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 1:

  Evaluate ${\int }_0^{1}4x-6\sqrt[3]{x^2}dx$

  Options:
  A) - $\frac{5}{8}$
  B) - $\frac{8}{5}$
  C) $\frac{8}{5}$
  D) $\frac{5}{8}$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2: If the angles of quadrilateral are (P + 10)^o(2P - 30)^o(3P + 20)^o and 4p^o, find p Options:
  A) 63
  B) 40
  C) 36
  D) 28
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3:

  From a point R, 300m north of P, a man walks eastward to a place Q which is 600m from P. Find the bearing of P from Q, correct to the nearest degree

  Options:
  A) 026°
  B) 045°
  C) 210°
  D) 240°
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: If 9^{(x - $\frac{1}{2}$)} 3x² Options:
  A) $\frac{1}{2}$
  B) 1
  C) 2
  D) 3
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  Find the area bounded by the curve y = x(2-x). The x-axis, x = 0 and x = 2.

  Options:
  A) 4 sq units
  B) 2 sq units
  C) $\frac{4}{3}$ sq units
  D) $\frac{1}{3}$ sq units
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  

  The pie chart above shoes the distribution of the corps harvested from a farmland in a year, If 3,000 tonnes of millet is harvested, what amount of beans is harvested?

  Options:
  A) 9000 tonnes
  B) 6000 tonnes
  C) 1500 tonnes
  D) 1200tonnes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  

  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 8: Two angles of a triangle are 450 each and its longest side is 12cm. Find the length of one of the other sides Options:
  A) 12cm
  B) 9$\sqrt{2}$cm
  C) 6$\sqrt{2}$cm
  D) 6cm
  E) 3$\sqrt{2}$cm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 9: If a² + b² = 16 and 2ab = 7.Find all the possible values of (a - b) Options:
  A) 3, -3
  B) 2, -2
  C) 1, -1
  D) 3, -1
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: Calculate (0.05 × 0.025) ÷ (4.25 × 3.35) and express your answer in standard form Options:
  A) 8.7796 × 10⁵
  B) 8.7796 × 10⁴
  C) 8.7796 × 10³
  D) 8.7796 × 10^-3
  E) 8.7796 × 10^-5
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  The correct answer is E .