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This research determined the “Relationship between teachers’ content knowledge and students’ achievement in mathematics among senior secondary students in Jigawa State, Nigeria.” A correlational research design was used for this study. The population of the study comprised 204 senior secondary schools, 217 mathematics teachers and 25,946 students. A Simple random sampling technique was used to select three education zones in which 24 mathematics teachers and 120 students participated in the study. Two research questions were asked and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 levels of significance. Two instruments namely; Teachers’ Content Knowledge Test (TCKT) and Students Mathematics Achievement Test (SMAT) were used to collect data for the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and independent t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between teachers’ content knowledge and students’ achievement in mathematics, while no significant gender relationship was found in students’ achievement. The study recommended that teachers with professional qualification(s) at higher level should be recruited to teach Mathematics in the senior secondary schools