SS 1 Further Mathematics.

1hr 30min

OBJECTIVE TEST

1. Solve for x in the equation: log8 32 = x + 2. A.11/3 B. -1/3 C. -1 D. -11/3

2. If 6logx2 - 3logx3 = 3log50.2 , find x A. 3/8 B. 3/4 C. 4/3 D. 8/3

3. Find the value of log49 correct to two places of decimal A. 2.31 B. -1.80 C. -0.20 D. 0.2

4. Solve the equation y - 11√y + 24 =0 A. 8, 3 B. 64, 9 C. 6, 4 D. 9, -8

5. A binary operation * is defined over R, the set of all real numbers such that x * y = x² + 2y. Find

x * y if x = 4 and y =3 A. 22 B. 16 C. 12 D. 32

6. If M * N = M² + N² + 2MN, find the value of M * 10 when M = 5. A. 225 B. 175 C. 25 D. -25

7. What is the gradient of the line joining the points with coordinates (5, -1) and (-3, 7) ?

A. 3 B. 1/3 C. -3/4 D. -1

8. What is the distance between the points (3, -2) and (8, 10). A. 5 B. 12. C. 13 D.17

9. The midpoint of the line joining the points x(4, 2) and y(-5, 0) is A.(9, 2).B.(-1, 2) C.(½, 1)

D. (-½, 1)

10. The equation of a straight line with gradient ⅓ which passes through the point (1, 2) is

A. 2x - y - 1 = 0 B. x - 3y + 5 = 0 C. 2x - 3y + 1 = 0 D. 2x + 3y - 8 =0

11. The unit vector in the direction of 4j is A. j B. ¼ j C. 2j D. 16j

12. If p = 4i + kj and q = 2i - 3j are perpendicular, find the value of k, where k is a scalar quantity.

A. 3 B. 2/3 C. 8/3 D. -4

13. If r = i + 2j and q = 2i - 3j, find r • q A. -4 B. -3 C. 2½ D. 2

14. The sum of the first three terms of a geometric progression is half its sum to infinity. Find

the positive common ratio of the progression A. ½ B. ¼ C. ⅓ D. ⅛

15. If the nth term of a sequence U1, U2, U3, .... is 2n - 1. Find the sum of its first eight terms

A. 15 B. 16 C. 64 D.120

16. If 5, x, y, 40 are in geometric progression, find x and y respectively.

17. Two functions f and g are defined on the set R, of real numbers by f:x 2x - 1 and g:x x² +
1. Find the value of f-1og(3). A. 12 B. 11 C. 11/2 D. 9/2

18. Two vectors m and m are defined by m = 3i + 4j and n = 2i - j. Find the angle between m and

n. A. 97.9o B. 79.7o C. 63.4o D. 36.7o

19. Find the domain of f:x. x² + 6, if the range of f is {6, 7, 10, 15)

A. {0, 1, 2, 3} B. {-1, 0, 1, 2} C. {5, 6, 8, 12} D. {-2, -1, 0, 1}

20. If the function f is defined by f(x+2) = 2x²+7x-5, find f(-1). A. -10 B. -8 C. 4 D. 10

21. The midpoint of M(4, -1) and N(x, y) is P(3, -4). Find the coordinates of N

A. (2, -3) B. (2, -7) C. (-1, 0) D. (-1, -1)

22. Calculate the standard deviation of 30, 29, 25, 28, 32, and 24. A. 2.0 B. 2.8 C. 3.0 D. 3.2

23. The variance of x, 2x, 3x, 4x, and 5x is A. 2x² B. 3x C. x² D. x√2

24. Find the mean of t + 2, 2t - 4, 3t + 2, and 2t. A. t B. t+1 C. 2t D. 2t + 1

25. Find the median of 5, 9, 1, 10, 3, 8, 9, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 7, 3 and 6. A.5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 6

26. The mean of seven numbers is 10. If six of the numbers are 2, 4, 8, 14, 16 and 18, find the

mode A. 2 B. 6 C. 8 D. 14

27. The numbers 3, 2, 8, 5, 7, 12, 9 and 14 are the marks scored by a group of students in a

class test. If P is the mean and Q the median, then P + Q is A. 18 B. 7½ C. 16 D. 15

28. If the variance of 3 - x, 6, 4, x, and 7 - x is 4 and the mean is 5, find the standard deviation.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 12 D. 6

29. Find the range of 4, 9, 6, 3, 2, 8, 10, and 11 A. 11 B. 9 C. 8 D. 4

30. Find the median of 2, 3, 7, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 9, 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 4, and 5. A. 9 B. 8 C. 7 D. 4

31. In a science class of 42 students, each student offers at least one of Maths and Physics. If

22 students offer Physics and 28 students offer Maths, find how many students offer

Physics only. A. 6 B. 8 C. 12 D. 14

32. If the universal set U = {x : x} is a natural number and {1≤ x ≤ 9}, P = {x : 1 ≤ x ≤ 4} and
 Q = {2, 4, 6, 8}. Find (PUQ)' A. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} B. {1,2,3,4,6,8} C. {1,5,6,7} D. {5,7,9}

33. If sin q = 15/17, where q is acute, find tan q A. 17/15 B. 8/17 C. 8/15 D. 15/8

34. The gradient of the line joining (x, 4) and (1, 2) is ½. Find the value of x. A. 3 B. -3 C. -5 D. 5

35. Find the value of P if the line which passes through (-1, -P) and (-2P, 2) is parallel to the line

2y + 8x - 17 = 0. A. -2/7 B. 7/6 C. -6/7 D. 6/7

36. Find the tangent of the acute angle between the line 2x + y = 0 and 3x - 2y = 5.

A.-7/4 B. 7/8 C. 7/4 D. 7/2

37. If Sn is the sum of the first n terms of a series given by Sn = n² - 1, find the nth term

A. 4n + 1 B. 4n - 1 C. 2n + 1 D. 2n - 1

38. Two functions f and g are defined over the set R of real numbers are given as f(x)= 3x-2

and g(x) = 4x + k. Find the value of the constant k for which gf(x)= fg(x) A. -6 B.-5 C.-3 D.-2

39. Calculate the angle between a = -4i + 2j and b = i - 3j A. 45o B. 60o C. 135o D. 315o

40. Given that a = 7i - 3j and b = 5i + 7j. Find 3a + b A. 26i -2j B. 21i - 2j C. 16i - 2j D. 26i + 2j
SECTION B. 2hs 45min

PART I: Answer all questions from this part

1. A binary operation* is defined over R (the set of real numbers) by x*y = xy+x²+y² for all x, y € R. a.
Determine whether or not * is commutative.

b. Calculate (i) 2 * (-4) (ii). 2 * [(-4)*1] (iii). [2 * (-4)] *1

2. The first and last term of a linear sequence (A.P) are -12 and 40 respectively. If the sum of the
sequence is 196, find: (a) the number of terms (b) the common difference (c) the 12th term.

3. Solve for x in the equation given as 10x x 5(2x-2) x 4(x-1) = 1

4. The sum of the 2nd and 5th terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P) is 42. If the difference between
the 6th and 3rd terms is 12, find the (a) common difference (b) first term (c) 20th term.

5. Given that m = 3i - 2j, n = 2i + 3j, and p = -i + 6j, find |4m + 2n - 3p|

6. If a = 2i + 5j and b = 4i - 3j, find

(a). the unit vector in the direction of b (b). the projection of a on b (c). |3a - 2b|

7a. If f(x) = (4-5x)/2 and g(x) = x + 6, x€R, find fog-1(x)

b. A straight line passes through the points (1, 4) and (3, 0). Find the: (I) gradient of the line

(ii) equation of the line

8. Prove that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

PART II: Answer any four questions from this part

1ai. Show that line AB is perpendicular to CD given that A(-2, 5), B(4, 3), C(2, 7) and D(-2, -5).

ii. Find the equation of the line through (4, 3) perpendicular to the line y+2x = 5.

iii. Find the angle between the lines whose slopes are -⅞ and -⅔.

bi. Show that the equation of the straight line which has intercept a on the x-axis and intercept b
on the y-axis is x/a + y/b = 1

ii. Find the coordinate of the midpoint of x and y intercepts of the line 2y = 4x - 8.
2a. Show that the vectors U = 2i+3j-6k, V = 6i+2j+3k and W = 3i-6j-2k are mutually perpendicular, and
find the unit vectors, û, v, and W in the directions of U, V and W respectively.

b. Given that a = 5i+3j and b = 2i-4j, find (I) the projection of the vector a on b. (ii) the cosine of angles
between vector a and b

3a. The position vectors of the points P,Q,R with respect to a fixed point 0 are; p = 2i-3j, q = 4i-9j, r = -i+3j
respectively. (i) find the unit vector of p (ii) Calculate I. angle PQR II. the area of triangle PQR.

b. The position vectors of the point P and Q are p = -i+3j and q = 2i+2j respectively. Find (i).3p-
4q (ii) |p+q| (iii) the angle between p and q (iv) the scalars h and k such that hp+kq = 5i+7j

4. The table below shows the frequency distribution of the intelligence quotients (I.Q)X of students in an
institution.

X 10-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79

F 4 7 20 9 6 4

a. Draw a histogram for the distribution. b. Use your histogram to estimate the median of the
distribution

5. The deviation of a set of numbers from an assumed mean 7 are -4, -2, -1, 0, 1, 3, 4, 5.

Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the

a. Mean

b. Standard deviation of the numbers.