FURTHER MATHEMATICS Past Questions And Answers
A stone is dropped vertically downwards from the top of a tower of height 45m with a speed of 20 ms\(^{-1}\). Find the :
(a) time it takes to reach the ground ;
(b) speed with which it hits the ground. [Take \(g = 10 ms^{-2}\)].
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORY| Marks | 5 - 7 | 8 - 10 | 11 - 13 | 14 - 16 | 17 - 19 | 20 - 22 |
| Frequency | 4 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 8 |
The table above shows the marks obtained by 100 pupils in a test. Find the upper class boundary of the class containing the third quartile.
- A. 13.0
- B. 16.0
- C. 16.5
- D. 22.5
Forces of magnitude 8N and 5N act on a body as shown below. Calculate, correct to 2 d.p., the resultant force acting at O.

- A. 14.06N
- B. 13.00N
- C. 9.83N
- D. 8.26N
Two forces \(F_{1} = (10N, 020°)\) and \(F_{2} = (7N, 200°)\) act on a particle. Find the resultant force.
- A. (3 N, 020°)
- B. (3 N, 200°)
- C. (17 N, 020°)
- D. (17 N, 200°)
A circular ink blot on a piece of paper increases its area at the rate \(4mm^{2}/s\). Find the rate of the radius of the blot when the radius is 8mm. \([\pi = \frac{22}{7}]\).
- A. 0.20 mm/s
- B. 0.08 mm/s
- C. 0.25 mm/s
- D. 0.05 mm/s
The position vector of a particle of mass 3 kg moving along a space curve is given by \(r = (4t^{3} - t^{2})i - (2t^{2} - t)j\) at any time t seconds. Find the force acting on it at t = 2 seconds.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 THEORYFind the radius of the circle \(2x^2 + 2y^2 - 4x + 5y + 1 = 0\)
- A. \(\frac{\sqrt33}{4}\)
- B. \(\frac{\sqrt5}{6}\)
- C. \(\frac{5}{6}\)
- D. \(\frac{33}{4}\)
In how many ways can a committee of 3 women and 2 men be chosen from a group of 7 men and 5 women?
- A. 500
- B. 350
- C. 720
- D. 210
The gradient ofy= 3x\(^2\) + 11x + 7 at P(x.y) is -1. Find the coordinates of P.
- A. (-3, -2)
- B. (-2,-3)
- C. (-2,3)
- D. ( 2,3)
(a) Write down the first four terms of the binomial expansion of \((2 - \frac{1}{2})^{5}\) in ascending powers of x.
(b) Use your expansion in (a) above to find, correct to two decimal places, the value of \((1.99)^{5}\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2007 THEORY

\(s = ut + \frac{1}{2} gt^{2}\)