CIE IGCSE ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS

(0606)

TOPICAL PRACTICE QUESTIONS

TOPIC 7:
LOGARITHMIC AND
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS "Success doesn't come from
what you do occasionally, but
Compiled from: what you do consistently."
Paper 1
Variants 1, 2 and 3
2016- 2020
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1 The population, P, of a certain bacterium t days after the start of an experiment is modelled by
P = 800ekt, where k is a constant.

(i) State what the figure 800 represents in this experiment. [1]

(ii) Given that the population is 20 000 two days after the start of the experiment, calculate the value
of k. [3]

(iii) Calculate the population three days after the start of the experiment. [2]

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2 (a) Write ^log 2 ph^log 3 2h + log 3 q as a single logarithm to base 3. [3]

(b) Given that ^log a 5h2 - 4 log a 5 + 3 = 0 , find the possible values of a. [3]

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3 (a) Solve log 3 x + log 9 x = 12 . [3]

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(b) Solve log 4 (3y 2 - 10) = 2 log 4 ( y - 1) + . [5]
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1 1 3
4  p 3 q-2 r 2
By using the substitution y = log x , or otherwise, find the values of x for which
2  Given that = p a q b r c3, find the value of each of the integers a, b and c. [3]
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p (qr) 5
3 (log 3 x) 2 + log 3 x 5 - log 3 9 = 0 . [6]

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5 (a) Express 2 + 3 lg x - lg y as a single logarithm to base 10. [3]

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(b) (i) Solve 6x + 7 - = 0. [2]
x

(ii) Hence, given that 6 log a 3 + 7 - 3 log 3 a = 0 , find the possible values of a. [4]

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6 A population, B, of a particular bacterium, t hours after measurements began, is given by B = 1000e 4 .

(i) Find the value of B when t = 0. [1]

(ii) Find the time taken for B to double in size. [3]

(iii) Find the value of B when t = 8. [1]

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7 (a) (i) Solve lg x = 3. [1]

(ii) Write lg a - 2 lg b + 3 as a single logarithm. [3]

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(b) (i) Solve x - 5 + = 0. [2]
x

(ii) Hence, showing all your working, find the values of a such that log4 a - 5 + 6 log a 4 = 0 .
[3]

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8 The number, B, of a certain type of bacteria at time t days can be described by B = 200e 2t + 800e -2t .

(i) Find the value of B when t = 0 . [1]

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9 The population, P, of a certain bacterium t days after the start of an experiment is modelled by
P = 800ekt, where k is a constant.

(i) State what the figure 800 represents in this experiment. [1]

(ii) Given that the population is 20 000 two days after the start of the experiment, calculate the value
of k. [3]

(iii) Calculate the population three days after the start of the experiment. [2]

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10 (a) Write ^log 2 ph^log 3 2h + log 3 q as a single logarithm to base 3. [3]

(b) Given that ^log a 5h2 - 4 log a 5 + 3 = 0 , find the possible values of a. [3]

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11 (a) Given that log 2 x + 2 log 4 y = 8 , find the value of xy. [3]

(b) Using the substitution y = 2 x , or otherwise, solve 2 2x + 1 - 2 x + 1 - 2 x + 1 = 0 . [4]

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  (i)  Given that log 9 xy = , show that log 3 x + log 3 y = 5. [3]
2

  (ii)  Hence solve the equations

5
    log 9 xy = ,
2
    log 3 x # log 3 y =- 6 . [5]

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13 (i) Show that log 9 4 = log 3 2 . [2]

(ii) Hence solve log 9 4 + log 3 x = 3. [3]

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14 (a) Given that log a x = p and log a y = q, find, in terms of p and q,

(i) log a axy 2, [2]

log a e
x3 o
(ii) , [2]
ay

(iii) log x a + log y a. [1]

(b) Using the substitution m = 3 x, or otherwise, solve 3 x - 3 1 + 2x + 4 = 0. [3]

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