WAEC Areas Of Concentration General Mathematics 2025/2026

The WAEC Areas Of Concentration General Mathematics 2025/2026 examination assesses students’ mathematical skills and computational abilities through two papers taken in one sitting. Paper 1 consists of 50 objective questions worth 50 marks.

Paper 2 includes thirteen questions divided into two sections: Section A: Five compulsory, elementary questions totaling 40 marks, covering common areas of the syllabus.

Section B: Eight more complex questions, with candidates required to answer five for a total of 60 marks. This section may include up to two questions from non-specific syllabus areas.

The council advises teachers to utilize their National teaching syllabuses, as this document is not a teaching syllabus. For further details, refer to the full WAEC syllabus for General Mathematics.

WAEC Areas Of Concentration General Mathematics 2025/2026

Number and Numeration

  • Number bases
  • Modular Arithmetic
  • Fractions, Decimals and Approximations
  • Indices
  • Logarithms
  • Sequence and Series
  • Sets
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Positive and negative integers, rational numbers
  • Surds (Radicals)
  • Matrices and Determinants
  • Ratio, Proportions and Rates
  • Percentages
  • Financial Arithmetic
  • Variation

2. Algebraic Processes

  • Algebraic expressions
  • Simple operations on algebraic expressions
  • Solution of Linear Equations
  • Change of Subject of a Formula/Relation
  • Quadratic Equations
  • Graphs of Linear and Quadratic functions.
  • Linear Inequalities
  • Algebraic Fractions
  • Functions and Relations

3. Mensuration

  • Lengths and Perimeters
  • Areas
  • Volumes

4. Plane Geometry

  • Angles
  • Angles and intercepts on parallel lines.
  • Triangles and Polygons
  • Circles
  • Construction
  • Loci

5. Coordinate geometry of straight lines

6. Trigonometry

  • Sine, Cosine and Tangent of an angle.
  • Angles of elevation and depression
  • Bearings

7. Introductory calculus

8. Statistics and probability.

9. Vectors and transformation

  • Vectors in a Plane
  • Transformation in the Cartesian Plane

Units

Candidates are to take notes and familiarize themselves with units of the following quantities:

  • Length
  • Area
  • Capacity
  • Mass
  • Currencies

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