Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
A woman monthly salary is 50,000. She has five children and gives each of them 3,150 per month as pocket money. If she sees 10% of the salary on monthly basis. How much is left for her to spend on other contingencies?
- A. 17,750
- B. 29,250
- C. 28,700
- D. 20,700
Evaluate \(\begin{pmatrix} 2 & 3 \\ 4 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 2 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}\).
- A. (13, 11)
- B. (11, 13)
- C. \(\begin{pmatrix} 13 \\ 11 \end{pmatrix}\)
- D. \(\begin{pmatrix} 11 \\ 13 \end{pmatrix}\)
Tope had 30 kittens. After a bout of coccidiosis all but 13 died. How many kittens are left?
- A. 30
- B. 43
- C. 17
- D. 13
The table shows the frequency distribution of heights (in cm) of pupils in a certain school.
Heights | 100-109 | 110-119 | 120-129 | 130-139 | 140-149 | 150-159 | 160-169 |
Frequency | 27 | 58 | 130 | 105 | 50 | 25 | 5 |
(a) (i) Construct a cumulative frequency table. (ii) Use the table to draw a cumulative frequency curve.
(b) Using the curve, estimate the: (i)median height; (ii) inter quartile range (iii) percentage of students whose heights are most 130cm.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 THEORYThe probabilities that Atta and Tunde will hit a target in a shooting contest are \(\frac{1}{6}\) and \({1}{9}\) respectively. Find the probability that only one of them will hit the target.
- A. \(\frac{1}{54}\)
- B. \(\frac{41}{54}\)
- C. \(\frac{20}{27}\)
- D. \(\frac{13}{54}\)
Consider the statements:
x: The school bus arrived late
y: The student walked down to school
Which of the following can be represented by y ⇒ x?
- A. The school bus arrived early and Kate ran to school
- B. Mary walked to school because the school bus arrived late
- C. Either the school bus arrived late or Maryam walked to school
- D. Emmanuella did not go to school because the school bus arrived late
Simplify \(\frac{1}{x-3}-\frac{3(x-1)}{x^2 - 9}\)
- A. \(\frac{x-1}{x-3}\)
- B. \(\frac{-2}{x+3}\)
- C. \(\frac{x-1}{x+3}\)
- D. \(\frac{4x}{x^2-9}\)
A fair die is tossed 60 times and the results are recorded in the table
| Number of die | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Frequency | 15 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
Find the probability of obtaining a prime number.
- A. \(\frac{7}{30}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{6}\)
- C. \(\frac{7}{15}\)
- D. \(\frac{8}{15}\)
Three children were playing counting their fingers and toes. Talatu added her fingers together 5times, while Binta added one-foot toes 7times with three toes of the other foot. Funmi then added both her toes and fingers of the limb together. If both Funmi and Talatu’s results are added together what will be the total?
- (a) 80
- (b) 58
- (c) 70
- (d) 45
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Age & 20 & 25 & 30 & 35 & 40 & 45\\
\hline Number of people & 3 & 5 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 3\end{array}\)
Find the median age of the frequency distribution in the table above.
- A. 20
- B. 25
- C. 30
- D. 35

