Logarithm Worksheet

Express the equation in exponential form.

1. log5 25 = 2 2. log8 2 = 1/3

Express the equation in logarithmic form.

3. 53 = 125 4. 8-1 = 1/8

Evaluate the expression.

5. (a) log6 36 (b) log9 81 (c) log7 710

6. (a) log3 (1/27) (b) log10 √10 (c) log5 0.2

7. (a) 2log2 37
(b) 3log3 8
(c) eln √5

8. (a) eln π (b) 10log5 (c) 10log 87

Use the definition of the logarithmic function to find x.

9. (a) log5 x = 4 (b) log10 0.1 = x

10. (a) log4 2 = x (b) log4 x = 2

11. (a) logx1000=3 (b) logx25 = 2

Use the Laws of Logarithms to combine the expression as a single logarithms

12. log 12 + ½ log 7 – log 2

13. log5(x2-1) – log5(x-1)

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14. log 50 + log 2 = x 15. log 25  log 200 = x
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16. log 80 + log 5 – log 4 = x 17. log3 54 – log3 4 + log3 6 = x

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18. log 4  log 27  2 log 5  log 6 = x 19. log5 10 + log5 50 – 2 log5 2 = x
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20. ½ log5 1 – 2log5 5 = x 21. log 25 – log 5 + log 20 = x

22. log2 4 – log2 16 = x 23. 2log8 4 – 1/3log8 8 = x

24. 2log 5 + ½ log 16 = x 25. log 200 – log 2 + log 1 = x

Use the properties of logarithms to write the following as a single logarithm.

1. ln x  ln 2  __________________________________________________

2. log4 z  log 4 y  _______________________________________________

3. 2 log 2 ( x  4)  _________________________________________________

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4. log3 5 x  _________________________________________________
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5. log3 ( x  2)  log3 ( x  2)  ___________________________________________

6. 2 ln 8  5ln z  ___________________________________________

7. 3ln 8  2 ln y  4 ln z  _____________________________________________

8. 4[ln z  ln( z  5)]  2 ln( z  5) 

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9. ln x  2[ln( x  2)  ln( x  2)] 

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10. log 4 5t 6  log 4 t 4  ___________________________________________
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