hhhhQUESTION BANK

BBM-104
BASIC MATHEMATICS
Department of Management
Faculty of Social Sciences
Session: 2017-2018
Revised July,2017

UNIT I: DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

1. Using the statements P: Mohan is honest, Q: Mohan is poor , R: The triangle is

isosceles, S: Two sides of the triangle are equal
Write the following molecular statements in symbolic form:
(a) Mohan is poor but honest.
(b) Mohan is rich but dishonest.
(c) Mohan is neither rich nor honest.
(d) Mohan is poor or he is both rich and dishonest.
(e) If the triangle is isosceles then two sides of the triangle are of equal length.
(f) If the two sides of the triangle are not equal then the triangle is not isosceles.
(g) It is not true that if Mohan is poor then he is honest.
(h) If Mohan is poor then if he is honest then it is not true that the triangle is isosceles.
(i) If either Mohan is poor or Mohan is honest, then Mohan is not dishonest.
2. Construct the truth tables for the following formulas:
(a) (PQ) (b) P(QP) (c) (P(PQ)Q) (d) (PQ)(PQ)
3. Prove the equivalence of the following statements:
(a) P(QR) , P (QR)
(b) ~(P Q) , ~ Q  ~P
4. If P and Q are false and R and S are true then find the truth values of :
(a) P(QR) P(QP) (b) ((P  Q )  (Q  R ))  (S  ~ Q )
5. Formulate the symbolic expressions in words using:
P: Today is Sunday, Q: It is not raining, R: It is hot
(a) P (Q R) (b) (PQ)  R (c) ~Q  (RP)
6. Define the following:
(a) Proper subset (b) Equal sets (c) Power set (d) Cartesian product of two sets.
7. Prove the following set identities:
(a) A – (AB) = A - B (c) (A B)c= Ac  Bc
8. In how many ways 5 passengers can sit in a compartment having 16 seats?
9. In how many ways 5 girls and 3 boys can be seated in a row so that all the boys sit
together?
10. How many numbers lying between 100 and 1000 can be formed using the digits
1,4,5,6,7,0?
11. How many committees of 5 persons consisting of at least 3 men can be formed from a
group of 10 men and 7 women?
12. How many 8-lettered words can be formed from the letters of ‘COURTESY’ that begin
with C and end with Y.
13. Expand (2x/3 – 3/2x)6.
14. Find the term independent of x in the expansion of (x2 + 1/x)12.
15. Find the coefficient of x4 in the expansion of (x4 + 1/x3)15.
16. Find the 19th term in the expansion of (2x1/2 – y1/3)20.

UNIT II: RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

1. Define (a) Reflexive relation (b) Transitive relation (c) Asymmetric relation

2. Show whether the following relations are transitive:

 R = {(1,1)} S= { (1, 2), (2, 2) } T = { (1, 2), (4, 3), (2, 2), (2, 1), (3, 1) }
3. Given S = {1,2,…10} and a relation R on S where R = {(x, y) | x + y = 10}. Discuss
the properties of R.
4. Show that a relation R defined on the set of integers by {(x,y) | x – y is divisible by 5}
is an equivalence relation.
5. Show that a mapping f : R R+ defined by f(x) = x2 is onto but not one-one.
6. Let Q be the set of rational numbers. Let f: QQ be defined by f(x) = 2x+3. Show that
f is one-one and onto.
7. Show that a mapping f: R+R+ defined by f(x) = x3 is a bijection.
8. Graph the following functions:
(a) f(x) = 4x (b) f(x) = 2x -5 (c) f(x) = |x+2| (d) f(x) = x2 - 1
9. Graph the regions on the Cartesian plane as indicated by the following sets of
inequalities:
(a) 2x – y > 1 (b) 4x + 3y – 1< 0, y > 0;
(c) x + y ≤ 1, x ≤0; (d) 2x + 3y ≤ 13, 3x - 2y + 1 ≥ 0;
(e) 2x – 3y ≤ 0, x – 4y ≥ 1, x + y – 2 ≥ 0
10. Define the following
a. Value of function
b. Domain of function
c. Co-Domain of function
d. Range of Function

UNIT III: ALGEBRA

( x 4 )2 / 3 (2y 1/ 4 )8 / 3
1. Simplify: (a) ( y 2 / 5 )15 (b) (c ) (33 /10 x 6 y 3 / 2 )5 / 3
2x 2 / 5 ( y 12 )3 / 4
2. Evaluate (a) 3  27 4 9
5 3 4
33  62  48
(b)
3  81 1
52  3  (15)4/ 3  31/ 3
25

4. Simplify the following expressions:

(i) 3 12  4 75 (ii) 7(3  5)(5  3)

5. Express as equivalent fractions with rational denominators.

63 5 7 14  5
(i) (ii) (iii)
8 3 5 7 11  2
6. Find the square roots of (a) 8  2 15 (b) 37  20 3 (c) 21  4 5 (d) 11 6 2
7. Find (a) log2 32  log4 64  6log0.1 10 (b) 12log3 81 log0.5 0.25  5log6 216
8. Show that (a) log(1 + 2 + 3) = log 1 + log 2 + log 3 (b) log(1 + ac) = 2 log b, where a,
b and c are consecutive numbers.
9. Prove that logb a  logc b  loga c  1.
10. Find the number of terms in the following progression:
4, 7, 10, 13,…, 148. Also find the 11th and 30th term.
11. The 5th term of an arithmetic progression is 11 and its 9th term is 7. Find its 16th term.
12. Find the indicated terms in the given progressions, also name the progressions:
(a) -10 , -7, -4,.. 10th term
(b) 1, 4, 16, 64,.. 7th term
(c) 1/√2, -1, √2,… 8th term

13. The sum of first 6 terms of a G.P. is 9 times the sum of first three terms. Find
 the common ratio.
14. The 1st term of a G.P. is 16 and its 5th term is 1/16. Find its 4th term.
15. How many terms are taken in A.P. 21, 18, 15… so that their sum is zero?
16. Find the sum of the following series:
(a) ½ + 1 + 2 + …. 8 terms
(b) 6/√3 + 3√3 + 12/√3 +… 30 terms
(c) 101 + 99 + 97 +… +47
(d) 1 – ½ + ¼ - 1/8 +…. 10 terms
17. The sum of 3rd and 11th terms of an arithmetical progression is 34. Find the
sum of 13 terms of the series.
18.. The sum of n terms of the geometric series 2/9 – 1/3 + 1/2 - … is 55/72. Find n.

UNIT IV: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS

1. Define the following:

(a) Row matrix (d) Null matrix
(b) Scalar matrix (e) Upper triangular matrix
(c) Diagonal matrix (f) Identity matrix
 4  3 5 0 6 4 
2. If A=   and B= 9  3 8 , then find the value of 2A – 3B.
7 1 0   
1 0 2
3. If A = 2  1 4 , find a matrix B such that A+B is a diagonal matrix.
2 1 3
4. Solve AX + B = C if
2 1  1 1  4 5
A=   , B =  and C =  
1 2  1 1 0 0
 3 8
5. If A =   then show that A. Adj A = Adj A. A = A I
 6 5
9 0 1
6. Define the inverse of a matrix and find the inverse of  3  2 5 using the
 
 1 3 5
COFACTOR Method?
7. Solve the following system of equations using Cramer’s rule
x+y=11; 2x
1 a bc
8. Show that 1 b c  a = 0
1 c ab
9. An amount of Rs.65,000 is invested in three investments at rate of 6%,8%and9% per
annum respectively. The total annual income is Rs.4,800.The income from third investment
is Rs.600 more than the income from the second investment. Using matrix algebra,
determine the amount of each investment.
10. There are two families A and B. There are 4 men,6 women and 2 children in family A
and 2men,2women and 4 children in family B. The recommended daily allowance for
calories is: Man:2400,Women:1900, child:1800 and for proteins is :Man: 55gm,Women:45
gm,child:33gm.
Represent the above information by matrices. Using matrix multiplication, calculate the
total requirement of calories and proteins for each of the two families.

UNIT V: LINEAR & QUADRATIC EQUATIONS AND APPLIED BASIC MATHEMATICS

1. Let speed of a boat in still water is 10km/hour. If it can travel 24 km downstream and
14km in upstream, indicate the speed of the flow of stream.
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2. (√3)4x+7=( √27)2x+7,find x.

3. Three numbers are such that if the first is multiplied by the sum of second and third,
the product is 102;if the second is multiplied by the sum of first and third, the product
is 120 and if the third is multiplied by the sum of first and second, the product is 126.
Find the number.
4. Solve the following equations :
(a) 2x2 + 7x – 5 = 0 (b) (x+2)/(x-2) – (x-2)/(x+2) =5/6
(c)x –11x + 24 = 0
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5. Solve the following systems of equations using Back Substitution method:

(a) x + 2y + z = 3 (b) –y –z + u = 0
3x – y – 3z = -1 x + y +z + u = 6
2x + 3y + z = 4 2x + 4y + z – 2u = -1
3x + y – 2z + 2u = 3
(c) y + z + u = 0
3x + 3z – 4u = 7
x + y + z + 2u = 6
2x + 3y + z + 3u = 6
6. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 - px + q = 0 , find the equation with roots 2+
and  + 2.
7. Solve the following inequality and sketch on number line

i. 2x-5≥3x+2
ii. 3x+10≤5x-4
iii. 2x-4≤x≤2x-10
iv. │2x+3│<5
8. A person borrowed a certain sum at 6% interest per annum and immediately lent he
same to another person at 10% interest per annum. He gained Rs 1,200 in 6 months.
What is the sum the person borrowed?
9. A man wants to invest Rs 50,000 for 5 years. He may invest the amount at 10% per
year compounded each quarterly or he may invest it at 10.5% per year. Which
investment will give better return?
10. A person deposited Rs 10,000 in a bank at 5% interest compounded annually. After 5
years the rate of interest was 6% and after 4 more years the rate of interest was 7%.Find
the amount after 12 years?
11. If the difference between simple interest and compound interest is Rs.200 at 4% for 2
years on certain principal then find the principal?
12. An investment earns interest of 7% per year, compounded annually. If $5000 is
invested at the end of the year, to what sum will investment have grown at the time of
tenth deposit?
13. How much money must be deposited at the end of each quarter to accumulate $25000
after 4 years? Assume the interest of 8% per year compounded quarterly?
14. Determine the present value of a series of 8 annual payments of $30000 each the first
of which begins 1 year from today. Assume interest of 6% per year compounded
annually?
15. Given one million today, determine the equivalent series of 10 annual payments
beginning in 1 year. Assume interest of 6 % per year compounded annually.