JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1979

Pregunta 1 Informe

Simplify \(\frac{1 - x^2}{x - x^2}\), where x \(\neq\) 0

\(\frac{1}{x}\)

\(\frac{1 - x}{x}\)

\(\frac{1 + x}{x}\)

\(\frac{1}{x - 1}\)

\(\frac{-x - 1}{1}\)

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Pregunta 2 Informe

A trader goes to Ghana for y days with y cedis. For the first x days, he spends X cedis per day. The amount he has to spend per day for the rest of his stay is

\(\frac{y(y - x)}{y - x}\) cedis

\(\frac{Yy - Xx)}{y - x}\) cedis

\(\frac{Y - Xy)}{y - x}\) cedis

\(\frac{Y - X}{y - x}\) cedis

\(\frac{Y - Xx}{y - x}\) cedis

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Pregunta 3 Informe

An arc of circle of radius 2cm subtends an angle of 60^o at the centre. Find the area of the sector

\(\frac{2 \pi}{3}\)cm²

\(\frac{\pi}{2}\)cm²

\(\frac{\pi}{3}\)cm²

\(\pi\)cm²

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Pregunta 4 Informe

Find x in the diagram below.

3\(\sqrt{3}\)

\(\frac{3(\sqrt{3} - 1)}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

\(\frac{(\sqrt{3} - 1)}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

\(\frac{3 - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1}\)

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Pregunta 5 Informe

In the parallelogram PQRS, PE is perpendicular to QR. Find the area of the parallelogram.

60cm²

65cm²

72cm²

144cm²

156cm²

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Pregunta 6 Informe

If \(\sqrt{3^{\frac{1}{x}}}\) = \(\sqrt{9}\) then the value of x is:

\(\frac{3}{4}\)

\(\frac{4}{3}\)

\(\frac{1}{3}\)

\(\frac{2}{3}\)

\(\frac{1}{2}\)

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Pregunta 7 Informe

For the set of numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8

The median is greater than the mode

the mean is greater than the mode

the mean is greater than the median

the median is equal to the mean

the mean is less than the median

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Pregunta 8 Informe

A man is standing in the corridor of a 10-storey building and looking down at a tall tree in front of the building. He sees the top of the tree at angle of depression of 30^o. If the tree is 200m tall and the man's eyes are 300m above the ground, calculate the angle of depression of the foot tree as seen by the man

30^o

60^o

45^o

25^o

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Pregunta 9 Informe

In base ten, the number 101101 (base 2) equals

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Pregunta 10 Informe

A father is now three times as old as his son. Twelve years ago he was six times as old as his son. How old are the son and the father?

20 and 45

100 and 150

45 and 65

35 and 75

20 and 60

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Pregunta 11 Informe

The solution of the equation x² - 2x = 8 is

x = 0 or 2

x = -2 or 4

x = 2

x = -4

x = 2 or 4

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Pregunta 12 Informe

The area under the speed time graph given the total distance covered by car. What is the average velocity to two places of decimals?

17.72 meter/sec.

21.67 meters/sec

2.5 meter/sec.

20.45 meters/sec.

13.33 meter/sec.

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Pregunta 13 Informe

If y = x² - 2x - 3, Find the least value of y and corresponding value of x

x = 3, y = 3

x = 1, y = -3

x = 4, y = 1

x = 1, y = -4

x = 2, y = -3

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Pregunta 14 Informe

Simplify \(\frac{5^x \times 25^{x - 1}}{125^{x - 1}}\)

5^{2x + 1}

5^{x + 1}

5^-5

5²

5³

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Pregunta 15 Informe

(Numbers indicate the lengths of the sides of the triangles) If the area of \(\bigtriangleup\) PQR is k2sq. units what is the area of the shades portion?

\(\frac{5}{9}\)k² sq. units

\(\frac{1}{3}\)k² sq. units

\(\frac{8}{9}\)k² sq. units

\(\frac{7}{9}\)k² sq. units

\(\frac{2}{3}\)k² sq. u

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Pregunta 16 Informe

Multiply (3x + 5y + 4z) by (2x - 3y + z)

6x² + xy - 15y² + 4z² + 11xz - 7yz

6x² + 3xy - 15y² + 4z²

6x² + 3xy - y² + 4z²

6x² + 3xy - 15y + z²

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Pregunta 17 Informe

Make x the subject of the equation a(b + c) + \(\frac{5}{d}\) - 2 = 0

c = \(\frac{2d - 5 - b}{ad}\)

c = \(\frac{2d - 5 - abd}{ad}\)

c = \(\frac{2d - 5 - ab}{ad}\)

c = \(\frac{5 - 2d - b}{ad}\)

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Pregunta 18 Informe

Solve the simultaneous linear equations: 2x + 5y = 11, 7x + 4y = 2

x = -8, y = 1

x = -2, y = 4

x = \(\frac{-34}{27}\), y = \(\frac{73}{27}\)

x = 7, y = -9

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Pregunta 19 Informe

In \(\bigtriangleup\)PQR, PQ = 10cm, QR = 8cm and RP = 6cm, the perpendicular RS is drawn from R to PQ. Find the length of RS

4cm

32cm

\(\frac{30}{7}\)

\(\frac{40}{7}\)

4.8cm

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Pregunta 20 Informe

What is log₇(49^a) - log₁₀(0.01)?

\(\frac{49^a}{100}\)

\(\frac{a}{2}\) + 2

7^2a + 2

2a + 2

\(\frac{2a}{2}\)

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Pregunta 21 Informe

What is the greatest straight line distance between two vertices (corners) of a cube whose sides are 2239cm long?

\(\sqrt{2239cm}\)

\(\sqrt{2}\) x 2239cm

\(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\) 2239cm

\(\sqrt{3}\) x 2239cm

4478cm

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Pregunta 22 Informe

\((1.28 \times 10^{4}) \div (6.4 \times 10^{2})\) equals

2 x 10^-5

2 x 10^-1

2 x 10¹

2 x 10^-4

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Pregunta 23 Informe

In the figure, PQ is parallel to SQ ; QS bisets < PSQ, < PQS is 65^o and < RPS is 20^o. What is the size of < PRS?

45^o

35^o

40^o

30^o

42^o

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Pregunta 24 Informe

If O is the centre of the circle, < POS equls

70^o

75^o

105^o

140^o

150^o

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Pregunta 25 Informe

PQ is parallel to RS. Calculate the value of x.

20^o

40^o

60^o

80^o

100^o

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Pregunta 26 Informe

On each market day Mrs. Bassey walks to the market from her home at a steady speed. This journey normally takes her 2 hours to complete. She finds, however, that by increasing her usual speed by 1 km/hr she can save 20 minutes. Find her usual speed in km/hr

1\(\frac{2}{3}\)

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Pregunta 27 Informe

12 men complete a job in 9 days. How many men working t the same rate would be required to complete the job in 6 days?

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Pregunta 28 Informe

A cylinder of height h and radius r is open at one end. Its surface area is

2\(\pi\)rh

\(\pi\)r²h

2\(\pi\)rh + \(\pi\)r²

2\(\pi\)rh + 2\(\pi\)r²

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Pregunta 29 Informe

x is directly proportional to y and inversely proportional to z. If x = 9 when y = 24 and z = 8, what is the value of x when y = 5 and z = 6?

\(\frac{5}{6}\)

3\(\frac{3}{5}\)

2\(\frac{1}{2}\)

1\(\frac{1}{5}\)

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Pregunta 30 Informe

Rationalize the denominator of the expression \(\frac{6 + 2\sqrt{5}}{4 - 3\sqrt{6}}\)

\(\frac{12+ 4\sqrt{5 + 7} 5 + 6\sqrt{3}}{39}\)

\(\frac{-(24 + 18\sqrt{6} + 8\sqrt{5} + 6\sqrt{30})}{39}\)

\(\frac{24 + 3\sqrt{6 + 8} 5 + 6\sqrt{30}}{19}\)

\(\frac{-15 + 3\sqrt{5 + 18} 5 + 6\sqrt{30}}{36}\)

\(\frac{-(12 + 4\sqrt{5} +9\sqrt{6} + 3\sqrt{30})}{19}\)

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Pregunta 31 Informe

Simplify 2\(\frac{5}{12}\) - 1\(\frac{7}{8}\) x \(\frac{6}{5}\)

\(\frac{1}{6}\)

\(\frac{13}{20}\)

\(\frac{11}{30}\)

\(\frac{9}{4}\)

\(\frac{5}{3}\)

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Pregunta 32 Informe

The following table relates the number of objects f corresponding to a certain size x. What is the average size of an object?
\(\begin{array}{c|c} f & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline x & 1 & 2 & 4 & 8 & 16\end{array}\)

\(\frac{31}{15}\)

\(\frac{31}{5}\)

\(\frac{129}{5}\)

\(\frac{43}{5}\)

\(\frac{16}{5}\)

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Pregunta 33 Informe

Find the value of log₁₀\(\frac{1}{40}\), given that log₁₀4 = 0.6021

1.3979

2.3979

1.6021

2.6021

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Pregunta 34 Informe

If the value of \(\pi\) is taken to be \(\frac{22}{7}\), the area of a semi-circle of diameter 42m is

5544m²

1386m²

132m²

264m²

693m²

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Pregunta 35 Informe

Which of the following values of the variable x, (a)x = 0, (b)x = -3, (c)x = 9, satisfy the inequalities 0 < \(\frac{x + 3}{x - 1}\) < 2?

(a), (b), (c)

(c)

None of the choices

All of the above

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Pregunta 36 Informe

The mean of the numbers 1.2, 1.0, 0.9, 1.4, 0.8, 0.8, 1.2 and 1.1 is

1.5

0.8

1.0

1.02

1.05

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Pregunta 37 Informe

A steel ball of radius 1 cm is dropped into a cylinder of radius 2cm and height 4cm. If the cylinder is now filled with water, what is the volume of the water in the cylinder?

\(\frac{44}{3}\)\(\pi\)cm³

12\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{38}{3}\)\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{40}{3}\)\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{32}{33}\)\(\pi\)cm³

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Pregunta 38 Informe

A ladder resting on a vertical wall makes an angles whose tangent is 2.4 with the ground. If the distance between the foot of the ladder and the wall is 50cm, What is the length of the ladder?

1.1m

1.2m

0.9m

1.3m

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Pregunta 39 Informe

The size of a quantity first doubles and then increases by a further 16%. After a short time its size decreases by 16%. What is the net increases in size of the quantity?

\(\frac{59300}{625}\)

\(\frac{50900}{625}\)

200%

+100%

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Pregunta 40 Informe

PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral with PQ as diameter of the circle. If < PQS = 15^o find < QRS

75^o

37\(\frac{1}{2}\)^o

127\(\frac{1}{2}\)^o

105^o

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Pregunta 41 Informe

In the figure, \(\bigtriangleup\) ABC are in adjacent planes. AB = AC = 5cm, BC = 6cm and o then AE is equal to

3\(\sqrt{2}\)

2\(\sqrt{3}\)

\(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)

\(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\)

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Pregunta 42 Informe

Find the value of (4^{\(\frac{1}{2}\)})⁶

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Pregunta 43 Informe

The annul profits of a transport business were divided between the partners A and B in the ratio 3 : 5. If B received N3000 more than A, the total profit was

N5000

N1800

N12000

N24000

N8000

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Pregunta 44 Informe