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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2010

B. 12
C. 31/3
D None of the above

9. If y =x sin x, find dy/dx

A. 2Cosx-xsinx
B. Sinx+xCosx
2. If tan Ɵ = 3/4, find Sin 2Ɵ C. Sinx - xCosx
A. 9/16 D. xSinx-2Cosx
B. 13/15
C. 1/4 10. If y Sin(2x2 + 5) then dy/dx is
D. 24/25 A. 4xCos(2x2 + 5)

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B. -3Sin(2x2+ 5)
C. 2x2sin(2x+5)

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4. Solve for sin x, if sin2 x ÷ (sinx-2) = 4
A. 2, -3
B. 1, -3
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12. Without using tables, evaluate

C. 2, 4
(343)1/3 x (0.14)-1 x (25)-1/2
D. 3, -2
A. 12
B. 10
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5. Calculate the angle < between the vectors

U – 2i +2j C. 8.
V=-2i + 2j D. 7

A.< = 45˚ 13. In a school. 220 students Biology or

B.< = 60˚ Mathematics or both,125 offer Biology and
C.< = 90˚ 110 Mathematics. How many offer Biology but
D.< = 75˚ not Mathematics?
A. 110
6. Find the value of sin 2Ɵ when sin Ɵ = 2/3 B. 95
A. 4√5 C. 80
B. 3/2 D. 125
C. -5/12
D. -3/12

7. If Sin Ɵ=1/4. What is sec Ɵ.

A. 2
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examinations, what is the probability that he

will not pass any of them?
A. 4/9
B. 2/3
C. 1/27
D. 8/27

20. The means of a set. or six numbers is 60. if

15. A trader bought goats for ₦4000 each. He the mean of the first five is 50. find the sixth
sold them for ₦180000 at a loss of 25%. How number in the set.
many goats did he buy? A. 95
A. 50 B. 100

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B. 60 C. 110
C. 36 D. 105

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D. 45
21. Let U = {a,b,c,d,e}
16. Simplify 52.4 — 5.7 — 3.45- 1.75
ep A = {a,b,d}
A. 42.1 and B ={a,d,e}Then B/A Is equal to:
B. 41.4 A. {e}
C. 42.2 B. {b}
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D. 41. 5 C. {c}
D. {d}
17. The range of the data k+2, k-3, k+4, k-2, k,
22. Let A = {2,3,4}
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k-5, k+3,
k- I and k + 6 is B = {4,5,6}
A. 11 and U = {1,2,3 .......} Then :
B. 10
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A. A\B ={1,2}
C. 8
B. A\B ={1,4}
D. 6
C. A\B ={2,4}
18. The acres for rice, pineapple, cassava, D. A\B ={1,2,3}
cocoa and palm oil in a certain district are
given respectively as 2, 5, 3, 11 and 9. What is 23. Let U be a universal set. A and B are
the angle of the sector for cassava in a pie subsets of U. Then A’ꓴB’ =? by:
chart? A. AꓴB
A. 180° B. A'ꓴB’
B. 36° C. A'ꓴB
C. 60° D. (AՈB)’
D. 108°
24. Simplify sin45° cos45°
19. The probability of a student passing any A. 1/2
examination is 2/3. If the student takes three B. 2√2
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C. 1/√2 D. -2
D. 2/√2
31. Find the principal of which amount ₦5,500
3
25. If sin A /4 What is the value of tan A? at simple interest in 5 years at 2% per annum,
A. 1 A. ₦5,000
B. ½ B. ₦4,900
C. ¼ C. ₦4,800
D. 3/√7 D. ₦4,700

26. If tan(x+y) = 2 and tan x = 1. find tan-1 y 31. A car dealer bought a second-hand ear for
A. 2 ₦250,000.00 and spent ₦70,000.00
B. 1/3 refurbishing it. He then sold the car for

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C. 1 ₦400.000,00. What is the percentage gain?
D. 3 A. 20%

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B. 25%
27. Evaluate the expression sin (cos-1√3/2) C. 32%
A. 1/3 ep D. 60%
B. 1/2
C. 2/3 33. Evaluate 21.05347 — 1.6324 × 0.41, to 3
D. 3/2 decimal places.
A. 20.351
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28. In a parallelogram ABCD, the lengths of B. 20.352
sides AB and AD are 5m and 6m respectively. C. 20.980
if A = 60°, find the length of the longest D. 20.98
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diagonal of the parallelogram.

A. 8.12
B. 3.01
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C. 9.45
D. 8.94

29. The sides of a rectangle are 18m and 31m,

Find the angle the diagonal makes with the
shorter side
A. 20˚
B. 30˚
C. 60˚
D. 50˚

30. Two roots of the equation x3 +px+q = 0 are

-1 and 3. The third root is:
A. -1
B. 1
C. 2
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4. B
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. D

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17. B
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38. Factorize 4x2 — 9y2 + 20x + 25 19. D
A. (2x — 3y)(2x + 3y) 20. B
B. (2x + 5)(2x - 9y + 5) 21. B
C. (2x — 3y + 5)(2x - 3y-5) 22. C
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D. (2x — 3y + 5) (2x + 3y + 5) 23. A
24. A
25. B
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26. B
27. A
28. A
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29. B
30. D
31. C
32. A
33. C
34. D
40. Solve the equations: m2+ n2 = 29, m + n = 7 35. D
A. (5,2) and (5,3) 36. A
B. (5,3) and (3,5) 37. D
C. (2,3) and (3,5) 38. B
D. (2,5) and (5,2) 39. A
40. B
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1. C
2. C
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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2011

1. Give the sin Ɵ = 5/13 and Ɵ is acute angle.
find Cos Ɵ
A. 3/13
B. 4/13
C. 12/13
D. 8/13

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3. Of the following, the one which is a cube 8. A class contains 10 men and 20 women of
root of i is which half the men and half the women have
A. -i brown eyes. Find the probability that a person
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B. Cos30° chosen at random is a man.
C. Cos90°+ i sin 30° A. 2/3
D. Cos120°+ i sin 120° B. 1/3
C. 5/6
4. x2 -6x + 8 > 0 is true for all values of x D. 3/4
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where
A. 2 < x < 4 9. Let U be a universal set and let A and B be
B. x < 2 or > 4 events such that P(AꓴB) = 3/4 P(Ac ) = 2/3 and
C. x < 4
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P(AՈB) =1/4
D. x > 2 Find P(B)
A. 2/3
5. Find the area enclosed between the curves B. 2/5
y=4 - x2 and y= x2 - 2x C.11/2
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A. 22/3 D. 3/7
B. 43/4
C. 131/2 10. Two groups of male students cast their
D. 71/4 votes on a particular proposal. The results are
as follows:
In favour against
Group A 128 32
Group B 96 48
If a student is chosen at random, what is the
probability that he is against the proposal?
A. 3/19
B. 4/19
C. 5/19
D. 9/19

11. Find the variance of the 6 numbers 4, 6, 6,

7, 9 and 10
A. 4
B. 3
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C. 2 C. 45 m/sec
D. 5 D. 32 m/sec

12, A gun of mass 8kg fires a bullet of mass 18. Suppose the radius of a circle is 3cm at a
80g at a speed 300m/s. with what initial speed certain instant and it is increasing at the rate of
does the gun recoil 0-5cm/s at what rate will the area be
A. 3ms-1 increasing at the instant
B. 6ms-1 A. 16π cm2 sec
C. 8ms-1 B. 20π cm2 sec
D. 7ms-1 C. 3π2
D. None
13. An object whose weight is 10ke is placed
on a smooth plane inclined at 30˚ to the 19. A curve passes through the point (4, -3).
horizontal, what force parallel to the plane is It's gradient is 2 — x. Find the equation of the
required to hold the mass at rest. curve.

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(Take g = 10ms-2) A. 2y = 4x — x2 — 6
A. 20N B. y =4x + 2x2 — 2

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B. 18N C. 2y = 4x - x2 + 12 = 0
C. 15.4N D. y + X2 - 6x + 11
D. 25N
20. A line passes through the point (5, -2) and
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14. A particle of mass 3kg on a smooth surface
is acted upon by a force F. If the acceleration
its gradient is -3. Find the equation of the line.
A. y +3x — 16=0
produced in the particle is 2ms-2, find the B. y+ 3x — 13=0
magnitude of F. C. y = -3x + 1
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A. 8N D. y = 3x — 1
B. 5N
C. 7N
D. 6N
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15. An open box with a square base is required

to hold 108 cm3 What should be the dimension
if the area of cardboard used is as small as
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possible?
A (6,6,3)
B. (8,8,4)
C. (4,4,2)
D. (2,2,4)

16. lf each side of a cube expands by r% find 22. If (x+iy) (2+i) = 3 then
the approx. percentage change in the volume A. x=2 and y=1
of cube B. x.=-1 and y= 2
A. 4% C. X= 6/5 and y = -3/5
B. 5% D. x = -3/5 and y = 6/5
C. 3r%
D. 5/2% 23. The roots (s) of the

17. A body from rest with an acceleration of equation is (are)

10m/s2. what is it velocity after 5 sec? A. 9, 1
A. 25 m/sec B. 9
B. 50 m/sec C. (-3/4, 1)
D. 3, -1

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24. that is the area enclosed by the curve; Y =

4x — x2, x= 1, x = 2, and the x-axis
A. 2/3
B. None
C. 21/4
D. 11/3

25. The area of a circle is increasing at the rate

of 3 cm/sec. Find the rate of change of the
circumference when the radius is 2 cm
31. Which of the following is in descending
A. 4 cm/sec
order?
B. 31/2 cm/sec
A. 9/10, 4/5, ¾ 17/10
C. 11/2 ern/sec
B. 4/5 9/10, 3/4, 17/20
D. 23/4 cm/sec

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C. 9/10, 17/20, 4/5, 3/4
D. 4/5, 9/10, 17/10, 3/4
26. if log 2 = 03010 and Log 5 = 0.6992 then

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log 50 equals
32. Evaluate 2700 000 x 0.03 ÷ 18 000
A. 1.6622
A. 4.x 100
B. 1.6990
B. 4.5 x 101
C. 1.7357
D. 1.7525
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D. 4.5 x 103
27. Of the following, which one is a factor of
33. The prime factors of 2520 are
(x99 + 1)?
A. 2,9,5
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A. (x+1)
B. 2,9.7
B. (x- 1)
C. 2,3,5,7
C. (x+3)
D. 2,3,7,9
D. (x-3)
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34. If 12e = X7, find X where = 12 find x if 92-x

=T
A. 20
B. log a
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C. log
D. log a

29. Simplify 1 + tan2Ɵ

A. Sin2 Ɵ
B. Sec2 Ɵ
C. Cos Ɵ
D. Tan2 Ɵ 36. What is the difference between 0.007685
correct to three significant figures and
0.007685 comet to four places of decimal?
A. 10-5
B. 7x 10-4
C. 8 x10-5
D. 10-6
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15. B
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. C
21. A
22. A
23. D
38. Oke deposited ₦800.00 in the bank at the
24. A
rate of 121/2% simple interest. After sometime
25. D
the total amount was one and half times the
26. D
principal. For how many years was the money
27. C
left in the bank?
28. D
A. 2
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30. D
C. 51/3
31. A
D. 8

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32. B
33. B
39. If the surface area of a sphere of radius r,
34. B
when r=5cm it is deceased by 2%. Find the
35. C
percentage decreased in the surface area
A. 4%
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B. 30%
38. D
C. 22%
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1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. A

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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2012

1. Evaluate (212)3 - (121)3 + (222)3
A. (313)3 7. Factorize completely 3a + 125ax3
A. (2a + 5x2)(4 + 25ax)
B. (1000)3
B. a(2 + 5x)(4 -10x + 25x2)
C. (1020)3 C. (2a + 5x)(4 -10ax 25x2)
D. (1222)3 D. a(2 + 5 x)( 4 + 10ax 25x2)

2. If Musa scored 75 in Biology instead of 57, his

average mark in four subjects would have
been 60. What was his total mark?
A. 282
B. 240
C. 222 8. If y = , find y when x=-
D. 210 2
A. -3/5

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3. Divide the L.C.M of 48, 64, and 80 by their H.C.F
A. 20 B. 3/5
C. -7/5

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B. 30
C. 48 D. -2/5
D. 60

4. Find the smallest number by which 252 can be

multiplied to obtain a perfect square
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inequality
1
A. 2 /3(x+1)-1>1/5(x+4)
B. 3 A. x < 11
C. 5
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B. x < -1
D. 7 C. x > 6
D. x > 11
5. Find the reciprocal of
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10. Factorise x2 + 2a + ax + 2x
A. (x + 2a)(x + 1)
B. (x + 2a)(x - 1)
C. (x2 - 1)(x - a)
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D. (x + 2)( x+a)

11. The 7th and 9th terms of an arithmetic

progression are 346 and 328 respectively. Find the
2nd term
A. 12
13. 292
C. 301
A. 4/5
D. 382
B. 5/4
C. 2/5 12. A letter is chosen at random from the word
D. 6/7 LIVELY. What is the probability that it is L?
A. 1/3
6. If x varies directly as y3 and x = 2 when y = 1. find B. 1/6
x when y = 5
C. 3/6
A. 2
B. 10 D. 1/2
C. 125
D. 250 13. All possible arrangement of the setters of the
word MATHEMATICS are made. If one of these is
picked at random, what is the probability that it will
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end with E? 3
A. 1/11 B. √
2
B. 2/11
C. 1/2 1
C.
D. 4/11 2

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14. Factorize Cosec2A+ 2CotACosecA+ Cot2A D. √
A. (CosecA + CotA)2 3
B. (Cot A — Cosec A)2 19. Find the acute angle between the lines x + 4y
C. (Cot A - Sin A) =12 and y — 2x + 6 = 0
D. (Sin A - Cot A) A. 76°
B. 72.47°
15. Find dy/dn of C. 77.47°
D. 78°

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20. Find the equation or the tangent to the

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circle x2 + y2 + 2x +4y =15 at the point (-1 2)
A. y = x + 5
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C. 2y = x + 5
D. y = 2x + 5

21. If a dice is thrown. what is the probability of a

total score of 7?
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A. 1/18
B. 1/6
16. If tan A= C. 1/4
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D. 1/12
22. Find the median of the following set of numbers
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Find Sin 2A, where A is an acute angle x 5 6 7 8 9 10

A. 3P f 3 4 3 3 3 2
B. 2P
C. P
D. -P A. 7.35
B. 6.25
17. If Cos 2A =4/5 find tan A. where A is acute C. 7.6
A. 9/10 D. 6.50
B. 1/10
C. 1/3 23. Find the mean of the following scores.
D. 1/5
Scores 0 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency 2 5 6 4 2 1

18. If Sin q =
Ɵ = 90°, find cos q A. 3.2
2 B. 1.85
A. √ C. 2.1
5
D. 2.21

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24. A number of the for An4 + bn2 + Cn + d where A

= 4, b = 2, c = 2, d = 1 and n=10, is divisible by ___.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9

25. The set of values satisfying the inequality

A. 26cm2
B. 27cm2
C. 25cm2
D. 28cm2

31. In a class of 40 students, 20 offer Physics. 35

offer Chemistry and 18 offer both Physics

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and Chemistry. How many students do not offer
either Physics or Chemistry?
A. 4 < x < 16 A. 5

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C. -4 > x > - 16 C. 4
D. x <16 ep D. 2

26. Which of the following is not true? . 32. A point Q divides a line segment MN joining the
A. cos(180 - x) = -cos point M (2,3)and N (6, -4) externally in
B. cos(180 + x) = -cos the ratio 5:2. Find the coordinates of Q,
C. cos(360 -x)) = -cos A. (34/3), -26/3)
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D. cos(-x) = cos B. (34/5, -26/5)
C. (34/7, -26/7)
27. Which of the following is true about any
D. (34/11, 24/11)
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rhombus
A. All the sided are equal
B. Two diagonals cut at right angles 33. Which of the following sets of points are col-
C. The angles are bisected by the diagonals. linear?
D. All of the above A. (0, 1), (2, 2), (3. 4)
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B. (-2, 3), (1, 5), (2, 1)

28. Using trigonometric identities Cos 3 is same. as C. (6, 1), (0, -2), (4, 2)
A. Cos3x — 3 Cosx D. (-2, 4), (-3, 2), (5, 0)
B. 4Cos 3x — 3 Cosx
C. 3 Cos3x — 4 Cosx 34. Chuka walks at a velocity of 4km/h eastward. Ali
D. Cosx — 3 Cosx walks 3krn/h northwards. Find the velocity of Chuka
relative to Ali.
29. Sin x Cos y is same as A. 5km/h
A. ½ [Sin (x+y) Sin (x-y)] B. 4km/h
C. 6km/h
B. 1/2[ Cos (x-y) +Sin(x - y)]
D. 8km/h
C. 1/2[ Sin (x - y) + Sin (x + y)]
D. 1/2[ Sin (x - y) + Sin (x + y)] 35. A car of mass 1000kg has a uniform
acceleration of 3m/s2. Find the external force
30. What is the area of the triangle RTS to the applied to the car.
nearest whole number? A. 4 x 103N
B. 3 x103 N
C. 3 x 10-3 N
D. 4 x 10-3 N
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X 1 2 3 4

Y 2 4 6 8

A. -1.0
B. 1.0
C. 0.0
D. 2

ANSWERS
1. C
2. C
36.In the figure above, what is the perimeter of the 3. D
equilateral triangle ABC 4. D
A. 3 5. D
B. 9 6. B

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C. 10 7. B
D. 30 8. C

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9. D
37. A pie chart of total number of students in a 10. D
school has a sector 35˚˚ representing 14 students. 11. D
How many students are there in the school ep 12. A
altogether? 13. A
A. 200 14. A
B. 140 15. A
C. 144 16. D
D. 250 17. C
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18. D
38. lf a block of height 2.5cm represents 100 goats, 19. C
how high should the block be to represent 170 20. C
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goats 21. B
A. 4.50 cm 22. B
B. 5.00 cm 23. C
C. 4.00 cm 24. D
D. 4.25 cm
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25. A
26. B
39. Define the co-efficient of rank correlation 27. D
28. B
29. A
30. B
31. B
32. A
33. B
34. A
35. B
36. D
37. C
38. C
39. C
40. C

40. Find the correlation co-efficient between x and

y for the following data

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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2013

1. Find the product (2x2y-2z7)(3x2y4z-7) B. 30
A. x5y2z5 C. 50
B. 6x5y2z5 D. 60
C. 6x5yz5
D. 6x4z5

2. Show the product (a + b√c) (a-b√c)

A. b2c
B. a2-b2c
C. a - b2 c2
D. a2 - bc

3. If p(x) = 7x3 – 12x2 +x/4 -1 and q(x) =-3x4 8. In the figure above L1 is parallel to L2 Ind
+x3 +6x2 -x + 8 L2 is parallel to L3. What is the value of
Find (p + x) a+b+c+d

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A. 3x4 A. 180
B. -3x4 -6x2 -3x/4 +7 B. 270

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C. -3x4 +8x2 _6x2 -7 C. 360
D. -3x4 +8x3 -6x2 -3x/4 +7 D. 450

4. Evaluate (√2 + 1) - (√2 - 1)5

ep 9. A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the
A. 82 probability of having at least 1 head?
B. -80 A. 3/8
C. 100 B. 7/8
D. (√2-1) C. 4/5
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D. 1/4
5. Solve the quadratic equation(x-1)2(x-1)-3
=0 10. Musa writes 8 paper and failed 3 papers,
A. -1, 7 Jide wrote 6 papers and failed 2 papers. If one
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B. 1, 7 of them is called and then a paper is selected,

C. -1, -7 what is the probability that the failed paper is
D. 1, -7 selected?
A. 17/48
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6. What is derivative of tan x? B. 15/48

A. cos x C. 13/48
B. sin x D. 11/48
C. sec2 x
D. cot2 x 11. In how many ways can 5 different people
he arranged in a car which has live vacant
seats?
A. 720
B. 120
C. 240
D. 360

12. The table shows marks obtained by 20

students in an examination

Scores (x) 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 2 4 K 8 10
7. In a circle O above, what is the value of a (y)
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If the average score for the students was 5.5, f(x) 2(N-1), 0≤ X≤ 1
find the value of k. Correct to the nearest (x-1)(x+1), l<X ≤ 2 is __.
whole number A. Continuous and differentiable
A. 7 B. Continuous but not differentiable
B. 5 C. not continuous but differentiable
C. 4 D. neither continuous nor differentiable
D. 6
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20. If Sin y= x sin(a+y), then /dx =
13. A student scored the following marks in an
examination, Mathematics 62%, Physics 49%,
Engineering Drawing 72%. English 35% and
General Studies 21%. If the credit grade
attached to each of the courses are 4, 5, 4, 3,
1 respectively. determine the student average
grade.

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B. 64.28

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C. 58.51
D. 53.35 21. Simplify
A. 3
15. The sum of 10th terms of an AP is 30 and
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its 12th term is 36. Find the first term and the C. 1
common D. 4
difference
A. 3 and -3 22. Convert 7896410 to base 2
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B. 3 and 4 A. 100110100011101002
C. 3 and 3 B. 110101100011101002
D. -3 and 4 C. 100010011011101002
D. 111100010100111012
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directly to U. formulate the problem 23. The fourth order derivative of f(x) = e-xCos
A. T=K/P+U x is
B. T α 1/P A. 4e-xCos x
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C. T α U B. -4e-xCos x
D. T = K/P + AU C. 4e-xSin x
(K and A ɸ are constant) D. -4e-xSin x

17. Find the equation of the tangent to the 24. Which of the following is true about ary
curve y =x3 at the point (2, 8) rhombus?
A. 12x + y - 16 = 0 A. all the sided are equal
B. 12x - 2y + 16 .0 B. two diagonals cut at right angles
C. 12x - y-16 = 0 C. the angels are bisected
D. 12x - y + 16= 0 D. All of the above

18. Find the centre of the circle x2+ y2 -10x + 25. Find the point of intersection of the lines
4y = 7 +2y = 5 and 2x+ y =7
A. (-5, 2) A. (2, 1)
B. (5, 2) B. (-2. 5), 27
C. (-5, 4) C. (6, -3), 36
D. (-5. -2) D. (4, 3), 16

19. At x= 1, the function 26. Sin x Cos y is same as

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A. 1/2[Sin(x + y) + Sin(x-y)] B. 3
B. 1/2[Cos(x — y)+ Sin(x - y)] C. 4
C. 1/2[Sin(x — y)+Sin(x+y)] D. 1
D. 1/2[Sin(x — y)+Sin(x+y)]
31. A hunter 1.6m tall, views a bird on top of a
27. tree at an angle 45°. If the distance between
the hunter and the tree is 10.4m. find the
height of the tree
A. 12.0m
B. 10.4m
C. 9.0m
D. 8.8m

32. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon

is 20 right angles. How many sides does the

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polygon have ?
A. 40

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B. 20
C. 10
D. 12
28. Log (x2-y2) is equal to which of the ep
following 33.
A. 2log x-2log y
B. log (x+y) +(x-y)
C. 2log(x-y)
D. None of the above
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The triangle PQR above is ___.

A. an isosceles triangle
B. an obtuse-angles triangle
C. a scalene triangle
D. an equilateral triangle

34. Find the Standard deviation of the

numbers 1, 7, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9

A. 6
B. √6
C. 7
D. √7

35. Find the arithmetic mean of the following

numbers:30, 32, 34, 36, 38,40, 42
30. If -2 is the solution of the equation 2x + 1 A. 34
-3c = 2c + 3x -71 find the value of c. B. 38
A. 2 C. 36
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D. 37 10. A
11. B
36. The equation whose roots are 3 and -5 is 12. D
__. 13. D
A. n2-2n + 15 14. A
B. n2 + 2n + 15 15. C
C. x2- 2x - 15 16. D
D. x2 + 2n + 15 17. C
18. A
37. Find the equation of the circle which passes 19. A
through the origin and touches the straight line 20. A
4x - 3y = 5 at the point (2, 1) 21. C
A. X2+ y2-5y=0 22. A
B. X2+ y2+5xy-5y=0 23. B
C. X2+ y2+2xy+4y=0 24. D

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D. X2+ y2-7x-9y+24=0 25. D
26. A

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38. A farmer has 120m of fencing with which to 27. B
enclose a rectangle sheep-pen, using a wall for 28. B
one side. Find the maximum area that he can 29. A
enclose. 30. A
A. 1,800 m2
B. 800 m2
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32.
A
D
C. 1,500 m2 33. A
D. 1,020 m2 34. B
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35. C
39. PQRS is a trapezium having PQ parallel to 36. B
SR, and PSR =QRS = 73, Calculate PQR. 37. A
A. 107 38. D
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B. 97 39. A
C. 73 40. B
D. None
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40. ABC is a triangle right-angled B and X is

the mid-point of AC. What is the relationship
between BX and AC?
A. BX = AC
B. BX = 1/4AC
C. BX =2AC
D. BX = ½AC

ANSWERS

1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. B
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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2014

1. 5. How many two-digit numbers can
be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3 .
If a digit can be repeated and no
number may begin with 0?
A. 4
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
6. The sum of four numbers is 12145
2. Find the value of x for which the . What is the average expressed in
function y= x3- x has a minimum

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base five?
value. A. 114

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A. -√3/3 B. 141
B. -√3/3 C. 401
C. -√3/3 ep D. 411
D. √3
7. Given:
3. U= {Even numbers between 0 and
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P= {Multiples of 6 between 0 and 30}
Q= {Multiples of 4 between 0 and 30}
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Find (PꓴQ)’
A. {2,10,14,22,26}
B. {0,10,14,22,26}
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C. {2,4,14,18,26}
D. {0,2,6,22,26}
8. x varies directly as the product of u
and y and inversely as their sum. If x
=3 when u =3 and v= 1, what is the
value of x if u = 3 and v = 3?
4. If the maximum value of y= 1 + hx A. 3
- 3x2 is 13. Find h. B. 4
A. 13 C. 6
B. 12 D. 9
C. 11 9. Find the range of the values of x
D. 10 satisfying the inequalities 5+x ≤ 8
and 13 + x ≥ 7
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A. -3 ≤ x ≤ 3 C. 30
B. 3 ≤ x ≤ 6 D. 50
C. -6 ≤ x ≤ 3
D. -6 ≤ x ≤ -3 14. In 1984, Ike was 24 years old
and his father was 45 years old, in
what year was Ike exactly half his
father’s age?
A. 1982
B. 1981
Find the value of x C. 1979
A. 5 D. 1978

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B. 2
C. -2 15. If U and V are two distinct fixed

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D. -5 points and W is a variable point such
that UWV is straight angle. What is
11. What is the maximum error in the ep the locus of W?
numbers 0.09800 ft3, assuming that it A. The perpendicular bisector of UV
is recorded accurately? B. A circle with UV are radius
A. 0.0005 ft3 C. A line parallel to the line UV
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B. 0.0005 x 108 ft3 D. A circle with the line UV as the
C. 0.000005 ft3 diameter
D. 0.00005 ft3
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16. Find the mean of the data :7, -3,

12. Udoh deposited ₦1500.00 in the 4, 2, 5, -9, 4, 8, -6, 12
bank. At the end of 5 years the A. 4
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simple interest on the principal was B. 3

₦5500. At what rate per annum was C. 3
the interest paid? D. 1
A. 11%
B. 71/3% 17.
C. 5%
D. 31/2%
13. A number of pencils were shared
among Bisi, Sola and Tunde in the The distribution above shows the
ratio 2:3:5 respectively, If Bisi got 5, number of days a group of 260
how many were shared out? students were absent from school in
A. 15 a particular term. How many students
B. 25
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were absent for at least four days in

the terms? 22. Evaluate log 2/3 (27/8) = x
A. 210 A. x = 2
B. 160 B. x = -3
C. 120 C. x = -2
D. 40 D. x = 3
18. A number was chosen at random 23. Perform the indicated operations:
from the number 1 to 30 inclusive.
What is the probability that the
number will be divisible by 5?

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A. 1/30

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B. 1/5
C. 5/30 A. ½ + i/2
D. 1/3 ep B. 1/2- i/2
C. 1/3 – i/3
19. A rectangular picture 6cm by 8cm D. 1/3 + i/3
is enclosed by a France ½ cm wide,
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calculate the area of the frame.
A. 15 sq.cm
B. 20 sq.cm
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C. 13 sq.cm
D. 16 sq.cm A. 1
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B. -1
20. For what values of x is x + 3(2-x) C. 2
≥ 4 – x? D. 3
A. x = 0
B. x ≤ 1 25. A car of mass 1000kg has a
C. x ≥ 2 uniform acceleration of 3m/s2. Find
D. x ≤ 2 the external force applied to the car.
A. 4 x 103 N
B. 3 x 103 N
C. 3 x 10-3 N
D. 4 x 10-3 N
26. Halima scored the following
marks in various subjects: X,72, 60,

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73 and 90 and have an average of 31. The points of intersection

70%. Find the value of X. between 3x -y =7 and x + 2y -4 = 0 is
A. 35 ___.
B. 45 A. (3, 5)
C. 55 B. (1/3, 18/7)
D. 65 C. (7/18, 14/10)
D. (18/7, 10/14)
27. A student obtained the following
grade points out of 5 points: 3, 5, 4, 32. The slope of vertical line is given
5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4 and 4. Find the as
average grade point for this student. A. undefined

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A. 4.0 B. Ꚙ
B. 4.05 C. -Ꚙ

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C. 4.50 D. none
D. 3.50 ep 33. The equation of the line AB
28. Find the geometric mean of the passing through A(1, -1) and B (-1, -
numbers 3, 9 and 1. 13) is
A. 5 A. 2y + 8x =5
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B. 2 B. y + x =7
C. 4 C. y=4x - 5
D. 3 D. 8x + y = 10
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29. Find the harmonic mean of the 34. The equation of a circle with
numbers: 3, 4, 5, 6 correct to 2 d.p. centre C (2, 1) and radius r = 6 is
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A. 4.21 A. x2 + y2 – 4x -2y = 31
B. 4.28 B. 2x2 + y2 – 4x = 8
C. 4.12 C. x2 – y2 - 8x – 2y = 31
D. 4.82 D. x2 + y2 -8x - 4y = 16
30. A cadet jogged at 20km/h from 5. Which of the following statement is
Old Site to New Site and on his correct in Mathematics?
return, he jogged at 15km/h. Find his A. a/0
average speed for the jogging B. 0/0
exercise. C. a/b. 1/0
A. 172/9 km/h D. 0/a
B. 17 1/7 km/h
C. 173/9 km/h 36. The equation ax5 + ax3 + b is
D. 17 km/h called
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A. polynomial 40. Find the area of the sector of a

B. binomial circle of radius 8cm subtending an
C. trinomial angle of 60 ˚at the centre.
D. All of the above A. 33.52 cm2
B. 35.60 cm2
37. In the figure below PQ and QR C. 30.50 cm2
are chords of the circle PQR. QRS is D. 40 cm2
a straight line and PR equals to RS.
<PSR is 20˚. What is the size of ANSWERS
<POQ? 1. Bonus
2. C

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4. B

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5. B
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7. Bonus
8. C
9. C
A. 70 ˚ 10. Bonus
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C. 80 ˚ 12. B
D. 60 ˚
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13. B
38. Find the gradient (or slope) of the 14. B
line passing through the given points 15. A
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(3, -5) and (8, 15) 16. C

A. 4 17. B
B. 5 18. B
C. 6 19. A
D. 3 20. C
21. A
39. A pole of height 6m casts a 22. B
shadow 4.5m long, find the height of 23. B
a crane whose shadow is 75m long. 24. Bonus
A. 80m 25. B
B. 90m 26. C
C. 100m 27. A
D. 110m 28. D
29. A
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30. B
31. D
32. A
33. C
34. A
35. D
36. A
37. C
38. A
39. C
40. A

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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2015

1. The area of a square is 144 sq cm. Find the B. Equal sides with equal angles
length of the diagonal. C. None of the above
A. 13 cm D. All of the above
B. 12√2 cm
C. 12 cm 9. From the diagram below, find the value of x
D. 11√3cm

2. Find the number of ways of selecting 6 out

of 10 subjects for an examination.
A. 218
B. 216
C. 215
D. 210

3. Find the principal which amount to ₦5,500

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at simple interest in 5 years at 2% per annum.
A. ₦5,000
A. 1141/2˚

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B. ₦4,900
B. ₦4,800 B. 1131/2˚
D. ₦4,700 C. 1121/2˚
ep D. 1151/2˚
4. The sixth term of an arimethic progression is
half of its twelfth term. The first term is equal 10. From the diagram below find the value of
to __. x, if |AO| = 5cm. and |BO| = 13cm to the
A. half of the common difference nearest whole number.
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B. double the common difference
C. the common difference
D. zero
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5. Find the value of [(3.7)]2 – (15.3)2]1/2

leaving your answer correct to 4 significant
figures.
A. 30.03
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B. 35.00 A. 12 cm
C. 31.01 B. 8 cm
D. 30.12 C. 10 cm
D. 14 cm
6. If 126n = 86, find a positive value for n.
A. 2 Use the diagram below to answer question (11)
B. 4 and (12)
C. 8
D. 10

A. x = 5 or x = -4
B. x = 3 or x = -5
C. x = 4 or x = -5 11. Find the value of angle z
D. x = 0 or x = -2 A. 200°
B. 160°
8. A regular polygon is a polygon with: C. 60°
A. Equal sides with different angles
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D. 80° 17. Find the distance between the points A(-1,

4) and B(-2, -3).
12. Find the value of angle y. A. 25√2
A. 140° B. 5√2
B. 120° C. 50√2
C. 130° D. 50
D. 110°
18. Evaluate |AC| the triangle with vertex A(-1,
2
13. Determine the basic solutions of 2cos Ɵ + 2), B(1, -3) and C(3,2)
cos Ɵ — 1 = 0 A. 16
A. π B. 13
B. 2π D. 41/2
C. π/3 D. 17
D. nπ
19. Find the area of triangle ABC with vertices

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Use the given figure below to answer question A(2, 1), B(2, 4) and C(-2, 1)
(14) A. 6

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B. 4
C. 8
D. 5
ep 20. Find where the straight line 3x + 4y = 7
intercepts the coordinate axis.
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14. What is the value of length |PQ|

A. 6.5 cm
B. 6 cm
C. 5.5 cm
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D. 6.2 cm
21. Find the equation of the line with gradient -
15. Find the median of 6,5,9,8,4,7,2,8,9,4 1
/3 and passing through (2, -1)
A. 6 A. x - 3y - 1 = 0
B. 6.5 B. x - 3y + 1 = 0
C. 7 C. X + 3y + 1 = 0
D. 7.5 D. x- 3y + 2 =0

16. Ogive is defined as ___. 22. Find equation of the line through (2,3) and
A. Smooth curve obtained by plotting is perpendicular to the line 2x -3y +2=0
cumulative frequency against upper class A. 2y – 3x - 12 = 0
boundary B. 2y + 3x - 12 = 0
B. Smooth curve obtained by plotting C. 2y + 3x + 12 = 0
cumulative frequency against lower class D. 3x - 2y + 12 = 0
boundary
C. Smooth curve obtained by plotting
cumulative frequency against the mean.
D. None of the above

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A. 0.01285 29. If a block of height 2.5 cm represents 100

B. 0.1286 goats, how high should the block be to
C. 0.1285 represent 170 goats.
D. 0.01286 A. 4.50 cm
B. 5.00 cm
24. A trader bought goats for ₦4000 each and C. 4.00 cm
sold all of them for ₦180,000 at a loss 25%. D. 4.25 cm
How many goats did he buy?
A. 50 30. The sum of 10th terms of an AP is 30 and
B. 60 its 12th term is 36. Find the first term and the
C. 36 common difference.
D. 45 A. 19.77, 5.07
B. -19.77, 5.07
25. If Musa scored 75 in Biology instead of 57, C. 19.77. -5.07
average mark in four subjects would have been D -19.77, -5.07

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60. What was his total mark?
A. 282 31. If T varies inversely proportional to P and

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B. 240 directly to U, formulate the problem
C. 222 A. T = K/P+U
D. 210 B. T α 1/P
C. T ∞ U
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26. Divide the L.C.M of 48, 64, and 80 by their
H. C. F
D. T = K/P + AU

A. 20 32. Find the equation of the tangent to the

B. 30 curve y = x3 at the point (2, 8)
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C. 48 A. 12x + y — 16 = 0
D. 60 B. 12x — 2y + 16 = 0
C. 12x — y — 16 = 0
D. 12x — y + 16 = 0
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33. A hunter 1.6m tall, views a bird on top of a

tree at an angle 45˚. If the
between the hunter and the tree is 10.4m, find
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the height of the tree.

A. 12.0 m
B. 10.4 m
27.In the diagram-above, what is the C. 9.0 m
perimeter of the equilateral triangle ABC D. 8.8 m
A. 3
B. 9 34. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon
C. 10 is 20 right angles. How many sides the polygon
D. 30 have?
A. 40
28. A pie chart of total number' of students in a B. 20
school has a sector 35° representing 14 C. 10
students. How many students are there in the D. 12
school together?
A. 200
B. 140
C. 144
D. 250

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C. 30
D. 50

ANSWERS
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. C
35. The triangle PQR above is 7. A
A. an isosceles triangle 8. B
B. an obtuse-angled triangle 9. C
C. a scalene triangle 10. D
D. an equilateral triangle 11. C

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12. B
36 Find the sstandard deviation of the numbers 13. C
1, 7, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9

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14. B
A. 6 15. B
B. √6 16. A
C. 7 ep 17. B
D. √7 18. C
19. D
37. Find the arithmetic mean of the following 20. B
numbers 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 21. C
A. 34
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22. B
B. 38 23. D
C. 36 24. B
D. 37 25. B
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26. D
38. Five years ago, a father was 3 times as old 27. D
as his son. Now, their combined ages amount 28. C
to 110 years. What is the current age of the 29. D
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father is? 30. B

A. 75 years 31. D
B. 60 years 32. C
C. 98 years 33. B
D. 80 years 34. D
35. A
39. Find the product of (2√y— 3y) and (3y + 36. B
2√y) 37. D
A. 4y + y2 38. D
B. 4y + 9y2 39. C
C. 4y - 9y2 40. B
D. -4y - 9y2

40. A number of pencils were shared out

among Bisi, Sola and Tunde in the ratio of
2:3:5 respectively. If Bisi got 5, how many
were shared out?
A. 15
B. 25

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NDA PAST QUESTIONS ON MATHEMATICS 2016

1. Evaluate (212)3 - (121)3 + (222)3 D. 0.5
A. (313)3
B. (1000)3 9. Find the compound interest on ₦450 in 3
C. (1020)3 years at 4% per annum to the nearest whole
D. (1222)3 number.
A. 54
B. 56
C. 57
D. 58
A. 4/5
10. Muhammad invests ₦100 on January 1st of
B. 5/4
each year at 4% per annum. Find the total
C. 2/5
amount on his investment at the end of 3
D. 6/7
years.
A. ₦330.8

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3. Nwankwo buys a watch of ₦10 and sells it at
B. ₦324.1
₦6.50k. What is his percentage loss?
C. ₦320.0
A. 20%

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D. ₦324.6
B. 25%
C. 30%
11. Find the range of values of x for which ½(x
D. 35%
— 1) + 1/3(x + 2) <
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4. An article costing N5 was sold at a gain of
A. x > -1/5
B. x< -1/5
12.5%. Find the selling price?
C. -1/5< x ≤ 0
A. ₦5.5
D. None of the above
B. ₦6
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C. ₦6.25
12.missing
D. ₦8
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5. Express 99 in base 10 to base two.

A. 11000112
B. 11100112
C. 11001112
D. 11000102
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6. Convert 11011000112 to base 8

A. 15348
B. 14538
C. 15438
D. 11738

7. Find at what rate per annum simple interest

₦525 will amount ₦5888 in 3 years. 14. Solve for n given nP2 =110
A. 4% A. 11
B. 4.5% B. 12
C. 6% C. 13
D. 3% D. 14

8. If simple interest of ₦220 at 4% per annum

is ₦44. Find the time.
A. 51/2
B. 5.0
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D. 6660

A. r≤ 1
B. |r|< 1
C. r ≠ 1
D. None

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A. 3.2
B. 1.85
C. 2.1
D. 2.21
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where A = 4, b = 2, C = 2, d = 1 and n =10, is
divisible by
17. Solve the system
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A. 9
x – 5y + 3z = 9 B. 5
2x -y +4z =6 C. 7
3x – 2y + z=2 D. None of the above
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A. x =1/2, y = 1, z= 3/2 24. Express (3 x 104)(2 x 106) in standard

B. x =-1/2, y = -1, z= 3/2 form.
C. x = 1/3, y = -2, Z= 1/3 A. 6 x 104
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D. x = 1/3, y =-1, z = 3/2 B. 6 x 106

C. 6 x 1010
18. Which term is 383 in the series 5 + 8 + 11 D. 6 x 1024
+ 14 +….
A. 27th 25. Approximate 5.3657 to 1 decimal place
B. 127th A. 5.4
C. 100th B. 5.3
D. 160th C. 5.0
D. None of the above
19. A regular polygon is a polygon with
A. Equal sides, different angles
B. Equal sides, equal angles
C. Equal angles, different sides
D. None of the above

20. Find the sum of eight terms of 2, 6, 18, ……

A. 6000
B. 6560
C. 6600

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32. Divide a line of length 60 cm into 4 parts

whose ratios are 3:7:6:4
A. 9:21: 18:12
B. 7:21:18:19
C. 9:21:30:0
D. None

33. A particle is projected vertically upward

from a point 34.3m above the ground with
initial velocity 29.3ms-1. How fast is it moving
when it is 73.5m above the ground?
A. 9.8m/s
27. Find n if nC3 = 84
B. 8.8m/s
A. 8
C. 9.5 m/s

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B. 9
D. 10.2 m/s
C. 10
D. 11

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34. The bacteria in a certain culture increases

ep according to the law If originally

N= 200. Find N when t = 8
A. 1468
B. 1368
C. 1495
D. 1478
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35. Which of the following represent the
shaded portion in the figure below:
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In the MAM Conference held in Enugu, 500

scholars attended. 200 of them could take tea,
350 could take coffee and 10 did not take
either coffee or tea. Use the above statement
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to answer questions 29-31.

29. How many scholars can take both tea and
coffee.
A. 50
B. 55
C. 60
D. 65 36. In the figure below, if H is the centre of the
circle, Find the circle value of the angle marked
30. How many scholars can take tea only. X
A. 120
B. 130
C. 150
D. 140

31. How many scholars can take coffee only.

A. 290
B. 295
C. 300
D. 250
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40. _____ is a subset of the co-domain

A. Image
B. Function
C. Range
D. Domain

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A. 120˚ 1. C
B. 60˚ 2. B
C. 30˚ 3. D
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25. A
gradient of the line CD is M2. The angle
26. A
between lines AB and CD is:
27. B
28. D
29. C
30. D
31. A
32. A
33. B
34. D
35. B
36. B
37. A
39. The equation of a circle centre (a, b), with 38. D
radius 3 units is 39. B
A. (x-y)2 + (y-b)2 = 9 40. C
B. (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 =3
C. (x+a)2 + (y+b)2 = 9
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1. A regular polygon is a polygon with: B. ₦4,900
A. Equal sides, different angles C. ₦4,800
B. Equal sides equal angle D. ₦4,700
C. None of the above
D. All of the above 17. Simplify 63/4 +(211/3 of 21/4-21)
A. ¼
2. Find the median of 6,5,9,8,4,7,2,8,9,4 B. 1/6
A. 6 C. 2/7
B. 6.5 D. 3/5
C. 7
D. 7.5 18. If 126n = 86; find a positive value for n.
A. n = 8
3. The area of a circle is increasing at the rate B. n = 4
of 3 cm/sec. Find the rate of change of the C. n = 6
circumference when the radius is 2 cm D. n = 10

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A. 4 cm/sec
B. 31/3 cm/sec 19. Find the quadratic factors of x2 + 4

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D. 21/4 cm/sec B. x2 + 2x -2 and x2 -x + 3
C. 2x2 +2x -1 and x2 -3x -1
4. Find the angle between the pairs of line D. 3x + x -1 and x- 2x + 3
i. y = 3x + 7
ii. 3y = x+8
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A. 58˚ 3x +y =1
B. 53˚ 2x -3y =8
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D. 53˚ B. x = 2 and y = -1
C. x = 1 and y = 2
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years at 9% per annum

A. ₦2, 000 23. A Regular polygon is apolygon with:
B. ₦2,160 A. Equal sides, different angles
C. ₦3,000 B. Equal sides, equal angles
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D. ₦3,160 C. Different sides equal angles

D. All of the above
14. How long will it take for prices to double if
the rate of inflation is 25% per annum?
A. 2 years
B. 4 years
C. 3 years
D. 5 years

15. A refrigerator cost ₦55,000. What is its

cost at the end of 5 years if the annual rate of
inflation is 20%
A. ₦95,000
B. ₦95,040
C. ₦95300
25. A railway line changes direction by 20˚
D. ₦95,400
when passing round a circular arc of length
500m. What is the radius of the arc.
16. Find the principal which amount to ₦5,500
A. 1432 m
at simple interest in 5 years at 2% per annum
B. 1342 m
A. ₦5,000
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C. 1423 m
D. 1243 m

26. If the sum of the interior angles of a

regular polygon is 18 right angles, how many
sides have the polygon.
A. 10
B. 9
C. 11
D. 12
31. From the figure below, find b
27. Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle
where area is 72cm2.
A. 7
A. 36cm
B. 48cm B. 8

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D. 6
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area is 154cm2
A. 44cm
B. 54cm
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1.5m round it. Find the area of the main field.
A. 130m2
B. 300m2
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D. 195m2
A. 45˚
B. 40˚
C. 50˚
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33. What is the probability of getting a sum 9

from two throws of a dice?
A. 1/6
B. 1/8
C. 1/9
D. 1/12

30. From the figure above: TR is tangent, AT is 34. A manager at the delivery company
a diameter of the circle. Find x. recorded the mean and median of delivery
A. 30 cost, but unfortunately lost the paper on which
B. 40 the values were recorded. However, the
C. 50 manager can remember that one value was
D. 60 about $4.00 and the other was about $4.40.
Which value is the mean and which is the
median?
A. $4.00 is the mean and 54.40 is the median
B. $4.40 is the mean and $4.00 is the median
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C. It's impossible to tell which is which D. 7/8

D. It's possible in both case
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35, The correlation between two variables is
very close to 0. Does it follow that there is no 1. B
relation of any kind between the set of 2. B
variables? 3. A
A. Yes, there cannot be any relationship 4. B
B. No, there could be some kind of relationship 5. A
C. It’s impossible to tell which is which 6. C
D. It’s possible in both case 7. C
8. A
36. Find the number of ways of selecting 6 out 9. B
of 10 subjects for an examination. 10. A
A. 218 11. B

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C. 215 13. B

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15. D
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has the largest standard deviation? 17. A
A. 100, 101, 102, 103
B. 7, 8, 9, 10
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C. 5,5,5,5 20. A
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0.3, P(B) = 0.4, P(A and B) - 0.12. Are A and B 24. A
independent, and why (or why not)? 25. A
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B. No, because P(A) + P(B) is not equal to P(A 27. B
and B). 28. A
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D. Cannot say, because we need to know what 31. A
A and B represent in order to figure out 32. A
whether they are independent. 33. C
34. C
39. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue 35. B
balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is 36. D
the probability that none of the balls drawn is 37. D
blue? 38. A
A. 10/21 39. A
B. 11/21 40. B
C. 2/7
D. 5/7

40. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is

the probability of getting at most two heads?
A. 3/4
B. 1/4
C. 3/8
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1
1. A number of the form An4 + bn2 + Cn + d where A C. /12
1
= 4, b = 2, c = 2, d = 1 and n = 10, is divisible by __. D. /14
A. 5 𝑃 𝑄 2𝑥 2 +3
B. 2
8. If + = (𝑥 2
𝑥 2 −1 𝑥 2 +2 −1)(𝑥 2 +1)
C. 9
D. 7 What is the value of (P+Q)?
2. Find X if 9x-2 = 81 A. 2/3
A. 4 B. 4/3
B. 2 C. -2
C. 6 D. 2
D. 3 9. A 2% error is made in measuring the radius of a
3. Solve for Sin X, if Sin2x +(Sin x-2) = 4 sphere. Find the percentage error.
A. 1, -3 A. 4%
B. 2, -3 B. 5%
C. 3, -2 C. 2%
D. 2, 4 D. 3%
4. In the figure below if AB = 8, BD = 2, AC = 10, DE = 10. B_____A is subject of the co-domain

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B. Image

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C. Domain
D. Range

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A. 13

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B. 10
D. 19.77, -5.07
C. 51/2
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A. x≤ 2
5. The mean of four numbers is 5 and the mean
B. x ≥ 2

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deviation is 3. Find the fourth number if the mean
C. x ≤ 1
deviation of the first 3 number is 2.
D. x = c
A. 12

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13. John writes 8 papers and failed 3 papers, Joel
B. 11
wrote 6 papers and failed 2 papers. If one of them
C. 6
is called and then a paper is selected, what is the
D. 7
probability that the failed paper is selected.
6. Four Forces acting at a point are in equilibrium.
A. 15/48
The magnitudes and direction three of them are
B. 17/48
due – North, 7N South East, 4N South 30˚ East
C. 11/48
respectively. Find the magnitude of the fourth
D. 13/48
force
14. Find the compound interest on ₦450 in 3 years at
A. 5.31N
4% per annum. Correct to the nearest tenth
B. 4.34N
number.
C. 8.2N
A. ₦58
D. 5.38N
B. ₦57
7. Find the angle between the straight lines y=4x-7
C. ₦56
and y =3x + 1.
D. ₦54
A. 1/15
B. 1/13
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20 20−1 ANSWERS
15. Solve the equation =
𝑥 𝑥−1
A. x=4 or x= -5 1. C
B. x= 0 or x = -2 2. A
C. x = 5 or x =-4 3. B
D. x =3 or x =-5 4. D
16. Find the principal which amount to ₦5,500 at 5. C
simple interest in 5 years at 2% per annum 6. B
A. ₦4,800 7. B
B. ₦4,900 8. D
C. ₦4,700 9. A
D. ₦5,000 10. D
17. The sum of four numbers is 12145. What is the 11. A
average expressed in based five? 12. A
A. 411 13. B
B. 401 14. C
C. 141 15. C

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A. An Obtuse-Angled triangle
B. An Equilateral Triangle
C. An Isosceles Triangle
D. A Scalene Triangle
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P= {Multiples of 6 between 0 and 30}
Q = {Multiples of 4 between 0 and 30}
Find (PՈQ)’
A. {4, 6, 16, 18, 20}
B. {0, 10, 14, 22, 26}
C. {2, 4, 14, 18, 26}
D. {2, 10, 14,22,26}