IB MATH STUDIES: PROBLEMS TO REVIEW FOR SPRING 2011 FINAL 1.

A survey was conducted of the number of bedrooms in 208 randomly chosen houses. The results are shown in the following table. Number of bedrooms Number of houses (Frequency) (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 41 2 60 3 52 4 32 5 15 6 8

State whether the data is discrete or continuous.

(1)

Write down the mean number of bedrooms per house.

(2)

Write down the standard deviation of the number of bedrooms per house.
(1)

Find the median number of bedrooms.

(2)

2.

Let p and q be the statements: p: Sarah eats lots of carrots. q: Sarah can see well in the dark. Write the following statements in words. (a) p q.

(b)

p q.

(c)

Write the following statement in symbolic form. If Sarah cannot see well in the dark, then she does not eat lots of carrots.

(d)

Is the statement in part (c) the inverse, the converse or the contrapositive of the statement in part (a)?

3.

The third term of a geometric sequence is 12 and the fifth term is All the terms in the sequence are positive. (a) Calculate the value of the common ratio. (b) Find the first term of the sequence. (c) Find the sum of the first 14 terms.

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4.

The graph below represents the temperature ( T Celsius) in Washington measured at midday during a period of thirteen consecutive days starting at Day 0. These points also lie on the graph of the function T(x) = a + b cos (cx), 0 x 12, where a, b and c T 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 0 (a) 0 2 Find the value of (i) (ii) (b) (c) a; b.
(2)

10

12

Show that c = 30.

(1)

Using the graph, or otherwise, write down the part of the domain for which the midday temperature is less than 18.5.
(2) (Total 5 marks)

5.

The following diagram shows the lines l1 and l2, which are perpendicular to each other. Diagram not to scale y (0 , 7 ) l2 (5 , 0 ) l1 x

(0 , 2 )

(a)

Calculate the gradient of line l1.

(b)

Write the equation of line l1 in the form ax + by + d = 0 where a, b and d are integers, and a > 0. Find the point of intersection.

(c)

6.

The diagram below shows a part of the graph of y = a . The graph crosses the y-axis at the point P. The point Q (4, 16) is on the graph. y Q (4 , 1 6 )

P O x Diagram not to scale

Find (a) (b) the coordinates of the point P; the value of a.

(c) the horizontal asymptote.

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7.

A poll was taken of the leisure time activities of 90 students. 60 students watch TV (T), 60 students read (R), 70 students go to the cinema (C). 26 students watch TV, read and go to the cinema. 20 students watch TV and go to the cinema only. 18 students read and go to the cinema only. 10 students read and watch TV only. (a) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the above information.

(b)

Calculate how many students (i) (ii) only watch TV; only go to the cinema.

(c) Find n(T R )

8.

The data in the table below refers to a sample of 60 randomly chosen plants. Growth rate high low total dark 3 8 11 Classification by environment light 8 9 17 shady 14 18 32 total 25 35 60

(a)

(i) (ii)

Find the probability of a plant being in a shady environment. Find the probability of a plant having a low growth rate and being in a dark environment.
(5)

(iii) Find the probability of a plant not being in a dark environment. (b) A plant is chosen at random from the above group. Find the probability that the chosen plant has (i) (ii) a high growth rate or is in a dark environment, but not both a light environment, given that it has a high growth rate.
(5)

9.

Consider the function f (x) = 2x 3x 12x + 5. (a) (i) Find f ' (x).

(ii)

Find the gradient of the curve f (x) when x = 3.

(4)

(b)

Find the x-coordinates of the points on the curve where the gradient is equal to 12.
(3)

(c)

(i) (ii)

Calculate the x-coordinates of the local maximum and minimum points. Hence find the coordinates of the local minimum.
(6)

(d)

For what values of x is the value of f (x) increasing?

(2) (Total 15 marks)

10.

Consider the function f (x) = (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

3 + x 4. x2
(2)

Calculate the value of f (x) when x = 1. Differentiate f (x).

(4)

Find f (l).
(2)

Explain what f '(l) represents.

(2)

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve f (x) at the point where x = 1.
(3)

Determine the x-coordinate of the point where the gradient of the curve is zero.
(3) (Total 16 marks)

11.

Zog from the planet Mars wants to change some Martian Dollars (MD) into US Dollars (USD). The exchange rate is 1 MD = 0.412 USD. The bank charges 2% commission. (a) How many US Dollars will Zog receive if she pays 3500 MD?

Zog meets Zania from Venus where the currency is Venusian Rupees (VR). They want to exchange money and avoid bank charges. The exchange rate is 1 MD = 1.63 VR. (b) How many Martian Dollars, to the nearest dollar, will Zania receive if she gives Zog 2100 VR?

12.

Bob invests 600 EUR in a bank that offers a rate of 2.75% compounded annually. The interest is added on at the end of each year. (a) (b) Calculate how much money Bob has in the bank after 4 years. Calculate the number of years it will take for the investment to double.

Ann invests 600 EUR in another bank that offers interest compounded annually. Her investment doubles in 20 years. (c) Find the rate that the bank is offering.
(Total 6 marks)

13.

Andrew invests 20 000 Swiss francs in a bank that offers a 2 % simple interest per year for 8 years. (a) Find the interest he has after these 8 years.

Philip invests 20 000 Swiss francs for 6 years in a bank at a nominal rate of 5 % interest compounded quarterly. (b) Find the total amount in Philips account after these 6 years.

14.

A cross-country running course is given in the diagram below. Runners start and finish at point O. O N o t to s c a le

C
150 0 m

500 m

110 B 800 m A

(a)

Show that the distance CA is 943 m correct to 3 s.f.

(2)

(b)

Show that angle BCA is 58.0 correct to 3 s.f.

(2)

(c)

(i) (ii)

Calculate the angle CAO. Calculate the distance CO.

(5)

(d)

Calculate the area enclosed by the course OABC.

(4)