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POST - UTME PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MATHEMATICS

1. In base ten, the number 101101 (base 2) equals C (A) 15 (B) 4 (C) 45 (D)
32 (E) 90 ANSWER: C

2. If sin x equals cosine x, what is x in radians? C(A) π/2 (B) π/3 (C) π/4 (D)
π/6 (E) π/12 ANSWER: C

3. The derivative of cosec x is (A) tan x cosec x (B) –cot x cosec x (C) tan x sec
x (D) –cot x sec x (E) cot x cosec x ANSWER: B

4. A man bought a television set on hire purchase for ₦25,000, out of which
he paid ₦10,000. If he is allowed to pay the balance in eight equal
installments, find the value of each installment. (A) ₦1,250 (B) ₦1,578 (C)
₦1,875 (D) ₦3,125. ANSWER: C

5. Find the principal which amount to =N= 4,400 at simple interest in 5years
at 2% per annum. (A) =N=3,800 (B) =N=5.200 (C) =N=5,000 (D) =N=4,000
ANSWER: D
6. Mr. Robson bought bags of orange for ₦2,500 each. He sold them for
₦90,000 at a loss of 20%. How many bags of orange did he buy? (A) 60 (B)
80 (C) 50 (D) 45 ANSWER: D

7. A rectangular picture 6cm by 8cm is enclosed by a frame ½cm wide.

Calculate the area of the frame. (A) 15sq.cm (B) 20sq.cm (C) 13sq.cm (D)
16sq.cm (E) 17sq.cm ANSWER: A

8. A solid cylinder of radius 3cm has a total surface area of 36𝜋𝐶 2 Find its
height. (A) 2cm (B) 3cm (C) 4cm (D) 5cm (E) 6cm ANSWER: B

9. A square of cardboard is taped at the perimeter by a piece of ribbon 20cm

long. What is the area of the board? (A) 20sq.cm (B) 25sq.cm (C) 36sq.cm
(D) 100sq.cm (E) 16sq.cm ANSWER: B

10.A triangle has angles 30◦, 15◦ and 135◦, the side opposite to the angle 30◦
is length 6cm. The side opposite to the angle 135◦ is equal to (A) 12cm (B)
6cm (C) 6√2cm (D) 12√2cm (E) 6√3cm ANSWER:C

11.If the hypotenuse of a right angled isosceles triangle is 2, what is the

length of each of the other sides? (A) √2 (B) 1/√2 (C) 2/√2 (D) 1 (E) √2 −1
ANSWER: A

12.Divide the LCM OF 36,54 and 90 by their HCF (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 45
ANSWER: C
13.If (25)x-1 = 64(5⁄2)6, then x has the value (A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 32 (D) 64 (E)5
ANSWER: B

14.When a dealer sells a bicycle for N81 he makes a profit of 8%. What did
he pay for the bicycle? (A) N73 (B) N74.52 (C) N75 (D) N75.52 (E) N87.48
ANSWER: C

15.Write the decimal number 39 to base 2. A(A) 100111 (B) 110111 (C)
111001 (D) 100101 (E) 19.5 ANSWER: A

16.A father is now three times as old as his son. Twelve years ago, he was six
times as old as his son. How old are the son and the father? (A) 20 and 45
(B) 100 and 150 (C) 45 and 65 (D) 35 and 75 (E) 20 and 60 ANSWER: E

17.If x2 + 4 = 0, then x = ? (A) 4 (B) -4 (C) 2 (D) -2 (E) none of these ANSWER:
E

18.A cuboid has a diagonal of length 9cm and a square base of side 4cm.
What is its height? (A) 9cm (B) √65cm (C) 4√2cm (D) 7cm (E) 6.5cm
ANSWER: B.

19.A cylinder of height h and radius r is open at one end. Its surface area is
(A) 2πrh (B) πr2h (C) 2πrh+2πr2 (D) πrh+πr2 (E) 2πrh+πr2 ANSWER: E
20.A pyramid is constructed on a cuboid. The figure has (A) 12 faces (B) 13
vertices (C) 14 edges (D) 15 edges (E) 16 edges ANSWER: E

21.If y = 5cos (-6x), dx/dy is (A) 30sin (-6x) (B) 5sin (-6x) (C) -30sin (-6x) (D) -
30cos (-6x) ANSWER: A

22.Find the variance of the numbers k, k + 1, k + 2 (A) ⅓ (B) 3 (C) ⅔ (D) 1

ANSWER: C

23.At what value of x is the function y = x2 - 6x - 7 minimum (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6

(D) 2 ANSWER: A

24.Divide the L.C.M. of 36, 54 and 90 by their HCF (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 45
ANSWER: C

25.Simplify 4⅓ – (2½ - 1 ⅗) (A) 7/30 (B) 2 ½ (C) 3 ⅟ 10 (D) 3 13/30 ANSWER:

D

26.If x : y = ⅔ : ⅚ and y : z = ¾ : ½, find x : y : z (A) 21 : 15 : 10 (B) 15 : 12 : 10

(C) 12 : 15 : 10 (D) 10 : 15 : 12 ANSWER: C

27.Find the value of x if 4logx + 5logx – 7logx = log16 (A) 2 (B) 4(C) 8 (D) 16
ANSWER: B

28.A motorist drives from P to Q at an average speed of 80 km/hr and

immediately returns from Q to P through the same route at an average
speed of 50km/hr. The average speed for the round-trip journey is (A)
53.3 km/hr (B) 60.0 km/hr (C) 62.5 km/hr (D) 65.0 km/hr ANSWER: A
29.Find all values of x satisfying the inequality -14 ≤ 4 – 3x ≤ 31 (A) -6 ≤ x ≤ 9
(B) -9 ≤ x ≤ 6 (C) 5 ≤ x ≤ 8 (D) 6 ≤ x ≤ 12 ANSWER: B

30.Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose interior angle is twice
the exterior angle. (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 ANSWER: B

31.Find the value of p, if the line which passes through (-1, -p) and (-2p, 2) is
parallel to the line 2y + 8x – 17 = 0 (A) 6/7 (B) 4/7 (C) ⅖ (D) –6/7 ANSWER:
A

32.Obtain a maximum value of the function f(x) = x3 - 12x + 11 (A) -15 (B) 27
(C) 15 (D) 20 ANSWER:B

33.Find the distance between points A(-4, 5) and B(-3, 2) (A) 10 (B) 2√5 (C) 3
(D) √10 ANSWER: D

34.Rationalize (4√7 + √2)/(√2 - √7) (A) -√14 - 6 (B) 2√14 - 6 (C) -3√14 - 28 (D)
√14 – 8 ANSWER: A

35.Justice Starts a 5km walk from P on a bearing 023◦. He then walks 4km on
a bearing of 113◦ to Q. What is the bearing of Q from P? (A) 67.4◦ (B) 23◦
(C) 90.4◦ (D) 113◦ ANSWER: C

36.Given the list of numbers {1, 6, 3, 9, 16, 11, 2, 9, 5, 7, 12, 13, 8}, what is
the median? (A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 11 ANSWER: C
37.The length of rectangle is three times its width. If the perimeter is 72 cm,
the width of the rectangle is (A) 8cm (B) 10cm (C) 6cm (D) 9cm ANSWER:
D

38.(1.28 x 104) ÷ (6.4 x 102) equals (A) 2 x 10-5 (B) 2 x 10-1(C) 2x 100 (D) 2 x
101 (E) 2 x 105 ANSWER:D

39.A man and wife went to buy an article costing N400. The woman had 10%
of the cost and the man 40% of the remainder. How much did they have
altogether? (A) ₦216 (B) ₦200 (C) ₦184 (D) ₦144 (E) ₦100 ANSWER: C

40.Add the same number to the numerator and denominator of 3/18. If the
resulting fraction is ½, then the number added is(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 12
(E) 11 ANSWER: D

41.After getting a rise of 15%, a man’s new monthly salary is N345. How
much per month did he earn before the increase? (A) N330 (B) N396.75
(C) N300 (D) N293.25 (E) N360 ANSWER: C

42.Assuming loge 4.4 = 1.4816 and loge 7.7 = 2.0142, then the value of loge
¼ is (A) 0.5326 (B) 3.4958 (C) 0.4816 (D) 0.0142 (E) 1.3594 ANSWER: A

43.The sum of 37/8 and 11/3 is less than the difference between 3/8 and
12/3 by (A) 32/3 (B) 5¼ (C) 6½ (D) 0 (E) 81/8 ANSWER: C

44.Two distinct sectors in the same circle subtend 1000 and 300 respectively
at the center of the circle. Their corresponding arcs are in the ratio(A)
1:100 (B) 3:1 (C) 5:2 (D) 10:3 (E) 13:30 ANSWER: D
45.What is the number whose logarithm to base 10 is .3482? (A) 223.6 (B)
0.2228 (C) 2.235 (D)22.37 (E) 0.02229 ANSWER: E

46.A steel ball of radius 1cm is dropped into a cylinder of radius 2cm and
height 4cm. If the cylinder is now filled with water, what is the volume of
the water in the cylinder? (A) 44/3□cm3 (B)12 □cm3 (C) 38/3 □cm3 (D)
40/3 □cm3 (E) 32/33□cm3 ANSWER: A

47.When a dealer sells a bicycle for ₦81 he makes a profit of 8%. What did
he pay for the bicycle? (A) ₦73 (B) ₦74.52 (C) ₦75 (D) ₦75.52 (E) ₦87.48
ANSWER: C

48.Write the decimal number 39 to base 2. A(A) 100111 (B) 110111 (C)
111001 (D) 100101 (E) 19.5 ANSWER: A

49.Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4. (A) 2.5 (B) 2.0 (C) 1.0 (D) 1.5 (E)
1.2 ANSWER: C

50.If M represents the median and D the mode of the measurements 5, 9, 3,

5, 7, 5, 8, D then (M, D)is (A) (6, 5) (B) (5, 8) (C) (5, 7) (D) (5, 5) (E) (7, 5)
ANSWER: D

51.In a basket of fruits, there are 6 grapes, 11 bananas and 13 oranges. If one
fruit is chosen at random, what is the probability that the fruit is either a
grape or a banana? (A) 17/30 (B) 11/30 (C) 6/30 (D) 5/30 (E) 7/3 ANSWER:
A
52.In a school, 220 students offer Biology or Mathematics or both, 125 offer
Biology and 110 Mathematics. How many offer Biology but not
Mathematics? (A) 95 (B) 80 (C) 125 (D) 110 (E) 120 ANSWER: D

53.In a school, there are 35 students in Class 2A and 40 in class 2B. The mean
score for class 2A in an English literature examination is 60.0 and that for
2B in the same paper is 52.5. Find to one place of decimals, the mean for
the combined classes. (A) 1.5 (B) 56.0 (C) 56.2 (D) 56.3 (E) 56.5 ANSWER:B

54.In a soccer competition in one season, a club had scored the following
goals: 2, 0, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4, 0, 0, 5, 1, 0, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4 and 1. The mean, median
and mode are respectively (A) 1, 1.8 and 1.5 (B) 1.8, 1.5 and 1 (C) 1.8, 1
and 1.5 (D) 1.5, 1 and 1.8 (E)1.5, 1.8 and 1 ANSWER: B

55.7 pupils of average age 12 years leave a class of 25 pupils of average age
14 years. If 6 new pupils of average age 11 years join the class, what is the
average age of the pupils now in the class? (A) 13years (B) 12years 7½
months (C) 13years 5months (D) 13years 10 months (E) 11 years
ANSWER:A

56.A bag contains 4 white balls and 6 red balls. Two balls are taken from the
bag without replacement. What is the probability that they are both red?
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/9 (C) 2/15 (D) 1/5 (E) 3/5 ANSWER: E

57.Bola chooses at random a number between 1 and 300. What is the

probability that the B number is divisible by 4? (A) 1/3 (B) ¼ (C) 1/5 (D)
4/300 (E) 1/300 ANSWER: B

58.The population of a school is 1,376. Express this to three significant figures

(A) 1,370 (B) 1,376 (C) 1,380 (D) 138 ANSWER: C
 59.If X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, Y = {2, 4, 5, 7} and Z = {1, 4, 5} which of the following
is (are) correct?
I. n(X U Y U Z) = 13
II. (X ∩ Y) U Z = X ∩ (Y U Z)
III. n(X ∩ Y ∩ Z) = 2
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and III only
ANSWER: D

60 What is the sum of the first 40 even positive integers ? (A) 1,600 (B) 1,560
(C) 820 (D) 1,640 ANSWER: D

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