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This document provides a graded homework assignment in Additional Mathematics for 4th Form students at Campion College in February 2023. The homework contains 4 questions involving data representation, series, inequalities, and quadratic equations. Students are asked to find measures of center and spread from a stem-and-leaf plot, draw a box-and-whiskers plot, solve arithmetic and quadratic equations, determine conditions for real and distinct or equal roots, and form new quadratic equations from given roots. The homework is worth a total of 111 marks and is due on March 17, 2023.

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Easter Homework 4 & 5 - Data Representation, Series, Inequalities-1

This document provides a graded homework assignment in Additional Mathematics for 4th Form students at Campion College in February 2023. The homework contains 4 questions involving data representation, series, inequalities, and quadratic equations. Students are asked to find measures of center and spread from a stem-and-leaf plot, draw a box-and-whiskers plot, solve arithmetic and quadratic equations, determine conditions for real and distinct or equal roots, and form new quadratic equations from given roots. The homework is worth a total of 111 marks and is due on March 17, 2023.

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4th Form Additional Mathematics Campion College February 2023

EASTER TERM
GRADED HOMEWORK NUMBER 2

TOPIC: Data Representation, Series and Inequalities

DATE GIVEN: FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023


DUE DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:


WRITE OUT EACH QUESTION AND SHOW ALL WORKING

Question 1

The weights, in kg, of students in a grade 6 class are displayed in the following stem and leaf
diagram:

Stem Leaf

2 8 8 8 9

3 2 2 3 3 5 7 8 8 8 9 9 9

4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5

5 1

Key: 2/8 means 28 kg

a. From the diagram above, find the lower quartile, median and upper quartile. Showing
these values on the diagram and label them Q1, Q2 and Q3 . [6 marks]

b. Construct a vertical box and whiskers plot using the values obtained in part a) to help.
[10 marks]

c. Using the appropriate terms from box and whiskers plot, analysis the information given
in the box and whiskers. [4 marks]

d. Using the stem plot given create a frequency table using the grouping 20 – 29, 30 – 39,
40 – 49 and 50 – 59. [8 marks]

e. Use this table to find the variance and standard deviation. [20 marks]
4th Form Additional Mathematics Campion College February 2023

Total 48 marks

Question 2

a. Find the 31st term of an arithmetic progression whose 11th term is 38 and the 16th term is
73. [9 marks]

b. The first and last terms of an arithmetic are −24 and 72 respectively. The sum of all the
terms is 600. Calculate:
a. The number of terms in the progression
b. The common difference [8 marks]

Total 17 marks

Question 3

a. Find the range of values of 𝑘 for which the equation 𝑥 2 + 3𝑘𝑥 + 2𝑘 = 𝑥 − 10 has

real and distinct roots. [10 marks]

b. State the values of 𝑘 for which the same equation above has equal roots.

[2 marks]

c. The quadratic equation 4𝑥 2 + (4𝑎 − 3)𝑥 + 𝑎2 − 1 = 0 has no real roots, find the

possible value of 𝑎. [5 marks]

Total 17 marks

Question 4

The roots of the quadratic equation 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 2 = 0 are 𝛼 and 𝛽. Form a quadratic equation
whose roots are:

a. 𝛼 3 𝛽, 𝛼𝛽 3 [12 marks]
1 1
b. 𝛼 2 + , 𝛽2 + [17 marks]
𝛽 𝛼

Total 29 marks

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