Download WAEC GCE Mathematics Past Questions and Answer and use them while preparing for the next WAEC session.

Here we’ve past question papers in Maths plus some propose answers. These past papers can also be beneficial to Cameroon GCE students as well.

What is WAEC?

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is an examination board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in the English-speaking West African countries, to conduct the examinations and to award certificates comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities internationally.

It is similar to the Cameroon GCE Board or the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB).

The WAEC was established in 1952 and has contributed to education in Anglophonic countries of West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Gambia), with the number of examinations they have coordinated, and certificates they have issued.

They also formed an endowment fund, to contribute to education in West Africa, through lectures, and aid to those who cannot afford education.

The council conducts four different categories of examinations which are;

International Examinations,
National Examinations,
Examinations conducted in collaboration with other examining bodies,
and Examinations conducted on behalf of other examining bodies.

The International exams are exams taken in the five countries with the WAEC ordinance. It consists of WASSCE (West African Senior School Certificate Examination):

WASSCE FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES (FIRST SERIES) JANUARY–FEBRUARY
WASSCE FOR (SCHOOL CANDIDATES) MARCH – MAY
WASSCE FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES (MAIN GCE) SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER

The National examinations are taken in individual countries. They include:

the Junior Secondary School Certificate for Nigeria and the Gambia,
Junior and Senior High School Certificate Examinations for Liberia,
National Primary School and Basic Education Certificate Examinations for Sierra Leone,
Basic Education Certificate Examinations for Ghana, and
Senior School Certificate Examinations for Ghana.

The council also coordinates examinations in collaboration with some trustworthy examination bodies. These include:

The council also conducts examination in West Africa on behalf of international examination bodies. These include:

University of London GCE
Scholastic Aptitude Test and Graduate Record Examinations for Educational Testing Service, Princeton, USA, and
JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board) examination in countries outside Nigeria.

Available WAEC GCE Mathematics Past Questions and Answer

There are two different types of the examination here:

WASSCE May/June is the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school candidates. It is taken by final year students in senior secondary schools. This examination is offered during summer (April to May), and the results are available by August.
WASSCE Nov/Dec, also known as General Certificate Examination (GCE) or WAEC GCE, is a private examination. This examination is only offered during autumn and it is usually taken by secondary school leavers who want to correct deficiencies in their results. The results are available by December.

Under the new WAEC Marking and Grading Scheme, the letters A to F are used to indicate how good a result is. Explanations: In other words, To get an A in WAEC Mathematics, you need to score above 75% in the Exam. 75% means you are able to get 75 questions correctly out of 100 questions.