Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
Find the value of x at the minimum point of the curve y = x3 + x2 - x + 1
- A. 1/3
- B. -1/3
- C. 1
- D. -1
Simplify \(\frac{25 \frac{2}{3} \div 25 \frac{1}{6}}{( \frac{1}{5})^{-\frac{7}{6}} \times ( \frac{1}{5})^{\frac{1}{6}}}\)
- A. 25
- B. \(\frac{1}{5}\)
- C. 1
- D. \(\frac{1}{25}\)
Simplify (0.09)2 and give your answer correct to 4 significant figures
- A. 0.81
- B. 0.081
- C. 0.0081
- D. 8.0001
A binary operation ⊕ on real numbers is defined by x⊕y = xy + x + y for any two real numbers x and y. The value of (-3/4)⊕6 is
- A. 3/4
- B. -9/2
- C. 45/4
- D. -3/4
Express \(\frac{2}{3 - \sqrt{7}} \text{ in the form} a + \sqrt{b}\), where a and b are integers.
- A. \(6 + \sqrt{7}\)
- B. \(3 + \sqrt{7}\)
- C. \(3 - \sqrt{7}\)
- D. \(6 - \sqrt{7}\)
If the mean of the numbers 0, (x+2), (3x+6), and (4x+8) is 4, find their mean deviation.
- A. 0
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4
The table shows the ages(in years) of twenty children chosen at random from a community. What is the mean age? \(\begin{array}{c|c} Age(years) & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline {\text {Number of children}} & 2 & 3 & 5 & 6 & 4 \end{array}\)
- A. 4.46 years
- B. 3.35 years
- C. 3.30years
- D. 3.00 years
Find the number whose logarithm to base 10 is 2.6025
- A. 0.0004
- B. 4.004
- C. 40.04
- D. 400.4
Write down the first three terms of the binomial expansion \((1 + ax)^{n}\) in ascending powers of x. If the coefficients of x and x\(^{2}\) are 2 and \(\frac{3}{2}\) respectively, find the values of a and n.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORYThe identity element with respect to the multiplication shown in the diagram below is \(\begin{array}{c|c} \otimes & p & p & r & s \\ \hline p & r & p & r & p
\\ q & p & q & r & s\\ r & r & r & r & r\\ s & q & s & r & q\end{array}\)
- A. p
- B. q
- C. r
- D. s

