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IGCSE EXAM PRACTICE ( Past Paper) U Kyaw Naing
Further Pure Mathematics (Chapter 1)Indices,Surds & Logarithms
1. Find the exact solution of 4"? = 8",
2. Given that 82"1=4" (a) Find y in terms of x. (b) Hence,or otherwise, solve 82"'=16".
3. Showing your working clearly, use algebra to solve the equations 16: |
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70x42) _ 33x48) 8” 4
4. Given that k is a constant such that FI xor =k find the value of k.
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5. Solve the equation —— =4
32
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where a and 6 are integers
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6. Given that canbe written in the form 2+ V3.
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and c is prime, find the value of a, the value of b and the value of c.
Show your working clearly.
1+b\3 where a and b are integers, find the value of a and the value of b.
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jiven that 5——
8. Solve the equation 5°*'=120, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
9. (a) Solve, giving your answer to 3 significant figures, 3* -4=0.
Solve, giving your answers to 3 significant figures where appropriate,
(b) 9” - 13(3)+36=0. — (c) 6 - 4(2*) - 34 = 0.
10. Find the value of log.9. [2015-June-P2-Q10]
11. Write down the value of log,9. [2019-June-P1R-Q3]
12. Write down the value of log216. [2022-January-P1-Q7]
43. Show that log,32=°/>. [2020-January-P1R-Q5]
14. (a) Solve 5p?-llp+2=0
(b) Hence solve 5(3°') -1 1(3" )+ 2=0 giving your answers to 3 significant figures.
The curve with equation y=5(3"')—6(3*) intersects the curve with equation
y =5(3") -2at two points.
(c) Find the coordinates of each of these two points, giving your answers to 3 significant
figures where appropriate.
15. Find the exact solution of the equation —-e* = 6
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16. (a) Solve 5p?- 9p +4=0
(b) Hence solve 5”*1 -9(5")+4=0
Give your answers to 3 significant figures where appropriate.
The curve with equation y=5”*'+5* intersects the curve with
equation y =2(5'*") - 4 at two points.
(c) Find the coordinates of each of these two points.
Give your answers to 3 significant figures where appropriate.
17. (a) Find the exact value of the root of the equation e*=8.
Give your answer in the form Ina, where a is an integer.
The curve C, has equation y=2e* and the curve Cz has equation
y=(e*-4)?. The curves C, and C, intersect at the points P and Q.
(b) Use algebra to find the exact coordinates of the points P and Q.
48. (a) Given that log, y= l08e* show that log, b= 4
log, a log, a
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(b) Hence solve the equation
log, 8-6 log, x=1 xeZ*
1g, Solve the equation 3log, x—8log. 3 = 10
20, Solve the equation 16log, 4 = log,r
21. Solve the equation log, x—2log,.3 = 1
22. Given that 2log x+2log,a=5,
(a) show that log x=” or log,x=2
(b) Hence,or otherwise, solve the equations
ax=27
2log,x+2log,a=5(3)
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Solve the equations,giving the values of x&y to 3 significant figures,
Slog,x+4log,y=10 , logex-2logsy=1.
Solve the equations (a) |og.1024=5 (b)log,(6y+11) =3
(0) 2log,a + log.9 = 5
(a) Solve the equation log,(2x-3) = 2
(b) (i) Factorise 2xIn3x - 4x - 4In3x +8
(i) Hence find the exact roots of the equation 2xIn3x-4x-4In3x+8=0
(a) Complete the table of values for y=e"142
Give your answers to 2 decimal places where appropriate.
x 2 | a 0 1 2 3
fx) 205 | 4.72 9.39
(6) On the grid opposite, draw the graph of y=e"'+2 for -2