THE NEW CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS - GRADE 10

MATRICES – WORKSHEET 1
IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS AND ORDER/ SIZE OF MATRICES

1. Given that A = 2 -3 , state:

4 5

(a) the order of the matrix.

(b) the first element in the second row.
(c) the second element in the first row.

2. If X = -3 4 7 , the state:
2 0 6

(a) the size of the matrix.

(b) the first element in the third column.
(c) the second element in the first row.

3. Given that B = 4 3 -4 0 , state:

6 -2 5 7
1 -5 -7 -3
8 -9 -10 12

(a) the order/size of the matrix.

(b) the third element in the second row.
(c) the second element in the first row.
(d) the second element in the third column.

4. State the dimensions (order) of the following matrices:

(a) A = -4 2 6
3 2 1
(b) B = 6 3 1 0 7
2 0 3 1 5
0 2 1 3 6
4 4 3 2 4
1 2 4 1 9

(c) C = -4
2
1

(d) D = 3 2
6 8
4 0

(e) E = 8 1

TOTAL = 15 MARKS

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