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 2031:

  

  Find the area of the shades segments in the figure.

  Options:
  A) $\sqrt{3}$
  B) 4 $\pi -\sqrt{3}$
  C) -$\frac{2}{3}\pi$
  D) $\frac{2\pi }{3}$ -3
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2032: Evaluate ${\int }_1^2(x^2-4x)dx$ Options:
  A) $\frac{11}{3}$
  B) $\frac{3}{11}$
  C) $-\frac{3}{11}$
  D) $-\frac{11}{3}$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2033: Simplify $\frac{3}{x}+\frac{15}{2y}+\frac{6}{xy}$ Options:
  A) $\frac{2y-5x}{4}$
  B) $\frac{9(2x-5x)}{x^2{y}^2}$
  C) $\frac{5x-2y}{2}$
  D) $\frac{c^2{y}^2}{18y-45x}$
  E) $\frac{4}{2y-5x}$
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2034: Solve the equation: $\frac{3}{[2(x-2)]}-\frac{2}{[3(2-x)]}=0$ Options:
  A) 3
  B) 2
  C) $\frac{3}{2}$
  D) $\frac{2}{3}$
  E) -3
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2035: 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 2036: Three angles of a nonagon are equal and the sum of six other angles is 110^o. Calculate the sixe of one of the equal angles Options:
  A) 210^o
  B) 150^o
  C) 105^o
  D) 50^o
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2037:

  Factorise(4a + 3) ${}^2$ - (3a - 2)${}^2$

  Options:
  A) (a + 1)(a + 5)
  B) (a - 5)(7a - 1)
  C) (a + 5)(7a + 1)
  D) a(7a + 1)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2038:

  

  The pie chart above shows the monthly distribution of a man's salary on food items. If he spent ₦8,000 on rice, how much did he spent on yam?

  Options:
  A) ₦42,000
  B) ₦18,000
  C) ₦16,000
  D) ₦12,000
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2039: A binary operation $\oplus$ om real numbers is defined by x $\oplus$ y = xy + x + y for two real numbers x and y. Find the value of 3 $\oplus$ - $\frac{2}{3}$. Options:
  A) - $\frac{1}{2}$
  B) $\frac{1}{3}$
  C) -1
  D) 2
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2040: Using the graph find the values of p and q if px + qy $\ge$ 4 Options:
  A) p = 2, q = -1
  B) p = -1, q = 2
  C) p = 2, q = 2
  D) p = 1, q = 2
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  The correct answer is B .