4⁻.3683

3. Evaluate 10 -2.3529a. 0.02254 b. 0.02251 c. 0.02154 d. 0.02249

4. Round off 1789 to 3 significant figures a. 1790 b. 1780 c. 200 d. 1760

5. Find the 6th term of the Ap; 2,5,8... a. 15 b.16 c. 17 d. 18

6. Solve the simultaneous equation: x+y=13, x-y=-1 a.(6,7) b. (3,4) c. (3,6) d. (7,6)

7. A stick is 10cm long, a student measure it as 9.8cm. Calculate the error in the student's measurement
a. ±0.2cm b.±0.3cm c. ±0.4cm d. ±0.5cm

8. The nth term of an AP is given as a. a+(n-1)d b. a-(n-1)d c. a+and d. a+(n+1)d

9. Find the 5th term of an AP whose first term is 5 and common difference is 10 a. 30 b. 35 c. 15 d. 45

10. Approximate 0.00993 to 2 significant figures a. 0.099 b. 0.009 c. 0.39 d. 0.093

11. Divide 3.6721 by 4 a. 0.9180 b. 1.4180 c. 1.1680 d. 1.9180

12. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the A.P 16+9+(-5)+... a. 1000 b. 1010 c. -1000 d. -1010

A stick of length 1.75m was measured by a boy as 1.80m. Find the

13. Error in his measurement a. ±0.05 b. ±0.055 c. ±0.053 d. ±0.054

14. Percentage error in his measurement a. 27/9℅ b. 26/7 c. 5℅ d. 271/9℅

15. The eleventh term of an A.P is 25 and its first term is -3. Find its common difference a. 2 4/5 b. 21/2 c.
21/5 23/11

16. Approximate 0.00993 to 1 significant figures a. 0.099 b. 0.010 c. 0.39 d. 0.093

17. Divide 3.6721 by 4 a. 0.9180 b. 1.4180 c. 1.1680 d. 1.9180

18. Round off 8.98328 to one decimal place a. 9.0 b. 8.9 c. 8.0 d. 8.98

19. If log10a = 4, what is a. a. 0.4 b. 40 c. 10000 d. 1000

20. Simplify (271/3) a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

21. Find the 10th term of the A.P 1,5,9,13... a. 34 b. 35 c. 36 d. 37

22. Simplify 0.63954÷0.003 giving your answer correct to two significant figures a. 213.18 b.213.0 c. 213
d. 210

23. If log10Q=2.7078, what is Q? a. 5102 b. 849.9 c. 510.2 d. 51.02

24. If 3y=243, find the value of y. a. 2 b. 3 c. 4. d. 5

25. If 5 times a certain integer is subtracted from twice the square of the number, the result is 63. Find
the integer a. 21 b. 9 c. 7 d. 3

26. An arc of a circle of radius 7cm is 14cm long. What angle does the arc subtend at the centre of the
circle?( take π=3.142) a. 25.7° b. 44° c. 114.59° d. 51.43°

27. Evaluate, using logarithm table, log(0.65)² a. -1.6258 b. 1.6258 c. 0.6258 d. 1.6272

28. Find the 4th term of an A.P whose first term is 2 and common difference is 0.5 a. 0.5 b. 1.0 c. 2.0 d.
2.5

29. Express 0.00562 in standard form a. 5.62×10³ b. 5.62×10² c. 5.62×10⁴ d. 5.62×10 -3

30. If 32x= 27. What is x a. 1.0 b.1.5 c. 4.5 d. 18

31. Find the number whose logarithm to base 10 is 2.6025. a. 400.4 b. 0.4004 c. 0.04004 d. 0.0004004

32. Express 0.0462 in Standard form a. 0.462×10-1 b. 0.462×10-2 c. 4.62×10-2 d. 4.63×10-3

33. The first term a of an A.P is equal to twice the common difference d. Find in terms of d, the 5th term
of the A.P. a. 4d b. 5d c. 6d d. 7d

34. The population if a village is 5846. Express this number to three significant figures. a. 5850 b. 5840 c.
585 d. 584

35. Solve: 6(x-4)+3(x+7)=3 a. 3/2 b. 2/3 c. 1/2 d. 1/3

36. Convert 7710 to base two a. 111001 b. 100110 c. 1001101 d. 10011

37. The first term of an AP is 2 and the common difference is 10. Find the 6th term of the AP

a. 48 b. 49 c. 51 d. 52

38. What must be added to the expression x2-18x to make it a perfect square a. 3 b. 81 c. 36 d. 9

 Given the AP 2.3, 3.4...21.

39. What is the last term of the AP a. 29 b. 19 c. 21 d. 23

40. what is the common difference of the AP a. 2.2 b. 1.1 c. 3.3 d. 4.4

THEORY( ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS PART)

1. a. A brick layer measured the length of a wall and obtained 4.10m. If the actual length of the wall is
4.25m. What is the percentage error in his measurement

b. If a number is added to 2, 16 and 58, it results in first 3 geometric progression members. Find out the
number and enumerate first 6 members of the progression.

c. Given the G.P : 81, 27, 9... Find

(I) Sum of first 10 terms (II) sum to infinity (10 marks)

2. a. A man bought 5 reams of duplicating paper, each of which was supposed to contain 480 sheets. The
actual number of sheets in the packets were: 435, 420, 405, 415 and 440.

I) Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number the avarege percentage error for the packets of paper.

II) If the agreed price for a full ream was #35.00, find, correct to the nearest naira, the among by which
the buyer was cheated.

b. The 5th term of an AP is 10 and the 9th term is 18. Find the first term and the common difference (10
marks)

3. a. Given the first, second and last term of the following APs find the number of terms

I) 1,5...69

II) 98,91...0

III) -6, -21/2,...71

IV) 2.3, 3.4...21

b. A square is 12cm by 12cm. A student measures a side of the square a 11.9cm and uses the
measurement to calculate the area of the square. Find the percentage error in

I) The length of the side

II) The area of the square (10 marks)

4. a. The first term of an AP is -5 and its common difference is -4. Find

I) the 50th term

II) The difference between the 20th and 8th term

III) Find the sum of the first 10 terms

b. While doing a practical test, Idowu recorded a reading as 1.12cm instead of 1.21cm. Calculate his
percentage error. (10 marks)

5. a. The first and last term of an AP are 6.7 and 17.1 respectively. If there are 14 terms in the sequence,
find its common difference.b. using mathematical table calculate,
 (10 marks)

6. a. The nth term of a sequence is given by 3(2n-2). write down the first three terms of the sequence

b. A stick of length 1.75m was measured by a boy as 1.80m. Find the percentage error in his
measurement

c. Using mathematical table evaluate

(10 marks)

Sss 3 Futhermaths questions

Objective( answer all questions from this part)

1. Solve the inequality 3x-5<4 a. x<4 b. x>4 c. x>3 d. x<3

2. A matrix with 3 columns and 2 rows is a _____ matrix a. 3×2 b. 2×2 c. 2×3 d. 3×3

3. If y=cosx, first derivative of y is a. Sinx b. Cosx c. -sinx d. -cosx

4. How ways can the word LAGOS be arranged a. 120 b. 5 c. 125 d. 130

5. Evaluate 1251/3 a. 2 b.4 c. 5 d. 41.67

6. A matrix obtained by interchanging the rows and column of a matrix is called a. Inverse b. Reverse c.
Transpose d. Transform

7. Differentiate 2x2+5x+4 a. 4x+4 b. 4x+5 c. 2x+6 c. x+4

8. If the transpose of matrix is the same as the matrix, the matrix is said to be _______ a. Systematic b.
Symmetric c. Equal d. Square

9. Find the derivative of sec5x a. tan5x b. Sec25x c. Sec5xtan5x d. 5sec5xtan5x

10. Solve the inequality 4x-6>9x+4 a. x<2 b. x>2 c. x<5 d. x<5

If matrix A= , use this matrix to answer question 11-14

11. a32 is a. 1 b. -1 c. 0 d. 2

12. A21 is a. 1 b. -1 c. 0 d. 2

13. C31 is a. 1 b. -1 c. 0 d. 2

14. |A| is a. 1 b. -1 c. 2 d. -2

15. Find dy/dx if y=cos2x + sinx a. Cosx-2sin2x b. Sinx-2cos2x c. Sinx-cosx d. Cos3x

16. A matrix in which all the entries is zero is called a. Square b.null c.inverse d. Unit

17. Evaluate 5!+4! a.100 b. 133 c. 144 d. 132

Given the equation x2+5x+6=0, use this information to answer question 18 & 19

18. The sum of roots is a. -5/6 b. -5 c. 6 d. 6/5

19. The product of root is a. -5/6 b. -5 c. -6 d. 6/5

20. How many ways can the letter OLOWO be arranged a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40

21. A matrix with equal number of rows and column is called _____ a. Null b. Inverse c. Equal d. Square

If matrix X= , use this information to answer question 22-25.

22. Evaluate: x11+x14+x22+x34 a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

23. What is the order of matrix X a. 4×1 b. 1×4 c. 3×4 d. 4×3

24 what is the product of x₁₂ and x₃₂ a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

25. Evaluate divide x33 by x24 a. 1 b. 1.5 c. 2 d. 0.5

26. Find dy/dc if y=3c2x a. 3c b. 6cx c. 3c2 d. 6c

27. In how many ways can 5 prefects be chosen from a class of 10 students a.49 b.252 c.50 d.5

28. Evaluate 42x=16 a.1 b.2 c.3 d.4

29. Differentiate loge(cosx) a. Sinx b. Cosx c. tanx d. Cotx

30. Find the remainder if x2-x-6 is divided by x-3 a. 1 b. 2 c. 0 d. 4

31. If the displace of a body is represented by S=t3+5t2+4t+4. Find the velocity after 5second a.14m/s
b.15m/s c.16m/s d.17m/s
32. Evaluate. a.39 b.40 c.41 d.42

33. Differentiate cos²x a.2cosxsinx b. -2cosxsinx c. cosxsinx d. 4sinxcosx

34. Solve 3x+2y=12, x+y=5 a. (2,3) b. (-2,3) c. (-2,-2) d.(-2,-3)

35. In how many ways can letters of the word DANDUTSE be arranged a.20,160 b.21,160 c.20000
d.12000

36. Matrix A and matrix B can only be multiplied if and only if the number of column in the first matrix is
equal to the number of rows in the second matrix a. True b. False c. Not applicable d. May be

37. Evaluate (271/3)2 a. 3 b. 9 c. 4 d. 9

38. Differentiate tan(x3+4) a. Sec2(x3+4) b. 3x2tan(x3+4) c. 3x2sec2(x3+4) d. Secxtanx

39. If =8, then the value of x is a. 1 b. -1 c. 2 d. -2

40. How many ways can letters of the word CHUKWUDI be arranged a.20160 b.21000 c.12000 d.210

THEORY ( ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS FROM THIS PART)

1. a. Using the number line, graph the solution set of x2-4x-5>0 (2 marks)

b. Given that A= and B= , evaluate the following

I. AB II. A+B III. A-B IV. (AB)T (8 marks)

2. a. Find the derivative of the following functions

I. Cos3x+sinx2 II. 10cos30x+sec3x III. Loge(tan5x) (6 marks)

b. Find the determinant of A= also find the transpose AT of A (4 marks)

3. a. Resolve into its partial fraction (7 marks)

b. Find the inverse the matrix X= (3 marks)

4. a. Using Cramer's rule evaluate : x+y+z=5, 2x-y+3z=16, 3x+2y-z=1 (6 marks)

b. Differentiate (x2+1)(3x-5) (4 marks)

5. a. If A= and Aij and Cij are the minor and cofactor of the elements in the with row anth jth
column of the determinant of A. Find I. A33 II. A21 III. C32 IV. C22

b. Resolve into its partial fraction.

6. a. Find the adjoint Adj B given that B= , (4 marks)

b. Differentiate the following functions

I. (2x3-3x2+5x+9)1/2 (2 marks)

II. (e-x +7)(e-x+7x) (2 marks)

III. 3xSinxcosx (2 marks)

SSS3 MATHEMATICS Time: 2hours

PART A: OBJECTIVES

Answer all questions from this part

1. Express 302.10495 correct to five significant figures. (a) 302.10 (b) 302.11 (c) 302.105 (d)
302.1049
3 √5 × 4 √ 6
2. Simplify (a) √ 2 (b) √ 5 (c) 2 √ 2 (d) 2 √ 5
2 √ 2× 3 √ 3
3. In 1995, the enrolments of two schools X and Y were 1,050 and 1,190 respectively. Find the ratio
of the enrolments of X and Y (a) 50:11 (b) 15:17 (c) 13:55 (d) 12:11
4. Convert 3510 to a number in base 2 (a) 1011 (b) 10011 (c) 100011 (d) 11001
5. The nth term of sequence is Tn = 5 + (n – 1)2. Evaluate T4 – T6 (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) -16 (d) -30
6. If N2,500.00 amounted to N3,500.00 in 4 years at simple interest, find the rate at which the
1
interest was charged (a) 5% (b) 7
% (c) 8% (d) 10%
2
1 2 1
7. Solve for x in the equation: + = (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
x 3x 3
8. If cos (x + 40) = 0.0872, what is the value of x? (a) 30o (b) 45o (c) 65o (d) 75o
9. A kite flies on a taut string of length 50m inclined at an angle of 54 o, to the horizontal ground.
The height of the kite above the ground is (a) 50 tan 30 o (b) 50 sin 54o (c) 50 tan 54o (d) 50
cos 54o
3p s 2 q−rs
10. Make p the subject of the relation q= + (a) p= (b) p=2qr – sr – 3 (c)
r 2 6
2 qr−s 2 qr−rs
p= (d) p=
6 6
−1 3
2
9 ×81 4 1 1
11. Simplify (a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 9
1
2
9 3
9
m+2
2 m +1 81
12. Solve for m: 9 = m (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) – 4 (d) 6
3
3 1
4 3
13. Evaluate 16 −8 (a) 2 (b) ½ (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3
2
2 ×3

√ (729 y
3 1 1 y 3
14. Simplify −6 2
) (a) (b) 3y (c) (d)
3y 3 y
−1 3
15. Without using tables, evaluate ( 0.027 ) 3 × ( 0.09 ) 2 (a) 0.09 (b) 0.03 (c) 0.3 (d) 0.9
16. Find the mean of the numbers 1,3,4,8,8,4 and 7 (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (my
−1 1
17. Evaluate 81 4 ×36 2 ×100 (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 20
18. Simplify 4 × 4−n ×22 n−2 (a) 2n−1 (b) 1 (c) 2n (d) 2

( )
−2
3 3
19. The expression 3 is equal to (a) 9/4 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/2 (d) 4/9
8
20. Find n; if 91+n x 3 = 27-n (a) -1/3 (b) -3/5 (c) 1/3 (d) 3/5
21. (2√5)² (a) 10. (b) 20. (c) 30 (d) 40
22. value of (1112)2 expressed in base two is (a) 110001 (b) 111111 (c) 100011 (d) 110011
23. the surd 6/√3 (a) 6√3 (b) 3√3 (c) 2√3 (d) 4√3
24. If log106=0.778 and log103=0.477, evaluate log1054 (a) 2.301 (b) 2.732 (c) 1.301 (d) 1.732
25. Evaluate log 10 √ 40+ log 10 √ 2−log 10 √ 8 (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0.5 (d) √ 10
26. Solve for x: log 10 ( 3 x−4 )−log 10 2=1 (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
27. Simplify: 5 √ 12−4 √ 75+3 √ 48 (a) √ 3 (b) 2 √ 3 (c) 3 √ 2 (d) 4 √ 3
16
28. Simplify: 3 √ 18− + √ 50 (a) 6 √ 2 (b) 2 √ 6 (c) 4 √ 2 (d) 3 √ 2
√2
29. The square of 3−√ 2 is (a) 6 √ 2(b) 7 (c) 11−6 √ 2 (d) 13−6 √ 2
 1 1
30. Simplify − (a) 4 (b) 4 √ 3 (c) 2 √ 3 (d) 2
2−√ 3 2+ √ 3
31. If
1
√3
m−
( 9
√3 )
=2 √ 3−3 , the value of m is (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2

32. A ladder of length 5m rests against a vertical wall and makes an angle of 30o with the wall. How
5 √3 1
far is the foot of the ladder from the wall? (a) 5 √ 2m (b) 5m (c) m (d) 2 m
2 2
33. A matrix which has a single row is called a/an (a) column vector (b) row vector (c) square
matrix (d) unit matrix

34. If (21 m2 )( 10 n3)=(21 54) ,then the values of m and n are respectively (a) 3 and -2 (b) -1 and 0
(c) 1 and -2 (d) 3 and 2

35. Find the possible values of y if |2y 1y|=|−13 12| (a) 3, 0 (b) 2, -2 (c) 2, 3 (d) 3, -3

36. A matrix which has a single column is called a/an (a) identity matrix (b) column vector (c) row
vector (d) unit matrix
37. The angle between latitudes 47oS and 21oN is (a) 26o (b) 68o (c) 34o (d) 78o
38. The angle between longitudes 20oW and 74oW is (a) 54o (b) 62o (c) 74o (d) 94o
39. If the radius of the earth is 6,370km, the distance between two towns on latitudes 25 oN and

20oS on the same meridian is π= ( 22

7 )
(a) 6,006km (b) 5,005km (c) 4,004km (d) 3,185km

40. Two locations on the parallel of latitude ∅ 0 S have a difference in longitude of θ0 . If R=6,370km
22
and π= , the circumference of the parallel of latitude is (a) 6,370cos θ ° (b) 20,020cos θ °
7
(c)40,040cos ∅ ° ( d )( 56 ∅ ) cos θ °

PART B: THEORY

Answer any Four(4) questions in this section

1. (a) Givien that (√3 - 5√2) (√3 + 2) = a + b√6. Find the value of a and b. (5 marks)
(b) Find equation of the line which passes through point A(2,5) and B(-4,-7) (5 marks)

2. The weight (in kg) of 50 contestants at a competition is as follows:

65 66 67 66 64 66 65 63 65 68

64 62 66 64 67 65 64 66 65 67
 65 67 66 64 65 64 66 65 64 65

66 65 64 65 63 63 67 65 63 64

66 64 68 65 63 65 64 67 66 64

(a) Construct a frequency table for the discrete data

(b) Calculate, correct to 2 decimal places, the:

(i) mean (ii) standard deviation; of the data (10 marks)

3. (a) Given that 23y = 1111₂. Find the value of y (5 marks)

(b)if 2N4₇=15N₉ , Find the value of N (5 marks)

4.A= . B= Given the Matrix above, perform the following operations on it

(a) Obtain a matrix C = 3A + B

(b) Find the determinant of Matrix C above

(C) Find the inverse of the matrix C (10 marks)

5. (a) A transport company has a total of 20 vehicles made up of tricycle And taxicabs. Each tricycle
carries 2 passengers while each taxicab carries 4 passengers. If the 20 vehicles carry a total of 66
passengers at a time, how many tricycles does the company have? (6 marks)

(b) Make h the subject of the formula in. V=1/3 πr²h. (4 marks)

6. Rationalize the surd below.

(a) (5 marks)

(b) Express in the form a√5 + b√2 (5 marks)