Independent practice for WASSCE General Mathematics. Not affiliated with or endorsed by WAEC (the West African Examinations Council).

How to set out WASSCE maths essay answers

Paper 2 is written: each question has several parts and you show your working. Clear working lets an examiner follow your method even when a number slips.

Paper 2	Essay, 2 hours 30 minutes
Answers	Written, with full working
This course	Every question has a full worked solution to compare with

Five habits that save marks

Write the formula before you substitute: the sector area, the compound interest formula, the cosine rule.
Draw and label a diagram for bearings, elevation and circle questions, with the given angles marked.
Keep exact values (surds, fractions, pi) until the last line, then round once to the accuracy asked for.

How this course helps

This course marks your final answers, not your written working. Work each question on paper first, then compare your working with the worked solution line by line, and look at why each wrong option is wrong.

Try 3 questions

Question 1Multiple choice

Solve the equation

x^2 - 5x - 14

= 0

Question 2Multiple choice

An arc of a circle of radius

21

cm subtends an angle of

120^\circ

at the centre. Find the length of the arc. Take

\pi = \frac{22}{7}

Question 3Multiple choice

Two hunters leave a camp at the same time. One walks

16

km on a bearing of

030^\circ

and the other walks

10

km on a bearing of

090^\circ

. How far apart are they then?

Next step

Take the free check Try the bearings lesson

Questions people ask

Does this course mark written answers?

No. It checks your methods and final answers with four-option questions and multi-part sets, and every question has a full worked solution to compare with your own working.

Should I round in the middle of a question?

No. Keep full values until the final answer, then round once to the accuracy the question asks for.