GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, APO RESETTLEMENT

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION FOR 2024/2025 ACADEMICS SESSION

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: SS 2 TIME: 2 HOURS

Instruction: Answer All Questions in Section A and any Three (3) Questions in Section B.
SECTION A (OBJECTIVES)
1. If P and q are two statements, under 9. Solve the inequality: 3m + 3 ˃ 9. (a) m
what condition could p g be false. ˃ 2 (b) m ˃ 3 (c) m ˃ 4 (d) m ˃ 12
(a) If p is true and q is true 10. Calculate the distance between the
(b) If p is true and q is false centre and the chord AB where O is the
(c) If p is false and q is false centre of the circle in the diagram
(d) If p is false and q is true below:
2. Solve the inequality 1- 2 x ˂ - ⅓ (a) 3cm
(a) x ˂ ⅔ (b) x ˂ - ⅔ (c) x ˃ ⅔ (d) x ˃ O (b) 4cm
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-⅔ 3 (c) 8cm
A B
3. Consider the statements: D (d) 10cm
P: it is hot 11. A chord 26cm long is 10cm away from
q: it is raining the centre of a circle. Find the radius of
which of the following symbols the circle. (a) 15.8cm (b) 16.4cm (c)
correctly represents the statement? “It is 17.4cm (d) 18.4cm
raining if and only if it is cold? (a) 12. Find the distance from the centre of the
p↔⁓q (b) q↔p (c) ⁓q↔q (d) q↔⁓p circle of a chord 16cm long, if the radius
4. Solve the inequality. 3(x + 1) ≤ 5(x + 2). of the circle is 12cm. which of the
(a) x ≥ 14 (b) x ≤ -14 (c) x ≤ -11 (d) x ≥ following is the value for the distance?
-11 (a) 8.94cm (b) 16.88cm (c) 24.96cm (d)
5. Consider the statements. p: Stephen is 30.32cm
intelligent q: Stephen is good at 13. Which of the following represents ⁓q →
Mathematics. If p→q, which of the p, if p: you can go away. Q: you behave
following is a valid conclusion? (a) If yourself. (a) If you can go way then you
Stephen is good at Mathematics then he behave yourself. (b) You can go away
is intelligent. (b) If Stephen is not good and behave yourself. (c) If you cannot
at Mathematics then he is not intelligent go away then you do not behave
(c) If Stephen is not intelligent, then he yourself (d) IF you do not behave
is not good at Mathematics. (d) If yourself, then you can go away.
Stephen is not good at mathematics then 14. Th radius of a circle is 14cm and the
he is intelligent. chord has a length of 18cm. find the
6. If 8x – 4 = 6x – 10, find the value of 5x. distance between the chord and the
(a) -35 (b) -15 (c) -3 (d) 3 centre of the circle. (a) 10.24cm (b)
7. The implication x → y is equivalent to. 11.82cm (c) 10.72cm (d) 11.60cm
(a) ⁓y→⁓x (b) y→⁓x (c) ⁓x→⁓y (d) 15. A chord is 10cm from the centre of a
y→x circle of radius 12cm. calculate the
8. Given that x ˃ y and 3 ˂ y, which of the length of the chord in the diagram below
following is/are true? I. y ˃ 3 II. x ˂ 3 if O is the centre.
III. x ˃ y ˃ 3. (a) I only (b) I and II only
(c) I and III only (d) I, II and III (a) 13.26cm O
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(b) 5.26cm 10
A B
D
 (c) 15cm (d) 20o
(d) 11.26cm 24. A point on the ground is 5m away from
16. A ladder 6cm long leans against a the foot of a vertical wall 7m high.
vertical wall so that it makes an angle of Calculate, correct to the nearest degree,
60o with the wall. Calculate the distance the angle of depression of the point from
of the foot of the ladder from the wall. the top of the wall. (a) 36 o (b) 44o (c)
(a) 3cm (b) 6cm (c)2√3cm (d) 3√3cm 46o (d) 54o
17. In the diagram, angle 200 o is subtended 25. Calculate the length of the side labelled
at the centre of the circle. Find the value x in the diagram below:
of x (a) 2.8
(a)30o (b) 3.8 x
5cm
2000
(b) 50o (c) 4.8
30o x 50°
(c) 80o (d) 5.8
(d) 100o 1 √3
26. The value of sin 210o is? (a) -2 (b) - 2
18. In the diagram, O is the centre of the
1 √2
circle and ˂PQR = 106o. find the value (c) 2 (d) 2
of y. 27. Given that sin (5x – 28) = cos (3x–50) o,
(a) 16 O 0˂x˂90o, find the value of x (a) 14o (b)
(b) 37 2y 21o (c) 32o (d) 39o
(c) 74 P R 28. If sin x = cos 50o, the n x equals (a) 40 o
(d) 127 106o
(b) 45o (c) 50o (d) 90o
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19. Given that tan x = 12 , what is the value 29. In the diagram, /PQ/ = 4.3m, /PR/ =
5 7 12 3.6m, PRQ = 53o, find PQR.
of sin x + cos x? (a) 13 (b) 13 (c) 13 (d) P
(a) 42
17
13
(b) 43 4.3m 3.6m
20. An object is 6m away from the base of a (c) 44o
(d) 41o Q 53o
mast. The angle of depression of the R
object from the top of the mast is 50 o. 30. Find the value of t in the diagram below:
Find correct to 2 decimal places, the (a) 63o X
W t
height of the mast. (a) 8.60m (b) 7.51m (b) 117o
o
(c) 7.15m (d) 1.19m (c) 126o
21. The angle of elevation of x from y is (d) 234o Y 117
30o. If XY = 40m, how high is x above o

the level of Y? (a) 10m (b) 20m (c) 31. From a point T, a man moves 12km due
20√3m (d) 40m west and then moves 12km due south to
22. In the diagram below, PQ is a tangent to another point Q. Calculate the bearing
the circle MTN at T. What is the size of of T from Q. (a) 045o (b) 135o (c) 315o
˂MTN. (d) 225o
M N
(a)52o 32. In a class of 45 students, 28 offer
(b) 54o Chemistry and 25 offer Biology. If each
(c) 66o student offers at least one of the two
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(d) 72o P R subject, calculate the probability that the

23. In the diagram, O is the centre of the student selected at random from the
2 7
circle, if ˂POQ = 80o and ˂PRQ = 5x, class offers Chemistry only. (a) 9 (b) 9
find the value of x. R 5 4
(c) 9 (d) 9
(a) 4o
5x
(b) 80 33. Esther was facing S20oW. She turned
(c) 16o 90o in the clockwise direction. What
80o Q
P
 direction is she facing? (a) S70oE (b) (i) The values of x and y (ii) ˂ABC
N20oW (c) S20oE (d) N70oW (b) Prove that the angle which an arc of
34. A box contains 5 red, 6green and 7 a circle subtends at the centre is twice
yellow pencils of the same size. What is that which it subtends at the
the probability of picking a green pencil circumference at any point.
1 1 1 1 2a. Prove that angles in the same segment of
at random? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
a circle are equal.
35. Points X, Y and Z are located in the
b. A woman looking out from the window of
same horizontal plane such that Y is
a building at a height of 30m, observed that the
12km north of X and Z is on a bearing
angle of depression of the top of a flag pole was
of 270o from X. if /XZ/ = 6km, calculate
44o. if the foot of the pole is 25m from the foot
correct to one decimal place, /YZ/. (a)
of the building and on the same horizontal
10.4km (b) 13.4km (c) 18.4km (d)
ground, find, correct to the nearest whole
13.5km
number, the:
36. A fair die is thrown two times. What is
i. Angle of depression of the foot of the
the probability that the sum of the score
5 1 2 5 pole from the woman
is at least 10? (a) 36 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 18 ii. Height of the flag pole
37. A bearing of 320o expressed as compass
bearing is? (a) N40oW (b) N50oW (c) 3a. Three ships P, Q and R are at sea. The bearing
S50oW (d) S40oW of Q from P is 030 o and the bearing of P from R
38. A bag contains 5red and 4 blue identical is 300o. if /PQ/ = 5km and /PR/ = 8km:
balls. If two balls are selected at random i. Illustrate the information in a
from the bag, one after the other, with diagram
replacement, find the probability that the ii. Calculate correct to three significant
20 figures the distance between Q and R
first is red and the second blue. (a) 81 (b)
iii. The bearing of R from Q
5 5 2
(c) 18 (d) 9 3b. A die was rolled a number of times. The
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39. A town p is 150km from a town Q in the outcomes are as shown in the table.
direction 050o. what is the bearing of Q Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
from P. (a) 050o (b) 130o (c) 230o (d) Outcomes 32 y 25 40 28 45
270o If the probability of obtaining 2 is 0.15, find:
40. There are 8 boys and 4 girls in a lift. i. Value of y ii. Probability of
What is the probability that the first obtaining an even number.
person who steps out of the lift will be a
3 1 2 1 4a. Given some statements P, Q and R and the
boy? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 4
connectives v and ˄, show that p˄(Q˅R) =
(P˄Q)˅(P˄R).
THEORY b. A chord 12cm long subtends an angle of 40 o
1. In the diagram, BCDE is a circle with at the centre of the circle.
centre A. ˂BCD = (2x + 40) o ˂BAD = i. Draw a diagram to illustrate the above
(5x – 35)o, ˂BED = (2y + 10)o and ˂ADC ii. Calculate the radius of the circle.
= 40o, find: E
5a. Illustrate the following on a graph paper and
(2y+10)o
shade the region which satisfies the two
inequalities at the same time. 3x – 4y ≤ 8 and
A D x˃-1.
BP
(5x-35)o 40o b. Define the following terms:
(2x+40)o i. Tautology ii. Contradiction
iii. Show that P˄⁓P is a contradiction.
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