Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
If g(x) = x2 + 3x find g(x + 1) - g(x)
- A. (x + 2)
- B. 2(x + 2)
- C. (2x + 1)
- D. (x2 + 4)
If log3x2 = -8, what is x?
- A. \(\frac{1}{3}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{9}\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{27}\)
- D. \(\frac{1}{81}\)
A group of students measured a certain angle
(to the nearest degree) and obtained the following
results: 75o, 76o, 72o, 73o, 74o, 79o, 72o, 72o, 77o,
72o, 71o, 70o, 78o, 73o. Find the mode
- A. 79°
- B. 78°
- C. 74°
- D. 72°
Calculate the distance between points L(-1, -6) and M(-3, -5)
- A. √5
- B. 2√3
- C. √20
- D. √50
The 4th term of an A.P. is 13 while the 10th term is 31. Find the 24th term
- A. 89
- B. 75
- C. 73
- D. 69
A man sells different brands of an items. \(^1/_9\) of the items he has in his shop are from Brand A, \(^5/_8\) of the remainder are from Brand B and the rest are from Brand C. If the total number of Brand C items in the man's shop is 81, how many more Brand B items than Brand C does the shop has?
- A. 243
- B. 108
- C. 54
- D. 135
The table gives the distribution of heights in metres of 100 students.
| Height | 1.40-1.42 | 1.43-1.45 | 1.46-1.48 | 1.49-1.51 | 1.52-1.54 | 1.55-1.57 | 1.58-1.60 | 1.61-1.63 |
| Freq | 2 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
(a) Calculate the : (i) mean height ; (ii) mean deviation of the distribution.
(b) What is the probability that the height of a student selected at random is greater than the mean height of the distribution?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORY(a) Without using Mathematical tables or calculators, evaluate \(\frac{0.09 \times 1.21}{3.3 \times 0.00025}\), leaving the answer in standard form (Scientific Notation).
(b) A principal of GH¢5,600 was deposited for 3 years at compound interest. If the interest earned was GH¢1,200, find, correct to 3 significant figures, the interest rate per annum.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2016 THEORYThe shaded portion in the venn diagram is

- A. x ∩ z
- B. x' ∩ y ∩ z
- C. x ∩ y' ∩ z
- D. x ∩ y ∩ z'
If three staff of TramBoma Limited agreed to share their salary arrears in the ration of their ages, which are 18 years, 20 years, 22 years respectively. If the sum of the money collected is N120,000.00K, How much does the second staff received?
- A. N36,000
- B. N44,000
- C. N40,000
- D. N15,000

