Foundation Mathematics

11 March 2014
Examination Paper
Answer ALL questions.
Clearly cross out surplus answers.

Time: 2 hours
Any reference material brought into the examination room must be handed
to the invigilator before the start of the examination.
Calculators ARE allowed.
Graph paper will be provided by the partner centre.

Answer all questions

Marks
QUESTION 1
a) Simplify the following.
i)

ii)

iii) (

b) Simplify the following.

i)
ii)

)
(

(
)

iii)

c) Factorise the following.

i)

ii)

d) Simplify the following.

i)

ii)

e) Transpose the following formula to make

(
)
f)

the subject:

Solve the following equation and find the value of :

g) Solve the quadratic equation:

by factorising.
Total 20 Marks

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QUESTION 2

Marks

a) Solve the following quadratic equation by using the Quadratic Formula:

7
(You may leave your answer in surd form.)
b) Solve the following simultaneous equations and find the value of
i)

and .
2

and

ii)
c) i)

and
Complete the following tables of values for the equations

and

-5 -3 -1 1 3 5

-5 -3 -1 1 3 5

ii)

Draw accurate graphs for both equations and set of values above using the
graph paper provided. Use the graphs to solve graphically the simultaneous
equations
and

d) Calculate the gradient of the curve

differentiation.

at the point where

= -2, using

e) A particle has a velocity of

i)

Find the acceleration, , after seconds

ii)

What is the initial acceleration, i.e. the acceleration at time

iii) What is the acceleration at

2
1

seconds?

iv) At what time, t , is the acceleration 24 m/s2 ?

2
Total 20 Marks

QUESTION 3
a) i)

ii)

Using differentiation, find the coordinates of the turning point on the curve

Construct a table of values for the curve

for -5
Use these values to plot a graph of the curve
and identify the
turning point found in (i) as either a maximum or minimum turning point.

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b) Integrate the following expression:

c) The gradient of the curve which passes through the point (2, 5) is given by
Find the equation of the curve.

d) Evaluate the following definite integral:

(

e) Find the area bounded by the curve,

and

the - axis and the lines

Total 20 Marks
QUESTION 4
a) The part of the curve
and
is rotated
between the ordinates
about the -axis. Calculate the volume of the solid generated. Leave your answer as
a multiple of .

b) The acceleration of a moving body at the end of seconds from the commencement
of motion is (
) m/s2. Find the velocity at the end of 2 seconds if the initial
velocity is 3 m/s.

c) Box A contains 6 counters, 4 of which are green and 2 of which are blue.
Box B contains 5 counters, 3 of which are green and 2 of which are blue.
A counter is drawn at random from each box.
i)

Draw a probability tree diagram to show all the outcomes of this experiment.

ii)

Use your tree diagram to find out the probability that one green counter and one
blue counter are selected in any order.

iii) Use your tree diagram to find out the probability that at least one blue counter is
selected.

d) How many ways can we arrange three letters from the word basin if repetitions are
not allowed, and different orders of the same letter count as the same arrangement?

Total 20 Marks

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QUESTION 5

Marks

a) A record was kept of the daily rainfall, in mm, in Greenhill Village. The results are
shown in the table below.
Amount of rain in
mm
Frequency

0<2 2<4 4<6 6<8 8<10

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i)

Construct a histogram to illustrate this data.

ii)

Calculate the mean. You may leave your answer as a fraction.

iii) Within which class interval will the modal value lie?

iv) Calculate the mode.

v) Copy and complete the following table which calculates the cumulative
frequency of the rainfall data presented above.

Amount of rainfall
(mm)
0<2
2<4
4<6
6<8
8<10
Total frequency

Frequency of
observation
7
9
3
8
5

Cumulative
frequency

vi) Which is the median class interval?

vii) Find the median value from the frequency table.

b) The following data set is recorded.

45

20

22

39

34

25

18

i)

Find the median value.

ii)

Find the lower quartile and the upper quartile.

iii) Calculate the quartile range.

c) The variance of a set of data is 25. Calculate the standard deviation.

1
Total 20 Marks

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