NECO Mathematics · Number and Numeration
Percentages: NECO Mathematics Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Percentages
Our summary: Using percentages for interest, discounts, profit and loss and similar money problems.
- Simple interest, commission, discount, depreciation, profit and loss, compound interest, hire purchase, and percentage error
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NECO Mathematics questions on Percentages
- NECO 2008A pair of shoes was sold for N2,250.00 at a loss of 10%. What was the cost price?
- NECO 2008If N25,000.00 is kept in a bank at the rate of 2% simple interest, how much will it amount to at the end of 5 years?
- NECO 2005A car dealer sells a car and makes a profit of 15%. If the car costs N320,000.00, how much did he sell the car?
- NECO 2005A surveyor measured the length of a obtained 42.55 metres. If his measurement was more than the actual length and the percentage error of his measurement was…
- NECO 2004A sales boy gave a change of N75.00 to a buyer instead of N80.00, calculate his percentage error, correct to one decimal place?
- NECO 2002After what length of time will N2400.00 yield an interest of N60.00 at 1 1/2 % per annum?
- NECO 2001A trader sold an article for N4,600.00 thereby making a profit of 15%. Calculate the cost price of the article
Years with Percentages questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.
- 2008
- 2005
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- 2002
- 2001