PURE MATHS ASSESSED HOMEWORK

ALGEBRAIC METHODS

1. Simplify the fraction

x 2  5x  6
x 2  6x  8

(2)

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x 3  5x 2  x  4 D
2. Show that can be written in the form Ax 2  Bx  C  .
x2 x2

Hence find the values of the constants A, B, C and D. (4)

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3. (a) Show that ( x  1) is a factor of 3x 3  x  2 . (2)

(b) Hence express 3x 3  x  2 in the form ( x  1)( Ax 2  Bx  C ) , where the

values of A, B and C are to be found. (3)

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4. f ( x)  2 x 3  x 2  px  q , where p and q are constants. Given that ( x  2) and

( x  3) are factors of f(x):

(a) Find the value of p and q. (5)

(b) Hence factorise f(x) completely (3)

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5. Prove that n 2  10n  40 is positive for all values of n . (4)

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1 x
6. Prove that  x 2  2  x 1. (4)
1 2

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 7. Prove that the sum of any two consecutive triangle numbers is a square
number.
(4)

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8. (a) Use proof by exhaustion to prove that for all prime numbers, p, 3 < p < 20,
p2 is one greater than a multiple of 24.

(2)

(b) Find a counter-example that disproves the statement ‘All numbers which
are one greater than a multiple of 24 are the squares of prime numbers’
(2)

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