Rawafed Private School

P3 Exam
Mathematics
Grade 10
(2011 - 2012)




Students Name: ................................
Section: .................

Math - P3 Revision Page 1

- Simplify each logarithm.

1.
5
1
log
25




2.
6
log 6 6



3.
4
log 2




4.
3
7
log 49




5.
3
2
1
log
4





6.
1
2
log 8




Math - P3 Revision Page 2

- Solve for x.

1.
6
log 3 x =



2.
4
3
log
2
x =



3. log 64 6
x
=



4.
1
log 7
2
x
=




5. ln 3 x =



6. ln( 4) 1 x =



7.
2
ln 9 x =



Math - P3 Revision Page 3

8. 2
x
e =


9.
2
25
x
e =



10.
2
2
x
e

=



11. 3
x
e =



12. ln(ln ) 0 x =



13. ln 1 x =



14. ln ln( 3) ln10 x x + + =



15.
2
7 12 0
x e
e e + =




Math - P3 Revision Page 4


16.
2
3 7 3 10 0
x x
+ =






- Express
2 3
6
log M N in terms of
6
log M and
6
log N .





- Express
2 5
log
M
N
in terms of
2
log M and
2
log N .





- Express as a single logarithm.

a.
10 10
log 3log p q +




b.
10 10
4log 2log 2 p q +



Math - P3 Revision Page 5


- If
10
log 2 0.30 = and
10
log 3 0.48 = , find the following.

a.
10
log 18



b.
10
20
log
3





c.
10
log 5




d.
10
3
1
log
2
| |
|
\ .






- Solve each equation.

1. log ( 3) log 8 log 2
b b b
x + =




Math - P3 Revision Page 6


2. log log ( 5) log 6
a a a
x x =





3.
2
2
log ( 9) 4 x =






Questions 4 - 5: a. Give the solution in calculation ready form.
b. Give the solution to three significant digits.

4. 3 30
x
=







5.
2
12 1000
x
=






Math - P3 Revision Page 7

- Write each equation in exponential form.

1. ln100 4.61 =



2.
2
1
ln 2
e
=



- Write each equation in logarithmic form.

1.
3
20.1 e =



2.
3
1.40 e =



- Simplify. If the expression is undefined, say so.

1.
10
lne


2.
1
ln
e



3.
ln5
e


Math - P3 Revision Page 8

- Write as single logarithm.

1. ln8 ln2



2.
1
ln8 ln5 3
3
+ +




- Problem Solving:

1. How long will it take an investment of $1000 to triple in value if it is invested at an annual
rate of 12% compounded quarterly?





2. A certain bacteria population, doubles in size every 12 hours. By how much will it grow in
2 days?




3. The half-life of carbon-14 (C-14) is 5730 years. How much of a 10.0 mg sample will
remain after 4500 years?




Math - P3 Revision Page 9

4. The value of a new $12,500 automobile decrease 20% per year. Find its value after 3 years.






5. A culture of yeast doubles in size every 20 min. The size of the culture is now N
0
. Find its
size in 12 hours.





6. The radioactive gas radon has a half-life of approximately
1
3
2
days. About how much of a
l00 g sample will remain after 1 week?






7. How long will it take you to double your money if you invest it at a rate of 8%
compounded annually?








Math - P3 Revision Page 10

- Tell whether each sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither. Then supply the
missing terms of the sequence.

1. 20, 17, 14, 11, ______, ______



2. 1,
1
4
,
1
9
,
1
16
, ______, ______



- Find the first four terms of the sequence with the given formula. Then tell whether the
sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or neither.

1. 4 3
n
t n = +




2.
1
3
n
n
t

=





3. 2 3
n
n
t =





Math - P3 Revision Page 11

- Find a formula for the nth term of each arithmetic sequence.

1. 24, 32, 40, 48 . . .



2. -3, -10, -17. -24 . . .




- Find the specified term of each arithmetic sequence.

1. 4, 9, 14, 19 . . . ;
21
t




2. -2, -11, -20 . . . ;
25
t





3.
1
5 t = ,
3
20 t = ;
12
t





4.
5
24 t = ,
9
40 t = ;
1
t




Math - P3 Revision Page 12

- Find the arithmetic mean of each pair of numbers.

1.
4 11
,
5 5




2. 2, 3 2



- Insert four arithmetic means between each pair.

11, _______, _______, _______, _______, 35




- Find a formula for the nth term of each geometric sequence.

1. 2, 6, 18, 54 . . .



2. 1, 2 , 2, 2 2




3. -1, 0.1, -0.01, 0.001



Math - P3 Revision Page 13

- Find the specified term of each geometric sequence.

1. 2, 6, 18, 54 . . . ; t
10




2. 40, -20, 10, -5 . . . ; t
11




3. t
2
= 18, t
3
= 12; t
5




4. t
1
= 5, t
3
= 80; t
6




5. t
3
= -12, t
6
= 96; t
9




- Find the geometric mean of the following pair of numbers.

1.
1
12
,
1
18



Math - P3 Revision Page 14

- Write each series in expanded form.

1.
6
1
( 10)
n
n
=
+




2.
6
1
2
n
n=




3.
10
4
(3 2)
n
n
=





- Write each series using sigma notation.

1. 2 + 4 + 6 + --- + 1000



2. 1
3
+ 2
3
+ 3
3
+ --- + 20
3




3.
1
2
+
2
3
+
3
4
+ --- +
99
100




Math - P3 Revision Page 15