n 1

1. If 2n= y , find 22+ 3 (a) 4 y 3 (b) 4 y−3 (c) 2 y 3 (d) 2 y−3

2. Given that t = 2−x, find 2 x+1 in terms of t (a) 2/t (b) t/2 (c) 1/2t (d) 2t
log 10 8−log 10 9
3. If log 10 2=0.3010 and log 10 3=0.4771, simplify (a) 4.000 (b) 3.000 (c)
log 10 9−log 10 2
0.0784 (d) –4.000 (e) –0.0784
4. The sixth term of an A.P is 3 times the second term. If the first term is 2, find the
common difference (a) –4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) –3
5. If 5, x, y, 40 are in geometrical progression, find x and y respectively (a) 2 and 10
(b) 20 and 10 (c) 10 and 20 (d) 10 and 2
6. A binary operation * is defined by x*y = xy. if x*2 = 12 – x, find the possible
values of x (a) –3,–4 (b) 3, 4 (c) 3, –4 (d) –3, 4
7. A man earns ₦3500 per month out of which he spends 15% on his children’s
education. If he spends additional ₦1950 on food, how much does he have left?
(a) ₦525 (b) ₦1025 (c) ₦1950 (d) ₦2975
8. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are ½ and 2/3 (a) 6x2 – 7x + 4 = 0 (b) 6x2 –
7x + 2 = 0 (c) 6x2 + 7x + 2 = 0 (d) 6x2 + 7x – 2 = 0 (e) 6x2 – 7x – 2 = 0
9. Factorize completely 4u2 – 36uv – uv + 9v2 (a) (4u + v)(u + 9v) (b) (4u + v)(u – 9v)
(c) (4u – v)(u – 9v) (d) (4u – v)(u + 9v)
10. If P is a set of all prime factors of 30 and Q is a set of all factors of 18 less than 10.
Find P∩Q (a) {3} (b) {2, 3} (c) {2, 3, 5} (d) {1, 2}
11.
P Q

R
From the diagram above, the shaded part represent (a) (P ∩Q)∪ (P∩ R) (b)
(P ∪Q)(P ∪ R) (c) (P ∪Q)∪(P ∪ R) (d) ( P ∩Q ) ∩ ( P ∩ R )

12. Find the distance between the points ( 12 , 12 ) and ( −12 ,− 12 ) (a) √ 3 (b) √ 2 (c) 1 (d) 0
13. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 156o. How many sides does it have? (a)
6 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 12 (e) 15
14. If 9x2 + 6xy + 4y2 is a factor of 27x3 – 8y3, find the other factor (a) 3x – 2y (b) 2y –
3x (c) 2y + 3x (d) 3x + 2y
15. Solve for x and y respectively in the simultaneous linear equation: –2x – 5y = 3, x
+ 3y = 0 (a) –3, –9 (b) 9, –3 (c) –9, 3 (d) 3, –9
16. Solve the inequality (x + 4)(x – 1) ≤ 0 (a) 4 ≤ x ≤ –1 (b) –1 ≤ x ≤ 4 (c) –4 ≤ x ≤ –1
(d) 1 ≤ x ≤ 4
 17. y – 2x = 2
x–y=1
(a) x = –4, y = –3 (b) x = –3, y = –4 (c) x =0, y = 3 (d) x = 4, y = 3 (e) x = 3, y = 3
18. Factorize 8x2 – 19x + 6 (a) (x – 2)(8x – 3) (b) (x – 2)(8x + 3) (c) (x – 16)(x – 3) (d)
(x + 2)(8x – 3) (e) (8x – 2)(x – 3)
19. Find the equation of a line perpendicular to line 2y = 5x + 4 which passes through
(4, 2) (a) 5y – 2x – 18 = 0 (b) 5y – 2x + 18 = 0 (c) 5y + 2x – 2 = 0 (d) 5y + 2x – 18
=0
20. Find the equation of the line passing through the points (–2, 1) and (–½, 4) (a) y =
2x – 3 (b) y = 2x + 5 (c) y = 3x – 2 (d) y = 2x + 1
21. Determine the gradient of a line passing through points (–1, 2) and (2, –3) (a) –5
(b) 3/5 (c) –5/3 (d) –3/5
22. Calculate the distance between points A(6, 5) and B(2, 5) (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 5
(e) 5
23. Find the number of ways that the letters of the word EXCELLENCE be arranged?
10 ! 10 ! 10 ! 10 !
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2! 2 ! 2 ! 4!2! 4!2!2! 2! 2 !
24. A committee of 5 members is to be chosen from a group of 6 men and 4 women.
How many committees are possible if there are to be 3 men and 2 women in each
group? (a) 24ways (b) 120ways (c) 720ways (d) 96ways

( )( )( )( )
−1 −3 1 3 −1 3 1 3

(
2 −3
) 5
25. If P = 1 1 , what is P-1? (a) −1
5
−2
(b)
5
−1
5
−2
(c)
5
−1
5
2
(d)
5
−1
5
2
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

( ) ( ) ( )
3 −4 1 4 −1 3 −4 0 −3
26. Given that P = 5 0 2 find PT (a) 3 −4 1 (b) 5 1 0 (c)
4 −1 −3 5 0 2 4 −3 −1

( ) ( ) ( )
1 −3 2 3 5 4 3 5 4
−1 3 5 (d) −4 0 −1 (e) −4 0 −4
4 0 −4 1 2 −3 −1 2 −3

| |
0 3 2
27. Find the value of 1 7 8 (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) –1 (d) –2
0 5 4
28. The probability that a student passes a physics test is 2/3. If he takes three physics
tests, what is the probability he passes two of the tests? (a) 4/9 (b) 6/9 (c) 4/27 (d) 2/27
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequenc 18 22 20 16 10 14
y
The table above represent the outcomes of throwing a die 100 times. What is the
probability of obtaining at least a 4? (a) 1/5 (b) ½ (c) 2/5 (d) ¾
29. A box contains 2 white and 3 blue identical balls. If two balls are picked at
random, one after the other, without replacement; what is the probability of
picking two balls of different colours (a) 3/5 (b) 2/3 (c) 7/20 (d) 3/10
30. If temperature t is directly proportional to heat h and t = 200C when h = 50J, find t
when h = 60J (a) 240C (b) 200C (c) 340C (d) 300C
31. P varies jointly as m and u varies inversely as q. given that p = 4, m = 3, and u = 2
when q = 1, find the value of p when m = 6, u = 4 and q = 8/5 (a) 10 (b) 288/5 (c) 128/5
(d) 15
32. U is inversely proportional to the cube of V and U = 81 when V = 2, find U when
V = 3 (a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 32 (d) 36
33. An arc subtends an angle of 500 at the center of a circle of radius 6cm. calculate
the area of the sector formed. (a) 80/7 cm2 (b) 90/7 cm2 (c) 100/7cm2 (d) 110/7 cm2
34. A square tile has side 30cm, how many of those tiles will cover a rectangular floor
of length 7.2m and width 4.2m (a) 720 (b) 336 (c) 420 (d) 576
35. A chord of a circle subtends an angle of 1200 at the center of a circle of diameter
4 √ 3 cm. calculate the area of the major sector (a) 32πcm2 (b) 2πcm2 (d) 8πcm2 (d)
16πcm2
36. A solid metal cube of side 3cm is placed in a rectangular tank of dimensions 3, 4,
and 5cm. what volume of water can the tank now hold? (a) 48cm3 (b) 60cm3 (c)
27cm3 (d) 33cm3
37. Determine the volume of a cone whose vertical height is 12cm and base radius
7cm. (take π = 22/7) (a) 419cm3 (b) 516cm3 (c) 616cm3 (d) 621cm3 (e) 718cm3
38. If y= ( 2 x +1 )3, find dy/dx (a) 6 ( 2 x+ 1 )2 (b) 3 ( 2 x +1 )2 (c) 6(2x + 1) (d) 3(2x + 1)
1 1
39. If y = x2 – 1/x, find dy/dx (a) 2 x− 2 2
2 (b) 2x + x (c) 2x – x (d)
2 x+ 2
x x
40. If y = x sinx, find dy/dx (a) cos x + sin x (b) sin x + x cosx (c) sin x – cos x (d) cos x
– x sin x
41. From a point Z, 60m north of X, a man walks 60√ 3m eastwards to another point
Y. find the bearing of Y from X (a) 0300 (b) 0400 (c) 0600 (d) 0900
42. X

2m
Z
0
120
1m
Y
Find the length XZ in the triangle (a) √ 7m (b) √ 6m (c) √ 5m (d) √ 3m
43. Find the standard deviation of 2, 3, 8, 10, and 11 (a) 3.9 (b) 4.9 (c) 5.9 (d) 6.9
44. If the variance of 3 + x, 6, 4, x and 7 – x is 4 and the mean is 5, find the standard
deviation (a) 3 (b) √ 2 (c) √ 3 (d) 2
45. If the mean of the data 40, 38, y, y, x, 32 is 36, what is the relationship between x
and y (a) 2y + x = 216 (b) x + 2y = 110 (c) 2y + x = 106 (d) 2x – y = 36
46. If the mean and median of the distribution, 170, 230, x, 215 and 235 are (210, y).
find the values of x and y respectively (a) 215 and 200 (b) 210 and 215 (c) 210 and
200 (d) 200 and 215

( )
1+ x −1 1 2
1 −x 1 1
47. Integrate dx (a) 2 x 2− + k (b) − +k (c)
2
− −k (d) x − +k
x
3
x 2x
2
x 2 x x
2
48. What is the first derivative of y = sin (5x) with respect to x (a) 5 sin 5 xcos 5 x (b)
2 sin 5 xcos 5 x (c) 15 sin 5 xcos 5 x (d) 10 sin 5 x cos 5 x
1 1
49. If y=x 2 + √ x , find dy/dx (a) 2 x+ x 2 (b) 2 x− −1 (c) 2 x−x 2 (d) 2 x+ −1
1 −1

2x 2 2x 2
3 1 2 3 2
50. If tanθ= , find the value of sin θ+cos θ (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 1
4 3 3 5 5
−1 3
2 4
4 × 16
51. Simplify 1 (a) ¼ (b) ½ (c) 1 (d) 2 (e) 4
2
4
52. Find the common difference respectively of an A.P whose 4th term is 24 and 11th
term is 52. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 14 (d) 12
3 y+ 5
53. Given that x= , find the value of y when x = 1½ (a) 2/3 (b) -1/2 (c) 12/3 (d) ½
2
54. A man invested ₦5000 for 9months at 4%. What is the simple interest (a) ₦150
(b) ₦220 (c) ₦130 (d) ₦250
55. A binary operation * is defined over R, the set of all real numbers such that x*y =
x2 + 2y. find x*y if x = 4 and y = 12 (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 32
56. What is the size of each interior angle of a 12–sided polygon? (a) 1200 (b) 1500 (c)
300 (d) 1800
57. A solid metal cube of side 3cm is placed in a rectangular tank of dimensions 3, 4,
and 5cm. what volume of water can the tank now hold? (a) 48cm3 (b) 60cm3 (c)
27cm3 (d) 33cm3
58. A chord of radius 10cm subtends an angle of 1200 at the center of the circle.
Calculate the area of the segment bounded by the chord and the minor arc (a)
104.8cm2 (b) 43.3cm2 (c) 61.5cm2 (d) 122.0cm2
59. A fair die is tossed twice. What is the probability of getting a sum greater than or
equal to 7? (a) 5/12 (b) 1/8 (c) 7/12 (d) ¾
60. If three unbiased coins are tossed, find the probability that they are all heads (a) 1/9
(b) 1/8 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3
61. Prof Andy is to choose 3 beautiful girls from 7 girls, what is the number of
possible ways the girls can be chosen? (a) 10 (b) 35 (c) 20 (d) 32
62. Calculate the length of the straight line joining the points (–1, 0) and (2, –2) (a)
√ 6 units (b) √ 13 units (c) 2 √5 units (d) √ 2units
63. If K = {t: −2<t ≤ 5} and L ={t: −5 ≤ t<3 } are subsets of µ = {t: −6 ≤ t<7 }, find
−1
K ∩ L. (a) {–6, –5, –4} (b) {–6, –5, –4, –3} (c) {–5, –4, –3} (d) {–5, –4, –3, –2}
(e) {–5, –4, –3, 6}
64. Calculate the principal which amounts to ₦624,000.00 in 7 years at 8% per annum
simple interest. (a) ₦450,000.00 (b) ₦405,000.00 (c) ₦400,000.00 (d)
₦350,000.00 (e) ₦300,000.00
65. What is the common ratio of the G.P ( √ 10+ √ 5 ) + ( √ 10+2 √ 5 ) + … (a) 5 (b) √ 2 (c)
√ 5 (d) 3
66. Find the sum to infinity of the series ¼, 1/12, 1/36, … (a) 2/3 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/3
log 3 9−log 3 8 −1 1 1 −1
67. Evaluate (a) (b) (c) (d)
log 3 9 3 2 3 2
68. A man stands on a tree 150cm high and sees a boat at an angle of depression of
740. find the distance between the boat from the base of the tree. (a) 52cm (b)
43cm (c) 40cm (d) 15cm
69. If angle θ is 1350, evaluate cos θ (a)
1
(b)
√2 (c) −√ 2 (d) −1
2 2 2 2
1 1
70. Evaluate ∫ ¿ ¿ (a) sin 4 x−cos 3 x +k (b) sin 4 x+ cos 3 x+ k (c) sin 4 x − cos 3 x+ k (d)
4 3
1 1
sin 4 x + cos 3 x + k
4 3
71.