WHAT IS YOUR EXPERTISE WITH YOUR GDC?

The following exercises are intended for you, IBDP applicant, to check your ability to use your
calculator when solving math problems. They go from the very basic to more sophisticated ones.
1.

!
!

!
!

! !

2.

!!

3. 5 8 3 = 0

4. 2 4 = 6
5 + 7 = 15

5. log 14
6. log ! 70

7.
8.

32
!
!!!(3

+ 4)

9. (13)!
10. 8 2

11. If =

!! ! !!!
!!!!

, find (17)

12. If = 4 + 8, = 3 ! 4, find

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a.

(3)

b. (7)

c.

!
!

(11)

13. If = 3 ! 4, then graph !! .

14. If 2 ! 3 ! 5 + 2, find
a. The -intercepts
b. Maximum local point
c. Minimum local point
d. -intercept
e. Value of , if = 1
f. Values of , if = 0.5
g.

!.!
2 !
!!

3 ! 5 + 2

15. Find the vertical asymptote of =

!! ! !!
!!!

16. Find the horizontal asymptote of = 3!! + 1

17. Find the solution of 2 + 3 sin = 4 ! 1

18. Find the coordinates of the vertex for the function = 4 ! 40 + 7

19. Find the range of the function = 3 ! + 24 + 1

20. Find the range of the function = sin 2 + 3

21. Determine the period of the function = cos(4)

22. How many solutions does the equation sin 3 =

23. Graph and then sketch:

24. If =

= tan , for

!
!

!
!

have for ! < < ?

<<

3 6
4 8
, and =
, find
8 4
5 3

a. +
b. 2 3
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c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

det

!!
!
(2)! !

25. Let = 2 3 + 4, find

26. Solve 2 + 3 = 4
5 + 7 = 6

27. The ages of seven children are 9, 7, 8, 5, 8, 6 and 10. Find the:
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Variance
e. Standard deviation
f. Interquartile range
28. The sample of the height of some trees was recorded in the following table.
Height in meters
8 < 10
10 12
12 < 14
14 < 16

Frequency
6
5
7
4

From the data in the table estimate:

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Standard deviation
e. Variance
f. Number of data
g. Interquartile range
h. Range
i. Probability that a tree has a height less than 10 m.
29. Let the following probability distribution:

( = )

1
0.3

2
0.15

3
0.35

4
0.2

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Find.
a.
30. If ~ 8, 0.3 , find
a. ( = 5)
31. If ~ 15, 9 , find
b. ( < 16)
d. ( > 6)

b.

b. ( 4)

b. ( 17)

c. ( < 7)

d. ( > 6)

c. (14 15.5)

e. > = 0.34, then, =?

32. If = 7 sin 8 , find

a. (4)
b. equation of the tangent line at = 2
c. equation of the normal to the tangent at = 3
d. (5)
33. Find

!
3 cos
!

34. Graph = sin

35. Solve 2 ! 4 ! + 5 4 = 0
36. Solve the system 3 + 6 5 = 4
8 2 + = 7
9 8 + 3 = 11

We expect you have found this exercises useful and that their practice helps during the actual IB
exam.

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