Waec 1990 Mathematics Past Questions And Answers

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1

Two groups of male students cast their vote on a particular proposal. The results are as follows:

In favorAgainst
Group A12832
Group B9648

If a student is chosen at random, what is probability that he is against the proposal?

  • A. 3/19
  • B. 4/19
  • C. 5/19
  • D. 9/19
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2

(a) If a number is chosen at random from the integers 5 to 25 inclusive, find the probability that the number is a multiple of 5 or 3.

(b) A bag contains 10 balls that differ only in colour; 4 are blue and 6 are red. Two balls are picked one after the other, with replacement. What is the probability that:

(i) both are red? (ii) both are the same colour?

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3

(a) Simplify \(\frac{0.016 \times 0.084}{0.48}\) [Leave your answer in standard form].

(b) Eight wooden poles are to be used for pillars and the lengths of the poles form an Arithmetic Progression (A.P). If the second pole is 2m and the sixth is 5m, give the lengths of the poles, in order.

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4

(a) Find the volume of a right solid cone of base radius 4cm and perpendicular height 6cm. [π=3.142]

(b) A hemispherical tank of diameter which is 10m is filled by water issuing from a pipe of radius 20cm at 2m per second. Calculate, correct to three significant figures, the time, in minutes, it takes to fill the tank.

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5

Evaluate using the logarithm table, log(0.65)2

  • A. 1.6258
  • B. 0.6272
  • C. 0.6258
  • D. 3.6258
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6

Show on a graph, the area which gives the solution set of the inequalities: \(y - 2x \leq 4 ; 3y + x \geq 6 ; y \geq 7x - 9\).

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7

If 32x = 27, what is x?

  • A. 1
  • B. 1.5
  • C. 4.5
  • D. 18
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8

A carpenter was told to make a rectangular desk with top of dimension 50cm by 40cm. The carpenter actually made the desk 60cm by 35cm.

(a) Calculate the percentage error in the (i) length and the breadth ; (ii) area of the table top.

(b) Find the product of the two errors in a(i).

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9

If the shadow of a pole 7m high is 1/2 its length what is the angle of elevation of the sun, correct to the nearest degree?

  • A. 90°
  • B. 63°
  • C. 60°
  • D. 26°
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10

The following is an incomplete table for the relation \(y = 2x^{2} - 5x + 1\)

x-3-2-1012345
y81-126

(a) Copy and complete the table.

(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x- axis and 2cm to 10 units on the y- axis, draw the graph of the relation \(y = 2x^{2} - 5x + 1\) for \(-3 \leq x \leq 5\).

(c) Using the same scale and axes, draw the graph of \(y = x + 6\).

(d) Estimate from your graphs, correct to one decimal place : (i) the least value of y and the value of x for which it occurs ; (ii) the solution of the equation \(2x^{2} - 5x + 1 = x + 6\).

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