WAEC (WASSCE) Mathematics · Trigonometry

Bearings: WAEC Mathematics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Bearings

Our summary: Giving directions as angles from north and working out distances and angles from them.

  • Bearing of one point from another
  • Calculation of distances and angles

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WAEC (WASSCE) Mathematics questions on Bearings

  1. WAEC 2024Given that P is 25 m on a bearing of 330º from Q, how far south of P is Q?
  2. WAEC 2023John was facing S35°E. If he turned 90° in the anticlockwise direction, find his new direction.
  3. WAEC 2021From a point T, a man moves 12km due west and then moves 12km due south to another point Q. Calculate the bearing of T from Q.
  4. WAEC 2018Given that Y is 20cm on a bearing of 300 ^o from x, how far south of y is x?
  5. WAEC 2017A bearing of 320 ^o expressed as a compass bearing is
  6. WAEC 2014A ship sails x km due east to a point E and continues x km due north to F. Find the bearing the bearing of f from the starting point.
  7. WAEC 2013The bearing of Y from X is 060º and the bearing of Z from Y = 060º. Find the bearing of X from Z
  8. WAEC 2011Esther was facing S 20° W. She turned 90° in the clock wise direction. What direction is she facing?

Years with Bearings questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

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

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2021
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2011