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Question 1

jamb 2023

It takes 12 men 8 hours a day to finish a piece of work in 4 days. In how many days will it take 4 men working 16 hours a day to complete the same piece of work?

A6 days

B8 days

C10 days

D12 days

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Question 2

jamb 2023

200 tickets were sold for a show. VIP tickets costs ₦1,200 and ₦700 for regular. Total amount realised from the sale of the tickets was ₦180,000. Find the number of VIP tickets sold and the the number of regular ticket sold.

AVIP = 80, Regular = 100

BVIP = 60, Regular = 120

CVIP = 60, Regular = 100

DVIP = 80, Regular = 120

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Question 3

jamb 2023

Give the number of significant figures of the population of a town which has approximately 5,020,700 people

A7 significant figures

B3 significant figures

C4 significant figures

D5 significant figures

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Question 4

jamb 2023

A circle has a radius of 13 cm with a chord 12 cm away from the centre of the circle. Calculate the length of the chord.

A16 cm

B8 cm

C5 cm

D10 cm

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Question 5

jamb 2023

Use the graph of sin (θ) above to estimate the value of θ when sin (θ) = -0.6 for \(0^o ≤ θ ≤ 360^o\)

Aθ = 223\(^o\), 305\(^o\)

Bθ = 210\(^o\), 330\(^o\)

Cθ = 185\(^o\), 345\(^o\)

Dθ = 218\(^o\), 323\(^o\)

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Question 6

jamb 2023

A ship sets sail from port A (86\(^o\)N, 56\(^o\)W) for port B (86\(^o\)N, 64\(^o\)W), which is close by. Find the distance the ship covered from port A to port B, correct to the nearest km.

[Take \(\pi\) = 3.142 and R = 6370 km]

A62 km

B97 km

C389 km

D931 km

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Question 7

jamb 2023

The perimeter of an isosceles right-angled triangle is 2 meters. Find the length of its longer side.

A2 - \(\sqrt2\)

B-4 + 3\(\sqrt2\)

CIt cannot be determined

D-2 + 2\(\sqrt2\) m

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Question 8

jamb 2023

A student pilot was required to fly to an airport and then return as part of his flight training. The average speed to the airport was 120 km/h, and the average speed returning was 150 km/h. If the total flight time was 3 hours, calculate the distance between the two airports.

A270 km

B200 km

C360 km

D450 km

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Question 9

jamb 2023

PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find \(x\) + \(y\)

A50

B60

C15

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Question 10

jamb 2023

The area of a trapezium is 200 cm\(^2\). Its parallel sides are in the ratio 2 : 3 and the perpendicular distance between them is 16 cm. Find the length of each of the parallel sides.

A10 cm and 15 cm

B8 cm and 12 cm

C6 cm and 9 cm

D12 cm and 18 cm

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Question 11

jamb 2023

Study the given histogram above and answer the question that follows.

What is the total number of students that scored at most 50 marks?

A380

B340

C360

D240

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Question 12

jamb 2023

Find the volume of a cone which has a base radius of 5 cm and slant height of 13 cm.

A\(300\pi\) cm\(^3\)

B\(325\pi\) cm\(^3\)

C\(\frac{325}{3}\pi\) cm\(^3\)

D\(100\pi\) cm\(^3\)

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Question 13

jamb 2023

Which inequality describes the graph above?

A\(4y + 5x ≥ 20\)

B\(5y + 4x ≤ 20\)

C\(4y + 5x ≤ 20\)

D\(5y + 4x ≥ 20\)

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Question 14

jamb 2023

Find the value of x in the diagram above

A10 units

B15 units

C5 units

D20 units

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Question 15

jamb 2023

Calculate the area of the composite figure above.

A6048 m\(^2\)

B3969 m\(^2\)

C4628 m\(^2\)

D5834 m\(^2\)

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Question 16

jamb 2023

Solve the logarithmic equation: \(log_2 (6 - x) = 3 - log_2 x\)

A\(x\) = 4 or 2

B\(x\) = -4 or -2

C\(x\) = -4 or 2

D\(x\) = 4 or -2

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Question 17

jamb 2023

Tickets for the school play were priced at ₦520.00 each for adults and ₦250.00 each for kids. How many kids' tickets were sold if the total sales were ₦171,000.00 and there were 5 times as many adult tickets sold as children's tickets?

A20

B300

C50

D60

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Question 18

jamb 2023

The line \(3y + 6x\) = 48 passes through the points A(-2, k) and B(4, 8). Find the value of k.

A16

B20

D-2

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Question 19

jamb 2023

Find the value of the angle marked x in the diagram above

A60\(^0\)

B45\(^0\)

C90\(^0\)

D30\(^0\)

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Question 20

jamb 2023

The second term of a geometric series is \(^{-2}/_3\) and its sum to infinity is \(^3/_2\). Find its common ratio.

A\(^{-1}/_3\)

C\(^{4}/_3\)

D\(^{2}/_9\)

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