MFANTSIPIM SCHOOL

VACATION ASSIGNMENT

MATHEMATICS

Answer All Questions

TRIGONOMETRY

1. Two given points P and Q which are opposite sides of a tower are 30m apart, P, Q and the
foot of the tower are in the same straight line. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower
from P and Q are 35° and 48° respectively. Find, correct to one decimal place, the height
of the tower.
2. The angle of elevation of the top of a flagpole is 42° from a point S which is 180 meters
from the foot B of the flagpole. T is a point on the same horizontal line BP such that BT is
45 meters. Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the angle of elevation of the flagpole
from T.
8 tan 𝑥
3. If sin 𝑥 = , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 .
17 1+2 tan 𝑥
5 3 cos 𝑦−2 sin 𝑦
4. Given that sin 𝑦 = 13 , 0° ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 90°, evaluate
6 tan 𝑦

5. A boat is on the same horizontal level as the foot of a vertical tower. The angle of depression
of the boat from the top of the tower is 39°. If the boat is 30m away from the foot of the
tower,
a. Illustrate the information in a diagram
b. Find, correct to three significant figures, the height of the tower.
c. If the boat moves further away to a new position P and the initial angle of depression
by 5, calculate the distance moved by the boat from its initial position.
6. From two points A and B 15m apart an on the same horizontal line as the foot of a tower,
the angles of elevation are 35° and 45° respectively. If A and B are on the same side of the
tower,
a. Represent the information in a diagram
b. Find, correct to the nearest meter, the height of the tower.
 sin 𝛽+2 cos 𝜃
7. Given that 𝜃 = 60° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 = 30°, evaluate , leaving your answer in a surd
cos 𝛽

form.
8. The height, h meters, of water above sea level at the entrance to a deck is given by
𝑦 = 18 − 10 sin(5𝑥)°, 0 < 𝑥 < 15. Find;
a. The value of y when 𝑥 = 12,
b. Correct to two decimal places, x when 𝑦 = 10.

PERIMETER, AREA AND VOLUME

1) A rectangle is (𝑥 + 3)𝑐𝑚 long and 𝑦 𝑐𝑚 wide. The perimeter of the rectangle is 24cm and
the area is 27𝑐𝑚2 .

Show that;

i) 𝑦 = 9 − 𝑥
ii) 𝑥2 − 6𝑥 = 0
iii) Find the length and width of the rectangle.
2) The perimeter of a square and a rectangle is the same. The width of the rectangle is 6cm and
its area is 16𝑐𝑚2 less than the area of the square. Find the area of the square.
3) The length of the diagonals of a rhombus are 6cm and 9cm respectively. Find correct to three
significant figures the
a) Perimeter the rhombus
b) Area of the rhombus
4) The total surface area of a closed circular cylinder of radius 5.5cm is 1520𝑐𝑚2 . Calculate the
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volume of the cylinder. [𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = ].
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5) A swimming pool in the shape of a cuboid has a length of 10m, a width of 5m and a depth of
2m. If the pool is filled with water, how much water does it hold?
6) A water reservoir in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere is built such that the plane
face of the hemisphere fits exactly to the base of the cone is 6 times the radius of its base.
a) Illustrate this information in a diagram.
 b) If the volume of the reservoir is 33313𝜋𝑚3 , calculate, correct to the nearest whole number,
the;
i) Volume of the hemisphere;
ii) Total surface area of the reservoir.
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7) A rectangle has a perimeter of 54 cm. if the ratio of the length of the rectangle to the width is
5:4, what is the length of the rectangle?

8) P 112m Q

T 14m U

S R

The diagram above represents a field with a circular pond of diameter 14 m. PTS and QUR are
semi-circles. PQRS is a rectangle with line PQ 112m and line QR 56m. find;

a. The distance round the field

b. The area of the field excluding the pond.
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 STATISTICS

1. i. Discuss the meaning of Statistics.

ii. Explain data
ii. Explain discrete and continuous data, and give example in each case.
iii. Explain and give example each of raw data, ungrouped data and grouped data.
2. The list below shows the price (GH¢) of mathematics textbooks in a sample of shops.
133 132 134 133 132 133 134 133
132 133 131 131 133 135 133 132
133 135 133 132 133 131 132 133
a. Draw a frequency distribution table for the data.
b. Draw a pie chart to represent the data.
c. Find the fraction of shops which priced mathematics textbooks at GH¢133

3. Describe how to obtain the following given raw data and grouped data;
i. Range
ii. Upper- and lower-class boundary
iii. Class interval
iv. Class-mid point
v. Class width/class size
vi. Frequency density

4. Measures of central tendencies

i. Explain mean, mode and median.
ii. Write an expression for finding them with regards to raw data, ungrouped data and
grouped data.
iii. Outline the process of finding median of raw data considering even and odd numbers
of data. Give an example in each case.

5. The table gives the frequency distribution of marks obtained by a number of students in a
test. If the mean mark is 5,

Marks 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frequency 5 M m + 1 9 4 1
Calculate
i. the value of m and hence the median of the distribution.
ii. The probability of selecting a student who had distinction if the mark for
distinction was 7 marks
6. (a) Write short notes and their mathematical expressions on the following Measures of
Location
i. Range
ii. Mean deviation (raw data and grouped data)
iii. Standard deviation (raw data and grouped data)
(b) Write short notes and their mathematical expressions on the following Measures of
Dispersion
i. Deciles, Percentiles, Quartiles (raw data and grouped data)

7. (a) The data below is the masses of ten water tanks: 6.7, 10, 9.3, 5.9, 9.4, 6.8, 7.6, 7.8, 8.0
and 8.5 Using assumed mean of 7, calculate (i) Standard deviation (ii) variance
(b) The mean of 18, 13, 10, 2m, m + 1 and 15 is 13, find the value of m

8. The weight(kg) of fifty (50) swimmers in a swimming competition.

55 56 57 56 54 56 55 53 55 58
54 52 55 54 57 55 54 55 55 57
55 57 56 54 55 54 56 55 54 55
56 55 54 55 53 53 57 55 53 54
56 54 58 55 53 55 54 57 56 54
a. Construct a frequency table for the discrete data.
b. Calculate correct to 2 decimal places,
i. Mean
ii. Mean Deviation

9. An eye test conducted on a sample of 50 students in a primary school showed the number
of students in the school with eye infection. The table below depicts the information.

Ages (years) 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15

No. of students 5 7 10 16 Y
Calculate,
(a) Find the value of y
(b) Standard deviation
(c) Find the probability of selecting two students from the sample who are aged between
13-15 years.

10. (a) The mean of five consecutive odd numbers is 11, find the
i. Numbers ii. Mean deviation of the numbers
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(b) the mean age of a second-year class of a school is 18 5 . at the end of the promotion,
three (3) students aged 20, 19 and 19 years were repeated. The new mean age of the class
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became 18 3 . calculate the number of students who were in the class before the
promotion.
11. (a) In a class, there are 20 boys their total score in a test is 810 marks. If the average
score of the girls is 37and that of the whole class is 39, calculate;
i. The number of students in the class ii the ratio of the total marks of the girls to
that of the boys.
(b) In a class test, Ali, Abi and Asif scored 27, 34 and x marks respectively. Expressing
the marks in percentages, Ali scored 54%, Abi scored Y% and Asif scored Z%. if the
mean for the three marks is 60%. Calculate the X, Y and Z.

Graphical presentation of Data (Do the following in a graph book)

1. The table below gives data on revenue and investment of Paintsiwa Automobile from
2015 to 2024. Values are in millions of Ghana Cedis.
YEAR 201 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202 202
5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 3 4
REVENUE 1.00 2.00 2.40 2.00 3.00 2.40 2.00 3.60 3.40 3.60
INVESTMENT 1.20 1.40 1.40 2.00 2.40 2.00 2.40 1.60 2.40 2.20
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(a) Present the data using a line graph

(b) In which year(s) did the company break even?
(c) In which year(s) did the company incur losses

2. The data below shows the ages of 55 students in Eguase SHS one two class.
14 17 15 16 18 15 16 17 21 15 19 24 20 18
16 17 20 18 19 14 21 15 17 25 21 19 22 19
24 21 23 16 21 16 22 17 22 19 20 17 15 18
20 17 23 18 19 18 21 18 19 18 18 16 18
a) Prepare a frequency distribution table for the distribution using the ages in years from
14-15, 16-17, 18-19, …
b) Draw a histogram for the distribution
c) Determine the mean, mode and median.
 d) If a student is selected at random, find the probability that the student selected would
be at least 20 years.

3. A class test conducted showed the number of students in the exams and the marks in
groups. The table below depicts the information.
Marks (%) 11-20 21-35 36- 41-50 51-60
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No. of students 5 7 10 16 12
a. Draw a histogram for the data.
b. Find the mean, mode and the median.
c. Find the probability of selecting two students who obtained the marks between 36 and
50
4. The Histogram represent some marks scored by some students in a test.

Use the Histogram to

(i) Construct a frequency table.
(ii) The total number of students who took the test.
(iii) Find probability of selecting a student who had marks below 40%.
5. The heights of 100 girls were measured to the nearest centimeter. The results were as
follows:

Heights(cm) 130 135- 140 145 150 155 160 165-

- 139 - - - - - 169
134 144 149 154 159 164
Frequency 4 7 14 20 24 16 9 6
(F)

a. Prepare a cumulative frequency table and draw a cumulative frequency curve.

b. How many girls were 149.5 cm tall or more?
c. Find also the semi-interquartile range and the 89th percentile.
d. What is the probability of selecting a student whose height is less than 159cm

6. The table shows the distribution of marks of candidates in an examination.

Marks (%) 0- 10-19 20- 30- 40- 50- 60-69 70- 80- 90-99
9 29 39 49 59 79 89
Frequency 5 8 6 11 14 21 16 14 4 1

(a) Construct a cumulative frequency table and draw a cumulative frequency curve.
(b) Use your curve to estimate
i. the median
ii. semi-interquartile range
iii. the probability of selecting a candidate whose mark is less than 70%.