PARENTS ASSISTED RUDIMENTARY PROGRAM (PARP)

YELLOW HOUSE, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE

MATHEMATICS TEST (UTME PREP)

Instructions: Attempt all questions on your OMR Sheet. All undefined symbols have their usual meanings. Use
HB pencil ONLY. Please do not shade any four corners on the OMR sheet. Write your Name boldly on your
OMR Sheet. If the options provided doesn’t include the answer, shade E.

1. Simplify 5. X varies directly as Y 2 and X = 4 when

√ √ √ √ Y = 6, find the value of Y when X = 16
( 3 − 2)(2 3 + 2)
√ (a) 12
(a) 4−√ 2 6 (b) 36
(b) 1 − √6 (c) 2/3
(c) 4 + 2√ 6 (d) 48
(d) 4− 6

2. The nth term of a sequence is defined by

 n+1 6. Find the sum of the first 11 terms of an A.P.
13 with first term 2 and the common difference 3.
Bn = 3
3
(a) 197
Find B5 : B6
(b) 187
(a) 3 (c) 157
(b) 6 (d) 200
(c) 9
(d) 27

3. A lady invested a sum of money at 4% per an- 7. Given: U = {Even numbers between 0 and
num simple interest. Find the sum invested, if 30}, P= {Multiples of 6 between 0 and 30},
after 3 years it amounts to 7,000 Naira Q= {Multiples of 4 between 0 and 30}. Find
(P ∪ Q)c
(a) 5833.33 Naira
(b) 6250.00 Naira (a) {0, 10, 14, 22, 26}
(c) 6160.00 Naira (b) {2, 4, 14, 18, 26}
(d) 5500.00 Naira (c) {0, 2, 6, 22, 26}
(d) {2, 10, 14, 22, 26}

4. Simplify the series

1 − y + y 2 − y 3 + ...
8. If a < b and c < d, where a, b, c, d > 0. Which
Where −1 < y < 1 of the following is not necessarily true?

(a) (1 + y)(1 − y) (a) −c > −d

(b) (1 − y)−1 (b) 1/a > 1/b
(c) (1 + y)−1 (c) ac < bd
(d) 0 (d) ad < bc

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 9. What is k if 4x2 + 5x + k is a perfect square? 14. A man and his wife want to buy an article cost-
ing 400 Naira.The woman has 10% of the cost
(a) 25/8 and the man has 40% of the remainder.How
(b) 25/64 much did they have altogether?
(c) 25/16
(d) 25/4 (a) 144 Naira
(b) 200 Naira
(c) 184 Naira
(d) 216 Naira

10. Express 26 + 23 + 1 as a number in base 2

15. Given K158 = 3025 , where K is an integer.
(a) 1010012 Find the value of K
(b) 10100012
(c) 1010112 (a) 3
(d) 10010012 (b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4

11. Find the value of x such that

16. The 3rd and 5th terms of a linear sequence are
log5 (x + 2) + log5 (x − 2) = 1
6 and 0 respectively. Calculate the sum of the
first term and common difference.
(a) 3
(b) 4
(a) 9
(c) 5
(b) 15
(d) 6
(c) -9
(d) -15

12. Let ⊗ and ⊕ be two binary operations such that 17. Let ⊙ be a binary operation defined by

a ⊗ b = a2 b a ⊕ b = 2a + b a ⊙ b = 4ab

Find (2 ⊗ 3) ⊕ (6 ⊗ 7). Find (a ⊙ b) ⊙ a

(a) 256 (a) 4a2 b

(b) 276 (b) 16aa b
(c) 286 (c) 16ab2
(d) 275 (d) 4ab2

18. Let AB and CD be such that AB ∥ CD.

Let M N meets AB and CD at points P
13. Find the possible values of a such that x + a is and Q respectively. If ∠BP Q is 30◦ , what is
a factor of P (x) = ax3 − ax2 + a3 + 16 ∠P QD?

(a) 2, −2 (a) 60◦

(b) 3, −3 (b) 30◦
(c) 2, 3 (c) 150◦
(d) 4, −4 (d) 120◦

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 19. For what ranges of values of p does the equa- 25. If x + 1 is a factor of x3 + 3x2 + mx + 4, find
tion x2 − px2 + p + 3 all to have real roots? the value of m

(a) −2 < p < 6 (a) 6

(b) −6 < p < 2 (b) -8
(c) p<2 (c) 8
(d) p < −2 and p > 6 (d) -6

20. Simplify
(243)n/5 × 32n+1 26. Express the recurring decimal 0.pppp... as a
9n × 3n−1 common fraction
(a) 1
(a) p/6
(b) 2
(b) 1/3
(c) 9
(c) p/9
(d) 3n
(d) ppp/100

21. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the A.P

3 + 10 + 17 + ...
27. If  x−3
 a x−1 b
(a) 321 =
(b) 415 b a
(c) 345 then the value of x is?
(d) 315
(a) 1/2
(b) 1
22. Approximate 0.00629946 to 3 significant fig- (c) 2
ures (d) 7/2

(a) 0.00
(b) 0.006
(c) 630
(d) 0.00630 28. Find the remainder when the expression x5 +
4x3 − x2 + 1 is divided by x − 1

(a) −5
23. Factorize 2y 2 − 15xy + 18x2
(b) −1
(c) 1
(a) (2y + 3x)(y − 6x)
(d) 5
(b) (2y − 3x)(y + 6x)
(c) (2y − 3x)(y − 6x)
(d) (3y + 2x)(y − 6x)

29. Given that α and β are the roots of

24. Which of the following is true ? x2 + 5 = 7x
evaluate α + αβ + β
(a) An integer need not be a whole number
(b) Irrational numbers are necessarily inte- (a) 12
gers (b) 7
(c) Every prime numbers are odd numbers (c) 2
(d) None of the above (d) −2

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 30. Find the point (p, q) for which lines L1 : 2x + 35. Solve the inequality
y − 2 = 0 and L2 : x − 3y − 1 = 0 intercept
1 1 1
x+ > x+1
(a) (−1, 0) 2 3 3
(b) (1, 0)
(c) (0, 1)
(d) (0, −1) (a) x<6
(b) x>4
(c) x>7
(d) x<4

31. Express the ratio

3 4 5
: : 36. Find g in terms of T and L in the equation
4 5 6
s
in the simplest form L
T = 2π
g
(a) 16: 25: 36
(b) 12: 20: 30 (a) g = 4π 2 L/T 2
(c) 45: 48: 50 (b) g = 2π 2√L/T√2
(d) 9: 12: 25 (c) g = 2π L/ T
(d) g = 4πL/T 2

32. If a student measured the length of a table to

be 2.30m instead of 2.50m, what was the per- 37. The sum of the digits in a 2-digit number is 13.
centage error in measuring the length of the With the digits interchanged, the new number
table? exceeds the original number by 27.The original
number is
(a) 9.0%
(b) 8.0% (a) 76
(c) 7.0% (b) 67
(d) 10.0% (c) 58
(d) 49

33. Find the pair (x, y) such that we have 2x + y −

38. Solve the inequality |2x − 1| < 5
5 = 3x + 3y − 6 = 0
(a) −2 < x < 3
(a) (1, 3)
(b) 3<x<5
(b) (3, −1)
(c) −3 < x < 2
(c) (3, 1)
(d) 5<x<7
(d) (−1, 3)

39. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 10,

34. If log10 (x + 3) + log10 (x + 2) = log10 (2x2 − 8), n(B) = 15 and n(A ∪ B) = 20. How many
find the value of x subsets can be obtained from the set A ∩ B ?

(a) 7 (a) 30
(b) -7 (b) 35
(c) 4 (c) 32
(d) -4 (d) 25

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 40. Evaluate
473312 − 5EE912 + T 97E12 where T and
E stands for digits ten and eleven respec-
tively.

(a) 94E5
(b) 1T 56
(c) 7293
(d) 10245

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