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The document outlines a Pure Mathematics Year 2 (A Level) Unit Test focused on proof techniques. It includes various problems requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of mathematical proofs, including proof by exhaustion, contradiction, and counterexamples. The test covers topics such as prime numbers, properties of odd and even integers, rational and irrational numbers, and the existence of prime numbers.

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Proof

The document outlines a Pure Mathematics Year 2 (A Level) Unit Test focused on proof techniques. It includes various problems requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of mathematical proofs, including proof by exhaustion, contradiction, and counterexamples. The test covers topics such as prime numbers, properties of odd and even integers, rational and irrational numbers, and the existence of prime numbers.

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Pure Mathematics Year 2 (A Level) Unit Test 1: Proof

1 It is suggested that the sequence a=


k 2k + 1, k  1 produces only prime numbers.

a Show that , and produce prime numbers. (2 marks)

b Prove by counter example that the sequence does not always produce a prime
number. (2 marks)

2 Prove by exhaustion that for positive integers from 1 to


6 inclusive. (3 marks)

3 Use proof by contradiction to prove the statement: ‘The product of two odd
numbers is odd.’ (5 marks)

4 Prove by contradiction that if n is odd, n3 + 1 is even. (5 marks)

5 Use proof by contradiction to show that there exist no integers a and b for which
25a + 15b = 1. (4 marks)

6 Use proof by contradiction to show that there is no greatest positive rational


number. (4 marks)

7 Use proof by contradiction to show that, given a rational number a and an


irrational number b, a − b is irrational. (4 marks)

8 Use proof by contradiction to show that there are no positive integer solutions to
the statement x 2 − y 2 =
1. (5 marks)

9 a Use proof by contradiction to show that if n2 is an even integer then n is also an


even integer. (4 marks)
b Prove that 2 is irrational. (6 marks)

10 Prove by contradiction that there are infinitely many prime numbers. (6 marks)

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