Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Shade is 8 years older than Lola who is 4 years younger than Tunde. If Tunde is 7years old, how old is Shade?
- a. 10
- b. 11
- c. 12
- d. 13
The scores of twenty students in a test are as follows: 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 67, 70, 73, 75. Find the third quartile.
- A. 62
- B. 63
- C. 64
- D. 65
Find the simple interest rate percent annum at which N1000 accumulates to N1240 in 3 years.
- A. 6%
- B. 8%
- C. 10%
- D. 12%
Simplify 1\(\frac{1}{2} + 2\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{3}{4} - \frac{1}{2}\)
- A. -2\(\frac{1}{3}\)
- B. -2\(\frac{1}{4}\)
- C. 2\(\frac{1}{8}\)
- D. 2\(\frac{3}{4}\)
If the hypotenuse of a right-angle isosceles triangle is 2, what is the length of each of the other side?
- A. 1/?2
- B. ?2 - 1
- C. 1
- D. ?2
A survey shows that 28% of all the men in a village wear size 9 shoes. What is the probability that a man selected at random in the village wears size 9 shoes?
- A. \(\frac{7}{25}\)
- B. \(\frac{41}{50}\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
- D. 1
If y = (2x + 1)3 find dy/dx
- A. 3(2x+1)2
- B. 6(2x+1)
- C. 3(2x+1)
- D. 6(2x+1)2
Find to infinity, the sum of the sequence \(1, \frac{9}{10}, \left(\frac{9}{10}\right)^2, \left(\frac{9}{10}\right)^3,.....\)
- A. 10
- B. 9
- C. 10/9
- D. 9/10
Evaluate \(\int_1 ^2(6x^2-2x)dx\)
- A. 16
- B. 13
- C. 12
- D. 11
Given that cos x = \(\frac{12}{13}\), evaluate \(\frac{1 - \tan x}{\tan x}\)
- A. \(\frac{5}{13}\)
- B. \(\frac{5}{7}\)
- C. \(\frac{7}{5}\)
- D. \(\frac{13}{5}\)