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Abbey College Cambridge

International Foundation Programme
Engineering Pathway

Subject: Mathematics

Assessment: Paper 5 (Practice A)

Term 3
Equipment required: Calculator and separate formulae booklet

Time allowed: 90 minutes

Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen. Pencil may be used to draw graphs.
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
• You should show your method clearly.
• Correction fluid should NOT be used.
• Rounded answers should be given to 3 significant figures, unless otherwise stated
in the question.

Information
• Mark allocations are shown in brackets.
• There are 10 questions.
• The paper is out of 75 marks.

Mark: Final IV/Moderated Mark:

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Question 1

0 −1 1 0
Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ), where 𝑘 is a constant, calculate
𝑘 0 0 𝑘

(a) 2𝐴 − 𝐵
[2]

(b) (i) 𝐵𝐴
(ii) 𝐴𝐵 [3]
Give your answers in terms of 𝑘.

Total 5 marks

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Question 2

1 −𝑡
𝐴=( ) , where 𝑡 is a constant.
2𝑡 −4

Calculate

(a) The determinant of 𝐴 in terms of 𝑡. [2]

(b) Find the values of t for which A is singular. [3]

Total 5 marks

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Question 3

The complex number 𝑧 is defined by

𝑧 = 1+𝑖

(a) Find the value of 𝑧 2, giving your answer in its simplest form. [2]

(b) Hence show that 𝑧 8 = 16. [3]

(c) Find the value of (𝑧 ∗ )2, giving your answer in its simplest form. [2]

Total 7 marks

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Question 4

The forces 𝐅𝟏 , 𝐅𝟐 and 𝐅𝟑 act on a particle P of mass 0.5 kg.

2 9 𝑠
𝐅1 = ( ), 𝐅2 = ( ) and 𝐅3 = ( ).
−1 11 𝑡
Given that the forces are in equilibrium,

(a) Calculate 𝑠 and 𝑡. [3]

The force 𝐅3 is removed.

(b) Find the acceleration vector of P. [3]

Total 6 marks

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Question 5

Complex numbers 𝑧 and 𝑤 are defined by

𝑧 = 4 + 3𝑖 and 𝑤 = −3 − 5𝑖.

𝑤 27 11
(a) Show that = − 25 − 25 𝑖.
𝑧
You should show ALL your working.
[3]

(b) Calculate
𝑧 + 𝑤 ∗,

giving your answer in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑖, where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are real numbers.
[3]

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(c) Calculate

(i) |𝑤|, giving your answer as an exact surd. [1]

(ii) arg(𝑤), giving your answer in radians to 3 significant figures. [2]

(d) Hence, or otherwise, find the modulus and argument of 𝑤 2 , where the argument, 𝜃, is
in the range −𝜋 < 𝜃 ≤ 𝜋 [3]

Total 12 marks

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Question 6

Vectors 𝐮 and 𝐯 are defined by

𝑡 2
𝐮 = (2) , 𝐯 = (−8), where 𝑡 is a real number.
3 2𝑡

(a) Given that 𝐮 and 𝐯 are perpendicular, find the value of t . [3]

Taking 𝑡 = 5

(b) (i) Find the acute angle between 𝐮 and 𝐯, giving your answer to the nearest degree.
[3]

(ii) Find a unit vector in the direction of vector 𝐮 [2]

Total 8 marks

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Question 7

−7 24
Let 𝑀 = ( )
−24 −7

(a) Calculate det 𝑀. [2]

(b) Write down 𝑀−1. [2]

(c) Use your answer to part (b) to solve the simultaneous equations.
You should show your method clearly.

−7𝑥 + 24𝑦 = −10

−24𝑥 − 7𝑦 = 55.
[3]

Total 7 marks

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Question 8

Lines 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 have vector equations

2 4 −4 −6
𝐿1 : 𝑟1 = ( 0 ) + 𝑠 ( 1 ) 𝐿2 : 𝑟2 = (−1) + 𝑡 (−2)
−1 −1 1 1

(a) Show that the lines 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 intersect, and find the position vector of their point of
intersection 𝑃. [6]

(b) Calculate the exact distance 𝑂𝑃. [3]

Total 9 marks

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Question 9
5
Let 𝑔(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 − 3√𝑥 − 4, 𝑥 > 0
The single root α of the equation 𝑔(𝑥) = 0 has a solution in the interval [1.3, 1.4].

(a) (i) Find 𝑔′(𝑥) [2]

(ii) Taking 1.3 as a first approximation to α, apply the Newton-Raphson process once
to 𝑔(𝑥) to obtain a second approximation to α. Give your answer to 3 decimal
places.
[2]

(b) Use linear interpolation once on the interval [1.3, 1.4] to find another approximation to
α. Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
[3]

Total 7 marks

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Question 10

The transformation represented by the 2 × 2 matrix 𝑈 is a rotation through 90°

anticlockwise about the origin.

(a) Write down the matrix 𝑈. [1]

2 0
Another transformation is represented by the 2 × 2 matrix 𝑉, where 𝑉 = ( ).
0 3

(b) Describe fully the single transformation represented by V. [2]

The transformation represented by the matrix R is the transformation represented by matrix

U followed by the transformation represented by matrix V.

(c) Find the matrix R. [3]

An object A with area 4 units² is transformed by the matrix R onto A’.

(d) Find the area of A’. [3]

Total 9 marks

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