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COMMON ENTRANCE MATHEMATICS PREP
TEST.
Time Allowed: 1 hr.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions
carefully
(NO CALCULATORS ALLOWED)
1) The scores of a student in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
are respectively: 301, 317, 167 and 319. The average score is _____
a) 274. b) 276. c) 278. d) 552. e) 1104.
2) The lowest number that divides 8, 12, 16 and 24 is _______
a) 16. b) 24. c) 36. d) 48. e) 60.
3) A tank is 2m long, 1.4m wide and 1.8m high. Find the volume of
water in the tank when it is half full.
a) 2m³ b) 2.52m³ c) 3.05cm³ d) 5.04m³ e) 5.2m³.
4) If 6 men can do a piece of work in 2 days, how long will it take

one man?
a) 3 days. b) 4 days. c) 8 days. d) 10 days. e) 12 days.
5) The smallest fraction is _____ a) ½ b) ⅓ c) ¼ d) 1/5. e) 1/6.
6) A girl bought five oranges for 40k and sold them for 50k. What
was her percentage gain. a) 10%. b) 15%. c) 20%. d) 25%. e)
30%
7) There are 40 balls in a box; 8 are red, 4 are white, 6 are black and
the rest are yellow. What percentage of the balls are yellow?
a) 45%. b) 47%. c) 55%. d) 81.8%
8) During a football match, the amount collected at the gate was

$10,000.00. Some tickets were sold $10.00, some for $5 and the
rest for $1.50. If the amount collected from those who paid $10.00
was $3000.00 and the amount collected from those who paid $5.00
was $2500.00. How many people bought $1.50 tickets?
a) 3000. b) 4000. c) 5000. d) 6000. e) 7000.
9) What is the highest common factor of 5, 7, and 17. a) 1 b) 3. c)

5. d) 7
10) If ¼K – 6 = 16, what is the value of k?
a) 22. b) 44. c) 66. d) 88. e) 99
11) Find the area of a circle whose diameter is 14cm (π = 22/7)
a) 38.5cm² b) 77cm² c) 100cm² d) 136cm² e) 154cm².
12) In a class of 40 students, there are 25 girls, what is the ratio of

boys to girls
a) 3:8. b) 8:3. c) 5:8. d) 5:3. e) 3:5.
13) What is the value of 3 in 24.635
a) Thousandths. b) Hundredths. c) Tenths. d) Units. e) Hundreds
14) How many packets weighing 50g each can be obtained from 3kg
of salt.
a) 1000 pkts. b) 900pkts. c) 60 pkts d) 600pkts. e) 300 pkts.
15) 2025 in Roman numerals is ______
a) DMIX. b) MMXIIV. c) MMXXV. d) MMDXV. e) MMCCV
16) An octagon has ______ sides a) 6. b) 5. c) 4. d) 8. e) 7
17) A firm that distilled per day 150 litres of ethanol, increases its
production by 28%. How much ethanol did it produce after the
increase.
a) 42 litres. b) 108 litres. c) 192 litres. d) 178 litres. e) 180 litres.
18) Express 4200 as a product of its Prime factors
a) 2² × 3² × 5 × 7. b) 24 × 32 × 5 × 7. c) 22 × 32 × 52 × 7²
d) 2³ × 3 × 5² × 7. e) 2³ × 3² × 5 × 7².
19) The length and breadth of a rectangle are respectively (x + 5)m
and (x + 1)m, its perimeter is 36m, what is its area
a) 124m² b) 8m² c) 77cm³ d) 64m² e) 58cm²
20) Find the cube root of 191/25 a) 9/5. b) 6/5. c) 8/5. d) 7/5. e)
11/5
21) Simplify: 2(x + 5y) + 3(2x - 3y)
a) 8x + y. b) 2x + 5y. c) x + 10y. d) x + 5y. e) 10y
22) Use the table below to find the area of a typical trapezium
Altitude 11 cm
Base length 15 cm
Height 8 cm
Area ???
a) 104cm² b) 1320cm² c) 88cm² d) 120cm² e) 165cm²
23) For paying cash, a deaer offers 7½% discount on the marked
price of a good. How much will the buyer pay to the dealer if the
good is marked $620.00
a) $46.50. b) $666.50. c) $93.00. d) $612.50. e) $573.50
24) Olu made a profit of 40% by selling his bag for $210. What is the
cost price of the bag? a) $60. b) $140. c) $130. d) $150. e) $120.
25) A man covers a distance of 150m in 1.5 mins. Find the average
speed in km/hr
a) 5km/hr. b) 7km/hr. c) 8km/hr. d) 9km/hr. e) 6km/hr.
26) Find the principal that will yield an interest of $75 for 2½ years
at 10% per annum
a)$1875. b) $320. c) $300. d) $250. e) $200.
27) The sum of angles in a triangle is ____ ___ (No options)

28) A right angle triangle has its hypotenuse ad 10cm, and another
side 6cm, what is the length if the third side of the triangle
a) 8cm. b) 4cm. c) 16cm. d) 12cm. e) 24cm
29) From your answer in question 28, the area if the triangle is
_______
a) 24cm² b) 30cm² c) 36cm² d) 8 cm² e) 32cm².
30) Solve for x if 2(1 + 3x) = 14
a) 2. b) 2.666. c) 3.666. d) 5. e) 5.666
31) Simplify (25a + 9d) – (10a – 5d)
a) 35a + 14d. b) 15a + 14d. c) 35a – 4d. d) 35a + 4d. e) 15a – 4d.
32) Calculate the distance round a circle of radius 14cm
(Take π = 22/7). a) 44cm. b) 88cm. c) 154cm. d) 616cm. e)1232cm
33) The most frequently occuring number in a set of numbers is

called _____
a) Average. b) Frequency. c) Mean. d) Median. e) Mode.
34) Find the range of the set of numbers:
1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 7, 7, 4, 3, 0.6, 1, 2, 3, 16, 5, 9, 3, 2, 12, 7, 4, 3
a) 15.4. b) 15. c) 10. d) 14. e) None of these.
35) The angles of a triangle are 2x°, (2x + 25)°and (x + 20)°, find x
a) 45° b) 37°. c) 27°d) 64° e) 32°
36) Four-Ninths of a number is 320, find the number
a) 2880. b) 1440. c) 720. d) 540. e) 1080.
37) Three angles in a triangle are in the ratio: 3:4:11, the largest
angle of the triangle is ________
a) 70°. b) 110°. c) 120° d) 60° e) 140°
38) Correct 33.246 to 2 decimal places

a) 33.24. b) 33.000. c) 33.25. d) 33.2. e) 33.246
39) A line that divides a circle into two equal parts is called a ______,
a) Chord. b) Diameter. c) Radius. d) Segment. e) Semi-circle.
40) Add: 0.073, 6.3 and 2.12. (No options)
41) How many degrees will the hour hand of a wall clock move from
9pm to 3am
a) 45°. b) 60° c) 90° d) 180° e) 270°
42) If a = 5, b = –2, c = 3, find the value of ab – c
a) –13. b) –10. c) –7. d) 10. e) 13
43) If x = 3, y = 5 and z = –1, find the value of xy – yz
a) –15. b) –10. c) 10. d) 15. e) 20
44) Four brothers share X oranges in the ratio 2:1:3:5, if the

youngest brother gets 50 oranges. The value of X is ______
a) 350. b) 500. c) 550. d) 750. e) 840.
45) What is the smallest of these:
2/5, 1/2, 1/3, 3/4, 2/3 (No options)
46) 2000 students sat for exam, if 40% of the students failed, how
many students passed
a) 800. b) 1200. c) 1500. d) 1400. e) 1000
47) Multiply: 6204 by 0.0031
a) 19.234. b) 19.53. c) 190.23. d) 191.23. e) 192.32.
48) 744 in Roman numerals is _______ (No options)
49) (5⅔ + 7¼) - ¾ of 20. a) 12/25. b) –25/12. c) –335/12. d) –34/24
50) What must be divided by 9 to obtain 32, (No. Options)

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COMMON ENTRANCE MATHEMATICS PREP

a) 274. b) 276. c) 278. d) 552. e) 1104.

2) The lowest number that divides 8, 12, 16 and 24 is _______

a) 16. b) 24. c) 36. d) 48. e) 60.

a) 2m³ b) 2.52m³ c) 3.05cm³ d) 5.04m³ e) 5.2m³.

4) If 6 men can do a piece of work in 2 days, how long will it take

a) 3 days. b) 4 days. c) 8 days. d) 10 days. e) 12 days.

5) The smallest fraction is _____ a) ½ b) ⅓ c) ¼ d) 1/5. e) 1/6.

a) 45%. b) 47%. c) 55%. d) 81.8%

8) During a football match, the amount collected at the gate was

a) 3000. b) 4000. c) 5000. d) 6000. e) 7000.

9) What is the highest common factor of 5, 7, and 17. a) 1 b) 3. c)

10) If ¼K – 6 = 16, what is the value of k?

a) 22. b) 44. c) 66. d) 88. e) 99

11) Find the area of a circle whose diameter is 14cm (π = 22/7)

a) 38.5cm² b) 77cm² c) 100cm² d) 136cm² e) 154cm².

12) In a class of 40 students, there are 25 girls, what is the ratio of

a) 3:8. b) 8:3. c) 5:8. d) 5:3. e) 3:5.

13) What is the value of 3 in 24.635

a) Thousandths. b) Hundredths. c) Tenths. d) Units. e) Hundreds

a) 1000 pkts. b) 900pkts. c) 60 pkts d) 600pkts. e) 300 pkts.

15) 2025 in Roman numerals is ______

a) DMIX. b) MMXIIV. c) MMXXV. d) MMDXV. e) MMCCV

16) An octagon has ______ sides a) 6. b) 5. c) 4. d) 8. e) 7

a) 42 litres. b) 108 litres. c) 192 litres. d) 178 litres. e) 180 litres.

18) Express 4200 as a product of its Prime factors

a) 124m² b) 8m² c) 77cm³ d) 64m² e) 58cm²

21) Simplify: 2(x + 5y) + 3(2x - 3y)

a) 8x + y. b) 2x + 5y. c) x + 10y. d) x + 5y. e) 10y

a) 104cm² b) 1320cm² c) 88cm² d) 120cm² e) 165cm²

a) $46.50. b) $666.50. c) $93.00. d) $612.50. e) $573.50

a) 5km/hr. b) 7km/hr. c) 8km/hr. d) 9km/hr. e) 6km/hr.

a)$1875. b) $320. c) $300. d) $250. e) $200.

27) The sum of angles in a triangle is ____ ___ (No options)

a) 8cm. b) 4cm. c) 16cm. d) 12cm. e) 24cm

a) 24cm² b) 30cm² c) 36cm² d) 8 cm² e) 32cm².

30) Solve for x if 2(1 + 3x) = 14

a) 2. b) 2.666. c) 3.666. d) 5. e) 5.666

31) Simplify (25a + 9d) – (10a – 5d)

32) Calculate the distance round a circle of radius 14cm

(Take π = 22/7). a) 44cm. b) 88cm. c) 154cm. d) 616cm. e)1232cm

33) The most frequently occuring number in a set of numbers is

a) Average. b) Frequency. c) Mean. d) Median. e) Mode.

34) Find the range of the set of numbers:

1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 7, 7, 4, 3, 0.6, 1, 2, 3, 16, 5, 9, 3, 2, 12, 7, 4, 3

a) 15.4. b) 15. c) 10. d) 14. e) None of these.

a) 45° b) 37°. c) 27°d) 64° e) 32°

36) Four-Ninths of a number is 320, find the number

a) 2880. b) 1440. c) 720. d) 540. e) 1080.

a) 70°. b) 110°. c) 120° d) 60° e) 140°

38) Correct 33.246 to 2 decimal places

a) Chord. b) Diameter. c) Radius. d) Segment. e) Semi-circle.

40) Add: 0.073, 6.3 and 2.12. (No options)

a) 45°. b) 60° c) 90° d) 180° e) 270°

42) If a = 5, b = –2, c = 3, find the value of ab – c

a) –13. b) –10. c) –7. d) 10. e) 13

43) If x = 3, y = 5 and z = –1, find the value of xy – yz

a) –15. b) –10. c) 10. d) 15. e) 20

44) Four brothers share X oranges in the ratio 2:1:3:5, if the

27) The sum of angles in a triangle is __ _ (No options)