CLASS: SSS ONE

SUBJECT: FURTHER MATHEMATICS

THIRD TERM PROMOTIONAL EXAM

SECTION A – OBJECTIVES

Answer all questions

1. The square of 3 - √ 2 is 7. If P = {b, d, e, f } and Q = { a, c, f, g }

A. 6 are subsets of the universal set 𝓊 =
B. 7 { a, b, c, d, e, f, g }. Find P' ∩Q ' .
C. 13 – 6√ 2 A. { a, c, g }
D. 11- 6√ 2 B. { a, c, d, g }
C. { b, c, g, e, f }
1 D.{ a, c, f, g }
2. Solve the equation 82 x−1 =
512
A. 4 8. Solve for x log 10 (3 x−4) - log 10 2 =1
B. 1 A. 5
C. −¿1 B.6
D.−¿ 2 C. 7
D. 8
3. Find n if log 2 4 + log 2 7 - log 2 n = 1
A. 10 9. Find x if log 9 x = 1.5
B. 14 A. 72
C. 27 B. 36
D. 28 C. 27
D. 24.5
4. Which of the following is not a
10. Simplify 2 x= log1010
measure of dispersion?
A. Mode A. 1
B. Mean deviation B. 0
C. Range C. 2
D. Interquartile range D. 10
11. Find the unit vector in the
9 direction of −¿ 5i+12 j.
5. Evaluate log 2
3
4 1
A. ( −¿ 5𝑖 + 12𝑗)
A. 2 13
2 1
B. B. (5𝑖 + 12𝑗)
3 13
−2 1
C. C. ( −¿ 5𝑖 −¿ 12𝑗)
3 13
D.−¿ 2 1
D. ( 5𝑖 −¿ 12𝑗)
13
6. Find the range of the numbers -1, -5,
-3, 1, 5, 4. 12. If p = −¿3𝑖 + 2𝑗 and q = 4𝑖 −7 𝑗 , find |
A. 5 p −q |.
B. 6 A.√ 130
C. 10 B. √ 89
D. 8
 C. √ 59 A. 4y = -3x +1
D. √ 41
B. y = 3x + 2
13. Solve the equation log √2 16 = x A.
8 C. 2y = 3x + 5
B. 4
D. 3y = - x – 4.
C. 2
D. √ 2
E. 16

14. Which of the following is the

semi-interquartile range of a 18. The binary operation * is defined on
distribution ? the set of real numbers R by X * Y=
A. mode −¿ median 3(x + y) +xy for all x, y є R find 7*3
B. highest score −lowest score
1 A. 38
C. (upper quartile – median ) B. 29
2
1 C. 46
D. (upper quartile – lower quartile ) D. 51
2
19. For what range of values of 𝑥 is 3𝑥2 - 4𝑥 –
15. Express the value of sin2100 in surd
4 negative?
form.
−2
A. ˂𝑥˂2
−1 3
A. 2
2 B. −¿2¿𝑥 ˂
3
−√ 3 −2 2
B. C. 𝑥 ˂ ,𝑥˃
2 3 3
2
−1 D. 𝑥 ˂ −¿2, 𝑥 ˃
C. 3
2

D.
√2 20. If 10112 + X7 = 2510, solve for X
2 A. 14
B. 20
16. The 27th term of an Arithmetic Progression
C. 24
(A.P.) is 16. Find the first term of the
D. 25
progression, given that its common difference
1 21. Let
is .
2
p : ‘ Eric attends Further Mathematics
A. −¿3 class’

B. 2 q: ‘ Eric Passes General Mathematics’

respectively.
C. 3
Which one of the following represents the
D. 4 statement ‘ Eric does not attend Further
Mathematics class but he passes General
17. Find the equation of the straight line Mathematics’?
which passes through the points X(3,-4) and
Y(-5,2). A. ͠ p Λ q
B. p ν ͠q
 C. p ∨ q 26. If 3+2x < 7, then x lies between
D.͠ p∨ q A. -5 and 3
B. -5 and 2
22. Let p, q and r be the statements: C. -4 and 1
D. -3 and 2
P: ‘ The rain falls ‘
y
q : ‘ The road is marshy’ 27. Given that 8 4 = log 216, find the value
of y.
r : ‘ The weather is cold ‘
4
A.
Which of the following notations is 3
equivalent to the statement: 8
B.
3
‘’ If the rain falls,then the road will be C. 4
marshy and the weather will be cold’’ D. 6
A. p ⟹ q Ʌ rB. p⟹ q ∨ r 28. Two functions, f and g, are defined on
C. p ⟹ ͠∨ r R, the set of real numbers, by f(x)= x 2-
D. p ⟹ q Ʌ ͠ r
5 and g(x)=3x-1. Find f(g(x)).
23.Find the range of values of x for A. 9 x 2 -6x-5
which |2x + 5| ≤ 7. B. 9 x 2 -6x-4
C. 9 x 2-6x+ 3
A. x ≤−¿6or x ≤1 B. −6 ≤ x ≤ 1 D. 9 x 2 -6x+4
C. x ≤−¿6 or x ≥ 1 D. 6 ≤ x
≤−1 29. The position vectors of A and B
are ( 2i+ j ) and ( −i+4 j )
24. Given that r = 2𝑖 – 𝑗, s = 3𝑖 + 5𝑗 and t
respectively. Find |⃗AB |
= 6𝑖 −2𝑗 , find the magnitude of ( 2r + s
A. 3√ 2 B. √ 34
−t ¿ .
C. √ 38 D. 9√ 2
A. √ 15 30. Find the range of value of x for which
B.4 C. √ 24 7x – 3 >25 + 3x
D √ 26 A. x<-7
B. x>-7
25. Find the image of ( 13 , 23 ) under the C. x<7
D. x>7

mapping (x,y) →( , y ).
x+ y 31. Find the 4th term of an AP whose first
y term is 2 and the common difference
is 0.5
A. ( , )
3 2 A. 0.5
2 3 B. 2.5
C. 3.5
B. ( , )
2 3 D. 4
3 2
32. The sum of the 2nd and 5th terms of
C. (
3 2)
−2 3 an AP is 42; if the difference between
,
the 6th and 3rd term is 12, find the
common difference.
D.(
2 3)
−3 2 A. 5
,
B. 4
C.6
D.7
33. The 1st and 5th terms of an 27
exponential sequence (G.P) are 16 C.
4
and 9 respectively. Find the 7th term 1024
of the sequence D.
17
9
A.
16 34. The mean heights of the three groups
3 students consisting of 20, 16 and 14
B. students are 1.67m, 1.50m and
2
1.40m respectively. Find the mean height of C. 4
all the students. D. 6
A. 1.52m
B. 1.53m 40. Given that a = 7i – 3j and b = 5i + 7j,
C. 1.54m find 3a + b
D. 1.55m A. 26i – 2j
E. 1.56 B. 21i – 2j
C. 16i -2j
35. The mean of 12 numbers is 18. If D. 26i + 2j
each of the number is increased by 5,
what is the new mean?
A. 13
B. 17
C. 18
D. 23

36. If 2, x, y, -250,… is a geometric

progression, find x and y
A. 10, -50
B. -10, -50
C. -10, 50
D. 10, 50

37. Let g be functions defined on the set

R of real numbers by g(x) = x-3. Find
−1
g of (2)
A. 2
B. -2
C. 5
D. -5

38. The mean and median of integers x,

y, z and t are 5 and 2 respectively. If
x<y<z<t and t = 4, find (x + t ).
A. 16
B. 11
C. 10
D. 8

39. If the mean of -1, 0, 9, 3, k, 5 is 2,

where k is the a constant, find the
median of the set of the numbers
A. 10
B. −4
 SECTION B – THEORY
Answer any four questions

1a. The mid-point of the pointsM(4,-1) and N(x, y) isP(3,-4). Find the coordinates of
point N.
b. The length of the line joining points ( x, 4 ) and ( −x ,3 ) is 7 units. Find the
value of x.
c. If ⃗
PQ =−¿ 2i+5 j and ⃗ RQ =−¿𝑖−¿ 7, find⃗
PR .

2a. Convert 1234510to binary number

b. Calculate the length andmidpointof the line joining A (−¿3 ,4) and B(5,−¿2).
c. Use the three-bit equivalent forms to convert 7 2 6 eight to binary numbers

3a.Given that ⃗
AB = ( 45) and ⃗
BC = ( ) , find the :
−3
5
(i) angle between the vectors ⃗
AB and ⃗
BC ;
(ii) ⃗ ⃗
unit vector along AB− BC .

(b) Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining ( - 5 , 4 ) and
( 6,8 ) internally in the ratio 3 : 5.

4.The table below shows the marks obtained by 40 students in a test.

Age 1 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 - 100
(years)
Frequency 2 4 4 6 8 6 5 2 2 1

(a) Using an assumed mean of 45.5, calculate, correct to two decimal places , the:
(i) mean ;
(ii) variance of the distribution
(b) If a student is selected at random from the distribution, find the
probability that he obtained at least 40.

5a. The lines 2y + 3x −16 = 0 and 7y −2 x−6 = 0 intersect at point P.

Find the coordinates of P.
b. If thatA = {1, 2, 5, 7} and B = {1, 3, 6, 7} are subjects of the universal set 𝓊 = {1,
2, 3, …, 10}. Find: (i) A ' ;( ii) ( A ∩ B)' , (iii) ( A ∪ B)'

6(a)Find the gradient and the equation of the line joining the points with coordinates ( −¿ 2, −¿ 4) and
(3,11).

b. Given the vectors a = 3i + 4j – 2k and b = 𝒊 + 2j + 3k

Find: (i) a x b (ii) direction cosines of a and b (iii) Cosine of the angle between
a and b.