FURTHER MATHEMATICS Past Questions And Answers
If the polynomial \(f(x) = 3x^{3} - 2x^{2} + 7x + 5\) is divided by (x - 1), find the remainder.
- A. -17
- B. -7
- C. 5
- D. 13
Four fair coins are tossed once. Calculate the probability of having equal heads and tails.
- A. \(\frac{1}{4}\)
- B. \(\frac{3}{8}\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
- D. \(\frac{15}{16}\)
The line \(y = mx - 3\) is a tangent to the curve \(y = 1 - 3x + 2x^{3}\) at (1, 0). Find the value of the constant m.
- A. -4
- B. -1
- C. 3
- D. 4
The displacement S metres of a particle from a fixed point O at time t seconds is given by \(S = t^{2} - 6t + 5\).
(a) On a graph sheet, draw a displacement- time graph for the interval \(0 \leq x \leq 6\).
(b) From the graph, find the : (i) time at which the velocity is zero ; (ii) average velocity over the interval \(0 \leq x \leq 4\) ; (iii) total distance covered in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq 5\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORY(a) Two functions p and q are defined on the set of real numbers, R, by p : y \(\to\) 2y +3 and q : y -> y - 2. Find QOP
(b) How many four digits odd numbers greater than 4000 can be formed from 1,7,3,8,2 if repetition is allowed?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2020 THEORY(a) Forces \(F_{1} = \begin{pmatrix} -5 & 4 \end{pmatrix} N; F_{2} = \begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 5 \end{pmatrix} N; F_{3} = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & -1 \end{pmatrix} N\) and \(F_{4} = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & -5 \end{pmatrix} N\) act on a body. Find the :
(i) resultant of these forces ; (ii) fifth force that will keep the body in equilibrium.
(b) A body moving at 20 ms\(^{-1}\) accelerates uniformly at 2.5 ms\(^{-2}\) for 4 seconds. It continues the journey at the speed for 8 seconds, before coming to rest in t seconds with a uniform retardation. If the ratio of the acceleration to the retardation is 3 : 4,
(i) sketch the velocity- time graph of the journey ; (ii) find t ; (iii) find the total distance of the journey.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2008 THEORYEvaluate \(\begin{pmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}\).
- A. (13, 11)
- B. (11, 13)
- C. \(\begin{pmatrix} 13 \\ 11 \end{pmatrix}\)
- D. \(\begin{pmatrix} 11 \\ 13 \end{pmatrix}\)
The deviations from the mean of a set of numbers are \((k+3)^{2}, (k+7), -2, \text{k and (} k+2)^{2}\), where k is a constant. Find the value of k.
- A. 3
- B. 2
- C. -2
- D. -3
(a) A bag contains 5 blue, 4 green and 3 yellow balls. All the balls are identical except for colour. Three balls are drawn at random without replacement. Find the probability that : (i) all three balls have the same colour ; (ii) two balls have the same colour.
(b) The table shows the ranks of the marks scored by 7 candidates in Physics and Chemistry tests.
| Physics | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Calculate the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORYFind the coefficient of \(x^{3}\) in the expansion of \([\frac{1}{3}(2 + x)]^{6}\).
- A. \(\frac{135}{729}\)
- B. \(\frac{149}{729}\)
- C. \(\frac{152}{729}\)
- D. \(\frac{160}{729}\)


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