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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
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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)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
The policeman was asked to investigate the matter
A
ask about
B
forget about
C
examine
D
inquire about
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option B.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5976)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
Solution
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
Lola was agitated when the sad news of her mother's accidents was broken to her
A
excited
B
calm
C
uncontrollable
D
unreasonable
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Agitated means disturbed, anxious, upset or restless. The word opposite in meaning (antonym) of agitated is calm, which means peaceful, composed and free from disturbance.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5977)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
Solution
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
Though his parents' poverty placed many obstacles in his path as a young man, Olu succeeded at last.
A
hurdles
B
advantages
C
temptations
D
diversions
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Since obstacles are things that hinder progress or success, the opposite would be advantages, which are things that support progress or success.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5978)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
Solution
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
Binta sobbed by the door because she had lost her mother's precious necklace
A
cried
B
smiled
C
wept
D
laughed
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The word "sobbed" indicates a deep and loud cry, usually accompanied by convulsive breaths. The opposite of crying or sobbing is laughing. Therefore, option D, "laughed," is the most appropriate choice as it represents the opposite action, indicating a joyful or amused expression rather than the distress implied by "sobbed."
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5979)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
The president took exception to the ignoble role the young man played in the matter
A
honourable
B
embarrassing
C
dishonourable
D
extraordinary
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option A.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5980)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
The man who had been seriously ill was convalescing at a sea-side resort
A
regaining health
B
deteriorating in health
C
recuperating
D
relaxing
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option B.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5981)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:For millions years, the worlds's resources have remained boundless
A
unlimited
B
scarce
C
indomitable
D
limited
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option D.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5982)
English Language
UTME / JAMB 1990
Antonyms (Opposite in Meaning)
In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:
It seems fashionable, in some quaters today to decry examinations and the ability to pass them
A
extol
B
abuse
C
entreat
D
discourage
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
No expanded working has been attached for this question yet. The verified answer is Option A.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #5983)