Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
The circumference of a circular track is 9km. A cyclist rides round it a number of times and stops after covering a distance of 302km. How far is the cyclist from the starting point?
- A. 5km
- B. 6km
- C. 7km
- D. 3km
A die has four of it's faces coloured white and the remaining two coloured black. What is the probability that when the die is thrown two consecutive time, the top face will be white in both cases?
- A. \(\frac{2}{3}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{9}\)
- C. \(\frac{4}{9}\)
- D. \(\frac{1}{36}\)
There are 30 students in a class. 15 study woodwork and 13 study metal work. 6 study neither of the 2 subjects. How many student study woodwork but not metal work?
- A. 13
- B. 11
- C. 5
- D. 9
The ages of students in a small primary school were recorded in the table below.
| Age | 5 - 6 | 7 - 8 | 9 -10 |
| Frequency | 29 | 40 | 38 |
Estimate the mean
- A. 7.7
- B. 7.5
- C. 7.8
- D. 7.6
Two sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde, own a store. The ratio of Taiwo's share to Kehinde's is 11:9. Later Kehinde sells 2/3 of her share to Taiwo for N720.00. Find the value of the store
- A. N1,080.00
- B. N2,400.00
- C. N3,000.00
- D. N3,600.00
If V = plog\(_x\), (M + N), express N in terms of X, P, M and V
- A. N = X\(^{\frac{v}{p}}\) - M
- B. N = X\(^{\frac{p}{v}}\) - M
- C. N = X\(^{\frac{v}{p}}\) + M
- D. N = X\(^{\frac{p}{v}}\) + M
The angles of a polygon are given by 2x, 5x, x and 4x respectively. The value of x is
- A. 31°
- B. 30°
- C. 26°
- D. 48°
The values of x when y = -1 are approximately
- A. -10 and 2.0
- B. -1.3 and 2.3
- C. -0.6 and 2.6
- D. -0.6 and 1.6
In a committee of 5, which must be selected from 4 males and 3 females. In how many ways can the members be chosen if it were to include 2 females?
- A. 144 ways
- B. 15 ways
- C. 185 ways
- D. 12 ways
The second term of a geometric progression is 3. If its sum to infinity is \(\frac{25}{2}\), find the value of its common ratio.
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