S 6 TEST 1 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1. 8x  y  4 x  y , 5x
2
 y2
 15625
Solve the simultaneous equations:

2. 3 3 
Prove that: tan 1  tan 1 
2 5 3

3. 1
 3  4x 2
Differentiate:   and simplify your answer.
 1  4x 

4. Use Maclaurin’s theorem to expand tan 1 2 x as far as the term in x 2 .

5. Determine the points of intersection between the plane x  2 y  2 z  8 and the line
x 1 y  2 z  3
  .
3 1 1
6. Use calculus to estimate 3
66 to 3 decimal places.

7. dx
Find  4  25x 2

8. 9x2  8x  3
Show that 1   11
x2  1

9. The equation of the normal to the curve xy  3 y  x  5 y  2  0 at the point a,  2 is

2 2 3

15x  8 y  46 . Find the value of a .

10. x2
Find  1  x 6 dx
 S 6 TEST 2 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1.  
Show that if the line y  mx   touches the curve x 2  y 2  k 2 , then 2  k 2 1  m2 .

2. cos3 cos 6
Prove that:   2cos 2  cos 4  .
cos cos 2

3. 
Calculate the area bounded by the curve y  x cos 2 x and the x – axis from x  0 to x  .
4

4.  2 1
12

Find the term independent of x in the expansion of  x   .

 x

5. x2 y2
Show that the line x  2 y  10  0 is a tangent to the ellipse   1 , and hence, find
64 9
the coordinates of the point of contact.
6. e2 x
Differentiate with respect to x ; log10
cos3 x .
.

7.  

Solve the differential equation. 1  x 2  dy  1  y  , given y    2 .
dx  4

8. Prove that cos 4 A  cos 4 B  cos 4C  1  sin 2 A sin 2 B cos 2C

9. 2x2  7 x  4
Solve the inequality 2
3 x 2  14 x  11

10. Find the perpendicular distance of the point P (0, 6, 0) from the line with Cartesian equation,
x4 2 y z3
  .
2 2 4
 S 6 TEST 3 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1. The point P moves in such a way that its distance from the line x  y  0 is equal to its distance from the
point  1,  2. Find the locus of P.

2. dy
Solve the differential equation:  3 y  2 xe3 x , given x  0, y  1 .
dx

3. 1  e2 x  e x
If e  cosx  y  , show that
dy
x
 .
dx 1  e2 x

4. 4 dx
Evaluate: 1
x x

5. x2 y 2
Find the equation of the tangent to the ellipse 2  2  1 at the point Pa cos , b sin   .
a b
6.
Find the equation of a curve whose gradient is given by ex  y and passes through the point 0, In 2 .

7. Find the Maclaurin,s expansion of In4  6 x  up to the term in x .

2

8. x5 y7 z3 x8 y 4 z 5

Find the point of intersection between the lines   and   .
4 4 5 7 1 3

9. A 4% error is made in measuring the radius of a sphere, find the percentage error in measuring the volume.

10. P and Q are points with position vectors 4i  3 j  5k and i  2k respectively. Find the coordinates of the
point R such that PQ : PR  2 : 1 .
 S 6 TEST 4 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1. dx
Use t  tan x to find  cos 2
x  4 sin 2 x

2. Find a vector which is normal to the vector a   5i  j  k and b  4i  2 j  3k .

3. d2y dy
Given that y  sinInx, show that x x  y  0.
2
2
dx dx

4. Solve the equation cos 7  cos 5  cos 3  cos  0 for 0o    90o .

5. 6
Solve the inequality: 3x  5  2  x
6. A polynomial Px  is a multiple of x  3 and the remainder when divided by x  3 is
12 . Find the remainder when Px  is divided by x 2  9.

7.
The sum of the first n terms of an A.P is
n
n  8 . Find the first three terms of the series.
2

8. A curve is traced out by the point whose coordinates are x  2 cos  cos 2 ,
y  2 sin   sin 2 . Show that the gradient at the point parameter  is  tan 12  .

9. Solve: 3x
2
3
 5x
1
3
20

10.
Solve for x : tan 1 x  tan 1 1  x   tan 1  
9
7
 S 6 TEST 5 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1. d  3 2  x 3  2
Show that ln   4x .
dx  2  x3  4  x6


2. a 2  b 2 sin A  B 
Prove that in any triangle ABC ,  .
c2 sin A  B 

3. Find the coordinates of the focus, vertex and equation of the directrix of a
parabola  y  3  12x  4 .
2

4. dy
Solve the d.e x  2x  y .
dx

5.  2 1 
20

Obtain the constant term of the expansion  4t  3t 3  .

 
6. 
Evaluate: 
0
3 tan x sec3 x dx

7. x 1 y  2 3  z
Find the angle between the line   and the plane 4 x  3 y  2 z  1  0 .
2 3 4

8. A point P moves such that the sum of its distance from A2, 0 and B 2, 0 is
equal to 2 5 . Find the locus of P and describe it.

9. x 1 1
Solve:  .
2x  3 x3

10. The 2nd term of a G.P is 1 and its sum to infinity is 4. Find the first term and common ratio.
 S 6 TEST 6 PURE MATHEMATICS Time: 1 hour

1. Find the equation of a circle whose centre lies on the line 2 y  x  2 and touches both the
positive axes.

2. Show that the curve x  5  6 y  y 2 represents a parabola and find the directrix and sketch.

3. Solve the simultaneous equations: xy  2 , 2 logx  1  log y .

4.
 2 x  2Inx dx .
5
Evaluate: 1

5. Given that x  2 is a repeated root of the equation 2 x 3  px 2  qx  4  0 , find the value of p

and q .
6. Given that OP  4i  2 j  6k and OQ  i  4k , find the coordinates of point M which divides
PQ externally in the ratio 1 : 2 .

7. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence sin 2 x   sin 2 x cos 2 x  sin 2 x cos2 2 x  . . .
and prove that the sum to infinity is tan x .

8.  2  2
P 2 p,  and Q 2q,  are two points on the curve xy  4 . Find the equation of the chord
 p  q
PQ and hence, deduce the equation of the tangent to the curve at P .

9. b  c sin 12 B  C 
Prove that  1
given that A  B  C  180o .
a cos 2 A

10. 3 2x  4
Evaluate:  dx
2 x  4x  5
2
S 6 TEST 7 Name: …………………………………………………………………

1. Prove that the line 2 x  3 y  26  0 is a tangent to the circle x 2  y 2  4 x  6 y  104  0 and hence
find the coordinates of the point of intersection.

2. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence sin 2 x   sin 2 x cos 2 x  sin 2 x cos2 2 x  . . . and
prove that the sum to infinity is tan x .

3. cos x  2 cos 2 x  cos 3x 2 x

Given that y  , prove that y   tan .
cos x  2 cos 2 x  cos 3x 2

4. Prove that sin 2  sin 2  tan     2sin 2   sin 2  .

5. Prove that the circles x 2  y 2  6 x  12 y  40  0 and x 2  y 2  4 y  16 are orthogonal.

6. Given that  and  are the roots of the equation 2 x  3x  4  0 , form an equation whose roots are
2

1 1
and .
5   5  

7. Express x 2  6 x  5 in the form p   x  r  and hence deduce the coordinates of the turning
2

32
points of 2 .
x  6x  5

8.  5  4x 
2
dy
Given y    , find
 3  5x  dx

9.
  2  3x 
3 1
Differentiate w.r.t . x. y  1  3x
2 2 2 2

10. Express 3 cos x  4 sin x in the form Rcosx    , hence solve 3 cos x  4 sin x  2 for 0o  x  180o .