Topical Practice Prepared by YJ Lee

Chapter 1: Indices
1. Evaluate the following indices to the simplified fractions.
2 5 1
a) 64 3 + 4 2 −27 3

b) 2−3 +8−1
3
256 2
c) ( )
16
2 3
d) 64 3 + 64 2
1 1
e) 16 2 +16 4
−2 1
1
f) (36 ¿ ¿ +16 4 ) 3 ¿
2

2. Simplify the following equations:

5
a) x 2 × √ x
( 4 x y 2 )2
b)
(2 x )3

3 a4 ×(10 a)3
c)
(5 a2)3

d) (2 p q2 )4 × 5 p √ q 6

e)
√ 9 x6 y 4
(3 x 2 y 3 )2

f) 12 ¿ ¿

g)
√ 3 a3 bc ×6 a 2 b 2 c 3
2ab c
1
4

−1
h) (2 a 2 b3 )4 ×(4 a 6 b 2) 2
3 1
i) (k 2 × 8 k−3 )3

6 a7 b2 ×9 b 13
j) ( )
2a
3 −3
k) (x 2 + 2 x 2 )2
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3. Solve the following equation:

−1
y 3 =7

4. Solve the following equation:

−1 x
x =
25

5. Solve the following equation:

2
3
z =64

6. Solve the following equation:

3 x+1=27 √ 3

7. Solve the following equation:

−1
1
h3=
9

8. Solve the following equation:

()
3
x 2
=64
4

9. Solve the following equation:

1
2 −1
8 w −w =0 , w ≠ 0

10. Solve the following equation:

3y =√
3
9
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