Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
(a) Lamin bought a book for N300.00 and sold it to Bola at a profit of x%. Bola then sold the same book at a profit of x%. If James paid \(N(6x + \frac{3}{4})\) more for the book than Lamin paid, find the value of x.
(b) Find the range of values of x which satisfies the inequality \(3x - 2 < 10 + x < 2 + 5x\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORYFind the area of the figure bounded by the given pair of curves y = x2 - x + 3 and y = 3
- A. 17/6 units (sq)
- B. 7/6 units (sq)
- C. 5/6 units (sq)
- D. 1/6 units (sq)
In a certain class, 22 pupils take one or more of Chemistry, Economics and Government. 12 take Economics (E), 8 take Government (G) and 7 take Chemistry (C). Nobody takes Economics and Chemistry and 4 pupils take Economics and Government.
(a)(i) Using set notation and the letters indicated above, write down the two statements in the last sentence; (ii) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the information.
(b) How many pupils take (i) both Chemistry and Government ? (ii) Government only?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 THEORY(a) Find the smallest integer that satisfies the inequality \(x + 8 < 4x - 15\).
(b) A sales girl is paid a monthly salary of N2,500 in addition to a commission of 5 kobo in the naira on all sales made by her during the month. If her sales for a month amounts to N200,000.00, calculate her income for that month.
(c)
The diagram shows a window consisting of a rectangular and semi- circular parts. The radius of the semi- circular part is 35 cm and the height of the rectangular part is 50 cm. Find the area of the window. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)].
An object is 6m away from the base of a mast. If the angle of depression of the object from the top of the mast is 50°, find, correct to 2 decimal places, the height of the mast.
- A. 8.60m
- B. 7.83m
- C. 7.51m
- D. 7.15m
The table shows the distribution of goals scored by 25 teams in a football competition. Calculate the probability that a team selected at randon scored either 4 or 7 goals.

- A. \(\frac{9}{25}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{5}\)
- C. \(\frac{6}{25}\)
- D. \(\frac{2}{5}\)
(a) Use the trapezium rule with five ordinates to evaluate \(\int_{0} ^{1} \frac{3}{1 + x^{2}} \mathrm {d} x\), correct to four significant figures.
(b) If \(A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 1 \\ 3 & 2 \end{pmatrix}\), find the image of the point (1, 2) under the linear transformation \(A^{2} + A + 2I\), where I is the \(2 \times 2\) unit matrix.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYSimplify and express in standard form \(\frac{0.00275 \times 0.0064}{0.025 \times 0.08}\)
- A. 8.8 x 10-1
- B. 8.8 x 10-2
- C. 8.8 x 10-3
- D. 8.8 x 103
In the diagram below, AB//CD, the bisector of ?BAC and ?ACD meet at E. Find the value of ?AEC
- A. 30°
- B. 45°
- C. 60°
- D. 90°
A curve is such that when y = 0, x = -2 or x = 3. Find the equation of the curve
- A. y = \(x^2 - 5x - 6\)
- B. y = \(x^2 + 5x - 6\)
- C. y = \(x^2 + x - 6\)
- D. y = \(x^2 - x - 6\)

