Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?
- A. 210
- B. 1050
- C. 21400
- D. 25200
\(f(x) = p + qx\), where p and q are constants. If f(1) = 7 and f(5) = 19, find f(3).
- A. 13
- B. 15
- C. 17
- D. 26
Out of 70 schools, 42 of them can be attended by boys and 35 can be attended by girls. If a pupil is selected at random from these schools, find the probability that he/ she is from a mixed school.
- A. \(\frac{1}{11}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{10}\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{6}\)
- D. \(\frac{1}{5}\)
If \(16^{3x} = \frac{1}{4}(32^{x - 1})\), find the value of x.
- A. \(-1\)
- B. \(\frac{-1}{3}\)
- C. \(\frac{-3}{7}\)
- D. \(\frac{-5}{19}\)
Convert 3.1415926 to 5 decimal places
- A. 3.14160
- B. 3.14159
- C. 0.31415
- D. 3.14200
A room is 12m long, 9m wide and 8m high. Find the cosine of the angle which a diagonal of the room makes with the floor of the room
- A. 15/17
- B. 8/17
- C. 8/15
- D. 12/17
A man bought 220 mangoes at N5x. He sold each for 3x kobo and made a gain of N8. Find the value of x
- A. 2
- B. 5
- C. 6
- D. 10
The velocity \(v ms^{-1}\) of a particle moving in a straight line is given by \(v = 3t^{2} - 2t + 1\) at time t secs. Find the acceleration of the particle after 3 seconds.
- A. \(26 ms^{-2}\)
- B. \(18 ms^{-2}\)
- C. \(17 ms^{-2}\)
- D. \(16 ms^{-2}\)
When an aeroplane is 800m above the ground, its angle of elevation from a point P on the ground is 30°. How far is the plane from P by line of sight?
- A. 400m
- B. 800m
- C. 1500m
- D. 1600m
Simplify: 11011\(_2\) - 1101\(_2\)
- A. 101000\(_2\)
- B. 1100\(_2\)
- C. 1110\(_2\)
- D. 1011\(_2\)

