TopicGeneral Maths
Mensuration · SS3
Longitude & latitude
Positions on the earth: distances along latitudes and longitudes.
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Past questions (16)
From 1985–2025: 9 WAEC, 3 NECO, 4 JAMB. Theory questions first, then objective, newest first.
Theory (8)
- WAEC 2025 · Paper 2 · Q10A man travels from on a bearing of to , away. From he travels to on a bearing of . If …
- WAEC 2025 · Paper 2 · Q3In the diagram, and are parallelograms and is a straight line. If and , find .
- WAEC 2016 · Paper 2 · Q7 and are points on the earth's surface.
- WAEC 2013 · Paper 2 · Q12An aeroplane flies due north from a town on the equator at a speed of per hour for 4 hours to another town . It then flies …
- WAEC 2011 · Paper 2 · Q13 varies directly as and inversely as the square of . If when and , find the value of when and .
- WAEC 2010 · Paper 2 · Q12 (lat N, long W) and (lat N, long W) are two cities on the surface of the earth. Calculate the: …
- WAEC 2009 · Paper 2 · Q9 (lat N, long E), (lat N, long W) and (lat S, long E) are three points …
- WAEC 2008 · Paper 2 · Q12In the diagram, , , and . Calculate .
Objective (8)
- WAEC 2025 · Paper 1 · Q28The positions of two towns and are and . What is their difference …
- NECO 2024 · Paper 1 · Q38Two points and lie on the same great circle. is on latitude N and is on latitude N. Calculate their difference …
- NECO 2023 · Paper 1 · Q34What is the angular difference in longitude between town A (lat. S, long. E) and town B (lat. S, long. E)?
- NECO 2022 · Paper 1 · Q45 and are two places on the equator and their longitudes are E and W respectively. What is the shortest distance between …
- JAMB 1993 · UME · Q38The angle between latitudes S and N is
- JAMB 1992 · UME · Q27Determine the distance on the earth's surface between two towns (lat. N, long. E) and (lat. N, long. W). …
- JAMB 1987 · UME · Q42What is the circumference of the circle of latitude on the earth, whose radius is ?
- JAMB 1985 · UME · Q46Two points and , both on latitude S, have longitudes E and W respectively. Find, to the nearest kilometre, …