Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Find the distance between two towns P(45°N, 30°W) and Q(15°S, 30°W) if the radius of the earth is 7000km. [\(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
- A. \(\frac{1100}{3}\)km
- B. \(\frac{2200}{3}\)km
- C. \(\frac{22000}{3}\)km
- D. \(\frac{1100}{3}\)km
Evaluate using the logarithm table, log(0.65)2
- A. 1.6258
- B. 0.6272
- C. 0.6258
- D. 3.6258
A bag contains 24 mangoes out of which six are bad. If 6 mangoes are selected randomly from the bag with replacement, find the probability that not more than 3 are bad.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 THEORYFactorize completely 9y2 - 16X2
- A. (3y - 2x)(3y + 4x)
- B. (3y + 4x)(3y + 4x)
- C. (3y + 2x)(3y - 4x)
- D. (3y - 4x)(3y + 4x)
When the expression pm2 + qm + 1 is divided by (m - 1), it has a remainder is 4, Find p and q respectively
- A. 2, -1
- B. -1, 2
- C. 3, -2
- D. -2, 3
(a) In a bakery, 30% of loaves of bread produced are of bad quality. If twelve loaves are selected at random from the bakery, calculate, correct to four decimal places. the probabshty of getting
(i) exactly 6 bad ones:
(ii) at least 4 bad ones;
(ii) no bad one.
(b) A group consists of 8 boys and 5 girls. A committee of 7 members is chosen from the group. Find the probability that the committee is made up of 4 boys and 3 girls.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 THEORYA farmer uses \(\frac{2}{5}\) of his land to grow cassava, \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the remaining for yam and the rest for maize. Find the part of the land used for maize
- A. \(\frac{2}{15}\)
- B. \(\frac{2}{5}\)
- C. \(\frac{2}{3}\)
- D. \(\frac{4}{5}\)
If (x - a) is a factor of bx - ax + x2, find the other factor.
- A. (x + b)
- B. (x - b)
- C. (a + b)
- D. (a - b)
Two particles are fired together along a smooth horizontal surface with velocities 4 m/s and 5 m/s. If they move at 60° to each other, find the distance between them in 2 seconds.
- A. \(2\sqrt{61}\)
- B. \(\sqrt{42}\)
- C. \(2\sqrt{21}\)
- D. \(2\sqrt{10}\)
If \(\begin{vmatrix} 4 & x \\ 5 & 3 \end{vmatrix} = 32\), find the value of x.
- A. 4
- B. 2
- C. -2
- D. -4

