BECE Mathematics 2013 Paper 2 Past Questions

What is the place value of 3 in 4321?

Round off 0.01256 to three significant figures

Evaluate $$\sqrt{3{\frac1{16}}}$$

The sum of 8 and a certain number is 12. What is the number

A man bought a Mathematics text book for N1,680.00 and sold it for N1,200.00. Find his percentage loss.

Find the sum of the prime factors of 180

A profit of 23% was made on an article bought for N4,800. what was the selling price

Find the HCF of 18a²y and 27x²y²

Convert 19_ten to a binary number

What is the smallest number by which 60 must be multiplied to be a perfect square?

If 6 men can finish a particular work in 4 days, how many days will it take 8 men to finish the same work if they are working at the same rate

What is the missing number if the following subtraction is in base two?
$$\begin{matrix}11001010 \\ xxxxxxx\\10101011 \end{matrix}$$

Express 144_eight in base ten

Find the simple interest on N650.00 for 2 years at 6% per annum.

The number of girls in a mixed school is 375. if the ratio of boys to girls in the school is 4:5, find the number of boys in the school.

Evaluate $$\frac{0.01 \times 0.04}{0.0002}$$ in standard form.

What is the positive difference between -3.9 and 3.9?

A man spends 1/3 of his salary on food and 1/4 on school fees of his children. What fraction of his salary is left?

Express 0.375 as a fraction in its lowest term

If 3.5% of a number is 3.5, what is the number?

Convert 10110_two to base ten

Solve the inequality 3x-1 ≤ 3 -2x

What is the coefficient of r in the expansion of (3r - 5)(2r + 3)?

The sum of 4 times a certain number and 9 is equal to the sum of the number and 12. What is the number?

Which of the following inequalities is sketched in the figure below?

Find the HCF of 4x²y and 6xyz

Expand (x+1)(x-2)

Factorise x² - 7x + 12

Simplify $$8{x^2} \times \frac{3xy}{6xy^2}$$

Simplify $$\frac{(x-3)}{2} - \frac{(x+1)}{3}$$

Solve the equation $$\frac x3 + \frac x2 = \frac52$$

Simplify (7x-4)-(4x-12)

Solve the simultaneous equations:
2x+y = 4
3x-y = 1

In the diagram below, find the largest angle

One of the following is a line of symmetry of a circle

Find the perimeter of the unshaded portion in the figure below.

Find the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 28cm (take π = 22/7)

The diameter of a bicycle wheel is 98cm. find the distance moved by the wheel in 3 revolutions. (take π = 22/7)

The length of a drawn stick is 3.0cm and length of the real stick is 15cm find the scale.

Calculate the area of a parallelogram whose height is 14cm and base is 6cm.

Calculate (p+s) in the diagram below

An equilateral triangle of sides 12cm each has the same perimeter as a square find the area of the square

What is the volume of a cube tank whose edges measure 5.2m each?

How many cubic sugar edge 2cm can be fitted into a cuboid container of dimension 4cm by 6cm by 20cm?

In the diagram below, calculate the value of y+x.

In the diagram below, find the positive difference between a and b.

Calculate the volume of a cylinder of height of 14cm and radius 3cm

Calculate the value of x in the diagram below

Find the value of x in the diagram below.

A ladder 7cm long leans against a vertical wall, making an angle of 60° with the horizontal ground. What is the distance between the foot of the ladder and the wall?