Woodlands A secondary school
Mathematics department
Tutorial sheet 1
Q1 Evaluate the following
3 2
2
−
2
16 2 128 2 −2 3 −3 5 0
(a) 27 3 (b) 3−2 (c) 64 3 (d) (25) (e) ( )4 + (3) (f) ( ) − (4)
81 2
2
27 −3
(g) ( ) (h) 32 + 3−1 × 80 (i) − 22 − (−2)2 × 30 (h) 53 × 5−2 ÷ 50
125
Q2 Solve the following equation
3
(𝑎) 22𝑥 = 8 (𝑏) 𝑥 2 = 27
3 8
(𝑐) 10𝑥 = 0.001 (𝑑) 5𝑥−3 = 1 (𝑓) 𝑥 −2 =
125
Q3 Simplify the following
(𝑎) 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 7𝑥 + 2𝑦
(𝑏) − 3(2𝑎𝑏 − 5𝑎𝑏 2 ) − (−3𝑎𝑏 2 − 𝑎𝑏)
(𝑐) − (3 − 2𝑎) − 2(4𝑎 − 2)
(𝑑) − 2𝑥(𝑥 − 3) − 5𝑥 2 + 6𝑥
2𝑥 3 𝑦 4 3𝑥 2 𝑦 3
(𝑒) ×
18𝑥 2 𝑦 10𝑥 4 𝑦 2
27𝑏𝑎4 9𝑎3 𝑏 2
(𝑓) ÷
14𝑎𝑏 3 2𝑎𝑏 2
2𝑥 2 𝑦 6𝑥 3 𝑦 3𝑥 2 𝑦 4
(𝑔) ÷ ×
21𝑥𝑦 4 7𝑥𝑦 5 4𝑥 4 𝑦 2
Q4 Factorise the following completely
(𝑎) 3𝑥𝑦 2 − 15𝑥 2 𝑦
(𝑏) 27 − 3𝑥 2
(𝑐) 2𝑎𝑏 3 − 8𝑎3 𝑏
(𝑑) 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 3
(𝑒) 𝑦 2 − 7𝑦 + 6
1 4𝑥 2
(𝑓) − .
9 25𝑦 2
9𝑥 2 49𝑥 2
(𝑓) −
25𝑦 2 64𝑦 2
(𝑔) 2𝑎𝑥 + 4𝑎𝑦 − 3𝑏𝑥 − 6𝑏𝑦
(ℎ) 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑎𝑦 − 𝑏𝑥
(𝑖)2𝑎𝑏 − 3𝑏 + 10𝑎 − 15
Q4 Simplify the following .
𝑚𝑛2 − 𝑚2 𝑛
(𝑎)
𝑛2 − 𝑚 2
4𝑥 + 8
(𝑏)
3𝑥 2 − 12
3𝑦 − 3
(𝑐)
𝑦2 − 2𝑦 + 1
Q5 Express the following as a single fraction in its simplest form
2 − 𝑥 3𝑥 + 1
(𝑎) −
2 5
5𝑏 − 2 3𝑏 + 1
(𝑏) +
3 15
−4 13
(𝑐) −
2𝑥 − 1 3𝑥 + 2
3 5
(𝑑) −
2(𝑥 − 3) 3𝑥 + 4
Q6 Shade the following regions in a Venn diagram
(a) 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶)′ (𝑏) 𝐴 ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)′ (𝑐) 𝐴′ ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)
(𝑑) 𝐴′ ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶) (𝑒) 𝐴′ ∩ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐶)′ (𝑓) 𝐴′ ∪ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶)′
Q7 Use the set notation to describe the shaded region.
3 −2 0 3
−2 1 −3 8 5
Q8 Given that P = ( ) , 𝑄 = (1 −4 5 ) , 𝑅 = ( 2 ) and 𝑆 = ( )
4 3 4 6 7
3 7 −6 −2
Fnd
(a) QT
(b) RT
(c) S T
(d) PS
(e) SP
(f) SR
(g) SQ
(h) QR
8 2
Q9 Given that 𝑁 = ( )
−6 −2
(a) Find the determinant of N
(b) Find the inverse of N
3𝑥 − 2 −3
Q10 Given that matrix 𝐵 = ( )
4 2
(a) For what value of 𝑥 will matrix 𝐵 be singular
(b) hence write down matrix 𝐵
3 −3 2𝑥 + 1 −4
Q11 It is given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( )
2 4 3 2
(a) Find the value of 𝑥 if |𝐴| = |𝐵|
(b) Hence find 𝐵 −1 .
3𝑥 1
Q12 Given that 𝑀 = ( )
−3 𝑥
(a) find the positive value of 𝑥 for which |𝑀| = 30
(b) Hence find the 𝑀−1
Tutorial sheet 2
Q1 A sprinter runs a race of 200 m . her total time for running the race is 25 seconds ending
at U m/s . below is a sketch of the motion of the sprinter.
Speed
(m/s)
0 4 20 25 Time (s)
Calculate the
(a) The acceleration in the first 4 seconds
(b) The distance covered in the first 20 seconds
(c) Value of U
(d) Retardation in the last 5 second
Q2. the diagram below is a speed time graph of a particle . The particle accelerates uniformly
from a speed of V m/s to a speed of 5V m/s in 20 seconds.
Speed
m/s
5V
20 Time (s)
(a) Find an expression in terms of V for the acceleration of the particle
(b) The distance travelled by the particle from 0 to 20 seconds is 80 m. Find the value of
V
(c) Find the speed at t=15 second
(d) Find the average speed of the particle
Q3. the diagram below shows the speed time graph of a particle which started from rest and
accelerated uniformly in 10 seconds. It then travelled at the same speed for 20 seconds and
then decelerated to rest.
Speed
(m/s)
10 30 t Time (s)
(a) Find the speed V if the acceleration the object reached was 2 m/𝑠 2
(b) Given that the total distance covered was 750 m . find the value of t
(c) What was the speed at 40 seconds?
Q4. The figure below shows the motion of a car.
Speed
(m/s)
10
Time
0 2 8 13 t (s)
(a) Find the value of V if the distance in the first 13 seconds is 155 m
(b) Find the value of t if the if the retardation was 3 m/𝑠 2
(c) Find the average speed of the car
Q5. the diagram below shows the speed time graph of a car during a speed of t seconds
Speed
(m/s)
0 8 14 t Time (s)
Find the
(a) Acceleration of the car during the first 8 seconds
(b) Average speed in the first 14 seconds
(c) Value of t if the average speed for the whole journey was 7 mls
Q6 the diagram below is a speed time graph of a particle. The particle starts from rest and
accelerates uniformly at 3 m/𝑠 2 for 4 seconds until it reaches a speed of V m/s. It then
travels at this constant speed for 8 seconds. It finally comes to rest after t seconds.
Speed
(m/s)
0 4 12 t Time (s)
Find the
(a) Value of V
(b) Average speed for the first 12 seconds
(c) Value of t if the speed at t=14 is 4 m/s