Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
(a) A man travels from a village X on a bearing of 060° to a village Y which is 20km away. From Y, he travels to a village Z, on a bearing of 195°. If Z is directly east of X, calculate, correct to three significant figures, the distance of :
(i) Y from Z ; (ii) Z from X .
(b) An aircraft flies due South from an airfield on latitude 36°N, longitude 138°E to an airfield on latitude 36°S, longitude 138°E.
(i) Calculate the distance travelled, correct to three significant figures ; (ii) if the speed of the aircraft is 800km per hour, calculate the time taken, correct to the nearest hour.
[Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\), R = 6400km].
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1995 THEORYSolve: \(\frac{y + 1}{2} - \frac{2y - 1}{3}\) = 4
- A. y = 19
- B. y = -19
- C. y = -29
- D. y = 29
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has ____ members
- A. 37
- B. 109
- C. 170
- D. 108
The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.02cms-1. Find the rate at which the area is increasing when the radius of the circle is 7cm.
- A. 0.75cm2S-1
- B. 0.53cm2S-1
- C. 0.35cm2S-1
- D. 0.88cm2S-1
If \(T = \begin{pmatrix} -2 & -5 \\ 3 & 8 \end{pmatrix}\), find \(T^{-1}\), the inverse of T.
- A. \(\begin{pmatrix} -8 & -5 \\ 3 & 2 \end{pmatrix}\)
- B. \(\begin{pmatrix} -8 & -5 \\ 3 & -2 \end{pmatrix}\)
- C. \(\begin{pmatrix} -8 & -5 \\ -3 & 2 \end{pmatrix}\)
- D. \(\begin{pmatrix} -8 & -5 \\ -3 & -2 \end{pmatrix}\)
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle ABC with /AB/ = 7.5cm, /BC/ = 8.1cm and< ABC = 105°.
(b) Locate a point D on BC such that /BD/ : /DC/ is 3 : 2.
(c) Through D, construct a line I perpendicular to BC.
(d) If the line I meets AC at P, measure /BP/.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1995 THEORYFind the 17term of the Arithmetic Progression (A.P):-6,-1,4
- A. -91
- B. -86
- C. 74
- D. 79
Which of the following is used to determine the mode of a grouped data?
- A. Bar chart
- B. Frequency polygon
- C. Ogive
- D. Histogram
Find the coordinates of the centre of the circle \(3x^{2}+3y^{2} - 4x + 8y -2=0\)
- A. (-2,4)
- B. (\(\frac{-2}{3}, \frac{4}{3}\))
- C. (\(\frac{2}{3}, \frac{-4}{3}\))
- D. (2, -4)
Simplify \(\frac{\log_{5} 8}{\log_{5} \sqrt{8}}\).
- A. -2
- B. \(\frac{-1}{2}\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{2}\)
- D. 2




