NUMBER AND NUMERATION - Jamb Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

Question 166:

• JAMB 1979

The annul profits of a transport business were divided between the partners A and B in the ratio 3 : 5. If B received N3000 more than A, the total profit was

A. N5000
B. N1800
C. N12000
D. N24000
E. N8000

Question 167:

• JAMB 1979

A trader goes to Ghana for y days with y cedis. For the first x days, he spends X cedis per day. The amount he has to spend per day for the rest of his stay is

A. \(\frac{y(y - x)}{y - x}\) cedis
B. \(\frac{Yy - Xx)}{y - x}\) cedis
C. \(\frac{Y - Xy)}{y - x}\) cedis
D. \(\frac{Y - X}{y - x}\) cedis
E. \(\frac{Y - Xx}{y - x}\) cedis

Question 168:

• JAMB 1979

Rationalize the denominator of the expression \(\frac{6 + 2\sqrt{5}}{4 - 3\sqrt{6}}\)

A. \(\frac{12+ 4\sqrt{5 + 7} 5 + 6\sqrt{3}}{39}\)
B. \(\frac{-(24 + 18\sqrt{6} + 8\sqrt{5} + 6\sqrt{30})}{39}\)
C. \(\frac{24 + 3\sqrt{6 + 8} 5 + 6\sqrt{30}}{19}\)
D. \(\frac{-15 + 3\sqrt{5 + 18} 5 + 6\sqrt{30}}{36}\)
E. \(\frac{-(12 + 4\sqrt{5} +9\sqrt{6} + 3\sqrt{30})}{19}\)

Question 169:

• JAMB 1979

Simplify \(\frac{5^x \times 25^{x - 1}}{125^{x + 1}}\)

A. 5^{2x + 1}
B. 5^{x + 1}
C. 5^-5
D. 5²
E. 5³

Question 170:

• JAMB 1979

Simplify 2\(\frac{5}{12}\) - 1\(\frac{7}{8}\) x \(\frac{6}{5}\)

A. \(\frac{1}{6}\)
B. \(\frac{13}{20}\)
C. \(\frac{11}{30}\)
D. \(\frac{9}{4}\)
E. \(\frac{5}{3}\)