1.

Find the sum of the arithmetic series

17 + 27 + 37 +...+ 417.

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Answer:

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(Total 4 marks)

2x
 1  .
Solve the equation 9 =  3 
x–1
2.

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(Total 4 marks)

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

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(Total 4 marks)

4. 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)

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

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(Total 4 marks)

3x–1 –2
6. Solve the equation 4 = 1.5625 × 10 .

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(Total 4 marks)

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7. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is 5 and the fourth term is 40. Find the second term.

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Answer:

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(Total 4 marks)

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

(a) log2 5;

(b) loga 20.

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................

(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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9. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series

2  4  8  16  ...
3 9 27 81

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(Total 4 marks)

5 7 12
10. Find the coefficient of a b in the expansion of (a + b) .

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(Total 4 marks)

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11. The Acme insurance company sells two savings plans, Plan A and Plan B.

For Plan A, an investor starts with an initial deposit of $1000 and increases this by $80 each
month, so that in the second month, the deposit is $1080, the next month it is $1160 and so on.

For Plan B, the investor again starts with $1000 and each month deposits 6% more than the
previous month.

(a) Write down the amount of money invested under Plan B in the second and third months.
(2)

Give your answers to parts (b) and (c) correct to the nearest dollar.

(b) Find the amount of the 12th deposit for each Plan.
(4)

(c) Find the total amount of money invested during the first 12 months

(i) under Plan A;

(2)

(ii) under Plan B.

(2)
(Total 10 marks)

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12. $1000 is invested at the beginning of each year for 10 years.

The rate of interest is fixed at 7.5% per annum. Interest is compounded annually.

Calculate, giving your answers to the nearest dollar

(a) how much the first $1000 is worth at the end of the ten years;

(b) the total value of the investments at the end of the ten years.

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Answers:

(a) ..................................................................

(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

2
 P 
log 10  
 QR 3 
13. Let log10P = x , log10Q = y and log10R = z. Express in terms of x , y and z.

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(Total 4 marks)

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14. Each day a runner trains for a 10 km race. On the first day she runs 1000 m, and then increases
the distance by 250 m on each subsequent day.

(a) On which day does she run a distance of 10 km in training?

(b) What is the total distance she will have run in training by the end of that day? Give your
answer exactly.

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(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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 2 
x– 2  .
15. Determine the constant term in the expansion of  x 

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(Total 4 marks)

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16. Use the binomial theorem to complete this expansion.
4 4 3
(3x + 2y) = 81x + 216x y +...

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(Total 4 marks)

17. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 7, 9.5, 12.
st
(a) What is the 41 term of the sequence?

(b) What is the sum of the first 101 terms of the sequence?

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Answers:

(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

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18. Solve the equation log9 81 + log9 9 + log9 3 = log9 x.

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Answer:

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(Total 4 marks)

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19. In an arithmetic sequence, the first term is –2, the fourth term is 16, and the n term is 11 998.

(a) Find the common difference d.

(b) Find the value of n.

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

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 2 1
 3x –  .
20. Consider the expansion of  x

(a) How many terms are there in this expansion?

(b) Find the constant term in this expansion.

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Answers:

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(b) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

21. Solve the equation log27 x = 1 – log27 (x – 0.4).

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(Total 6 marks)

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

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(Total 6 marks)

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

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(a) log5 x

1
 
(b) log5  x 

(c) log25 x

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Answers:

(a) ..................................................................
(b) ..................................................................
(c) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

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24. When the expression (2 + ax) is expanded, the coefficient of the term in x is 414 720. Find
the value of a.

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Answer:

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(Total 6 marks)

25. 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.

Working:

Answers:

(a) ..................................................................

(b) ..................................................................

(c) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

2x (1–x)
26. Find the exact solution of the equation 9 = 27 .

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(Total 6 marks)

27. Given that 3  7 

3
= p + q 7 where p and q are integers, find

(a) p;

(b) q.

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A n sw ers:

(a) .................................................
(b) .................................................
(Total 6 marks)

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28. Consider the expansion of the expression (x − 3x) .

(a) Write down the number of terms in this expansion.

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(b) Find the term in x .

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29. (a) Write down the first three terms of the sequence un = 3n, for n 1.
(1)

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(b) Find

20

 3n ;
(i) n 1

100

 3n
(ii) n  21 .

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(Total 6 marks)

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