Logarithms

Practice Questions
Attempt these questions without a calculator.
Evaluate each of the following.

31. log x = log 4 log 2

1.

log3 27

32. log x =

2.

log2 128

33. 3 log 2 + log 3 = log x

3.

log4 0.25

34. log2 16 + log2 x = log2 32

4.

log 0.0001

35. log x2 = 2

5.

loga a3

36. 2 log x + 3 = log(x5 )

6.

log5 625

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

7.

log3

8.

log3

9.

log3 243

40. log x log(x 1) = 1

41. ex = 25
42. ln x = 2y

1
4

43. ln x = ln c + ln d

12. log9 243

13. log4

1
4

39. log x = 4 log 2 2 log x

10. log9 3
11. log8

log

38. 2 ln x + 3 = 5 ln x

1
27

1
2

44. a + ln x = ln(x + a)

1
128

45. 4x = 2
Simplify each of the following expressions.
14. log2 16 + log2 8
15. log 2 + log 5
16. (log2 16)(log2 4)
17. log3 54 log3 18
18. loga 5 + loga

1
5

46. 9x (33 )4 = 1
47. 2x+1 = 43x2
1
+ 2 ln(x2 1) = 6
48. ln
(x + 1)2
If x = log 2 and y = log 3, express the following in
terms of x and y.
2
3

19. log 125 + log 32 log 4

49. log

20. log2 18 2 log2 3

50. log 6

21.

1
2

log 16 + 2 log 5
x

22. log2 (2 )
23.

log 25
log 5

51. log 4
52. log 9
53. log

4
9

54. log 60

24. eln x
25. e ln(1/x)
2

26. ln(ex )

55. log 36
56. log 54

27. ln(exx )
28. ex+ln x

29. ln x2 e2x

Express the following as a single logarithm.

57. log x + 5 log y
58.

Solve each of the following equations for x.

30. log x = log 4 + log 2

1
2

ln(x2 + 1)

59. 1 + log x +
60. 2 ln x

1
2

1
2

1
2

1
2

log z

ln(x3 + 5)

log(x 3)

ln(x2 + 3) + 3 ln(sin x)