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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages & Approximations
Solution
A carpenter was told to make a rectangular desk with top of dimension 50cm by 40cm. The carpenter actually made the desk 60cm by 35cm.
(a) Calculate the percentage error in the (i) length and the breadth ; (ii) area of the table top.
(b) Find the product of the two errors in a(i).
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Error in length = 60cm - 50cm = 10cm
Error in breadth = 40cm - 35cm = 5cm
(i) % error in length = \(\frac{10}{50} \times 100% = 20%\)
% error in breadth = \(\frac{5}{40} \times 100% = 12.5%\)
(ii) Area of the actual table = \(50cm \times 40cm = 2000cm^{2}\)
Area of the table in error = \(60cm \times 35cm = 2100cm^{2}\)
Error in area = \(2100cm^{2} - 2000cm^{2} = 100cm^{2}\)
% error in area = \(\frac{100}{2000} \times 100% = 5%\)
(b) Product of the error in length and in breadth = \(20 \times 12.5 = 250%\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54634)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Trigonometry, Elevation & Bearings
Solution
The feet of two vertical poles of height 3m and 7m are in line with a point P on the ground, the smaller pole being between the taller pole and P and at a distance of 20m from P. The angle of elevation of the top (T) of the taller pole from the top (R) of the smaller pole is 30^\circ. Calculate the :
(i) distance RT ; (ii) distance of the foot of the taller pole from P, correct to three significant figures ; (iii) angle of elevation of T from P, correct to one decimal place.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(i) From the figure,
\(\sin 30^\circ = \frac{4}{RT} \implies RT = \frac{4}{\sin 30^\circ}\)
= \(\frac{4}{0.5} = 8m\)
(ii) |RQ| = |XY|
\(\therefore |XY|^{2} = 8^{2} - 4^{2} = 64 - 16 = 48\)
\(|XY| = \sqrt{48} = 4\sqrt{3} m = 6.928m\)
But |PY| = |PX| + |XY|
= 20 + 6.928 = 26.928m \(\approxeq\) 26.9m.
(iii) Let the angle of elevation = \(\theta\)
\(\tan \theta = \frac{TY}{PY} = \frac{7}{26.928}\)
\(\tan \theta = 0.26 \implies \theta = \tan^{-1} (0.26)\)
\(\theta = 14.57^\circ \approxeq 14.6^\circ\) (to 1 decimal place)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54635)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Mensuration (Areas, Perimeters & Volumes)
Solution
(a) Find the volume of a right solid cone of base radius 4cm and perpendicular height 6cm. [\(\pi = 3.142\)]
(b) A hemispherical tank of diameter which is 10m is filled by water issuing from a pipe of radius 20cm at 2m per second. Calculate, correct to three significant figures, the time, in minutes, it takes to fill the tank.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a)
Formula : Volume = \(\frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2} h\)
\(\pi = 3.142; r = 4cm; h = 6cm\)
\(Volume = \frac{1}{3} \times 3.142 \times 4^{2} \times 6 = 100.544 cm^{3}\)
(b)
Volume of hemisphere = \(\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{4}{3} \pi r^{3}\)
= \(\frac{2}{3} \times \frac{22}{7} \times 5^{3}\)
= \(\frac{5500}{21} cm^{3} = 261.905 cm^{3}\)
Volume of water discharged per second = \(\pi r^{2} h\)
= \(\frac{22}{7} \times 0.2m \times 0.2m \times 2m = \frac{1.76}{7}\)
= \(0.2514 m^{3} / sec\)
\(\therefore \text{The time to fill the tank = } \frac{261.905}{0.2514 \times 60}\)
= \(\frac{261.905}{15.084} = 17.363 mins\)
\(\approxeq 17.4 mins\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54639)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Solution
The weights to the nearest kilogram, of a group of 50 students in a College of Technology are given below:
65, 70, 60, 46, 51, 55, 59, 63, 68, 53, 47, 53, 72, 53, 67, 62, 64, 70, 57, 56, 73, 56, 48, 51, 58, 63, 65, 62, 49, 64, 53, 59, 63, 50, 48, 72, 67, 56, 61, 64, 66, 52, 49, 62, 71, 58, 53, 69, 63, 59.
(a) Prepare a grouped fraquency table with class intervals 45 - 49, 50 - 54, 55 - 59 etc.
(b) Using an assumed mean of 62 or otherwise, calculate the mean and standard deviation of the grouped data, correct to one decimal place.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a)
Class Interval
Tally
Freq
45 - 49
|||| |
6
50 - 54
|||| ||||
9
55 - 59
|||| ||||
10
60 - 64
|||| |||| ||
12
65 - 69
|||| ||
7
70 - 74
|||| |
6
(b)
Class
Interval
Mid-value
(x)
x - 62
\((x - 62)^{2}\)
\(f\)
\(f(x - 62)\)
\(f(x - 62)^{2}\)
45 - 49
47
-15
225
6
-90
1350
50 - 54
52
-10
100
9
-90
900
55 - 59
57
-5
25
10
-50
250
60 - 64
62
0
0
12
0
0
65 - 69
67
5
25
7
35
175
70 - 74
72
10
100
6
60
600
\(\sum\)
50
-135
3275
\(Mean (\bar{x}) = A + \frac{\sum f(x - A)}{\sum f}\)
= \(62 + \frac{-135}{50}\)
= \(62 - 2.7 = 59.3\)
Standard deviation = \(\sqrt{\frac{\sum f(x - A)}{\sum f}}\)
= \(\sqrt{\frac{3275}{50}}\)
= \(\sqrt{65.5}\)
= \(8.093 \approxeq 8.1\) (to 1 decimal place)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54646)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
Solution
(a) ABCD is a trapezium in which AB // DC, |AB| = 8cm, < ABC = 60^\circ, |BC| = 5.5cm and |BD| = 8.3cm. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct:
(i) the trapezium ABCD ; (ii) a rectangle PQCD, where P, Q are two points AB;
(b) Measure |AB| and |QB|.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(b) |AC| = 7cm ; |QB| = 2.9cm.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54647)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Permutations, Combinations & Probability
Solution
(a) If a number is chosen at random from the integers 5 to 25 inclusive, find the probability that the number is a multiple of 5 or 3.
(b) A bag contains 10 balls that differ only in colour; 4 are blue and 6 are red. Two balls are picked one after the other, with replacement. What is the probability that:
(i) both are red? (ii) both are the same colour?
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) Let S = sample space = integers from 5 to 25 inclusive.
F = multiple of 5 ; T = multiple of 3.
S = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25}
F = {5, 10, 15, 20, 25}; T = {6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24}
P(F or T) = \(\frac{5}{21} + \frac{7}{21} = \frac{12}{21} = \frac{4}{7}\)
(b) Let B = blue balls and R = red balls
n(B) = 4 ; n(R) = 6.
(i) P(both are red) = \(\frac{6}{10} \times \frac{6}{10} = \frac{36}{100}\)
= \(\frac{9}{25}\)
(ii) P(both are same colour) = P(both are red) or P(both are blue)
= \(\frac{9}{25} + (\frac{2}{5} \times \frac{2}{5})\)
= \(\frac{9}{25} + \frac{4}{25}\)
= \(\frac{13}{25}\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54648)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Inequalities & Linear Programming
Solution
The following is an incomplete table for the relation \(y = 2x^{2} - 5x + 1\)
x
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
y
8
1
-1
26
(a) Copy and complete the table.
(b) Using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit on the x- axis and 2cm to 10 units on the y- axis, draw the graph of the relation \(y = 2x^{2} - 5x + 1\) for \(-3 \leq x \leq 5\).
(c) Using the same scale and axes, draw the graph of \(y = x + 6\).
(d) Estimate from your graphs, correct to one decimal place : (i) the least value of y and the value of x for which it occurs ; (ii) the solution of the equation \(2x^{2} - 5x + 1 = x + 6\).
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) \(y = 2x^{2} - 5x + 1\)
x
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
y
34
19
8
1
-2
-1
4
13
26
Table of value for \(y = x + 6\)
x
-2
0
2
y
4
6
8
(b)
(d) (i) Least value of y = -2 occurs at x = 1
(ii) Solution of \(2x^{2} - 5x + 1 = x + 6\) are x = -0.7 and x = 3.7.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54650)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Sets, Logic & Venn Diagrams
Solution
In a class of 40 students, 25 speak Hausa, 16 speak Igbo, 21 speak Yoruba and each of the students speak at least one of the these three languages. If 8 speak Hausa and Igbo, 11 speak Hausa and Yoruba and 6 speak Igbo and Yoruba.
(a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the information, using x to represent the number of students that speak all three languages.
(b) calculate the value of x.
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) The number that speak Hausa = n(H) = 25
The number that speak Igbo = n(I) = 16
The number that speak Yoruba = n(Y) = 21
Total no of students = U = 40
\(n(H \cap I) = 8 ; n(H \cap Y) = 11 ; n(Y \cap I) = 6\)
(b) \(U = n(H) + n(I) + n(Y) - n(H \cap Y) - n(H \cap I) - n(I \cap Y) + n(H \cap Y \cap I)\)
\(40 = 6 + x + 2 + x + 4 + x + 8 - x + 11 - x + 6 - x + x\)
\(40 = 37 + x \implies x = 40 - 37 = 3\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54651)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages & Approximations
Solution
An aeroplane flies from a town P(lat. 40^\circN, 38^\circE) to another town Q(lat. 40^\circN, 22^\circW). It later flies to a third town T(28^\circN, 22^\circW). Calculate the :
(a) distance between P and Q along their parallel of latitude ;
(b) distance between Q and T along their line of longitudes;
(c) average speed at which the aeroplane will fly from P to T via Q, if the journey takes 12 hours, correct to 3 significant figures. [Take the radius of the earth = 6400km ; \(\pi = 3.142\)]
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
(a) Distance along arc PQ = \(\frac{\theta}{360^\circ} \times 2 \pi r\)
where \(r = R \cos \theta\)
\(|PQ| = \frac{60^\circ}{360^\circ} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400 \times \cos 40^\circ\)
\(|PQ| = \frac{1}{6} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400 \times 0.7660\)
= \(5134.74 km \approxeq 5135km\) (to the nearest whole number)
(b) Difference in latitude between Q and T = 40^\circ - 28^\circ = 12^\circ
\(\therefore |QT| \text{along the line of longitude} = \frac{12}{360} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400\)
\(\frac{1}{30} \times 2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 6400 = 1340.95km \approxeq 1341km\)
(c) Average speed = \(\frac{\text{Total distance covered}}{\text{Total time taken}}\)
= \(\frac{5134.74 + 1340.95}{12} = 539.64km/hr\)
\(\approxeq 540km/hr\) (to 3 significant figures)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #54652)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1990
Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Solution
The annual salary of Mr. Johnson Mohammed for 1989 was N12,000.00. He spent this on agriculture projects, education of his children, food items, saving , maintenance and miscellaneous items as shown in the pie chart
How much did he spend on food items?
A
N9,700.00
B
N6,700.00
C
N2,000.00
D
N4,000.00
E
N2,300.00
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option E
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Degree for food items = 360^\circ - (120^\circ + 80^\circ + 43^\circ + 30^\circ + 18^\circ)
= 360^\circ - 291^\circ
= 69^\circ
∴∴ Amount spent on food items = \(\frac{69}{360}\)\times12,000.00
= N2300.00
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #56104)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1989
Mensuration (Areas, Perimeters & Volumes)
Solution
The angle of a sector of a circle of diameter 8cm is 135°. Find the area of the sector [Take \(\pi\) = 22/7].
A
\(9\frac{3}{7}cm^2\)
B
\(12\frac{4}{7}cm^2\)
C
\(18\frac{6}{7}cm^2\)
D
\(25\frac{1}{7}cm^2\)
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Area of a sector
\(\frac{\theta}{360^\circ} * \pir^2\)
= \(\frac{135}{360} * 3.142 * 4 * 4\)
= \(18\frac{6}{7}cm^2\)
Source: WAEC / JAMB / NECO Classroom Archive (Record #22408)
Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 1989
Statistics (Data Representation, Central Tendency & Dispersion)
Diagram
Solution
In a class of 30 students, the marks scored in an examination are displayed in the histogram. What percentage of the student scored more than 40%?
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
14%
B
40%
C
46\(\frac{3}{4}\)%
D
53\(\frac{1}{3}\)%
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
This histogram is transferred into this frequency table
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Marks & 20 & 40 & 60 & 80 & 100 \\ \hline students & 9 & 7 & 6 & 6 & 2\end{array}\)
Students who scored more than 40 = 6 + 6 + 2 = 14
i.e. \(\frac{14}{30}\) x 100% = 46\(\frac{3}{4}\)%
Source: WAEC / JAMB / NECO Classroom Archive (Record #32905)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1989
Indices, Logarithms & Surds
Solution
If 3loga + 5loga - 6loga = log64, what is a?
A
4
B
6
C
8
D
16
E
32
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
loga3 + loga5 - loga6
log(a3 * a5/a6) = loga64
a2 = 64 a = 8
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #22336)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1989
Sequences & Series (AP & GP)
Solution
If the second and fourth term of a G.P are 8 and 32 respectively,what is the sum of the first four terms?
A
28
B
40
C
48
D
60
E
68
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
ar = 8 .....(1)
ar3 = 32 .....(2)
divide (2) by (1)
r2 = 4 r = 2 ∴ a = 4
S = a(rn - 1)/r - 1
S = 4(24 - 1)/2 - 1 = 60
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #22342)
Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 1989
Plane Geometry, Polygons & Circle Theorems
Diagram
Solution
In the diagram above, TPS is a straight line, PQRS is a parallelogram with base QR and height 8cm. |QR| = 6cm and the area of triangle QST is 52cm2. Find the area of \DeltaQPT
Attached Figure / Diagram
A
39cm2
B
28cm2
C
24cm2
D
21cm2
E
19cm2
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Step-by-Step Mathematical Solution
Area of \(\Delta\)QST = 52cm\(^2\); height = 8cm
b=base length; but A = 1/2 b x h
=52=1/2 x b x 8cm = 104 =8b
b=104/8 = 13cm; ST= 13cm; PS = 6cm
TP = 13 - 6 = 7cm;
area of \(\Delta\)QST = 1/2 b x h
= 1/2 x 7 x 8/1 = 28cm\(^2\)
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #22343)