JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1979

Swali 1 Ripoti

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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Swali 2 Ripoti

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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Swali 3 Ripoti

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

70^o

75^o

105^o

140^o

150^o

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Swali 4 Ripoti

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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Coordinate Geometry

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Swali 5 Ripoti

Simplify \(\frac{x^2 + y^2 + xy}{x + y}\) - \(\frac{x^2 + y^2}{x - y}\)

\(\frac{x^2 + y^2} {(x - y)^2}\)

\(\frac{2y^3} {y^2 - x^2}\)

\(\frac{3x^2 + y^2} {(2x - y)^2}\)

\(\frac{x^2 + y^2} {(x^2 - y)}\)

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Swali 6 Ripoti

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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Swali 7 Ripoti

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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Swali 8 Ripoti

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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Sequence And Series

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Swali 9 Ripoti

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

20^o

40^o

60^o

80^o

100^o

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Indices

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Swali 10 Ripoti

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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Volumes

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Swali 11 Ripoti

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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Swali 12 Ripoti

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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Swali 13 Ripoti

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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Swali 14 Ripoti

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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Swali 15 Ripoti

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

60cm²

65cm²

72cm²

144cm²

156cm²

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Swali 16 Ripoti

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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Surds (radicals)

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Swali 17 Ripoti

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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Swali 18 Ripoti

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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Swali 19 Ripoti

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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Integration

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Swali 20 Ripoti

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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Swali 21 Ripoti

In this figure, PQRS is a parallelogram, PS = PT and < PST = 55\(^o\). The size of <PQR is

125^o

120^o

115^o

110^o

10^o

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Swali 22 Ripoti

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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Swali 23 Ripoti

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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Logarithms

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Swali 24 Ripoti

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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Swali 25 Ripoti

A square of cardboard is taped at the perimeter by a piece of ribbon 20cm long. What is the area of the board?

20sq.cm

100sq.cm

25sq.cm

16sq.cm

36sq.cm

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Swali 26 Ripoti

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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Swali 27 Ripoti

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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Surds (radicals)

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Swali 28 Ripoti

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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Swali 29 Ripoti

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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Swali 30 Ripoti

One of the following statements is wrong. Which is it?

If a triangle is equiangular then it is also equilateral

If a triangle is equilateral then it is also then it is also equiangular

If two triangles are similar then they are also congurent

The sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180 degrees

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Swali 31 Ripoti

After getting a rise of 15%, a man's new monthly salary is N345. How much per month did he earn before the increase?

N330

n396.75

N300

N293.25

N360

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Swali 32 Ripoti

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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Swali 33 Ripoti

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

2 x 10^-5

2 x 10^-1

2 x 10¹

2 x 10^-4

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Swali 34 Ripoti

If x³ - 12x - 16 = 0 has x = -2 as a solution then the equaion has

x = -4 as a solution also

3 roots all different

3 roots with two equal and the third different

3 roots all equal

only one root

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Swali 35 Ripoti

In the figure, PQ and QR are chords of the circle PQR. QRS is a straight line and PR is equal to RS, < PSR is 20^o. What is the size of

70^o

90^o

80^o

40^o

60^o

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Swali 36 Ripoti

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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Swali 37 Ripoti

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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Swali 38 Ripoti

(3.2)² - (1.8)² equals

7.0

2.56

13.48

2.0

0.07

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Swali 39 Ripoti

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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Swali 40 Ripoti

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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Swali 41 Ripoti

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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Swali 42 Ripoti

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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Swali 43 Ripoti

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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Swali 44 Ripoti

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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Swali 45 Ripoti

(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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Swali 46 Ripoti

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

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