WAEC - Mathematics (2006)

  • 1
    Evaluate (0.13)\(^3\)correct to three significant figures
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    (B)
    0.00220
  • 2
    Simplify: 11011\(_2\) - 1101\(_2\)
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    (C)
    1110\(_2\)
  • 3
    Simplify \(\frac{25 ^\frac{2}{3} \div 25 ^\frac{1}{6}}{( \frac{1}{5})^{-\frac{7}{6}} \times ( \frac{1}{5})^{\frac{1}{6}}}\)
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    (C)
    1
  • 4
    Simplify \(\frac{x - 4}{4} - \frac{x - 3}{6}\)
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    (B)
    \(\frac{x - 6}{12}\)
  • 5
    Given that y = 1 - \(\frac{2x}{4x - 3}\), find the value of x for which y is undefined
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    (B)
    \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  • 6
    P is a point on the same plane with a fixed point A. If P moves such that it is always equidistant from A, the locus of P is
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    (C)
    a circle with centre A
  • 7
    A fair coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of getting two heads and one tail.
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    (B)
    \(\frac{3}{8}\)
  • 8
    If 30% of y is equal to x, what in terms of x, is 30% of 3y?
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    (D)
    3x
  • 9
    A baker used 40% of a 50kg bag of flour. If \(\frac{1}{8}\) of the amount used was for the cake, how many kilogram of flour was used for the cake?
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    (A)
    2\(\frac{1}{2}\)
  • 10
    If tan y = 0.404, where y is acute, find cos 2y
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    (B)
    0.719
  • 11
    The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:3. Find the probability of selecting at random, a girl from the class
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    (C)
    \(\frac{3}{8}\)
  • 12
    \(\begin{array}{c|c} x & 1 & 4 & p \\ \hline y & 0.5 & 1 & 2.5\end{array}\). The table above satisfies the relation y = k\(\sqrt{x}\), where k is a positive constant. Find the value of K.
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    (A)
    0.5
  • 13
    \(\begin{array}{c|c} x & 1 & 4 & p \\ \hline y & 0.5 & 1 & 2.5\end{array}\). The table below satisfies the relation y = k\(\sqrt{x}\), where k is a positive constant. Find the value of P,
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    (D)
    25
  • 14
    What must be added to x2 - 3x to make it a perfect square?
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    (A)
    \(\frac{9}{4}\)
  • 15
    Given that (2x - 1)(x + 5) = 2x2 - mx - 5, what is the value of m
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    (C)
    -9
  • 16
    What is the place value of 9 in the number 3.0492?
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    (B)
    \(\frac{9}{1000}\)
  • 17
    If the simple interest on a sum of money invested at 3% per annum for 2\(\frac{1}{2}\) years is N123, find the principal.
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    (C)
    N1,640
  • 18
    A machine valued at N20,000 depreciates by 10% every year. What will be the value of the machine at the end of two years?
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    (A)
    N16,200
  • 19
    If 2x + y = 10, and y \(\neq\) 0, which of the following is not a possible value of x?
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    (B)
    5
  • 20
    If x + y = 12 and 3x - y = 20, find the value of 2x - y
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    (C)
    12
  • 21
    Which of these equations best describes the points of intersection of the curve and the line?
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    (C)
    x2 + x - 6 = 0
  • 22
    If loga270 - loga10 + loga \(\frac{1}{3}\) = 2, what is the value of a?
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    (A)
    3
  • 23
    a conical water-jug is 7cm in diameter and 6cm deep. find the volume of water it can hold. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
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    (C)
    77cm3
  • 24
    If p = [\(\frac{Q(R - T)}{15}\)]\(^ \frac{1}{3}\), make T the subject of the relation
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    (B)
    T = R - \(\frac{15P^3}{Q}\)
  • 25
    A seller allows 20% discount for cash payment on the marked price of his goods. What is the ratio of the cash payment to the marked price
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    (D)
    4:5
  • 26
    The wheel of a tractor has a diameter 1.4m. What distance does it cover in 100 complete revolutions? [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
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    (D)
    440m
  • 27
    If p = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} and Q = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10} are subsets of a universal set. U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. What are the elements of P1 \(\cap\) Q1?
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    (C)
    \(\varnothing\)
  • 28
    The values of three angles at a point are 3y - 45o, y + 25o and yo . Find the value of y.
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    (D)
    76o
  • 29
    A rectangular carpet 2.5m long and 2.4m wide covers 5% of a rectangular floor. Calculate the area of the floor
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    (C)
    120m2
  • 30
    Which of the following is not a measure of centre tendency?
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    (C)
    range
  • 31
    The temperature in a chemical plant was -5oC at 2.00 am. The temperature fell by 6oC and then rose again by 7oC. What was the final temperature?
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    (B)
    -4oC
  • 32
    Simplify \(\frac{20}{5\sqrt{28} - 2 \sqrt{63}}\)
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    (A)
    \(\frac{5\sqrt{7}}{7}\)
  • 33
    A ladder 16m long leans against an electric pole. If the ladder makes an angle of 65o with the ground, how far up the electric pole does its top reach
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    (B)
    14.5m
  • 34
    In the diagram, PQUV, PQTU, QRTU and QRST are parallelograms. |UV| = 4.8cm and the perpendicular distance between PR and VS is 5cm. Calculate the area of quadrilateral PRSV
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    (C)
    60cm2
  • 35
    In the diagram, |QR| = 5cm, PQR = 60o and PSR = 45o. Find |PS|, leaving your answe in surd form.
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    (D)
    5\(\sqrt{6}\)cm
  • 36
    In the diagram, \(\frac{PQ}{RS}\), find xo + yo
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    (D)
    180o
  • 37
    In the diagram, PR is a diameter of the circle centre O. RS is a tangent at R and QPR = 58o. Find < QRS
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    (C)
    122o
  • 38
    In the diagram P, Q, R, S are points on the circle RQS = 30o. PRS = 50o and PSQ = 20o. What is the value of xo + yo?
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    (B)
    130o
  • 39
    In the diagram, P, Q and R are three points in a plane such that the bearing of R from Q is 110o and the bearing of Q from P is 050o. Find angle PQR.
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    (C)
    120o
  • 40
    In the diagram, the two circles have a common centre O. If the area of the larger circle is 100\(\pi\) and that of the smaller circle is 49\(\pi\), find x
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    (B)
    3
  • 41

    In the diagram, PQR is a straight line, QRST is a parallelogram, < TPQ = 72o and < RST = 126o. What type of triangle is \(\bigtriangleup\) PQT?

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    (C)
    An isosceles triangle
  • 42
    How many pupils took the test?
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    (D)
    40
  • 43
    If the pass mark was 4. What percentage of the pupils failed the test?
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    (A)
    20.0%
  • 44
    The diagram shows an arc MN of a circle, centre O, with 10cm. If < MON = 72o. calculate the length of the arc, correct to three significant figures. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
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    (B)
    12.6cm
  • 45

    In the diagram what is x + y in terms of z?

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    (A)
    180o - z