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 2471: Which of the following angles is an exterior angle of a regular polygon? Options:
  A) 95^o
  B) 85^o
  C) 78^o
  D) 75^o
  E) 72^o
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2472:

  

  Use the cumulative frequency curve to answer the question.
  What is the 80th percentile?

  Options:
  A) 45.5
  B) 46.5
  C) 47.5
  D) 48.5
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2473:

  Evaluate ${\int }_{-1}^1$(2x + 1)²dx

  Options:
  A) 3$\frac{2}{3}$
  B) 4
  C) 4$\frac{1}{3}$
  D) 4$\frac{2}{3}$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2474: What is the area between two concentric circles of diameters 26cm and 20cm? Options:
  A) 100$\pi$
  B) 169$\pi$
  C) 69$\pi$
  D) 9$\pi$
  E) 269$\pi$
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2475: If U = (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) is the universal set. E = (10, 4, 6, 8, 10) and F = is odd. Find (E ∩ F), where means x 1x² = 2⁶, x the complement of a set Options:
  A) (0)
  B) U
  C) (8)
  D) $\varphi$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2476: If (25)^{x - 1} = 64($\frac{5}{2}$)⁶, then x has the value Options:
  A) 7
  B) 4
  C) 32
  D) 64
  E) 5
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2477: Solve $\frac{1}{x+1}$ - $\frac{1}{x+3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}$ Options:
  A) x = -1 or 3
  B) x = 1 or 3
  C) x = 1 or -5
  D) x = -1 or 5
  E) x = -1 or -3
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2478: The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point A on the ground is 60${}^{\circ }$. From a point B, 2 units of distance further away from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the tower is 45${}^{\circ }$. Find the distance of A from the foot of the tower Options:
  A) 3 + $\sqrt{3}$
  B) 5 + $\sqrt{3}$
  C) 3 - $\sqrt{3}$
  D) 1
  E) $\sqrt{3}$ - 1
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2479:

  The area A of a circle is increasing at a constant rate of 1.5 cm${}^2{s}^{-1}$. Find, to 3 significant figures, the rate at which the radius r of the circle is increasing when the area of the circle is 2 cm${}^2$.

  Options:
  A) 0.200 cms${}^{-1}$
  B) 0.798 cms${}^{-1}$
  C) 0.300 cms${}^{-1}$
  D) 0.299 cms${}^{-1}$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2480:

  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.

  Options:
  A) uvw = 16(u + v)
  B) 16uv = 3w(u + v)
  C) uvw = 12(u + v)
  D) 12uvw = u + v
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  The correct answer is C .