Post Utme Federal Scholarship Board Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

A customer paid you $\mathrm{\$}600$ for construction work, out of which, $3/5$ of the total amount was spent on the purchase of materials and $1/5$ of the remaining was spent on traveling. How much is left after all the deductions?

A. $\mathrm{\$}120$
B. $\mathrm{\$}190$
C. $\mathrm{\$}192$
D. $\mathrm{\$}240$

Question 7:

A man rows a boat at a speed of $15\mathrm{mph}$ in still water. Find the speed of the river if it takes her 4 hours 30 minutes to row a boat to a place 30 miles away and return.

A. $5\mathrm{mph}$
B. $10\mathrm{mph}$
C. $12\mathrm{mph}$
D. $20\mathrm{mph}$

Question 8:

What is the LCM of $147/64$ and $30/44?$

A. $735/2$
B. $735/704$
C. $3/704$
D. $3/735$

Question 9:

The average of 7 numbers is 60 . The average of the first three numbers is 50 , while the average of the last three is 70 . What must be the remaining number?

A. 75
B. 65
C. 60
D. 55

Question 10:

Two trains for Palwal leave Kanpur at 10 am and 10:30 am and travel at the speeds of $60\mathrm{Kmph}$ and $75\mathrm{Kmph}$ respectively. After how many kilometers from Kanpur will the two trains be together?

A. 250
B. 150
C. 100
D. 200