CE BOARD Algebra
CE BOARD Algebra
CE BOARD Algebra
ALGEBRA
Zherrinore
1. A salesman get P1000 commission on a small scale,
one of The many that he accomplished in a period of
time. The commission raised his average commission
by P150. If the salesman new average commission is
P400, how many sales did he make?
2. You are given numbers which add up to 18. One of the
numbers is 2. Calculate the average of the other 7
numbers.
3. He average of 11 numbers is 10. One number is
eliminated leaving only 10 numbers. He average of teh
remaining number is 7.5. what number is eliminated?
4. A certain curve has the equation y=sinA in comparison
to this cure, which of the following has twice the
amplitude and half the period.
5. What is the value of y in the equation: 2x+5+yi-15-3i=0
6. Find he arithmetic mean of the following: 14,-4,-10,-
12,5,-1
7. When the expression x
4
+ax
3
+5x
2
+bx+6 is divided by (x-
2) the remainder is 16, when it is divided by (x+1) the
remainder is 10. Find the value of a
8. The following data of road accident versus drivers age
form a quadratic equation:
Age of driver #of accidents in a year
20 250
40 150
60 200
a. determine the coefficient of x
2
b. determine the coefficient of x
c. determine the number of accidents per year in
which 30 year old might be involved
9. Determine the number of positive roots of he following
equation p(x)=x
2n
-1
10. A polynomial has an equation x
5
-5x
4
+5x
3
+15x
2
-3x+20.
How many rational roots does it have?
11. How many positive real roots are there for the
polynomial 7x
7
+5x
5
+3x
3
+x
12. Find the 6th term of the expansion (2x-y
2
)
10
13. Solve for x in he equation 3ix-5+3i+(3-i)+i
14. xy is inversely proportional to yz when xy is equal to
12.54, yz=15000, find xy if yz is 12900
15. AB is proportional o BC in the ratio 13 to 17. Also BC is
proportional to CD in the same ratio. How long is AB if
CD is 280m long
16. Two values A and B are related to each other in an
inverse manner such that when one increases, the
other decreases, always with a constant inerse
proportionality when the value of A is 1200, B is
recorded to have 144720. Find the value of A when B
reaches 256000
17. ab=1/8, bc=6 and ac=3, if all of the above statements
are true, what one possible value of abc?
18. If xyz=4 and y
2
z=5, what is he value of x/y?
19. What is a non zero solution to the equation 2x
5
-30x
4
=0
20. If the sum of 7 consecutive integers is zero, what is the
smallest of the 7 integers
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ALGEBRA
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21. The area of a park in a map is 500 mm
2
. If he scale of
he map is 1:40000, determine the true area of park in
hectares
22. Mario has 4 more hats than Alex and half as many as
Miguel. If the three together have 24 hats, how many
hats does Miguel have?
23. A shipment of 3200 items is divided into two portions
such that the difference between the portions is one
half of their average. What is the ratio of the smaller to
larger portions?
24. Find the tenth term of the series 5,10,20,40
25. Determine the sum of the first 7 terms of the series
0.25, 0.75, 2.25,6.75
26. The first term of a GP is 4 and the 6
th
terms is 128.
What is the 11
th
term?
27. There are 37 applicants for civil engineering aide
positions in a construction company consisting of an
odd number of male applicants. If an equal number of
male and female engineers shall be hired for gender
equality, 3 ladies left ou. How many men applied?
28. A sine wave being emitted is monitored on a
laboratory diagram and is found to follow the function
f(t)=
a. Calculate the amplitude
b. Calc. The period
c. Calc. The frequency