Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Integrate the expression 6x2 - 2x + 1
- A. 3x3 - 2x2 + x + c
- B. 2x3 - x2 + x + c
- C. 2x3 – 3x2 + c
- D. x3 + x2 – x + c
A woman bought 130 kg of tomatoes for 52,000.00. She sold half of the tomatoes at a profit of 30%. The rest of the tomatoes began to go bad, she then reduced the selling price per kg by 12%. Calculate:
(a) the new selling price per kg;
(ii) the percentage profit on the entire sales if she threw away 5 kg of bad tomatoes.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 THEORY| Marks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Number of students | m + 2 | m - 1 | 2m - 3 | m + 5 | 3m - 4 |
The table shows the distribution of marks scored by some students in a test.
(a) If the mean mark is \(3\frac{6}{23}\), find the value of m.
(b) Find the : (i) interquartile range
(ii) probability of selecting a student who scored at least 4 marks in the test.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 THEORYEvaluate \(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{4}of\frac{2}{5}\div 1\frac{3}{5}\)
- A. \(\frac{15}{16}\)
- B. \(\frac{11}{16}\)
- C. \(\frac{49}{50}\)
- D. \(3\frac{1}{5}\)
(a) If \(\varepsilon\) is the set \({1, 2, 3,..., 19, 20}\) and A, B and C are subsets of \(\varepsilon\) such that A = { multiples of five}, B = {multiples of four} and C = {multiples of three}, list the elements of (i) A ; (ii) B ; (iii) C ;
(b) Find : (i) \(A \cap B\) ; (ii) \(A \cap C\) ; (iii) \(B \cup C\).
(c) Using your results in (b), show that \((A \cap B) \cup (A \cap C) = A \cap (B \cup C)\).
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYPQR is a sector of a circle centre O, radius 4cm. If PQR = 30o, find, correct to 3 significant figures, the area of sector PQR. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
- A. 4.19cm2
- B. 8.38cm2
- C. 10.5cm2
- D. 20.9cm2
Given that \(p = \begin{pmatrix} 5 \\ 3 \end{pmatrix}, q = \begin{pmatrix} -1 \\ 2 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(r = \begin{pmatrix} 17 \\ 5 \end{pmatrix}\) and \(r = \alpha r + \beta q\), where \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are scalars, express q in terms of r and p.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2016 THEORYEvaluate \(5\frac{2}{5}\times \left(\frac{2}{3}\right)^2\div\left(1\frac{1}{2}\right)^{-1}\)
- A. \(\frac{8}{25}\)
- B. \(\frac{12}{25}\)
- C. \(3\frac{3}{5}\)
- D. \(4\frac{1}{8}\)
Find the probability that a number selected at random from 41 to 56 is a multiple of 9
- A. 1/8
- B. 2/15
- C. 3/16
- D. 7/8
M varies directly as n and inversely as the square of p. If M= 3 when n = 2 and p = 1, find M in terms of n and p.
- A. \(\frac{3n}{2p^2}\)
- B. \(\frac{2n}{3p^2}\)
- C. \(\frac{2n}{3p}\)
- D. \(\frac{3n^2}{2p^2}\)

