Exams S 6)

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
POST MOCK A
SECTION A(40marks)
1. The pressure – volume curve is of the form , a constant. If

when and when , find the values of and .
2. Find the term independent of in the expansion of .
3. Find the area contained between the curve , the axis and the
lines and .
4. A geometrical sequence has the first term 16 and common ratio . If

the sum of the first terms 60, find the least possible value of .
5. Evaluate:
6. Solve the equation: 16 sin  cos   tan   cot  , for
7. Show that the line is a tangent to the circle

and find the diameter through the point of
contact.
8. Find the tangent of the acute angle between the following pair of lines.
3 x  y  2 0, x  2 y  1 0 .
SECTION B
9a) Given that is a root of the equation , find

the other roots.
b) Given that , find the Cartesian equation of the locus of the

complex number.
10a) Evaluate:
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b) Find
11a) Solve for and for and given , and
b) Solve the equation:
12. A right circular cone of vertical angle 2 is inscribed in a space of a fixed

radius a with its vertex and rim of its base on the sphere. Show that its
8 3
volume is a sin  cos  , and hence, find the maximum volume of the
2 4
3
cone.
13a) Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

in the equation , where is acute.
b) Prove that:
14. Given that , show that for real values of , cannot lie
between -2 and 6. Find the turning points and sketch the curve.
15. A curve whose equation has the form touches the

axis at the point where and the line at the origin. Find the
values of and , sketch the curve and prove that the area enclosed by
an arc of the curve and the segment of the line is .
16a) Show that the equation y 2  4 y 4 x represents a parabola sketch the

parabola.
b) Prove that the line y = x + 2 is a tangent to the parabola y 2 = 8x, hence

determine the coordinates of the point of contact.

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
POST MOCK B
SECTION A(40marks)
1. Solve for and for and given , and
2. Find the area enclosed between the curves and .
3. Water is poured into a vessel, in the shape of a right circular cone of

vertical angle , with the axis vertical, at a rate of . At what rate
is the water surface rising when the depth of the water is ?
4. Without using tables or calculators, show that
5. Differentiate w.r.t :
6. The point divides the line joining and in the

ratio . Find and .
7. Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

8. Prove that
SECTION B (Attempt any 3 questions from this section)
9a) If , prove that
t2 t3
b) The curve is given parametrically by the equations x  , y 
1 t3 1 t3
dy 3t d2y
show that  and that 48 at a point ( 12 , 12 ) .
dx 2  t 3 dx 2

10a) If tan   p , tan  q , tan  r , prove that
Hence, deduce a relation between p, q and r in each of the following
cases:
i) ii)       2
3  4x 6  7x
b) Prove that, if tan A  and tan B  , the value of tan( A  B ) is
4  3x 7  6x
independent of x.
11a)i)Find the equation of a line through the points and with position
vectors and .
ii) A point has position vector . Find the perpendicular
distance of from the line in (i) above.
b) The position vectors of three points are , and
respectively. Show that the points are collinear.
12. Evaluate:
13a) Express in the form , and

hence solve for .
b) Prove that
c) Solve the equation for

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
POST MOCK C
SECTION A(40marks)
1. Solve the equation:
2. Find the values of for which
3. Differentiate from first principles.
4. Determine if in the expansion of in ascending powers of , the

coefficient of is four times that of .
5. Show that:
6. Prove that:
7. Prove that the circles touches the and axes

and find the points of contact.
8. Evaluate: .
SECTION B
9a) Given that is a factor of , solve the equation

.
z 1 
b) Given that z cos   i sin  , show that i tan .
z 1 2
10a) Evaluate:
b) Find

11a) Solve the equations:
,
b) Solve the equation:
12. A right circular cone of vertical angle 2 is inscribed in a space of a fixed

radius a with its vertex and rim of its base on the sphere. Show that its
8 3
volume is a sin  cos  , and hence, find the maximum volume of the
2 4
3
cone.
13a) Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

b) Prove that:
14. Given that , show that for real values of , cannot lie
between -2 and 6. Find the turning points and sketch the curve.
15a) Evaluate:
b) Find the ratio of the volumes formed by rotating the area enclosed by
the curve , the line and the axis, i) about the axis and
ii) about the axis.
16a) Obtain the equation of the tangent at the point to the curve
and find the coordinates of the point where this tangent
meets the curve again.
b) Obtain the coordinates of the point of intersection of the tangents to the

curve at the points and .

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
POST MOCK D
SECTION A(40marks)
1. Solve the equations the ratio , given that ,
2. Differentiate from first principles.
3. Evaluate:
4. Evaluate:
5. Prove that .
6. Find the equations to the lines through the point (2, 3) which makes
angles of 45o with the line x  2 y 1 .
7. Show that the lines with vector equations
and meet and state the coordinates of the
points of intersection.
dy a
8. On a certain curve for which  x  2 , the point is a point of
dx x
inflection. Find the value of a and the equation of the curve.
SECTION B
ATTEMPT ANY (FIVE) QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
9a) Given that is a factor of , solve the equation

.
z 1 
b) Given that z cos   i sin  , show that i tan .
z 1 2

d2y
10a) If y a cos 2   b sin 2  , Prove that  4 y 2(a  b).
d 2
b) Sand falls on to horizontal ground at the rate of 9m 3 per minute and

forms a heap in the shape of a right circular cone with vertical angle
120o. Show that 20 3 seconds after sand begins to fall, the rate which
3
the radius of the base of the pile is increasing is 1
m. min  1 .
 3
11a) Solve the equations: and using .
b) When a polynomial f (x) is divided by ( x  2) the reminder is -2, and when

it is divided by ( x  3) the remainder is 6 and leaves no remainder when
divided by ( x  1). Find the remainder when f (x) is divided by
( x  2)( x  3)( x  1).
12a) A wire of length is to be cut and bent into a triangle whose sides are
in the ratio and a square. Find the length of the side of the square
for which the sum of the areas of the two figures is least.
b) Find the nature of the turning points of the curve , sketch

the curve.
13a) In a triangle , prove that if the internal bisector of angle meets

at , the .
b) A man walking along a path sees a tree in a direction making with

the path and the angle of elevation of the top of the tree is . After
walking along the path, he sees the tree in a direction making
with the path. Calculate the height of the tree.
5x 2  8x  4
14. If x is real and y  , prove that y cannot lie between -4 and
x2  x
+4. Find the turning points and sketch the graph from -3 to +3.
15a) Find the point of intersection of the line with the plane
.

b) Show that the line is parallel to the plane
.
c) Find the perpendicular distance from the point to the line
.
16. A circle passing through the point has its centre at .

Another circle of radius 2 units has its centre at .
i) Determine the equations of the circles in terms of .
ii) If , find the points of intersection of the two circles.
iii) Show that the common area of intersection of the circles is given
by
.

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
POST MOCK E
SECTION A(40marks)
1. Solve the equation given that it has a repeated

root.
2. The sides and of a parallelogram have equations

and respectively. If the coordinates of are , find the
coordinates of .
3. Without using tables or calculators, simplify
4. Find the mean value of a function over the interval

.
5. Solve the equation for , given
6. Given that the circles and ,

are orthogonal, prove that .
7. The angle between and is . If and
, find the possible values of .
8. Evaluate:
SECTION B
ATTEMPT ANY (FIVE) QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
9a) Differentiate w. r. t. :
i) ii)

dy
b) If x a (  sin  ) and y a (1  cos  ) , prove that cot 12  and
dx
d2y 1
2
 cos ec 4 12  .
dx 4a
10. The point lies on the rectangular hyperbola with equation

.
a) Find the equation of the normal to at .
b) If the normal at meets again at the point and the midpoint of

is , find in cartesian form the equation of the locus of as varies.
11a) Prove by induction that:
b) Expand in ascending powers of as far as the term in ,

hence, obtain the approximate value for .
12a) Find the maximum and minimum values of the function

and the corresponding value of  , hence solve .
b) If , , prove that .
13a) Prove that (Use the substitution )
b) Differentiate w.r.t. expressing your result as simple as possible.
14. Sketch the curve and calculate the area of the region
enclosed between the curve and the line .
z1  z 2 8
15a) Solve the simultaneous equations:
4 z1  3iz 2 26  8i
b) If , solve the equation .

16a) A and B are points whose position vectors are a 2i  5k , b  i  3 j  k
x 3 y 2 z 2
respectively, and the equations of the line L are   .
2 2 1
Determine
i) the equation of the plane  which contains A and is perpendicular
to L, and verify that B lies in the plane  .
ii) the angle between the plane  above and the line
r 3i  j  3k  t (i  2 j  4k )

P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
POST MOCK F
SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. The points have coordinates , and respectively,

where is a constant. Given that , find the possible values of .
(5)
2. The distance of the point (2, – 1) from the line is twice its
distance from the line Find the value of . (5)
3. The curve is given by where and are constants. Given that

the gradient of at the point is , find a. (5)
4. The , and terms of an A.P are , and respectively.

Find the value of and the common difference. (5)
5. Find the area enclosed between the curve and the line . (5)
6. Solve the equation , for (6)
7. Given that , show that (4)
8. Two lines and have vector equations and

, respectively, find;
i) the position vector of their common point.
ii) the angle between the lines. (5)
SECTION B (60 MARKS)

9a) Find the maximum and minimum values of the function
stating clearly the values of .
b) Prove the identity:
10a) Given that , find .
b) Given that is so small that and higher powers of can be neglected, show
that . By letting , find a rational approximation of
.
11a) Express in partial fractions: and hence, show that
b) Show that
12a) A curve is given parametrically by the equations and .
Find the equation of the normal to the curve at a point where .
b) Find the equation of a curve given that it passes through the point and
that its gradient at any point is equal to
13a) Find the equation of a circle which passes through the points ,
and .
b) Given that the line is a tangent to the circle ,

show that .
14a) Use the substitution to show that .
b) Use the substitution to find

15a) Express in the form , hence or otherwise, express
in the form .

b) Describe the locus of a point defined by .
c) Evaluate:
16a) The position vectors of points A,B, C are , and
respectively. Prove that the points lie in a straight line and

determine the ratio
b) The distance of the point A(4, –1, 2) from a plane is . Given that the vector
is a normal to the plane find the Cartesian equation of the plane.
END

PURE MATHEMATICS
PAPER 425/1
FINAL REVISION QUESTIONS
SECTION A
1. Find the condition that the equations and

must have a common root.
2. Solve the differential equation: given

that , .
3. Evaluate: leaving in your answer.
4. Find the position vector of the point where the line
meets the plane .
5. Given the hyperbola , find the eccentricity and

coordinates of the foci.
6. If , show that
7. Prove by induction given that
8. Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the

point where .
9. Given that the equation has a repeated

root, solve the equation.
10. Find the slope of the of the tangent to the curve

at the point .

11. Find the equation to the circle which passes through the
origin, and the points and .
12. Find three numbers in a geometrical progression such that

their sum is and their product is .
13. If , prove that .
14. If , show that .
15. Solve the differential equation, given given that
when .
SECTION B
16a) The curve with equation meets the line at the

point .
i) Find .
ii) Show that the area of the finite region enclosed by the
curve with the equation , the axis, the axis and
the line is .
b) Find and classify the stationary points on the curve ,
hence, sketch the curve.
17a) Use Maclaurin’s theorem to expand as far as the term

in , and hence, evaluate to 4 d.p.
b) Find the mean value of between and .
18a) Solve the equation:

b) The remainder when the expression is divided by
is five times the remainder when the same expression is
divided by , and less than when the same expression
is divided by . Find the values of and .

19. Express as partial fractions: and hence evaluate
20a) Find the general solution of the d.e: given

when .
b) The rate at which the height of a certain plant increases is
proportional to the natural logarithm of the difference
between its present height and its final height .
tan A  3 tan 3 A tan A  3 cot A

21) Prove that: 
cot A  3 cot 3 A cot A  3 tan A
b) Prove that sin 3 3 sin   4 sin 3  . Deduce that
sin 3   sin 3 (120 o   )  sin( 240 o   )  34 sin 3
22a) The points have position vectors

respectively.
i) Find the vector equation of line .
ii) Determine the coordinates of , if is a
parallelogram.
iii) Write down the vector equation of the line through point
perpendicular to and find where it meets .
23. Draw on the same axes graphs of and

and state the coordinates of the points of intersection.
24a) Find the equation of the tangents drawn from the point
to the parabola .
b) Prove that the tangents to the parabola at the points
and intersect at the point .
25.a) Show that
b) A curve is given parametrically by , . Show
that its gradient function is given by .

26a) The sides of a triangle are in the ratio , find the
smallest angle of the triangle.
b) Given that A, B, C are angles of a triangle, prove that
.
27. A right circular cone of vertical angle 2 is inscribed in a space

of a fixed radius a with its vertex and rim of its base on the
8 3
sphere. Show that its volume is a sin 2  cos 4  , and hence,
3
find the maximum volume of the cone.

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P425/1

1. The pressure – volume curve is of the form , a constant. If

2. Find the term independent of in the expansion of .

4. A geometrical sequence has the first term 16 and common ratio . If

6. Solve the equation: 16 sin  cos   tan   cot  , for

7. Show that the line is a tangent to the circle

9a) Given that is a root of the equation , find

b) Given that , find the Cartesian equation of the locus of the

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11a) Solve for and for and given , and

b) Solve the equation:

12. A right circular cone of vertical angle 2 is inscribed in a space of a fixed

13a) Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

15. A curve whose equation has the form touches the

16a) Show that the equation y 2  4 y 4 x represents a parabola sketch the

b) Prove that the line y = x + 2 is a tangent to the parabola y 2 = 8x, hence

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1. Solve for and for and given , and

2. Find the area enclosed between the curves and .

3. Water is poured into a vessel, in the shape of a right circular cone of

4. Without using tables or calculators, show that

6. The point divides the line joining and in the

7. Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

SECTION B (Attempt any 3 questions from this section)

9a) If , prove that

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13a) Express in the form , and

c) Solve the equation for

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1. Solve the equation:

2. Find the values of for which

3. Differentiate from first principles.

4. Determine if in the expansion of in ascending powers of , the

7. Prove that the circles touches the and axes

9a) Given that is a factor of , solve the equation

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b) Solve the equation:

12. A right circular cone of vertical angle 2 is inscribed in a space of a fixed

13a) Given that prove that , hence, solve for ,

b) Obtain the coordinates of the point of intersection of the tangents to the

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1. Solve the equations the ratio , given that ,

2. Differentiate from first principles.

ATTEMPT ANY (FIVE) QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

9a) Given that is a factor of , solve the equation

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b) Sand falls on to horizontal ground at the rate of 9m 3 per minute and

11a) Solve the equations: and using .

b) When a polynomial f (x) is divided by ( x  2) the reminder is -2, and when

b) Find the nature of the turning points of the curve , sketch

13a) In a triangle , prove that if the internal bisector of angle meets

b) A man walking along a path sees a tree in a direction making with

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16. A circle passing through the point has its centre at .

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1. Solve the equation given that it has a repeated

2. The sides and of a parallelogram have equations

3. Without using tables or calculators, simplify

4. Find the mean value of a function over the interval