JAMB Mathematics · Number and Numeration
Number bases/Modular Arithmetic: JAMB Mathematics Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Number bases/Modular Arithmetic
Our summary: Writing numbers in bases other than ten, and working with remainders after division.
- Operations in different number bases from 2 to 10
- Conversion from one base to another including fractional parts
- Modular arithmetic
Objectives
- Perform four basic operations ()
- Convert one base to another
- Perform operations in modulo arithmetic
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JAMB Mathematics questions on Number bases/Modular Arithmetic
- JAMB 2025Convert 137 to base 5
- JAMB 2025If 54 ten = X four , find the value of X to 3 decimal point
- JAMB 2024Convert the number 10111.11 two to a mixed number.
- JAMB 2023Divide 1101001 two by 101 two
- JAMB 2023Find the value of y if 402 y = 102 ten
- JAMB 2022Evaluate (101 two )^3
- JAMB 2020Evaluate (212) 3 - (121) 3 + (222) 3
- JAMB 2018Calculate 243 six – 243 five expressing your answer in base 10
- JAMB 2018if y = 23 five + 101 three find y leaving your answer in base two
- JAMB 2018Add 54 eight and 67 eight giving your answers in base eight
- JAMB 2018If y = 23 five + 101 three , find y, leaving your answer in base two
- JAMB 2015Find x if 132x = 70 eight.
- JAMB 2015100112 + 2 + 111002 + 1012 = 10011112
- JAMB 2014Find the value of 1101112 + 101002
- JAMB 2013Convert 2710 to another number in base three
- JAMB 2012Convert 112 6 to a number in base three
- JAMB 2010Find r, if 6r7 8 = 511 9
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