CIE IGCSE ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

(0606)

TOPICAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

TOPIC 7:
LOGARITHMIC AND
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
"Success doesn't come from what
you do occasionally, but what you do
Compiled from:
consistently."
Paper 2
Variants 1, 2 and 3
2016- 2020
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1 Do not use a calculator in this question.

(i) Find the value of - log p p 2 . [1]

J1 N
(ii) Find lg K nO . [1]
L10 P

lg 20 - lg 4
(iii) Show that = ^lg yh2 , where y is a constant to be found. [2]
log5 10

(iv) Solve log r 2x + log r 3x = log r 600 . [2]

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2 (a) Expand (2 - x) 5, simplifying each coefficient. [3]

e (2 - x) # e 80x
5

= e -x .
5
(b) Hence solve [4]
e 10x + 32
4

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x + 10
3 Solve the equation 2 lg x - lg c m = 1. [5]
2

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4 Solve the equation log5 (10x + 5) = 2 + log5 (x - 7) . [4]

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b x - 1l
5 (a) Solve 3 2 = 10 . [3]

(b) Solve 2e 1 - 2y = 3e 3y + 2 . [4]

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6 (a) Solve e 2x + 1 = 3e 4 - 3x . [3]

(b) Solve lg (y - 6) + lg (y + 15) = 2 . [5]

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7 Write 3 lg x + 2 - lg y as a single logarithm. [3]

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8 (c) Solve log2 (x + 1) - log2 x = 3 . [3]

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9 (a) Given that a 7 = b , where a and b are positive constants, find,

(i) log a b , [1]

(ii) log b a . [1]

1
(b) Solve the equation log 81 y =- . [2]
4

2
32 x - 1
(c) Solve the equation 2 = 16 . [3]
4x

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9 5x
10 (a) Solve the equation = 243. [3]
27 x - 2

1
(b) loga b - = logb a, where a 2 0 and b 2 0.
2
Solve this equation for b, giving your answers in terms of a. [5]

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x + 10
11 Solve the equation 2 lg x - lg c m = 1. [5]
2

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2x 1.5 + 6x -0.5
12 Solve the equation = x. [5]
x 0.5 + 5x -0.5

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13 Solve

(i) 2 3x - 1 = 6 , [3]

2
(ii) log 3 (y + 14) = 1 + . [5]
log y 3

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4x+1 x 1
14 Find the value of x such that = 32 3 # 83 . [4]
2x-1

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15 The number, b, of bacteria in a sample is given by b = P + Qe 2t , where P and Q are constants and t is
time in weeks. Initially there are 500 bacteria which increase to 600 after 1 week.

(a) Find the value of P and of Q. [4]

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(b) Find the number of bacteria present after 2 weeks. [1]

(c) Find the first week in which the number of bacteria is greater than 1 000 000. [3]

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16 Do not use a calculator in this question.

(i) Find the value of - log p p 2 . [1]

J1 N
(ii) Find lg K nO . [1]
L10 P

lg 20 - lg 4
(iii) Show that = ^lg yh2 , where y is a constant to be found. [2]
log5 10

(iv) Solve log r 2x + log r 3x = logr 600 . [2]

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17 (a) Solve the equation 7 2x + 5 = 2.5, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [3]

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18 Solve the equation e 3x = 6e x . [3]

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19 DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR IN THIS QUESTION.

log 2 (y + 1) = 3 - 2 log2 x
log2 (x + 2) = 2 + log2 y

(a) Show that x 3 + 6x 2 - 32 = 0 . [4]

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(b) Find the roots of x 3 + 6x 2 - 32 = 0 . [4]

(c) Give a reason why only one root is a valid solution of the logarithmic equations. Find the value of
y corresponding to this root. [2]

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