STARLETS ACADEMY

MOCK EXAMINATION (2020)

PAPER: FURTHER MATHEMATICS (GRADE 12)
DURATION: 3 HRS MARK: 100 MARKS

OBJECTIVES
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1) If f(x) = (x - 3)(x + 4), find f (3).
A) -1 B) 1 C) 7 D) -7
2) Find the gradient of a curve y = 3x4 – 2x3 – 7x + 5 at a point x = 1.
A) 0 B) 1 C) -1 D) 2
3) Find the derivative of √1 − 2𝑥 3
−3𝑥 −3𝑥 2 3𝑥 2 −3𝑥 2
A) √1−2𝑥 3 B) √1−2𝑥3 C) √1−2𝑥 3 D)
1− 2𝑥 3
1 𝑃 𝑄
4) If = + , find the value of (P + 2Q)
𝑥 2 −2𝑥−3 𝑥+1 𝑥−3
1 1 1
A) − B) − C) 0 D)
2 4 4
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5) The 3 , 4 and 5 terms of an exponential sequence are x, y and z respectively. Which
of the following statement is true?
A) 3x = 20yz B) x2 = yz C) y2 = xz D) z2 = xy
6) If cos α = x, 0® < α < 90®, find the value of tan 2α.
√1−𝑥 2 1 1− 𝑥 2
A)
𝑥
B) √1 − 𝑥 2 C) 𝑥 2 − 1 D) 𝑥

7) Solve for x: 35x -1/2 – 1= 0

A) -0.5 B) 0.1 C) 0.5 D) 2.5
0 2 0 2
8) Given that M = ( ) and N = ( ), find (2M – N).
2 1 2 −1
0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
A) ( ) B) ( ) C) ( ) D) ( )
2 −3 2 −1 2 1 2 3
9) If f: x = x2-1 and g: x = 3x + 1, find fog(x) when x = 2.
A) 3 B) 6 C) 10 D) 48
10) Solve: 8x-2 = 43x
A) -2 B) -1 C) 1 D) 2
11) Evaluate tan 75®, leaving the answer in surd form.
A) √3 + 2 B) √3 + 1 C) √3 − 1 D) √3 – 2
𝑝 𝑘
12) Solve: 2 + 3 = 5 and 2p = k = 6 simultaneously.

A) p = -6, k = -6 B) p = -6, k = 6 C) p = 6, k = 6 D) p = 6, k = -6
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13) Rationalize:
√2+1
 √2−1 1−√2
A) √2 − 1 B) 1 − √2 C) D)
2 2
n
14) If C2 = 15, find the value of n.
A) 8 B) 7 C) 6 D) 5
15) Find the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence -7, -3, 1, …
A) 620 B) 660 C) 690 D) 1240
16) Find the value of x for which 6√4𝑥 2 + 1 = 13x
6 25 5 24
A) 5 B) 24 C) 6
D) 25

17) Calculate the distance between points (-2,-5) and (-1, 3).
A) √5 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 B) √17 units C) √65 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 D) √73 units
2 3 6 45
18) If P = ( ), Q = ( ) and PQ = k ( ), find the value of k.
−4 1 8 −20
5 4 5 4
A) - 4 B) - 5 C) 4
D) 5
2 8
19) The second and fourth terms of an exponential sequence (G.P) are 9 and 81 respectively.
81 9 1 32
Find the sixth term of the sequence. A) 32 B) 8 C) 4 D) 729

20) Calculate the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3 and 4. A) 0.5 B) 1.0 C) 1.5 D) 2.0
21) If the coefficient of x2 in the expansion of (1+3x)n is 324, find the value of n.
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
22) Solve: x2 > x A) x < 0 B) x > 0 C) 0 < x < 1 D) x < 0 or x > 1
23) If the mean of the numbers 5, 8, x, 12, (x +5) and 10 is 10, find x.
A) 6 B) 8 C) 10 D) 60
The table below shows the marks obtained by 100 pupils in a test.
Marks 1-5 6 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 21 - 25 26 - 30
Frequency 5 12 8 48 17 10
Use this information to answer question 24 to 25.
24) What is the upper class boundary of the class containing the 40th percentile?
A) 13 B) 15.5 C) 18 D) 20.5
25) Find the probability that a pupil selected at random had a mark of at most 15.
A) 0.08 B) 0.17 C) 0.25 D) 0.75
26) Two forces, ( 10N, 150®) and ( 8N, 330®), act at a point. Find the magnitude of the
resultant of their horizontal components.
A) 1N B) 3N C) 4N D) 5N
27) A body of mass 25kg and moving with a velocity 15 m/s collides with another body of
mass 15kg and moving with a velocity of 5 m/s in the opposite direction. What is the
momentum after collision? A) 300 kgm/s B) 350 kgm/s C) 400 kgm/s D) 450 kgm/s
28) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = x2 – 3x – 4 at x = 1
A) x – y – 5 = 0 B) 2x – y – 5 = 0 C) x + y – 5 = 0 D) x + y + 5 = 0
29) Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = (2x – 3)(x + 2) at x = 1
. A) x + 5y + 14 = 0 B) 5x + y + 14 = 0 C) 5x + 5y – 14 = 0 D) x + 5y – 14 = 0
𝑑𝑦
30) Find 𝑑𝑥 , given that y = sec 6x2
A) 6sec6xtan6x B) 6sec6x2tan6x2 C) 6xsec6x2tan6x2 D) None of the above.

ESSAY PART 1
Answer all questions in this part.
1. Find the truth set of sin α + cos 2α = 0, 0 ≤ α ≤ 360.
2. Find the equation of the line which passes through the point (3, -2) and is
perpendicular to the line 3x + 2y – 4 = 0.
3. Solve for x and y in the equations:
log(𝑥 − 1) + 2 log 𝑦 = 2log 3,
log 𝑥 + log 𝑦 = log 6.
4. Find the third term of the exponential sequence (G.P)
(√2 − 1), (3 - 2√2 ), …
5. a) In a Physics examination, the mean mark of the first twelve students in a class is
60, that of the next twenty students is 50 and that of the remaining y students is x.
What is the mean mark for the whole class in the examination, in terms of x and y.

b) A box contains 4 red and 3 blue identical balls. If two balls are picked at random
one after the other without replacement, find the probability that one is red and the
other is blue.

PART 2
Answer three questions from this section.

6 a) Use the trapezium rule with ordinates at x = 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to calculate, correct

to two decimal places, an approximate value for
5
∫1 (2𝑥 + 8𝑥 −2 )𝑑𝑥
3𝑥+1
b) Given that f: x x2 + 1 and g: x where x ≠ 1, find:
𝑥−1
i) g o f;
ii) g o f(2).

7) a) The gradient of a curve is given by 2x – 3x2. Find the equation of the curve if a
Point ( 1, 2) lies on it.
b) i) Find the equations of the normals to the curve y = x2 -1 at the points where it
cuts the x – axis.
ii) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the normal in (b)(ii).
8) a) Solve for x, y, and z in the equations:
 3x + 5y – 4z = -5
6x + 3y – 5z = 26
-2x + 2y + z = -11
b) A function g is defined by
3−4𝑥
g(x) = 2 . Express g(x) in partial fractions.
𝑥 +𝑥−6

9) a) A committee of five is to be formed among 6 Ghanaians, 8 Nigerians and 5

Gambians. In how many ways can the committee be formed if,
i) there is no restriction.
ii) at most 2 Ghanaians are on the committee.
iii) 1 Nigerian is on the committee?

b) Five out of 12 articles are known to be defective. If three articles are picked, one
after the other without replacement, find the probability that all the three
articles are non – defective.

10) The table shows the marks obtained by ten candidates in Physics and Mathematics
Test.
Candidates A B C D E F G H I J
Physics 58 71 63 45 90 87 70 65 53 59
Scores
Mathematics 63 65 59 50 81 73 83 72 61 62
Scores

I) Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the Spearman’s rank correlation

coefficient.
II) Interprete your result.