Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                

L6th Algebra Test Mich 2019 Paper 1

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 3

L6th Algebra Test Sept 2019 TEST 1

NO calculators. Write all answers in the spaces indicated, using separate rough paper if necessary.
Each answer is worth 2 marks. (Total = 60)

1. Expand and simplify

(a) 3(3 – 2x) – (4x + 2) Answer ……………….………………….

(b) 2(3x – 5)2 – (2x – 7) Answer ……………….………………….

(c) 5x(3 – x)2 – 2(3x + 1) + 2x – 8 Answer ……………….………………….

2. Factorise completely

(a) 27x3y – 18x3y2 + 120xy2 Answer ……………….………………….

(b) 16x2 – 49 Answer ……………….………………….

(c) 27x2 − 75 Answer ……………….………………….

(d) x2 + 5x – 126 Answer ……………….………………….

(d) 6x2 – 9x – 60 Answer ……………….………………….

3. Simplify

111x 2 yz
(a) Answer ……………….………………….
3x3 yz 2

4 x + 16
(b) Answer ……………….………………….
x + 2x − 8
2

x2 − 2 x − 3
(c) Answer ……………….………………….
( x − 3)( x 2 − 4 x − 5)

4. Express as a single fraction

5ce dc3 3d
(a) 4
 2
 2 3 Answer ……………….………………….
d 30d c e

5y 4y
(b) + Answer ……………….………………….
3x x 2

12 p 9q
(c) − Answer ……………….………………….
7q 4 p

Page 1 Printed: 10/09/2019


5. Make x the subject of the following formulae

(a) ax + b = c − b Answer ……………….………………….

(b) 7(y + 3x) = A(2x – 3B) Answer ……………….………………….

4ax + b d + 2e
(c) = Answer ……………….………………….
c 3f

6. Solve for x

3x 2
(a) 4 − = Answer ……………….………………….
6− x 7

42 x + 11
(b) 4 = 20 Answer ……………….………………….
3x

7. Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations

(a) 2y = 2x − 3, x – 1 = 3y Answer ……………….………………….

(b) 2x + 2y = 7, x2 − 4y2 = 8 Answer ……………….………………….

8. Write the following expressions in the form a(x + b)2 + c.

(a) x2 + 12x Answer ……………….………………….

(b) x2 + 3x – 5 Answer ……………….………………….

(c) 3x2 – 12x + 9 Answer ……………….………………….

(d) 5x2 – 3x + 8 Answer ……………….………………….

Page 2
9. Simplify
4
14a 3 b −3
(a) 1
Answer ……………….………………….
7 (16a 4 4
) b −2

4 3

( 27 x3 ) 3 z

10
(b) 2
Answer ……………….………………….
5 5
81x z

10. Express in the form a + b c where a, b are rational numbers and c is a positive integer. Simplify fully.

5
(a) Answer ……………….………………….
5−3 2

14 − 45
(b) Answer ……………….………………….
2 5 + 125

11. Find the set of values of x for which x2 − 5x − 14 > 0.

Answer ……………….………………….

Page 3

You might also like