2017 Paper 2 — CBT Mode | BECE Mathematics

A number x added to its reciprocal gives

Simplify 3x² – 2 (x -1) + 3x (x – 1).

Solve for x in the equation \(\frac{2}{3}\left (\scriptsize x+1 \right ) \scriptsize= x \: –  \: 1\)

Expand (2x + 3)²

If (a + b)² = 10 and ab = 1, then  find  a² + b².

If a = 2 and b = -2, find the value of  \(\frac{2a – b}{b – a}\)

Reduce the algebraic fraction to its lowest term: \(\frac{10a^{2}b^{3}c}{25a^{4}bc^{2}}\)

Reduce \(\frac{22a^{2}}{21}\div \left ( \frac{2a}{5}+\frac{a}{3} \right )\! \!\) into simplest term.

Factorize: \( \scriptsize \frac{1}{2}x^{2}y^{2} – \frac{1}{2}xy^{2} \; \)

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The table below represent the value of the equation 2x + y=  7 for x = 0, 1, 2,… 8.

Find the value of a.

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The table below represent the value of the equation 2x + y=  7 for x = 0, 1, 2,… 8.

What is the value of 2b

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The table below represent the value of the equation 2x + y=  7 for x = 0, 1, 2,… 8.

What is the value of a – 3c?

Solve 12x – 4y = 3 and 8x + 4y = 7 simultaneously.

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2x + y = 1

2x –  y = 3

What is the solution to the simultaneous equation?

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2x + y = 1

2x –  y = 3

Find the value of 4y – x, given that(x, y) is the solution of the linear simultaneous equation.

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2x + y = 1

2x –  y = 3

From the graph, find the positive value of y when x = 2.

Factorize -25ab² – 5bc

The sum of two numbers is 95. Their difference is 19. What are the numbers?

The average cost of an eraser is ₦10. How many erasers would ₦200 buy

A boy is older than his sister by 3 years five years ago, the ratio of their ages was 4:3. Find his present age.

The length of a rectangle is 5cm longer than its breadth. The perimeter of the rectangle is 46cm. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

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Find the co-coordinates of points A, B, and C respectively

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Add the x co-ordinates of points B and C

The figure above represents one of the following inequalities.

Solve  \( \frac{1}{2}\)  (x – 1) >4.

Twice a certain number x is less than 8. Find the range of values of the number

Solve for x if \(  \scriptsize 15 \: – \: 2x\: <  \: 5 \)

A pencil costs ₦5.50k while a pen cost ₦15.00. How much will 10 pencils and 6 pens cost?

A man is 55 years old. Five years ago, he was twice his son’s age. How old is his son presently?

A bookshelf contains 23 textbooks. If there are 5 Mathematics, 8 English, 3 Computer studies and the remainder are storybooks, how many storybooks are on the shelf?

Audu has 10p cows, 7q rams and 15r goats. If he sells 3p cows and 5q rams, how many animals are left?

In a class of 53 students, x of them are boys. How many girls are in the class?

Simplify (8x  – 2y)  – (9x  – 4y).

A pen and a pencil together cost x naira. If a pen alone costs y naira, find the cost of 3 pencils.

Find the value of y in \(\frac{2}{y} \: -\: \frac{1}{3} = \frac{5}{6y}\)

Simplify  3ab + 5xy + 4ab + 6xy

A carton of 750 biscuits is shared equally among a group of boys. If each boy gets 30 biscuits, how many boys are there altogether?

A bowl contains 45 oranges. If \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the oranges are bad, how many are good?

Factorize 6a³bc  – 2a²b²c  – 4a²bc².

If 80 is divided by the sum of 4 and certain number, the result is 16. Find the number

The illustration below shows the number of oranges sold by seven sales boys in a village

Find the median number of oranges sold.

Which of the following is the way of collecting data?

Given the tallies below

What is the frequency?

The marks scored by ten pupils are as follows: 15, 13, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 14, 17, 17. What is the value of the median mark?

Given the following numbers: 4, 5, 8, 5, 5, 4, 2, 9, 5, 3, 5.

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Find the mode.

Given the following numbers: 4, 5, 8, 5, 5, 4, 2, 9, 5, 3, 5.

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Find the mean

The pie chart below shows the distribution of Mr. Olus ₦60,000.00 monthly income. Use this information to answer the question below.

What percentage of his income is spent on house rent?

The pie chart below shows the distribution of Mr. Olus ₦60,000.00 monthly income. Use this information to answer the question below.

What percentage of his income is spent on Bills?

The pie chart below shows the distribution of Mr. Olus ₦60,000.00 monthly income. Use this information to answer the question below.

What amount of his income is spent on feeding?

The pie chart below shows the distribution of Mr. Olus ₦60,000.00 monthly income. Use this information to answer the question below.

What amount of his income is spent on  Bills?

Find the product of the mean and mode of the given set of numbers 4, 4, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, correct to the nearest whole number

A bag contains 16 balls. 6 of them are red and 10 are blue. What is the probability that a ball picked is a blue ball?

What is the range of the following set of numbers 20, 30, 25, 24, 40, 50, 70, 80, 90, 32?

Find the sum of the range and mean of the given set of numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.

Use the following information to answer this question. An orange is picked from a basket containing 10 bad oranges and 30 good oranges.

Find the probability that it is a bad orange.

Use the following information to answer this question. An orange is picked from a basket containing 10 bad oranges and 30 good oranges.

Find the probability that it is a good orange.

How many students are in SS II?

How many students are in the school?