ALGEBRA

PAPER 1
120 min

1.

Find the sum of the arithmetic series

17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.
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(Total 4 marks)

2.

Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (3x 2) .

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(Total 4 marks)

3.

An arithmetic series has five terms. The first term is 2 and the last term is 32. Find the sum of
the series.
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(Total 4 marks)

4.

3 4

Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (5a + b) .

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(Total 4 marks)

5.

3x1

Solve the equation 4

= 1.5625 10 .

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(Total 4 marks)

6.

If loga 2 = x and loga 5 = y, find in terms of x and y, expressions for

(a)

log2 5;

(b)

loga 20.

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(b) ..................................................................
(Total 4 marks)

7.

Find the sum of the infinite geometric series

2 4 + 8 16 + ...
3 9 27 81
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(Total 4 marks)

8.

5 7

12

Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (a + b) .

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(Total 4 marks)
2

9.

log10
QR 3

Let log10P = x , log10Q = y and log10R = z. Express

in terms of x , y and z.
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(Total 4 marks)

10.

Use the binomial theorem to complete this expansion.

4

(3x + 2y) = 81x + 216x y +...

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(Total 4 marks)

11.

4
4
4
(1 + x) 4 = 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + x 4 .
1
2
3
Consider the binomial expansion

(a)

4 4 4
+ + .
By substituting x = 1 into both sides, or otherwise, evaluate 1 2 3

(b)

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
+ + + + + + +
Evaluate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .

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(Total 4 marks)
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12.

2 1
3x .
x
Consider the expansion of

(a)

How many terms are there in this expansion?

(b)

Find the constant term in this expansion.

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(Total 6 marks)

13.

Consider the following statements

x

A:

log10 (10 ) > 0.

B:

0.5 cos (0.5x) 0.5.

C:

2 arctan x 2 .

(a)

Determine which statements are true for all real numbers x. Write your answers (yes or
no) in the table below.
Statement

(a) Is the statement true for all

real numbers x? (Yes/No)

(b) If not true, example

A
B
C

(b)

If a statement is not true for all x, complete the last column by giving an example of one
value of x for which the statement is false.

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(Total 6 marks)

14.

Find the coefficient of x in the expansion of (2 x) .

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(Total 6 marks)

15.

10

2 7

Find the term containing x in the expansion of (5 + 2x ) .

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(Total 6 marks)

16.

Given that log5 x = y, express each of the following in terms of y.

2

(a)

log5 x

(b)

1

log5 x

(c)

log25 x

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(Total 6 marks)

17.

Complete the following expansion.

4

(2 + ax) = 16 + 32ax +
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(Total 6 marks)

18.

Let p = log10 x, q = log10 y and r = log10 z.

x

y2 z
in terms of p, q and r.
Write the expression log10

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(Total 6 marks)

19.

Find the term containing x in the expansion of (2 3x) .

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(Total 6 marks)

20.

Let a = log x, b = log y, and c = log z.

x2 y

z3
in terms of a, b and c
Write log
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(Total 6 marks)

21.

Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence, whose first three terms are u1,
u2 and u3. It is known that S1 = 7, and S2 = 18.
(a)

Write down u1.

(b)

Calculate the common difference of the sequence.

(c)

Calculate u4.

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(Total 6 marks)

22.

Given that (3 + 7 )
(a)

p;

(b)

q.

r k i n

= p + q 7 where p and q are integers, find

s w

e r s :

( a )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

( b

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Total 6 marks)

23.

(b)

(a)

Let logc 3 = p and logc 5 = q. Find an expression in terms of p and q for

(i)

log c 15;

(ii)

log c 25.

1
Find the value of d if log d 6 = 2 .

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24.

Let ln a = p, ln b = q. Write the following expressions in terms of p and q.

3

(a)

ln a b

(b)

ln

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(Total 6 marks)

25.

Given that p = loga 5, q = loga 2, express the following in terms of p and/or q.

(a)

loga 10

(b)

loga 8

(c)

loga 2.5

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(Total 6 marks)

26.

Consider the arithmetic sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, .....

(a)

Find u101.
(3)

(b)

Find the value of n so that un = 152.

(3)

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