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 1221: If the minimum value of y = 1 + hx - 3x² is 13, find h. Options:
  A) 13
  B) 12
  C) 11
  D) 10
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1222: If f(x) = 2(x - 3)² + 3(x - 3) + 4 and g(y) = 5 + y, find g [f(3)] and f[g(4)]. Options:
  A) 3 and 4
  B) -3 and 4
  C) -3 and -4
  D) 3 and -4
  E) 0 and 5
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1223: A cinema halll contains a certain number of people. If 25/2% are children, 95/2% are men and 84 are women, find the number of men in the hall. Options:
  A) 63
  B) 84
  C) 113
  D) 133
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1224: Four members of a school first eleven cricket team are also members of the first fourteen rugby team. How many boys play for at least one of the two teams? Options:
  A) 25
  B) 21
  C) 16
  D) 3
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1225:
  

  The pie chart above shows the distribution of subjects offered by students in SSS III level. If 80 students enrolled in the class. What is the size of the angle of the sector in economics?

  Options:
  A) 24^o
  B) 39^o
  C) 32^o
  D) 36^o
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1226: Four interior angles of a pentagon are 90^o - x^o, 90^o + x^o, 110^o - 2x^o, 110^o + 2x^o. Find the fifth interior angle Options:
  A) 110^o
  B) 120^o
  C) 130^o
  D) 140^o
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1227: Make 'n' the subject of the formula if w = $\frac{v(2+cn)}{1-cn}$ Options:
  A) $\frac{1}{c}(\frac{w-2v}{v+w})$
  B) $\frac{1}{c}(\frac{w-2v}{v-w})$
  C) $\frac{1}{c}(\frac{w+2v}{v-w})$
  D) $\frac{1}{c}(\frac{w+2v}{v+w})$
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1228:

  200 tickets were sold for a show. VIP tickets costs ₦1,200 and ₦700 for regular. Total amount realised from the sale of the tickets was ₦180,000. Find the number of VIP tickets sold and the the number of regular ticket sold.

  Options:
  A) VIP = 80, Regular = 100
  B) VIP = 60, Regular = 120
  C) VIP = 60, Regular = 100
  D) VIP = 80, Regular = 120
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1229:

  Given that S and T are sets of real numbers such that S = {x : 0 $\le$ x $\le$ 5} and T = {x :− 2 < x < 3} Find S $\cup$ T

  Options:
  A) −3 < x < $\le$3
  B) −2< x < $\le$5
  C) 2< x < $\ge$ −5
  D) −1< x $\ge$ $\le$2
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1230: The area of a square is 444 sqcm. Find the length of the diagonal. Options:
  A) 12$\sqrt{2}$ cm
  B) 11$\sqrt{3}$cm
  C) 13 cm
  D) 12 cm
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .