PRACTICE QUESTIONS

a) Discuss the relevance of Mathematics in a business setting. (5 marks)

b) John works for an insurance firm where he earns a basic salary of Ksh 60,
000/= per month and a commission of 10% on the sales he makes. He finds
that on average he takes 1 ½ hours to make Kshs10, 000 worth of sales.
How many hours must he work on average each month if his monthly
earnings are to be Ksh 200,000/=? (5 marks)
c) Simplify the following expressions:
i. −(2 − 𝑎) (1 mark)
ii. 2(2 + 𝑎 − 𝑏) (1 mark)
iii. −2(3 − 4𝑎 + 𝑏) (1 mark)
iv. (𝑥 − 𝑦)(𝑥 − 𝑦) (2 marks)
v. −(𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 − 𝑦) (2 marks)
vi. (2𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑥 − 𝑎) (2 marks)
vii. (𝑐 + 𝑎)(𝑐 + 𝑎) (2 marks)
d) Add the following fractions:
1 2
i. + (2 marks)
4 3
1 1
ii. + (3 mark)
𝑥−2 𝑥
1 1
iii. − + (3 mark)
𝑥−1 𝑥−3
1 1
iv. + (3 mark)
𝑥−1 𝑎+1
3 2
v. + (2 mark)
𝑎 𝑎
5 7
vi. + (3 mark)
𝑥−1 𝑥−1
e) Simplify the following exponential expressions
𝑥 3 𝑦 −2
i. (4 marks)
𝑥 −2 𝑦 3
1
ii. ((4𝑥)4 )2 (3 marks)
1
32𝑥 −3 𝑦 4 5
iii. (243𝑦−1𝑥 2) (6 marks)

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NB: This is NOT an assignment, but practice Questions. We will discuss at next meeting.

UCC103 DL 13th June 2020