JAMB and WAEC Mathematics questions

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Question 661· Progressions· JAMB
A geometric progression has first term 5 and common ratio 2. Find the sum of its first 4 terms.
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Answer: C. 75
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Question 662· Progressions· JAMB
The third term of an arithmetic progression is 11 and the seventh term is 27. Find the common difference.
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Answer: C. 4
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Question 663· Progressions· WAEC
Find the 12th term of the arithmetic progression 5, 8, 11, …
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Answer: D. 38
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Question 664· Progressions· WAEC
Find the sum to infinity of the G.P. 12, 6, 3, …
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Answer: A. 24
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Question 665· Progressions· JAMB
How many terms of the AP 3, 7, 11, ... must be added to give 210?
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Answer: B. 10
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Question 666· Progressions· WAEC
A geometric progression has first term 5 and common ratio −2. Find its 3rd term.
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Answer: D. 20
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Question 667· Progressions· WAEC
The sum of the first n terms of the arithmetic progression 3, 5, 7, ... is 120. Find n.
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Answer: B. 10
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Question 668· Progressions· WAEC
How many terms are in the arithmetic progression 5, 9, 13, ..., 81?
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Answer: B. 20
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Question 669· Sets· WAEC
In a class of 45 students, 28 like Mathematics, 22 like English and 9 like both. How many like neither?
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Answer: A. 4
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Question 670· Sets· WAEC
In a class of 40 students, 25 offer Biology and 20 offer Chemistry. If every student offers at least one of the two subjects, how many offer both?
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Answer: B. 5
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Question 671· Sets· WAEC
A = {x : x is a factor of 12}. Find n(A).
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Answer: B. 6
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Question 672· Sets· JAMB
If A is a subset of B, then A ∩ B is equal to
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Answer: A. A
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Question 673· Sets· WAEC
If U = {1, 2, …, 10} and P = {prime numbers in U}, then n(P′) is
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Answer: A. 6
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Question 674· Sets· JAMB
In a class of 40 students, 25 offer Physics, 22 offer Chemistry and 5 offer neither. How many offer both?
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Answer: C. 12
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Question 675· Sets· JAMB
How many subsets has the set {a, b, c, d}?
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Answer: A. 16
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Question 676· Sets· JAMB
If A ∪ B = A, then
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Answer: A. B is a subset of A
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Question 677· Sets· WAEC
n(U) = 30 and n(A) = 18. Find n(A′).
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Answer: C. 12
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Question 678· Sets· WAEC
A set has 32 subsets. How many elements does it have?
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Answer: C. 5
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Question 679· Sets· JAMB
How many elements has the set of factors of 12?
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Answer: B. 6
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Question 680· Sets· WAEC
If n(A) = 15, n(B) = 12 and n(A ∩ B) = 5, find n(A ∪ B).
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Answer: B. 22
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JAMB and WAEC Mathematics questions

A geometric progression has first term 5 and common ratio 2. Find the sum of its first 4 terms.

The third term of an arithmetic progression is 11 and the seventh term is 27. Find the common difference.

Find the 12th term of the arithmetic progression 5, 8, 11, …

Find the sum to infinity of the G.P. 12, 6, 3, …

How many terms of the AP 3, 7, 11, ... must be added to give 210?

A geometric progression has first term 5 and common ratio −2. Find its 3rd term.

The sum of the first n terms of the arithmetic progression 3, 5, 7, ... is 120. Find n.

How many terms are in the arithmetic progression 5, 9, 13, ..., 81?

In a class of 45 students, 28 like Mathematics, 22 like English and 9 like both. How many like neither?

In a class of 40 students, 25 offer Biology and 20 offer Chemistry. If every student offers at least one of the two subjects, how many offer both?

A = {x : x is a factor of 12}. Find n(A).

If A is a subset of B, then A ∩ B is equal to

If U = {1, 2, …, 10} and P = {prime numbers in U}, then n(P′) is

In a class of 40 students, 25 offer Physics, 22 offer Chemistry and 5 offer neither. How many offer both?

How many subsets has the set {a, b, c, d}?

If A ∪ B = A, then

n(U) = 30 and n(A) = 18. Find n(A′).

A set has 32 subsets. How many elements does it have?

How many elements has the set of factors of 12?

If n(A) = 15, n(B) = 12 and n(A ∩ B) = 5, find n(A ∪ B).