Waec Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

Question 1281:

• WAEC 2009

(a) A woman looking out from the window of a building at a height of 30m, observed that the angle of depression of the top of a flag pole was 44°. If the foot of the pole is 25m from the foot of the building and on the same horizontal ground, find, correct to the nearest whole number, the (i) angle of depression of the foot of the pole from the woman ; (ii) height of the flag pole.
(b) In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle, < OQR = 32° and < TPQ = 15°. Calculate, (i) < QPR ; (ii) < TQo.

Question 1282:

• WAEC 2009

The marks scored by 50 students in a Geography examination are as follows :
60 54 40 67 53 73 37 55 62 43 44 69 39 32 45 58 48 67 39 51 46 59 40 52 61 48 23 60 59 47 65 58 74 47 40 59 68 51 50 50 71 51 26 36 38 70 46 40 51 42.
(a) Using class intervals 21 - 30, 31 - 40, ..., prepare a frequency distribution table.
(b) Calculate the mean mark of the distribution.
(c) What percentage of the students scored more than 60%?

Question 1283:

• WAEC 2009

(a) Simplify \(\frac{x + 2}{x - 2} - \frac{x + 3}{x - 1}\)
(b) The graph of the equation \(y = Ax^{2} + Bx + C\) passes through the point (0, 0), (1, 4) and (2, 10). Find the :
(i) value of C ; (ii) values of A and B ; (iii) co-ordinates of the other point where the graph cuts the x- axis.

Question 1284:

• WAEC 2009

(a) Using ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct : (i) quadrilateral PQRS such that /PQ/ = 10 cm, /QR/ = 8 cm, /PS/ = 6 cm, < PQR = 60° and < QPS = 75° ;
(ii) the locus \(l_{1}\) of points equidistant from QR and RS ; (iii) locus \(l_{2}\) of points equidistant from R and S ;
(b) Measure /RS/.

Question 1285:

• WAEC 2009

(a) A circle is inscribed in a square. If the sum of the perimeter of the square and the circumference of the circle is 100 cm, calculate the radius of the circle. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)].
(b) A rope 60cm long is made to form a rectangle. If the length is 4 times its breadth, calculate, correct to one decimal place, the :
(i) length ; (ii) diagonal of the rectangle.