NECO Mathematics · Mensuration

Volumes: NECO Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Volumes

Our summary: Finding how much space solid shapes take up.

  • Volumes of cubes, cuboids, cylinders, cones, right pyramids and spheres
  • Volumes of similar solids

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NECO Mathematics questions on Volumes

  1. NECO 2008The radii of two similar cylindrical jugs are in the ratio 3:7. Calculate the ratio of their volumes
  2. NECO 2002What is the volume of a cube if the diagonal of one of the sides is √50 cm?
  3. NECO 2002The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are 8cm, 7 1/2 cm and 6 1/2 cm respectively. What Is its volume in m3 (leave your answer in standard form)?
  4. NECO 2001If the volume of a cube is (8 x 10^3 )cm ^3 , what is the surface area of the cube?
  5. NECO 2001The surface area of a sphere is 616m2. what is the volume of-the sphere (correct to two significant figures)? (take π = 3.142)
  6. NECO 2001The radius of a sphere is 21cm. If s and v represent the curved surface area and volume respectively, what is s : v? (take π = 3.142)

Years with Volumes questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

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

  • 2008
  • 2002
  • 2001