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SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS: SS 3 TIME:
3HRS
INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions from ONLY part A
PART A - OBJECTIVE:

1. A matrix is said to be a singular matrix when is determinant is (a) 1 (b) 2

(c) 0 (d) 3

2. In a class of 40 students, 32 offer Mathematics, 24 offer Physics and 4 offer

neither Mathematics nor Physics. How many offer both Mathematics and
Physics? A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 20
3. Simplify log2(256)1/8 A.4 B.2 C. 3 D. 1
4. Calculate the curved surface area of a conical shape whose radius is 5cm
and vertical
height is 12 cm ? A. 205.23cm2 B. 104.23cm2 C. 304.23cm2 D. 204.23cm2
5. In the diagram below, ¿ SP∨¿=¿ SR∨¿ and <PRS = 50O.Calculate<PQR. A.120O
B.110O C.100O D.80O

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6. If the total surface area of a solid hemisphere is equal to its volume. Find the
radius
. A. 3.0cm B. 4.5cm C. 5.0cm D. 9.0cm
7. The bearing of X from Y is 104o, what is the bearing of Y from X?
(a) 014o (b) 076o (c) 256o (d) 284o
8. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is 252. If the first
term is -16 and the last term is 72, find the number of terms in the series.
A. 9 B. 8. C. 7 D. 6
9. A trapezium has two parallel sides of lengths 5cm and 9cm. If the area is
21cm2, find the distance between the parallel sides. A. 4 cm B. 7 cm C. 3 cm
D. 6 cm
10. An arc of a circle subtends an angle of 30 o on the circumference of a circle
of radius 21cm. Find the length of the arc. A. 44 cm B. 11 cm C. 66cm D.
22cm
11. On a pie chart, there are four sectors of which three angles are 45 o, 90o and
135o. If the smallest sector represents N28.00, how much is the largest
sector? A. N84.00 B. N42.00 C. N48.00 D. N96.00
12. Find the value of the angle marked x

A. 60o B. 45o C. 17o D. 18o E. 15o

13.The mean of the numbers 3, 6, 4, x and 7 is 5. Find x. A. 5 B. 2 C. 3 D. 2

14. By how much is the mean of 30, 56, 31, 55, 43 and 44 less than the
median?
A. 0.50 B. 0.33 C. 0.17 D. 0.75
15. The range of 4, 3, 11, 9, 6, 15, 19, 23, 27, 24, 21 and 16 is A. 24 B. 23 C. 21
D. 16
16. A bearing of 320oexpressed as a compass bearing is (a) N50oW (b) N40oW
(c) N50oE
(d) N40oE
17. The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is 6x + 6y. Find y in terms of x.
A. y = 150 – x B. y = 120 – x C. y = 60 – x D. y = 90 – x
18. The area of a rhombus is 24cm2. If one of its diagonals is 6cm, find the
length of the other
diagonal. A. 2cm B. 4cm C. 8cm D. 10cm E. 18cm
19. Given that the first and fourth terms of a G.P. are 6 and 162 respectively,
find the sum of the first three terms of the progression. A. 48 B. 78 C. 27 D.
8
20. Factorize completely ac – 2bc – a2 + 4b2.
A. (a – 2b)(c – a + 2b) B. (a – 2b)(c + a + 2b) C. (a – 2b)(c + a - 2b) D. (a – 2b)
(c – a - 2b)
21. A farmer planted 5,000 grains of maize and harvested 5,000 cobs, each
bearing 500 grains. What is the ratio of the number of grains sowed to the
number harvested? A. 1 : 250,000 B. 1 : 25,000 C. 1 : 5,000 D. 1 : 500
22. Three teachers shared a packet of pens. The first teacher got 2/5 of the
pens and the second teacher received 2/15 of the remainder. What fraction
did the third teacher receive? A. 15 8 B. 25/13 C. 25/12 D. 25/11
23. Simplify: √ 2 ( √6 +2 √2 ) −2 √3(a) 4 (b) √ 3+4 (c) 4√ 2 (d) 4√ 3+4
24. Find the value of x in the figure below

A. 50o B. 55o C. 45o D. 75o E. 40o

23. A father decided to give 20% of his monthly income to his three children as
their monthly allowance. The eldest child got 45% of the allowance and the
youngest got 25%. How much was the father’s monthly income if the
second child got #3 000? A. #33,000 B. #45,000 C. #50,000 D. #60,000
24. If the interest of #150.00 for 2½ years is #4.50, find the interest on #250.00
for 6 months at the same rate. A. #1.50 B. #7.50 C. #15.00 D. #18.00
25. Approximate 0.03457 to 1 significant figure. (a) 0.0 (b) 0.03 (c) 0.0005
(d) 0.004? A. 60 B. 54 C. 48 D. 42
26. If log102 = 0.3010 and log103 = 0.4771, evaluate log104.5 A. 0.9542 B. 0.6532
C. 0.4771 D. 0.3010
27. Simplify (12 /3) 1/2 A. 0 B. 1/3 C. 3/5 D. 1
28. If U = {x:x is a positive integer less than 10} and P = {x:x is a prime factor of
30}, find the complement of P.
A. {1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9} B. {1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9} C. {1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9) D. { 1, 4,
7, 8, 9}
29. If m = 3, p = -3, q = 7 and r = 5/2, evaluate m (p+q+r). A. 19.50 B. 19.15 C.
18.95 D. 18.05
30. The time taken to do a piece of work is inversely proportional to the
number of men employed. If it takes 30 men to do a piece of work in 6
days, how many men are required to do the work in 4 days? A. 20 B. 35 C.
45 D. 60
31. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1800 °. Calculate the
size of one exterior angle of the polygon. A. 30° B. 24° C. 18° D. 12°
28. A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 60° at the center of a circle of
radius 14cm. Find the length of the chord. A. 7 cm B. 14 cm C. 21 cm D. 28
cm
29. A sector of a circle has an area of 55 cm2. If the radius of the circle is 10 cm,
calculate the angle of the sector. A. 45° B. 63° C. 75° D. 90°
30. Find the curved surface area of a cone with circular base diameter 10 cm
and height 12cm. A. 25cm2 B. 65 cm2 C. 120 cm2 D. 156 cm2
31. Subtract 164189 from 186309. A. 11219 B. 21129 C. 21139 D. 22119
32. If 55x + 52x = 7710, find x A. 8 B. 6 C. 7 D. 10
33. 15cm3 of a metal weighs 127.5g. What is the weight of 35cm 3 of the same
metal if the
mass of the metal is directly proportional to the volume?(a) 167.3g (b)
297.5g (c) 203.2g
(d) 132g
34 When the sum of 28 and a certain number is divided by 5, the result is equal
to treble the
original number. What is the number? (a) x=2 (b) x= 3 (c) x=4 (d) x =5
35. A chord is drawn 5cm away from the center of a circle of radius 13cm.
calculate the length of the chord. A. 7cm B. 9cm C. 12cm D. 24cm
36. Find the radius of a sphere whose surface area is 154cm2.A. 7.00cm B.
3.50cm C. 3.00cm D. 1.75cm
37. Find the value of sin45° – cos30°. A. (2√2-√3)/2 B. (√3-2√2)/2 C. (√2-√3)/3
D. (√3-√2)/3
38. A cliff on the bank of a river is 300m high. If the angle of depression of a
point on the opposite side of the river is 60o, find the width of the river.
A.173.2m B.183.2 C.373.2m D.172.2m
39. Given that log2 = 0.3010, log7 = 0.8451, evaluate log 112. A. 2.1461 B.
2.0491 C. 3.1461 D. 2.5441
40. Find the sum of infinity of the following series. 0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005 + 0.0005
+…
A. 85 B. 75 C.115 D.95
41. simplify: sin2 x+ cos2 x A. 1+cosx B. 1 C. sin(2x) D. cos(2x)
5
42. Given that tan x = 12 , what is the value of sin x + cos x? A.17/13 B.5/13
C. 7/13 D. 12/13
43 The height of a cylinder is equal to it’s radius. If the volume is 0.216
 πm3, calculate the radius.
(a) 0.46m (b) 0.60m (c) 0.87m (d) 1.80m
44. Express the product of 0.21 and 0.34 in standard form
A. 7.14 x 10-2 B. 7.14 x 10-1 C. 7.14 x 10-4 D. 7.14 x 10-3

45. In the diagram below, find the size of the angles marked ao. A. 60O B. 80O C. 120O
D. 160O

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A. (-1, 3) B. (3, 1) C. (-3, 1) D. (1, 3)
46. If y varies directly as the square root of x and y = 3 when x = 16, calculate y
when x=64.
A. 6 B. 12 C. 3 D. 5
47. If x is inversely proportional to y and x =2½ when y =2, find x if y = 4. (A.) 4
(B.) 5 (C.) 1 (D.)11
48. The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is -9 and the 7th term is -29.
Find the 10th term of the progression. A. -44 B. -165 C. 165 D. 44
49. Solve the exponential equation: 22X + 2X+1 – 8 = 0 (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
50. In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle PQRS and < PSR = 86O. If <POR =
xo, find x.
A. 274O B. 172O C. 129O D. 86O

PART TWO – THEORY

Answer eight (8) questions in this part

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1. The probabilities of two candidates M and N passing an examination are 3
4
and 5 respectively. Find the probability that:
(i) Only one candidate will pass (ii) at least one candidate will pass

2. (a) Rationalize (3√2 - 1) / (3√2 + 1), leaving your answer in the form
a+b√c.

3 4 2 6 4 1 1 3 1
P= 5 3 −1 Q= 3 2 4 R= 6 5 2
6 5 7 −1 3 5 4 3 8

(b) Find (i) 5P + 2Q (ii) 4Q – 2R (iii) 2P + Q + 3R (iv) PR (v)

Det Of R

4. a) Draw a Table for multiplication * in modulo 8 on the set T= {2,3,5,7}

(b) Use the table to find the solution set of : (i) 3 * n = 5 (ii) n * n = 1

5. Students on excursion flew from Elias Airfield, A(Lat30⁰N, Long20⁰W) to Elias

Zoological garden, B(Lat30⁰N, Long40⁰E). Assume the radius of the earth to
be 6400km, calculate, correct to three significant figures:
(a) the length of chord AB
(b) the distance between A and B along the parallel of latitude
(c) the shortest distance between A and B.

6. In the diagram below; ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, <CBQ = 48o and a = 2b.
Calculate the
numerical value of b.
 7 .a. Find the total amount paid back if #10,000,000 was borrowed at 15%
(i) compound interest (ii) simple interest, for three years.
b. A hemispherical bowl is surmounted on a metallic cylindrical tank. Calculate
the volume of the object.

11.5cm 10cm

14cm

8. a. Given that Sin (A+B)= sinAcosB+cosAsinB and Cos(A+B)=cosAcosB-

sinAsinB, using surd form, find the value of (i) cos105= cos(45+60) (ii) sin
105 =sin (60+45)

b. An aeroplane leaves an airport A and flies on a bearing 035o for 3/2 hours
at 600km/h to an airport B. It then flies on a bearing 130 o for 3/2 hours at
400km/h to an airport C.
Calculate the
a) Distance from C to A
b) Bearing of C from A.
9. Given the tank below, calculate the (i) capacity of the tank
in m3 (ii) the cost of metal needed to construct the tank if it
costs £50.00 per m2.

2m 10m 12m

10. a. Use crammer’s or inverse approach to solve the linear equation below,
5x + 2y =26
3x – y = 9

b. The sum of a two digit numbers is 11,. When interchanged, the difference of the
numbers is 27. Find the
numbers.