JAMB - Mathematics (2024)

  • 1
    Evaluate the determinant of the matrix M = \(\begin{bmatrix}3 & 4 & 6\\2 & 1 & -1\\-1 & 3 & 5\end{bmatrix}\)
    Jawab
    (C)
    30
  • 2
    Find the amount if simple interest is paid yearly at 5% per annum for 3 years, on a principal of # 200,000.00
    Jawab
    (D)
    # 230,000.00
  • 3
    y is inversely proportional to x and y = 4, when x = \(\frac{1}{2}\), find x when y = 10
    Jawab
    (C)
    \(\frac{1}{5}\)
  • 4
    Find the angle subtended by an arc 33cm long of a circle of diameter 28cm.
    Jawab
    (D)
    135\(^0\)
  • 5
    Solve 16\(^x\) = 0.25
    Jawab
    (A)
    -\(\frac{1}{2}\)
  • 6
    The ratio of men to women in a 20-member committee is 3:1. How many women must be added to the committee to make the ratio of men to women 3:2?
    Jawab
    (B)
    5
  • 7
    If p * q = 2p + pq + q, find p  when ( p * 2) - (p * 1) = 40
    Jawab
    (A)
    39
  • 8
    Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?
    Jawab
    (D)
    Mean
  • 9

    From the figure above, find the length of Chord PQ

    Jawab
    (D)
    9cm
  • 10

    Identify the equation of the shaded region in the given graph 

    Jawab
    (C)
    X > 1
  • 11
    In how many ways can 6 people sit around a table 
    Jawab
    (A)
    120
  • 12

    The graph above represents inequalities

    Jawab
    (D)
    3x + 4y < 12, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
  • 13
    Let A = \(\begin{pmatrix}2 & -4 & 3\\5 & 1 & 0\end{pmatrix}\) and B =  \(\begin{pmatrix}1 & 4 & -2\\-3 & 3 & -1\end{pmatrix}\). Find A + 2B
    Jawab
    (A)
    \(\begin{pmatrix}4 & 4 & -1\\-1 & 7 & -2\end{pmatrix}\)
  • 14
    The sum to infinity of a GP is 100, find its first term if the common ratio is -\(\frac{1}{2}\)
    Jawab
    (A)
    150
  • 15
    PQR is a triangle such that |PQ| = |QR| = 8cm and QPR = 60º. Find the area of \(\angle\) PQR
    Jawab
    (A)
    16\(\sqrt{3}cm^2\)
  • 16

    The Venn diagram above shows the number of students offering physics and chemistry in a class of 65. What is the probability that a student selected from the class offers physics and chemistry if every students offers at least one subject?

    Jawab
    (A)
    \(\frac{2}{13}\)
  • 17
    From the top of a building 10m high, the angle of elevation of a fruit on top of a tree 25m is 30º. Calculate the horizontal distance between the building and the tree.
    Jawab
    (A)
    15\(\sqrt{3}\)m
  • 18
    A boy bought Oranges at the rate of #24.00 for 5 and sold it at the rate of # 30.00 for 4 Oranges. Find the profit made of the ones sold 
    Jawab
    (C)
    # 10.80
  • 19
    Differentiate y = (5x + 1)\(^4\)
    Jawab
    (A)
    20 (5x + 1)\(^3\)
  • 20
    Simplify \(\frac{ 5 + \sqrt{7}}{3 + \sqrt{7}}\)
    Jawab
    (B)
    4 - \(\sqrt{7}\)
  • 21
    Find the perimeter of a triangle whose vertices pass through ( 3, 2), (4, 5) and (6, 2) in surd form.
    Jawab
    (C)
    3 + \(\sqrt{10} + \sqrt{13}\)
  • 22
    Find the 7\(^{th}\) term of the sequence -10, 50, -250 ...........
    Jawab
    (C)
    -156250
  • 23
    The scores of students in a test are recorded as follows: 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 3, and 5. Find the mode of the mark.
    Jawab
    (B)
    3
  • 24
    P(x, 4) and Q( 10, 8) are two points joined by a straight line in a plane. If the midpoint of the line is (9, 6), find the value of x.
    Jawab
    (C)
    8
  • 25
    Find x if \(\frac{16^{2 + x}}{4} = 64^x\)
    Jawab
    (A)
    3
  • 26
    Given that P is the set of all prime numbers between 0 and 10, and Q is the set of all odd numbers between 0 and 10. Find the union of elements in P that are not in Q and the elements in Q that are not in P.
    Jawab
    (D)
    {1, 2, 9}
  • 27

    In the diagram above, T represents the construction of angle .....

    Jawab
    (B)
    30\(^0\)
  • 28
    Convert the number 10111.11\(_{two}\) to a mixed number.
    Jawab
    (B)
    23\(\frac{3}{4}\)
  • 29
    Subtract 14256\(_{seven}\) from 20045\(_{seven}\)
    Jawab
    (B)
    2456\(_{seven}\)
  • 30
    The average age of the four female teachers in a school is 40 and the average age of eight male teachers in the school is 25. Calculate the average age of the teachers in the school.
    Jawab
    (D)
    30
  • 31
    How many proper and improper subsets are there in the set K = { a, b, c, d, e}?
    Jawab
    (C)
    32
  • 32

    Differentiate Cos25º - Sin 25º

     

    Jawab
    (A)
    - ( Sin25º + Cos25º) 
  • 33
    The mean of the numbers 13, 16, x, 18, 21, 2x, 35, is 22. Find the value of x
    Jawab
    (B)
    17
  • 34
    Find the variance of a group of data whose standard deviation is 12.34 to the nearest whole number.
    Jawab
    (C)
    152
  • 35
    Calculate the standard deviation of the following scores 5, 4, 6, 7, and 8
    Jawab
    (A)
    \(\sqrt{2}\)
  • 36
    From a class of 5 girls and 7 boys, a committee consisting of 2 girls and 3 boys is to be formed. How many ways can this be done?
    Jawab
    (A)
    350 ways
  • 37
    In how many ways can a committee of 5 be selected from a group of 7 males and 3 females, if the committee must have one female?
    Jawab
    (A)
    105ways
  • 38
     A bag contains 7 red and 4 black identical balls. Two balls were picked at random from the bag and replaced each time. Find the probability the two balls were of same colour.
    Jawab
    (B)
    \(\frac{65}{121}\)
  • 39
    U varies directly as the square root of V when U = 24, V = 9, find the value of V when U = 16.
    Jawab
    (B)
    4
  • 40
    If B varies inversely as c\(^{\frac{1}{3}}\) and C = 27 when B = 2, find the value of the constant of proportionality K.
    Jawab
    (B)
    6
  • 41
    Find the roots of x\(^3\) - 19x - 30=0
    Jawab
    (C)
    5, -3 and -2
  • 42
    If x is inversely proportional to y and x = 9 when y = 4, find the law containing x and y
    Jawab
    (B)
    x = \(\frac{36}{y}\)
  • 43
    Given P = \(\begin{bmatrix}1 & 2\\2 & 3\end{bmatrix}\), find P\(^2\) - 4P - I where I is the identity matrix
    Jawab
    (B)
    \(\begin{bmatrix}0 & 0\\0 & 0\end{bmatrix}\)
  • 44
    If A = \(\begin{pmatrix}3 & 2 & 1\\4 & 2 & -1\end{pmatrix}\) and B = \(\begin{pmatrix}1 & 4\\0 & 1\\3 & 2\end{pmatrix}\). Find A\(^T\) + B, ( where T means transpose)
    Jawab
    (D)
    \(\begin{pmatrix}4 & 8\\2 & 3\\4 & 1\end{pmatrix}\)
  • 45
    If tan\(\theta\) = \(\frac{8}{15}\), simplify \(\frac{ Sin\theta - Cos\theta}{Sin^2\theta - Sin\theta}\)
    Jawab
    (B)
    \(\frac{119}{72}\)