Mathematics Past Questions And Answers

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3491

Given that x is directly proportional to y and inversely proportional to Z, x = 15 when y = 10 and Z = 4, find the equation connecting x, y and z

  • A. x = \(\frac{6y}{z}\)
  • B. x = \(\frac{12y}{z}\)
  • C. x = \(\frac{3y}{z}\)
  • D. x = \(\frac{3y}{2z}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 OBJ
3492

(a)rectangle

In the diagram, ABCD is a rectangular garden (3n - 1)m long and (2n + 1)m wide. A wire mesh 135m long is used to mark its boundary and to divide it into 8 equal plots. Find the value of n.

(b) A cylinder with base radius 14 cm has the same volume as a cube of side 22 cm. Calculate the ratio of the total surface area of the cylinder to that of the cube. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORY
3493

The mean heights of three groups of students consisting of 20, 16 and 14 students each are 1.67m, 1.50m and 1.40m respectively. Find the mean height of all the students.

  • A. 1.63m
  • B. 1.54m
  • C. 1.52m
  • D. 1.42m
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2022 OBJ
3494

A lift moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5\(ms^{-2}\) carries a body of mass p kg. If the reaction on the floor is 480 N, find the value of p. [Take g = \(10 ms^{-2}\)].

  • A. 32
  • B. 36
  • C. 48
  • D. 64
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 OBJ
3495

In how many ways can a committee of 2 women and 3 men be chosen from 6 men and 5 women?

  • A. 100
  • B. 200
  • C. 30
  • D. 50
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2010
3496

The locus of points equidistant from two intersecting straight lines PQ and PR is

  • A. a circle centre P radius Q.
  • B. a circle centre P radius PR
  • C. the point of intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of PQ and PR
  • D. the bisector of angle QPR
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2003 OBJ
3497

The table shows the distribution of the ages of a group of people in a village.

Ages (in years)15 - 1819 - 2223 - 2627 - 3031 - 3435 - 38
Frequency4033251084

Using an assumed mean of 24.5, calculate the mean of the distribution.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 THEORY
3498

(a) If \(y = (2x + 3)^{7} + \frac{x + 1}{2x - 1}\), find the value of \(\frac{\mathrm d y}{\mathrm d x}\) at x = -1.

(b) Using the substitution, \(u = x + 2\), evaluate \(\int_{1} ^{2} \frac{x - 1}{(x + 2)^{4}} \mathrm d x\).

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 THEORY
3499

What is the general term of the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, ...?

  • A. 5n - 2
  • B. 5n + 2
  • C. 5
  • D. 5n
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023
3500

A local community has two newspapers: the morning tomes and the evening dispatch. The morning times is read by 45% of the households. The Evening Dispatch is read by 60% of the households. Twenty percent of the households read both papers. What is the probability that a particular household reads at least one paper?

  • A. 0.45
  • B. 0.65
  • C. 0.85
  • D. 0.95
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2022 OBJ