Waec Further Mathematics 2019 Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• WAEC 2019

(a) In a bakery, 30% of loaves of bread produced are of bad quality. If twelve loaves are selected at random from the bakery, calculate, correct to four decimal places. the probabshty of getting
(i) exactly 6 bad ones:
(ii) at least 4 bad ones;
(ii) no bad one.

(b) A group consists of 8 boys and 5 girls. A committee of 7 members is chosen from the group. Find the probability that the committee is made up of 4 boys and 3 girls.

Question 52:

• WAEC 2019

(a) P(-1, 4), Q(2, 3), R(x, y) and S(-2, 3) are the verticles of a parallelogram. Find the value of x and y.
(b) A particle starts from rest and moves in a straight line. It attains a velocity of 20ms\(^{-1}\) after travelling a distance of 8 metres. Calculate;
(ii) Iis acceleration
(ii) the time taken to travel 40 metres

Question 53:

• WAEC 2019

Forces(5N, 030\(^o\)), (PN, 060\(^o\)), (QN, 150\(^o\)), (3N, 180\(^o\)) and (5N, 270\(^o\)) act on a body . If the system is in quilibrium, find, correct to one decimal place, the values of P and Q

Question 54:

• WAEC 2019

(a) Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line joining (7, -5) and (-2, 7) externally in the ration 3 : 2.
(b) Without using calculators or mathematical tables, evaluate \(\frac{2}{1 + \sqrt{2}}\) - \(\frac{2}{2 + \sqrt{2}}\), leaving the answer in the form p + q\(\sqrt{n}\), where p, q and n are integers.

Question 55:

• WAEC 2019

How many terms of the series -3 -1 + 1 +..... add up to 165?