Question 1:

Solve, for x and y, the simultaneous equations. Question 5:

8x Show that if n is a positive integer, 7(9 n +1 ) − 6(3 2 n ) + 3 2 n +3 is exactly

=4
2y divisible by 14.
1
3 y ÷ 9 x+2 =
27
Question 6:

3 4
Question 2:  32 73   43 14 
Given that  81 x  ÷  27 x  = (3 x a ) b , find the value of a and of
   
   
9 2 x × 81(3 x ) b.
Evaluate .
3 2 x +1 × 27 x + 2

Question 7:

Question 3: 3 a
The equation 2 2 a +b − 7(2 a +b ) = (2 ) − 8 has a solution a = 1 .
3
2
x+
Solve 4 2 = 5 x ÷ (5 3 x +3 ) . (a) Find the value of b
(b) Hence, find the other solution of a.

Question 4: Question 8:
3 2 2
−4
Given that (36 x ) ÷ (216 x )
4 2 −3
−
3
= 2 a 3b x c , find the values of a, b and Solve 7 x = 1.
c.

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 Question 9:

Solve 3 x −1 + 9(3 x ) = 84 . Cross sectional area

(
= 2 5 − 8 m2)
Question 10:

Solve 21+ 2 x + 4 − x = 3 . height

Question 11:

A cuboid has a square base of side ( )

7 − 5 cm . The volume of the
( )
cuboid is 90 5 − 76 7 cm 3 . Find the height of the cuboid,
( )
expressing your answer in the form a 5 + b 7 cm , where a and b Question 13:
are constants.
Solve 3 x = 10 x − 1.

Question 12:
Question 14:
(
The diagram shows a cylinder with a base area of 2 5 − 8 m 2 . )
(
Given that the volume of the cylinder is 7 8 − 2 5 m 3 , find the) ( ) (
A rectangle has a length of 2 − 2 m and an area of 2 + 3 2 m 2 . )
( )
height of the cylinder in the form p + q 10 m where p and q are (
Find the breadth of the rectangle in the form a + b 2 ) m , where a
integers. and b are integers.

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 Question 15: 27n
(a) log 3
1 m
Express in the form a + b 3 . (b) log 9 m + log 81 n
7−4 3

Question 19:
Question 16: Given that log7 x = p and log7 y = q, express the following in terms of p
and q
 m2n 
Given that m = 2 and n = 2 , express log 2 
x y  in terms of x and y.
 16  49 x 2
(i) log 7
y3

Question 17: (ii) xy

Given that log 5 x = m and log 5 y = n , express the following in terms

of m and n.
Question 20:
(a) xy
Solve log 5 (3 x + 2 ) − log 5 (2 x − 1) = 2 − 4 log 5 2 .
 25 x 
(b) log 5  2 
 y 
Question 21:
Question 18:
Solve the equation 10e 2 x = 7(e x ) + 26 .
Given that m = 3 and n = 3 , express the following in terms of x and
x y

y.

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 Question 22: Question 26:

Solve 3e x −
6
+ 7 = 0. Solve log 9 x − 1 + log 3 ( x − 1) = 1 + log 27 3 .
ex

Question 27:
Question 23:
Solve log 2 x + log 4 (4 x) = −2 .
Solve 4 x +1 − 13(2 x ) + 3 = 0 .

Question 28:
Question 24:
Solve log 4 x − log x 16 = 1.
Solve the simultaneous equations.

5 x +1 = 25 × 5 y
lg(6 x + 3 y ) = lg 3 + 3 lg 2 Question 29:

Solve log 5 x + 2 log x 5 = 3 .

Question 25:

Solve 3 = 2 5− x , giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places where

2
Question 30:
necessary. Evaluate the value of p, without using a calculator.
log 3 p − 8 log p 3 = 2

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