REVISION MATHEMATIC T/S STPM PAPER 1

FUNCTIONS AND QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

1) Given that g:x 2x 3 and h:x
2
5
x
, find
a) g
-1
(x)
b) hg
-1
(x)

2) Given f(x) =
6
3 x +
, where x b. Find
a) the value of b
b) the expression for the function of f
2
(x)


3) Sketch the graph of f(x) = 3 |x 2| for the domain -4 x 5.

f(x)



x
4) Given the function f(x) = x + 2 and gf(x) = x
2
+ 4x 1. Find
a) the function g(x)
b) the values of k if g(3k) = -4k
c) Show that g
-1
f
-1
= (fg)
-1
.


5) The functions f and g are defined as followed:

f :x
10
2
x
x
+

, x 2 and g:x 5 2x
a) Express f
-1
and gf
-1
in the same notation.
b) Sketch the graph y = |g(x)| for the domain -1 < x < 5.


6) a) The functions f and g are defined as followed:
f :x ax 5 and g :x
3
x b +
, x -b
Given gf(x) =
3
4 6 x
, x
3
2

Find: i) the value of a and b
ii) the value of x when gf(x) =
1
2

b) The functions p and q are p(x) = 1 2x and q(x) = x 2. Find the composite
functions pq.

7) Given the functions f : x
3 4
2
x
and gf : x 18x
2
48x + 40. Find
a) f
2

b) g
c) fg
d) f
-1
(10)


8) The functions g is defined by
g : x
3 2
x p
x
+
+
for all values of x except x = h and p is a constant.
a) State the value of h.
b) Given 2 is mapped onto itself under the function g, find
i) the value of p
ii) the other value of x such that it mapped onto itself
ii) g
-1
(4)



9) The diagram shows the graph of the function y = -(x m)
2
+ n where m and n
are constants. Find

a) the values of m and
n
b) the equation of the
axis of symmetry


10) The diagram shows the graph of the function y = -(x + p)
2
2 where p is a
constant. Find

a. the value of p
b. the equation of the
axis of symmetry
c. the coordinates of the
maximum point

11) The diagram shows the graph of the function y = (x 1)
2
+ h where h is a
constant. Find

a. the value of h
b. the equation of the
axis of symmetry
c. the coordinates of the
minimum point
[3 m]
12) A quadratic function f(x) =
1
2
[(x h)
2
+ k] with h and k are constants, has the
minimum point A(8r, 2r
2
). Express h and k in term of r





























































REVISION MATHEMATIC T/S STPM PAPER 1

1. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1) Form the quadratic equation whose roots are -5 and -
1
2
. Express
your answer in the form ax
2
+ bx + c = 0, where a, b and c are
constants.
2) Solve the quadratic equation 2x(x + 3) = (1 x)(x + 2). Give your
answer correct to 4 significant figures
3) Solve the quadratic equation
3 5
4 2
x
x

= .
4) Given 3 and 4 are the roots of the quadratic equation 2x
2
hx
+ k = 0. Express k in term of h

5) Given the quadratic equation (3 + m)x
2
(8 + 4m)x + (3 + 4m) =
0. Find the value of m if one of the root is the reciprocal of the
other root.

6) Find the range of p such that 8x 3 4x
2
= px 2 has two
distinct roots.

7) Given f(x) + 3 = 8x 3 4x
2
. Express f(x) in the form of p + q(x +
r)
2
where p and q are constants. State the value of r, p and q.

8) Given the roots of the equation 2x
2
3x + 4 = 0 are and .
Form a new equation with roots
o
|
and
|
o
.
9) Given and are the roots of the equation 3x
2
5x 1 = 0. Form
the quadratic equation with roots ( + 1) and ( + 1).

10) If the roots of the equations 8x
2
10x + 3 = 0 are and , find
a) the value of + and
b) the quadratic equation with roots 3 and 3

11) Find the range of x that satisfies the quadratic inequality 3x 4 >
-x
2
.
12) Find the range of x that satisfies the quadratic inequality x >
2
7
6
x
.
13) Find the range of x that satisfies the quadratic inequality (2x 1)(x
+ 4) > 18.

14) Find the range of x that satisfies the quadratic inequality(2x 3)(x
+ 2) > 2x 3

15) Find the range of x if 2y + 3x = 5 and 4y > 3+ x
2
.

16) If y = 2x + 1 and y
2
x
2
+ 3x + 5, find the range of values of x.


17) Given and are the roots of the equation x
2
+ x + a = 0 and (2 + 1)
and (2 + 1)are the roots of the equation x
2
+ bx 25 = 0. Find the
possible values of a and b.

18) The function f(x) = 3x
2
+ 6hx + k has a minimum value of -11 when x =
2.
a) Find the values of h and k.
b) Sketch the graph f(x) for 0 x 4 and determine the range.

19) a) Given f(x) = 3x
2
+ 6x + k. Show that the minimum value of f(x)
happens when x = -1 for all values of k. Hence, find the value of k if the
minimum value is 6.
b) Given y = px
2
+ 4x + p 3, find the range of values of p so that y is
always negative.
20) The function f(x) = x
2
6kx + 10k + 4 has the minimum value r
2
+ 4k
where r and k are constants.
a) Using the completing square method, show that r = k 2 .
b) Hence, or otherwise, find the value of k and r if the graph of the
function is symmetrical at x = r + 6.
21) Given a quadratic equation f(x) = x
2
+ 8x + p. find the range of values of
p so that f(x) is positive for all values of x for the case p = 18,
i) find the minimum value of f(x) and the corresponding
value of x
ii) sketch the graph of f(x)

22) a) Given the equation (3 + m)x
2
(9 + 3m)x + (1 + 2m) = 0. Find the
value of m if
i) one of the roots is the negative of the other root
ii) one of the roots is the inverse of the other root

b) If
1
2
and -
5
4
are the roots of a quadratic equation, find the quadratic
equation.

2. REVISION INDICES & LOGARITHMS
1) Express (8 x 2
n 2
) (2
n
2
n + 1
) in its simplest form.


2) Solve the equation 5(3
-y
) = 45.

3) Solve the equation 3
3x
=
7
2
x
.

4) Solve the equation 3
x
9
x 1
= 81
3x 1
.

5) Solve 2
x - 1
= 5, give your answer correct to 3 decimal places.


6) Simplify 3
q + 2
3
q + 3
27(3
q - 2
) 2(3
q
) in the form k(3
q
), where k is a constant

7) Solve the equation 2(3
2x
) = 5(3
3x 1
). Give your answer correct to 4 decimal
places.
8) Find the values of x and y if 4
x
16
y
= 256 and 3
-x
9
-2y
=
1
729
.
9) Find the value of
2
log 5
8 without using the logarithm table.

10) Find the value of n if log
32
n =
1
5
.

11) Given log
2
3 = p and log
2
5 = q, find log
8
45 in terms of p and q.

12) Given log
3
2 = 0.6309 and log
3
5 = 1.4650. Find the value of
1
2
log
3
300.

13) Without using the logarithm table, find the value of
(log
7
5)(log
2
256)(log
4
7)(log
5
2).

14) Given that log
8
y 1 = log
2
x, express y in terms of x.

15) If 2 log
10
q = 5 log
10
r, express r in terms of q.

16) Find the value of a given 5 log
a
3 + log
a
2 log
a
144 = 3.

17) If log
a
b =
10
x
x
, find the value of a given that x = 8 and b =
1
81
.

18) Solve log
3
(x 1) + log
3
4 log
3
(3 2x) = 2.

19) Solve log (x 1) log (5 + x) + log 6x = 0.

20) Given that log
10
xy
2
= 1 and log
10
x
2
y = -1. Find the values of x and y.

21) Given that log
3
4 = p and log
3
5 = q. Find the value of x if log
3
x = 2p q + 2.

22) Solve the following equations.
a) (log
2
7)(log
7
P) = 2
b) log
2
[log
x
(2x
2
16)] = 1

23) Given log
2
P = a and log
2
Q = b. Express in terms of a and/or b
a) log
8
P
b) log
2

P
Q
| |
|
|
\ .


24) Solve the equation 18
x
6
2x
3
4x
= 8
-1
. Give your answer correct to 4 decimal
places.

25) Solve.
a) log
2
x + log
8
2x = 3

b)
2
1
3
9 3
1
27
x x
x