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WAEC / WASSCE 2022
English Grammar
Solution
Write a letter to your friend in another school telling him or her about your future career and how it will be beneficial to your country.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
St. Patrick College
PO. Box 63
Abeokuta
Ogun State.
9th June, 2022.
DearAdewale,
I am very happy to write this letter to you in a most respectful manner, fully conscious of the fact that you are studying well. How is your health and your studies? I hope that everything is running smoothly in your school. Dear friend, it is a thing of joy for me to write this letter to you after one year of silence between two of us. I could recalled that the last time I received your letter was on the 6th of April, 2021. This is not normal considering how closed we are to each other.
Dear Ade, I am writing this letter to intimate you of my future career and how it will be a beneficial to my country, Nigeria. I earnestly want to red medicine in the university. I want to be a medical doctor. This is a profession that I like, cherish and have passion for. I always envy medical practitioners because they are well-respected in the society. Though the profession is highly competitive, I have aptitude for science and desire to came for others.
As a medical doctor, i shall be beneficial to my country, Nigeria, by helping others in an incredibly significant way. When someone is sick or injured, his or her normal way of life is disrupted, as a doctor I have the incredible opportunity to restore these people's lives to normalcy and even save some from
death. Therefore, l being a medical doctor will be extremely rewarding to my country, Nigeria. As a medical doctor, I will have the ability to build meaningful relationships with my patients. By seeing my patients over and over again, I shall be able to build meaningful friendly relationships with them.
Again, if l am a medical doctor in the nearest future, I shall learn everything there is to know about the human body. I shall have the opportunity to study and further examine human body with the innovative technology. From the pumping of the heart to drugs that take away pain. to machines that allows me examine human anatomy. Using modern fascinating.
Moreover, I want to be a medical doctor so that I can speak to my patients on the need for exercise and physical activities, To inform them about the benefits of exercise for good health. Also to motivate my patients to adopt a better healthy lifestyle and better exercise habits.
Furthermore, I want to be beneficial to my country as a medical doctor by providing information about suitable health orientation.
Medicine is a notable profession or career. The satisfaction gained from treating a human being is one of the key reasons I have chosen this career. Relieving a patient's pain or bringing a patient back from the verge of death provides enormous gratification that no other profession can equal.
In addition, why I want to study medicine is that, I can play an important role in altering societal norms and taboos. For example, I shall educate all members of my country about the dangers of smoking or speak out against certain practices such as open defecation. From here my patients will need my advice and live healthy life.
In the same vein, having the opportunity to heal, relieve pain and cure humanity, the credit for a longer lifespan and higher quality of life belongs completely to medical advancement and research. I shall do research as a medical doctor and give the government information on how to prevent outbreak of epidemics and illnesses that would have wiped away people in my country. As a surgeon, shall diagnose complex conditions, perform intricate operation and develop cutting-edge surgical techniques, which is intellectually challenging work for the people of my country. I shall be beneficial in
treating debilitating mental health conditions,
As part of me helping others in my country recover from illness and lead a healthier lifestyle that can promote quality of life and longevity, I shall build my private hospital and treat patients free of charge. I shall continually seek new methods and medications to treat and improve the overall functioning of the body of the sick in my country.
With these and many others that I shall do, I shall be immense benefit to my country Nigeria, If I succeed to become a medical doctor.
Thanks and have a nice time till we meet. Greet everybody over there for me.
Yours affectionately,
Ajanaku
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65038)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
English Grammar
Solution
Write a letter to your friend in another school telling him or her about your future career and how it will be beneficial to your country.
A
key
B
brief
C
guilt
D
seize
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
St. Patrick College
PO. Box 63
Abeokuta
Ogun State.
9th June, 2022.
DearAdewale,
I am very happy to write this letter to you in a most respectful manner, fully conscious of the fact that you are studying well. How is your health and your studies? I hope that everything is running smoothly in your school. Dear friend, it is a thing of joy for me to write this letter to you after one year of silence between two of us. I could recalled that the last time I received your letter was on the 6th of April, 2021. This is not normal considering how closed we are to each other.
Dear Ade, I am writing this letter to intimate you of my future career and how it will be a beneficial to my country, Nigeria. I earnestly want to red medicine in the university. I want to be a medical doctor. This is a profession that I like, cherish and have passion for. I always envy medical practitioners because they are well-respected in the society. Though the profession is highly competitive, I have aptitude for science and desire to came for others.
As a medical doctor, i shall be beneficial to my country, Nigeria, by helping others in an incredibly significant way. When someone is sick or injured, his or her normal way of life is disrupted, as a doctor I have the incredible opportunity to restore these people's lives to normalcy and even save some from
death. Therefore, l being a medical doctor will be extremely rewarding to my country, Nigeria. As a medical doctor, I will have the ability to build meaningful relationships with my patients. By seeing my patients over and over again, I shall be able to build meaningful friendly relationships with them.
Again, if l am a medical doctor in the nearest future, I shall learn everything there is to know about the human body. I shall have the opportunity to study and further examine human body with the innovative technology. From the pumping of the heart to drugs that take away pain. to machines that allows me examine human anatomy. Using modern fascinating.
Moreover, I want to be a medical doctor so that I can speak to my patients on the need for exercise and physical activities, To inform them about the benefits of exercise for good health. Also to motivate my patients to adopt a better healthy lifestyle and better exercise habits.
Furthermore, I want to be beneficial to my country as a medical doctor by providing information about suitable health orientation.
Medicine is a notable profession or career. The satisfaction gained from treating a human being is one of the key reasons I have chosen this career. Relieving a patient's pain or bringing a patient back from the verge of death provides enormous gratification that no other profession can equal.
In addition, why I want to study medicine is that, I can play an important role in altering societal norms and taboos. For example, I shall educate all members of my country about the dangers of smoking or speak out against certain practices such as open defecation. From here my patients will need my advice and live healthy life.
In the same vein, having the opportunity to heal, relieve pain and cure humanity, the credit for a longer lifespan and higher quality of life belongs completely to medical advancement and research. I shall do research as a medical doctor and give the government information on how to prevent outbreak of epidemics and illnesses that would have wiped away people in my country. As a surgeon, shall diagnose complex conditions, perform intricate operation and develop cutting-edge surgical techniques, which is intellectually challenging work for the people of my country. I shall be beneficial in
treating debilitating mental health conditions,
As part of me helping others in my country recover from illness and lead a healthier lifestyle that can promote quality of life and longevity, I shall build my private hospital and treat patients free of charge. I shall continually seek new methods and medications to treat and improve the overall functioning of the body of the sick in my country.
With these and many others that I shall do, I shall be immense benefit to my country Nigeria, If I succeed to become a medical doctor.
Thanks and have a nice time till we meet. Greet everybody over there for me.
Yours affectionately,
Ajanaku
Source: Official Exam / Past Question Archive
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
Solve \(\frac{y+2}{4}\) - \(\frac{y-1}{3}\) > 1
A
y < -10
B
y < -2
C
y < 2
D
y < 10
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
multiply both sides by the LCM
12 x \(\frac{y+2}{4}\) - 12 x \(\frac{y-1}{3}\) >12 x 1
3[y+2] - 4[y-1] > 12
3y + 6 - 4y + 4 > 12
-y + 2 > 12
-y > 12 - 10 = 2
y < -2
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #64856)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
(a) Given that (7 -2x), 9, (5x + 17) are consecutive terms of a Geometric Progression (G. P) with common ratio, r>0, find the values of x.
(b) Two positive numbers are in the ratio 3:4. The sum of thrice the first number and twice the second is 68. Find the smaller number.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) r =\(\frac{9}{7-2x}\)
r = \(\frac{5x+1}{7-2x}\)
\(\frac{9}{7-2x}\) = \(\frac{5x+1}{7-2x}\)
9x9=(7-2x) (5x +17)
81 = 35x + 119 - 10x\(^2\) - 34x
10x\(^2\) - x - 38
(x -2)(10x+19) = 0
x = 2, x = \(\frac{19}{10}\)
x = 2
(b) Let the integers be x and y
x:y= 3:4
\(\frac{x}{y}\) = \(\frac{3}{4}\)
x = \(\frac{3y}{4}\)
3x + 2y=68
3( \(\frac{3}{4}\)y)+ 2y = 68
\(\frac{9}{4}\)y + 2y = 68
9y + 8y = 272
17y = 272
y= 16
x = \(\frac{3}{4}\) * 16 →12
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65854)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
Given that y =(\(\frac{pr}{m} - p^2r\))\(^{\frac{-3}{2}}\)
(a) make r the subject;
(b) find the value of r when y = -8, m = 1 and p = 3.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) y =(\(\frac{pr}{m} - p^2r\))\(^{\frac{-3}{2}}\)
y = (\(\frac{pr - mrp^2}{m})^\frac{-3}{2}\)
y = [\(\frac{m}{pr - mrp^2}]^\frac{3}{2}\)
\(y^\frac{2}{3} = \frac{m}{r(p - mp^2)}\)
r = \(\frac{m}{y^\frac{2}{3}[p - mp^2]}\)
b) Given y = -8, m = 1 p = 3
r = \(\frac{m}{y^\frac{2}{3}[p - mp^2]}\)
r = \(\frac{1}{(-8)^\frac{2}{3}[ 3 - (1)3^2]}\)
r = \(\frac{1}{(-2)^2[3 - 9]}\)
r = \(\frac{1}{[4][-6]}\) = \(\frac{-1}{24}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65855)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
In the diagram, BCDE is a circle with centre
A. ∠BCD = (2x + 40)^\circ, ∠BAD = (5x - 35)º, ∠BED = (2y+ 10)^\circ and ∠ADC=40". Find:
(a) the values of x and y;
Attached Figure / Diagram
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) 2x + 40 + 2y + 10 = 180^\circ...(1)
2x + 2y = 130
x + y = 65º
5x - 35 = 2(2y+ 10) ... (2)
5x - 35 = 4y +20
5x - 4y = 55
5x - 4(5-x) = 55
5x - 260 + 4x =55
9x = 315
x = 35^\circ
y= 65 - 35
y=30^\circ
∠ABC + [2 x º35 + 40] + [5(35)-350)] + 40^\circ =360º
∠ABC + 110 + 140^\circ+ 40º = 360
∠ABC + 290^\circ = 360^\circ
∠ABC = 70^\circ
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65857)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
a) Given that m = tan 30º and n = tan 45º, simplify, without using calculator, \(\frac{ m - n}{mn}\), leaving the answer in the form p + \(\sqrt{q}\)
b) There are 20 women in a bus. 15 of them wear glasses and 10 wear wristwatches. If a woman is chosen at random from the bus, find the probability that she wears both glasses and wristwatches.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
a) m = tan 30º = \(\frac{\sqrt{3}, n = tan 45º = 1
\(\frac{ m - n}{mn}\), = \(\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} - 1}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}(1)}\)
= \(\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{3}}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}}\)
= \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{3}\) X \(\frac{3}{\sqrt{3}}\) = \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{\sqrt{3}}\)
= \(\frac{\sqrt{3} - 3}{\sqrt{3}}\) x \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}}\)
= \(\frac{3 - 3\sqrt{3}}{3}\) = 1 - \(\sqrt{3}\)
b) see the diagram above..
Let the number of women wearing both wristwatches and glasses be x
15 - x + x + 10 - x = 20
25 - x = 20
x = 5
Therefore, the number of women wearing wrist watches only = 10 - x = 10 - 5 = 5
and number of women wearing glasses only = 15 - x = 15 - 5 = 10
Pr(both) = \(\frac{5}{20}\) = \(\frac{1}{4}\) = 0.25
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65858)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
The graph shows the relation of the form y = mx\(^2\) + nx + r, where m, n and r are constants.
Using the graph:
(a) state the scale used on both axes; (b) find the values of m, n and r; (c) find the gradient of the line through P and Q; (d) state the range of values of x for which y > Q.
Attached Figure / Diagram
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) x-axis: 2 cm to 2 units or 1 cm to 1 unit
y-axis: 2 cm to 10 units or 1 cm to 5 units
(b) x = -2, x = 4
(x+2)(x-4) = 0
x\(^2\) -4x + 2x -8 = 0
x\(^2\) -2x - 8 = 0
y = 8 + 2x - x(curve has a max. point)
m = -1,n = 2, r =8
(c) P(-5,-27),Q(3,5)
Gradient = \(\frac{5+27}{3+5}\)
= \(\frac{32}{8}\)
= 4
(d) Range: {x:-2 < x < 4)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65860)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
(a) A man purchased 180 copies of a book at N250.00 each. He sold y copies at N300.00 each and the rest at a discount of 5 kobo in the Naira of the cost price.
If he made a profit of N7,125.00, find the value of y.
(b) A trader bought x bags of rice at a cost C = 24x + 103 and sold them at a price, S = \(\frac{x^2}{20} - 33x\).
Find the expression for the profit (i) If 20 bags of rice were sold,
(ii) calculate the percentage profit.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) Total cost 180 x 250
=N45,000.00
Total selling price = 300y + (180-y) x 250 x \(\frac{95}{100}\)
300y + 42750 -237.5y
= 62.5y + 42750
Profit = 62.5y + 42750 -4500
7125 = 62.5y - 2250
9375 = 62.5y
y = 150
(b)) Profit = \(\frac{x^2}{20} - 33x\) (24x+ 103)
9x - \(\frac{x^2}{20}\) - 103
(ii) Cost = 24(20) +103 = 583.00
Selling Price =33(20) - \(\frac{20^2}{20}\) = 640
Percentage profit = \(\frac{640-583}{583}\) x 100%
= 9.78%
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65864)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
Item
food & drinks
fuel
rent
building project
education
savings
Percentage%
35
7.5
1.0
15
17.5
x
The table shows the monthly expenditure (in percentages) of Mr. Okafor's salary.
(a) Calculate the percentage of Mr. Okafor's salary that was put into savings.
(b) Illustrate the information on a pie chart.
(c) If Mr. Okafor's annual gross salary is $28,800.00 and he pays tax of 12%.
Calculate; (i) his monthly tax; (ii) the amount saved each month.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) 35 + 7.5 + 10 + 15 + 17.5 + x = 100
85 + x = 100.
x = 100 - 85
x = 15
items
%
degree
food & drinks
35
\(\frac{35}{100} * 360\) = 126º
fuel
7.5
\(\frac{7.5}{100} * 360\) = 27º
rent
10
\(\frac{10}{100} * 360\) = 36º
building project
15
\(\frac{15}{100} * 360\) = 54º
education
17.5
\(\frac{17.5}{100} * 360\) = 63º
savings
15
\(\frac{15}{100} * 360\) = 54º
(c) income tax = \(\frac{12}{100} * 28,800\) = $3,456.00
Monthly tax = \(\frac{3456}{12}\) = $288.00
(ii) Monthly net salary = \(\frac{1}{12} (288 - 3456)\) = $2,112.00
Amount saved each month = \(\frac{15}{100} * 2112\) = $316.80
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65866)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) Copy and complete the table of values for y = 3Sinx + 7Cosx for 0^\circ
xº
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
y
7.0
4.2
-0.9
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 20^\circ on the x-axis and 2cm to 2 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y = 3Sinx + 7Cosx for 0^\circ
(c) Using the graph, find the;
(i) value of y when x= 150^\circ,
(i) range of values of x for which y > 0.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
xº
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
y
7.0
7.6
7.3
6.1
4.2
1.7
-0.9
-3.4
-5.6
7.0
(b)
(C)(i) From the graph, When x is 150^\circ y = -4.6 \pm 0.2
(ii) Range of value of x for which y > is x: 0º \le x \le 113
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65867)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
Age
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
No. of children
2
6
5
x
6
9
8
5
The table shows the distribution of ages of a number of children in a school. If the mean of the distribution is 7, find the;
(a) value of x, (b) standard deviation of their ages.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Mean = \(\frac{\sum fx}{ \sum f}\) = (3x2) +(4x6) + (5x5) + (6x) + (7x6) + (8x9) + (9x8) + (10x5) \div (2 + 6 + 5 + x + 6 + 9 + 8 + 5)
7 = (291 + 6x) \div (41+x)
7(41+x) = 291 + 6x
287 + 7x = 291 + 6x
x = 4
(b)
Age(x in yrs)
No.of child
Fx\(^2\)
3
2
18
4
6
96
5
5
125
6
4
144
7
6
294
8
9
576
9
8
648
10
5
500
Σf = 45
Σfx\(^2\) = 2401
Standard deviation = \(\sqrt \frac{196}{45} = \sqrt 4.3555\)
= 2.087
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65868)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Diagram
Solution
(a) In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle XYZ. angle ZXO=34 ^\circ and angle XOY=146 ^\circ . Find angle OYZ.
(b) The exterior angles of a polygon are 42, 38,57, x, (x+ y)^\circ. (2x- 15)^\circ and (3x -y)º? If x is 7 less than y, find the values of x and y.
Attached Figure / Diagram
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) ∠XYZ = \(\frac{1}{2}\) (146) = 73º
∠OZX = 34º
∠OZY = 73 - 34
∠OYZ = ∠OZY = 39
(b) x = y - 7
42 + 38 + 57 + x + x + y + 2x - 15 + 3x - y = 360
122^\circ+7x = 360^\circ
7x = 360º - 122 = 238^\circ
7x = 238º
x = 34
: 34 = y - 7
34 + 7 = y
41 = y
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65869)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Number and Numeration
Solution
(a) The probability that an athlete will not win any of three races is 1/4.If the athlete runs in all the races, what is the probability that the athlete will win;
(i) only the second race; (ii) all the three races; (ii) only two of the races?
(b) A cone with perpendicular height 24cm has a volume of 1200cm\(^3\). Find the volume of a cone with same base radius and height 84cm. [Take pi = \(\frac{22}{7}\)]
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
9(a)(i)
p = \(\frac{1}{4}\),
p = 1 - \(\frac{1}{4}\)
p = \(\frac{3}{4}\)
= \(\frac{3}{64}\)
= 0.04687 ≈ 0.05
(ii) p(winning all) = \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\)
= \(\frac{27}{64}\) = 0.422
(iii) p(winning two)
= (\(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{1}{4}\)) + (\(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{1}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\)) + (\(\frac{1}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\) * \(\frac{3}{4}\))
= \(\frac{9}{64}\) + \(\frac{9}{64}\) + \(\frac{9}{64}\)
= \(\frac{27}{64}\) = 0.4218
= 0.42
(b) Volume of a cone = 1/3\pir\(^2\)h
1200 = \(\frac{1}{3}\) * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * r\(^2\) * 24
r\(^2\) = \(\frac{1200 * 3 * 7}{22 * 24}\)
r\(^2\) = \(\frac{25200}{528}\)
r\(^2\) = 47.727
r = \(\sqrt 47.727\)
r = 6.9085cm
Volume of a cone with same radius and height 84cm:
v = \(\frac{1}{3}\) * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * (6.9085)\(^2\) * 84
= \(\frac{1}{3}\) * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * 47.727 * 84
volume = 4200cm\(^3\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65870)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Geometry and Trigonometry
Solution
(a) The diameter of a cylinder closed at both ends is 7cm. If the total surface area is 209cm\(^2\), calculate the height. [Take pi = 22/7].
(b) The points X and Y, 19m apart are on the same side of a tree. The angles of elevation of the top, T, of the tree from X and Y on the horizontal ground with the foot of the tree are 43º and 38^\circ respectively.
(i) Illustrate the information in a diagram. (ii) Find, correct to one decimal place, the height of the tree.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
209 = 2 * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * \((\frac{7}{2})^2\) + 2 * \(\frac{22}{7}\) * \(\frac{7}{2}\) * h
209 = 77 + 22h
132 = 22h
h = 6cm
(b) tan 43º = \(\frac{h}{y}\)
0.9125y = h ...[i]
tan 38º = \(\frac{h}{y+19}\)
0.7813(y+19) = h ...[ii]
0.7813(y+19) = 0.9125y
0.7813y + 14.8447 = 0.93257
14.8447 = 0.1512y
y= 98.1792
= 98.2m
h = 0.9325 x 98.1792
= 91.55
=91.6m
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #65871)