JAMB - Mathematics (2013)

  • 1
    Convert 2710 to another number in base three
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    (D)
    10003
  • 2
    3 girls share a number of apples in the ration 5:3:2. If the highest share is 40 apples, find the smallest share
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    (C)
    16
  • 3
    Evaluate \(\frac{1.25 \times 0.025}{0.05}\), correct to 1 decimal place
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    (A)
    0.6
  • 4
    Calculate the time taken for N3000 to earn N600 if invested at 8% simple interest
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    (A)
    2\(\frac{1}{2}\) years
  • 5
    Simplify \(\frac{3^{-5n}}{9^{1-n}} \times 27^{n + 1}\)
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    (D)
    3
  • 6
    If log104 = 0.6021, evaluate log1041/3
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    (D)
    0.2007
  • 7
    Simplify \(\frac{\sqrt{5}(\sqrt{147} - \sqrt{12}}{\sqrt{15}}\)
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    (A)
    5
  • 8
    if P = {x:x is odd, \(-1 < x \leq 20\)} and Q is {y:y is prime, \(-2 < y \leq 25\), find P \(\cap\) Q
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    (C)
    {3,5,7,11,13,17,19}
  • 9
    If S = \(\sqrt{t^2 - 4t + 4}\), find t in terms of S
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    (B)
    S + 2
  • 10
    If x - 4 is a factor of x2 - x - k, then k is
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    (B)
    12
  • 11
    The remainder when 6p3 - p2 - 47p + 30 is divided by p - 3 is
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    (B)
    42
  • 12
    P varies jointly as m and u, and varies inversely as q. Given that p = 4, m = 3 and u = 2 and q = 1, find the value of p when m = 6, u = 4 and q =\(\frac{8}{5}\)
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    (C)
    10
  • 13
    If r varies inversely as the square root of s and t, how does s vary with r and t?
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    (B)
    s varies inverely as r2 and t
  • 14
    Evaluate 3(x + 2) > 6(x + 3)
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    (C)
    x < -4
  • 15
    Solve for x: |x - 2| < 3
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    (C)
    -1 < x < 5
  • 16
    The nth term of the progression \(\frac{4}{2}\), \(\frac{7}{3}\), \(\frac{10}{4}\), \(\frac{13}{5}\) is ...
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    (B)
    \(\frac{3n + 1}{n + 1}\)
  • 17
    If a binary operation * is defined by x * y = x + 2y, find 2 * (3 * 4)
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    (A)
    24
  • 18
    If P = \(\begin{pmatrix} 5 & 3 \\ 2 & 1 \end{pmatrix}\) and Q = \(\begin{pmatrix} 4 & 2 \\ 3 & 5 \end{pmatrix}\), find 2P + Q
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    (B)
    \(\begin{vmatrix} 14 & 8 \\ 7 & 7 \end{vmatrix}\)
  • 19
    Find the inverse \(\begin{pmatrix} 5 & 3 \\ 6 & 4 \end{pmatrix}\)
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    (B)
    \(\begin{vmatrix} 2 & -\frac{3}{2} \\ -3 & \frac{5}{2} \end{vmatrix}\)
  • 20
    If y = x sin x, find \(\frac{\delta y}{\delta x}\)
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    (D)
    sin x + x cos x
  • 21
    If y = (2x + 2)\(^3\), find \(\frac{\delta y}{\delta x}\)
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    (D)
    6(2x +2)2
  • 22
    The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.02cms-1. Find the rate at which the area is increasing when the radius of the circle is 7cm.
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    (D)
    0.88cm2S-1
  • 23
    Find the mean of t + 2, 2t - 4, 3t + 2 and 2t.
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    (B)
    2t
  • 24
    The mean of seven numbers is 10. If six of the numbers are 2, 4, 8, 14, 16 and 18, find the mode.
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    (B)
    8
  • 25
    Age 20 25 30 35 40 45
    No of people 3 5 1 1 2 3

    Calculate the median age of the frequency distribution in the table above

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    (A)
    25
  • 26
    If the variance of 3+x, 6, 4, x and 7-x is 4 and the mean is 5, find the standard deviation
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    (B)
    2
  • 27
    \(\begin{array}{c|c} Score & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\ \hline Frequency & 1 & 0 & 7 & 5 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 1 \end{array}\)
    The table above shows the scores of 20 students in further mathematics test. What is the range of the distribution?
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    (A)
    7
  • 28
    In how many ways can a student select 2 subjects from 5 subjects?
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    (C)
    \(\frac{5!}{2!3!}\)
  • 29
    In how many ways can 3 seats be occupied if 5 people are willing to sit?
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    (A)
    60
  • 30
    What is the probability that an integer x \((1 \leq x \leq 25)\) chosen at random is divisible by both 2 and 3?
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    (C)
    \(\frac{4}{25}\)
  • 31
    A basket contains 9 apples, 8 bananas and 7 oranges. A fruit is picked from the basket, find the probability that it is neither an apple nor an orange.
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    (B)
    \(\frac{1}{3}\)
  • 32

    The graph above is correctly represented by

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    (A)
    y = x2 - x - 2
  • 33
    In the diagram given, find the value of x.
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    (B)
    40o
  • 34

    The value x in the figure given is

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    (D)
    130o
  • 35

    The bar chart above shows the allotment of time(in minutes) per week for selected subjects in a certain school. What is the total time allocated to the six subjects per week?

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    (B)
    720mins
  • 36

    The pie chart above shows the statistical distribution of 80 students in five subjects in an examination. Calculate how many student offer Mathematics.

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    (B)
    11
  • 37
    If the angles of a quadrilateral are (3y + 10)°, (2y + 30)°, (y + 20)° and 4y°. Find the value of y.
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    (C)
    30°
  • 38
    A square tile has side 30 cm. How many of these tiles will cover a rectangular floor of length 7.2m and width 4.2m?
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    (B)
    336
  • 39
    Find the length of a chord which subtends an angle of 90° at the centre of a circle whose radius is 8 cm.
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    (D)
    \(8\sqrt{2}\) cm
  • 40
    A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 120° at the centre of a circle of diameter \(4\sqrt{3} cm\). Calculate the area of the major sector.
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    (C)
    8\(\pi\) cm\(^2\)
  • 41
    The locus of the points which is equidistant from the line PQ forms a
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    (D)
    pair of parallel lines to PQ
  • 42
    If the midpoint of the line PQ is (2,3) and the point P is (-2, 1), find the coordinate of the point Q.
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    (D)
    (6,5)
  • 43
    Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining P(2, -3) to Q(-5, 1)
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    (C)
    8y - 14x - 13 = 0
  • 44
    In triangle PQR, q = 8 cm, r = 6 cm and cos P = \(\frac{1}{12}\). Calculate the value of p.
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    (C)
    \(\sqrt{92}\) cm
  • 45
    If \(\tan \theta = \frac{3}{4}\), find the value of \(\sin \theta + \cos \theta\).
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    (D)
    \(1\frac{2}{5}\)