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WAEC / WASSCE 2025
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The positions of two countries, P and Q, are (15ºN, 12ºE) and (65ºN, 12ºE) respectively. What is the difference in latitude?
A
50°
B
104°
C
80°
D
100°
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2025
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A 120º sector of a circle of radius 21 cm is bent to form a cone. What is the base radius of the cone?
A
3\(\frac{1}{2}\) cm
B
10\(\frac{1}{2}\) cm
C
14 cm
D
7 cm
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2025
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A cylindrical container, closed at both ends, has a radius of 7 cm and a height of 5 cm. Use this information to answer the questions below. What is the volume of the container?
A
770 cm\(^3\)
B
35 cm\(^3\)
C
220 cm\(^3\)
D
154 cm\(^3\)
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
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A rectangle has one side that is 6 cm shorter than the other. The area of the rectangle will increase by 68 cm\(^2\) if we add 2 cm to each side of the rectangle. Find the length of the shorter side.
A
15 cm
B
19 cm
C
13 cm
D
21 cm
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
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Calculate the area of the composite figure above.
A
6048 m\(^2\)
B
3969 m\(^2\)
C
4628 m\(^2\)
D
5834 m\(^2\)
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
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The area of a trapezium is 200 cm\(^2\). Its parallel sides are in the ratio 2 : 3 and the perpendicular distance between them is 16 cm. Find the length of each of the parallel sides.
A
10 cm and 15 cm
B
8 cm and 12 cm
C
6 cm and 9 cm
D
12 cm and 18 cm
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
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The perimeter of an isosceles right-angled triangle is 2 meters. Find the length of its longer side.
A
2 - \(\sqrt2\)
B
-4 + 3\(\sqrt2\)
C
It cannot be determined
D
-2 + 2\(\sqrt2\) m
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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The angle of a sector of a circle of radius 3.4 cm is 115°. Find the area of the sector.
\((Take \pi = \frac{22}{7})\)
A
\(11.6cm^2\)
B
\(12.7cm^2\)
C
\(10.2cm^2\)
D
\(9.4cm^2\)
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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An equilateral triangle has a side 2 cm. Calculate the height of the triangle.
A
5cm
B
\(\sqrt5\)cm
C
3cm
D
\(\sqrt{ 3}\)cm
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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The length of the diagonal of a square is 12 cm. Calculate the area of the square.
A
\(36 cm^2\)
B
\(48 cm^2\)
C
\(72 cm^2\)
D
\(18 cm^2\)
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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The diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm find the length of the side.
A
20cm
C
8cm
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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a. In the diagram above, PQR is an equilateral triangle of side 18 cm. M is the midpoint of QR. An arc of a circle with center P touches QR at M and meets PQ at A and PR at B. Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the area of the shaded region. (take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7})\)
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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a. Two regular polygons P and Q are such that the number of sides of P is twice the number of sides of Q. The difference between the exterior angle of P and Q is 45°.find the number of sides of p.
b. The area of a semi-circle is 32π \(cm^2\). Find, in terms of π, the circumference of the semi-circle.
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2023
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a. In the diagram above, the radius of the sector of circle centre O is 7 cm and ∠MON is 60°. Find, correct to one decimal place, the area of the shaded portion. (take \(\pi = \frac{22}{7})\)
b. The x and y intercepts of a straight line are \(\frac{-3}{4} and \frac{2}{7}\) respectively. Find the equation of the line.
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2022
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A rectangular pyramid has an area 24cm\(^2\) and height 7.5cm. Find its volume?
A
65.0cm\(^3\)
B
70.5cm\(^3\)
C
56.5cm\(^3\)
D
60.0cm\(^3\)
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