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This document summarizes an MTH1010 diagnostic test containing 8 questions with multiple parts about mathematics topics including: 1) Order of operations, fractions, factoring, simplifying expressions 2) Fractions, order of terms, addition/subtraction of fractions, improper fractions 3) Surds, verifying identities, rationalizing denominators 3) Simplifying expressions with variables, expanding products, factoring quadratics 4) Solving inequalities, graphing solutions, rearranging formulas 5) Identifying equations from graphs, sketching parabolas 6) Simplifying expressions with exponents/variables, evaluating expressions, working with logarithms 7) Solving logarithmic and

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Diagnostic Test

This document summarizes an MTH1010 diagnostic test containing 8 questions with multiple parts about mathematics topics including: 1) Order of operations, fractions, factoring, simplifying expressions 2) Fractions, order of terms, addition/subtraction of fractions, improper fractions 3) Surds, verifying identities, rationalizing denominators 3) Simplifying expressions with variables, expanding products, factoring quadratics 4) Solving inequalities, graphing solutions, rearranging formulas 5) Identifying equations from graphs, sketching parabolas 6) Simplifying expressions with exponents/variables, evaluating expressions, working with logarithms 7) Solving logarithmic and

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MTH1010 Diagnostic Test 2016

Q1. Using the order of operations for arithmetic …nd the number given by the following ex-

pression:

90 1
(a) 6+3 7 (7+2)
10 3
3

(b) What is the HIGHEST common factor of 65 and 169?

(c) What is the LOWEST common multiple of 26 and 65?

(d) Simplify the following expression

3
17
Q.2 (a) Simplify the fractions

21 10 42
(i) 48
(ii) 55
(iii) 63

(b) Rewrite, in ascending order, the list of fractions given below:

3 1 5 7 4
12
; ; ; ;
2 6 9 26

(c) If we have the improper fractions x = 37 ; y = 21


18
; z= 56
10

(i) Convert x; y and z from improper fractions to their mixed number form

(ii) Find x + y

(iii) Find x z

(iv) Find x z (x + y)
Q3(a) Simplify the surds
p p
(i) 50 (ii) 4 99

p p
(b) Verify that p70 = p65
14 13

p p
(c) Simplify p3+ p
2
by rationalising the denominator.
3 2+2 3

Q.4 (a) Simplify the expressions

(i) 7x2 y + 3x2 y 4x2 y (ii) 8x3 y 2x2 y + 12x3 y 8x2 y


(b) Expand and collect like terms in each case:

(i) 2m(3m 5) (ii) (6p 5q)(p + q) (iii) (3x + 2)2 (iv) (x 8) (x + 4)

Q5(a) Factorise and …nd the roots (zeros) of the following quadratic functions

(i) h(x) = 2x2 5x 3

(ii) k (x) = x2 + 12x + 11

(b) Solve the inequality 4 7x > 6 and graph the solution on a number line.
1
2z 2
sp
(c) If n
= T rearrange the equation to make n the subject of the formula

2x+1 x+2
(d) Solve for x in the expression 3
= 2

Q.6

7
y
6

-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-1 x
-2

-3

-4
(a) From the diagram provided, what is the linear equation y = mx + c described by the graph,

where m is the gradient of the line and c is the y intercept?

(b) On the same set of axes provided above sketch the parabola y = x2 + x + 1 (working room

is provided for the student to …nd the turning point form of the quadratic)

Q.7 (a) Simplify the expressions:


1
a4 b2
(i) x2 z 3 x7 z 2 (ii) ab5
(iii) (x2 y 8 ) 2

(b) Evaluate exactly the following:


1 3
(i) 24 (ii) 16 4 (iii) 100000 5
Q.8(a) Write as a single logarithm the statement

1 2
3
loga x + 3 loga z 5
loga y

(b) Using the rules of logarithms simplify the expression

49x 2
log7 p
7

(c) Solve for x in the following equation

43x
x 8=0
22

End of Test

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