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This document is a tutorial for a mathematics course, MAT 1S1, dated February 13, 2026. It includes various exercises on evaluating expressions, simplifying, rationalizing denominators and numerators, factorization, solving quadratic equations, and inequalities. The tutorial covers both manual calculations and the quadratic formula method for solving equations.

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This document is a tutorial for a mathematics course, MAT 1S1, dated February 13, 2026. It includes various exercises on evaluating expressions, simplifying, rationalizing denominators and numerators, factorization, solving quadratic equations, and inequalities. The tutorial covers both manual calculations and the quadratic formula method for solving equations.

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Tutorial 1 MAT 1S1

February 13, 2026


1. Evaluate the following expressions without using a calculator (show your workings)
(a) (−3)4
(b) −34
(c) 3−4
3
(d) (16)− 4
 −2
2
(e)
3
2. Simplify these expressions. Write your answer without using negative exponents
√ √
(a) 200 − 32
2
(b) 3a3 b3 4ab2


3
!−2
3x 2 y 3
(c) 1
x2 y − 2
3. Rationalize the denominator and simplify the following expressions
2
(a) √
1+ 2
√
10
(b) √
5−2
√
7+ 8
(c) √
4− 2
4
(d) √
a− 3
√ √
2+ 3
(e) √ √
5+ 6
4. Rationalize the numerator and simplify the following expressions
√
4+h−2
(a)
h
√ √
2+ 3
(b) √ √
5+ 6
√
a
(c) √ √
a− b
5. Factorize the following
(a) 4y 2 − 25
(b) 4a4 − 49
(c) 2x2 − 9
(d) 3x2 − 10
(e) 2z 2 + 5z − 12
(f) x4 + 27x
(g) q 3 + 3q 2 + 2q

6. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization


(a) x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
(b) e2 − 4 = 0
(c) x2 − 2x + 1 = 0
(d) 6r2 + 7r − 3 = 0
(e) 4h2 + 3h − 27 = 0
(f) 4r2 − 7r − 2 = 0
(g) 2q 2 + 19q + 30 = 0
(h) 2x(x − 4) = −6
(i) x(10x − 1) = 2

7. Use the quadratic formula method to solve the following quadratic equations.
For a general quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, the solutions of the equation are
given by:
√
−b ± b2 − 4ac
x= .
2a
(a) x2 + x = 1
(b) 21r2 − 12r + 1 = 0
(c) y 2 − 6y + 25 = 0
(d) z 2 − 6z + 13 = 0
(e) x2 + 2x − 2 = 0
(f) y 2 + 10y + 29 = 0
√
(g) 3x2 + 2 5x − 5 = 0
(h) pqx2 − (p + q)2 x + (p + q)2 = 0, where p and q are constants.

8. Solve the following inequalities and represent the interval on a real number line
(a) 4x − 1 ≥ 7
(b) 3(5 − x) ≥ 7x − 1

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(c) 3y − (2y + 2) ≤ 7
5x
(d) − 7 < 2x + 5
6
(e) x2 + 5x < 0
x−8
(f) ≤3−x
x
(g) x2 − 4x − 21 ≤ 0
(h) x(x − 2)(x + 2) < 0
(i) −4 < 5 − 3x ≤ 17

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