JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (UTME) HomeUTME/JAMB Past QuestionsJAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS (UTME) Practice MATHEMATICS UTME exam questions and answers Our experts have provided correct answers to these questions. 0% 3 JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Copy - JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Attempt 60 questions that will be selected from our question bank. You have 2 hours to answer all questions. These questions are drawn from different years of JAMB past questions You can retake the exams as many times as possible. Goodluck 1 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS y is inversely proportional to x and y and 6 when x = 7. Find the constant of the variation 46 54 42 47 2 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If three staff of Myschool Limited agreed to share their salary arrears in the ration of their ages, which are 18 years, 20 years, 22 years respectively. If the sum of the money collected is N120,000.00K, How much does the second staff received? N40,000 N36,000 N44,000 N15,000 3 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The table shown gives the marks scored by a group of student in a test. Use the table to answer the question given. Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5 Frequency 1 2 7 5 4 3 What is the median mark? 3 1 4 2 4 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point on the ground 60m away from the foot of the tree is 78°. Find the height of the tree correct to the nearest whole number. 148m 248m 282m 382m 5 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS How many times, correct to the nearest whole number, will a man run round a circular track of diameter 100m to cover a distance of 1000m? 5 4 6 3 6 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS An arc of a circle of radius 14cm subtends angle 300° at the centre. Find the perimeter of the sector formed by the arc (take π = 22/7) 42.67cm 513.33cm 14.67cm 101.33cm 7 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS From the cyclic quadrilateral above, find < TVS 70 degree 50 degree 60 degree 80 degree 8 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Given the quadrilateral RSTO inscribed in the circle with O as centre. Find the size angle x and given RST = 60o 10 degrees 120 degrees 100 degrees 140 degrees 9 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The base in which the operation was performed was 2 6 4 5 10 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The mean of 2-t, 4+t, 3-2t, 2+t and t-1 is -2 t 2 -t 11 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS In how many ways can the letters LEADER be arranged? 72 720 144 360 12 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS 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? 36 degree 24 degree 32 degree 39 degree 13 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the equation of the line through (5,7) parallel to the line 7x + 5y = 12 5x + 7y = 20 15x + 17y = 90 xy = 7 7x + 5y = 70 14 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS In the figure, find x 55 degrees 50 degree 40 degrees 60 degrees 15 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS From the diagram above, find the required roots/region of x x ≤ -1, x ≥ 4 x ≤ -1, o ≤ x ≤ 4 -1 ≤ x ≤ 4 x ≤ 4 16 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If duty is levied at 25%, find the duty to be added to a bill of N80. N100 N150 N80 N20 17 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If a car travels 120km on 45 litres of petrol, how much petrol is needed for a journey of 600km? 160 litres 960 litres 720 litres 225 litres 18 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the mean of 10, 8, 5, 11, 12, 9, 6, 3, 15, and 23. 11.3 11.2 10 10.2 19 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Given T = { even numbers from 1 to 12 } N = {common factors of 6, 8 and 12} Find T ∩ N {2} {2, 3, 4} {3, 4, 6} {2, 3} 20 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Solve x2 − 2x − 3 = 0 x = 1 or 0 x = 1 or 2 x = 3 or -1 x = 2 or 1 21 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Divide the L.C.M of 48, 64 and 80 by their H.C.F 20 60 48 30 22 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS A man bought a car for N800 and sold it for N520. Find his loss per cent 10% 35% 25% 15% 23 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The volume of a cone (s) of height 6cm and base radius 5cm is 175cm cube 155cm cube 157cm cube 145cm cube 24 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS In how many ways can the word MATHEMATICS be arranged? 11!/9!2!2 11!/9!2 ! 11!/2!2!2! 11!/2!2! 25 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS An arc subtends an angle of 30o at the centre of a circle radius 12cm. Calculate the length of the arc. 3πcm 2πcm 6πcm 9πcm 26 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the range of values of t which satisfies the inequality. 2t − 1 ≤≤ 3 and 2− t ≥≥ 5 -2≤t≤3 -3≤t≤1 -3≤t≤4 -3≤t≤2 27 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The first and last term of a linear sequence (AP) are 6 and 10 respectively. If the sum of the sequence is 40. Find the number of terms nth = 6 nth = 3 nth = 5 nth = 4 28 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Simplify (3√64a3)−1 8a 1/4a 4a 1/8a 29 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS A man sells his new brand car for N420,000 at a gain of 15%. What did it cost him? N365,217 N410,000 N157,250 N257,000 30 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the simple interest on N325 in 5years at 3% per annum. N75.50K N15.75K N48.75K N50.10K 31 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The pie chart shows the allocation of money to each sector in a farm. The total amount allocated to the farm is ₦ 80 000. Find the amount allocated to fertilizer ₦ 40,000 ₦ 25,000 ₦ 35, 000 ₦ 20,000 32 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS A public car dealer marked up the cost of a car at 30% in an attempt to make 20% gross profit. Due to the value of dollar, he now placed 20% discount on the car. What profit or loss will he make? 4% 2% 3% 1% 33 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If a rod 10cm in length was measured as 10.5cm, calculate the percentage error 10% 5% 8% 7% 34 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS From the diagram above, find the value of < OTQ 65 degrees 115 degrees 55 degrees 230 degrees 35 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the sum of the range and the mode of the set of numbers 10, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 10, 8, 10, 8, 4, 6, 9, 10, 9, 7, 10, 6, 5 10 16 12 14 36 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS 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 240° 210° 045° 026° 37 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Given U = {xx is a positive integer less than 15} and P = {xx is even number from 1 to 14}. Find the compliment {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15} {2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13} {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13} {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15} 38 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Simplify (0.09)2 and give your answer correct to 4 significant figures 0.81 0.0081 8.0001 0.081 39 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The extension of a stretched string is directly proportional to its tension. If the extension produced by a tension of 8 Newton’s is 2cm, find the extension produced by a tension of 12 newton’s. 1 3 0 2 40 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the principal which amounts to ₦ 5,500 at a simple interest in 5 years at 2% per annum ₦ 4,700 ₦ 5,000 ₦ 4,000 ₦ 4,900 41 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If the simple interest on a sum of money invested at 3% per annum for 2 and half years is N123, find the principal. N1,640 N4,920 N820 N676.50 42 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Age in years 7 8 9 10 11 No of pupils 4 13 30 44 9 The table above shows the number of pupils in a class with respect to their ages. If a pie chart is constructed to represent the age, the angle corresponding to 8 years old is 13° 56.3° 46.8° 48.6° 43 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is a given as 1080o. Find the number of the sides of the polygon. 5 7 6 8 44 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The table shown gives the marks scored by a group of student in a test. Use the table to answer the question given. Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5 Frequency 1 2 7 5 4 3 What is the probability of selecting a student from the group that scored 2 or 3 6/11 1/11 5/22 7/22 45 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The curved surface area of a cylinder 5cm high is 110cm2. Find the radius of its base π = 22/7 3.5cm 3.6cm 7.0cm 2.6cm 46 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS How many sides has a regular polygon whose interior angles are 120°each 5 3 6 4 47 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If √ (2x + 2) − √x =1 ,find x. x = 3 or 1 x = 0 or 1 x = 2 twice x = 1 twice 48 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Given that A = {1, 5, 7} B = {3, 9, 12, 15} C = {2, 4, 6, 8} Find (A ∪ B) ∪ C {1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15} {2, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15} {1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 15} {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15} 49 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS A car dealer bought a second-hand car for of 250,000 and spent N 70,000 refurbishing it. He then sold the car for N400,000. What is the percentage gain? 20% 25% 32% 60% 50 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The area of an ellipse is 132cm2.The length of its major axis is 14cm.Find the length of it minor axis 10.5cm 5cm 12cm 10cm 51 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Given that A = {3, 4, 1, 10, ⅓ } B = {4, 3 ⅓, ⅓, 7}. Find A∩B {1, 3, ⅓} {⅓, 1, 2} {} {3, 4, ⅓} 52 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS The sum of two numbers is 5; their product is 14. Find the numbers. x = 5 or 1 x = 7 or 1 x = 7 or − 2 x = 7 or 0 53 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find at which rate per annum simple interest N525 will amount to N588 in 3 years 3% 5% 2% 4% 54 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS In how many ways can the word MACICITA be arranged? 8!/2!2!2! 8!/3!2! 8!/2! 8! 55 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS An arc of the length 16ππcm subtends an angle of 80o at the centre of the circle. Find the radius of the circle. 32cm 24cm 28cm 36cm 56 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Simplify 2.04 × 3.7 (Leave your answer in 2 decimal place) 7.55 7.71 5.5 7.51 57 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS One bag contain 3 blue and 5 red balls, another bag contain 2 blue and 4 red balls respectively. One ball is drawn for each bag. What is the probability both balls are blue 3/24 3/28 2/15 3/21 58 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS Find the equation of the locus of a point p (x, y) such that pv = pw, where v= (1, 1) and w = (3, 5) 2x + 2y = 9 x + 2y = 8 2x + y = 9 2x + 3y = 8 59 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS From the diagram above, Find the value of < ROP 95 degrees 70 degrees 85 degrees 110 degrees 60 / 60 Category: JAMB MATHEMATICS PAST QUESTIONS If x10 = 235. Find x 13 15 12 14 Email Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback