Algebra Part 1

Algebraic Expression

1. The sum of two numbers is 4. Their product is 2 What is the sum of

their reciprocal?

Exponent

2. 66 + 66 + 62 + 66 + 66 + 62 = 6a. Find the value of a.

3. What is the last digit of 13655?

4. What is the last digit of the expression 3128+7535+14860?

2(72n+1 )+5(72n+5 )
5. Simplify:
3(72n+3 )

6. Simplify: 5x+2+3(5x+1)-40(5x)

7. The half-life of a radioactive substances is the time in which half

of it will disintegrate. If its amount after t years is 5(2-t/90). What
is its half-life?

Expansion:

8. Expand: (3x-4y)(5x2-2xy+3y2)

Functions:

9. f(x)=x2-2, find f(k-2)

10. f(x) = 2x2-x+20, find f(a) + f(b)
11. f(x) = 3x-2, g(x) = x2+1, find (f+g)(x)
12. find fog of number 13

Logarithms:

13. Log(M/N) = 1.55630251, log(MN) = 0.352182518, find the value of M.

14. Find the value of y in the equation y = ln[e^x/[e^(x-2)]}.
15. The characteristic of the logarithm of 329.65 to the base 10 is
___.
16. The mantissa of the logarithm of 329.65 to the base 10 is ____.
17. If log 2 = x and log of 3 = y, find log 1.20.

Quadratic:

18. Solve for x:

 1
1+
1
1+ 1
1+
1+

19. If the roots of the equation are 3, -9. What is the original
equation?
20. If the roots of the equation is +3i, -3i, find the original
equation.
21. If the roots of the equation is 3+5i, 3-5i, find the original
equation.
22. If one of the roots of the equation is 8-3i. Find the original
equation.
23. What is the sum of the roots of Ax2+Bx+C=0
24. If the roots of Ax2+Bx+C=0 is h and k, find the roots of Cx2+Bx+A=0

Theory of equation:
25. Find the remainder of 4x3+18x2+8x-4 when divided by 2x+3.
26. Find the quotient of x7+3x6-2x3+3x2-x+1 and x4-x+1.
27. When (x-3)(x+5)+3 is divided by (x-k), the remainder is k. Find k.
28. Find a if 2x4+ax3-x2+bx+1 divided by x-2, the remainder is 13 and
when it is divided by x+3 the remainder is 223.
29. If (3x+2) is a factor of 6x3-5x2-12x+k. Find k.
30. How many roots are there in the equation x7+5=0?
31. What is the value of k in the equation 3x2 + 2kx -5x + 8 = 0 if the
sum of its root is 4.
32. What is the value of k in the equation kx2 + 5x + 8 = 0 if the
equation is to have only one root?

Binomial Theorem

33. Find the numerical coefficient of the middle term in the expansion
(3x2 + 4y)8.
1
34. Find the term that is free of x in the expansion ( 3 + )12 .

35. Find the sum of the coefficients of the terms in the expansion of
(5 2 )12
36. Find the sum of the exponents
(2x y2)2

Systems of equation

37. Solve for x if 8^x = 2^(y+2) and 16^(3x-y) = 4^y.

Imaginary numbers

38. Find the value of sqrt(-16) + sqrt(-25) sqrt(-4).

39. Find the value of i^1997 + i^255
40. What is the conjugate of -2+3i?
41. Find the sum of 3 + 4i and -8 + 2i