Practice Paper 1 (DP IB Maths: AA SL)

Practice Paper Questions

1a
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2 marks

The following diagram shows the graph of y space equals space f left parenthesis x right parenthesis comma space minus 3 less or equal than x less or equal than 6.

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Write down the value of

i)
f left parenthesis negative 2 right parenthesis

ii)
f to the power of negative 1 end exponent left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis.
1b
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1 mark

Find the value of left parenthesis f space ring operator space f space right parenthesis left parenthesis 0 right parenthesis.

1c
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2 marks

Given that g left parenthesis x right parenthesis space equals space f space left parenthesis x space plus space 5 right parenthesis minus space 5, find the domain and range of g.

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2a
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The diameter of our moon is roughly 3.5 x 103 km. Honzos is a spherical moon in a nearby galaxy and its diameter is eight times larger than our moon's.

State the radius of Honzos, giving your answer in standard form.

2b
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Approximately 75% of the surface of Honzos is available for cultivation.

The approximate surface area of Honzos that is available for cultivation can be expressed in the form straight pi left parenthesis a space cross times space 10 to the power of b right parenthesis space k m squared, where 1 less or equal than a less than 10 and b space element of space straight integer numbers.

State the values of a and b.

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3a
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Students are arranged for a graduation photograph in rows which follows an arithmetic sequence. There are 20 students in the fourth row and 44 in the 10th row.

i)
Find the common difference, d, of the arithmetic sequence.

ii)
Find the first term of the arithmetic sequence.
3b
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Given there are 20 rows of students in the photograph, calculate how many students there are altogether.

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4a
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The heights, in metres, of a flock of 20 flamingos are recorded and shown below:

0.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6


An outlier is an observation that falls either more than 1.5 x (interquartile range) above the upper quartile or less than 1.5 X (interquartile range) below the lower quartile.

i)
Find the values of straight Q subscript 1 comma space straight Q subscript 2and straight Q subscript 3.
ii)
Find the interquartile range.
iii)
Identify any outliers.
4b
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3 marks

Using your answers to part (a), draw a box plot for the data.

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5
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Let f open parentheses x close parentheses space equals fraction numerator g open parentheses x close parentheses over denominator h open parentheses x close parentheses end fraction, where g open parentheses 2 close parentheses space equals space 4, h open parentheses 2 close parentheses space equals space minus 1, g apostrophe open parentheses 2 close parentheses space equals 0 and h apostrophe open parentheses 2 close parentheses equals 2.

Find the equation of the tangent of f at x equals 2.

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6a
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Prove that square root of 3 space sin space 2 theta space plus space cos space 2 theta space minus 1 space equals space 2 space sin space theta open parentheses square root of 3 space cos space theta minus sin theta close parentheses.

6b
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Hence solve square root of 3 space sin space 2 theta space plus space cos space 2 theta space plus 3 space cos theta minus square root of 3 space sin space theta equals 1 comma where 0 less or equal than theta less than 360 degree.

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7a
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f space left parenthesis x right parenthesis space equals space 2 m x squared space plus space 3 m x where x space element of space straight real numbers and m not equal to space 0. The line y space equals space minus 3 m x minus 9 meets the graph of f at exactly one point.

Show that m space equals space 2.

7b
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1 mark

f can be written in the form left parenthesis 2 x right parenthesis left parenthesis 2 x space plus space h right parenthesis, where h space element of space straight real numbers.

Find the value of h.

7c
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f spacecan also be written in the form 4 left parenthesis x space plus space q right parenthesis squared space plus space r comma where q comma space r space element of space straight real numbers.

Find the values of q and r.

7d
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3 marks

By sketching the graph of f, find the values of x where the graph is both negative and decreasing.

7e
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Find the area enclosed by space f space left parenthesis x right parenthesis spaceand the x-axis.

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8a
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3 marks

Let f open parentheses x close parentheses space equals space k x space In open parentheses 3 x to the power of 4 close parentheses space f o r space x greater than 0 comma spacewhere k space greater than space 0 is a constant.

Given that space f space left parenthesis a right parenthesis space equals space 0, find the value of a.

8b
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Find

i)
f apostrophe left parenthesis x right parenthesis

ii)
f " left parenthesis x right parenthesis

8c
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5 marks

Show that the graph of f has exactly one minimum point and determine its x-coordinate.

8d
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Given that the y-coordinate of the minimum point is -4, find the value of k.

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9a
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Frank has a biased six-sided die.
The faces of the die are numbered 1 to 6.
Frank's score, X, is the number which lands face up after his die is rolled.
The following table shows the probability distribution for X.

bold Score space comma space x 1 2 3 4 5 6
P left parenthesis X equals x right parenthesis begin inline style 1 over 10 end style begin inline style 1 over 20 end style begin inline style 1 fifth end style 3 over 20 begin inline style 1 fifth end style 3 over 10

Frank plays the game twice and adds the scores together.

Find the probability Frank has a total score of 4, giving your answer as a fraction.

9b
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Jenny has a different biased six-sided die.
On Jenny's die, the faces are numbered as multiples of 3.
Jenny's score, Y, is the number which lands face up after her die is rolled.
The following table shows the probability distribution for Y.

bold Score space comma space y 3 6 9 12 15 18
P left parenthesis Y equals y right parenthesis a a b b b b

It is given that the range of possible values for a is 0 space less than space a space less than 1 half.

i)
Find the range of possible values for b.

ii)
Hence, find the range of possible values for E left parenthesis Y right parenthesis.
9c
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6 marks

Frank and Jenny each roll their die once. The probability that Frank's score is at least as high as Jenny's is  23 over 80.
Find the value of E left parenthesis Y right parenthesis.

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