A thousand ways to pass basic mathematics examination

101.The graph of cumulative frequency distribution is called
  • A. Frequency polygon
  • B. Frequency distribution curve
  • C. Frequency curve
  • D. Ogive
102.A ……… variation is one whose values convey the concept of attribute rather than number
  • A. Quantitative
  • B. Qualitative
  • C. Discrete
  • D. Continuous
103.A company employs 100 people, 65 of whom are men. 60 people including all the women are paid weekly. The number of the men that are paid weekly is
  • A. 35
  • B. 40
  • C. 25
  • D. 30
104.In a survey of villagers, it is found that 20% of the people have visited Kano and 25% have visited Port Harcourt. If 5% have been to both cities, then the percentage that have visited neither Kano nor Port Harcourt is
  • A. 75%
  • B. 65%
  • C. 50%
  • D. 60%
105.The length of a rectangle is three times its width. If the perimeter is 72 cm,the width of the rectangle is
  • A. 6cm
  • B. 8cm
  • C. 9cm
  • D. 10cm
106.A frustum of a pyramid is 3cm square at the top and 6cm square at the bottom and is 5cm high. The volume in cm3 of the frustum is
  • A. 15
  • B. 150
  • C. 105
  • D. 115
107.If x = 2, then (x - 1)(2x - 3) =
  • A. 1
  • B. 3
  • C. -1
  • D. 0
108.What is sin30 ?
  • A. ½
  • B. 3/2
  • C. 0.866
  • D. 1
109. Given the list of numbers array(1, 6, 3, 9, 16, 11, 2, 9, 5, 7, 12, 13, 8), what is the median?
  • A. 7
  • B. 8
  • C. 9
  • D. 11
110.What is the slope of the line that is perpendicular to y - 2x = 1?
  • A. 2
  • B. -2
  • C. ½
  • D. -½
111.What is the sum of the first 40 even positive integers?
  • A. 1,600
  • B. 1,560
  • C. 820
  • D. 1,640
112.What is the length of an arc of a circle with a radius of 5 if it subtends an angle of 60° at the center?
  • A. 3.14
  • B. 5.24
  • C. 10.48
  • D. 2.62
113.(1.28 x 10⁴) ÷ (6.4 x 10²) equals
  • A. 2 x 10⁻⁵
  • B. 2 x 10⁻¹
  • C. 2 x 10⁰
  • D. 2 x 10¹
114.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. N216
  • B. N200
  • C. N184
  • D. N144
115.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
116.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
117.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
118.Evaluate correct to 4 decimal places 827.51 x 0.015.
  • A. 8.8415
  • B. 12.4127
  • C. 124.1265
  • D. 12.4120
119.Express 130 kilometres per second in metres per hour
  • A. 7.8 x 10⁵
  • B. 468 x 10⁶
  • C. 7800000
  • D. 4.68 x 10⁶
120.Find the square root of 170-20√30
  • A. 2√10-5√3
  • B. 3√5-8√6
  • C. 2√5-5√6
  • D. 5√5-2√6