Post Utme University Of Lagos Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

Ann goes swimming regularly. She wants to Improve her fitness, 30 she decides to swim 10 lengths in the first session and increase the number of lengths she swims by 2 every session. When she reaches 50
lengths in a session she will not increase the number any further. If Ann asks her friend Joy to come swimming with her. Joy starts coming at Sue's 5th session. Joy starts to swim 15 lengths and increases the number of the lengths hy 5 each time. After how many of Joy's sessions does she swim the same number of lengths as Ann?

A. 10
B. 5
C. 11
D. 4

Question 22:

A dealer increased the price of an item by 20%, then increased the price of the same item by 30%. If x is the original price what is the price after the two increment?

A. 1.5x
B. 1.56x
C. X+0.5
D. X+0.56
E. X+6

Question 23:

Two dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the two number obtained is greater than 10?

A. 1/12
B. 1/36
C. 1/6
D. 1/4
E. 1/2

Question 24:

If x and y are two real numbers such that 3x + 2y = 5 and 5x + 4y = 9, then 4x + 3y =?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7

Question 25:

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
E. None of the above