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Question 1

waec 1993

Number	1	2	3	4	5	6
No of times	25	30	45	28	40	32

A die rolled 200 times. The outcome obtained are shown in the table above.

What is the probability of obtaining a number less than 3 ?

A0.125

B0.150

C0.275

D0.500

E0.725

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Question 2

waec 1993

A die is rolled 200 times the outcomes obtained are shown in the table below.

Find the probability of obtaining 2.

A0.002

B0.015

C0.15

D16

E0.2

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Question 3

waec 1993

What is the probability that a total sum of seven would appear in two tosses of a fair die?

A5/36

B1/6

C7/36

D5/6

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Question 4

waec 1993

What is the probability of having an even number in a single toss of a fair die?

A1/6

B1/3

C1/2

D2/3

E5/6

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Question 5

waec 1993

A fair die is rolled once. What is the probability of obtaining a number less than 3?

A1/6

B1/3

C2/3

D1/2

E5/6

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Question 6

waec 1993

What is the probability that an integer selected from the set of integers (20, 21, ...., 30) is a prime number?

A2/11

B5/11

C6/11

D9/11

E2/3

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Question 7

waec 1993

How many students scored less than 7 marks?

B15

C18

D21

E25

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Question 8

waec 1993

How many student took the examination

A18

B20

C21

D23

E24

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Question 9

waec 1993

The distribution by state of 840 students in the Faculty of Science of a Nigerian University in a certain session is as follows:

Bendel	45
kwara	410
Ogun	105
Ondo	126
Oyo	154

In a pie chart drawn to represent this distribution, the angle subtended by Ondo is

A36^o

B42^o

C45^o

D48^o

E54^o

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Question 10

waec 1993

Find the median of the set of numbers 12, 15, 13, 14, 12, 12.

A12

B12.5

C13

D13.5

E14

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Question 11

waec 1993

Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Frequency	2	3	6	7	9	6	2	2	3

The table above shows the scores of a group of 40 students in a physics test

What is the mean of the distribution?

A4.2

B4.5

C4.8

D5.0

E5.2

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Question 12

waec 1993

The table above shows the scores of a group of 40 students in a physics test.

If the mode is m and the median is n, then (m,n) is

A(5,5)

B(5,6)

C(6,5)

D(9,4)

E(9,5)

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Question 13

waec 1993

What is A∩B in the diagram above?

A(2,3)

B(2,3,4)

C(1,2,3)

D(2,3,8)

E(6,4,7)

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Question 14

waec 1993

Find the median of the following set of numbers: 28, 29, 39, 38, 33, 37, 26, 20, 15, 25

A33

B29.5

C29

D28.5

E28

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Question 15

waec 1993

At a point 500m from the base of a water tank the angle of elevation of the top of the tank is 45o. Find the height of the tank,

A250m

B353m

C354m

D433m

E500m

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Question 16

waec 1993

The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the horizontal ground, 40m away from the foot of the tower is 30o. Find the height of the tower.

A20m

40√3m /3

C20√3m

D40√3m

E60cm

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Question 17

waec 1993

If sin x = 12/13, where 0° < x < 90°, find the value of 1 - cos\(^2\)x

A25/169

B64/169

C105/169

D144/169

E8/13

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Question 18

waec 1993

Cos 75^o has the same value as

Acos 115^o

Bcos 255^o

Ccos 285^o

D-sin165^o

E-sin 255^o

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Question 19

waec 1993

Given that tan x = 5/12, what is the value of sin x + cos x ?

A5/13

B7/13

C12/13

D17/13

E5/12

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Question 20

waec 1993

From a point on the edge of the sea, one ship is 24km away on a bearing S 50^oE and another ship is 7km away on a bearing S40^oW. How far apart are the ships?

A20km

B24km

C25km

D31km

E84km

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