Jamb 2002 Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
A hunter 1.6 m tall, views a bird on top of a tree at an angle of 45°. if the distance between the hunter and the tree is 10.4 m, find the height of the tree.
- A. 9.0 m
- B. 12. 0 m
- C. 8.8 m
- D. 10.4 m
The mean of a set of six numbers is 60. If the mean of the first five is 50, find the sixth number in the set.
- A. 105
- B. 100
- C. 95
- D. 110
A solid hemisphere has a radius of 7 cm. Find the total surface area.
- A. 400 cm2
- B. 462 cm2
- C. 66 cm2
- D. 308 cm2
The probability of a student passing any exam is 2/3. If the student takes three exams, what is the probability that he will not pass any of them?
- A. 2/3
- B. 4/9
- C. 8/27
- D. 1/27
A trader bought goats for N4000 each. He sold them for N180,000 at a loss of 25%. How many goats did he buy?
- A. 60
- B. 50
- C. 45
- D. 36
Find the value of a if the line 2y - ax + 4 = 0 is perpendicular to the line y + (x/4) - 7 = 0
- A. -4
- B. 4
- C. 8
- D. -8
In a school, 220 students offer Biology or Mathematics or both. 125 offer Biology and 110 mathematics. How many offer Biology but not Mathematics?
- A. 95
- B. 80
- C. 125
- D. 110
Find the mean of the data: 7, -3, 4, -2, 5, -9, 4, 8, -6, 12
- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 1
- D. 2
A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 120° degrees at the centre of a circle of diameter 4√3 cm. Calculate the area of the major sector.
- A. 4π cm2
- B. 32 π cm2
- C. 16 π cm2
- D. 8 π cm2
Calculate the mean deviation of the set of numbers 7, 3, 14, 9, 7, and 8
- A. 13/6
- B. 5/2
- C. 7/6
- D. 7/3

