Mathematics Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Mathematics looks at measurement, relationships, and properties of numbers and groups using numbers and symbols. Important topics in math include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus.

• Question 41:

  

  If PN is perpendicular to QR, find the value of tan x.

  Options:
  A) $\frac{5}{9}$
  B) $\frac{3}{5}$
  C) $\frac{3}{4}$
  D) $\frac{4}{3}$
  E) $\frac{5}{3}$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 42:

  Evaluate $\frac{x{y}^2-x^{2}y}{x^2-x{y}^1}$, when x = -2 and y = 2

  Options:
  A) 3
  B) -$\frac{3}{5}$
  C) $\frac{3}{5}$
  D) -3
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 43: Evaluate $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}4& 2& -1\\ 2& 3& -1\\ -1& 1& 3\end{array}\right|$ Options:
  A) 25
  B) 45
  C) 15
  D) 55
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 44: If x + 2 and x - 1 are factors of the expression 1x³ + 2kx² + 24, find the values of 1 and K Options:
  A) 1 = -6, k = -9
  B) 1 = -2, k = 1
  C) k = -1, 1 = -2
  D) 1 = 0, k = 1
  E) k = 0,1 = 6
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 45: In a school of 150 students, 80 offer French while 60 offer Arabic and 20 offer neither. How many students offer both subjects? Options:
  A) 45
  B) 10
  C) 35
  D) 30
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 46: Simplify $\frac{0.0324\times 0.00064}{0.48\times 0.012}$ Options:
  A) 3.6 x 10²
  B) 3.6 x 10^-2
  C) 3.6 x 10^-3
  D) 3.6 x 10^-4
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 47: The size of a quantity first doubles and then increases by a further 16%. After a short time its size decreases by 16%. What is the net increases in size of the quantity? Options:
  A) $\frac{59300}{625}$
  B) $\frac{50900}{625}$
  C) 200%
  D) +100%
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 48: if 12 = x, find x where e = 12 Options:
  A) 20
  B) 15
  C) 14
  D) 12
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 49:

  $\begin{array}{cccccc}x& 1& 2& 3& 4& 5\\ f& 2& 1& 2& 1& 2\end{array}$

  Find the variance of the frequency distribution above

  Options:
  A) $\frac{3}{2}$
  B) $\frac{9}{4}$
  C) $\frac{5}{2}$
  D) 3
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 50:

  The locus of a point which moves so that it is equidistant from two intersecting straight lines is the?

  Options:
  A) perpendicular bisector of the two lines
  B) angle bisector of the two lines
  C) bisector of the two lines
  D) line parallel to the two lines
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  The correct answer is B .