Al Jabr Islamic School

Grade 10 Problem Set 1

Due Friday, 19 August 2016

Name : Date:
Subject : Mathematics 10 Points: /50
Topic : Introduction to Logarithms

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1. Express the following logarithms as exponential equations. [4 pts]

a. log2 1024 10
1
b. log 0.5 5
32

2. Express the following exponential equations as logarithmic equations. [4 pts]

x
1
a. y
5
b. 2a 256

3. Use change of base formula to evaluate the following logarithms. [6 pts]

a. log8 256
b. log1/3 81
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4. Solve for x in the following equations. [16 pts 4 x 4pts]

a. 2 log 2 x 5 lg3 3log x log10

b. log9 11x 2 log3 x2 30

c. log4 2 log9 2 x 5 log8 64

d. 9 y 5 3 y 10 0

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5. Given that u log 4 x find the simplest form in terms of u. [11 pts]
a. i) x [1 pt]
16
ii) log 4 [3 pts]
x
iii) log8 x [3 pts]

b. Solve the following equation: log3 y log3 y 2 8 . [4 pts]
2

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6. Given that log 256 2.4082 , compute the following: [10 pts]
a. log 2.56
b. log 0.00256
c. log 25600
d. log 2
d. log1024

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