Mathematics QM016 Topic 1: Number System - Tutorial
Mathematics QM016 Topic 1: Number System - Tutorial
Mathematics QM016 Topic 1: Number System - Tutorial
2.
List the number describe and graph them on the number line
(a) The counting number smaller than 6
(b) The integer between -3 and 3
3.
Given S = {-3, 0,
1
, e, , 4, 8}, identify the set of
3
(c) integers
(f) real numbers
a
b
(b) 2.7181818.
5.
Write each of the following inequalities in interval notation and show them on the
real number line.
(a) 2 < x < 6
(b) 5 < x < 1
(c) 3 x 7
(d) 2 < x 0
(e) x < 3
(f) x 1
(g) x 2
(h) 3 x < 2
6.
7.
Evaluate
2
1
2
(a)
(b) 27
1
(e) (0.36) 2
1
3
(f) (2.56)
(c)
1
2
(g)
100 2
9
1
2
9 .8
2
1
2
1
2
(d)
(h)
27 3
8
1
3
1
6
2
3
9 .27
3 .3
1
2
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
3 n +2 9 n 27 n
(c)
n +3
32
1
5
(d) 5 n +1 10 n 20 2 n 2 3n
(a)
9 x = 27
(d)
x +2
(g)
7 x - 49 62 x = 0
1x
=128
(e) x
2
5
(c) 2 x +1 =
1
=
16
(f) 4x
2
3
(h) (4 x ) x = 4 8 x
(b) 3 2 x +1 26(3 x ) 9 = 0
(b) 4 x 6(2 x ) 16 = 0
(d) e 2 x + e x 2 = 0
(c)
180
(b)
75
(d)
125
Simplify:
(a)
2 (3 2 2 )
(c)
( 3 2)( 3 1)
(b) (
(d)
2 1)( 2 +1)
( 2 5 +3)(3 5 2)
14.
n
2
(b) 4 n 8 3 n 16 4 n
1
8
(c)
1
3+2 5
(e)
1
+
2 +1
1
2 1
(b)
3
2 3
(d)
1
6 5
b:
1
64
1
9
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(a)
3x + 1 = x 1
(b)
4 x 9 +1 = 2 x
(c)
4 x +13 x +1 = 12 x
(a)
5 3 = 125
(b) 7 2 = 49
(c) 4 2 = 32
(d)
e2t = 3 x
(e) e0.1t = x + 2
17.
18.
(a)
log 5 625 = 4
(b) log 3 27 = 3
-2
(d)
ln 100 = 4.6052
(e) ln 3 =1.0986
(c) log 1 4 =
2
Evaluate
(a)
log 4 64
(d)
log 125 25
(g)
log 9 2
9
(c) log 1 4
2
(h) ln e2
(i) e2 + ln3
Simplify
(a) log 3 + log 4
(d)
log 9
1
log 25 2 log 3 + 2 log 6
2
(f) ln y3 +
(e) log 3
1
ln(x3y6) 5 lny
3
1
y
(g) 2 ln x - 4 ln
- 3 ln (xy)
19.
20.
(b) 2 2 x = 5
(e) e2lnx = 9
(h) e2.5x = 40
(c) 3 3 x 1 = 7
(f) ex ln3 = 27
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(a)
(c)
(e)
(g)
(i)
21.
22.
Simplify
(a)
( 2 + i )(3 4i)
(c)
(a + bi)2
23.
(b)
(d)
(f)
(h)
(j)
Rationalise the denominator of each of the following fractions and express them in
the form a + bi.
(a)
2
1 i
(b)
3 +i
4 3i
(c)
4i
4 + 3i
x + yi
(d) x yi
x + yi = ( 3 + i)(2 3i)
(b) 3 + 4i = (x + yi )(1 + i )
2 + 5i
= x + yi
1 i
(d) x + yi = 2
(b)
1 + 7i
1 +i