F Maths LSS
F Maths LSS
FIRST EVALUATION
Subject: Further Mathematics Class: LSS
Teacher……………………........... Duration: One hour 30 minutes
Name of student………………………………………………............
SCORE
x +b 2 1
1) The value of b for which ≡ − is
x ²−1 x−1 x+1
A) 2 B) 1 C) -1 D) 3
2) and are statements. The compound statement on the truth table could represent
A. B. C. D.
2) Let p be the proposition “I work hard” and q the proposition “I pass the G.C.E”. A
notation for
the statement “I will pass the G.C.E if and only if I work hard” is
A) B) q ⟹ p C) D)
3) Let p: “Nfor plays football” and q: “Enow plays tennis”. The statement “If Enow does not play tennis,
then Nfor plays football” can be represented logically by
A¿q⟹ p B) q ⟹ p C) q ⟹ p D) q ⟹ p
4) For all integral values of n the number that is odd is
A) 2n+4 B) 4n C) 2n+3 D) 5n
5) The converse of p ⟹ q is
A¿q⟹ p B) q ⟹ p C) q ⟹ p D) q ⟹ p
6) Given the statement p and q such that p: John is tall and q: John is fat.
The statement ∼p∧∼q is equivalent to;
A) John is neither tall nor fat B) John is not tall but fat
C) It is not true that John is tall or not fat D) John is not tall or not fat.
7) The statement ( p ∧q ) is the same as
A ¿ p∧ ∼ q B) p ∧q C) p ∨∼ q D ¿ p ∨∼ q
8 ¿ The statement ( p) means
A) p B) p C) q D) q
9)
p x
T F
F T
x ²+ x+ 1
2) i) Express 2 in partial fractions (4 marks)
x ² (x +1)
ii) Prove the following
a) The sum of 4 consecutive integers is even. (3 marks)
b) If m and n are odd integers then mn is also odd. (3 marks)
c)c) ( p ⋀ q)≡ p ⋁ q (3 marks)
d) [ p ⟹ q¿ Λ (q ⟹ r ) ] ⟹( p ⟹ r ) is a tautology. (4 marks)