IB DP Maths 3 hours 31 questions

Exam Questions

Exponentials & Logs

Introduction to Logarithms / Laws of Logarithms / Solving Exponential Equations

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Total Marks /184

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Medium Questions
1 (a) Find the value of each of the following, giving your answer as an integer.

ln e .

(2 marks)

(b) log2 16.

(2 marks)

(c) log 25 + log 4 .

(2 marks)

(d) log5 500 − log5 4 .

(2 marks)

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2 (a) Let x = ln 15 and y = ln 3 . Write down the following expressions in terms of x and y .
ln 5 .

(2 marks)

(b) ln 45.

(2 marks)

(c) ln 135 .

(3 marks)

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3 (a) Let r = log 2 and s = log 12. Write down the following expressions in terms of r and s .
log 24.

(2 marks)

(b) log 3

(3 marks)

(c) log 72.

(3 marks)

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4 (a) Simplify the following:

( 4xy −2 −12x −4y 12

) ( )

6x 2 y

(2 marks)

(b) ( 2x −1y −2 −3 4x 2y 3
) ( )
4 .

(2 marks)

9x 6y −2 z 4 3xyz −2
2 3
(c) ( ) ( )

(2 marks)

7x a
5 Solve the equation 2 −x 3 = , giving your answer in the form b
where a and
3
b are integers. State the values of a and b .

(5 marks)

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6 (a) Given that log
a
8 =3.
Find the value of log
a
64.

(2 marks)

(b) Find the value of a .

(2 marks)

(c) Find the value of log 8.

a2

(3 marks)

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7 (a) Let log
b
3 = x and logb 16 = y

Find an expression for log

b
9 in terms of x .

(2 marks)

(b) Find an expression for log

b
4 in terms of y .

(2 marks)

(c) Find an expression for log

b
48 in terms of x and y .

(3 marks)

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 4−2 x 2 1
−2 1
can be written as 2x −1 − 2x + 2 .
( )

8 (a) Show that

8x

(2 marks)

(b) Given that 8 2 = 2a, find the value of a .

(2 marks)

x 2x 4 − x
− x b , where a and b are rational
( )

(c) Show that can be written as 2x a

x2
numbers. State the value of a and b .

(2 marks)

ln a
9 Solve the equation 16x − 3 4x + 1
( ) = 28. Write your answer in the form
ln b
, where a

and b are integers.

(5 marks)

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10 425 can be written in the form a b . Find the values of a and b . Show all of your
working.

(5 marks)

11 Solve the equation 4x − 3 × 2x +1 = −2 3 .

( )

(5 marks)

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Hard Questions
1 (a) Let f x
( ) = 5ln x − 7 .
( )

Find the values of x for which f x

( ) is undefined.

(2 marks)

(b) Given that point P has coordinates p , 0 , find the value of p .

( )

(3 marks)

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2 (a) Given that 2 m = 8 and 2n = 16, write down the value of m and of n .

(2 marks)

(b) Hence or otherwise solve 82 𝑥 + 1 = 162 𝑥 −3 .

(4 marks)

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3 (a) Write the expression 3 ln 2 − ln 4 in the form ln k , where k ∈ℤ .

(3 marks)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve 3 ln 2 − ln 4 = − ln x .

(3 marks)

4 Solve the equation 49p + 4 = 352p for p . Express your answer in terms of ln 7 and ln 5.

(5 marks)

5 Solve the equation 4x − 3 × 2x +2 = 64.

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 (5 marks)

6 It is given that p = log 124 125 × log 123 124 × log 122 123 ×…× log 56 .

Given that p ∈ℤ , find the value of p .

(5 marks)

7 Solve the equation log63 + log62x = 2 − log6 12.

(5 marks)

8 Solve the equation log

9
x − log92 = 2 + log95 .

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 (5 marks)

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9 (a) Find the value of log
4
32 + log48 .

(4 marks)

log 43
(b) Find the value of 64 .

(4 marks)

10 Find the integer values of x and y for which x + y log95 + 12 log27 15 = 0

(6 marks)

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Very Hard Questions
x
1 (a) Let f x
( ) = ln ⎛
⎜
⎜
3
−1 .
⎞
⎟
⎟

⎝ ⎠

Find the values of x for which f x

( ) is undefined.

(2 marks)

(b) Given that point has A coordinates ( a, 0 ) , find the value of a .

(3 marks)

2 Solve 274x + 2 = 818x − 3 .

(6 marks)

3 Solve 5 ln 2 − ln 8 = − ln x .

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 (6 marks)

4 Solve the equation 216k + 2 = 123k for k . Express your answer in terms of ln 6 and
ln 2 .

(6 marks)

5 Solve the equation 2 × 25x − 30 × 5x −1 = 1 .

(5 marks)

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6 It is given that p = log242 243 × log241 242 × log240 241 × ... × log3 4 .
Given that p ∈ℤ, find the value of p .

(5 marks)

7 Solve the equation log

5
x − log5 4 = 4 + log5 2 .

(5 marks)

8 Solve the equation log

4
( 2−x ) = log16 ( 13 − 4x ) .

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 (7 marks)

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9 (a) Find the value of log
8
2560 − log8 5 .

(4 marks)

(b) Find the value of 64

log 8 5
.

(4 marks)

10 Find the integer values of x and y for which x + y log343 6 − 10 log49 42 = 0

(6 marks)

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