The WASSCE for Ghanaian students is just around the corner, and in this post, we share 2024 WASSCE Elective Mathematics Confirmed Topics with you.
To avoid doubt, these topics are not from WAEC or based on leaked questions. Rather, these are projected topics for the year. It should serve as an additional guide for candidates preparing for the 202 WASSCE as they study for their secondary school exit examination scheduled for August 2024.
2024 WASSCE Elective Mathematics Confirmed Topics
- Correlation
- Binary operations
- Function
- Differential
- Binomial expansion
- Log/ indices
- Polynomial
- Basic calculus (integration)
- Circle Theory
- MatrixThere are other topics to revise in addition to the main ones mentioned above.
- Statics
- Mechanism
- Kinematics
- Calculus (differentiation and integration)
- Vector
- Probability, combination, or permutation.
Make good use of the above 2024 WASSCE Elective Mathematics Confirmed Topics.
Additional Suggestions for Serious Candidates
- Candidates should also solve past WAEC elective math questions from 2019 to 2023 and closely monitor the trend.
- For each of the topics above, solve as many section B and section A questions as possible.
- Look for mock papers from other schools and answer the questions.
- Engage in group discussions to solve more questions and support one another as you prepare.
- Teach your colleague what you have learned from these topics to help you retain more of the knowledge you acquired from your effort.
- Candidates preparing for the WASSCE must do their best to cover at least 85% of their syllabus to stand a chance of excelling in the examination. Again, they should revise the topics outlined above and answer as many past questions as possible.
- This is a reliable method to familiarise yourself with the topics and the types of questions that WAEC typically asks on these subjects.
- If the going gets tougher, do not give, because that is a sign that you are determined to go all out to pass the elective mathematics paper, no matter what.
READ: 2024 WASSCE Sample and Trial Questions for Candidates
Seek help from your teachers if you have issues with any topics. Do not forget that the sharks in your class can be helpful in the absence of your teachers.

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