Senior five pure mathematics holiday work (April 2021)

1. Given the word NAMAGUNGA, find the number of permutations of;

(a) all the letters.
(b) three of the letters.

2. Given the digits 0, 1, 2, 7 and 8. If none of these digits is to be repeated, find the
number of possible numerals that can be formed if they are:
(a) odd and greater than 2000.
(b) less than 75.

3. A family of six are to sit around a table. Find the number of permutations:
(a) of the whole family.
(b) if two are to sit side by side.

4. 20 students are to be grouped in groups of 5, 7, and 8. Find the different possible

ways of grouping them.

5. Find the different possible number of ways of selecting the letters of the word
READ.
6. A student has ten skirts of different colors. If she is to wear one skirt each day,
find the number of possible selections of skirts to be worn in a week.

7. Differentiate each of the following from first principles:

(a) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥
2
(b) 𝑦 =
𝑥

(𝑥+1)2 (𝑥+1)(3𝑥−5)
8. Given that 𝑓 (𝑥) = , show that 𝑓 𝐼 (𝑥) = 3 .
√𝑥−1 2(𝑥−1)2

9. Find the y-intercept of the tangent to the curve (2𝑥 − 𝑦)2 = 9 at the point ( 1, -1).

2𝑡 3𝑡 2
10. A curve is given parametrically as 𝑥 = ,𝑦 = .
(1−𝑡) (1−𝑡)
3
(a) Show that the point 𝑃 (−1, ) lies on the curve.
2
(b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point P.

11. Using the method of small increments, find the approximate value of:
Senior five pure mathematics holiday work (April 2021)

(a) 21.023 to 3 decimal place.

(b) √8.88 to three significant figures.

12. An error of 3% is made in measuring the radius of a sphere. Find the percentage
error in the:
(a) surface area.
(b) volume.

13. A spherical balloon is inflated at a rate of 2cm3per second. Find the rate of change
of the:
(a) radius when the radius is 5cm.
(b) surface area when the radius is 0.1m.

14. A regular hollow circular inverted conical vessel of base radius 6cm and height
18cm collects water dripping at a constant rate of 8cm3per minute. Find the rate of
change of the:
(a) depth of the water in the vessel when the radius of the water surface is 4cm.
(b) area of the water surface when the depth is 10cm.

NOTES:

Your work is not limited to the recent topics. Please consider the following in your
practice.

Elementary coordinate geometry, indices, surds, logarithms, equations, quadratic

equations, series.

With hard work you can make it.