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UTME 2001 9.
Questions - Type U y
1. Evaluate 21.05347 - 1.6324 x 0.43, to 3
decimal places.

y+
A. 20.980 B. 20.351 -2=0

2x
C. 20.981 D. 20.352 2y-x

+2
=0
1
1
P
2. Simplify  3 64 a 3  -2 T x
  S -1
1 1
A. 4a B. C. 8A D. -2
8a 4a

3. Given that p = 1 + 2 and q = 1 - 2,

Triangle PST is the solution of the linear
p2  q2 inequalities
evaluate .
2 pq A. 2y – x – 2  0, y + 2x + 2  0,
A. 2(2 + 2) B. –2(2 + 2) -2  x  -1
C. 2 2 D. -2 2 . B. –2  x  2, y  0, y + 2x + 2  0,
x 0
4. A car dealer bought a second-hand car for C. 2y – x – 2  0, y + 2x + 2  0, y  0,
#250,000.00 and spent #70,000.00 x0
refurbishing it. He then sold the car for D. 2y – x – 2  0, y + 2x + 2  0, x  0.
#400,000.00. What is the percentage gain?
A. 60% B. 32% C. 25% D. 20% 10.
 k L m
 3   2
 k l M k
5. If y  x, evaluate  x 3  1    1  x 2  .
2 y 2   2 y  l m K l
   
m k L m
5 5 5 5
A. B. C. D. .
8 2 4 16 The identity element with respect to the
multiplication shown in the table above is
6. Find the principal which amounts to #5,500 A. 0 B. m C. l D. k
at simple interest in 5 years at 2% per
annum. 11. A man saves #100.00 in his first year of
A. #4,900 B. #5,000 work and each year saves #20.00 more than
C. #4,700 D. #4,800 in the preceding year. In how many years
7. Evaluate 0.14  0.275 , correct to 3 decimal
2
will he save #5,800.00?
7(0.02)
A. 100 years B. 58 years
places. C. 29 years D. 20 years
A. 0.039 B. 0.358
C. 0.033 D. 0.308.
3  2 4 
8. Divide a - 26a + 156ax - 216
3x 2x
 
12. If P =  5 0 6 , then, -2P is
by a2x – 24ax + 108.
A. ax – 2 B. ax + 2  7 5  1
 
x
C. a – 18 D. a x – 6  6 4 8 
 
A.   10 0  12 
  14  10 2 


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  6  4 2 element is –1, find the inverse of the
 
B.   10  2  12  element 2 under *.
  14  10 2  A. 4 B. 0 C. –2 D. –4
 
 6 4 8  19. The sixth term of an arithmetical
 
C.   10 0 6 progression is half of its twelfth term. The
  14 5  1 first term is equal to

 6 4  8 A. zero
 
D.  5 0 6 B. half of the common difference
 7 5  1  C. double the common difference

D. the common difference.
2 1
13. Given the matrix K =  , the matrix K2 20. Factorize 4x2 – 9y2 + 20x + 25
 3 4  A. (2x – 3y + 5)(2x – 3y – 5)
+ K + I where I is the 2 x 2 identity matrix, is B. (2x – 3y)(2x + 3y)
 7 2   6 3 C. (2x – 3y + 5)(2x + 3y + 5)
A.   B.   D. (2x + 5)(2x – 9y + 5)
12 21  13 20 
21. A sector of a circle of radius 7.2cm which
9 8 10 7  subtends an angle of 3000 at the center is
C.   D.  
 22 23  21 24  used to form a cone. What is the radius of
the base of the cone?
14. If two graphs y = px2 + q and A. 8cm B. 6cm C. 9cm D. 7cm.
y = 2x2 – 1 intersect at x = 2, find the value 22. A point P moves such that it is equidistant
of p in terms of q. from points Q and R. Find /QR/ when /PR/
q 8 7q 8q 7q = 8cm and <PRQ = 300.
A. B. C. D.
7 4 2 8 A. 4 3cm B. 8cm C. 8 3cm D. 4cm
23.
15. Find the integral values of x and y satisfying
the inequality 3y + 5x  15, given that y  0,
y  3 and x  0. 
A. (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3) t t
B. (1, 1), (2, 1), (1, 3)
C. (1, 1), (3, 1), (2, 2)
D. (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1)
3t
Find the value of  in the diagram above.
1 1 1 A. 1000 B. 1200 C. 300 D. 600
16. Evaluate 3 1 1 .
1 2 1 24. A straight line makes an angle of 300 with
the positive x-axis and cuts the y-axis at y
A. –12 B. –4 C. 4 D. –2
= 5. Find the equation of the straight line.
17. Solve the equations m2 + n 2 = 29; A. y = 101 x  5
m + n = 7. B. y = x + 5
A. (2, 3) and (3, 5) B. (2, 5) and (5, 2) C. 3 y   x  5 3
C. (5, 2) and (5, 3) D. (5, 3) and (3, 5)
D. 3y  x  5 3
18. An operation * is defined on the set of real
numbers by a * b = a + b + 1. If the identity

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25. Find the value of p if the line joining (p, 4) In the figure above, PQR is a straight line
and (6, -2) is perpendicular to the line segment, /PQ/ = /QT/. Triangle PQT is an
joining (2, p) and (-1, 3). isosceles triangle, <SRQ is 750 and <QPT is
A. 4 B. 6 C. 3 D. 0 250. Calculate the value of <RST.
A. 450 B. 550 C. 250 D. 500
26. Find the number of sides of a regular
polygon whose interior angle is twice the 33. If the gradients of the curve
exterior angle. y = 2kx2 + x + 1 at x = 1 is 9, find k.
A. 6 B. 2 C. 3 D. 8 A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1

27. P(-6, 1) and Q(6, 6) are the two ends of the 34. Evaluate
2

diameter of a given circle. Calculate the  2(2 x3) 3

dx

radius. 3 5 6 5
A. (2 x3) 3  k B. (2 x3) 3  k
A. 6.5 units B. 13.0 units 5 5
C. 3.5 units D. 7.0 units. C. 2x – 3 + k D. 2(2x – 3) + k.

28. The bearings of P and Q from a common 35. Differentiate (2x + 5)2(x – 4) with respect to
point N are 0200 and 3000 respectively. If P x.
and Q are also equidistant from N, find the A. 4(2x + 5)(x – 4)
bearing of P from Q. B. 4(2x + 5)(4x – 3)
A. 0400 B. 0700 C. 2800 D. 3200 C. (2x + 5)(2x – 13)
D. (2x + 5)(6x – 11)
29. A cylindrical tank has a capacity of 3080m3.
What is the depth of the tank if the 36. Find the area bounded by the curves
diameter of its base is 14m? y = 4 – x2 and y = 2x + 1.
A. 23m B. 25m C. 20m D. 22m A. 20 13 sq. units B. 20 23 sq. units
C. 10 23 sq. units D. 10 13 sq. units
30. Find the locus of a point which moves such
that its distance from the line y = 4 is a
37. Find the rate of change of the volume, V, of
constant, k. a sphere with respect to its radius, r, when r
A. y = k 4 B. y = 4  k = 1.
C. y = 4 + k D. y = k – 4 A. 12  B. 4 C. 24 D. 8
31. The chord ST of a circle is equal to the dy 
38. If y = xsinx, find when x  .
radius, r, of the circle. Find the length of arc dx 2
ST.  
A. B.  1 C. 1 D.
r r r r 2 2
A. B. C. D.
6 2 12 3
32. 39. Find the dimensions of the rectangle of
S greatest area which has a fixed perimeter,
p.
A. Square of sides p
B. Square of sides 2p
T
p
C. Square of sides
0 = 2
P 25
750 p
=

Q R
D. Square of sides
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Use the table below to answer questions 40 and 45.
41
No. of taxis
Score 4 7 8 11 13 8 8
Frequency 3 5 2 7 2 1 7
6
5
40. Find the square of the mode. 4
3
A. 49 B. 121 C. 25 D. 64 2
1
41. The mean score is 0

0.5
2.5
4.5
6.5
8.5
10.5
12.5
A. 7.0 B. 8.7 C. 9.5 D. 11.0
No. of passengers

42. Teams P and Q are involved in a game of The histogram above shows the distribution
football. What is the probability that the of passengers in taxis of a certain motor
game ends in a draw? pack. How many taxis have more than 4
2 1 1 1 passengers?
A. B. C. D. A. 16 B. 17 C. 14 D. 15
3 2 3 4
46.
43. If 6 Pr  6, find the value of 6
Pr  1. Colou Blu Blac Yello Whit Brow
A. 30 B. 33 C. 35 D. 15 r e k w e n
No. of 3 5 2 7 2
44. Beads
Cummulative The distribution of colours of beads in a
frequency 50 bowl is given above. What is the probability
that a bead selected at random will be blue
40 or white?
P
7 2 1 1
30 A. B. C. D.
15 5 3 15
20
47. Find the variance of 2, 6, 8, 6, 2 and 6.
10 A. 6 B. 5 C. 6 D. 5
Q1 Q2 Q3
0 48.
5.5
10.5
15.5
20.5
25.5
30.5

No. of cars
Masses (Kg) 8
The graph above shows the cummulative 7
frequency of the distribution of masses of 6
5
fertilizer for 48 workers in one institution. 4
Which of the following gives the inter- 3
quartile range? 2
1
A. Q3 – Q2 B. 12 (Q3  Q1 )
Green
White

Blue
Red

Black
Yellow

C. Q3 – Q1 D. Q2 – Q1
Colour of cars
The bar chart above shows different colours of
cars passing a particular point of a certain street

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in two minutes. What fraction of the total 34. Option B.
number of cars is yellow? 35. Option D.
3 2 1 4 36. Option C.
A. B. C. D. 37. Option B.
25 25 5 15 38. Option C.
39. Option D.
49. Find the number o0f ways of selecting 8 40. Option B.
subjects from 12 subjects for an 41. Option B.
examination. 42. Option B.
A. 490 B. 495 C. 496 D. 498. 43. Option A.
44. Option C.
45. Option B.
1 1 3 2 8 4
50. Find the range of , , , , and . 46. Option B.
6 3 2 3 9 3 47. Option B.
3 5 7 4 48. Option A.
A. B. C. D. . 49. Option B.
4 6 6 3
50. Option D.
2001 Solutions
UTME 2002
1. Option D.
Questions - Type Y
2. Option D.
3. Option D. 1. Simplify  0.7  70 
2

4. Option C. A. 70.7 B. 84.7

5. Option B. C. 217.7 D. 168.7
6. Option B.
7. Option A. 2. Without using tables, evaluate
8. Option A. 1 1
9. Option C. 3433  0.141  25 2
10. Option B. A. 12 B. 10 C. 8 D. 7
11. Option D.
12. Option A. 3. In a school, 220 students offer Biology or
13. Option D. Mathematics or both. 125 offer Biology and
15. Option D. 110 Mathematics. How many offer Biology
16. Option B. but not Mathematics?
17. Option B. A. 110 B. 95 C. 80 D. 125
18. Option D.
19. Option D. 0.21  0.072  0.00054
20. Option C. 4. Evaluate ,
0.006  1.68  0.063
21. Option B.
22. Option C. correct to four significant figures.
23. Option B. A. 0.01285 B. 0.1286
24. Option D. C. 0.1285 D. 0.01286
25. Option A.
26. Option A. 5. A trader bought goats for N4,000 each. He
27. Option A. sold them for N180,000 at a loss of 25%.
28. Option B. How many goats did he buy?
29. Option C. A. 50 B. 60 C. 36 D. 45
30. Option B.
31. Option D. 6. Simplify 52.4 – 5.7 – 3.45 – 1.75
32. Option B. A. 42.1 B. 41.4
33. Option C. C. 42.2 D. 41.5

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 14.
7. The range of the data k + 2, k – 3, k + 4, k – No. of 1 2 3 4 5 6
2, k, k – 5, k + 3, k – 1 and k + 6 is days
A. 11 B. 10 C. 8 D. 6 No. of 20 x 50 40 2x 60
students
8. The acres of rice, pineapple, cassava, cocoa
and palm oil in a certain district are given The distribution above shows the number
respectively as 2, 5, 3, 11 and 9. What is the of days a group of 260 students were
angle of the sector for cassava in a pie absent from school in a particular term.
chart? How many students were absent for at least
A. 1800 B. 360 C. 600 D. 1080 four days in the term?
A. 210 B. 160 C. 120 D. 40
9. The probability of a student passing any
examination is 23 . If the student takes three 15. How many three-digit numbers can be
examinations, what is the probability that formed from 32564 without any digit being
he will not pass any of them? repeated?
4 2 1 8 A. 60 B. 120 C. 10 D. 20
A. B. C. D.
9 3 27 27 16. Find the derivative of y = sin2(5x) with
respect to x.
10. The mean of a set of six numbers is 60. If
A. 5 sin5x cos5x B. 2 sin5x cos5x
the mean of the first five is 50, find the sixth
C. 15 sin5x cos5x D. 10 sin5x cos5x
number in the set.
A. 95 B. 100 C. 110 D. 105
17. The slope of the tangent to the curve
y = 3x2 – 2x + 5 at the point (1, 6) is
11. Calculate the mean deviation of the set of
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 1
numbers 7, 3, 14, 9, 7 and 8
1 1 1 1
A. 1 B. 2 C. 2 D. 2 18. Evaluate  sin 3xdx
6 6 3 2 1
12. A.  cos 3x  c
3
Music History U 80
1
B. cos 3 x  c
3
30 - x x 40 - x
2
C. cos 3 x  c
3
20
2
D.  cos 3 x  c
3
The Venn diagram above shows the number
1 dy
of students offering Music and History in a 19. If y  x 2  , find .
class of 80 students. If a student is picked at x dx
random from the class, what is the 1
A. 2 x  B. 2 x  x 2
probability that he offers Music only? x2
A. 0.25 B. 0.38 C. 0.50 D. 0.13 1
C. 2 x  2 D. 2 x  x 2
x
13. Find the mean of the data
7, -3, 4, -2, 5, -9, 4, 8, -6, 12
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1

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 dy
20. If = 2x – 3 and y = 3 when x = 0, find y in 28. Solve for x in the equation
dx
terms of x. x3 – 5x2 – x + 5 = 0
A. x 2 – 3x – 3 B. 2x2 – 3x A. –1, 1 or -5 B. 1, -1 or 5
C. x2 – 3x + 3 D. x2 – 3x C. 1, 1or 5 D. 1, 1, or -5

21. A circle with a radius 5cm has its radius 29. If the 9th term of an A.P. is five times the
increasing at the rate of 0.2cms-1. What will 5th term, find the relationship between a
be the corresponding increase in the area? and d.
A.  B. 2 C. 4 D. 5 A. 3a + 5d = 0 B. a + 2d = 0
C. 2a + d = 0 D. a + 3d = 0
22. Find the maximum value of y in the
equation y = 1 – 2x – 3x2 30. The time taken to do a piece of work is
inversely proportional to the number of
4 5 3 5
A. B. C. D. men employed. If it takes 45 men to do a
3 4 4 3 piece of work in 5 days, how long will it take
25 men?
23. Find the range of values of x for which A. 15 days B. 12 days
x2 2x  3 C. 9 days D. 5 days
  4
4 3
A. x < 8 B. x > -6 31. The binary operation * is defined on the set
C. x < 4 D. x > -3 of integers p and q by
p * q = pq + p + q. Find 2 * (3 * 4).
24. Make r the subject of the formula A. 67 B. 19 C. 38 D. 59
x a

ra r
a2 a a a2  3 5  4
A. B. C. D. 32. If N =  6 3

 5  , find  N.
xa xa xa xa
 2 2 1

A. 65 B. 23 C. 17 D. 91
25. If P =  2 1 and I is a 2 x 2 unit matrix,
  3 0 
 
33. The sum to infinity of the series
evaluate P2 – 2P + 4I
9 4
1 1 1
A. 1 0  B.  1    ... is
 0 1   12 1 3 9 27
   
10 11 3 5
 1 4  3 0  A. B. C. D.
C.  D. 
 4 1  0  3 3 3 2 2
    34.

26. If –2 is the solution of the equation

2x + 1 – 3c = 2c + 3x – 7, find the value of c.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 1

27. The inverse of the function f(x) = 3x + 4 is

A. 1  x  3 B. 1 x  5  C. 1 x  4  Use the graph above to find the values of p
4 5 3 and q if px + qy  4
1 A. p = 2, q = -1 B. p = -1, q = 2
D. x  4
3 C. p = 2, q = 1 D. p = 1, q = 2

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 35. If x varies directly as n and x = 9 when n =
9, find x when n = 179
A. 3 B. 4 C. 17 D. 27
36. In the diagram above, a cylinder is surmounted
Q by a hemispherical bowl. Calculate the
volume of the solid.
A. 198 cm3 B. 180 cm3
R 3
P
C. 162 cm D. 216 cm3.
41.
The triangle PQR above is W
A. an isosceles triangle
B. an obtuse-angled triangle
O
C. a scalene triangle X Z
D. an equilateral triangle

37. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon Y

is 20 right angles. How many sides does the In the diagram above, XZ is the diameter
polygon have? of the circle XYZW, with the centre O and
A. 40 B. 20 C. 10 D. 12 radius 152 cm.
If /XY/ = 12cm, find the area of the triangle
38. The locus of a point P which is equidistant XYZ.
from two given points S and T is A. 45 cm2 B. 27 cm2
A. the angle bisector of PS and ST C. 75 cm 2
D. 54 cm2
B. a perpendicular to ST
C. the perpendicular bisector of ST 42. Find the coordinate of the midpoint of x
D. a line parallel to ST and y intercepts of the line 2y = 4x – 8.
39. A. (1, -2) B. (2, 0)
C. (-1, -2) D. (1, 2)

43. A bucket is 12cm in diameter at the top,

8cm in diameter at the bottom and 4cm
o r
R deep. Calculate its volume.
128
A.  cm3 B. 72  cm3
3
In the diagram above are two concentric 304
circles of radii r and R respectively with C.  cm3 D. 144  cm3.
3
centre O. If r = 52 R , express the area of the
44. A hunter 1.6m tall, views a bird on top of a
shaded portion in terms of  and R. tree at an angle of 450. If the distance
A. 5  R 2 B. 21  R 2 between the hunter and the tree is 10.4m,
9 25 find the height of the tree.
C. 21 2 D. 9  R 2 A. 12.0m B. 10.4m
R
23 25 C. 9.0m D. 8.8m
40.
45. A chord of a circle subtends an angle of
1200 at the centre of a circle of diameter

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 43cm. Calculate the area of the major 10. Option C.
sector. 11. Option C.
A. 8cm2 B. 32cm2 12. Option A.
C. 4cm2 D. 16 cm2. 13. Option C.
4 2 2
14. Option B.
46. If tan  = , calculate sin   cos  . 15. Option A.
3
16. Option D.
24 16 9 7
A. B. C. D. 17. Option C.
25 25 25 25 18. Option A.
19. Option A.
47. Find the equation of the set of points which
20. Option C.
are equidistant from the parallel lines x = 1
21. Option B.
and x = 7.
22. Option A.
A. x = 3 B. x = 4 C. y = 4 D. y = 3
23. Option B.
24. Option D.
48. A solid hemisphere has radius 7cm. Find the
25 Option A.
total surface area.
26. Option A.
A. 66 cm2 B. 308 cm2
2 27. Option C.
C. 400 cm D. 462 cm2
28. Option B.
29. Option D.
49. Find the value of  if the line
30. Option C.
2y - x + 4 = 0 is perpendicular to the line y 31. Option D.
+ 14 x  7  0 32. Option C.
A. 8 B. 4 C. – 4 D. – 8 33. Option C.
34. Option B.
50. 35. Option C.
P 36. Option A.
37. Option D.
38. Option C.
Q 39. Option B.
40. Option A.
S 41. Option D.
R
42. Option A.
T 43. Option C.
In the diagram above, PST is straight line, 44. Option A.
/PQ/ = /QS/ = /RS/. If RST = 720, find x. 45. Option A.
A. 240 B. 720 C. 180 D. 360 46. Option D.
47. Option B.
2002 Solutions 48. Option D.
1. Option B. 49. Option A.
2. Option B. 50. Option A.
3. Option A.
4. Option D.
5. Option B.
6. Option D.
7. Option A.
8. Option B.
9. Option C.

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UTME 2003 A. 3.14 B. 1.43 C. 1.53 D. 4.42
Questions - Type 9
1. In a class of 40 students, 32 offer 9. Evaluate log 2
4  log 1 16  log 4 32
Mathematics, 24 offer Physics and 4 offer 2

A. 2.5 B. 5.5 C. –5.5 D. –2.5

neither Mathematics nor Physics. How
many offer both Mathematics and Physics?
10. A woman buys 270 oranges for N1,800.00
A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 20
and sells at 5 for N40.00. What is her profit?
A. N1,620.00 B. N630.00
9 2 x 1 C. N360.00 D. N2,160.00
2. If = 1, find the value of x.
27 x 1
A. 3 B. 8 C. 2 D. 5 11. A cinema hall contains a certain number of
1 1
people. If 22 % are children, 47 % are
98  50 2 2
3. Simplify
32 men and 84 are women, find the number of
men in the hall.
1 1
A. B. C. 3 D. 1 A. 113 B. 133 C. 84 D. 63
4 2
12. Find the values of x and y respectively if
1 1 3 3x – 5y + 5 = 0 and 4x – 7y + 8 = 0
4. Simplify 1 – (2  1 ) 
3 4 5 A. 4, 5 B. 5, 4
7 1 C. –5, –4 D. – 4, – 5
A. - 2 B. - 1
15 15
31 19 x 2 3 3x
C. - 2 D. - 1 13. If  ,
60 60 4x 1 4 5
find the value of x.
5. Simplify 2134 x 234 A. –5 B. –2 C. 2 D. 5
A.103214 B.122314 14. Find the range of values of x satisfying the
C.132114 D. 103114 inequalities 5 + x  8 and 13 + x  7.
A. – 6  x  – 3 B. – 6  x  3
6. Given:
C. – 3  x  3 D. 3 x  6
U={Even numbers between 0 and 30}
P = { Multiples of 6 between 0 and 30}
15. x varies directly as the product of u and v
Q = { Multiples of 4 between 0 and 30}
and inversely as their sum. If x = 3 when u =
Find (P  Q)c. 3 and v = 1, what is the value of x if u = 3
A. {0, 2, 6,22,26}
and v = 3?
B. {2,10,14,22, 26}
A. 9 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
C. {0, 10, 14, 22, 26}
D. {2, 4, 14, 18, 26} 16. Three consecutive terms of a geometric
progression are given as n – 2, n and n+
7. The sum of four numbers is 12145. What is 3. Find the common ratio.
the average expressed in base five?
3 2 1 1
A. 411 B. 401 C. 114 D. 141 A. B. C. D.
2 3 2 4
1 17.
 1 1 
8. Find    , correct to
 0.06 0.042 
two decimal places

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 y
D. 2x(a – 3b)(y – 2b)
P 23.
x+1 =0

= 0 P
-x
R
y
x
O y+
x=
0 
Q

Triangle OPQ above is the solution of the 
inequalities
A. x – 1  0, y + x  0, y – x  0 Q S
B. x – 1  0, y – x  0, y + x  0 In the diagram above PQ is parallel to RS .
C. x + 1  0, y + x  0, y – x  0 What is the value of  +  + ?
D. y + x  0, y – x  0, x – 1  0 A. 180o B. 90o C. 360o D. 200o
24.
2
18. The graphs of the function y = x + 4 and a
straight line PQ are drawn to solve the Z
equation x2 – 3x + 2 = 0. What is the 45 0

equation of PQ ?
X
A. y = 3x + 4 B. y = 3x – 2

7c m
C. y = 3x + 2 D. y = 3x – 4
1  3
19. A matrix P has an inverse P-1 =  .
Y
0 1  XYZ is a circle centre O and radius 7cm. Find

Find P. the area of the shaded region.
A. 38 cm2 B. 14 cm2 C. 77 cm2
1 3 
A.  B. 1  3 
 0 1  0  1 D. 84 cm2
 22 
      7 
 
C. 1 3
 D.   1 3 
 25. A trapezium has two parallel sides of
0 1 0  1
  lengths 5cm and 9cm. If the area is 21cm2,
find the distance between the parallel sides.
20. The length a person can jump is inversely
A. 4 cm B. 7 cm
proportional to his weight. If a 20 kg person
C. 3 cm D. 6 cm
can jump 1.5m, find the constant of
proportionality.
26. Find the equation of the locus of a point
A. 20 C. 15 C. 30 D. 60
P(x, y) which is equidistant from Q (0, 0)
and R(2, 1)
21. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic
A. 2x + y = 5 B. 4x + 2y = 5
progression is 252. If the first term is –16
C. 4x – 2y = 5 D. 2x + 2y = 5
and the last term is 72, find the number of
terms in the series.
27. Find the value of p, if the line which passes
A. 9 B. 8. C. 7 D. 6
through (-1, -p) and (-2p, 2) is parallel to the
line 2y + 8x – 17 = 0.
22. Factorize completely
6 2 6 7
4abx–2axy–12b2x+6bxy. A. B.  C.  D.
A. 2x(2b– a)(3b– y) 7 7 7 6
B. 2x(a – 3b)(2b – y)
C. 2x(3b – a) (2b – y)

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28. The locus of a point P which moves on one 32. An aeroplane flies due north from airports P
side only of a straight line XY so that XPY to Q and then flies due east to R. If Q is
= 90o is equidistant from P and R, find the bearing
A. an arc of a circle through X, Y of P from R.
B. the perpendicular bisector of XY A. 225o B. 090o C. 270o D. 135o
C. a circle D. a semicircle
33. A triangle has vertices P (-1, 6),
29. Which of the following is the graph of sin Q(-3, -4) and R(1, -4).
 3 Find the midpoints of PQ and QR
for –   ? respectively.
2 2
A. (-2, 1) and (0, 1)
A. 1 B. 1 B. (0, -2) and (-1, -4)
C. (-2, 1) and (-1, -4)
-* * * 3* -* * * 3* D. (-1, 0) and (-1, -1)
2 2 2 2 2 2
-1 -1

34. If    2, find the maximum value of
2
1 1
C. D. 4
f() =
6  2 cos 
-* * * 3* -* * * 3*
2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2
-1 -1 A. B. 4 C. 1 D.
30. 2 3

R 35. An arc of a circle subtends an angle of 30o

on the circumference of a circle of radius
O
21cm. Find the length of the arc.
Q A. 44 cm B. 11 cm
C. 66cm D. 22cm
40 0
P S
In the diagram above, PQR is a straight line dy
36. If y = 3 sin (-4x), is
and PS is a tangent to the circle QRS with dx
|PS| = |SR| and SPR = 40o. Find PSQ. A. 12 sin (-4x) B. –12 cos (-4x)
A. 20o B. 40o C. 10o D. 30o C. 12x cos (4x) D. –12x cos (-4x)
31. 37. Determine the maximum value of y=
3x2 – x3.
N P A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 0
0
42 O
38. Find the slope of the curve
y = 2x2 + 5x – 3 at (1,4).
M A. 9 B. 7 C. 6 D. 4
Q
In the diagram above, O is the centre of the 3
 x 
2
39. Evaluate  2 x dx.
circle, POM is a diameter and MNQ = 42 o. 2

Calculate QMP. 1 4
A. 48o B. 132o C. 138o D. 42o A. 2 B. C. 4 D.
3 3

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40.
Value 0 1 2 3 4 47. By how much is the mean of 30, 56, 31, 55,
Frequency 1 2 2 1 9 43 and 44 less than the median?
Find the mean of the distribution above. A. 0.50 B. 0.33 C. 0.17 D. 0.75
A. 3 B. 1 C. 4 D. 2
48. Find the number of committees of three
41. On a pie chart, there are four sectors of that can be formed consisting of two men
which three angles are 45o, 90o and 135o. If and one woman from four men and three
the smallest sector represents N28.00, how women.
much is the largest sector? A. 6 B. 24 C. 3 D. 18
A. N84.00 B. N42.00 C. N48.00
D. N96.00 49. Two dice are thrown. What is the
probability that the sum of the numbers is
42. If nP 3 – 6 (nC4) = 0, find the value of n. divisible by 3?
A. 7 B. 5 C. 8 D. 6 1 2 1 1
A. B. C. D.
4 3 2 3
43. 50. The range of 4, 3, 11, 9, 6, 15, 19, 23, 27, 24,
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 and 16 is
Frequenc 12 2 x 2 x-1 28 A. 24 B. 23 C. 21 D. 16
y 0 1
The result of tossing a fair die 120 times is 2003 Solutions
summarized above. Find the value of x. 1. Option D.
A. 20 B. 22 C. 19 D. 21 2. Option D.
3. Option B.
44. The mean of the numbers 3, 6, 4, x and 7 is 4. Option D.
5. Find the standard deviation. 5. Option B.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 3 D. 2 6. Option B.
45. 7. Option D.
8. Option B.
9. Option D.
10. Option C.
11. Option B.
12. Option B.
13. Option A.
14. Option B.
15. Option D.
16. Option A.
The histogram above shows the ages of the
17. Option C.
victims of pollution. How many people were
18. Option C.
involved in the pollution?
19. Option C.
A. 20 B. 21 C. 15 D. 18
20. Option C.
21. Option A.
46. A bag contains 5 black balls and 3 red balls.
22. Option B.
Two balls are picked at random without
23. Option C.
replacement. What is the probability that a
24. Option B.
black and a red balls are picked?
25. Option C.
3 15 13 5 26. Option B.
A. B. C. D.
14 28 28 14
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27. Option A. Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
28. Option D. Freq. 13 15 22 14 20 16
29. Option C.
30. Option B. What is the probability of obtaining 5?
31. Option A. A. 1/2 B. 1/6 C. 1/5 D. 1/4
32. Option A.
33. Option C. 4. The weights of 10 pupils in a class are 15kg,
34. Option A. 16kg, 17kg, 18kg, 16kg, 17kg, 17kg, 17kg,
35. Option D. 18kg and 16kg. What is the range of this
36. Option B. distribution?
37. Option B. A. 2 B. 1 C. 4 D. 3
38. Option A.
39. Option D. 5. A committee of six is to be formed by a
40. Option A. state governor from nine state
41. Option A. commissioners and three members of the
42. Option A. house of assembly. In how many ways can
43. Option A. the members of the committee be chosen
44. Option B. so as to include one member of the house
45. Option A. of assembly?
46. Option B. A. 462 ways B. 378 ways
47. Option B. C. 840 ways D. 924 ways.
48. Option D. 6.
49. Option D. Cumulative
Frequency 25
50. Option A.
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UTME 2004
Questions - Type 4
5

1. In how many ways can 2 students be 9 14 19 24 29 34 39

Class marks
selected from a group of 5 students in a The graph above shows the cumulative
debating competition? frequency curve of the distribution of marks
A. 25 ways B. 20 ways in a class test. What percentage of the
C. 15 ways D. 10 ways students scored more than 20?
A. 8% B. 68% C. 28% D. 17 %
2. I. Rectangular bars of equal width
II. The height of each rectangular bar is 7. Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4.
proportional to the frequency of the A. 2.0 B. 2.5 C. 1.5 D. 1.0
corresponding class interval.
III. Rectangular bars have common sides 8. Some white balls were put in a basket
with no gaps in between. containing twelve red balls and sixteen
A histogram is described completely by black balls. If the probability of picking a
A. I and II B. I, II and III white ball from the basket is 3/7, how many
C. II and III D. I and II white balls were introduced?
A. 21 B. 12 C. 32 D. 28
3. An unbiased die is rolled 100 times and the
outcome is tabulated as follows: 9. The mean age of a group of students is 15
years. When the age of a teacher, 45 years
old, is added to the ages of the students,

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 the mean of their ages becomes 18 years. P 4 cm Q
Find the number of students in the group.
A. 42 B. 15 C. 7 D. 9
10.
Others 6 cm
U T S R
ns

0
60
Bea

In the diagram above, |PQ| = 4cm and |TS|

Maize
= 6cm. If the area of parallelogram PQTU is
15 0 0
32cm2, find the area of the trapezium
Millet PQRU.
The pie chart above shows the distribution A. 72cm2 B. 60cm2
2
of the crops harvested from a farmland in a C. 48cm D. 24cm2
year. If 3,000 tonnes of millet is harvested,
what amount of beans is harvested? 16. Find the midpoint of the line joining P(-3,
A. 1,500 tonnes B. 1,200 tonnes 5) and Q(5, -3).
C. 6,000 tonnes D. 9,000 tonnes. A. (2, 2) B. (1, 1)
C. (4, 4) D. (4, -4)
11. A container has 30 gold medals, 22 silver
medals and 18 bronze medals. If one medal 17. PQRSTV is a regular polygon of side 7cm
is selected at random from the container, inscribed in a circle. Find the circumference
what is the probability that it is not a gold of the circle PQRSTV.
medal? [ = 22/7]
A. 44cm B. 22cm
A. 37 B. 11 35
C. 359 D. 74
C. 56cm D. 42cm
12.
18. Determine the locus of a point inside a
cm square PQRS which is equidistant from PQ
X

15
0 0
and QR .
45 60
A. The perpendicular bisector PQ .
Find the value of x in the figure above. B. The diagonal PR.
A. 56 B. 36 C. 206 D. 156 C. The diagonal QS.
D. Side SR.
13. The sum of the interior angles of a
pentagon is 6x + 6y. Find y in terms of x. 19. Find the value of 2 + 2 if  +  = 2 and the
A. y = 150 – x B. y = 120 – x
distance between the points (1, ) and (,
C. y = 60 – x D. y = 90 – x
1) is 3 units.
A. 14 B. 11 C. 3 D. 5
14. The locus of a point which is 5cm from the
20.
line LM is a Q
A. line parallel to LM and 5cm from LM
0
B. line distance 10cm from LM and 35
parallel to LM
C. pair of lines on opposite sides of LM R
and parallel to it, each distance 5cm 20
0

O
from LM P
D. pair of parallel lines on one side of LM
and parallel to LM .
15. S
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 P, R and S lie on a circle centre O as shown 27. What are the integral values of x which
above, while Q lies outside the circle. Find satisfy the inequality –1 < 3 – 2x  5?
<PSO. A. 0, 1, 2 B. –1, 0, 1
A. 400 B. 450 C. 550 D. 350 C. –2, 1, 0, -1 D. –1, 0, 1, 2

21. The shadow of a pole 53 m high is 5m. 28. Find the remainder when
Find the angle of elevation of the sun. 3x3 + 5x2 – 11x + 4 is divided by x + 3.
A. 600 B. 750 C. 450 D. 300 A. 1 B. – 4 C. 4 D. – 1

22. An arc of a circle of length 22cm subtends 29. If the operation * on the set of integers is
an angle of 3x0 at the centre of the circle. defined by p*q = pq , find the value of
Find the value of x if the diameter of the 4*(8*32).
circle is 14cm. A. 3 B. 16 C. 8 D. 4
A. 1800 B. 1200 C. 600 D. 300
23. 30. Given that the first and fourth terms of a
y
G.P. are 6 and 162 respectively, find the
sum of the first three terms of the
(0, 6)
progression.
A. 48 B. 78 C. 27 D. 8
(2, 0)
x
(0, 0) 31. Factorize completely ac – 2bc – a 2 + 4b 2.
A. (a – 2b)(c – a + 2b)
B. (a – 2b)(c + a + 2b)
The shaded area in the diagram above is C. (a – 2b)(c + a - 2b)
represented by D. (a – 2b)(c – a - 2b)
A. {(x, y): y + 3x < -6}
B. {(x, y): y – 3x < 6}  2 1
C. {(x, y): y – 3x < -6} 32. The inverse of the matrix   is
 1 1
D. {(x, y): y + 3x < 6}
 1  1 1 1 
A.   B.  
24. Find the values of x where the curve 1 2  1 2 
y = x3 + 2x2 – 5x – 6 crosses the x-axis.  1  1  1 1
A. 2, -1 and –3 B. 2, 1 and 3 C.   D.  
C. –2, -1 and 3 D. –2, 1 and –3 1 2    1 2

33. y is inversely proportional to x and y = 4

25. Find the sum to infinity of the series
1 1 1
when x = ½ . Find x when y = 10.
, , , ...
2 6 18
A. 2 B. 10 C. 101 D. 15
A. 23 B. 1 C. 13 D. 34
26. The length L of a simple pendulum varies 34. The nth terms of two sequences are Qn =
directly as the square of its period T. If a 3.2n-2 and Um = 3.22m-3. Find the product of
pendulum with period 4sec. is 64cm long, Q2 and U2.
find the length of a pendulum whose period A. 12 B. 18 C. 6 D. 3
is 9 sec.
A. 96cm B. 36cm 1 0  1
C. 324cm D. 144cm 35. If P =  3 
4 5  , then |P| is
1 0 1 
 

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 A. 0 B. –8 C. 8 D. 4 43. In a class of 40 students, each student
offers at least one of Physics and Chemistry.
36. If 6logx2 – 3logx3 = 3log50.2, find x. If the number of students that offer Physics
A. 43 B. 38 C. 83 D. 3 is three times the number that offers both
4
subjects and the number that offer
37. Find p, if 4516 – p7 = 3056 Chemistry is twice the number that offer
A. 1167 B. 627 C. 1427 D. 6117 Physics, find the number of students that
offer Physics only.
38. A farmer planted 5,000 grains of maize and A. 10 B. 5 C. 25 D. 15.
harvested 5,000 cobs, each bearing 500
grains. What is the ratio of the number of 1
44. Simplify in the form a + b3 .
grains sowed to the number harvested? 32
A. 1 : 250,000 B. 1 : 25,000
C. 1 : 5,000 D. 1 : 500 A. 2 + 3 B. –2 - 3
C. –2 + 3 D. 2 - 3
39. 4 2 4 3
- 1 3 x 4 45. Three teachers shared a packet of chalk.
y 3 4 4 The first teacher got 2/5 of the chalk and the
second teacher received 2/15 of the
Find x and y respectively in the subtraction remainder. What fraction did the third
above carried out in base 5. teacher receive?
A. 4, 3 B. 4, 2 C. 2, 4 D. 3, 2 A. 158 B. 13 C. 12 D. 11
25 25 25

40. Given that 3 4 2 x  16 , find the value of x. 46. Find the derivative of (2 + 3x)(1 – x) with
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 2 respect to x.
A. –3 B. 6 C. 6x – 1 D. 1 – 6x
41.
P Q 47. If y = 3cos  3x , find dy
when x  32 .
dx
A. –1 B. –3 C. 1 D. 2

3
 x 
2
48. Evaluate  1 dx .
1

A.  6 23 B. 6 23 C. 2
3
D.  2
3

R 49. Find the derivative of the function y=

The shaded region in the Venn diagram 2x2(2x – 1) at the point x = -1.
above is A. – 4 B. – 6 C. 18 D. 16
A. Pc  (Q  R) B. Pc  (Q  R)
C. P  Q D. Pc  (Q  R) 50. What is the rate of change of volume v of a
hemisphere with respect to its radius r
1
 2
 1 when r = 2?
10 3 4
42. Evaluate 1 3 1 A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 2
2  5
 4
19 7 19 2 2004 Solutions
A. B. C. D.
60 12 35 25 1. Option D.
2. Option B.

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3. Option C. UTME 2005
4. Option D. Questions - Type D
5. Option B. 1. Find the value of m if 13m + 24m = 41m
6. Option C. A. 8 B. 6 C. 5 D. 2
7. Option D.
8. Option A. 2. If 321 4 is divided by 234 and leaves a
9. Option D. remainder r, what is the value of r?
10. Option B. A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
11. Option D.
12. Option A. 1  1 1 3
13. Option D. 3. Simplify 3  2 1  
2  3 4 5
14. Option C.
11 1
15. Option A. A. 2 B. 2
16. Option B. 60 60
17. Option A. 11 1
C. 1 D. 1
18. Option C. 60 60
19. Option B.
20. Option D. 4. A father decided to give 20% of his monthly
21. Option A. income to his three children as their
22. Option C. monthly allowance. The eldest child got
23. Option D. 45% of the allowance and the youngest got
24. Option A. 25%. How much was the father’s monthly
25. Option D. income if the second child got #3 000?
26. Option C. A. #33,000 B. #45,000
27. Option B. C. #50,000 D. #60,000
28. Option A.
29. Option C. 5. If the interest of #150.00 for 2½ years is
30. Option B. #4.50, find the interest on #250.00 for 6
31. Option D. months at the same rate.
32. Option A. A. #1.50 B. #7.50
33. Option D. C. #15.00 D. #18.00
34. Option B.
35. Option A. 6. Three boys shared some oranges. The first
36. Option D. received 1/3 of the oranges and the second
37. Option A. received 2/3 of the remainder. If the third
38. Option D. boy received the remaining 12 oranges,
39. Option B. how many oranges did they share?
40. Option A. A. 60 B. 54 C. 48 D. 42
41. Option B. 3 1

42. Option C. 81 4  27 3
7. Evaluate
43. Option A. 3  23
44. Option D. A. 3 B. 1 C. 1/3 D. 1/8
45. Option B.
46. Option D. 8. If log102 = 0.3010 and log103 = 0.4771,
47. Option A. evaluate log104.5
48. Option B. A. 0.9542 B. 0.6532
49. Option D. C. 0.4771 D. 0.3010
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 12  3 If W = 140 when d = 42/3 and L = 54, find d
9. Simplify in terms of W and L.
12  3
1 3 42W 5L
A. 0 B. /3 C. /5 D. 1 A. B.
5L 42W
10. If U = {x/x is a positive integer less than 10} 42W 5L
C. D.
and P = {x/x is a prime factor of 30}, find the 5L 42W
complement of P.
A. {1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9} 17. Find the range of values of x for which
B. {1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9} 7x – 3 > 25 + 3x.
C. {1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9) A. x > 7 B. x < 7
D. { 1, 4, 7, 8, 9}
11.
C. x > -7 D. x < -7
Football Tennis

2 5 9 18.
4 y
7 3
5
Athletics
The Venn diagram above shows a class of x
-2 (0, 0) 2
40 students with the games they play. How
many of the students play two games only?
A. 19 B. 16 C. 15 D. 4

12. If m = 3, p = -3, q = 7 and r = 5/2, evaluate m The diagram above is the graph of the
(p +q + r). function f(x). Determine the range of values
A. 19.50 B. 19.15 C. 18.95 D. 18.05 of x for which f(x)  0.
A. x  2 B. 0  x  2
13. Divide 6x2 – 13x + 5 by 2x - 1 C.-2  x  0, x  2 D. x  -2, 0  x  2
A. 3x + 5 B. 3x – 5
C. 5x – 3 D. 5x + 3 19. If the 7th term of an AP is twice the third
term and the sum of the first four terms is
14. A polynomial in x whose zeros are –2, -1 42, find the common difference.
and 3 is A. 6 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
A. x3 – 7x + 6 B. x3 + 7x – 6
C. x3 + 7x + 6 D. x3 – 7x – 6 20. Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the
15. The time taken to do a piece of work is series 8, 12, 16,…, 96
inversely proportional to the number of A. 1400 B. 1040 C. 960 D. 920
men employed. If it takes 30 men to do a
piece of work in 6 days, how many men are 21. An operation * is defined on the set of real
required to do the work in 4 days? numbers by a*b = ab + 2(a + b + 1). Find the
A. 20 B. 35 C. 45 D. 60 identity element.
A. 2 B. 1 C. -1 D. -2
16. The weight W kg of a metal bar varies
jointly as its length L metres and the square 22. If M and N are two matrices defined by
of its diameter d metres.

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  1 3 2 1  2 3  26. The sum of the interior angles of a regular
    polygon is 18000. Calculate the size of one
M   4 5  1 and N   4  1 5  ,
 3 2 0   2  3  1 exterior angle of the polygon.
    A. 300 B. 240 C. 180 D. 120
Evaluate 2M – 3N. 27.
R
  1 12 5   1 0  5 
 
A.  4 7 13  B.   4 7  17 
 
 0  5  3  0 5 3  0 S
    100
O
  1 12  5    1 12  5 
 
D.  4 13 13 
0
C.  4 13  17  70
 
 
3    12 13 3  U
  12 13   T

In the diagram above, O is the centre of the

 1 3 2 circle, UOT = 700 and
23. If P =  4 5  1 , find the determinant of RST = 1000. Calculate RUO.
 
 3 2 0  A. 200 B. 250 C. 500 D. 800
 
matrix P.
A. 75 B. 57 C. –57 D. –75 28. A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 600
at the centre of a circle of radius 14cm. Find
24. the length of the chord.
A. 7 cm B. 14 cm
C. 21 cm D. 28 cm
0
40
0 29. A sector of a circle has an area of 55 cm2. If
100
the radius of the circle is 10 cm, calculate
the angle of the sector.
A. 450 B. 630 C. 750 D. 900
x  22 
  7 

In the diagram above, calculate the value of 30. Find the curved surface area of a cone with
x. circular base diameter 10 cm and height 12
A. 600 B. 1000 C. 1200 D. 1400 cm.
25. A. 25cm2 B. 65 cm2
G K C. 120 cm 2
D. 156 cm2

O 520 31. Two lines PQ and ST intersect at 750. The

E F
locus of points equidistant from PQ and
850
ST lies on the
L H
Three straight lines EF, GH and LK intersect A. perpendicular bisector of PQ
at O as shown above, If KOF = 520 and B. perpendicular bisector of ST
LOH= 850, calculate the size of EOG. C. bisector of the angles between lines PQ
A. 260 B. 430 C. 520 D. 850 and ST
D. bisector of the angles between lines PT
and QS

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32. Find the equation of the perpendicular at 40. Find the area of the figure bounded by the
point (4, 3) to the line y + 2x = 5. given pair of curves y = x2 – x + 3 and y = 3
A. 2y - x = 4 B. y + 2x = 3 17 7
C. y + 2x = 5 D. 2y - x = 2 A. units (sq) B. units (sq)
6 6
33. Find the coordinates of the midpoint of the 5 1
line joining (3, -4) and (-1, 10). C. units (sq) D. units (sq)
A. (1, 3) B. (1, 2) C. (2, 3) D. (3, 2) 6 6

41. Evaluate  2 sin 2 xdx
1 0
0
34. If sin  = - for 0 <  < 360 , the value of  A. 1 B. 0 C. –1/2 D. –1
2
is
A. 300 and 150 0 B. 1500 and 2100 42.
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C. 2100 and 3300 D. 1500 and 3300

Number of students
10
35.
8
N
6
4
O S
2
0 0

399.5
499.5
599.5
699.5
799.5
899.5
999.5
44 N

R The histogram above shows the distribution

From the diagram above, find the bearing of of the monthly incomes of the workers in a
R from S. company. How many workers earn more
A. 2260 B. 2240 C. 1360 D. 1340 than #700.00?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 8 D. 6
dy
36. If y = (1 - 2x)3, find the value of at x 43.
dx
= -1.
t
en

Pa

A. 57 B. 27 C. –6 D. –54
ll
ce

ss

120 0
Ex

37. Find the derivative of 800

y = sin(2x3 + 3x - 4). it
Ve

ed
ry

A. cos (2x3 + 3x - 4) Cr
go
od

B. –cos ((2x3 + 3x - 4)
C. (6x2 + 3) cos (2x3 + 3x - 4) The grades of 36 students in a test are
D. –(6x2 + 3) cos (2x3 + 3x - 4) shown in the pie chart above. How many
students had ‘excellent’?
38. The radius r of a circular disc is increasing at A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 12
the rate of 0.5cm/sec. At what rate is the 44
area of the disc increasing when its radius is
6cm? Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
A. 36 cm2/sec B. 18 cm2/sec No. of 1 4 5 6 x 2
C. 6  cm2/sec D. 3cm2/sec students
39. The maximum value of the function
f(x) = 2 + x - x2 is The table above shows the scores of a
group of students in a test. If the average
9 7 3 1
A. B. C. D. score is 3.5, find the value of x.
4 4 2 2
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 A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 12. Option A.
13. Option B.
45. The modal height and range of heights 1.35, 14. Option D.
1.25, 1.35, 1.40, 1.35, 1.45, 1.50, 1.35, 1.50 15. Option C.
and 1.20 are m and r respectively. Find m + 16. Option A.
2r. 17. Option A.
A. 1.35 B. 1.65 C. 1.95 D. 3.00 18. Option B.
19. Option B.
46. Find the value of t if the standard deviation 20. Option D.
of 2t, 3t, 4t, 5t and 6t is 2 . 21. Option C.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 22. Option C.
23. Option B.
47. In how many ways can 6 coloured chalks be 24. Option C.
arranged if 2 are of the same colour? 25. Option B.
A. 60 B. 120 C. 240 D. 360 26. Option A.
27. Option B.
48. How many possible ways are there of 28. Option B.
seating seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V 29. Option B.
at a circular table? 30. Option B.
A. 360 B. 720 C. 2520 D. 5040 31. Option C.
32. Option D.
49. A box contains 5 blue balls, 3 red balls and 2 33. Option A.
white balls. Two balls are selected from the 34. Option C.
box with replacement. Find the probability 35. Option B.
of obtaining two blue or two red balls. 36. Option D.
17 3 1 3 37. Option C.
A. B. C. D. 38. Option C.
50 25 50 250 39. Option A.
40. Option D.
50. What is the probability that an integer x, (1 x 41. Option A.
 20) chosen at random is divisible by both 2 42. Option B.
and 3? 43. Option A.
1 1 3 7 44. Option B.
A. B. C. D.
20 3 20 10 45. Option C.
46. Option A.
2005 Solutions 47. Option D.
48. Option B.
1. Option B. 49. Option A.
2. Option C. 50. Option C.
3. Option C.
4. Option C. UTME 2009
5. Option A. Questions
6. Option B. 1. Subtract 164189 from 186309.
7. Option B. A. 11219 B. 21129 C. 21139 D. 2211 9
8. Option B. 2. If 55x + 52x = 7710, find x
9. Option B. A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 10
10. Option C. 3. Simplify 7 − 4 + 2
11. Option C.

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 A. 4 B. 4 C. 4 D. 5 12. If , express r in terms of P, s
and t.
. .
4. Evaluate correct to 3 significant
. . A. B. C. D.
figures.
A. 6.21 B. 3.22 C. 2.78 D. 2.13
5. A man bought a second-hand photocopying 13. A polynomial in x whose roots are
machine for N34.00. He serviced it at a cost is
of N2,000 and then sold it at a profit of A. 15x – 11x – 12 B. 15x2 + 11x – 12
2

15%. What was the selling price? C. 12x2 – x – 12 D. 12x2 + 11x – 15

A. #37,550 B. #40,400 14.
C. #41,400 D. #42,400.
6. A student spent of his allowances on 2

books, of the reminder on food and kept 1

the rest for contingencies. What fraction
was kept? 1
-2 -1 4 1
A. B. C. D.
7. Solve 5 ( ) × 5 = 0.04
A. B. C. − D. −
Which of the following equations
8. If log102 = 0.3010 and log107 = 0.8451, represents the graph above?
evaluate log10280. A. y = 2 + 7x + 4x2
A. 3.4471 B. 2.4471 B. y = 2 - 7x + 4x2
C. 1.4471 D. 1.4071. C. y = 2 + 7x - 4x2
D. y = 2 - 7x - 4x2
√
9. Simplify . 15. W is directly proportional to U. If W = 5,
√
A. 17 - √7 B. 4 - √7 when U = 3, find U when W =
C. 15 + √7 D. 7 - √7 A. B. C. D.
16. Determine the value of x for which
+ 1∶ (x2 – 1) > 0.
10. If X= ,
1≤ ≤5 A.
5 ∶
= B.
1≤ ≤5
find X Y. C.
A. B. D.
C. D. 17. Find the range of values of x for which

11. I. A. B.
II. C. D.
III. 18. The sum of the first n terms of the
If which of the above arithmetic progression 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35,
statements are true? … is
A. I and II B. I and III A. n(3n – 0.5) B. n(3n + 2)
C. II and III D. I, II and III. C. n(3n + 2.5) D. n(3n + 5)

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19. Find to infinity, the sum of the sequence 28. A chord is drawn 5cm away from the centre
of a circle of radius 13cm. calculate the
length of the chord.
A. 10 B. 9 C. D. A. 7cm B. 9cm C. 12cm D. 24cm
20. If for any real 29. Find the radius of a sphere whose surface
numbers find the value of area is 154cm2.
3 (-5). A. 7.00cm B. 3.50cm
A. -6 B. -8 C. -10 D. -12 C. 3.00cm D. 1.75cm
21. A binary operation defined on the set of [ = ].
integers is such that 30. Find the locus of a particle which moves in
m n = m + n + mn for all integers m and the first quadrant so that it is equidistant
n. find the inverse of -5 under this from the lines x = 0 and y = 0 (where k is a
operation, if the identity element is 0. constant).
A. B. C. 0 D. 5 A. x + y = 0 B. x – y = 0
C. x + y + k = 0 D. x – y – k = 0
22. If , then is
31. What is the locus of the mid-point of all
A. – 50 B. -22 C. 22 D. 50 chords of length 6cm with a circle of radius
23. If evaluate x if 5cm and with centre O?
A. A circle of radius 4cm and with centre
A. -5 B. -2 C. 2 D. 5 O.
24. Find the acute angle between the straight B. The perpendicular bisector of the
chords.
lines
C. A straight line passing through centre O.
A. 15o B. 30o C. 45o D. 60o.
D. A circle of radius 6cm and with centre
25. A regular polygon has 150o as the size of
O.
each interior angle. How many sides does it
32. What is the value of p if the gradient of the
have?
A. 12 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8 line joining (-1, p) and (p, 4) is ?
26. A. -2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2
T o > S 33. What is the value of r if the distance
34
n between the points (4, 2) and (1, r) is 3
units?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
34. Find the value of sin 450 – cos 300.
47o A. B.
X > Z
Y C. D.
In the figure above, TS//XY and XY = TY,
STZ = 34 0, TXY = 470, find the angle 35. A cliff on the bank of a river is 300 metres
marked . high. If the angle of depression of a point on
A. 470 B. 520 C. 560 D. 990 the opposite side of the river is 60o, find the
width of the river.
27. If the hypotenuse of a right-angled isosceles A. B.
triangle is 2cm, what is the area of the C. D.
triangle.? 36. If
A. B. 1 A. B.
C. D. C. D.
37. If

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 Orange
A. 0 unit per sec B. 15 units per sec.
C. 22 units per sec D. 26 units per sec. Banana
o
100
o

38. What value of will make the function 100 o

x
a maximum? 115
o
Apple
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
39. The distance travelled by a particle from a Pawpaw
fixed point is given as
. Find the The pie chart above represents 400 fruits
minimum distance that the particle can on display in a grocery store. How many
cover from the fixed point. apples are in the store?
A. 2.3cm B. 4.0cm C. 5.2cm D. 6.0cm A. 45 B. 50 C. 60 D. 75
40. Evaluate . 44.
A. B.
C. D.
Cummulative
Frequency
41.
No of 1 2 3 4 5 6
days
No. of 20 2x 60 40 x 50
students
The distribution above shows the number
of days a group of 260 students were Marks (percentage score)
absent from school in a particular term. The cumulative frequency curve above
How many students were absent for at least shows the distribution of the scores of 50
four days in the term? students in an examination. Find the 36th
A. 180 B. 120 C. 110 D. 40 percentile score.
42. A. 18% B. 28% C. 36% D. 50%
No. of 45. 5, 8, 6 and k occur with frequencies 3, 2, 4,
students and 1 respectively and have a mean of 5.7.
Find the value of k.
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
46. What is the mean deviation of x, 2x,
x + 1 and 3x, if their mean is 2?
A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.5 D. 2.0
Scores 47. In how many ways can a delegation of 3 be
The histogram above represents the chosen from 5 men and 3 women, if at least
number of candidates that sat for 1 man and 1 woman must be included?
Mathematics examination in a school. How A. 15 B. 28 C. 30 D. 45
many candidates scored more than 50 48. In how many ways can 9 people be seated if
marks? 3 chairs are available?
A. 80 B. 95 C. 100 D. 115 A. 720 B. 504 C. 336 D. 210
43. 49. The probability of a student passing any
examination is If the student takes three
examinations, what is the probability that
he will not pass any of them?
A. B. C. D.

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50. 38. Option C.
Marks 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 39. Option B.
No of 3 4 1 0 4 5 2 1 40. Option B.
students 41. Option B.
The table above shows the distribution of 42. Option B.
marks of students in a test. Find the 43. Option B.
probability of passing the test if the pass 44. Option B.
mark is 5. 45. Option C.
A. B. C. D. 46. Option A.
47. Option D.
48. Option D.
2009 Solutions
49. Option D.
1. Option D.
50. Option A.
2. Option D.
3. Option C.
UTME 2010 - Type D
4. Option B.
Questions
5. Option C.
1. What Mathematics Question Paper Type is
6. Option B.
given to you?
7. Option D.
A. Type A B. Type B
8. Option B.
C. Type C D. Type D
9. Option B.
2. Find r, if 6r78 = 5119.
10. Option A.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 6 D. 5
11. Option A.
12. Option A. 3 4 1 5
3. Simplify  of  9  1
13. Option A. 4 9 2 19
14. Option D. 1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
15. Option A. 5 4 36 25
16. Option A. 4. A student measures a piece of rope and
17. Option C. found that it was 1.26m long. If the actual
18. Option B. length of the rope was 1.25m, what was the
19. Option C. percentage error in the measurement?
21. Option A. A. 0.25% B. 0.01%
22. Option C. C. 0.80% D. 0.40%
23. Option D. 5. At what rate will the interest on N400
24. Option A. increase to N24 in 3 years reckoning in
25. Option A. simple interest?
26. Option B. A. 3% B. 2% C. 5% D. 4%
27. Option B. 2 5 3 1
28. Option D. 6. If p : q = : and q : r = : , find p : q
3 6 4 2
29. Option B. : r.
30. Option B. A. 12 : 15 : 10 B. 12 : 15 : 16
31. Option A. C. 10 : 15 : 24 D. 9 : 10 : 15
32. Option D. 
1
33. Option B.  81  4
7. Evaluate    2 1 .
34. Option D.  16 
35. Option C. 1 1
36. Option D. A. 3 B. 6 C. D.
6 3
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8. Given that log2 = 0.3010, log7 = 0.8451, xx  5  x  x  5
A. B.
evaluate log 112. 2x  2  2x  2 
A. 2.1461 B. 2.0491
C. 3.1461 D. 2.5441 x x  5 x2  5
C. D.
2 x  2  2x  4
2 3 5
9. Rationalize . 16. Solve for x and y if x – y = 2 and
5 3
x2 – y2 = 8.
3 15  11 A. (-1, 3) B. (3, 1) C. (-3, 1)
A. 3 15  11 B.
2 D. (1, 3)
3 15  11 17. If y varies directly as the square root of x
C. 3 15  11 D. and y = 3 when x = 16, calculate y when x =
2
10. Express the product of 0.21 and 0.34 in 64.
standard form A. 6 B. 12 C. 3 D. 5
A. 7.14 x 10-2 B. 7.14 x 10-1 18. If x is inversely proportional to y and x=
C. 7.14 x 10-4 D. 7.14 x 10-3 2½ when y =2, find x if y = 4.
11. Which of the Venn diagrams below 1 1
A. 4 B. 5 C. 1 D. 2
represents P Q  R? 4 4
19. For what range of values of x is
1 1 1 1
x  x ?
2 4 3 2
3 3
A. x  B. x 
2 2
3 3
C. x   D. x  
2 2
20. Solve the inequalities -6  4 – 2x < 5 – x.
A. -1 < x < 5 B. -1 < x  5
C. -1  x  6 D. -1  x < 6
21. Find the sum of infinity of the following
12. In a survey of 50 newspaper readers, 40 series. 0.5 + 0.05 + 0.005 + 0.0005 + …
read Champion and 30 read Guardian, how
5 5 5 5
many read both papers? A. B. C. D.
A. 10 B. 5 C. 20 D. 15 8 7 11 9
22. The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is
13. Make Q the subject of the formula if
-9 and the 7th term is -29. Find the 10th
M
P  X  Q  1 . term of the progression.
5 A. -44 B. -165 C. 165 D. 44
5 P  MX  5 5 P  MX  5 23. If x * y = x + y2, find the value of
A. B.
M M (2 * 3) * 5.
5 P  MX  5 5 P  MX  5 A. 25 B. 11 C. 55 D. 36
C. D.
M M 24. If p and q are two non zero numbers and
14. If 9x2 + 6xy + 4y2 is a factor of 27x3 – 8y3, 18(p + q) = (18 + p)q, which of the following
find the other factor. must be true?
A. 2y + 3x B. 2y – 3x A. p < 1 B. p = 18 C. q < 1
C. 3x + 2y D. 3x – 2y D. q = 18
x 3  3x 2 10 x x 3
15. Factorize completely . 25. If  15, find the value of x.
2x2 8 2 7
A. 4 B. 5 C. 2 D. 3

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 2 0 5 A. 8 cm2 B. 6 cm2
2
26. Evaluate 4 6 3 C. 24 cm D. 10 cm2
32. An arc subtends an angle 50o at the centre
8 9 1 of circle of radius 6 cm. Calculate the area
A. 18 B. 102 C. -102 D. -42 of the sector formed.
 2  3 100 2 110 2
27. If P    , what is P-1? A. cm B. cm
1 1  7 7
 1 3  1 3 80 2 90 2  22 
    C. cm D. cm   
7 7  7
A.  5 5 B.  5 5
 1 2  1 2 33. A cylindrical pipe 50 m long with radius 7m
   
 5 5  5 5 has one end open. What is the total surface
 1 3 1 3 area of the pipe?
     A. 350 m2 B. 98 m2
C.  5 5 D.  5 5
 1 2 1 2 C. 749 m2 D. 700 m2
    
 5 5 5 5 34. What is the locus of points equidistant from
28. points P(1, 3) and Q(3, 5)?
A. y = -x – 6 B. y = x + 6
C. y = x – 6 D. y = -x + 6
35. Find the distance between the points
1 1  1 1
 ,  and   ,   .
 2 2  2 2
A. 1 B. 0 C. 3 D. 2
36. Find the gradient of the line passing
From the diagram above, find x. through the points P(1, 1) and Q(2, 5).
A. 55o B. 50o A. 3 B. 2 C. 5 D. 4
C. 75 o
D. 65o 37. Find the equation of a line parallel to y = -
29. The interior angles of a quadrilateral are (x 4x + 2 passing through (2, 3).
+ 15)O, (2x – 45)O, (x – 30)O and (x + A. y + 4x + 11 = 0 B. y – 4x – 11 = 0
10)O. Find the value of the least interior C. y + 4x – 11 = 0 D. y – 4x + 11 = 0
angle. 8
38. If cot= , where  is acute, find sin
A. 82o B. 52o 15
C. 112o D. 102o 8 15 16 13
A. B. C. D.
30. 17 17 17 15
39.

From the cyclic quadrilateral TUVW above, If the area of PQR above is 12 3 cm 2 , find
find the value of x.
the value of q.
A. 24o B. 26o C. 20o D. 23o
A. 7 cm B. 8 cm
31. If the two smaller sides of a right angled
C. 5 cm D. 6 cm
triangle are 4 cm and 5 cm, find its area.

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 dy A. 6 B. 10
40. If y = (2x + 1)3, find .
dx 2 5
A. 6(2x + 1) B. 3(2x + 1) C. D.
5 2
C. 6(2x + 1)2 D. 3(2x + 1)2
49. In how many ways can a committee of 2
dy women and 3 men be chosen from 6 men
41. If y = xsinx, find .
dx and 5 women?
A. sinx - xcosx B. sinx + xcosx A. 100 B. 200 C. 30 D. 50
C. sinx – cosx D. sinx + cosx 50. If three unbiased coins are tossed, find the
probability that they are all heads.
42. At what value of x does the function y= 1 1 1 1
-3 – 2x + x2 attain minimum value? A. B. C. D.
6 3 9 8
A. -1 B. -4 C. 4 D. 1
2
 x 
3
43. Evaluate  x 2 dx. 2010 Solutions
0
1. Type D
5 2 2. Option A
A. 4 B. 6
6 3 3. Option C
5 5 4. Option C
C. 1 D. 2
6 6 5. Option B
44. Find sin x  2 dx . 6. Option A
 7. Option D
A. -cosx + 2x + k B. cosx + 2x + k 8. Option B
C. -cosx + x2 + k D. cosx + x2 + k 9. Option D
45. 10. Option A
Marks 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11. Option D
No. of 3 1 5 2 4 2 3 12. Option C
students 13. Option B
14. Option D
From the table above, if the pass mark is 5, 15. Option B
how many students failed the test? 16. Option B
A. 6 B. 2 C. 9 D. 7 17. Option A
18. Option C
Use the table below to answer questions 46 19. Option B
and 47. 20. Option B
21. Option D
Marks 1 2 3 4 5 22. Option A
Frequencies 2 2 8 4 4 23. Option D.
24. Option D
The table above shows the marks obtained in a 25. Option D
given test. 26. Option C
27. Option B
46. How many students took the test? 28. Option D
A. 16 B. 20 C. 13 D. 15 29. Option B
30. Option A
47. Find the mean mark. 31. Option D
A. 3.1 B. 3.0 C. 3.3 D. 3.2 32. Option B
33. Option C
48. Find the standard deviation of 2, 3, 5 and 6. 34. Option D

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35. Option D 8. Rationalize
36. Option D
37. Option C A. B.
38. Option B
C. D.
39. Option D
40. Option C 9. Simplify
41. Option B A. B.
42. Option D
43. Option D. C. D. .
44. Option B 10.
45. Option C
46. Option B
47. Option C
48. Option D
49. Option B From the Venn diagram above, the
50. Option D
complement of the set PQ is given by
A. {b,d} B. {a, b, d, e}
UTME 2011 Questions (TYPE C) C. {a, e} D. {c}.
1. Which question Paper Type of Mathematics 11. Ralia has 7 different posters to be hanged in
is given to you? her bedroom, living room and kitchen.
A. Type A B. Type B Assuming she has plans to place at least a
C. Type C D. Type D poster in each of the 3 rooms, how many
2. If 2q35 = 778, find q choices does she have?
A. 1 B. 2 A. 170 B. 49
C. 4 D. 0. C. 21 D. 210.
12. Make R the subject of the formula if
3. Simplify

A. 30 B. 5
A. B.
C. 4 D. 50.
4. A man invested N5000 for 9 months at 4%. C. D.
What is the simple interest? 13. Find the remainder when x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 3 is
A. N220 B. N150 divided by x2 + 1.
C. N130 D. N250 A. x + 3 B. 2x – 1
5. If the numbers M, N, Q are in the ratio C. 2x + 1 D. x – 3.
5:4:3, find the value of . 14. Factorize completely 9y2 – 16x2
A. 3 B. 2 A. (3y + 4x)(3y + 4x)
C. 1 D. 4. B. (3y - 2x)(3y + 4x)
C. (3y + 2x)(3y - 4x)
6. Simplify D. (3y + 4x)(3y - 4x)
A. B. 15. Solve for x and y respectively in the
simultaneous equation
C. D. .
-2x – 5y = 3
7. If log318 + log33 - log3x = 3 x + 3y = 0
A. 2 B. 1 A. 9, -3 B. -3, -9
C. 0 D. 3. C. -9, 3 D. 3, -9

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16. If x varies directly as square root of y and x
= 81 when y = 9, find x when y = 1 . 25. Evaluate

A. 27 B. 20 A. 45 B. 25
C. 2 D. 36. C. 15 D. 55.
17. T varies inversely as the cube of R. When R 26. The inverse of matrix N = is
= 3, T = , find T when R = 2. A.
A. B. B.
C. D. .
C.
18. Which of the following diagrams represents
the solution of the inequalities y ≤ x – 2 and D. .
y ≥ x2 – 4? 27. What is the size of each interior angle of a
12-sided regular polygon?
A. 1500 B. 1200
0
C. 30 D. 1800.
28. A circle of perimeter 2cm is opened to form
a square. What is the maximum possible
area of the square?
A. 49cm2 B. 56cm2
C. 98cm2 D. 28cm2.
19. Solve the inequality -6(x + 3) ≤ 4(x – 2) 29. A chord of a circle of radius 7cm is 5cm
A. x ≥ -1 B. x ≤ 2 from the centre of the circle. What is the
C. x ≥ -2 D. x ≤ -1. length of the chord?
20. Solve the inequality x2 + 2x > 15.
A. 3 cm B. 4 cm
A. -5 < x < 3
C. 6 cm D. 2 cm
B. x < -3 or x > 5
30. A solid metal cube of side 3cm is placed in a
C. x < 3 or x > 5
rectangular tank of dimensions 3, 4 and 5
D. x > 3 or x < -5.
cm. what volume of water can the tank now
21. Find the sum of the first 18 terms of the
hold?
series 3, 6, 9, …, 36.
A. 33cm3 B. 48cm3
A. 513 B. 505 3
C. 60cm D. 27cm3
C. 433 D. 635.
31. The perpendicular bisector of a line XY is
22. The second term of a geometric series is 4
the locus of a point
while the fourth term is 16. Find the sum of
A. whose distance from Y is always twice
the first five terms.
its distance from X
A. 62 B. 60
B. whose distance from X is always twice
C. 54 D. 64.
its distance from Y
23. A binary operation  on real numbers is
C. which moves on the line XY
defined by x  y = xy + x + y for two real
D. which is equidistant from the points X
numbers x and y, find the value of 3  - . and Y
A. B. 32. The midpoint of P(x,y) and Q(8,6) is (5,8).
C. -1 D. 2. Find x and y.
A. (2,8) B. (2,10)
24. If , find the value of x. C. (2,12) D. (2,6)
A. 6 B. -6 33. Find the equation of a line perpendicular to
C. -12 D. 12. line 2y = 5x + 4 which passes through (4,2)

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 A. 5y + 2x – 18 = 0 C. 35% D. 20%
B. 5y - 2x – 18 = 0
C. 5y - 2x + 18 = 0
D. 5y + 2x – 2 = 0
34. In a right angled triangle, if tan  = . What
is cos  – sin ?
A. B.
C. D.
35. A man walks 100m due West from a point X
to Y, he then walks 100m due North to a
point Z. Find the bearing of X from Z.
A. 1350 B. 1950
0
C. 225 D. 0450
36. The derivative of (2x + 1)(3x + 1) is
A. 6x + 5 B. 12x + 1
C. 6x + 1 C. 12x + 5
37. Find the derivative of .
A. tancosec
B. sec2
C. cosecsec
D. cosec2
38. Find the value of x at the minimum point of
the curve y = y3 + x2 – x + 1.
A. B.
C. 1 D. -1
39. Evaluate
A. 5 B. 3
C. 2 D. 6
40. Find
A.
B.
C.
D. .
41.

The pie chart above shows the distribution

of courses offered by students. What
percentage of the students offers English?
A. 25% B. 30%

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42. 48. In how many ways can five people sit round
a circular table
A. 60 B. 24
C. 12 D. 120
49. Find the probability that a number picked at
random from the set {43, 44, 45, …, 60} is a
prime number.
A. B. C. D.
The bar chart above shows the distribution 50. In a class of 60 students, 30 offer Physics
of SS2 students in a school. Find the total and 40 offer Chemistry. If a student is
number of students. picked at random from the class, what is
A. 135 B. 180 the probability that the student offer both
C. 210 D. 105 Physics and Chemistry?
43. The sum of four consecutive integers is 34. A. B.
Find the least of these numbers.
C. B.
A. 6 B. 7
C. 8 D. 5
44. UTME 2011 Answers (TYPE C)
No. 0 1 2 3 4 5 1. Option B
2. Option A
Frequency 1 4 3 8 2 5
3. Option C
From the table above, find the median and
4. Option A
range of the data respectively.
5. Option B
A. (3, 5) B. (8, 5)
6. Option D
C. (5, 8) D. (5, 3)
7. Option D
45.
8. Option D
Class 0-2 3-5 6-8 9-11
9. Option D
Interval
10. Option A
Frequency 3 2 5 3
11. Option C
12. Option C
Find the mode of the above distribution.
13. Option A
A. 8 B. 9
14. Option C
C. 10 D. 7
15. Option B
16. Option C
46.
17. Class 3-5 6-8 9-11
Optio Interval
nD Frequency 2 2 2
18.
Find the standard deviation of the above
Option A
distribution
19. Option D
A. B. 20. Option C
C. D. √6 21. Option D
47. In how many ways can the letters of the 22. Option D
word ELATION be arranged? 23. Option D
A. 7! B. 6! 24. Option A
C. 5! D. 8! 25. Option A
26. Option D.
27. Option D.

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28. Option D. 5
29. Option A C.
6
30. Option D 4
31. Option C D.
32. Option A 5
33. Option D
34. Option B 21
4. Evaluate to 3 significant figures.
35. Option B 9
36. Option C A. 2.30
37. Option A B. 2.31
38. Option B C. 2.32
39. Option B D. 2.33
40. Option C
41. Option D 5. A man earns N3 500 per month out of
42. Option A which he spends 15% on his children’s
43. Option A education. If he spends additional N1 950
44. Option D on food, how much does he have left?
45. Option D A. N 525
46. Option D B. N 1 025
47. Option A C. N 1 950
48. Option A D. N 2 975.
49. Option B
50. Option C 6. If 27x + 2 ÷ 9x + 1 = 32x, find x.
A. 3
B. 4
UTME 2012 - Type RED C. 5
1. Which Question Paper Type of Mathematics D. 6
as indicated above is given to you?
A. Type Green 7. If log3 x2 = - 8, what is x?
B. Type Purple 1
A.
C. Type Red 3
D. Type Yellow 1
B.
9
2. Convert 726 to a number in base three.
A. 2211 1
C.
B. 2121 27
C. 1212 1
D.
D. 1122 81
2 1
2 x 1
3. Simplify: 3 2 8. Simplify: ( 6  2) 2  ( 6  2 ) 2
4 A.
4 2 6
5
B. 4 6
1
A. 1 C.
4 8 6 8√6
1 D. 16 6
B. 1
6

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9. If P is a set of all prime factors of 30 and Q is 7
a set of all factors of 18 less than 10, find n = 4, find y when n = 1 .
9
PQ.
A. 17
A. {3}
B . {2, 3} 4
B.
C. {2, 3, 5} 3
D. {1, 2} 8
C.
3
10. In a class of 46 students, 22 play football 2
and 26 play volleyball. If 3 students play D.
both games, how many play neither? 3
A. 1
15. U is inversely proportional to the cube of V
B. 2
and U = 81 when V = 2. Find U when V = 3.
C. 3
A. 24
D. 4
B. 27
C. 32
11. Make n the subject of the formula if
D. 36
v ( 2  cn )
w .
1  cn 16. The value of y for which
1  w  2n  1 1 1 2
A.   y   y  is
c  v  w  5 5 2 5
2
1  w  2n  A. y 
B.   3
c  v  w  2
B. y 
1  w  2n  3
C.  
c  v  w  C. y 
2
3
1  w  2n  2
D.  
c  v  w  D. y 
3

12. Find the remainder when 2x3 – 11x2 + 8x – 1 17. Find the range of values of m which satisfy
is divided by x + 3. (m – 3)(m – 4)  0.
A. – 871 A. 2 < m < 5
B. – 781 B. -3 < m < 4
C. – 187 C. 3 < m < 4
D. – 178 D. -4 < m < 3

13. Solve for x and y in the equations below. 18.

x2 – y2 = 4
x+y=2
A. x = 0, y = 2
B. x = 0, y = 2
C. x = 2, y = 0
D. x = – 2, y = 0

14. If y varies directly as √ and y = 4 when

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 22. A binary operation on the set of real
numbers is defined by m  n = for all m,
n  R. If the identity element is 2, find the
inverse of –5.
4
A. 
5
3
B. 
5
C. 4
The shaded region above is represented by
D. 5
the equation
A. y ≤ 4x + 2
5 3 3 5
B. y ≥ 4x + 2 23. If = , find the value of x.
2 4 5
C. y ≤ -4x + 4
D. y ≤ 4x + 4 A. 3
B. 4
19. The nth term of a sequence is n2 – 6n – 4. C. 5
Find the sum of the 3rd and 4th terms. D. 7
A. 24
B. 23 24. Given that I3 is a unit matrix of order 3, find
C. -24 |I |
D. -25 A. -1
B. 0
20. The sum of infinity of a geometric C. 1
1 1 D. 2
progression is  and the first is  .
10 8
Find the common ratio of the progression. 25.
1
A. 
5
1
B. 
4
1
C. 
3
1
D. 
2

21. The binary operation  is defined on the set In diagram above, QR//TU, PQR = 80o and
of integers such that PSU = 95o. Calculate SUT.
p  q = pq + p – q. Find 2  (3  4). A. 15o
A. 11 B. 25o
B. 13 C. 30o
C. 15 D. 80o
D. 22
26. The exterior angles of a polygon are given
by x, 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x respectively. Find the
value of x.

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A. 24o 27.
B. 30o
C. 33o
D. 36o

In the diagram above, PQR is a circle centre

O. If QPR is xo, find QRP.
A. xo
B. (90 – x)o
C. (90 + x)o
D. (180 – x)o

28.

Find the area of the trapezium above.

A. 91 cm2
B. 78 cm2
C. 60 cm2
D. 19 cm2

29. A circular arc subtends angle 150o at the

centre of a circle of radius 12 cm. Calculate
the area of the sector of the arc.
A. 30 cm2
B. 60 cm2
C. 120 cm2
D. 150 cm2

30. Calculate the volume of a cuboid of length

0.76 cm, breadth 2.6 cm and height 0.82
cm.
A. 3.92 cm3
B. 2.13 cm3
C. 1.97cm3
D. 1.62cm3

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31. The locus of a point equidistant from the 36. A man stands on a tree 150 cm high sees a
intersection of lines boat at an angle of depression of 74o. Find
3x – 7y + 7 = 0 and 4x – 6y + 1 = 0 is a the distance of the boat from the base of
A. line parallel to 7x + 13y + 8 = 0 the tree.
B. circle A. 52cm
C. semicircle B. 43cm
D. bisector of the line 7x + 13y + 8 = 0 C. 40cm
D. 15cm
32. The gradient of the straight line joining the
points P(5, – 7) and Q(– 2, – 3) is 1 dy
37. If y  x 2  , find .
1 x dx
A.
2
2 A. 52cm
B. B. 43 cm
5
4 C. 40cm
C.  D. 15cm
7
2 dy
D.  38. Find if y = cosx.
3 dx
A. sin x
33. The distance between the point (4, 3) and B. – sin x
the intersection of y = 2x + 4 and
C. tan x
y = 7 – x is D. – tan x
A. √13
B. 3√12 39. Evaluate ∫ ( −4 )
C. √26
11
D. 10√5 A.
3
34. Find the equation of the line through the 3
B.
points (– 2, 1) and − , 4 . 11
3
A. y = 2x – 3 C. 
B. y = 2x + 5 11
C. y = 3x – 2 11
D. 
D. y = 2x + 1 3

4
o
35. If angle  is 135 , evaluate cos. 2
 d .
1
40. Evaluate  sec
0
A.
2 A. 1
2 B. 2
B. C. 3
5 D. 4
2
C. 
2
1
D. 
2

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41. 44. Find the median of 2, 3, 7, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 9, 4,
5, 3, 4, 2, 4 and 5.
A. 9
B. 8
C. 7
D. 4

45. Find the range of 4, 9, 6, 3, 2, 8, 10 and 11.

A. 11
B. 9
The grades of 36 students in a class test are C. 8
as shown in the pie chart above. How many D. 4
students have excellent?
A. 12 46. Find the standard deviation of 2, 3, 8, 10
B. 9 and 12
C. 8 A. 3.9
D. 7 B. 4.9
C. 5.9
42. D. 6.9

47. Evaluate n+1Cn-2 if n = 15.

A. 3630
B. 3360
C. 1120
D. 560

48. In how many ways can the letters of the

word TOTALITY be arranged?
A. 6720
B. 6270
The bar chart above shows the distribution C. 6207
of marks in a class test. If the pass mark is 5, D. 6027
what percentage of students failed the
test? 49. The probability that a student passes a
A. 10% 2
physics test is . If he takes three physics
B. 20% 3
C. 50% tests, what is the probability that he passes
D. 60% two of the tests?
4
43. The mean of seven numbers is 96. If an A.
9
eighth number is added, the mean becomes 6
112. Find the eighth number. B.
A. 126 9
B. 180 4
C.
C. 216 27
D. 224 2
D.
27

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 28. Option C.
50. The probabilities that a man and his wife 29. Option B.
2 3 30. Option D.
live for 80 years are and respectively. 31. Option B.
3 5
Find the probability that at least one of 32. Option C.
them will live up to 80 years. 33. Option B.
2 34. Option B.
A. 35. Option C.
15 36. Option B.
3 37. Option D.
B.
15 38. Option B.
7 39. Option D.
C.
15 40. Option A.
13 41. Option B.
D. 42. Option C.
15
43. Option D.
44. Option D.
45. Option B.
UTME 2012 - RED
46. Option A.
Answers
47. Option D.
48. Option A.
1. Option C.
49. Option A.
2. Option D.
50. Option D.
3. Option C.
4. Option D.
5. Option B.
UTME 2013 MATHEMATICS TYPE B
6. Option B.
1. What Question Paper Type of Mathematics
7. Option D.
is given to you?
8. Option C.
A. Type D B. Type I
9. Option B.
C. Type B D. Type U
10. Option A.
2. Convert 2710 to another number in base
11. Option A.
three.
12. Option D.
A. 10103 B. 11003 C. 10003
13. Option C.
D. 10013
14. Option C.
3. 3 girls share a number of apples in the ratio
15. Option A.
5:3:2. If the highest share is 40 apples, find
16. Option C.
the smallest share.
17. Option C.
A. 24 B. 16 C. 38 D. 36
18. Option C.
19. Option D. 4. Evaluate , correct to 1 decimal
20. Option C. place.
21. Option B. A. 6.2 B. 6.3 C. 0.5 D. 0.6
22. Option A. 5. Calculate the time taken for N3,000 to earn
23. Option C. N600 if invested at 8% simple interest.
24. Option C. A. 3 years B. 3 years C. 1 years
25. Option A.
26. Option A. D. 2 years.
27. Option B.

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6. Simplify 15. If r varies inversely as the square root of s
and t, how does s vary with r and t?
A. 33 B. 35 C. 3 D. 32 A. s varies inversely as r2 and t.
7. If log104 = 0.6021, evaluate log10 B. s varies directly as r2 and t2.
A. 0.9021 B. 1.8063 C. 0.2007 C. s varies directly as r and t.
D. 0.3011 D. s varies inversely as r and t2.
16. Evaluate 3(x + 2) > 6(x + 3)
8. Simplify A. x > −4 B. x < −4 C. x > 4 D. x < 4
A. B. C. 9 D. 5 17.
9. P, Q and R are subsets of the universal set
U. The venn diagram showing the
relationship is

The graph above is correctly represented by

A. y = x2 – 3x + 2 B. y = x2 – x – 1
C. y = x2 + x – 2 D. y = x 2 – x – 2
18. Solve for x:
A. −2 < x < 3 B. −1 < x < 5
C. x < 1 D. x < 5
19. If the sum of the first two terms of a G. P is
3, and the sum of the second and the third
10. If P = and
terms is −6, find the sum of the first term
Q= , and the common ratio.
find P Q A. −3 B. −5 C. 5 D. −2
A. {3,5,11,13,17,19} 20. The nth term of the progression
B. {3,5,7,11,13,17,19}
C. {2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19} ... is
D. {3,5,7,11,17,19} A. B.
C. D.
11. If , find t in terms of S.
A. S + 2 B. S – 2 C. S2 + 2 D. S2 – 2 21. If a binary operation ∗ is defined by
12. if x – 4 is a factor of x2 – x – k, then k is
A. 12 B. 20 C. 2 D. 4 A. 16 B. 14 C. 26 D. 24
13. The remainder when 22. If and Q = , find 2P +
is divided by p – 3
is Q.
A. 42 B. 63 C. 18 D. 21 A. B.
14. P varies jointly as m and u, and varies
inversely as q. Given that p=4, m=3 and u= 2 C. D.
when q = 1, find the value of p when m = 6,
23. Find the inverse of
u = 4 and q = .
A. 15 B. 10 C. D.

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 C. circle centre P
A. B. D. circle centre Q.
31. If the mid-point of the line PQ is (2, 3) and
the point P is (−2, 1), find the coordinate of
the point Q.
C. D. A. (6, 3) B. (8, 6) C. (5, 6) D. (0, 4)
32. Find the equation of the perpendicular
24. bisector of the line joining P(2, −3) to Q(−5,
1).
A. 8y + 14x – 13 = 0 B. 8y + 14x + 13 = 0
C. 8y – 14x + 13 = 0 D. 8y – 14x – 13 = 0
33. In triangle PQR, q = 8 cm, r = 6 cm and
cos P = . Calculate the value of p.
A. 10 cm B. cm C. 9 cm
In the diagram above, find the value of x. D. cm
A. 400 B. 450 C. 150 D. 300 34. If tanθ = , find the value of sin θ + cos θ.
25.
A. 1 B. 1 C. 1 D. 1
35. If y = (2x + 2)3, find
A. 6(2x + 2) B. 3(2x + 2) C. 6(2x + 2)2
D. 3(2x + 2)2
The value of x in the figure above is 36. If y = x sin x, find
A. 1000 B. 700 C. 1300 D. 1100 A. cos x – x sin x B. cos x + x sin x
26. If the angles of a quadrilateral are C. sin x + x sin x D. sin x – cos x.
(3y + 10)0, (2y + 30)0, (y + 20)0 and 4y0, find 37. The radius of a circle is increasing at the
the value of y. rate of 0.02 cms-1. Find the rate at which
A. 420 B. 660 C. 120 D. 300 the area is increasing when the radius of
27. A square tile has side 30 cm. How many of the circle is 7cm.
these tiles will cover a rectangular floor of A. 0.53 cm2s-1 B. 0.35 cm-2s-1
length 7.2m and width 4.2m? C. 0.88 cm-2s-1 D. 0.75cm-2s-1
A. 576 B. 720 C. 336 D. 420 38. Integrate
28. Find the length of a chord which subtends
an angle 900 at the centre whose radius is A. B.
8cm. C. D.
A. cm B. cm C. 4 cm D. 8
cm
29. A chord of a circle subtends an angle 1200
39. Evaluate
at the centre of a circle of diameter
A. −1 B. −2 C. 2 D. 1
cm. Calculate the area of the major sector.
A. 16π cm2 B. 32π cm2 C. 4π cm2
D. 8π cm2
30. The locus of the points which is equidistant
from the line PQ forms a
A. pair of parallel lines to PQ
B. perpendicular line to PQ

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40. 45. If the variance of 3 + x, 6, 4, x and 7 – x is 4
and the mean is 5, find the standard
deviation.
A. 2 B. 3 C. D.
46.
Score 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Freq. 1 0 7 5 2 3 1 1
The table above shows the scores of 20
students in Further Mathematics test. What
is the range of the distribution?
A. 6 B. 3 C. 10 D. 7
47. In how many ways can a student select 2
The bar chart above shows the allotment of subjects from 5 subjects?
time (in minutes) per week for selected
subjects in a certain school. What is the A. B. C. D.
total time allocated to the six subjects per 48. In how many ways can 3 seats be occupied
week? if 5 people are willing to sit?
A. 720 mins. B. 960 mins. A. 20 B. 5 C. 120 D. 60
C. 200 mins. D. 460 mins. 49. What is the probability that an integer
41. x (1 ≤ x ≤ 25) chosen at random is divisible
by both 2 and 3?
A. B. C. D.
50. A basket contains 9 apples, 8 bananas and 7
oranges. A fruit is picked from the basket,
find the probability that it is neither an
apple nor an orange.
A. B. C. D.

2013 UTME Solutions

The pie chart above shows the statistical 1. Option C.
distribution of 80 students in five subjects 2. Option C.
in an examination. Calculate how many 3. Option B.
students offer Mathematics. 4. Option D.
A. 40 B. 50 C. 12 D. 30 5. Option D.
42. Find the mean of t + 2, 2t – 4, 3t + 2 and 2t. 6. Option C.
A. 2t B. 2t + 1 C. t D. t + 1 7. Option C.
43. The mean of seven numbers is 10. If six of 8. Option D.
the numbers are 2, 4, 8, 14, 16 and 18, find 9. Option C.
the mode. 10. Option B.
A. 8 B. 14 C. 2 D. 6 11. Option A.
44. 12. Option A.
Age 20 25 30 35 40 45 13. Option A.
No. of 3 5 1 1 2 3 14. Option B.
people 15. Option A.
Calculate the median age of the frequency 16. Option B.
distribution in the table above. 17. Option D.
A. 30 B. 35 C. 20 D. 25 18. Option B.

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19. Option B.
20. Option A.
21. Option D.
22. Option A.
23. Option A.
24. Option A.
25. Option C.
26. Option D.
27. Option C.
28. Option A.
29. Option D.
30. Option A.
32. Option D.
33. Option D.
34. Option A.
35. Option C.
36. Option C.
37. Option C.
38. Option C.
39. Option D.
40. Option A.
41. Option C.
42. Option A.
43. Option A.
44. Option D.
45. Option A.
46. Option D.
47. Option B.
48. Option D.
49. Option B.
50. Option A.

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