Barataria North Secondary School

Mathematics
Form 4 Term 2 - Worksheet 3
Matrices Operations

This worksheet contains the following years of past paper questions:

Jan 2023 - # 10 (a), (b)

May 2022 - # 10 (b)

Jan 2022 - # 10 (b)

May 2021 - # 10 (a), (b)

Jan 2021 - # 10 (a)

May 2019 - # 10 (a)

Jan 2019 - # 10 (a)

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Jan 2023 - # 10

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May 2022 - # 10

Jan 2022 - # 10

(b) Calculate the value of x and the value of y in the matrix equation below.

1 5 −4 1 𝑥 46
( ) ( )=( )
2 𝑦 2 9 6 65

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(3 marks)

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May 2021 - # 10

5 4
(a) (i) Calculate the matrix product ( )
−3 −2

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(2 marks)

(ii) State why the two matrices in a(i) are conformable for multiplication.

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(1 mark)

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(b) Determine the inverse of ( ).
−3 −2

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(2 marks)

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Jan 2021 - # 10

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May 2019 - # 10

(a) (i) a) Find the matrix product

−1 3 𝑘
( ) ( )
4 ℎ 5

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(2 marks)

b), Hence, find the value of h and k that satisfy the matrix equation.

−1 3 𝑘 0
( ) ( )=( )
4 ℎ 5 0

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(2 marks)

Jan 2019 - #10

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(2 marks)

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