JAMB - Mathematics (1981)

  • 1
    Suppose x varies inversely as y, y varies directly as the square of t and x = 1, when t = 3. Find x when t = \(\frac{1}{3}\).
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    (A)
    81
  • 2
    If sine x equals cosine x, what is x in radians?
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    (C)
    \(\frac{\pi}{4}\)
  • 3
    The ratio of the price of a loaf of bread to the price of a packet of sugar in 1975 was r : t. In 1980, the price of a loaf went up by 25% and that of a packet of sugar went up by 10%. Their new ratio is now
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    (C)
    50r : 44t
  • 4
    Find a two-digit number such that three times the tens digit is 2 less than twice the units digit and twice the number is 20 greater than the number obtained by reversing the digits
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    (D)
    47
  • 5
    Find the value of x satisfying \(\frac{x}{2}\) - \(\frac{1}{3}\) < \(\frac{2x}{5}\) + \(\frac{1}{6}\)
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    (A)
    x < 5
  • 6
    A group of 14 children children received the following scores in a reading test: 35, 35, 26, 26, 26, 29, 29, 29, 12, 25, 25, 25, 25, 17. What was the median score?
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    (B)
    26
  • 7
    Which of the following fractions is less than one-third?
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    (C)
    \(\frac{15}{46}\)
  • 8
    A cuboid has a diagonal of length 9cm and a square base of side 4cm. What is its height?
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    (B)
    \(\sqrt{65}\)cm
  • 9
    Evaluate correct to 4 decimal places 827.51 x 0.015
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    (B)
    12.4127
  • 10
    What is the area between two concentric circles of diameters 26cm and 20cm?
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    (C)
    69\(\pi\)
  • 11
    Marks scored by some children in an arithmetic test are:5, 3, 6, 9, 4, 7, 8, 6, 2, 7, 8, 4, 5, 2, 1, 0, 6, 9, 0, 8.
    The arithmetic mean of the marks is
    پاسخ دهید
    (B)
    5
  • 12
    The weights of 30 new-born babies are given as follow: 6, 9, 5, 7, 6, 7, 5, 8, 9, 5, 7, 5, 8, 7, 8, 7, 5, 6, 5, 7, 6, 9, 9, 7, 8, 8, 7, 8, 9, 8. The mode is
    پاسخ دهید
    (D)
    7
  • 13
    If \(\sin x° = \frac{a}{b}\), what is \(\sin (90 - x)°\)?
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    (A)
    \(\frac{\sqrt{b^2 - a^2}}{b}\)
  • 14
    7 pupils of average age 12 years leave a class of 25 pupils of average age 14 years. If 6 new pupils of average age 11years join the class, what is the average age of the pupils now in the class?
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    (D)
    13 years 10 months
  • 15
    A sum of money invested at 5% per annum simple interest amounts to $285.20 after 3 years. How long will it take the same sum to amount to $434.00 at 7\(\frac{1}{2}\)% per annum simple interest?
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    (B)
    10 years
  • 16
    By selling an article for N45.00 a man makes a profit of 8%. For how much should he have sold it in order to make a profit of 32%?
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    (E)
    N55.00
  • 17
    An isosceles triangle of sides 13cm, 13cm, 10cm is inscribed in a circle. What is the radius of the circle?
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    (A)
    7cm
  • 18
    A micrometer is defined as one millionth of a millimeter. A length of 12,000 micrometres may be represented as
    پاسخ دهید
    (C)
    0.000012m
  • 19
    In one and a half hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through an angle of
    پاسخ دهید
    (E)
    540o
  • 20
    Simplify \(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}}\) - \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - \sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3} + \sqrt{2}}\)
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    (B)
    3(\(\sqrt{6}\) - 1)
  • 21
    Solve \(\frac{1}{x + 1}\) - \(\frac{1}{x + 3}\) = \(\frac{1}{4}\)
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    (C)
    x = 1 or -5
  • 22
    In \(\bigtriangleup\)XYZ, XY = 3cm, XZ = 5cm and YZ = 7cm. If the bisector of XYZ meets XZ at W, what is the length of XW?
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    (A)
    1.5cm
  • 23
    If \(\log_{2} y = 3 - \log_{2} x^{\frac{3}{2}}\), find y when x = 4.
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    (E)
    1
  • 24
    Given that 10\(^x\) = 0.2 and log\(_{10}\)2 = 0.3010, find x
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    (B)
    -0.6990
  • 25
    Two cars X and Y start at the same point and travel towards a point P which is 150km away. If the average speed of Y is 60km per hour and x arrives at P 25 minutes earlier than Y. What is the average speed of X?
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    (B)
    72km per hour
  • 26
    simplify \(\frac{6^{2n + 1} \times 9^n \times 4^{2n}}{18^n \times 2^n \times 12^{2n}}\)
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    (D)
    6
  • 27
    The number 25 when converted from the tens and units base to the binary base (base two) is one of the following
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    (D)
    11001
  • 28
    Evaluate \(\frac{6.3 \times 10^5}{8.1 \times 10^3}\) to 3 significant fiqures
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    (A)
    77.80
  • 29
    The positive root of t in the following equation, 4t2 + 7t - 1 = 0, correct to 4 places of decimal, is
    پاسخ دهید
    (C)
    0.1328
  • 30
    The difference between the length and width of a rectangle is 6cm and the area is 135cm2. What is the length?
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    (C)
    15cm
  • 31
    The area of a circular plate is one-sixteenth the surface area of a ball of a ball, If the area of the plate is given as P cm2, then the radius of the ball is
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    (D)
    2\(\frac{P}{\pi}\)
  • 32
    Show that \(\frac{\sin 2x}{1 + \cos x}\) + \(\frac{sin2 x}{1 - cos x}\) is
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    (C)
    2
  • 33
    The first term of an Arithmetic progression is 3 and the fifth term is 9. Find the number of terms in the progression if the sum is 81
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    (C)
    9
  • 34
    Simplify T = \(\frac{4R_2}{R_1^{-1} + R_2^{-1} + 4R_3^{-1}}\)
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    (A)
    \(\frac{4R_1 \times R_2 R_3}{R_2R_3 + R_1R_3 + 4R_1 R_2}\)
  • 35
    If b = a + cp and r = ab + \(\frac{1}{2}\)cp2, express b\(^2\) in terms of a, c, r.
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    (E)
    b2 = 2cr - a2
  • 36
    Multiply x2 + x + 1 by x2 - x + 1
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    (C)
    x4 + x2 + 1
  • 37
    A baking recipe calls for 2.5kg of sugar and 4.5kg of flour. With this recipe some cakes were baked using 24.5kg of a mixture of sugar and flour. How much sugar was used?
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    (C)
    8.75kg
  • 38
    The difference between 4\(\frac{5}{7}\) and 2\(\frac{1}{4}\) is greater than sum of \(\frac{1}{14}\) and 1\(\frac{1}{2}\) by
    پاسخ دهید
    (C)
    \(\frac{50}{56}\)
  • 39
    What is the size of an exterior angle of a regular pentagon?
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    (C)
    72o
  • 40
    The sum of the root of a quadratic equation is \(\frac{5}{2}\) and the product of its root is 4. The quadratic equation is
    پاسخ دهید
    (B)
    2x2 - 5x + 8 = 0
  • 41
    Solve the given equation \((\log_{3} x)^{2} - 6(\log_{3} x) + 9 = 0\)
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    (A)
    27
  • 42
    What is the length of an arc of a circle that substends 2\(\frac{1}{2}\) radians at the centre when the raduis of the circle = \(\frac{k}{k + 1}\) + \(\frac{k + 1}{k}\) then
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    (E)
    p > 0
  • 43

    In the figure, the chords XY and ZW are produced to meet at T such that YT = WT, ZYW = 40o and YTW = 30o. What is YXW?

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    (C)
    35o
  • 44

    In the figure, find the area of XYZW

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    (C)
    27cm2
  • 45

    In the figure, find x in terms of a, b and c.

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    (A)
    a + b + c