Revision Problems
1. Add the following and leave your answer in appropriate significant
figures
a) 6000 + 62.513
b) 530000+57000.2 +34.68
c) 4.671 -2.1
d) 200 – 28.15
2. Compute the following and leave your answer in appropriate significant
figures
a) 7.215 × 15.368
b) 3.83 × 3.3
c) 3.4 × 5.312 + 4.815
d) 520000 ÷ 3.138
3. Given that 𝑥 = 3 × 107 , 𝑦 = 4 × 107 and 𝑧 = 4 × 109
Find
a) 𝑥 + 𝑦
b) 𝑥𝑦
c) 𝑥 + 𝑧
4. Simplify the following:
a) 3𝑎2 × 5𝑎6
b) 2𝑏3 × 10𝑏 7
c) 𝑥 3 × 𝑥 5
d) 3 × 53 × 3 × 5
e) 25 ÷ 22
5. Find the value of:
2
a) 8−3
1
125 3
b) ( )
64
1
25 2
c) ( )
4
6.
a) If 64𝑥 = 16, find the value of 𝑥.
b) If 3𝑥+1 = 94 , find the value of 𝑥.
1
c) If 2𝑥+1 = , find the value of 𝑥.
4
7. Using the definition of logarithms, find
a) 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (9)
1
b) 𝑙𝑜𝑔64 ( )
2
c) 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 (10000)
d) 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 (625)
8. Maria started the month with $ 800. Each of four weeks she spent
$ 230 on household expenses. For the month she spent $ 275 on
entertainment and eating out. How much did she have to borrow
from her roommate to make it to the end of the month?
9. A diver goes down 20 feet in the first 5 minutes, 25 feet the second
five minutes, and then 11 feet the next five minutes to reach the
bottom. When the diver comes up, he moves 8 feet every 5 minutes
and he stop for 3 minutes every 8 feet. How long does it take the
diver to go down? How long does it take the diver to return to the
surface?
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
1. Solve the following equations using the quadratic formula.
a) 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 16 = 0
b) 𝑥 2 + 21𝑥 + 76 = 0
c) 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0
d) 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 15 = 0
e) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 15 = 0
2. The length 𝐿 cm of a heated copper plate is given by 𝐿 = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑇, where 𝑇 ℃
is the temperature measured. At 190 ℃, the length of the copper plate is
8.25 cm.
a) Write down an equation in 𝑎 and 𝑏
At 220 ℃, the length of the copper plate is 9.21 cm
b) Write down another equation in 𝑎 and 𝑏
c) Write down the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
d) Find the temperature of the copper plate when its length is 98.5 cm
3. The height of a ball 𝑡 seconds after it is thrown is modeled by the function,
ℎ = 24𝑡 − 4.9𝑡 2 + 1, where ℎ is the height of the ball in metres.
a) Find the maximum height reached by the ball.
b) For what length of time will the ball be higher than 20 metres
4. In a right -angled triangle, the lengths of the three sides are (𝑥 − 18) cm and
(𝑥 − 1) cm and 𝑥 cm respectively. Let 𝐴 cm2 be the area of the triangle.
a) Write down and simplify a quadratic equation in 𝑥.
b) Hence, find the value of 𝑥
The triangle is then planned to be painted, and the total painting cost is
$ 1680.
c) Find the painting cost per cm2
5. Draw the graphs of the following pair of equations and find the
values of x and y that satisfy each pair of equations.
a) −𝑥 + 2𝑦 = −5 and 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11
b) 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = −4
c) 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5
d) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 19 and 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 26
e) 3𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 23 and 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 29
6. Find the line which:
2
a) Passes through ( , −2) and has gradient 3.
3
4
b) Passes through ( , 4) and has gradient −3.
3
3
c) Passes through (2, −3) and has gradient .
2
−5
d) Passes through (−2, −5) and has gradient .
2
7. Simplify the algebraic expressions
a) 9𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 3𝑥 2
b) −7𝑥𝑦 2 + 8𝑥 2𝑦 − 9𝑥𝑦 2 + 5𝑥 2 𝑦
c) 12𝑥 + 5 + 2(3𝑥 − 7)
d) 12𝑥 2𝑦 − 3𝑥𝑦 2 − 15𝑥 2 𝑦 + 10𝑥𝑦 2
e) (2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 ) − (𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 4)
8.
a) A number increased by twenty-seven is fifty. Find that number.
b) Three hundred represents twice a number. Find that number.
c) Negative three-eighths is equal to the product of two-thirds and
some number. Find the number.
9. Solve the following equations
a) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 2 + 1) − 2𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 ) = 1
b) 3𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 ) + 𝑙𝑜𝑔(3) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(81)
c) 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (5𝑥 + 6) = 2𝑙𝑜𝑔(5𝑥 − 6)
10.
a) Find 𝑥 If 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 3 + 3) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + 7) + 𝑙𝑜𝑔(2) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 )
b) If 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 (3) = 0.682,
3 4 2
find the value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 ( ) + 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 (15) + 2𝑙𝑜𝑔5 ( ) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 ( )
8 5 5
c) Find the solution set of: 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (2𝑥 − 1) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (2𝑥 + 1) = 1
11.
a) Let 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (𝑝) = 6 and 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (𝑞) = 7
i. Find 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (𝑝2)
𝑝
ii. Find 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 ( )
𝑞
iii. Find 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (9𝑝)
12. Find the marked angles in the figures below. Show all details of your
solution.
13.
14. Josie pays money into a savings scheme each year, for 50
years. In the first year she pays $4100, and her payments increases
by the same amount each year. It is given that she pays $4350 in
the second year.
Find the amount that Josie will pay in the 15th year.
15. In an arithmetic sequence, 𝑢1 = 3 and 𝑢4 = 15.
a) Find 𝑑
b) Find 𝑢30
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