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Problem Sheet 01 Indices and Surds

This document contains a mathematics problem sheet covering indices, surds, and rationalizing expressions. It includes 12 problems involving evaluating expressions with indices and surds, simplifying expressions to standard form, and rationalizing expressions involving surds in the denominator. The final problem is a challenge to simplify an infinite radical expression.

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Problem Sheet 01 Indices and Surds

This document contains a mathematics problem sheet covering indices, surds, and rationalizing expressions. It includes 12 problems involving evaluating expressions with indices and surds, simplifying expressions to standard form, and rationalizing expressions involving surds in the denominator. The final problem is a challenge to simplify an infinite radical expression.

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University of Birmingham EPS Foundation Year Mathematics I

Problem Sheet 1 - Indices and Surds


Complete the following questions without the use of a calculator. It is a good idea to develop your arithmetic
skills whenever possible!
1. Evaluate the following:
 31
(a) 132 (f) 60 (j) 22 + 22
(b) 23 (g) 02  13
(c) 104 (k) 32 + 42 + 102
(d) 192 (h) 22 + 23
 1 1
 21
(e) 110 4
(i) 3 − 4 3 (l) 8 3 + 16− 2

2. Evaluate the following, giving the answer as a proper fraction:


1
(a) 2−1 (d) 23 4−3 (f) 125− 3
(b) 4−2
1 1
(c) 6−3 (e) 4− 2 (g) 1024− 10

3. Evaluate the following:


2 7 12
(a) 216 3 (c) 64 6 (e) 2048 11
2 10 4
(b) 125 3 (d) 2048 11 (f) 729 3

4. Evaluate the following, giving the answer as a proper fraction:


2 7 12
(a) 216− 3 (c) 64− 6 (e) 2048− 11
2 10 4
(b) 125− 3 (d) 2048− 11 (f) 729− 3

5. Evaluate the following:


 2  5  3
2 2 4
(a) (c) (e)
3 6 3
 3  4  7
7 3 2
(b) (d) (f)
5 2 10

6. Evaluate the following, giving the answer as a proper fraction:


 −2  −5  −3
2 2 4
(a) (c) (e)
3 6 3
 −3  −4  −7
7 3 2
(b) (d) (f)
5 2 10

7. Evaluate the following:


 2   34  − 32
216 3 625 729
(a) (c) (e)
343 256 64
  23   25  − 43
49 1024 81
(b) (d) (f)
36 243 1296

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University of Birmingham EPS Foundation Year Mathematics I

8. Simplify each of the following expressions to the form xy :

(a) x × x × x × x × x x6 (g) 1
(d)
x7  12
1 x2 (h) x2
(b) (e) √
x×x
x4 1 1
(c) x2 × x3 −2
(f) x × x4 (i) × −3
x2 x

9. Simplify the following expressions:


√ √ √
(a) 144 (c) 27 + 48
√ √  √ 
(b) 20 (d) 1 + 2 1 − 2

10. Simplify the following expressions:


√ √
(a) 32 + 42 (c) 172 − 152
√ √
(b) 52 + 122 (d) 252 − 72

Bonus: Determine how these expressions are all linked.


11. Rationalise the following expressions and simplify where possible:
√
1 3+ 3 7
(a) √ (c) √ (e) √ √
7 3− 3 3 + 11
√ √
1 6 8 − 12
(b) √ (d) √ √ (f) √ √
3 5 8− 2 8 + 12

12. Challenge: Simplify the following expression:


v s
u r q
√
u
t
10 10 10 10 10 · · ·

Hint: You may use the result:


∞
X 1 1 1 1 1
n
=1+ + + + + ··· = 2
n=0
2 2 4 8 16

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