Crash Course Programme

Subject : Additional Mathematics

Topic : Factor, Remainder Theorem , Surds & Indices

Course Teacher : Imam Hossain

Formulae :

3.

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 Factor and remainder theorem

1.[Nov11(11)/P1/Q2/M6]

Answer: f(1)= -19

2.[June11/P1/Q5/M6]

Answer: (ii) x=0.5

3. [Nov10 (13)/Q4/M4]

Answer: k= -10

4. [Nov10(11)/P1/Q4/M5]

Answer: (x+1) (2x+1) (x-7)

5. [Nov10(13)/P1/Q6/M6]

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Answer: x= 2, -4, -
3

6.[Nov11/P2/Q3/M6]

Answer: a=8, b=3, f (-1) =18

7.[Nov2/P2/Q6/M6]

Answer: (i) 7(ii) 200

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 8.[June10/Q3/M6]

Answer: (i) b=5-a (ii) 2a-22, a-11

9.[June02/P2/Q4/M6]

Answer: − 2, 3 + 2 2 , 3 − 2 2

10.[June10/P2/Q5/M6]

Answer: x=-2, 0.5, 3

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 Simultaneous Equation

1.[Nov09/P1/Q4/M5]

Answer: x= 4, 2.5 y= 3.5, 3

2.[Nov11/P1/Q2/M5]

−23 −14
Answer: x= 5
, 5; y= 5
, 2

Inequality

1.[Nov05/P1/Q5/M3]

Answer: x<4, x>9

2.[Nov08/P1/Q2/M4]

Answer: x<-1, x>2

3.[Nov11(23)/P2/Q1/M3]

Answer: x<-2.5, x>3

Indices and surds

1. Simplify each of the following surds.

(i) 7 5 × 125 ÷ 2 27 (ii) (2+ 3 )² – (3- 3 )²

175 3
Answer: (i) 18
(ii) 10 3 -5

2. Rationalize the following in its simplest form.

3 −3 5+3 2 3− 2
(i) (ii) +
3 −1 4−2 5 4−2 5

Answer: (i) - 3 (ii)-8-4 5 -2 2 - 10

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 3. Evaluate
1
1 1 1 −2 − 3
1  1  2
(i) 12 3  81 6 162 3 (ii)      243 5
4  576 

Answer: (i) 6 (ii) 18

4. Simplify the following:

20 x + 3  15 2 x + 5  6 2 x −1

Answer: 2 7 .3 6 .5 3 x +8

5. If y = 3 x , express each of the following in terms of y :

1
x+
2 1
x +1
1
(x+2)
(a) 9 x − 27 3 3 (b) 3 x − 9 2 + 27 3

Answers: (a) y 2 − 9 y (b) y

6. Solve the following equation:

(a) 5 x
2
+3
− 252 x = 0 (b) 3 2 x+2 + 81 = 246 3 x ( )
Answers: (a) 1, 3 (b) 3, -1

7. Solve the following simultaneous equations:

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3 x  81 y = 27 , 2 x  8 y =
16

Answer: x= -25, y= 7.

1.[Nov07/P1/Q7/M5]

Answer: x = 2.32

2.[Nov8/P1/Q6/M8]

Answer: (i) t= -0.5, 5 (ii) x= 0.25, 25

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 3. [June10(11)/P1/Q8/M3]

Answer: x = 5

4.[Nov7/P1/Q3/M5]

Answer: (i) 2+ 3 (ii) 2 3

5. [June 08/P1/Q1/M3]

Answer: a=-25, b=18

6. [June 10(11)/P1/Q8/M5]

Answer: (i) 2 3 (ii) 5 5 + 11

7.[June11(11)/P1/Q4/M2]

𝟒
Answer: p=1 , q= − 𝟓

8.[Nov11(21)/P2/Q11/M3]

𝟏
Answer: 𝟑

9.[Nov02/P2/Q9/M4]

Answer: 4/5

10.[Nov4/P2/Q2/M4]

Answer: a = 19, b = - 8

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 11.[Nov 02/P2/Q3/M5]
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Answer: (i) 2 + 3 (ii) 2 3

12.[Nov06/P2/Q9/M4]

Answer: 3-6 5