Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

A student pilot was required to fly to an airport and then return as part of his flight training. The average speed to the airport was 120 km/h, and the average speed returning was 150 km/h. If the total flight time was 3 hours, calculate the distance between the two airports.

The perimeter of an isosceles right-angled triangle is 2 meters. Find the length of its longer side.

A ship sets sail from port A (86\(^o\)N, 56\(^o\)W) for port B (86\(^o\)N, 64\(^o\)W), which is close by. Find the distance the ship covered from port A to port B, correct to the nearest km.

[Take \(\pi\) = 3.142 and R = 6370 km]

Use the graph of sin (θ) above to estimate the value of θ when sin (θ) = -0.6 for \(0^o ≤ θ ≤ 360^o\)

A circle has a radius of 13 cm with a chord 12 cm away from the centre of the circle. Calculate the length of the chord.