Sets Jamb Mathematics Past Questions

Question 1

A group of market women sell at least one of yam, plantain, and maize. 12 of them sell maize, 10 sell yam, and 14 sell plantain. 5 sell plantain and maize, 4 sell yam and maize, 2 sell yam and plantain only while 3 sell all the three items. How many women are in the group?

jamb 1979

  • A. 25
  • B. 19
  • C. 18
  • D. 17
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Question 2

In a class of 50 students, 40 students offered Physics and 30 offered Biology. How many offered both Physics and Biology?

jamb 2019

  • A. 42
  • B. 20
  • C. 70
  • D. 54
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Question 3

A group of market women sell at least one of yam, plantain and maize. 12 of them sell maize, 10 sell yam and 14 sell plantain. 5 sell plantain and maize, 4 sell yam and maize, 2 sell yam and plantain only while 3 sell all the three items. How many women are in the group?

jamb 2021

  • A. 25
  • B. 19
  • C. 18
  • D. 17
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Question 4

Tope bought X oranges at N5.00 each and some mangoes at N4.00 each. if she bought twice as many mangoes as oranges and spent at least N65.00 and at most N130.00, find the range of values of X.

jamb 1988

  • A. 4≤X≤5
  • B. 5≤X≤8
  • C. 5≤X≤10
  • D. 8≤X≤10
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Question 5

Let P = {1, 2, u, v, w, x}; Q = {2, 3, u, v, w, 5, 6, y} and R = {2, 3, 4, v, x, y}.

Determine (P-Q) ∩ R

jamb 1999

  • A. {1, x}
  • B. {x y}
  • C. {x}
  • D. ɸ
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