Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
A class-one teacher gave 23 counting seeds to each of the 45 pupils in his class. How many counting seeds did the teacher give out?
- A. 225 seeds
- B. 935 seeds
- C. 2070 seeds
- D. 1035 seeds
Given an isosceles triangle with length of 2 equal sides t units and opposite side √3t units with angle θ. Find the value of the angle θ opposite to the √3t units.
- A. 100°
- B. 120°
- C. 30°
- D. 60°
| Marks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Number of candidates | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
The table above shows the distribution of marks scored by students in a test. Find the interquartile range of the distribution.
- A. 4
- B. 3
- C. 2
- D. 1
How many terms of the series 3, -6, +12, - 24, + ..... are needed to make a total of 1-28?
- A. 12
- B. 10
- C. 9
- D. 8
The curved surface area of a cylindrical tin is 704cm2. Calculate the height when the radius is 8cm. [Take π = 22/7]
- A. 3.5cm
- B. 7cm
- C. 14cm
- D. 28cm
Given that \(p = 1 + \sqrt{2}\) and \(q = 1 - \sqrt{2}\), evaluate \(\frac{p^{2} - q^{2}}{2pq}\)
- A. 2(2+√2)
- B. -2(2+√2)
- C. 2√2
- D. -2√2
In terms of j, what is the average of j,3j+1,j?5, and 3j+4?
- A. j+8
- B. j+3
- C. 2j?2
- D. 2j
A woman bought some oranges and 30% of them were bad. If there were 60 bad oranges, how many oranges did she buy?
- a. 18
- b. 42
- c. 100
- d. 200
The maximum value of the function f(x) = 2 + x - x2 is
- A. 9/4
- B. 7/4
- C. 3/2
- D. 1/2
A student has 5 courses to take from Mathematics and physics. There are 4 courses in Mathematics and 3 in Physics which he can choose his courses so that he takes exactly two courses in Physics?
- A. 48
- B. 12
- C. 10
- D. 7

