2013 JSCE Mathematics Objective Practice Questions

The product of 0.017 and 100 is _____________

John thinks of a number. 18 is subtracted from the number, the result gives -2. What is the number?

Express 20% as a decimal number.

The value of the 4 in 26.645 is _____________

Convert \(\frac{1}{2}\) to decimal fraction and give your answer to 4 decimal places.

Express 0.0001 in standard form.

The following are polygons EXCEPT ____________

Mr. Ojo made a profit of 32% on an article he bought for N3,200.00. How much did he sell the article?

How many faces has a cylinder?

Simplify 11111 + 10110

Evaluate 2p – (p – 2p)

Make T the subject of the formula I = PRT

Find the product of (4m – n) and (3m – 2n)

Solve for x if \(\frac{1}{2}\) (4x – 3) – \(\frac{1}{8}\) (5x – 3) ≥ 1.

Evaluate 2a – \(\frac{3b}{5c}\), given that a = 2, c = 1

Simplify \(\left ( \frac{2x}{3} \right )\)^2

Factorise x^2 – 1

The probability of a student passing a JSSCE mathematics examination is \(\frac{10}{100}\). What is the probability that the student will fail?

If 13 is the mean of the following set of numbers: 12, 11, 14 and x, what is the value of x?

In bisecting any line, the following are required

Convert 7710 to a number base two.

Round off 3.9695 to 2 decimal places.

Which of the following fractions is the lowest fraction: \(\frac{3}{4}\) , \(\frac{5}{8}\), \(\frac{1}{2}\) and \(\frac{12}{15}\)?

Find the highest common factor of 325, 350 and 373.

Express 6561 as a product of primes in index form.

Mr. Babatunde had N1,500.00 in his current account. He withdrew N2,450.00 as overdraft. How much has he overdrawn?

What is the correct name for one thousand billion?

Sample: T <- U = T – \(\frac{U}{T}\)  2 <- 8 = \(\frac{8–2}{2}\)= 3 4 <- 10 = \(\frac{8–2}{2}\) = \( \scriptsize 1\frac{1}{2}\) What is 2 <- 6?

A trader buys a gallon of palm oil for N1,500.00 and sells it at a profit of 10%. Calculate the selling price.

Solve the equation \( \scriptsize 1\frac{1}{2}\) = \(\frac{1}{y}\).

What is the value of 962?

If a = 2, put (>, <, ≤, ≥ or =) in the box for the inequality below: a + 2a , a + 8

A ladder, 13cm long leans against a wall, if the foot of the ladder is 5cm from the wall, calculate how far up the wall the ladder reaches.

If 52 = 7.211 and 520 = 23.02, find 5200

Triangle that has one of its angles to be more than 90⁰ is called _________

Solve 5m = \( \scriptsize 3\frac{1}{3}\)?

The point where the x and y axis meet in a graph is called ___________

Factorize 24pz – 8pr.

Find the area of triangle of sides 5cm, 6cm and 7cm

A pack of cards has ____________ unbiased card

Express as a single number 3.8 x 104 – 9.7 x 10³

If 2 x 2 and 4 x 2 are supplementary angles, what is the value of x?

If 15 men dig a trench for 10 days, how many men will be required to dig the trench in 2 days?

Find the mean score of these scores: 2, 3, 0, 8, 7, 5, 9, 6

Round up 23 456 713 500 145 to 3 significant figures and write your answer in words

Simplify -4 x -2 x -3 -2 x -6

Factorize 81 + 18a + a2

The difference between the median and the mode of the following set of numbers: 7, 4, 9, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 4, 6, 5

Find the unknown angle in the fig.

The sum of minutes and y seconds expressed in minutes is

Complete the following sentence correctly. Vertically opposite angles _________

Solve the equation x+\(\frac{2}{3}\) + 2x = 10

Express 17400m in km, leaving your answer in standard form

A hollow cuboid measures 60cm by 15cm by 20cm. How many litres can it hold? (1 litre = 1000cm²)

The L.C.M of 5ab^2 and 3a^2b is _____________

The least number by which 112 must be multiplied to give a perfect square is ___________

Which of these is NOT a plane shape?

A teacher asks a class to write + 8 in another way, Three of the answers are I: \(\frac{1}{4}\) (x + 8); II: (x + 2); III: (\(\frac{1}{4}\) x + 2). Which of these is/are correct?

The lowest common denominator of \(\frac{1}{3}\), \(\frac{2}{3}\), \(\frac{4}{5}\), \(\frac{5}{6}\) and \(\frac{5}{10}\) is __________

Find the probability of choosing a vowel from “KETU-LAGOS”.