Pure Mathematics A Test

Formulae
Expansions and Factorisation
a2  b2   a  b   a  b 
 a  b  a  b
2 2
 a 2  2ab  b 2  a 2  2ab  b 2
a 3  b3   a  b   a 2  ab  b 2  a 3  b3   a  b   a 2  ab  b 2 
Quadratic formula
b  b 2  4ac
ax 2  bx  c  0 then x 
If 2a
Coordinate geometry
y2  y1
m m  tan 
gradient of a line
x2  x1

 y2  y1    x2  x1 
2 2
d
distance between two points
x x y y 
M  1 2 , 1 2 
midpoint of a line segment  2 2 

y  mx  c
y  y1  m  x  x1 
equation of line
perpendicular lines m1 m2  1
Indices
am
 a mn
a m a n  a mn a n

1
an 
a 10
an
a 
1
m n
 a mn an  n a
n
a m
 m an
Logarithms
ac  b  log a b  c log a x only defined for x  0
log a a  1 log a 1  0
log b x
log a x 
log a mn  n log a m log b a
m
log a m  log a n  log a mn log a m  log a n  log a
n

Remainder and factor theorems

The remainder theorem

f  x  x  a is f  a 
The remainder when is divided by

The factor theorem

f  a   0 then  x  a is a factor of f  x 
If