UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL

FUNDAMENTAL MATHEMATICS
TUTORIAL 1

NAME : ……………………………..………………………………………..
MATRIX NO. : ..…..…………………………………………………………………

a
1. Express each of the numbers as a quotient
b
(a) 1.666666666……
(b) 2.718181818……

2. Write each of the following inequalities in interval notation and show them on the real number line.
(a) 2 x6 (b) 3  x  7
(c)  2  x  0 (d) 3  x  2
(e) 3  x (f) x  1
3. Show each of the following intervals on the real number line.
(a) [2,3] (b) (4,4)
(c) (,5] (d) [ 1,  )
(e) (2,0)  (3,6) (f) [6,2)  [3,7)
4. Evaluate
2 1
1
(a)   (b) 27 3

2
1
1
 16  2
(c)   (d) (2.56) 2
 49 
1 1

1 9 8
2 2
(e) 3  2  4
2 0
(f) 1

22
5. Simplify the following equations:
2 1
n n
n2
 9n  27 n (b) 4  8 3  16 4
n
(a) 3

6. Solve the following equations:

1
(a) 9  27
x
(b) 2 x 1 
64
2
 1
(c) 4
x2
 1281 x (d) x 5

16
7 x  496  2 x  0 (4 x ) x  4  8 x
2
(e) (f)