MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (JSS)

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BECE MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS

These are BECE Mathematics Past Questions. 40 questions will be picked at random from the question bank.

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1 / 40

Solve the simultaneous equations 2x – y = 4 ; x + y = 5

x = 3, y = 2

x = -3, y = 2

x = -3, y = -2

x = 2, y = 3

2 / 40

Find the next term in the sequence 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, …

3 / 40

Share N250,000.00 in the ration 7:3

N150,000.00 : N100,000.00

200,000.00 : N50,000.00

N25,000.00 : N75,000.00

N175,000.00 : N75,000.00

4 / 40

Mr. Bassey made a profit of 32% on an article sell the article?

N2,176.00

N3,200.00

N4,224.00

N1,024.00

5 / 40

Calculate the volume of a cone if the height is 3cm and the base radius is 7cm

154cm cube

145cm cube

452cm cube

462cm cube

6 / 40

The distance measured round an object is called

diameter

radius

perimeter

length

7 / 40

If 3 is added to three quarters of a certain number, the result is 30. Find the original number.

8 / 40

Which of the following pairs figures have their diagonals equal and intersect at their centres?

parallelogram and kite

rectangle and square

kite and rectangle

parallelogram and rhombus

9 / 40

Write 3.05 x 10^-5 in decimal notation

0.000305

0.0305

0.00305

0.0000305

10 / 40

Express 1.5km in metres

1,500 metres

15 metres

150 metres

1.5 metres

11 / 40

If 15 men dig the trench in 2 days?

150 men

30 men

60 men

75 men

12 / 40

A car travels 180km in 45 minutes. Find the speed of the car in km/hr

240km/hr

140km/hr

100km/hr

80km/hr

13 / 40

Solve for q if 5q – 21/14 =1

q = 35

q = 0

q = 7

q = 14

14 / 40

The term H.C.F means

Highest Combined Factor

Highest Combined Fraction

Highest Common Factor

Highest Common Fraction

15 / 40

If a = -1, b = -2 and c = 3, evaluate ab-bc

-8

– 4

16 / 40

The following are polygon EXCEPT

circle

quadrilateral

triangle

hexogon

17 / 40

Find the simple interest on N8000.00 for 3 years at 3.5% per annum

N4800.00

N8400.00

N480.00

N840.00

18 / 40

A straight line joining two points of the circumference of a circle and passing through the centre of the circle is called _______

chord

radius

segment

diameter

19 / 40

The mean of 16, 18, x, 12, and 15.calculate the value of x.

20 / 40

Solve the simultaneous equations of x + y = 8 and x – y = 2

x = -3, y = -5

x =5, y = 3

x = 3, y = 5

x = 5, y = 3

21 / 40

Express 55 minutes as a fraction of an hour

1/6

1/12

5/6

11/12

22 / 40

The sum of angles at a point is

180 degree

270 degree

360 degree

120 degree

23 / 40

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

30.00

3.75

5.50

5.00

24 / 40

Find the median of the following decimal numbers 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.6

25 / 40

Convert 75.67665 to 2 decimal places.

76.00

75.68

75.00

75.67

26 / 40

Express N6.5 trillion in digital

650,000,000

N650,000,000,000

N65,000,000,000

N6,500,000,000

27 / 40

Each face of a cuboid is in the shape of a

square

triangle

circle

rectangle

28 / 40

Which of these is NOT a plane shape?

sphere

circle

polygon

traperium

29 / 40

Express 32% as a fraction

4/20

6/25

8/25

2/25

30 / 40

Find the highest common factor of 325, 350 and 375

31 / 40

Mr. Emmanuel had N1,500.00 in his current account. He withdrew N2,4500 as overdraft. How much has he overdrawn?

N905.00

N1,000.00

N950.00

N1,050.00

32 / 40

A certain amount of foodstuff will be consumed by 15 persons in 4 days. How long will it take if I is shared among 6 persons eating at the same rate?

10 days

15 days

5 days

60 days

33 / 40

Simplify b + 2b – 3b + 4b

10b

34 / 40

Letter Z is 26 in base ten, decode Z in binary scale

101010

11101

00101

11010

35 / 40

Find the area of a parallelogram with base 8cm and vertical height 5cm

80cm square

40cm square

26cm square

13cm square

36 / 40

If the exchange rate for Dollar to Naira is N305.00, how much will $280 amount to?

N84,000.00

N91,500.00

N84,400.00

N88,500.00

37 / 40

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

N1,650.00

N1,750.00

N1,550.00

N1.450.00

38 / 40

The length of an equivalent triangle is xcm and its perimeter is 27cm. find x

3cm

18cm

27cm

9cm

39 / 40

The value of the 4 in 26.645 is _________

4 units

4 tenths

4 hundreths

4 thousand

40 / 40

Round the product of 0.025 and 0.3 to 1 significant figure

0.0008

0.008

0.08

0.0075

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