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1. Convert the following numbers to deci- 7. Convert the following hexadecimal num-
mal numbers: bers to binary.
i. 1010101012 i. 879316
ii. 111000111.0010012 ii. A34C.E16
iii. 56728 8. Convert the following binary numbers di-
rectly to octal and hexadecimal.
iv. 76102.3258
i. 1101110000012
2. Convert the following numbers to binary:
ii. 10101110100010.00011000102
i. 6829
iii. 1100001011101001.112
ii. 43145
iv. 11100111000111111111111100011.0010102
iii. 567128
9. Convert the following numbers directly to
iv. 7103.42510 binary.
3. Convert the following numbers to octal: i. 230148
i. 87869 ii. 256.068
ii. 65598210 iii. F AD70B10216
iii. 1002501.236 iv. 8571.D216
iv. 11011002 10. Simplify the following and write your an-
swer in form of x + iy.
4. Perform the following operations and
i. (3 + 3i)8
leave your answer in the indicated base:
ii. (2 + i)(3 + i)(4 + i)
i. 101100102 +11101112 −101012 (base 2)
(3 − 4i)2
ii. 1111.1012 +111.0012 +1.1112 (base 10) iii.
1+i
iii. 1111110 − 111112 (base 2) 3
iv.
−3i + 4
v. 1112 × 11101101012 ÷ 1012 (base 8) 1 2
v. +
vi. 111100012 ÷ 11002 (base 2) 2−i 2+i
vi. (i + 1)(2 − i)−1 − (2 + i17 )
5. Find the value of the unknown variable n
in the following: 11. Find real numbers x and y such that
i. 132n = 708 i. (−3 + 6i)x − (−5 − 3i)y − 3i + 8 = 0
ii. 34n = 100112 ii. (x + iy)(2 + i) = 3 − i
iii. 10112 + 27n = 2810 iii. x(1 + i)2 + y(2 − i)2 = 3 + 10i
6. Convert the following hexadecimal num- 12. Solve the following equation, and give
bers to decimal. your answer in the form x + iy, where x
and y are real numbers:
i. ACD52F.CCF 216
2Z + 3i(Z + 2)
ii. ADCE16 = 13 + 4i
1+i
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13. If Z1 = 1 − 2i and Z2 = 2 + i. Show that Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry 18.
How many students have offered Mathe-
i. Z1 + Z2 = Z1 + Z2
matics alone?
iI. Z1 × Z2 = Z1 × Z2
21. Draw the Venn diagrams for each of
Z1 these combinations of the sets A, B, and
iII. = Z1 ÷ Z2 such that Z2 6= 0
Z2 C.
14. Let A be the set of students who live
within one mile of school and let B be the i. A ∩ (B − C) iii. (A∩B)∪(A∩C)
set of students who walk to classes. De- ii. A0 ∩ B 0 ∩ C 0 iv. (A∩B 0 )∪(A∩C 0 )
scribe the students in each of these sets.
22. Use a counterexample to
i. A ∩ B iii. A − B
(a) disprove the statement that if m and
ii. A ∪ B vi. B − A
n are irrational numbers, then mn is
irrational.
15. Let A = {−1, 0, 1, 3, 5}. List all the subsets
of set A. (b) disprove the statement that ∀ inte-
gers m and n, if 2m + n is odd then
16. Suppose set A has n elements. What is m and n are both odd.
the total number of subsets of set A?
(c) disprove the statement that:
17. Suppose that A,B, and C are sets such 2 2
∀ R a and b, if a = b , then a = b.
that A ⊂ B and B ⊂ C. Show that A ⊂ C.
23. Prove by cases that
18. Given that ξ = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A =
(a) if x is an integer, then x(x + 1) is even.
{2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {1, 3, 4, 5, 7}, C = {7,8}. Find
(b) 9n2 + 3n − 2 is even ∀ n ∈ Z+ .
i. A0 ∪ B0 iv. A4B
24. Prove by contradiction that
ii. A \ B v. A − (B ∪ C)
(a) if x3 is odd, then x must be odd.
iii. (A∩C)∪(A∪B) √
(b) 3 is irrational.
25. Prove the following statements:
19. Let A = set of natural numbers less than 8, B =
even natural numbers less than 12, C = (a) If n is an integer and n3 + 5 is odd,
multiples of 3 between 5 and 15, and D = then n is even.
multiples of 4 greater than 6 and less than 20.
Find: (b) The sum of any two even integers is
even.
i. (B ∩ C) ∪ A iii. (B ∪D)∩(A∪C)
(c) For every integer n, n2 + n is even.
ii. (D ∪ A) ∩ B iv. (A ∩ C) ∪ D
(d) For all integers a, b and c, if a + b and
b + c are even, then a + c is even.
20. A class has 175 students. The following
(e) For every integer n, n2 is odd if and
data shows the number of students ob-
only if n is odd.
taining one or more subjects. Mathemat-
ics 100, Physics 70, Chemistry 40; Mathe- (f) For all integers m and n, if the prod-
matics and Physics 30, Mathematics and uct of m and n is even, then m is even
Chemistry 28, Physics and Chemistry 23; or n is even.
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26. Use the principle of mathematical induc- x. log 2 x + log 2 (x − 7) = 3
tion to prove the following propositions,
31. Use natural or common logarithms to
∀ n ∈ Z+ .
evaluate the following to four decimal
5n(n + 1) places.
i. 5 + 10 + 15 + · · · + 5n = .
2
i. log 5 140
ii. 1 + 5 + 9 + · · · + (4n − 3) = n(2n − 1).
n2 (n + 1)2 ii. log 7 2506
iii. 13 + 23 + 33 + · · · + n3 =
4 i. log 16 57.2
n(3n + 1)
iv. 2 + 5 + 8 + · · · + (3n − 1) = . i. log 0.1 17
2
27. Prove that 7n − 1 is divisible by 6, for n ≥ 1. 32. Suppose a $125000 piece of machinery is
depreciating at 9.5% a year. How much
28. Prove that 15 divides 42n − 1, for n ≥ 1. will it be worth after 5 years?
29. Determine whether each of the following 33. The population of black flies in the sum-
functions is even, odd or neither. Justify mer grows at a rate of 50% every two
your answer. days. If there were 5000 flies on Novem-
1 ber 14, how many flies will there be on
i. f (x) = November 30?
x
ii. g(x) = 2x3 − 3x2 − 4x + 4 34. A biologist is researching a newly-
4−x discovered species of bacteria. At time
iii. h(x) = t = 0 hours, he puts 100 bacteria into
x+2
what he has determined to be a favor-
30. Solve the following equations.
able growth medium. Six hours later, he
i. 23x+3 = 84x−5 measures 450 bacteria. Assuming expo-
nential growth, what is the growth con-
ii. 32x−3 · 274x−1 = 9x
stant k for the bacteria? (Round k to 2
iii. 6x+4 = 25 decimal places).
