Waec Mathematics 1996 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• WAEC 1996

Find, correct to 1 decimal place, the volume of cylinder of height 8cm and base radius 3cm. [Take π = 3.142]

A. 503.0cm³
B. 300.0cm³
C. 250.0cm³
D. 226.2cm³
E. 150.9cm³

Question 22:

• WAEC 1996

One side of a rectangle is 8cm and the diagonal is 10cm. What is the area of the rectangle?

A. 80cm²
B. 48cm²
C. 40cm²
D. 36cm²
E. 24cm²

Question 23:

• WAEC 1996

two towns X and Y both on latitude 60^oS have longitude 27^oE and 33^oW respectively. Find to the nearest kilometers, the distance between X and Y measured along the parallel of latitude. [Take 2πR = 4 x 10⁴km, where R is the Radius of the earth]

A. 28850km
B. 16667km
C. 8333km
D. 6667km
E. 3333km

Question 24:

• WAEC 1996

The angle of a sector of a circle of radius 35cm is 288^o. Find the perimeter of the sector. [Take π = 22/7]

A. 246cm
B. 211cm
C. 141cm
D. 114cm
E. 44cm

Question 25:

• WAEC 1996

How many sides has a polygon if the sum of its interior angle is 1440^o?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
E. 10