FAMAKS BRITISH SCHOOLS
2022 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS 30MINS
PART A: MATHEMATICS, BASIC SCIENCE, ICT AND PHE.
PART B: ENGLISH STUDIES AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE paper
INTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Do NOT open this booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, read the following
carefully.
1. There are sixty questions in Mathematics, Basic Science, I.C. T and P.H.E for which you
are allowed 75 minutes. Also, there are sixty questions in English Studies and General
Knowledge paper for which you are also allowed 75 minutes.
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for that question)
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you cannot answer a question, do not spend too much time on it, but the next one.
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allowed to explain any question(s) to you during the examination.
PART A: MATHEMATICS
1. Write in figures: One million
3. Find the value of (1.7)2.
a)
28.9
seventeen.
b)
2.89
a) 1,020,017
c)
289
b) 10,020,017
d)
0.289
twenty
thousand
and
c) 102,007
d) 100,017
4. Subtract 0.07 from 1.1
a) 1.3
2. Write
down
in
words:
370,894
a) Three
b) 1.03
c) 0.13
thousand
seventy
d) 1.13
hundred and eighty four
b) Three
million,
hundred
and
seven
eighty
thousand and ninety four
c) Three
million,
seven
hundred and ninety four
d) Three hundred and seventy
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5. Simplify ( × ) +
a) 0
b)
c)
1
4
1
2
d) 1
thousand eight hundred and
ninety four.
6. Increase 400 by 25%.
a) 450
b) 500
c) 650
d) 700
7. Which
of
the
following
10. Find the simple interest on
numbers is not a prime
£300 for 2 years at 10% per
number: 11, 19, 2, 9.
annum.
a) 9
a) £40
b) 11
b) £50
c) 2
c) £60
d) 19
d) £80
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11.The L.C.M of 8, 12 16 and 24
8. What is ( × ) - ( × ) ?
a)
b)
c)
d)
is……..
1
6
a) 16
11
40
b) 24
3
c) 36
8
d) 48
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5
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12.Express as a decimal.
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9. Find the value of 1 + + 2
a) 3
7
a) 0.85
24
b) 0.80
5
c) 0.75
b) 1
8
5
c) 2
8
5
d) 3
8
d) 0.65
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13.What is 6 ÷ 3
a)
b)
1
6
16.Which of the following is
equal to 52 × 3 × 22?
a) 532
3
b) 540
5
2
c) 560
c) 1
3
d) 600
d) 2
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14.Express as a percentage.
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a) 15%
b) 20%
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17.If 26 is divided by 2 and the
result is subtracted from 15,
the final answer is……
1
c) 30%
a) 2
d) 35%
b) 3
4
3
4
2
15.The cost price of a car is £450
and the selling price is £504.
c) 4
5
2
d) 5
5
What is the percentage gain?
a) 6%
b) 12%
c) 14%
d) 16%
18.Express
form.
a)
b)
c)
d)
5
6
5
7
9
13
2
3
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in its simplest
19.What are the prime factors of
22.If a sachet of pasta costs £70,
150?
what will be the cost of 20
a) 3, 5
sachets?
b) 2, 3, 5, 5
a) 1000
c) 2, 3
b) 1200
d) 2, 7, 11
c) 1400
d) 1440
20. Of 130 pupils in primary six
of a school,
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are boys. How
many girls are there?
b) 11
b) 91
c) 10
c) 95
d) 9
d) 100
a) 7
b) 1
c)
d)
5
6
1
the value of 2p + r + s.
a) 13
a) 80
21.Simplify √𝟏
23. If p = 2, r = 3 and s = 6, find
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Instruction: Use this data to solve
question 24-26.
5
1
5
The numbers of eggs laid by 10
chickens are listed as: 2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 5,
5, 4, 8, and 2.
2
5
24. Calculate the mean.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
25. Find the mode
29. Kathy is p years old. Her
a) 2
father is twice as old as her.
b) 1
What will her father’s age be
c) 7
in 3 years’ time?
d) 8
a) (p+3) years
b) (2p - 3) years
26. Find the median.
a) 5
c) (2p + 3) years
d) (3p + 3) years
b) 8
c) 4
30. The price of a book was
1
d) 3
2
from
£20.00
to
£25.00.
What
is
the
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percentage increase?
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a) 40%
27. Divide 4 by
a) 12
b) 25%
b) 9
c) 24%
c) 8
d)
increased
d) 20%
3
4
31. Calculate the value of xo in
28. If
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𝟐
= , what is the value of
𝟗
the figure below.
x?
o
3x
a) 18
b) 12
c) 8
d) 6
a) 60o
b) 45o
c) 36o
d) 50o
o
2x
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32. If k + 1 = 11, what number
36. Peter and Joan shared 20
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oranges in the ratio 2:3. How
does k represent?
many oranges did Joan get?
a) 6
a) 4
b) 10
b) 6
c) 20
c) 10
d) 24
d) 12
33. What is the value of
𝑴+𝑵
𝑷+𝑸
if
37. If 2x + 3 = 15, find the value
M=18, N=15, P=6, Q=5?
of x + 2?
a) 11
a) 6
b) 8
b) 8
c) 5
c) 12
d) 3
d) 14
34. Find the value of 15 – 2v
when v = 4
a) 7
38. Calculate the circumference
of a circle whose radius is
14cm. (Take 𝝅 =
b) 2
c) 11
d) 13
a) 22cm
b) 44cm
c) 88cm
35. Simplify 6a + 17 – 3a – 10.
a) 3a – 7
b) 3a +7
c) 9a + 7
d) 9a + 27
d) 176cm
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39. Calculate the area of a circle
with radius of 7m. (Take 𝝅 =
40. Calculate the area of the
triangle below.
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)
a) 1078 m2
b) 154 m2
c) 44 m2
d) 22 m2
12cm
3cm
a) 24 cm2
b) 18 cm2
c) 36 cm2
d) 20 cm2
BASIC SCIENCE
41. The bone of the human head
44. The following are examples of
is called
aquatic animals EXCEPT
a) Femur
a) Shark
b) Humerus
b) Whale
c) Skull
c) Lion
d) Tibia
d) Dolphins
42. The male part of a flower is
45. Which of the following is
made up of
regarded as the basic/smallest
a) Anther and filament
unit of life?
b) Anther and stigma
a) Tissue
c) Anther and style
b) Organ
d) Filament and ovary
c) Cell
d) System
43. Which of the following is a
temporary change?
a) A little child that grows into
an adult
46. All of the following are
examples of inherited
characters EXCEPT
b) Cassava processed into garri
a) Eye colour
c) Flower turning into fruit
b) Hair colour
d) Ice melting into water
c) Tongue rolling
d) Playing guitar
47. Which of these is NOT a
49. Which of the following is a
sense organ?
carbohydrate?
a) Heart
a) Beans
b) Eye
b) Egg
c) Tongue
c) Orange
d) Nose
d) Yam
48. The process by which plants
50. An animal that lives on both
manufacture their food is
land and water is called
known as _____
______
a) Osmosis
a) An amphibian
b) Respiration
b) A reptile
c) Photosynthesis
c) A mammal
d) Transpiration
d) An invertebrate
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
51. All of the following are
53. Which of the following is a
components of physical
non-contact sport?
fitness EXCEPT.
a) Football
a) Strength
b) Tennis
b) Balance
c) Basketball
c) Flexibility
d) Handball
d) Jumping
54. The skill of heading a ball is
52. _______ is the state of health
used in _______
and well-being of a person.
a) Basketball
a) Carrying of weight
b) Football
b) Physical fitness
c) Handball
c) Football
d) Hockey
d) Gymnastic
55. Which of the following items
can be found in a first aid
box?
a) Bandage
b) Chloroquine
c) Needle
d) Syringe
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
56. Which of the following is an application software?
a) LINUS
b) MacOS
c) Microsoft Paint
d) Microsoft Windows
57. Ctrl + V is used to ______ documents.
a) Copy
b) Cut
c) Paste
d) Print
58. The disadvantage of using the internet in the society is to ___
a) Buy and sell
b) Defraud people
c) Educate people
d) Exchange information
59. The following are common IT gadgets EXCEPT ___
a) Blender
b) Computer
c) Drone
d) Phone
60. Microsoft Word is an example of ______ software.
a) Anti-virus
b) Drawing
c) Internet
d) Word processing
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
COMPREHENSION: Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
The hyena once had the luck to come upon a dead ass. There was enough meat for
three whole days. He was enjoying his meal when suddenly he saw his children
coming. He knew their healthy young teeth and growing appetite, and as he did not
want to share the magnificent carcass with them, he said: You see that village over
there? If you’re quick you’ll find plenty of asses there, just like this one. Only run.
The hyena’s children rushed towards the village, shouting the news at top of their
voices. As the tale travelled to all corners of the bush, starving animals crept outjackals, civet-cats, tiger-cats- all the smaller wild animals ran towards the village
where the feast of asses meat was to be found.
The whole morning to the hyena watched them go by, singly or in flocks, until in
the end he began to be worried.
Well, he said to himself, it looks as if it must be true. That village must be full of
dead asses. And leaving the carcass he had had all to himself, he started off to join
a band of other animals who were running towards the village.
1. Why was the hyena lucky to
find dead ass?
a) It would keep him warm at
night.
b) It would feed his family.
c) It would give him food for
three days.
d) It would feed the whole
animals in the bush.
2. What did the hyena do upon
5. Why didn’t the hyena want his
seeing the children?
children to eat with him?
a) He shared the carcass with
a) They have healthy young
them.
teeth and growing appetite.
b) He hid the carcass in the
b) The carcass was too little to
bush.
share.
c) He directed them the village
c) They came with their friends
to find more asses.
d) The children cannot eat the
d) He rushed and follow them
magnificent carcass.
to hunt for more asses.
From
3. What did the hyena children do
on their way to the village?
a) Rushed along shouting
b) Crept along quietly
option
A-D,
underlined word in the above
passage that would not alter the
story.
6. LUCKY
a) unlucky
4. Who
joined
the
hyena’s
b) fortunate
children to the village?
c) happy
a) Asses
d) elated
b) only jackals
c) the hyena
d) all small wild animals
the
correct word that can replace the
c) Crept along shouting
d) Singing joyfully
choose
7. ENOUGH
a) many
b) sufficient
c) insufficient
d) mighty
8. MAGNIFICENT
12.
a) adequate
a) tellevision
b) average
b) televission
c) luxurious
c) televiission
d) large
d) television
9. WORRIED
13.
a) indifferent
a) exersise
b) anxious
b) exescise
c) relaxed
c) excercise
d) confident
d) exercise
10. FLOCKS
14.
a) groups
a) cariage
b) crowd
b) carriage
c) armies
c) carriege
d) fleets
d) carriadge
Choose from alternatives lettered
A-D the word which is correctly
spelt.
15.
a) countery
b) cantry
c) country
11.
a) permission
b) permission
c) permistion
d) parmission
d) cantary
Choose from the options the word
which is nearly opposite in meaning
to the word in bold letters:
16. He hurriedly ran into the lake.
a) happily
b) bravely
19. The
Girl’s
prefect
was
arrogant.
a) sad
b) humble
c) proud
d) kind
c) slowly
d) quickly
20. My sister said that the stranger
was rude to her.
17. The boy was informed of the
increase in his school fees.
a) addition
b) decrease
a) polite
b) kind
c) proud
d) friendly
c) change
d) receipt
21. The teacher is on temporary
appointment in the school.
18. Peanuts is scarce nowadays.
a) hard
b) plentiful
c) easy
a) paying
b) permanent
c) long
d) fixed
d) difficult
22. James
has
lost
the
book
presented to him by his uncle.
a) bought
b) stole
c) sent
d) found
23. Did you see the beautiful
In the following sentences, the bold
house which was built a month
words have prefixes or suffixes.
ago?
From
a) destroyed
b) erected
c) constructed
d) contracted
24. Sam’s mother praised him for
failing his examination.
option
A-D,
choose
the
correct root/base word.
26. The school is not accessible
from here
a) ible
b) access
c) acess
d) able
a) blamed
b) celebrated
c) congratulated
d) honoured
27. We have insufficient food
supply.
a) sufficient
b) insuff
25. The tortoise has always been
foolish animal.
c) insufficient
d) cient
a) cunning
b) greedy
c) loyal
d) wise
28. What is the usefulness of the
information?
a) fullness
b) useful
c) ness
d) use
29. The weather is unpredictable.
a) un
32. My
house
is
directly
opposite____ the market.
b) predict
a) in
c) able
b) to
d) dictable
c) at
d) with
30. The joy and happiness we
have experienced is
immeasurable.
33. She is the ____ girl in the
village.
a) happi
a) more beautiful
b) ness
b) beautiful
c) happy
c) most beautiful
d) pin
d) beautifulest
STRUCTURE: Choose the correct
options that suitably complete the
sentences.
34. Eze ____ boasting in public.
a) like
b) likes
c) does likes
31. We must obey the laws____
d) liking
our country.
a) at
b) of
35. Maina is as ____ as his
brother.
c) with
a) long
d) for
b) tallest
c) taller
d) tall
36. Your
French
Language
is
getting ____ everyday.
a) nice
40. Did you say my handwriting
is bad? I think yours is ____
than mine.
b) best
a) badder
c) better
b) worster
d) good
c) worse
d) worst
37. Only foolish people ____ all
the time.
a) played
41. This letter was written by a
friend of ______
b) plaid
a) us
c) play
b) me
d) plays
c) his
d) them
38. Mustapha is always at his ____
after breakfast.
a) goodness
42. I had eaten my breakfast
before he______
b) better
a) comes
c) best
b) came
d) laughter
c) was coming
d) had come
39. This is the ___ noodles I have
ever tasted.
a) worse
b) worst
c) badest
d) most worse
43. I know the elephant, it is ____
huge animal.
46.Laila is a beautiful
girl,__________?
a) an
a) isn’t she
b) any
b) is she
c) few
c) shant she
d) a
d) why not
44. This was the man ____ car
47. Our teacher will not give us
was stolen.
test today,_________?
a) whose
a) won’t she
b) who’s
b) will she
c) who
c) can she
d) whom
d) would she
Choose the correct question tag.
48. He was not present at the
45. You
are
my
friend,___________?
best
party,____________?
a) was not
a) are you
b) was he
b) aren’t you
c) he was
c) aren’t we
d) weren’t he
d) isn’t it?
49. You can lift the luggage, ______________?
a) can you
b) could you
c) couldn’t you
d) can’t you
50. She used to be a good teacher, _________?
a) Is she?
b) Was she?
c) Wasn’t she?
d) Used to be?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PAPER
51. Who is the current President of
54. What is the major export
Nigeria?
commodity in Nigeria?
a) Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
a) Petroleum
b) Dr. Goodluck Ebele
b) Cocoa
Jonathan
c) Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
c) Rubber
d) Timber
d) Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
55. Nigeria celebrates her
52. Who is the current President of
democracy in which day of the
the United States of America?
year?
a) Donald Trump
a) May 29th
b) Joe Biden
b) June 14th
c) Barrack Obama
c) June 12th
d) Kamala Harris
d) April 27th
53. Goods that are sold to other
56. Nigeria became independent in
countries are known as
a) 1963
__________
b) 1960
a) Barter
c) 1967
b) Export
d) 1970
c) Import
d) Local
57. For a nation to be great,
59. A sudden events that happens
_________ must be
unexpectedly causing injury
discouraged.
and damage is a/an
a) Accountability
__________
b) Corruption
a) Culture
c) Hard work
b) Economy
d) Honesty
c) Politics
d) Religion
58. Which of the following is
considered as a positive value?
60. The aspect of the society that
a) Disobedience
deals with faith and belief is
b) Fighting
__________
c) Honesty
a) Culture
d) Kidnapping
b) Economy
c) Politics
d) Religion