MAT111 MATHEMATICS WITH BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

TUTORIAL 3

MAT111 Mathematics with Business

Applications
Tutorial 3

1.3 Operation of Numbers

Past Year Questions [Part A, Question 2, March 2014 - February 2023]

1) Without using a calculator, evaluate and express your answer in the simplest form.

− 2(− 4 + 5)  2 + (9 − 6  2 + 2)
3

2) Without using a calculator, evaluate and express your answer in the simplest form.

− 13 2 − 2− 5(15 − 6)  9 + 8(− 5 − 3)

3) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.


24 − 7 − 52 − 4(3 − 9) − 49  (− 7) 
4) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

2
 28 − 8 
7− (15 ) + (− 3)  4 +  
 4 

5) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

16  4 − 24 + 3  (− 2)

6) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

− 5 + 2  3 + (5 − 17 )  3 − 32

7) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

(8 − 3  4)7 + 10  (− 2) − 32 + 4

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8) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

−2  4 + 8  ( −2 ) − 2 − ( 2  3 )
2

9) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

3 4  ( −2)  8 + 3 − 16

2

10) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

−5 ( 4 + 8  3 ) − ( 4 − 3  2)
2

11) Evaluate the expression 37 − 22 12 − 2  4 + 6 − 15  5 + 8 without using a calculator.

12) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

32 − 2 −5 (15 − 6 )  9 + 8 ( −5 + 3 )

13) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

5 − 3 −23  4 − 18  6 + 9 

14) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

24  2 + 10 − ( 2  3 ) − (13 + 7 )  2 
2

15) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

5  4 − 2  1 + 21  7 + 3

16) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

(10 − 7 ) − 4 3 ( −1 − 6 ) + ( 32  8 )( 5 ) 
2

17) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

4 − 4 ( 9  6 ) − 2  12 − ( 48  4 )

2

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18) Evaluate the following expression without using a calculator.

3
 22 − 2 
6  −2 − ( −14 )   3 +  
 5 

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