MATHEMATICS SL - SEMESTER 2 - MOCK TEST 1

Time - 2 hours

SECTION A - Non Calculator. Show all your working.

1. Find the exact value of

5π
(a) sin ------
12

π π
tan --- – tan ---
(b) 3 6
---------------------------------
π π
1 + tan --- tan ---
3 6

2.

in exact form.
3. Solve cos 2x – 3 cos x – 3 – cos2 x = sin2 x, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π.

4. The box plot in Figure 1 shows a summary of the weights of the luggage, in kg, for each
musician in an orchestra on an overseas tour.

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Weight (kg)

Figure 1

The airline’s recommended weight limit for each musician’s luggage was 45 kg.
Given that none of the musicians’ luggage weighed exactly 45 kg,

(a) state the proportion of the musicians whose luggage was below the recommended
weight limit.

A quarter of the musicians had to pay a charge for taking heavy luggage.

(b) State the smallest weight for which the charge was made.

(c) Explain what you understand by the + on the box plot in Figure 1, and suggest an
instrument that the owner of this luggage might play.
5. (a) There are 30 students in a class.
20 study Physics, 15 study Chemistry and 3 study neither Physics nor Chemistry.

P C

(i) Copy and complete the Venn diagram to show this information. [2]

(ii) Find the number of students who study both Physics and Chemistry. [1]

(iii) A student is chosen at random. Find the probability that the student studies Physics but not
Chemistry. [2]

(iv) A student who studies Physics is chosen at random. Find the probability that this student
does not study Chemistry. [2]

(b)

A B

Bag A contains 6 white beads and 3 black beads.

Bag B contains 6 white beads and 4 black beads.
One bead is chosen at random from each bag.
Find the probability that

(i) both beads are black, [2]

(ii) at least one of the two beads is white. [2]

The beads are not replaced.

A second bead is chosen at random from each bag.
Find the probability that

(iii) all four beads are white, [3]

(iv) the beads are not all the same colour. [3]
6. On the axes below, sketch a curve y = f (x) which satisfies the following conditions.

x f (x) f ′ (x) f ′′ (x)

−2 ≤ x < 0 negative positive

0 –1 0 positive

0 < x <1 positive positive

1 2 positive 0

1<x≤2 positive negative

10.

(6)

x+2 dy k(x + 4)
7. Given that y = ––––––––– , show that –– = –––––––––3 , where k is a constant to be found. [5]
(4x + 12)½ dx (4x + 12) /2
SECTION B - Calculator Allowed. Show all your working.

1 The marks of some students in a French examination were summarised in a grouped frequency
distribution and a cumulative frequency diagram was drawn, as shown below.

700

600
Cumulative frequency

500

400

300

200

100

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Mark

(i) Estimate how many students took the examination. [1]

(ii) How can you tell that no student scored more than 55 marks? [1]
(iii) Find the greatest possible range of the marks. [1]
(iv) The minimum mark for Grade C was 27. The number of students who gained exactly Grade C
was the same as the number of students who gained a grade lower than C. Estimate the maximum
mark for Grade C. [3]
(v) In a German examination the marks of the same students had an interquartile range of 16 marks.
What does this result indicate about the performance of the students in the German examination
as compared with the French examination? [3]
2.

In the diagram, a lifeboat station is at point A. A distress call is received and the lifeboat travels 15
km on a bearing of 030º to point B. A second call is received and the lifeboat then travels
27 km on a bearing of 110º to arrive at point C. The lifeboat then travels back to the station at A.

(i) Show that angle ABC is 100º. [1]

(ii) Find the distance that the lifeboat has to travel to get from C back to A. [2]

(iii) Find the bearing on which the lifeboat has to travel to get from C to A. [4]
3. Jake and Kamil are sometimes late for school. The events J and K are defined as follows

J = the event that Jake is late for school

K = the event that Kamil is late for school

P(J ) = 0.25, P( J ∩ K ) = 0.15 and P( J ′ ∩ K ′) = 0.7

On a randomly selected day, find the probability that

(a) at least one of Jake or Kamil are late for school,

(1)
(b) Kamil is late for school.
(2)
Given that Jake is late for school,

(c) find the probability that Kamil is late.

(3)
The teacher suspects that Jake being late for school and Kamil being late for school are
linked in some way.
(d) Determine whether or not J and K are statistically independent.
(2)
(e) Comment on the teacher’s suspicion in the light of your calculation in (d).
(1)
4. Let f(x) = x3. The following diagram shows part of the graph of f.

diagram not to scale

The point P (a, f(a)), where a > 0, lies on the graph of f. The tangent at P crosses the x-axis at
2 
the point Q  , 0  . This tangent intersects the graph of f at the point R(–2, –8).
3 

a3
(a) (i) Show that the gradient of [PQ] is .
2
a−
3

(ii) Find f′(a).

(iii) Hence show that a = 1.

(7)
5. Differentiate the following using first principles.

2x  2
y
3x  1

6. Given that a curve has equation y = x2 + 64 x , find the coordinates of the point on the curve where
d2y
–––2 = 0. [7]
dx