\(\frac{0.0001432}{1940000}\) = k x 10n where 1 \(\leq\) k < 10 and n is a whole number. The values K and n are
Answer
(A)
7.381 qnd -11
3
P sold his bicycle to Q at a profit of 10%. Q sold it to R for N209 at a loss of 5%. How much did the bicycle cost P?
Answer
(A)
N200
4
If the price of oranges was raised by \(\frac{1}{2}\)k per orange. The number of oranges a customer can buy for N2.40 will be less by 16. What is the present price of an orange?
Answer
(A)
2\(\frac{1}{2}\)
5
A man invested a total of N50000 in two companies. If these companies pay dividends of 6% and 8% respectively, how much did he invest at 8% if the total yield is N3700?
Answer
(E)
N35 000
6
Thirty boys and x girls sat for a test. The mean of the boys' scores and that of the girls were respectively 6 and 8. Find x if the total scores was 468
Answer
(C)
36
7
The cost of production of an article is made up as follows: Labour N70, Power N15, Materials N30, Miscellaneous N5. Find the angle of the sector representing Labour in a pie chart
Answer
(A)
210o
8
Bola choose at random a number between 1 and 300. What is the probability that the number is divisible by 4?
Answer
(E)
\(\frac{37}{149}\)
9
Find, without using logarithm tables, the value of \(\frac{log_3 27 - log_{\frac{1}{4}} 64}{log_3 \frac{1}{81}}\)
Answer
(B)
\(\frac{-3}{2}\)
10
A variable point p(x, y) traces a graph in a two-dimensional plane. (0, 3) is one position of P. If x increases by 1 unit, y increases by 4 units. The equation of the graph is
Answer
(D)
4x = y + 3
11
A trader in country where their currency 'MONI'(M) is in base five bought 1035 oranges at M145 each. If he sold the oranges at M245 each, what will be his gain?
p varies directly as the square of q and inversely as r. If p = 36, when q = 3, when r = 4, find p when q = 5 and r = 2.
Answer
(D)
200
15
Factorize 6x2 - 14x - 12
Answer
(C)
2(x - 3)(3x + 2)
16
A straight line y = mx meets the curve y = x2 - 12x + 40 in two distinct points. If one of them is (5, 5) find the other
Answer
(E)
(7, 5)
17
The table below is drawn for a graph y = x3 - 3x + 1
\(\begin{array}{c|c} x & -3 & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\\hline y = x^3 - 3x + 1 & 1 & -1 & 3 & 1 & -1 & 3 & 1\end{array}\)
From x = -2 to x = 1, the graph crosses the x-axis in the range(s)
Answer
(B)
-2 < x < -1 and 0 < x < 1
18
In a racing competition, Musa covered a distance 5x km in the first hour and (x + 10)km in the next hour. He was second to Nzozi who covered a total distance of 118km in the two hours. Which of the following inequalities is correct?
Answer
(C)
0 \(\leq\) x < 18
19
If 2x + 3y = 1 and x - 2y = 11, find (x + y)
Answer
(D)
2
20
Tunde and Shola can do a piece of work in 18 days. Tunde can do it alone in x days, whilst Shola takes 15 days longer to do it alone. Which of the following equations is satisfied by x?
Answer
(C)
x2 - 21x - 270 = 0
21
If f(x) = 2(x - 3)\(^2\) + 3(x - 3) + 4 and g(y) = \(\sqrt{5 + y}\), find g [f(3)] and f[g(4)].
Answer
(A)
3 and 4
22
The quadratic equation whose roots are 1 - \(\sqrt{13}\) and 1 + \(\sqrt{13}\) is?
Answer
(B)
x2 - 2x - 12 = 0
23
Find a factor which is common to all three binomial expressions 4a2 - 9b2, 8a3 + 27b3, (4a + 6b)2
Answer
(C)
2a + 3b
24
If (x - 2) and (x + 1) are factors of the expression x3 + px2 + qx + 1, what is the sum of p and q
Answer
(B)
-3
25
A cone is formed by bending a sector of a circle having an angle of 210o. Find the radius of the base of the cone if the diameter of the circle is 12cm.
Answer
(E)
3.50cm
26
The sides of a triangle are(x + 4)cm, xcm and (x - 4)cm, respectively If the cosine of the largest angle is \(\frac{1}{5}\), find the value of x
Answer
(A)
24cm
27
If a = \(\frac{2x}{1 - x}\) and b = \(\frac{1 + x}{1 - x}\), then a2 - b2 in the simplest form is
If pq + 1 = q2 and t = \(\frac{1}{p}\) - \(\frac{1}{pq}\) express t in terms of q
Answer
(C)
\(\frac{1}{q + 1}\)
30
The cumulative frequency function of the data below is given below by the equation y = cf(x). What is cf(5)?
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Score(n) & Frequency(f)\\\hline 3 & 30\\ 4 & 32\\ 5 & 30\\ 6 & 35\\8 & 20 \end{array}\)
Answer
(E)
92
31
A right circular cone has a base radius r cm and a vertical angle 2yo. The height of the cone is
Answer
(C)
r cot yo cm
32
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that both show up the same number of points.
Answer
(E)
\(\frac{1}{6}\)
33
The larger value of y for which (y - 1)2 = 4y - 7 is
Answer
(B)
4
34
If sin \(\theta\) = \(\frac{x}{y}\) and 0o < 90o then find \(\frac{1}{tan\theta}\)
Answer
(D)
\(\frac{y^2 - x^2}{x}\)
35
Measurements of the diameters, in centimeters, in centimeters, of 20 copper spheres are distributed as shown below
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Class boundary in cm} & \text{frequency} & \\\hline 3.35 - 3.45 & 3\\ 3.45 - 3.55 & 6\\ 3.55 - 3.65 & 7\\ 3.65 - 3.75 & 4\end{array}\)
What is the mean diameter of the copper spheres?
Answer
(C)
3.56cm
36
What is the volume of this regular three dimensional figure?
Answer
(B)
48cm2
37
Using \(\bigtriangleup\)XYZ in the figure, find XYZ
Answer
(D)
31o 18'
38
Find the area of the shaded portion of the semicircular figure.
Answer
(B)
\(\frac{r^2}{4}(2 \pi - 3 \sqrt{3})\)
39
In the figure, PQRSTW is a regular hexagon. QS intersects RT at V. Calculate TVS
Answer
(A)
60o
40
In the figure, QRS is a line, PSQ = 35o, SPR = 30o and O is the centre of the circle. Find OQP.