IFYHM002 Maths
THE NCUK INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION YEAR
IFYHM002 - Mathematics
End of Semester 1 Test
2016-17
Test Session Time Allowed
Semester One 2 Hours 10 minutes
(including 10 minutes reading time)
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
SECTION A Answer ALL questions. This section carries 40 marks.
SECTION B Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 60 marks.
The marks for each question are indicated in square brackets [ ].
Answers must not be written during the first 10 minutes.
A formula booklet and graph paper will be provided.
An approved calculator may be used in the test.
Show ALL workings in your answer booklet.
Test materials must not be removed from the room.
DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE
INVIGILATOR
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Section A
Answer ALL questions. This section carries 40 marks.
Question A1
Point lies at 2, 5 and point lies at 6, 1 .
Find the equation of the line .
Give your answer in the form 0 where , and are integers. [4]
Question A2
A box holds 4 red beads, 3 green beads and 1 yellow bead. Three beads are
drawn at random from the box, one after another, with no replacement.
Find the probability that the first bead is green and both the second and third [3]
beads are red.
Question A3
The quadratic equation 9 4 0 has no real roots.
Find the range of possible values of . [3]
Question A4
In the expansion of 3 where 0, the coefficient of the term is the
same as the coefficient of the term.
Find the value of . [3]
Question A5
Solve the equation 2log log 4 4.
Each stage of your working must be clearly shown. [5]
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Question A6
NOT TO SCALE
15 m
13 m
18 m
Figure 1
Figure 1 shows triangle with 15 metres, 13 metres,
18 metres and angle .
Find the size of , giving your answer in degrees and to 3 significant figures. [4]
In this question, 1 mark will be given for the correct use of significant figures.
Question A7
The curve has equation ln .
Find the equation of the normal to curve when 1.
[5]
Question A8
A curve has equation 2 sin . Find the exact value of when . [4]
Question A9
Find
1
100
[4]
Question A10
Showing each stage of your working, find the value of
3 4 1
Explain what your answer means. [5]
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Section B
Answer 4 questions ONLY. This section carries 60
marks.
Question B1
a) The function is defined as 10 4.
i. Express in the form where and are integers. [2]
ii. Use your answer in part i to solve the equation 0 giving your [2]
solutions in exact form.
b) The function is defined as 4 4 1.
i. Use the Remainder Theorem to find the remainder when is divided [2]
by 2 . Show your working.
ii. Divide by 1 . [3]
iii. Factorise completely.
[1]
c) Line has equation 3 2 27.
Line has equation 4 5 13.
Find the coordinates of the point where lines and intersect. [5]
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Question B2
a) A girl plays two games of squash. The probability that she wins each game
is shown in the tree diagram below.
FIRST GAME SECOND GAME
Wins
Wins
0.75
Does not win
Wins
0.4
Does not win
0.6
Does not win
i. Write down the value of . [1]
ii. The probability that she wins both games is 0.6. [3]
Find the values of and .
iii. Find the probability that she wins exactly one game. [3]
b) Figure 2 shows the acute angled triangle with 18 metres, angle
77° and angle 48°.
77°
18 m
48°
Figure 2
i. Calculate the length of .
[2]
ii. Calculate the area of triangle . [2]
iii. Find the shortest distance from point to the line . [1]
c) Solve the equation 3 tan 4 for 0 360°. [3]
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Question B3
a) In an arithmetic series, the 20th term is 150.5 and the 21st term is 158.
i. State the common difference. [1]
ii. Find the first term. [2]
iii. Find the sum of the first 140 terms. [3]
b) The 4th term of a geometric series is 400 and the 7th term is 3.2
i. Find the common ratio, and explain why the series is convergent. [4]
ii. Find the first term. [2]
iii. Explain why the sum of this series will never reach 70000. [3]
Section B continues on the next page
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Question B4
a) A large block of ice is melting and its mass, kg, after hours from when
the ice started to melt is given by the formula
540
where is a constant.
i. State the mass of the ice when melting started. [1]
After 2 hours, the mass is 375 kg.
ii. Find the exact value of , giving your answer in the form ln where [3]
and are integers. Show all of your working.
iii. How much ice is left after 3 hours? [2]
iv. Explain why this formula is not suitable in the long run. [1]
b) In part b), each stage of your working must be shown. A correct
answer will receive no marks if the working is not present.
Solve the equations
i. 1.5 log 9 3 [2]
ii. log 1.5 3 [2]
iii. 4 10 4 16 0 [4]
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Question B5
cm
cm
Figure 3
Figure 3 shows a solid cylinder with radius cm and height cm. Its total
surface area is 1734 cm3.
a) Write in terms of . [2]
b) Show that the volume of the cylinder, , is given by [3]
867
c) Use to find the value of which gives the maximum volume. [5]
Show all of your working.
d) Confirm that your volume is a maximum. [3]
e) Find the maximum volume of the cylinder. [2]
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Question B6
NOT TO SCALE
0,
2, 15
16
O
4, 0 ,0
Figure 4
Figure 4 shows the curve 16 and the line which is the tangent to
the curve at the point 2, 15 . The line meets the axis at , 0 and the
axis at 0, . The curve 16 meets the axis at 4,0 .
a) Find the equation of the line , giving your answer in the form . [4]
b) Find the value of where the gradient of the curve 16 is equal to
. [2]
c) Find the values of and . [2]
d) Find the area, which is shaded on the diagram, that is bounded by the line
, the curve 16 and the axis. All working must be shown. [7]
This is the end of the test.
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