MATHEMATICS

GRADE 9
Worksheet 16
1) Express as a single logarithm:-
1
i) 2 + 2 log 9 – 2 log 5
ii) 2 log 5 – log 2 + 3 log 4 + 1

2) Solve for x:-

i) log x – log (2x – 1) = 1
ii) log (5x – 4) – log (x + 1) = log 4
iii) log 5 + log (5x +1 ) = log (x + 5 ) + 1

3) Simplify:-
1 1
i) log 9 + + log 81 + 2 log 6 – log 12
2 4
1
ii) 2 log 50 + log 8 − log 4
2

4) Evaluate:-
i) log 10 + 2 log 3 – log 45 – log 2
ii) 3 + log 10-2
iii) log 3 + 2 log 4 + 5 log 10 – log 6 – 8 log 2 – 5 log 5

5) Given that log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771, find the values of
i) log 48
ii) log 250
iii) log 1.2
iv) log 12.5

ANSWERS:-
1) i) log 12, ii) log 8000 or 3 log 20
2) i) x = 10/19, ii) x = 8, iii) x = 3
3) i) log 27 or 3 log 3, ii) 4
4) i) 0, ii) 1, iii) 0
5) i) 1.6811, ii) 2.398, iii) 0.0791, iv)1.39