Jamb 2020 Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Find the value of x if \(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{x + \sqrt{2}}\) = \(\frac{1}{x - \sqrt{2}}\)
- A. 3\(\sqrt{2}\) + 4
- B. 3\(\sqrt{2}\) - 4
- C. 3 - 2\(\sqrt{2}\)
- D. 4 + 2\(\sqrt{2}\)
The mean age group of some students is 15years. When the age of a teacher, 45 years old, is added to the ages of the students, the mean of their ages become 18 years. Find the number of students in the group.
- A. 7
- B. 9
- C. 15
- D. 42
A binary operation x is defined by a x b = ab. If a x 2 = 2 - a, find the possible values of a?
- A. 1, -2
- B. 2, -1
- C. 2, -2
- D. 1, -1
Three consecutive terms of a geometric progression are give as n - 2, n and n + 3. Find the common ratio
- A. 3/2
- B. 2/3
- C. 1/2
- D. 1/4
Four boys and ten girls can cut a field first in 5 hours. If the boys work at 5/4 the rate at which the girls work, how many boys will be needed to cut the field in 3 hours?
- A. 180
- B. 60
- C. 25
- D. 20
The chord ST of a circle is equal to the radius r of the circle. Find the length of arc ST
- A. \(\frac{\pi r}{3}\)
- B. \(\frac{\pi r}{2}\)
- C. \(\frac{\pi r}{12}\)
- D. \(\frac{\pi r}{6}\)
Factorise (4a + 3)2 - (3a - 2)2
- A. (a + 1)(a + 5)
- B. (a - 5)(7a - 1)
- C. (a + 5)(7a + 1)
- D. a(7a + 1)
A cylindrical tank has a capacity of 3080m3. What is the depth of the tank if the diameter of its base is 14m?
- A. 25m
- B. 23m
- C. 22m
- D. 20m
Express the product of 0.0014 and 0.011 in standard form
- A. 1.54 x 10−2
- B. 1.54 x 10−3
- C. 1.54 x 10−2
- D. 1.54 x 10−5
A surveyor walks 500m up a hill which slopes at an angle of 30°. Calculate the vertical height through which he rises
- A. 252m
- B. 500m
- C. 250m
- D. 255m

