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Secondary 3 Mathematics
BASIC
1. Evaluate the following without using a calculator.
(a) (45 + 79 )0 (b) 68 × 67 ÷ 613

(c)215 × 25 ÷ (4)8 (d) (32 )2

(e) (50 + 51 ) × 52 (f) (23 )2 + (23 × 22 )

1 2
(g) 92 + 92 + 9−1 (h)273

2. Evaluate the following without using a calculator.

5 3
(a) 1610 × 16−8 ÷ √16 (b) 52 × 52 ÷ 52
3 2
(c) 252 (d)(√64) 3

(e) 2−1 − 2−2 + 2−3 2 −3

(f) (3)

−2
(g) (−3)2 + 3−2 2
(h) (8 )3

3. Simplify the following and express your answers with positive indices.
(a) (3𝑥 4 )2 (b) 5𝑥 3 × 3𝑥 2

(c) 24𝑦 3 ÷ 8𝑦 2 (d) (3𝑥 5 )0

2 6 1
(e) (𝑎 ) 3 𝑧8 3
(f) (𝑧 2)

(g) 𝑤 −4 (h) (𝑐 4 )−2

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4. Simplify the following and express your answers with positive indices.
(a)15𝑥 3 𝑦 ÷ 3𝑥𝑦 4 (b) (𝑝2 )−1 × (𝑞 3 )2
3
(c) √27𝑠 6 𝑡 9 (d) (3𝑥 3 𝑦 2 )2 × 𝑥 2 𝑦 4
2
(e) (2𝑎4 𝑏 −3 )2 (𝑎−1 𝑏)5 (𝑛2 )
(f) 𝑚6 × 𝑛7

6𝑝4 × 7𝑞3 1
(g) 14𝑞6 × 3𝑝2 𝑥4 2
(h) (9𝑦 6 )

5. Solve the following equations.

(a) 6𝑥 = 1 (b) 3𝑥 = 27

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(c) 2𝑥 = 16 (d) 4𝑥 = 215

(e) 5𝑥 = 25−8 (f) √7𝑥 = 49

6. Solve the following equation.

(a) 34𝑥 = 912 (b) 62−𝑥 = 364

(c) 52 × 52𝑥 = 52 (d) 2𝑥 ÷ 32 = 2−𝑥

𝑥
(e) √72 = 76 (f) 4𝑥 − 1 = 0

7. Express each of the following in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.

(a) 3245 (b) 6 782 450

(c) 0.034 63 × 107 (d) 279 825 ÷ 102

(e) 0.006 752 (f) 0.000 046 4

(g) 0.034 63 × 10−5 (h) 4295 ÷ 10−8

8. Express each of the following as an integer or a decimal.

(a) 2.556 × 104 (b) 1.245 × 106

(c) 3.774 × 102 (d) 0.024 5 × 107

(e) 6.583 × 10−3 (f) 5.378 × 10−5

(g) 145.8 × 10−6 (h) 0.034 × 10−1

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9. Evaluate the following without using a calculator and express your answers in
standard form.
(a) (3.2 × 102 ) × (2.4 × 107 ) (b) (5.5 × 10−6 ) × (4.8 × 103 )

(c) (7.6 × 107 ) ÷ (1.9 × 104 ) (d) (2.5 × 105 ) ÷ (5 × 10−1 )

(e) 2.4 × 106 + 3.6 × 105 (f) 2.1 × 106 − 7.2 × 104

(g) 3.35 × 10−3 − 4.46 × 10−4 (h) 8.5 × 10−4 + 2.1 × 10−2

10. Given that 𝑥 = 7.5 × 102 and 𝑦 = 2.5 × 10−2, find the value of each of the
following in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.
(a) 𝑥𝑦 (b) 𝑥 3 𝑦 4
𝑥 𝑥5
(c) 𝑦 (d) 𝑦 2

(e) 4𝑥 + 𝑦 −2 (f) 𝑦 −2 − 𝑥

INTERMEDIATE
11. Evaluate the following without using a calculator.
(a) (−2)3𝑟 + 1 + 2(−2)3𝑟 3 3 −1 3
(b) √−27 × (− 2) + 92

1 2
322
4
9 −2 0 (d) 273 × (22 × 43) − (−3)2
(c) 8 + 3 (1 16) −5

12. Solve the following equations.

(a) 5𝑥−1 − 25𝑥 + 4 = 0 2
(b) 33 = 9𝑥 3
2

(c) 22𝑥 + 1 × 8−𝑥 = 4−1 (d) 2𝑥 =

32
3𝑥
42

3 1 𝑥
(e) √52(𝑥 − 4) = (25)

13. Simplify the following and express your answers with positive indices.
24 𝑞 −2 2 3 (𝑥 + √𝑥)(𝑥 − √𝑥)
(a) ÷ (3𝑞𝑟 2 ) (b) 8
3𝑟 (√𝑥) − 𝑥 2

(c)
(𝑦𝑤)−4 (d) (−2𝑝3 𝑞 −2 )4 (−𝑝−2 𝑞 2 )3
𝑦2
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(−𝑥)2 𝑦 −5 𝑥 −3
(e) ÷ 3
4𝑥 −
8𝑦 5

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14. (a) Find the positive value of 𝑥 if (20)(4𝑥)−2 = 5.
(b) Show that 22𝑚 + 3 + 4𝑚 is a multiple of 3 for all positive values of 𝑚.

𝑤
15. (a) Solve for 𝑤 if 4(3𝑤 ) = 92 + 9 2 − 2(3𝑤 + 1 ).
(−𝑚 + 1) 2
(𝑤 2 ) √𝑤
(b)(i) Show that the expression ( ) does not depend on 𝑚.
3√𝑤 −4𝑚
(−𝑚 + 1) 2
(𝑤 2 ) √𝑤
(ii) Hence, evaluate ( ) when 𝑤 is 6.
3√𝑤 −4𝑚

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16. (a) Simplify √𝑚 ( √𝑚(√𝑚)) expressing your answer in positive index notation.

4 3
(b) Hence, evaluate 𝑦 4 if 𝑦 = √𝑚 ( √𝑚(√𝑚)) and 𝑚 = 100.

17. (a) Simplify (−3𝑎)2 + (−3𝑎)−2 × (−3𝑎−2 ).

3
(b) Solve for 𝑥 if 5𝑥 −2 = 320.

18. Evaluate the following without using a calculator.

1
−1
100 −2 3−2
(a) ( 81 ) ÷( )
5
2
8 −
3
(b) √2.25 + (125)

19. The speed of sound is estimated to be 1188km /h. The maximum speed of a fighter
jet is 3.5 times the speed of sound.
(a) Find the maximum speed of the fighter jet. Give your answer in standard form.
(b) Convert the maximum speed of the fighter jet to m/s. Give your answer in
standard form.

20. The equatorial radius of the Earth is 6370km. Calculate, the distance in km, that an
orbiting satellite will cover when it travels 100 rounds around the equator at an
altitude of 180km. Give your answer in standard form correct to 3 significant figures.
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Answers:
1. (a) 1 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 81
1
(e) 150 (f) 96 (g) 84 9 (h) 9
2. (a) 64 (b) 125 (c) 125 (d) 4
3 3 1 1
(e) 8 (f) 3 8 (g) 9 9 (h) 16
3. (a) 9𝑥 8 (b)15𝑥 5 (c) 3𝑦 (d) 1
1 1
(e) 𝑎4 (f) 𝑧 2 (g) 𝑤4 (h) 𝑐 8
5𝑥 2 𝑞6
4. (a) (b) 𝑝2 (c) 3𝑠 2 𝑡 3 (d) 1
𝑦3
4𝑎3 1 𝑝2 𝑥2
(e) (f) 𝑚6 𝑛3 (g) 𝑞3 (h) 3𝑦 3
𝑏
5. (a) 𝑥 = 0 (b) 𝑥 = 3 (c) 𝑥 = −4
1
(d) 𝑥 = 7 2 (e) 𝑥 = −16 (f) 𝑥 = 4
6. (a) 𝑥 = 6 (b) 𝑥 = −6 (c) 𝑥 = 0
1 1
(d) 𝑥 = 2 2 (e) 𝑥 = 3 (f) 𝑥 = 0
7. (a) 3.25 × 103 (b) 6.78 × 106 (c) 3.46 × 105
(d) 2.80 × 103 (e) 6.75 × 10−3 (f) 4.64 × 10−5
(g) 3.46 × 10−7 (h) 4.30 × 1011
8. (a) 25 260 (b) 1 245 000 (c) 377.4
(d) 245 000 (e) 0.006 583 (f) 0.000 053 78
(g) 0.000 145 8 (h) 0.0034
9. (a) 7.68 × 109 (b) 2.64 × 10−2 (c) 4 × 103
(d) 5 × 105 (e) 2.76 × 106 (f) 2.028 × 106
(g) 2.904 × 10−3 (h) 2.185 × 10−2
10. (a) 1.88 × 101 (b) 1.65 × 102 (c) 3.00 × 104
(d) 3.80 × 1017 (e) 4.60 × 103 (f) 8.50 × 102
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11. (a) 0 (b) 29 (c) 15 5 (d) 27
1
12. (a) 𝑥 = −9 (b) 𝑥 = 9 (c) 𝑥 = 3
1
(d) 𝑥 = 1 4
1 1
13. (a) 18𝑞𝑟 5 (b) 𝑥(𝑥 + 1) (c) 𝑤4 𝑦 6
16𝑝6 2𝑥 4
(d) − (e)
𝑞2 𝑦
1
14. (a) 2 2
15. (a) 𝑤 = 2 (b)(ii) 864
3
16. (a) 𝑚 8 (b) 1000
1 1
17. (a) 9𝑎2 − 3𝑎4 (b) 16
1
18. (a) 50 (b) 7.75
19. (a) 4.158 × 103 km/h (b) 1.155 × 103 m/s
20. 4.12 × 106 km