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Paper 1 9(4) 8(3)
Number of
Questions 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2

5.1 INDICES

1  an
7. ( ab)  a b
m n n n n
1. a  a  a
m n n
4. a 1. 4. 7.
1 m

2. a  a  a
m n mn
5. a a 2
8.
n
am  a n
2. 5. 8.

 ba 
n n
mn  an
3. ( a )  a
m n
6. a  1
0
9. b 3. 6. 9.

Numbers to Remember!!
4 = 22 64 = 26 9 = 32 729 = 36 25 = 52
8 = 23 128 = 27 27 = 33 16 = 42125 = 53
16 = 24 256 = 28 81 = 34 64 = 43
32 = 25 243 = 35 256 = 44

Solve the following equations:

1. 16(8 )  2
3x x
2. 81x 3  27 x  2


x
42 x3  2
3. 3 4. 2432 x  93 x 4

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 642 x 1  1
5. 3
x4
3 x3
6 6. 42  x

8  2n  2   16n 2 x 1
 252 x
7. 8. 125

n4 x 1
9. 2  8  256 10. 6  6  42
n x

11. Simplify 2n + 3 + 2n + 16(2n – 1) 12. 5 x 1  5x  100

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5.2 LOGARITHMS

log a N  x  N  a x log a x  log a y  log a xy

1. 3. 6. Change of base
log c b
log a x  log a y  log a x log a b 
log a a  1 y log c a
2. 4.
log a b  1
log a 1  0 log a x n  n log a x log b a
3. 5.

1. Solve the equation 2. Solve the equation

1 log 9  1 log 81  2
3log x 2  log x 8  6 2 x
4 x

3. Solve the equation 4. Solve the equation

log 3 ( y  1)  1  log 3 ( y  5) log 2  y  1  log 2  2 y  3  3

5. Solve the equation 6. Solve the equation

log 2 x  log8 2 x  3 log 4 x  log 2 5

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 log y  log 9 x  1 ,
3 2  log 4 y  3log 2 x , express y in
7. Given that 8. Given that
express y in term of x. terms of x.

log 5 a  x and log 5 b  y , express

9. Given that log3 m  x and log3 n  y , 10. Given

Express
 4
log 3  mn 
 27  in terms of x and y.  
log 25 125b
a in terms of x and y.

11. Given that log23 = m and log2 5 = n, 12. Given log52 = m and log5 3 = n, express
log 4 5.4 in terms of m and n.
express log 5 2.7 in terms of m and n.