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UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
POST UME (2008/2009)
SECTION D: MATHEMATICS
1) The population of a village is 6538.
Express this number to three
significant figures
a. 6540
b. 6538
c. 6530
d. 654

2) What must be added to expression

18 to make a perfect square?

a. 9
b. 36
c. 72
d. 81

3) A bricklayer measured the length of
a wall to be 4.10m. if the actual
length of the wall is 4.25m, find his
percentage error.
a. 3.66%
b. 3.53%
c. 15%
d. 17%

4) A car is travelling at an average
speed of 80km

. Its speed in
meters per second is
a. 13.3

b. 22.2

c. 133.3

d. 222.2

5) A cylinder of base radius 4cm is open
at one end. If the ratio of the area of
its base to that of its curved surface
is 1:4, calculate the height of the
cylinder.
a. 1cm
b. 2cm
c. 4cm
d. 8cm

6) The area of a parallelogram is
513

and the height is 19cm.

calculate the base.
a. 13.5cm
b. 25cm
c. 27cm
d. 54cm

7) A headmaster contributes 7% of his
income into a fund and his wife
contributes 4% of her income. If the
husband earns N5,500 per annum
and the wife earns N4,000 per
annum, find the sum of their annual
contribution to the fund.
a. N1,045
b. N605
c. N545
d. N490
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8) Factorize 2

21 45
a. (2x 9)(x 5)
b. (2x -15)(x + 3)
c. (2x + 15)(x 3)
d. (2x 15)(x 3)

9) A town P is on bearing 315 from
town Q while town R is South of
town P and West of town Q. If town
R is 60km away from Q, how far is R
from P?
a. 30km
b. 42km
c. 45km
d. 60km

10) Thirty boys and X girls sat for a test.
The mean of the boys scores and
that of the girls were respectively 6
and 8. Find X if the total score was
468.
a. 38
b. 24
c. 36
d. 22

11) Ade and Uche can do a piece of work
in 18days. Ade can do it alone in
Xdays, whilst Uche takes 15days
longer to do it alone. Which of the
following equations describes X?
a.

5 18 0
b.

20 360 0
c.

21 270 0
d. 2

42 190 0

12) What is the probability that a
number chosen at random from the
integers between 1 and 10 inclusive
is either a prime or a multiple of 3?
a. 7/10
b. 3/5
c. 4/5
d.

13) A bag contains 4 white balls and 6
red balls. Two red balls are taken
from the bag without replacement.
What is the probability that they are
both red?
a. 1/5
b. 1/3
c. 2/15
d. 2/9

14) If y = x/(x-3) + x/(x+4). Find y when x
= -2
a. -3/5
b. 3/5
c. -7/5
d. 7/5

15) A man invests a sum of money at 4%
per annum simple interest. After
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3years, the principal amounts to N7,
000.00. Find the sum invested.
a. N7,840.00
b. N6,250.00
c. N6,160.00
d. N5,833.33