CONCISE SOLUTIONS TO PAST QUESTIONS ON CORE MATHEMATICS FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

A. 22cm B. 17cm C. 16cm D. 15cm

11. The seconds-hand of a wall clock is

6.3cm long. How far its tip does travels in
5 minutes? [Take 1l =;2 ]
A. 3l .5cm B. 198.0cm
A. 19cm C. 17cm D. 12cm
C. 378.0cm D. 756.0cm

16. The perimeter of a rectangular floor is

12. The curved surface area of a cylinder,
2 26m. Its length is xcm. Find the area of
5cm high is 110cm • Find the radius off 2
the floor in m
its base.
A. 2.6cm B. 3.5cm C. 3.6cm D. 7.0cm A. x(x + 13) B. x(x - 13)
C. x(l 3 - D. x(26 - x)
x)

13. In the diagram MOPQ is a trapezium with

17. The ratio of the length to the width of a
QP II MO, MQ II NP, NQ II OP, !QPI = 9 cm rectangle is 5:4. If its perimeter is 54cm,
and the height of a triangle QNP = 6cm. find the length
A. 30cm B. 24cm C. 18cm D. 15cm

114. An arc of a circle of radius 7.5cm is

7.5cm long. Find , correct to the nearest
Q 9cm P degree, the angle which the arc subtends
2 2 2 2
A. 96cm B. 90cm C. 81cm D. 27cm
at the centre of the circle. [Take 1t =
2
J
;

14. The perimeter of a sector of a circle of

A. 29° B. 57° C. 65° D. 115°
radius 21cm is 64cm. Find the angle of
the sector. [Take 1l = 22
J 115. The diagonal of a square is 60 cm.
7
A. 70° B. 60° C. 55° D. 42° Calculate its perimeter.
A. 20.fi. B. 40.fi.
15. In the diagram, MN is a chord of a circle C. 90.f'i D. 120.fi.
KMN centre O and radius 10cm. If
LM ON = 140°, find, correct to the nearest 20. A circular pond of radius 4 m has a path
cm, the length of the chord MN. of width 2.5 m round it. Find, correct to 2
decimal places, the area of the path.
[Take n = ;2]
2
A.7.83 m 2
B. 32.29 m
C. 50.29 2
2 D. 82.50 m
m