JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1979

(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 Resposta correta

\(\frac{1}{3}\)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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Pergunta 9 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

40^o

60^o

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Pergunta 10 Relatório

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?

18 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 11 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 12 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

4478cm

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Pergunta 13 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 14 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

N24000

N8000

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Pergunta 15 Relatório

Find x in the diagram below.

3\(\sqrt{3}\)

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

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

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

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Pergunta 16 Relatório

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

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

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Pergunta 17 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

10^o

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Pergunta 18 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

All of the above

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Pergunta 19 Relatório

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

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

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

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

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

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Pergunta 20 Relatório

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

5^{2x + 1}

5^{x + 1}

5^-5 Resposta correta

5²

5³

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Pergunta 21 Relatório

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

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

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

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

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

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Pergunta 22 Relatório

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

x = -8, y = 1

x = -2, y = 4

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

x = 7, y = -9

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Pergunta 23 Relatório

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

5 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 24 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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

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Pergunta 25 Relatório

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

1.3979

2.3979

1.6021 Resposta correta

2.6021

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Pergunta 26 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 27 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 28 Relatório

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% Resposta correta

+100%

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Pergunta 29 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

x = 2, y = -3

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Pergunta 30 Relatório

(3.2)² - (1.8)² equals

7.0 Resposta correta

2.56

13.48

2.0

0.07

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Pergunta 31 Relatório

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\(\sqrt{3}\) Resposta correta

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

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

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Pergunta 32 Relatório

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

45 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 33 Relatório

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

x = 0 or 2

x = -2 or 4 Resposta correta

x = 2

x = -4

x = 2 or 4

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Pergunta 34 Relatório

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

20^o

40^o Resposta correta

60^o

80^o

100^o

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Pergunta 35 Relatório

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. Resposta correta

13.33 meter/sec.

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Pergunta 36 Relatório

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

60cm²

65cm²

72cm²

144cm² Resposta correta

156cm²

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Pergunta 37 Relatório

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Pergunta 38 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

42^o

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Pergunta 39 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

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Pergunta 40 Relatório

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Pergunta 41 Relatório

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Pergunta 42 Relatório

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

6x² + xy - 15y² + 4z² + 11xz - 7yz Resposta correta

6x² + 3xy - 15y² + 4z²

6x² + 3xy - y² + 4z²

6x² + 3xy - 15y + z²

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Pergunta 43 Relatório

What is log₇(49^a) - log₁₀(0.01)?

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

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

7^2a + 2

2a + 2 Resposta correta

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

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Pergunta 44 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

12\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{38}{3}\)\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{40}{3}\)\(\pi\)cm³

\(\frac{32}{33}\)\(\pi\)cm³

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Pergunta 45 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

2\(\pi\)rh + 2\(\pi\)r²

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Pergunta 46 Relatório

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 Resposta correta

45^o

25^o

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Pergunta 47 Relatório

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

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

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