JAMB - Mathematics (2021)

  • 1
    Solve the following equation: \(\frac{2}{(2r - 1)}\) - \(\frac{5}{3}\) =  \(\frac{1}{(r + 2)}\)
    Răspuns
    (B)
    ( 1, - \(\frac{5}{2}\) )
  • 2
    In how many ways can 2 students be selected from a group of 5 students in a debating competition?
    Răspuns
    (B)
    10 ways
  • 3
    What is the rate of change of the volume V of a hemisphere with respect to its radius r when r = 2?
    Răspuns
    (A)
  • 4
    determine the maximum value of y=3x\(^2\) + 5x - 3
    Răspuns
    (D)
    No correct option
  • 5

    A trapezium has two parallel sides of lengths 5cm and 9cm. If the area is 91cm\(^2\), find the distance between the parallel sides

    Răspuns
    (A)
    13 cm
  • 6
    find the value of p if the line which passes through (-1, -p) and (-2,2) is parallel to the line 2y+8x-17=0?
    Răspuns
    (D)
    2
  • 7
    The ratio of the length of two similar rectangular blocks is 2 : 3. If the volume of the larger block is 351cm\(^3\), then the volume of the other block is?
    Răspuns
    (A)
    234.00 cm3
  • 8
    Find the derivative of the function y = 2x\(^2\)(2x - 1) at the point x = -1?
    Răspuns
    (B)
    16
  • 9
    Correct 241.34(3 x 10\(^{-3}\))\(^2\) to 4 significant figures
    Răspuns
    (D)
    0.002172
  • 10
    Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4
    Răspuns
    (A)
    1.0
  • 11
    At what rate would a sum of N100.00 deposited for 5 years raise an interest of N7.50?
    Răspuns
    (C)
    1.5%
  • 12
    Three children shared a basket of mangoes in such a way that the first child took \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the mangoes and the second \(\frac{3}{4}\) of the remainder. What fraction of the mangoes did the third child take?
    Răspuns
    (A)
    \(\frac{3}{16}\)
  • 13
    Simplify and express in standard form \(\frac{0.00275 \times 0.00640}{0.025 \times 0.08}\)
    Răspuns
    (C)
    8.8 x 10-3
  • 14
    Simplify \(\sqrt{27}\) + \(\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}\)
    Răspuns
    (A)
    4\(\sqrt{3}\)
  • 15
    Three brothers in a business deal share the profit at the end of a contract. The first received \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the profit and the second \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the remainder. If the third received the remaining N12000.00 how much profit did they share?
    Răspuns
    (B)
    N54 000.00
  • 16
    P(-6, 1) and Q(6, 6) are the two ends of the diameter of a given circle. Calculate the radius.
    Răspuns
    (A)
    6.5 units
  • 17
    The angle of a sector of a circle, radius 10.5cm, is 48°, Calculate the perimeter of the sector
    Răspuns
    (D)
    29.8cm
  • 18
    Find the length of a side of a rhombus whose diagonals are 6cm and 8cm
    Răspuns
    (B)
    5cm
  • 19
    Each of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 140°. How many sides has the polygon?
    Răspuns
    (A)
    9
  • 20
    A cylinder pipe, made of metal is 3cm thick.If the internal radius of the pipe is 10cm.Find the volume of metal used in making 3m of the pipe.
    Răspuns
    (D)
    20 700\(\pi\)cm3
  • 21
    The locus of a point which moves so that it is equidistant from two intersecting straight lines is the?
    Răspuns
    (B)
    angle bisector of the two lines
  • 22
    4, 16, 30, 20, 10, 14 and 26 are represented on a pie chart. Find the sum of the angles of the bisectors representing all numbers equals to or greater than 16
    Răspuns
    (D)
    276o
  • 23
    The mean of ten positive numbers is 16. When another number is added, the mean becomes 18. Find the eleventh number
    Răspuns
    (C)
    38
  • 24
    Two numbers are removed at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers removed is even?
    Răspuns
    (B)
    \(\frac{1}{2}\)
  • 25
    Find the probability that a number selected at random from 41 to 56 is a multiple of 9
    Răspuns
    (A)
    \(\frac{1}{8}\)
  • 26
    Musa borrows N10.00 at 2% per month simple interest and repays N8.00 after 4 months. How much does he still owe?
    Răspuns
    (C)
    N2.80
  • 27
    Simplify 2log \(\frac{2}{5}\) - log\(\frac{72}{125}\) + log 9
    Răspuns
    (D)
    1 - 2log 2
  • 28
    A car travels from calabar to Enugu, a distance of P km with an average speed of U km per hour and continues to benin, a distance of Q km, with an average speed of Wkm per hour. Find its average speed from Calabar to Benin
    Răspuns
    (B)
    \(\frac{uw(p + q)}{pw + qu}\)
  • 29
    If w varies inversely as \(\frac{uv}{u + v}\) and w = 8 when

    u = 2 and v = 6, find a relationship between u, v, w.
    Răspuns
    (C)
    uvw = 12(u + v)
  • 30
    If g(x) = x\(^2\) + 3x  find g(x + 1) - g(x)
    Răspuns
    (B)
    2(x + 2)
  • 31
    factorize m\(^3\) - m\(^2\) + 2m - 2
    Răspuns
    (D)
    (m2 + 2)(m - 1)
  • 32
    The angles of a quadrilateral are 5x-30, 4x+60, 60-x and 3x+61.find the smallest of these angles​
    Răspuns
    (C)
    60 - x
  • 33
    What is the n-th term of the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20...?
    Răspuns
    (C)
    n2 + n
  • 34
    If the binary operation \(\ast\) is defined by m \(\ast\) n = mn + m + n for any real number m and n, find the identity of the elements under this operation
    Răspuns
    (D)
    e = 0
  • 35
    Factorize completely 81a\(^4\) - 16b\(^4\)
    Răspuns
    (C)
    (3a - 2b)(3a + 2b)(9a2 + 4b2)