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

In the diagram MN is a chord and angle

10. MON= 50 ° . Find the value of the angle
markedy.
A. 100 ° B. 50° C. 40 ° D. 25°

14.

In the diagram K, L M N are points on a circle. N

If LLKM = 55° , LNLM = 38° and LNMP =
25° , find LLPM.
A. 62° B. 80 ° C. 83° D. 100° p
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In the diagram MN is a chord and angle
11. MON= 50° . Find the value of the angle
M
markedy.
A. 25° B. 40 ° C. 50 ° D. 100°

15.
p
In the diagram O is the center of the circle
MNPQ and angle NMQ=57°. Find the value
ofy.
A. 114° B. 123° C. 237° D. 246 °

In the diagram, PQR is a tangent to a circle

12. at Q, LXYQ = 41°. Find the size of LXQY.
A. 95° B. 85° C. 54 ° D. 36 °

In the diagram angle RPQ = 68° and angle

PSQ =35 °. Find angle PQR.
A. 44 ° B. 68° C. 77° D. 90 °

13.

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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. 3 l .5cm B. 198.0cm
C. 378.0cm D. 756.0cm A. 19cm C. 17cm D. 12cm

16. The perimeter of a rectangular floor is

12. The curved surface area of a cylinder,
26m. Its length is xcm. Find the area of
5cm high is 110cm2• Find the radius off
the floor in m2
its base.
A. x(x + 13) B. x(x-13)
A. 2.6cm B. 3.5cm C. 3.6cm D. 7.0cm
C. x(l3-x) D. x(26-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.
8 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
A. 96cm B. 90cm 2
C. 81cm2 D. 27cm2
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 = 272 J 115.
9 The diagonal of a square is 60 cm.
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
°
LMON = 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.
[Taken = ;2]
A.7.83m2 B. 32.29m2
C. 50.29m2 D. 82.50m2
 28. A wooden box lcm thick is 15cm long,
21. The diameter of a closed cylinder is 7cm 1Ocm wide and 4cm high. If the box is
and the height is 6cm. Calculate the total open at the top, calculate the volume of the
wood used.
surface area [Take 7! = ;2 ] A. 214cm3 B. 288cm3
A. 99.0cm2 B. 170.5cm2 C. 350cm3 D. 334cm3
C. 209.0cm2 D. 341.5cm2

22. The base of a solid pyramid is a square of 29. A cylinder, closed at one end, has both its
side 6cm. If the height of the pyramid is length and diameter equal to 1Ocm. What
7cm, calculate its volume. volume of water can it hold?
A. 501tm3 B. 1251tm3
A. 84cm2 B. 126cm2
C. 2501tm3 D. 10001tm3
C. 198cm2 D. 252cm2
30. The height of a pyramid is 8cm. If its base
is a square of side 4cm, calculate its
23. The volume of a cylinder with a cross
volume.
sectional area 88cm2 is 792cm3 • Find the
height of the cylinder. A . 2131 cm3
A. 3cm B. 9cm C. 18cm D. 27cm C. 44cm
3
D. 54cm
3

24. A cone has a slant height of 17cm and a 31. Find the volume, in litres, of a cylindrical
curved surface area of 1361tcm2• Find the drum of diameter 28cm and height 12cm.
perpendicular height of the cone. [Take 7l" = 1f]
A. 12cm B. 15cm C. 16cm D. 18cm
A. 31.8 litres B. 30.8 litres
C. 29.8 litres D. 28.8 litres
25. A solid cylinder has radius 0.84m and
32. The dimensions of s cuboid are 20cm,
length 2m. Calculate the area covered by
30cm and 60cm. Find the length of the
the cylinder in 2 revolutions.
A. 2.821t cm2 B. 4.431t cm2
longest stick that can fit into the cuboid.
2 A. 62.5cm B. 65.0cm
C. 5.641t cm D. 6.721t cm2 C. 70.0cm D. 73.3cm

3 A tank in the form of a cuboid holds 500

39.
26. The volume of a cone of height 9cm is litres of water. If each of its length, breadth
1848cm3 • Find the diameter of its base. and height is reduced by 10 percent,
(Take K = 2/) calculate, in litres, the volume of water in
A. 20cm B. 28cm C. 48cm D. 56cm the new tank.
A. 490.0 B. 450.0 C. 364.5 D. 256.5
27. VPQRS is a right pyramid on a square base
PQRS with Vas vertex. If the height of the
pyramid is 42cm and IPQI = 25cm, find its 34. The solid in the figure is made up of a cone
volume. and a cylinder of equal diameter 6cm. The
3 3 height of the cylinder is 8cm and the slant
A. 7550cm B. 8750cm
3 3 height of the cone is 5cm. Find the volume
C. 13125cm D. 26250cm
of the volume of the solid in terms of 1t.
 A. 601tcm2 B. 641tcm2
C. 841tcm2 D. 901tcm2

35. The height of a triangular prism is 6cm. If

the cross section of the prism is an
equilateral triangle of side 8cm, find its
volume.
A. 96�cm B. 64./3cm
C. 32./3cm D. 16�cm