NECO Mathematics · Plane Geometry

Triangles and Polygons: NECO Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Triangles and Polygons

Our summary: The angle and side rules for triangles, special quadrilaterals and other polygons.

  • The sum of the angles of a triangle is 2 right angles
  • The exterior angle of a triangle equals the sum of the two interior opposite angles
  • Congruent triangles
  • Properties of special triangles: isosceles, equilateral, right-angled, etc.
  • Properties of special quadrilaterals: parallelogram, rhombus, square, rectangle, trapezium
  • Properties of similar triangles
  • The sum of the angles of a polygon
  • Property of exterior angles of a polygon
  • Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area

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NECO Mathematics questions on Triangles and Polygons

  1. NECO 2008In proving the congruence of two triangles, which of the following is not important?
  2. NECO 2008which of the following properties is/are common to parallelograms and rectangles? I. all angles are right angles II. the diagonals are equals. III. the opposite…
  3. NECO 2004The diagonals of a rhombus are 16cm and 30cm long. What is the perimeter of the rhombus
  4. NECO 2004Two angles of a triangle are 45º each and its longest side is 12cm. Find the length of one of the other sides
  5. NECO 2004One of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 120°. Find the number of sides of the polygon

Years with Triangles and Polygons questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2008
  • 2004