WAEC - Mathematics (2008)

  • 1
    If x% of 240 equals 12, find x
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    x = 5
  • 2
    Evaluate \(\frac{(3.2)^2 - (4.8)^2}{3.2 + 4.8}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    -1.60
  • 3
    Simplify \(\sqrt{50} + \frac{10}{\sqrt{2}}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    10\(\sqrt{2}\)
  • 4
    P naira invested for 4 years invested for 4 years at r% simple interest per annum yields 0.36 p naira interest. Find the value of r
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    9
  • 5
    A trader bought 100 tubers at 5 for N350.00. She sold them in sets of 4 for N290.00. Find her gain percent.
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    3.6%
  • 6
    If p-2g + 1 = g + 3p and p - 2 = 0, find g
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    -1
  • 7
    Simplify \(\frac{\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}}{x + y}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    \(\frac{1}{xy}\)
  • 8
    Simplify 3\(\sqrt{27x^3y^9}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    3xy3
  • 9
    Given that x = 2 and y = -\(\frac{1}{4}\), evaluate \(\frac{x^2y - 2xy}{5}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    zero
  • 10
    Factorize 5y2 + 2ay - 3a2
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    (y + a)(5y - 3a)
  • 11
    If 4y is 9 greater than the sum of y and 3x, by how much is y greater than x?
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    3
  • 12
    If p = \(\frac{3}{5} \sqrt{\frac{q}{r}}\), express q in terms of p and r
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    \(\frac{25}{9} p^2r\)
  • 13
    Simplify: \(\frac{2x^2 - 5x - 12}{4x^2 - 9}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    \(\frac{x - 4}{2x - 3}\)
  • 14
    PQR is a sector of a circle centre O, radius 4cm. If PQR = 30o, find, correct to 3 significant figures, the area of sector PQR. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    4.19cm2
  • 15
    If the volume of a cube is 343cm3, find the length of its side
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    7cm
  • 16
    The angles of a quadrilateral are (x + 10)o, 2yo, 90o and (100 - y)o, Find y in terms of x
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    y = 160 - x
  • 17
    If xo is obtuse, which of the following is true?
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    90 < x < 180
  • 18
    If tan x = 1, evaluate sin x + cos x, leaving your answer in the surd form
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    \(\sqrt{2}\)
  • 19
    If cos (x + 25)o = sin 45o, find the value of x
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    20
  • 20
    If \(2^n = 128\), find the value of \(2^{n - 1})(5^{n - 2})\)
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    2(105)
  • 21
    If x \(\alpha\) (45 + \(\frac{1}{2}y\)), which of the following is true>?
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    x is partly constant and partly varies as y
  • 22
    Simplify \(\frac{\log \sqrt{8}}{\log 4 - \log 2}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    \(\frac{3}{2}\)
  • 23
    A train travels 60km in M minutes. If its average speed is 400km per hour, find the value of M
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    9
  • 24
    An arc of a circle, radius 14cm, is 18.33cm long. Calculate to the nearest degree, the angle which the arc subtends at the centre of the circle. [T = \(\frac{22}{7}\)]
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    75o
  • 25
    What is the length of an edge of a cube whose total surface area is X cm2 and whose total surface area is \(\frac{X}{2}\)cm3?
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    3
  • 26
    XY is a chord of circle centre O and radius 7cm. The chord XY which is 8cm long subtends an angle of 120o at the centre of the circle. Calculate the perimeter of the minor segment. [Take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7}\)]
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    22.67cm
  • 27
    If p = \(\frac{1}{2}\) and \(\frac{1}{p - 1} = \frac{2}{p + x}\), find the value of x
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    -1\(\frac{1}{2}\)
  • 28
    Find the quadratic equation whose roots are c and -c
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    x2 - c2 = 0
  • 29
    Solve the inequality 1 - 2x < - \(\frac{1}{3}\)
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    x > \(\frac{2}{3}\)
  • 30
    Given the sets A = [2, 4, 6, 8] and B = [2, 3, 5, 9]. If a number is selected at random from set B, what is the probability that the number is prime?
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  • 31
    Given the sets A = [2, 4, 6, 8] and B = [2, 3, 5, 9]. If a number is picked at random from each of the two sets, what is the probability that their product is odd?
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    zero
  • 32
    Given the sets A = [2, 4, 6, 8] and B = [2, 3, 5, 9]. If a number is picked at random from each of the two sets, what is the probability that their difference is 6 or 7?
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    \(\frac{1}{8}\)
  • 33
    Find the mean deviation of these numbers 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19.
    Odpowiedź
    (A)
    2.5
  • 34
    In the diagram, < QPR = 90o. If q2 = 25 - r2. Find the value of p
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    5
  • 35
    In the diagram, /PQ/ = /QR/ and /PR/ = /RS/ = /SP/, calculate the side of < QRS
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    90o
  • 36

    In the diagram above, PQRS is a rhombus. /PR/ = 10cm and /QS/ = 24cm. Calculate the perimeter of the rhombus.

    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    52cm
  • 37
    In the figure shown, PQs is a straight line. What is the value of < PRQ?
    Odpowiedź
    (D)
    78o
  • 38
    In the diagram, PQ//RS, QU//PT and < PSR = 42o. Find angle x.
    Odpowiedź
    (C)
    42o
  • 39

    In the figure /PX/ = /XQ/, PQ//YZ and XV//QR. What is the ratio of the area of XYZQ to the area of \(\bigtriangleup\)YZR?

    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    2:1
  • 40
    In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle and PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find the value of x.
    Odpowiedź
    (B)
    65o