UNIVERSITY O F COLOMBO, SRI LANKA

F A C U L T Y OF ARTS
F I R S T Y E A R E X A M I N A T I O N I N A R T S ( S E M E S T E R I) - 2017/2018
FND 1107 - B A S I C M A T H E M A T I C S
(Time: Two Hours)

Answer any five (05) questions

No. of questions: 07

No. of pages: 05

(Each question carries equal marks.)

Calculators are not permitted.

01.

i. Simplify and state whether each o f the following is rational or irrational.

VlOO
(4 marks)

b) (3 marks)

c) (5 marks)

ii. Simplify the followings.

3 1
a) (3 marks)
y 2y

b) (5 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)

1
02.

i. Ifx = 7,y = 10 and z = 4 then,

2 2
a) find A: A = x + y (2 marks)

b) find B: B = x 2
+ xy + y (3 marks)

c) findC:C= / _ (3 marks)
2 2
x +y
d) f i n d D : D = 2z + 3 (2 marks)

ii. Make U as the subject o f the following formula.

2 2
V =U +2AS (4 marks)

iii. Find the range o f values o f x satisfying the following inequality and represent your result

on a number line.

x — 7 > —x + 5 (6 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)

03.

i. Consider the following polynomial.

4
Ax + 4x + 7

a) What is the order o f this polynomial? (2 marks)

b) What is the constant? (2 marks)

2
c) What is the coefficient o f x l (3 marks)

ii. Solve the following simultaneous equations.

2x + y = 5

x-y =l (7 marks)

2
 i i i . Solve the following equation.

I * + 5 1= 1 (6 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)

04.

Simplify the followings without using log tables,

a) X = log 10 70 - l o g 7 + l
I 0
(3 marks)
4000 300
b) Z (5 marks)
IglOO log 64
4

ii. Solve for x.

2 1 o g * = log 4 + 21og 25
a fl 0 (6 marks)

V2?l
iii. I f lg 3 = 0.4771 and lg 5 = 0.6990, then evaluate K = lg(l 25) + l g (6 marks)
V 9
J

(Total: 20 marks)

05.
A businessman obtains a simple interest loan o f Rs. 15 000 at a rate o f 12% per annum.
What is the total amount the businessman w i l l repay i f the loan is for 10 years?(5 marks)

ii. In a school, the number o f students has increased from 540 to 1040 during a year.

Express the increment o f the number o f students as a percentage. (5 marks)

iii. In a bag o f red and green apples, the ratio o f red apples to green apples is 5:4. I f the bag
contains 144 green apples, how many red apples are there? (5 marks)

iv. Nirasha can eat 72 fish buns in 18 minutes. How many minutes, it would take her to eat

108 fish buns i f she can keep up the same pace? (5 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)
06.

e = { l , 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

A = {3,6,9}

B = {2,4,6,8,10}

a) Display the above data in a Venn diagram. (6 marks)

c c c
b) Find n(A), n(A n B), n(A U B ), n(A U B) and n[(A n B) ]. (6 marks)

c) Verify that n(A U B) = n(A) + n(B) - n{A n B) for the given A and B sets.

(3 marks)

ii. Let A and 5 be two mutually exclusive events such that P(A) = 0.3 and P{A U B) = 0.8.

a) F i n d P C 4 r » f i ) . (3 marks)

b) F i n d P ( 5 ) . (2 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)

07.

i. Consider the following triangle.

A
 a) Find the values of BAC and ACB. (3 marks)

b) Find ABD. (2 marks)

c) I f BD = 4 cm, then find the lengths o f AB and AC. (5 marks)

ii. Consider the co-ordinates o f the points A , B and C given below.

A = (2,1) B = (5,1) C = (2,5)

a) Find the length o f the straight line joining the points A and C. (5 marks)

b) Find the gradient o f the straight line joining the points A and B. (5 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)

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