JAMB Mathematics Past Questions (2016)

A man bought a second-hand photocopying machine for $\text{N}34,000$. He serviced it at a cost of $\text{N}2,000$ and then sold it at a profit of $15\%$. What was the selling price?

In the figure above, $PQST$ is a parallelogram and $TSR$ is a straight line. If the area of $\triangle PQT$ is $20\text{cm}^2$, find the area of the trapezium $PQRT$.

Solve the inequality $-2x < 5 - x$.

$\frac{0.0001432}{1940000} = k \times 10^n$ where $1 < k < 10$ and $n$ is an integer. Find the value of $K$ and $n$.

If $y = x^2 - x - 12$, find the range of values of $x$ for which $y \ge 0$.

Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose interior angle is twice the exterior angle.

The identity element with respect to the element shown in the table above is

When the expression $pm^2 + qm + 1$ is divided by $(m-1)$, it has a remainder $2$ and when divided by $(m+1)$ the remainder is $4$. Find $p$ and $q$ respectively.

Without using tables, evaluate $\log_2 4 + \log_4 2 - \log_{25} 5$

In how many ways can a delegation of $3$ be chosen from $5$ men and $3$ women, if at least $1$ man and $1$ woman must be included?