S5 Math 3 Exam June: overview

1) General remarks:
- 2 parts, one with and one without calculator
- Each part is 45 minutes
- For the calculator part, also show calculations where necessary. Do
not just write the answers.
- At the start of the exam, you will be asked to reset the calculator. You
do this by pressing the small “reset button” at the back with a pen.
- Put your calculator in degrees !!! (for the questions on angles in 3D
shapes using trigonometric ratios)
- Make sure you calculator is fully charged.
- Try the revision exercises and check the answers on teams
- Look at the tests you have done throughout this semester
- Look at the exercises we have done in class and any mistakes you
have made there

2) Solid geometry

Handouts on solid geometry

What you have to know/be able to do:
- Be able to determine the nature of cross-sections (The shape)
- Be able to determine the dimensions of a cross-section
- Calculate the area of 2D shapes in real-life problems (exact or with
rounding to a given number of decimal places)

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 - Calculate the volume of shapes in real-life problems (exact or with
rounding to a given number of decimal places)
- Write the correct units when calculating area or volume
- Apply Pythagoras theorem in 2D shapes 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 𝑐 2
- Apply Pythagoras theorem in 3D shapes (apply it two times or use the
formula 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 𝑑 2 )
- Apply the trigonometric rations to find angles in 3D shapes (sine,
cosine and tangent formulas – SOH CAH TOA + arcsin, arccos and
arctan)
- Apply Thales (ratio of the sides of similar triangles) in 3D shapes

3) Programming with Python

Handouts on Python
What you have to know/be able to do:

- You have to be able to say what the output of a given program will be
(from a flow chart, from pseudocode and from a program written in
Python)
- The programs can consist of:
o different operations ( *, /, + etc.) (Rules of BEDMAS apply)
o the multiplication of strings
o input from the user
o conditional statements (if, elif, else)
o a for loop
o a while loop
o concatenation of strings and variables
- You have to able to state what the data types are of a given input
(string, boolean, integer and float)
- You do not need to know how to write a program yourself.
- You do not need to know functions and random numbers

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4) Probability

Textbook: Chapter 17: Probability p 337

A Sample space and events p 338
B Theoretical probability p 341
C The addition law of probability p 345
D Independent events p 347
E Dependent events p 349
F Experimental probability p 352
H Conditional probability p 355

Handouts on Probability (+ handouts with extra exercises)

On Teams > Files > Class Materials > Probability, you will find:
- Venn Diagrams Book 9 (Chapter 3)
- Probabilities from Venn Diagrams Book 9 (Chapter 14)
- Probability extra exercises SOLUTION

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What you have to know/be able to do:
- See the learning objectives in the syllabus outline
(Contingency tables = two-way table)
- Formulate probabilities with proper mathematical notation:
E.g. 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) - the probability of A and B (intersection)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) – the probability of A or B (union)
𝑃(𝐴 | 𝐵) – the conditional probability of A given the condition B
𝑃(𝐴) – the probability of A
- Determine probabilities using the Formula of Laplace (theoretical
probability for equally likely outcomes)
- Determine probabilities from a Venn Diagram, a tree diagram or a
two-way table (Including conditional probabilities)
- Write information from a two-way table in a Venn diagram
- Be able to explain what independent events are.
- Show whether two events are independent using the formula:
𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) × 𝑃(𝐵)
Or 𝑃(𝐴 | 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴)
- Be able to explain what mutually exclusive events are.
- Show whether two events are mutually exclusive or not.
- Use the following formulas to calculate probabilities:
𝑃( 𝐴 ) = 1 − 𝑃(𝐴) (Complementary events)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) for mutually exclusive events ( 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 =
∅ - the intersection is empty)
𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) = 𝑃(𝐴) + 𝑃(𝐵) − 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) for events where 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 ≠
∅ ( the intersection is not empty)

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5) Descriptive statistics

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Chapter 18: statistics p 365
A Discrete numerical data p 367
B Continuous numerical data p 369
C Describing the distribution of data p 371
D Measures of centre (mean, median, mode) p 374
E Box plots p 381
(F Cumulative frequency graphs p 387)
G Standard deviation p 390

Descriptive statistics: Handouts:

- Census versus sampling
- Bias in sampling
- Different sampling methods ( simple random sampling, systematic
sampling, cluster sampling, stratified sampling)
- criteria for a representative sample
- pitfalls in data collection ( convenience sample, voluntary response
sample, the way the survey is carried out)
- conducting a survey yourself

What you have to know/be able to do:

- Using the calculator: Enter the data in statistics. Find:
o The frequency (the number of data)
o The mean
o The median
o The quartiles
o The range
o The interquartile range
o The variance
o The standard deviation
- Compare the data from different data sets E.g. compare the five
point summary data in boxplots.
- Understand the centre of data based on the mean, the median and
the mode.
- Understand the spread of data using range, interquartile range,
standard deviation
- Without the calculator:

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 o Calculate the mean, median and mode (also from frequency
tables and data divided in different class intervals)
o Calculate the variance (This is the square of the standard
deviation – 𝜎 2 )
o Calculate the standard deviation (The square root of the
variance - 𝜎)
- Identify the population
- Identify the variable of an investigation
- Identify the sample
- Identify problems / pitfalls in a survey
- Be able to recognise which sampling technique is used.
- Understand what strata and clusters are