Waec 2016 Mathematics Past Questions And Answers
The figure is a pie chart which represents the expenditure of a family in a year. If the total income of the family was Le 10,800,000.00, how much was spent on food?

- A. Le 2,250,000.00
- B. Le 22,700,000.00
- C. Le 3,600,000.00
- D. Le 4,500,000.00
The ratio of the exterior angle to the interior angle of a regular polygon is 1:11. How many sides has the polygon?
- A. 30
- B. 24
- C. 18
- D. 12
A fair die is thrown two times. What is the probability that the sum of the scores is at least 10?
- A. \(\frac{5}{36}\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{6}\)
- C. \(\frac{5}{18}\)
- D. \(\frac{2}{3}\)
Find the fourth term in the expansion of \((3x - y)^{6}\).
- A. \(-540x^{3}y^{3}\)
- B. \(-540x^{4}y^{2}\)
- C. \(-27x^{3}y^{3}\)
- D. \(540x^{4}y^{2}\)
The diagram, MOPQ is a trapezium with QP||MO, MQ||NP, NQ||OP, |QP| = 9cm and the height of Δ QNP = 6cm, calculate the area of the trapezium.

- A. 96cm2
- B. 90cm2
- C. 81cm2
- D. 27cm2
On a map, 1cm represent 5km. Find the area on the map that represents 100km2.
- A. 2cm2
- B. 4cm2
- C. 8cm2
- D. 8cm2
The marks of eight students in a test are: 3, 10, 4, 5, 14, 13, 16 and 7. Find the range
- A. 16
- B. 14
- C. 13
- D. 11
Given that \(\tan x = \frac{5}{12}\), and \(\tan y = \frac{3}{4}\), Find \(\tan (x + y)\).
- A. \(\frac{16}{33}\)
- B. \(\frac{33}{56}\)
- C. \(\frac{33}{16}\)
- D. \(\frac{56}{33}\)
Find the unit vector in the direction of \(-2i + 5j\).
- A. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{29}}(2i + 5j)\)
- B. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{29}}(-2i + 5j)\)
- C. \(\frac{1}{29}(2i - 5j)\)
- D. \(\frac{1}{29}(-2i - 5j)\)
The mean of the numbers 1, 4, k, (k + 4) and 11 is (k + 1). Calculate the :
(a) value of k ;
(b) standard deviation.
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