SS1 Mathematics Questions
SECTION A: Objectives (20 marks)
Answer all questions
1. What are the solutions to the quadratic equation x² - 5x + 6 = 0?
a) x = 1, x = 6
b) x = -2, x = -3
c) x = 2, x = 3
d) x = -1, x = -6
2. In a class of 53 students, x of them are boys. How many girls are in the class?
a) 53x
b) 53 + x
c) 53 - x
d) 34
Use the information below to answer questions 3 – 5.
In a class of 18, a student can either offer Biology, Economics or both. If 8 students offer
Biology, 12 offer Economics and 5 students offer neither of the two subjects.
3. Find how many students offer both subjects. A. 25 B. 17 C. 7 D. 12.
4. How many students offer exactly one subject? A. 1 B. 6 C. 12 D. 5.
5. Find the number of students that offer at most one subject. A. 11 B. 14 C. 13 D. 5
6. If A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {3, 4, 5}, what is A ∪ B (A union B)?
a) {3}
b) {1, 2}
c) {4, 5}
d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
7. If A = {2, 4, 6, 8} and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, what is A ∩ B (A intersection B)?
a) {1, 3, 6, 8}
b) {2, 4}
c) {6, 8}
d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8}
8. If the universal set U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and A = {1, 3, 5}, what is A' (the complement of
A)?
a) {1, 3, 5}
b) {2, 4, 6}
c) {} (the empty set)
d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
9. In a right-angled triangle ABC, where angle B = 90°, AB = 8 cm and BC = 6 cm, what is
the value of tan A?
a) 4/3
b) 3/4
c) 3/5
d) 4/5
10. In a right-angled triangle XYZ, where angle Z = 90° and sin X = 5/13, what is the value of
cos X?
a) 12/13
b) 5/12
c) 13/12
d) 12/5
11. A ladder leans against a wall, making an angle of 60° with the ground. If the base of the
ladder is 3 meters from the wall, how high up the wall does the ladder reach?
a) 3√3 meters
b) 3 meters
c) 6 meters
d) √3 meters
12. If it is raining, then the ground is wet. It is raining. What can we conclude?
a) The ground is dry.
b) The ground is wet.
c) It is not raining.
d) We cannot conclude anything.
13. All cats are mammals. Some mammals are pets. What can we conclude?
a) All cats are pets.
b) Some cats are pets.
c) All pets are cats.
d) No cats are pets.
14. If x is an even number, then x + 1 is an odd number. x + 1 is not an odd number. What
can we conclude?
a) x is an odd number.
b) x is not an even number.
c) x is a prime number.
d) We cannot conclude anything.
15. If A = {numbers less than 10} and B = {multiples of 3 less than 10}, what is A ∩ B?
a) {3, 6, 9}
b) {2, 4, 8}
c) {6}
d) {} (the empty set)
16. From a point 20 meters away from the base of a tower, the angle of elevation to the top
of the tower is 45°. What is the height of the tower?
a) 10 meters
b) 20 meters
c) 20√2 meters
d) 40 meters
17. If p > q and q > r, then:
a) p > r
b) r > p
c) p < r
d) We cannot conclude anything
18. What is the number of subsets of a set A containing 3 distinct elements?
a) 3
b) 6
c) 8
d) 9
19. What brackets are used in set notation?
a) [ ]
b) ( )
c) { }
d) All of the above
20. Which of the following statement is the opposite of "If I study hard, then I will pass the
exam?"
a) If I pass the exam, then I studied hard.
b) If I did not study hard, then I will not pass the exam.
c) If I did not pass the exam, then I did not study hard.
d) None of the above.
SECTION B: THEORY (40 marks)
Answer 3 questions only. Question 2 is compulsory.
1. a) What's a "set"? Give an example of a set of your favorite fruits, and then make a
different set of colors those fruits might be.
b) Imagine a triangle with one angle that's exactly 90 degrees (a right-angled triangle). You
have the sides called the Opposite, Adjacent, and Hypotenuse. You can make sets using
those sides in combination to form different trigonometric ratios. Explain how to construct the
sets to represent Sine and Cosine. (10 marks)
2. a) If U = {1,2,3,4,5}, A = { 1,3} and B= { 3,4}, Find (i) Aʼ (ii) Bʼ (iii) (AnB)ʼ (iv) (AUB)ʼ
b) In a group of 120 students, 60 studied mathematics, 40 studied physics, 55 studied
Chemistry and 22 studied none of the three subjects. 12 studied physics and mathematics
only, 8 studied chemistry and physics only, 7 studied mathematics and chemistry only.
i) Draw a venn diagram illustrating the information
ii) Find the number of students that studied all three subjects
iii) Find the number of students that studied only mathematics (20 marks)
3. a) Solve this quadratic equation: x² + 5x + 6 = 0
b) A tree casts a shadow of 12 meters long on the ground. If the angle between the sun's
rays and the ground is 40°, what is the height of the tree?
c) A staircase rises 4 meters vertically and runs 6 meters horizontally. What angle does the
staircase make with the ground? (10 marks)
4. a) What's a "statement" in logic? Give an example of a TRUE statement about your
favorite subject in school, and then give an example of a FALSE statement.
b) Suppose I say, "All the students in the Math Club are good at solving puzzles." What if I
point to someone not in the Math Club? What can you say, or not say, about whether they're
good at puzzles? (10 marks)
5. a) Is it true that if a person works hard, they will always be rich? Explain your reasoning,
use "if-then" statements in your answer, and provide any counterexamples.
b) If "all squares have four sides," and "a rectangle is a square," what can you conclude?
c) Can you have a triangle where all angles are acute (less than 90 degrees) or all angles
are obtuse(more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees)? Explain your reasoning.
(10 marks)
