2025 Paper 2 — CBT Mode | BECE Mathematics

Factorise x² − 16.

Simplify (12 − 5a) − (7 + 6a).

What is the inequality illustrated by the number line in the Figure above?

₦x is shared equally among 5 boys. If one of the boys spent ₦200, how much does he have left in naira?

Mary treks 3x km to school, then 4x km to her uncle’s house and 2x km back home. Find the total distance covered.

Factorise 63x²y⁴ − 99x³y²

Simplify 5x − 3y + 6y − 4x.

If 5 is added to x, the result is greater than 14. Find the range of the values of x.

Tony’s monthly pocket money is ₦2,500.00. If he spends \( \frac{4}{5}\) of it monthly, how much does he save in 6 months?

Find the range of the values of x for which 2x + 3 < 5(x − 3).

Find the co-ordinates of the points Q and R, respectively, in the Figure below.

What are the factors of 15 – 2a – a²?

If today is 2^nd January, what will be the date in p days’ time? Assuming that the month is still January.

If 30 is divided by the sum of 3 and z, the result is 5. Find z.

The mass of a bag of rice is n kg. If 4 bags weigh 12 kg, what is the value of n?

A bicycle that costs ₦x was sold for ₦y. Express the percentage loss in terms of x and y.

The sum of two numbers is 15 and their difference is 7. Find the numbers.

Solve the equations a + 10b = 6 and 5a – 10b = 18 simultaneously.

The line graph in the Figure above represents

An apple and 2 oranges cost ₦110.00 while 3 apples and 10 oranges cost ₦410.00. How much does each of the fruit cost?

Find the missing value of y in the Table below for x + y = 3.

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Find the value of x.

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Find the value of y.

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What is the breadth of the rectangle?

Solve 3x + 4 = 13.

Solve m + 2n = 5 and 5m – 2n = 7 simultaneously.

Simplify \( \frac{5ab}{10ab^2 \: -\: 5a^2}\)

Factorise x² + x – 2.

Find the difference between 2x kg and 55x g. Give your answer in grams.

Ada’s pocket money is ₦350.00 and Peter’s pocket money is ₦x less than Ada’s. How much is Peter’s pocket money in naira?

Evaluate \( \frac{2x + 3y + 9}{xy}\)

when x = 3 and y = 5.

Expand -3x (2x – 3y).

There are two numbers. If the first number is x and the second number is twice the first, find the sum of their reciprocals.

Factorise 4a² – 25.

Simplify 6x² + 2(x + 2) – 3x (2x – 1).

Give an equation of a straight line: 2x + 2y = 5, find the missing values of x and y, respectively, in the Table below.

Solve the following pair of equations simultaneously; x = 5 – 2y, 5x + 2y = 1.

Factorise z² + 5z + 6.

Solve for x if:

\( \frac{4x \: -\: 3}{9} \: -\:  \frac{x}{3} =  \frac{5(x \: -\: 1)}{6}\)

A man is twice his son’s age. If the man is 50 years, how old will the son be in 5 years time?

In a poultry, the average number of eggs laid daily by a layer is 1. If 20 crates of eggs are gathered in a day, how many layers are in the poultry?

If x varies directly as p² and x = 2 when p = 4, find the formula connecting x and p.

Find the product of the median and the mode of the following data; 6, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17.

Find the probability of getting an even number when a fair dice is thrown once.

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The pie chart shows the amount Mrs. Kalu gave to her three sons for the month of July.

Find the sectorial angle representing the first son’s money.

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The pie chart shows the amount Mrs. Kalu gave to her three sons for the month of July.

Find the sectorial angle representing the third son’s money.

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The pie chart shows the amount Mrs. Kalu gave to her three sons for the month of July.

Find the percentage representing the second son’s money, correct to one decimal place.

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The pie chart shows the amount Mrs. Kalu gave to her three sons for the month of July.

Calculate the percentage representing the first son’s money.

Find the mode of the following set of numbers; 6, 8, 6, 4, 8, 7, 5, 6, 10.

In a tally system, 29 is written as ________.

Find the median of the following set of numbers, 25, 30, 22, 24, 29, 31, 26, 25, 30.

Which of the following cannot be used to represent data?

The average of the numbers 12, 40, x, 60 and 20 is 36. Find the value of x.

Find the range of the following set of numbers; 7, 2, 3, 9, 5, 6, 7, 12, 11, 17.

Find the product of the median and the range of the following set of numbers; 3, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6, 2.

The Figure below shows the distribution of students in a secondary school.

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How many students are in SS II and JS I?

The Figure below shows the distribution of students in a secondary school.

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Find the difference between the number of students in JS III and SS III.

A ball is picked from a bag that contains 6 green, 8 yellow and 4 brown balls. What is the probability that the ball is green?

The Table below shows the distribution of marks in a Mathematics test.

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How many students wrote the test?

The Table below shows the distribution of marks in a Mathematics test.

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If the pass mark is 6, how many students passed the test?